DE2224327A1 - Cabinet furniture - Google Patents

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Herne, 8000 Munich 23,

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Herman Killer, Inc., 140 McKinley, "Zeeland, Michigan, USA

Cabinet furniture

The present invention relates to furniture of the type Cabinet or box furniture. The invention is particularly useful for hospital needs.

Versatility, versatility and economic efficiency are the key factors in the design of hospital furniture and equipment. From the economic point of view it would be preferable that all cabinet furniture purchased for hospitals have roller doors or articulated doors made of plastic. Such doors can be made of plastic very cost-effectively, and the devices required to mount such doors comprise a simple rail formation on either side of the door.

The application from colo or articulated doors, but not imiiier be practical or desirable from the point of view of the Respective hospital needs. It can be

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Circumstances arise in which the hospital has closet rubbish with horizontally opening doors.

At this point in time, the hospital would do this Fulfill alternative needs with two separate cupboards. The need to purchase There are two different types of cabinet furniture, however, given the tight financial situation of hospitals not desirable. Not only is it expensive to buy two different types of cabinet furniture, but also it is also quite time-consuming for a cabinet and box furniture manufacturer, making two completely separate from one another to be different types of cabinet furniture.

The present invention creates a solution that meets both needs by means of a cabinet, the Side walls have possibilities for a slidable inclusion of a vertically sliding door and which also have possibilities to accommodate joints. Devices are provided by means of which the sliding door can be removed, and devices are also provided on the side walls to receive operational hinges. The joints are ready for operation and releasably cooperate with joint fastenings on the side walls. At least one door has means for cooperating with the hinges, the vertically sliding door can be replaced by a horizontally pivoting door.

Another aspect of the invention applies to one in closed device made of interacting bolt and latch members through which the door is closed in a closed .- :: - * -. ι; - 1 Location is held. Each hinge comprises a substantially horizontally directed plate with a latch extending from there extends upwards towards the door. The bolt has a resilient member that is after

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protrudes up towards the door and on the there is a lip which is bent downwards towards the plate. The door closes a trap one, which is arranged opposite the latch, which extends backwards into a position between the plate and the trap and which hooks upwardly to a hook for mutual engagement with the lip to bring about the trap. When one wishes to open the door, a force is exerted on it, and it is resiliently elastic The limb of the trap bends upwards and backwards, like this that the hook behind the. Lip of the trap can slide.

These and other features, purposes, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from and will be understood from the following Description and from the accompanying drawings of exemplary embodiments according to the invention.

In the drawings show:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet, the articulated door is in an open position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cabinet " of Fig. 1, whose sliding door or articulated door in is in a closed position;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the cabinet furniture in section along the line III-III of Fig. 1, whereby the Rolling or sliding or articulated door is removed from its rails;

Fig. 4 is a perspective, pushed together by cuts View of the cabinet with the articulated door removed and through a horizontal

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hinged door is replaced;

Fig. 5 is a side view of a detail in section
along the line VV of Fig. 4, the door
is disengaged from and overlying the hinge;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the joint;

7 is a partial view of a lower hinge corner of a
horizontally pivoting door;

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a detail of the part of the door shown in FIG.

In the preferred exemplary embodiment, the cabinet 1 comprises possibilities for attaching a sliding roller or articulated door 40 in the form of rails 30 in side walls 20 (FIG. 1). The cabinet 1 also includes snap-in
or snap-in hinges 50 (FIG. 4) to facilitate the attachment of horizontally pivoting doors 70. Cross bars 60 (FIG. 4) are mounted in openings 21 near the top and near the bottom of the side walls 20. A couple
Joints 50 can be clamped onto a transverse member or a transverse web 60, a piece of which is close in each case
.Each side wall 20 is located. The door 70 is between
spaced upper and lower hinges 50 and includes a latch 16 (FIG. 5) for cooperation with a latch 55 on each of the upper and lower hinges 50 located near each side wall 20.

The components of the cabinet 1 are preferably made of a type of plastic that is robust, insensitive, stable and easy to thin. The plastic side walls 20 extend freely from either side of the.

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Rear wall 10 from (Fig. 1). Each side wall 20 includes this one-piece sliding strips 23 for drawers. The rear wall TO faces outwards and downwardly extending hook or a hook strip 11 as well as rearwardly projecting feet 12 (Fig. 3), whereby the entire cabinet 1 can be suspended from a rail, which is attached to a wall or the like. Drawers, shelves, trays or the like can so in the Cabinet 1 can be attached by inserting it between opposing sets of sliding strips 23 ' will.

