DE19512712A1 - Workplace - Google Patents

Abstract

A workstation is proposed with work surfaces, in particular desk surfaces, in a basic unit which can be opened out. To obtain a large inner surface, two opposing lateral walls (3, 4) are each connected to a transverse wall (5) by their respective hinges (15, 16), an arrangement which makes it possible to open out the basic unit to form a workstation with a large working area.

Description

The invention relates to a workplace after Preamble of claim 1.

A job is any spatially bound one Job in a company or in the private sector where a person is busy. The construction of the workplace affects in particular the load and also that Work result of the person working on it. Therefore striving for the best possible design of the workplace. in the In general, a distinction is made between jobs in Industrial company and workplaces in the office. Depending on Such workplaces are different designed.

An office workstation is generally used as a desk in the designated broadest sense, whereby modern desks one Variety of design options in their arrangement of Offer desk space. In particular, at Computer workstations with work surfaces that worked are at different heights to one ergonomic actuation of the individual devices as well as a ergonomic working method of the person working on it receive.  

Working at a workplace in the office or in the Operation is generally regulated in such a way that every person an individual workplace is assigned. This can the working person individually their workload do and make the most of their work.

A disadvantage of conventional workplaces is general the high space requirement due to the different required work surfaces as well as its rigid and inflexible Arrangement in the room. Another disadvantage is that the Work place of the person working on it, in particular in offices with multiple workplaces, always open or open must be cleared, for which a not inconsiderable part working hours must be used. In the absence of the As a rule, working people must be tidied up be d. H. the individual operations must be temporary be filed. From this point of view, the So - called "secretaries" from great advantage to be the work surfaces in several levels have and which especially after work without further clean-up work using a shalos-like flap or the like can be closed. This has the Advantage that unnecessary cleanup is not necessary are so that the working person when resuming the Work can directly link to the stand at which she left work.

DE 41 06 141, for example, is an office container became known, in particular for the use of a Computer workplace is used. There is a shelf for the Devices provided. Furthermore, the well-known office Container storage and writing surfaces.  

This office container is also built like a cabinet overall not suitable for use in the manner of a to allow conventional desk.

The invention has for its object a workplace to create that extremely flexible in the office as well as in operation can be used and in particular as an individual to the User-specific workplace can be used.

This task is done in a workplace of the genus of claim 1 by the characterizing features of Claim 1 solved.

In the subclaims are advantageous and expedient Developments of the proposed according to the invention Workplace specified.

The invention is based on the main idea that a flexible job can only be created that this is both spatially flexible, d. H. as far as possible Can be used regardless of location as well as personally is individualized. This results in completely new ones Areas of application and optimal operating conditions at his Use.

The workplace according to the invention is in the manner of a Container workplace built in his Starting position of a closed body (container box) with preferably rectangular plan and is designed to be transportable. Such, in a confined space folded body in the form of a cupboard, a box, a box or the like becomes its use opened and expanded to a workstation system. Here the individual workplace elements move through Panning around z. B. two vertical swivel axes one Transverse sidewall in such a way that from the collapsed box  open, preferably angled workplace arises.

This job is created by a variety of Countertops, drawers, shelves or the like formed, which are attached to the individual side walls and their accessibility by opening the Workplace system is achieved. When folded The individual work surfaces are in such a state voted that they work together without collision, whereby different levels are taken. In this way creates a working space in the unfolded state Writing and storage areas, with lighting devices, Storage spaces, pin areas, etc. of about 4 square meters can be reached. You can do it yourself in the folded workplace Be integrated chair, which is to be arranged accordingly.

Such a workplace is preferred in the basic dimensions of 120 × 80 cm, so that this is the usual Transport dimension corresponds to a euro pallet. This allows the Load the workplace using a Euro pallet and be transported. On site, the workplace is on roles transported and can be moved by one person will.