Each side wall 20 comprises a rail 30 in which a vertically slidable roller or articulated door 40 is attached (FIGS. 1 and 2). The rail 30 has a groove or a channel which is preferably formed in one piece in the side wall 20. The rail 30 extends vertically downward from the upper end of each side wall 20 almost to the floor, where it is looped around and near the bottom of the side wall 20 extends backwards and then curved upwards near the rear edge of the Side wall 20 (Fig. 3) runs. A lower receiving groove 32 is formed by a curve deviation in the front surface of the rail 30 near the front floor corner for the purpose of providing means for holding the rolling or articulated door 40 in an open position, as shown in FIG is. In a similar way, an upper receiving groove 31 is cut or formed in the rear surface of the rail 30 at its upper end for holding the sectional door 40 in a closed position, as shown in FIG. In Fig 1 it can be seen that the links door 40 includes a flange 42 _extends% of siqh of the top bar or the uppermost member of the door for the purpose of hooking or hooking into the receiving groove 31 · upper inwardly projecting,

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The sectional door 40 itself comprises a plurality of bars or strips 41 (FIG. 2). More common during various types Sliding, rolling or articulated doors or the like can be used, the preferred type is the one which is molded in one piece from a flexible plastic material. Because of this one-piece construction wash and clean the door easily. The door is convenient with joints of narrow cross-section between wider ones Segments formed. That form the rods or strips 41.

From Fig. 3 it can be seen that the rail 30 has an open end 33 at its upper end. This makes it easier the complete removal of the sectional door 40, if it is necessary to swing it horizontally Doors 70 to replace.

To make it easier to hang up the door 70, each Side wall 20 options to facilitate the attachment of releasably fastened, clamp-on joints 50. Each side wall 20 has an elongated opening 21 at its front upper and at its front lower end (Fig. 3). A somewhat flexible transverse web 60 made of plastic can snap into the upper openings 21 and also into the lower openings 21 of the opposite side walls 20, in such a way that the transverse webs span the width of the cabinet 1 (Fig. 4). These cross webs 60 give the Cabinet furniture 1 additional rigidity and stability. In some applications it may be desirable to use such reinforcing crossbars 60, even though a sectional door 40 is to be used instead of horizontally pivoting doors 70. In both cases, the clampable joints 50 on each web 60 next to each other each side wall 20 are clamped (Fig. 4).

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Each side wall 20 also has a longer longitudinally extending slot 22 near the rearward end the opening 21 on. The main role of the slot 22 is to ensure economic efficiency in the cost of materials by making it possible to use less plastic to consume. Each joint 50 is molded from plastic and includes a substantially flat leg or a substantially flat plate 51 (Pig. 6); with a pair of spaced apart, somewhat resiliently resilient channel or receiving walls 52, which are of a Surface of the plate protrude from (Fig. 5). Each receiving wall 52 includes a receiving lip 53, both receiving lips 53 from the receiving wall 52 inwards towards one another are curved. The joint 50 can be clamped onto the transverse web 60, the receiving wall 52 being the Edges of the transverse web encompass and the Äaufnahmelippen 53 overlap the bottom of the transverse web in this way a tight fit between the crosspiece 60 and the hinge

50 to create.

In order to facilitate the hanging of the door 70, each plate 51 has a pivot pin which is located from there extends above (Fig. 5). The pivot pin may extend from the same face of the plate 51 as that Receiving walls 52, however, it is preferable to dated structural point of view that the pivot pin protrudes from the opposite surface. At this Art each lower joint 50 can be arranged on top of the relevant transverse web 60, with the receiving walls 52 hang down and the pivot pin 54 extends upwards. When the pivot pin 54 and the receiving walls 52 on the side of the same face of the plate

51 were arranged, the lower joint 50 would of the Crosspiece 60 would hang down rather than rest on and would exhibit greater inclination due to the weight of the door 70 to freak out.

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Of course, there is no need to design the upper hinges in this way as they have no weight whatsoever have to take. For reasons of economy, it is .jedoch necessary that a for use on Bottom next to one side suitable joint is also suitable for use on the top next to the other side. So only two basic joints need to be made.

From Fig. 6 it can be seen that the joint 50 is substantially Is L-shaped, and that the pivot pin 54 on a laterally extending part 51a of the Plate 51 is located. This allows the door 70 to be in direct alignment with the edges 20a (Figures 1 and 2) of the side walls Suspend 20 in such a way that they create an overlap of the edges 20a, as shown in FIG. The plate 51 is sufficiently long that the laterally extending portion 51a extends outwardly in front of the edge of the side wall 20 when the hinge 50 is mounted on the crosspiece 60. Each joint 50 becomes longitudinal the transverse web 60 slidably moved until it is supported on the side wall 20 concerned, namely with the The result is that the laterally extending part 51 a is located in front of the front edge 20 a of the side wall 20.

The door 70 is formed in an economical manner from a suitable plastic such that it is continuous has a relatively thin cross-section. For this reason, the door has an edge wall 71, which is around her entire periphery (Fig. 4 and 7) extends. In a substantially vertical plane runs inward from each edge wall 71 has an edge wall 72 which frames a recessed sheet 74. One protruding inwards recessed wall 73 connects the edge wall 72 with the

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Sheet 74. This row of circumferential walls, i. H. the edge wall 71, the edge wall 72 and the recessed Wall 73, which are each arranged at right angles to one another, give the door 70 a structural look Strength and rigidity.

Each door 70 has an opening 75 (Figs. 5, 7 and 8), which slides on and over the pivot pin 54. The pivot pin 54 extends through the opening 75.

The fact that the edge wall 71 extends rearwardly from the front edge wall 72 does it possible to make the edge wall 71 sufficiently wide so that the opening 75 there to interact with the Hinge pin 54 can be accommodated. Furthermore the edge wall 72 is sufficiently wide so that an upwardly protruding pivot pin 54 does not spring against the recessed Wall 73 comes up or pushes against it when the door 70 is brought into position in the cabinet. While an opening 75 is shown only at the lower corner of the door 70, it will be readily understood that Such an opening 75 is also located on the upper edge wall 71 of the door 70 next to the side edge of the door. Thus, each door 70 can be hinged between each pair of spaced apart upper and lower Joints 50 are attached by the joints 50 with their pivot pins 54 in and through the openings 75 of the Door 70 extend. In addition, the doors 70 are all symmetrical in design, in such a way that A right-hinged door can also be used as a left-hinged door by simply turning it over.

Each joint 50 has a catch 55 formed in one piece to cooperate with a latch 76 on each door 70

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(Figs. 5 and 7). While it is only necessary to have a latch 55 and a latch 76 for each door 70, it is preferred that such cooperating latch and latch members be located at both the top and bottom of each door 70 to properly close the doors to reach.

The trap 55 comprises a resilient elastic member 56 » which extends from the same surface of the plate 51 as the pivot pin 54 (Figs. 5 and 6). The springy, elastic one Member 56 extends upward in a direction towards the forward end of the hinge 50, d. H. toward door 70. At a distance from the surface of the plate 51, it bends downward in the direction of the plate 51 in order to form a locking lip 57.

The latch 76 has a resiliently elastic projection 77 which extends backwards from the bottom edge wall 71 in a position extends between the face of plate 51 and trap lip 57 (Figs. 5 and 7). At this point it curves up to form a hook 78 that engages latch lip 57 around door 70 hold in a closed position. 'While this interaction is not directly represented, it is with Looking at the exploded view of Fig. 5 can be easily seen.

When you put a little outward pressure on the door 70 exerts, the resilient member 56 is bent upwards and backwards, and the hook 78 slides behind the latch lip 57 'in such a way that the door 70 can be opened. To some extent can a bend or bend can also take place on the resiliently elastic projection 77 of the latch 78. However the fact

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that the resilient member 56 is arranged at an acute angle to the horizontal plane in which the Door 70 is opened makes it more receptive to one such elastic bending movement.

It follows from all of this that the cabinet 1 with a sectional door 40 or with horizontally pivotable doors 70 can be provided. If a sectional door 40 is used, then the cabinet 1 can by a sliding movement the articulated door 40 all the way up in the track 30 and by hooking the flange 42 are closed in the upper receiving groove 31. To the To open the articulated door 40, you can slide it down and up on the back of the cabinet 1 until the front edge of its top rod 41 in the lower receiving groove 32 can be hooked.