The workplace also has the advantage that it does two things Shows faces. On the one hand, for example, the "outer Envelope "the company and represented by a uniform and elegant design of the company identity. In contrast, the inside represents the peculiarity of the User and enables highly individual equipment, without this colliding with the company representation.

The workplace can be adjusted depending on the requirement reconfigure, so that there is the possibility to become Shield the environment. Can do another job  the workplace is flexible due to its Movability towards the neighboring workplace or also form group study rooms.

Another advantage is that the respective workplace does not have to be cleared. Rather, this can be in everyone Form left behind, with the body closed becomes. The possibility of all work processes in the Processing status despite closed body Leaving it lying down prevents unnecessary Reorganization measures before starting work again. This can for example get started in certain operations Easier start of the week or after days off.

With the workplace according to the invention can consequently more flexible working hours and also more flexible forms of work be made possible with less organizational effort. This allows traditional jobs to be flexible Workplaces that are also easily converted Part-time work can be used. this happens especially in that everyone's personal workplace Part-time employee is retained, d. H. maintains the worker her personal job during part-time work, which can then be folded up. The invention The workplace therefore represents a complete workplace which closes when the user is absent and at Space required even for the duration of your absence stores another place.

It is known that in many companies organizational and Administrative work is decentralized and managed locally. In these cases too, the invention can be used Work place directly different departments at short notice and assign flexibly, d. H. an engineer can, for example his job temporarily from the office to manufacturing embarrassed.  

Another advantage of the workplace according to the invention is also in the possibility of transportation to everyone any place. Wherever for a certain time Jobs are needed, e.g. B. fairs, congresses, Events, building projects, etc. can be such Use workplaces. This also applies to, for example a job temporarily shifted home. Here can one Company workplace easily moved to a private home be, the workplace in the home environment after Close after work and store it in the smallest space.

Another embodiment of the invention sees one even more compact structure of the workplace in front folded state z. B. only a length of 70 cm and has a width of 50 cm. The previously described The basic principle is also retained here.

Further details and advantages of the invention Workplace result from the drawings as the following exemplary embodiments are explained in more detail.

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Figure 1 is an open workplace in a perspective view.

Figure 2 shows the work station shown in Figure 1 in a collapsed form.

Fig. 3 is a further view of variant of the workstation of FIG. 1;

Fig. 4a, 4b different design options of the workplace;

Fig. 5a, b-10, another embodiment for a job.

Description of the embodiments

The illustration of the invention in FIG. 1 shows a work station 1 in the folded position, which can be used in particular as an office work station. The same work station is shown in the folded state as a cabinet-shaped body 2 or as a container box 2 in FIG. 2.

The collapsible or foldable body 2 to form a work station 1 consists of two longitudinal side walls 3 , 4 of a first transverse side wall 5 and an opposite second transverse side wall 6 . The closed body thus has a length L = 120 cm, a width W = 80 cm and a height H = 110 cm. The basic size L × W is suitable for placing the body on a standard Euro pallet as a means of transport.

The body 2 also has an upper end consisting of two divided cover plates 7 , 8 , and a bottom region 9 that is largely open towards the bottom. The second transverse side wall 6 itself is in turn designed as an independent cabinet body 10 , from which an insertion shelf 11 can be pulled out laterally (see FIG. 3). The first transverse side wall 5 has a circular cylindrical outer contour 12 which conveys an appealing design to the body. On the underside of the body 2 there are a large number of individual rollers 13 , which allow each part to be moved in a stable manner in the opened state.

In Fig. 2, a longitudinal center plane 14 is indicated schematically, which divides the closed body as a vertical longitudinal center plane.