To exchange doors, the sectional door 40 can be longitudinal slide up the entire track and out of the open end 33 of the rail 30. A crosspiece 60 can then be used at the top and bottom of the cabinet 1 by making the elongated openings 21 at the top The end and bottom of each side wall 20 is used. The joints 50 can then be clamped onto the crosspiece 60 in such a way that that a hinge 50 is arranged next to each side wall 2Q at the top and bottom thereof. The receiving walls 52 of each hinge 50 encompass the sides of the crosspiece 60 and the lips 53 then overlap the transverse web 60 to hold each joint 50 securely in the place provided for the joint.

The floor guides 50 assume a position in theirs Pivot pins 54 face up, and the upper hinges 50 assume a position in which their pivot pins face down. The pivot pins 54 are in the

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Openings 75 received in the wall 71 at the top End and in the edge wall 71 at the bottom of the door 70 near the side of the door 70 are arranged. That way Each door 70 can be freely pivoted horizontally on the pivot pin 54.

In order to effect the closing of the doors 70, the bolt 76 on each door 70 cooperates with the corresponding latch which is formed in one piece with each hinge 50. When a slight outward pressure is exerted on the door 70, the resilient member 56 of each latch 55 flexes upwards and backwards, whereby the hook 78 ^{can snap behind the latch lip 57:} so that the door 70 is thereby opened can.

It follows that, in accordance with the invention, cabinet furniture with increased versatility and transformability as well as usability · is created. The same basic cabinet furniture can be used can be manufactured as a cabinet with pivoting doors or as a cabinet with a sectional door. This causes a Remarkable economy in production and makes it easier for institutions to find the furniture to adapt to changing requirements.

It will be readily understood that the foregoing description is merely of a preferred embodiment of the invention and numerous changes and modifications are possible without these being outside the scope of the Invention lie.

Claims;

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Claims (1)