In order to open the closed body shown in FIG. 2 to form a workplace, the first transverse side wall 5 has a vertical hinge 15 , 16 on both sides, that is to say the transverse side wall 5 is connected to the first longitudinal side wall 3 via the hinge 15 and via the hinge 16 the second longitudinal side wall 4 connected. When opening, the body initially separates approximately in its longitudinal center plane of symmetry 14 , so that the two cover plates 7 , 8 diverge at an angle. The longitudinal side wall 4 has at its end opposite the first transverse side wall 5 a transverse wall 17 which has approximately the width of the upper cover plate 8 , ie the width 1/2 B. At the lower end of the transverse wall 17 there are two rollers 13 located on the outside. The transverse wall 17 lies against the inside of the transverse wall 6 when the work station is moved together and extends approximately to the longitudinal center plane of symmetry 14 .

The first transverse side wall 5 has, because of their circular cylindrical outer contour of an upper 18 and lower 19 circular segment-shaped terminal plate, which stabilizes the side wall 5 on the one hand and is used for other than a side closure to the remaining wall regions. In particular, when the body 2 is closed, the upper section 18 lies in the same plane as the two end covers 7 , 8 .

The interior of the work station in the unfolded state is formed by a plurality of worktops 20 which, when the work station is folded, lie side by side and / or one above the other without collision. Accordingly, there is a first desk top 21 at a height h 1 above the lower edge 22 of the body 2 in a conventional desk space height. The width b₁ corresponds almost to the total width B of the body in order to obtain the largest possible worktop. The length l₁ corresponds approximately to the total length L minus the width b₂ of the attached cabinet body 10 and the width b₃ of the curved transverse side wall 5 and the connecting plate 18th This also 'is used almost the entire length of the body for the desk top 21 .

The desk top 21 is assigned a small storage surface 23 with the same length l 1, which has a width b₄ ≈ 1/4 b 1. It rises at a low height h₂ over the desk top 21 and thus forms a double storage space in this area.

The desk top 21 and the additional storage surface 23 are fastened to the side wall 4 or the associated transverse wall 17 (see also FIG. 3).

In Fig. 1, a further desk top 24 is arranged on the opposite side wall 3 , which is located at a height h₃ from the lower edge 22 , the height h₃ taking up the height of a standing desk. The width b₅ can be the same size as the width b₁, ie it can also extend over the entire inner width of the body. However, it can also be made smaller.

The length l₂ of the desk top 24 can in turn correspond approximately to the length l₁ of the desk top 21 .

The two upper cover plates 7 , 8 are each connected via a hinge 25 , 26 to the associated longitudinal side wall 3 and 4 , respectively. As a result, the lid can be folded up vertically or assume any intermediate position as required, as shown in FIG. 3. When the cover 7 or 8 is folded up, the inside 27 of the cover 7 or the inside 28 of the cover 8 can be used both as a screen against neighboring workplaces and as a pin board, display or the like.

In the lower area, the two longitudinal side walls 3 , 4 each have an inwardly projecting stiffening board 29 , 30 , wherein the stiffening board 30 can also be used in particular as a footrest when a person is working on the desk top 21 . A vertical support wall 31 on the stiffening board 29 serves as a stop for the lower circular segment section 19 when the body is folded. At the same time, the lower stiffening boards 29 , 30 serve to receive the required rollers 13 on both sides of the first transverse side wall 5 and at the opposite end.

The shelf 11 is pulled out by means of a longitudinal guide (not shown in detail) in the cabinet body 10 arranged at the end, its side facing the work station having 32 built-in units, drawers or compartments or the like, while the opposite outer side 33 is designed as a closed wall. As a result, the built-in shelves or the like are only accessible if the insert shelf 11 is pulled out of the cabinet body 10 .

Both the raised cover plates 7 , 8 and the extended slide-in shelf 11 enable the user to obtain privacy under the pretext of functional use without other employees feeling excluded.

The body 2 contains enough individual rollers 13 on its underside that each movable part is fully supported.

In Fig. 3, an additional horizontal joint 34 is arranged in dashed form on the transverse wall 17 at the height of the desk top 21 , to which a folding table 35 is attached. This folding table 35 , which is only shown in dashed lines, has a cross section of a 1/4 circle and, when folded up, serves as an additional work surface or meeting table or as a connection surface to adjacent work stations.

In FIGS. 4a, 4b some construction examples of the work station 10 of the invention are shown. Each work station has an additional work seat 36 , not shown in FIGS . 1 to 3, which can be integrated when the body is closed. This can be done using a suitable support structure or an armchair holder within the body.

FIG. 4a shows six jobs that are arranged in two rows side by side. For example, the middle workplace in the left column of FIG. 4a is closed (corresponds to FIG. 2) while the workplace above and below in FIG. 4a is open. The opening is preferably carried out in such a way that an angle α ∼ 90-120 ° is established between the longitudinal side walls 3 , 4 , the longitudinal side walls 3 , 4 being connected by the diagonally lying transverse side wall 5 .

In Fig. 4a are in the right column, top two oppositely arranged to each other jobs found to reach a work station Association, wherein the swing-folding tables 35 lie against one another with their connecting edge 37. In Fig. 4a, right column below, a single work station is shown in normal position, ie in a right-angled arrangement. The additionally folded folding table 35 increases the work surface. In the adjacent workplace, the shelf 11 is pulled out of the cabinet body 10 .

FIG. 4b shows an alternative arrangement of jobs in a space, and this can be in the same space on a different day. Here, in turn, an individual workplace design is carried out, whereby each workplace is personally oriented to the person working on it or is bound to one. After the work is done, each work station can be easily folded up to take the form shown in FIG. 2. This does not require any clean-up or rearrangement work. A locking system 38 , only shown schematically, can make such a workstation inaccessible even to unauthorized persons. Of course, the respective side walls or the cover plates 7 , 8 can be fixed and locked and thus made inaccessible from the outside. The entire workplace can be locked via the lock system 38 . A bottom bottom lock is generally not necessary because the work place is not accessible from below due to its heavy weight. In special cases, however, this can be done by pulling in certain floor walls.

In a further embodiment, the transverse side wall 6 with the cabinet body 10 can also be flexibly pivotably connected to the side wall 3 via a further hinge 39 . The same applies to the side wall 17 opposite the side wall 4 with a vertical hinge 39 '.

In a further embodiment of the invention according to FIGS. 5a, 5b-9a, 9b and FIG. 10, a further variant of the invention is shown, with an even more compact arrangement being selected. The respective FIGS . 5a-9a represent perspective representations of the same hinged body in different working positions, with FIGS . 5b-9b showing the respective top view. Fig. 10 shows the workplace with the work surfaces unfolded in the basic work.

In Figs. 5-10, like parts are designated by like reference numerals, unless they are already described in FIGS. 1-4. In addition, however, the various worktops or cover plates are also designated with capital letters A, A '- C, C' for better understanding.

Fig. 5a shows the second embodiment with a body 2 'in the folded or folded state, Fig. 5b shows the corresponding top view. The length is L ≈ 70 cm, the width B ≈ 50 cm. The height corresponds to that from the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1-4.

The body 2 'of Fig. 5a, 5b is first opened according to the perspective view of Fig. 6a and the top view of Fig. 6b at an angle of 90 °, ie the side walls 3 ', 4 'form a corresponding right in its extension Angle and are articulated with each other via the first transverse side wall 5 '.

The upper cover plates 7 ', 8 ' are referred to as the first support level A, A '. Using associated horizontal hinges 25 , 26 , these two cover plates of the same size can also be pivoted upward, as is symbolically shown in FIG. 10 for cover plate A.

The side wall 4 'has in an intermediate plane corresponding to the table top 21 in Fig. 1, a further worktop 21 ' or B, which is pivotally connected via a horizontal hinge or hinge 34 'to a vertical side plate 17 ' or B '. At a short distance below the worktop B there is another pull-out worktop C which is connected via a lateral, horizontal hinge 34 '' to a further side wall 35 'articulated thereon. In Fig. 6a, the side walls 17 ', B' and 35 ', C' are arranged in the vertical position and thus form the second transverse side wall 6 'for a lateral closure of the body to be closed.