Godfather tan sprüch-e. : (I.) Cabinet furniture, marked by a rear wall (10) and two side walls (20) extending freely forward therefrom; a device (30) on each of the side walls (20) for slidably receiving a vertically slidable articulated door (40); means (33) on each of the side walls (20) for removing the vertically sliding door (40); one Device (21) on at least one of the side walls (20) for receiving joints (60, 50) on which a horizontally opening door (70) is attached leaves; Joints (50) for releasable mechanical interaction with the joint (50) receiving devices (21) on the side walls (20}; at least one horizontally opening door (70) with devices for Cooperation with said joints (50), wherein the horizontally opening door (70) on the front of the cabinet instead of the vertically sliding one Door (40) can be fastened. 2. Cabinet furniture according to Ansprdüh 1, characterized in that the device (30) for slidable Receiving said vertically slidable or displaceable door (40) a rail in said Sidewall (20) comprises extending at least from the upper end extends to the bottom thereof, and that the means (33) for removing the vertically slidable Door (40) comprise this rail, and have at least one open end from which the vertically slidable Door (40) can be removed. .- 14 - 209851/0705 Cabinet furniture according to Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the devices (21) for effectively receiving the hinges (50) an elongated opening near the top and the bottom each., which includes side walls (20), a pair of substantially flat transverse webs (60) is provided, one of which is intended for placement at the top and one for placement at the bottom of the cabinet, said transverse web (60) has a length that is somewhat is larger than the width of the cabinet, so that its ends in the said elongated openings (21) the side walls (20) can be used, the transverse webs spanning the width of the cabinet, and that the Joints (50) devices (51, 52, 53) for mechanical engagement with the transverse webs next to the side walls (20) include. Cabinet furniture according to claim 3 »characterized in that the devices (51, 52, 5 3) of the hinge for mechanical engagement with the transverse webs (60) a plate (51) with spaced apart Contain receiving walls (52) extending from a surface of the Plate (51) protrude from for embracing opposite sides of the transverse web (60), the receiving walls (52) have lips (53) formed on these to encompass the transverse web in order to secure the joint (50) to hold in place the plate (51) of at least one of the hinges a resilient member (55) which extends from there upwards towards the door (70) and then downwards towards bends towards the panel to form a latch lip (57), the door having a latch (76), from there to the rear in a position between the resilient member (55) and the - 15 - 209851/0705 Plate (51) extends and then bends upwardly around a hook (78) for engagement with the trap lip (57), whereby the door (70) can be held in a closed position. 5. Cabinet furniture according to claim 4, characterized in that the plate (51) has a pivot pin (54) which extends from one of its surfaces, the pivot pin (54) extends from one Surface of the plate (51) extends opposite that surface from which said receiving walls (54) go out, at least one hinge (50) is arranged at the bottom of the cabinet, whereby the hinge on the floor of the cabinet can be clamped onto the top of the transverse web (60), the pivot pin (54) following extends at the top for engaging an opening (75) in the bottom edge of the door (70). 6. Cabinet furniture according to claim 5, characterized in that the plate (5ΐ) has a substantially "L" -shaped shape with a first part and a second second part extending laterally therefrom, the first part extending from the transverse web (60) extends outward to the front edge of the side wall (20), the second part extends laterally extends outwardly in front of said leading edge (20a) of the side wall and the pivot pin (54) from the surface of the second part of the plate runs out. 7. Cabinet furniture according to claim 5 and 6, characterized in that the door (70) · formed is by a circumferential edge wall (71), 'which at a; inwardly extending edge wall ■ '(72) an-_ closes, which is connected to a reset - 16 2 09 85 1/0705 "^;' Sheet (74) by means of a recessed wall (73), the recessed wall (73) substantially is in alignment with said edge wall (71) and the edge wall (72) is wider than that Height of the pivot pin (54) so that the recessed wall (73) and the upper end of the pivot pin (54) are not come into contact with each other. 8. Cabinet furniture according to claims 1-3, characterized in that at least one of the joints (50) comprises a one-piece latch (55), the door a one-piece latch (76) in the Distance from the latch (55) to interact with this, whereby the door (70) in a closed Position can be held. 9. Cabinet furniture according to claim 8, characterized in that g e k en η that the latch (55) attached to the hinge is a resilient resilient member (56) comprises, which extends from the plate (51) upwards extends towards the door '(70) and a latch lip (57) is formed thereon which extends to extends downwards and backwards in the direction of the plate (51), the door bolt (76) opposite the latch (55) arranged for mutual engagement therewith and is rearward from the door in a position between the resilient resilient member (56) and plate (51) and then hooks upward to a hook (78) for engagement with said trap lip (57) thereby keeping the door (70) closed, however when exercising a pulling movement on the door can be opened, whereby the "resilient, resilient The link (56) is bent upwards and backwards to snap the hook (78) behind the lip (57) allow. 209851/0705 - 17 - , 10. Sehrankmöbel, 'characterized by. a rear wall (10) and two side walls (20), which extend freely forward from the rear wall (10) ;; at least one joint (50) at the top and at least a joint (50) on the floor of the viewing bench next to one of the side walls (20); a door (70) that can be pivoted attached to the joints (50) is the fact that at least one of said hinges (50) comprises a plate (51) extending from said side wall (20) stretching out away; one on said plate (51) trained trap (55); a trap (55) with a resilient, resilient member (56), the see upwardly from the panel extending towards the door (70) and with a lip (57) on it Member extending downwardly and rearwardly towards the plate (51); such a door (70) including a latch (76) positioned opposite the latch (55) for engagement therewith; the fact that the latch (76) from the door to the rear in a position between the resilient elastic member and the plate and then hooked upwards to a hook (78) for a mutual Engaging the lip (57) thereby maintaining the door (70) in a closed position; but can be opened on exertion of a tensile force, the resilient resilient member (56) is bent upwards and backwards 'and whereby the hook (78) behind the' lip (56) in a snap motion can be loaded. 209861/0706 11. Cabinet furniture according to claim 10, characterized in that the plate (51) is substantially "L" shaped, a first portion extending forwardly to the front edge of the side wall and has a second part extending laterally therefrom outwardly in front of the leading edge of the side wall . And that a pivot pin (54) from the second part extends in front of said leading edge of the side wall to facilitate the articulation of the door (70), this having an opening (75) at its upper edge and at its bottom edge into which the Extend pivot pin (54). 12. Cabinet furniture according to claim 11, characterized in that the door (70) by a circumferential Edge wall (71) is determined, which is connected to an inwardly extending edge wall (72) which is connected to a recessed sheet (74) by means of a recessed wall (73) which is essentially in alignment with the edge wall (71), and that the edge wall (72) is wider than the height of said pivot pin (54), so that the recessed 'Vand (73) and the upper end of the Pivot pins (54) do not touch each other. 13. Cabinet furniture according to claim 11 and 12, characterized in that a transverse web (60) spans the width of the view bar above and below, with the first part of the plate (51) of the joint on one the transverse webs (60) is attached. 209851/0705 Empty e-ite