Parallel to the side wall part 35 'in Fig. 6a, a fixed, lower wall part 40 is arranged as a lateral support with underlying individual rollers 13 , which is firmly connected to the side wall 4 '. Furthermore shows

FIG. 6a, 6b one to the side wall 3 'connected with a pull-out container 41 to the front drawer 42nd The container 41 forms an upper storage surface 43 . It extends over almost the entire length of the side wall 3 '. An additional support roller 13 can be provided on its lower, inner front side.

The representation according to Fig. 7a, 7b is different from the illustration of FIG. 6a, 6b, essentially in that below the table top B arranged additional table plate C is pulled out forward, wherein the side wall 35 ', C' via the joint 34 '' Is pulled forward. Corresponding, not shown telescopic rails hold the table top C in its position. The side part 35 'therefore moves forward relative to the stationary part 40 .

To the table top B to form in the view of the structure of the workstation of FIG. 8a, 8b is compared to the representation according to Fig. 7a, 7b, the side wall 17 folded 'around its horizontal pivot axis 34' in a horizontal position '. In addition, a sliding plate D arranged below the table top C is pulled out laterally via corresponding telescopic pulls, so that the table top D comes to lie above the container 41 . The table tops B and C are approximately at normal desk height, with the table top C lying slightly below the table top B in its height position.

The representation according to FIGS. 9a, 9b shows, in addition to the representation of FIGS. 8a, 8b, the laterally folded-up table top C 'and a pulled-out drawer 42 of the container 41 . The table top B 'in Fig. 8a, 9a can be held in its horizontal position by a cable 44 . The folded-up table top C 'is held by a telescopic rail 45 which can be pulled out laterally from its horizontal position below the table top C.

The illustration of FIG. 10 shows an application example for the present invention. The corresponding parts are again marked with corresponding reference symbols. On the long side wall 3 ', a shelf system 46 for file folder 47 can be arranged. The longitudinal side wall 4 'can have drawer systems or small parts containers 47 above the table top B. The transverse side wall 5 'can be designed as a pin board 48 . The pull-out surface D, which is mounted below the table surface C, can be designed as a drawer container. The container 41 can accommodate a printer 49 on its support 43 .

The invention is not based on that described and illustrated Embodiment limited. Rather, it includes everyone professional training and improvements in the frame of property rights claims.

Reference list

1 workplace
2 corpus
3 long side wall
4 long side wall
5 first transverse side wall
6 second transverse side wall
7 lids
8 lids
9 floor area
10 cabinet bodies
11 slide-in shelf
12 circular cylindrical outer contours
13 single roll
14 longitudinal median plane
15 hinge
16 hinge
17 transverse wall
18 circular segment section
19 circular segment section
20 worktops
21 desk top
22 bottom edge
23 storage space
24 desk top
25 hinge
26 hinge
27 inside
28 inside
29 stiffening board
30 stiffening board
31 retaining wall
32 pages
33 page
34 joint
35 folding table
36 work seat
37 connecting edge
38 lock system
39 hinge
40 wall part
41 containers
42 drawer
43 storage space
44 cable
45 telescopic rail
46 shelving system
47 small parts container
48 pin board
49 printers

Claims (16)

1. workplace with work surfaces which are arranged in a hinged body closable, characterized in that the body ( 2 , 2 ') has a square or rectangular plan in the folded state, with a first, transverse side wall ( 5 , 5 '), which is pivotally connected via two vertically running hinge connections ( 15 , 16 ) to two adjacent, longitudinal side walls ( 3 , 3 ', 4 , 4 '), at least one opposite second transverse side wall ( 6 , 6 ') being connected to one of the longitudinal side walls ( 3 , 3 ', 4 , 4 ') is connected to form four end walls and within the body ( 2 , 2 ') work surfaces ( 20 - 24 or AC, A'-C') on the side walls ( 3 , 3 ' , 4 , 4 ', 5 , 5 ', 6 , 6 ') are arranged such that the body can be opened and closed without collision. 2. Workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that the opposite side walls ( 3 , 4 ) in different levels have desk surfaces ( 21 , 24 ) as work surfaces in the closed state of the body, which are largely one above the other in the folded state. 3. Workstation according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in the folded state of the body ( 2 ) the desk surfaces ( 21 , 24 ) on the longitudinal side walls ( 3 , 4 ) protrude at least over the longitudinal symmetry center plane ( 14 ) and preferably the entire internal cross section take in. 4. Workplace according to one of the preceding claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the work surfaces or desk surfaces ( 21 , 24 ) at least partially over the entire length l₁, l₂ of the respective longitudinal side wall ( 3 , 4 ) or over the entire Extend interior length. 5. Workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that the longitudinal side walls ( 3 , 3 ', 4 , 4 ') have on their longitudinal upper edge a hinge ( 25 , 26 ) or the like, by means of which an upper, by 90 ° foldable cover plate ( 7th , 7 ', 8 , 8 ') is pivotable, which extends in the collapsed state of the body ( 2 ) up to about the longitudinal symmetry center plane ( 14 ) and forms an upper end plate. 6. Work station according to claim 1, characterized in that the transverse side wall ( 5 ) is flat or curved in cross section, with upper (18) and lower (19) segment surfaces being provided as transition surfaces in the case of a curved configuration. 7. Workstation according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transverse side wall ( 6 , 6 ') adjoining the longitudinal side wall is rigidly or flexibly connected to one of the longitudinal side walls ( 3 , 3 ', 4 , 4 ') or one of the table tops. 8. Workplace according to claim 7, characterized in that the second transverse side wall ( 6 ) is designed as a cabinet body ( 10 ), in which an insert shelf ( 11 ) is mounted or guided in a longitudinally movable and extractable manner. 9. Workstation according to claims 7 or 8, characterized in that the second transverse side wall ( 6 , 6 ') extends over the entire width B of the body in the closed state. 10. Workplace according to claims 7, 8 or 9, characterized in that the transverse side wall ( 6 ') are formed as wall sections pivotable about horizontal transverse axes which form table tops (B', C ') in a horizontal position. 11. Workplace according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one of the hinged longitudinal side walls ( 3 , 3 ', 4 , 4 ') has a fixed or flexible end wall or transverse wall ( 6 ', 17 ), which in the closed state of the Corpus ( 2 ) adjacent to the second transverse side wall ( 6 ) or which forms the transverse side wall itself. 12. Workplace according to claim 1, characterized in that each longitudinal side wall ( 3 , 3 ', 4 , 4 ') with associated, adjacent transverse side wall ( 6 , 6 ') on possibly lockable rollers ( 13 ) is displaceable. 13. Workplace according to claim 1, characterized in that the longitudinal side walls ( 3 , 3 ', 4 , 4 ') can be pivoted relative to one another by a pivoting angle α of 0 to 270 ° and preferably α ∼ 90-120 °. 14. Workplace according to claim 11, characterized in that the outside of the transverse wall ( 6 ', 17 ) has a hinge ( 34 , 34 ', 34 '') for at least one flap ( 35 , B ', C') which can be raised preferably has a cross section in the form of a 1/4 circle segment, square or rectangle. 15. Workplace according to claim 1, characterized in that on a side wall ( 3 , 3 ', 4 , 4 ') a container ( 41 ) is attached with extracts. 16. Workplace according to claim 1, characterized in that the body ( 2 ) in the closed state has a plan of dimensions L × W ≈ 120 × 80 cm or L × W ≈ 70 × 50 cm and a height H ≈ 110 cm, wherein preferably transport on Euro pallets can be achieved.