DE8808466U1 - Organization drawer with removable and movable built-in organization elements - Google Patents

Description

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Organization drawer with removable and movable built-in organization elements.

The invention relates to an organization drawer with removable and relocatable organization elements, such as dividers, stamp holders, pencil trays and the like, in which the organization drawer has recesses arranged at equal intervals at least in the side walls, in which protruding locking elements are inserted in a spring-loaded manner on the side of the respective organization element.

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Locking of organizational elements in organizational drawers using spring-loaded locking bolts is well known in this field. However, known designs have the disadvantage that separate components are required to generate the spring preload, which carry the locking bolts and which are relatively laborious to insert into the organizational elements.

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The invention is therefore based on the object of improving an organization drawer of the type mentioned at the beginning in such a way that the locking mechanism in the side walls of the organization drawer is produced by means that can be produced in the simplest way.

This object is achieved according to the invention essentially by

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solved by attaching the locking bolts to the free end areas of spring arms that are made in one piece with the plastic organization elements. This means that no special parts are required and a complete organization element can be manufactured in one operation, for example by injection molding*.

In a preferred embodiment according to the invention, the organization elements have at least one transverse wall extending across the width of the organization drawer and the spring arms are formed in the end walls closing the transverse wall on both sides.

In a particularly preferred embodiment according to the invention, this can be achieved _by the spring arms being formed by two parallel slots extending from the upper edge of the front wall. This creates a particularly simple embodiment in that the spring properties of the plastic from which the organization element and consequently also the front wall are made are used to form the spring element and yet the impression of a closed front wall is created because the slots can be made extremely narrow.

To actuate the locking mechanism, i.e. to release the organization element, it is preferred that the free end of the spring arm protrudes beyond the upper edge of the front wall, with a handle preferably being provided at this end.

In a preferred embodiment, the handle lies with its head surface in the plane of the upper edge of the transverse wall, in order to prevent the locking bolts from being accidentally released.

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For this purpose it is advantageous that the upper edge of the cross wall is lowered downwards in a step at its lateral ends and that the handle protrudes from the step to the upper edge.

It is advantageous if the head surface of the handle is provided with a grip recess or similar.

In order to improve the external appearance, an extension is advantageously provided at the end of the handle, which extends downwards and engages under a projection of the upper edge of the upper wall forming the transverse wall and closes the cavity at the top.

The cavity is advantageously closed off on the side remote from the spring element by an intermediate wall connecting the two side walls, whereby the intermediate wall has a pin-like extension at its lower end, which engages in recesses provided at regular intervals in the bottom of the organization drawer. This improves the tipping stability, especially with narrow organization elements.

Polystyrene is considered to be an advantageous material with sufficient spring properties for the one-piece spring arms.

With a fine advantageous development, the transverse wall itself forms a dividing wall as an organizational element.

The transverse wall is preferably designed as a ^hollow body ^, since the organizational elements can be produced advantageously by injection molding.

In the following, the invention is explained using embodiments illustrated by way of example in the drawings.

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explained in more detail. It shows:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a section of an organization drawer in the area of a side wall, with the opposite side area being mirror-symmetrical;

Figure 2 a front view of an organizational element; 10

Figure 3 is a front view of the organization element according to Figure 2;

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Figure 5 shows another embodiment of an organizational element in front view.

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The organization drawer 1 has at least in its side walls 4 recesses 5 or openings arranged at regular intervals, wherein spring-loaded protruding locking bolts 6 are provided on the organization elements 2 on the lateral end walls, which engage in the recesses 5 and can be moved out of them to move the organization elements 2.

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The organization elements 2 to be used in the organization drawers 1 according to the invention have at least one transverse wall 8 extending over the clear width of the organization drawer 1, which in the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 forms the organization element 2 itself in the form of a partition 3. The transverse wall 8 is closed at its two lateral ends by end walls 9, with the spring arms 7 being arranged in the end walls 9.

As shown, the spring arms 7 are formed by two parallel slots 11, 12 extending from the upper edge 10 of each end wall 9, so that a spring tongue is practically cut out of the end wall 9.

In order to enable the spring arms 7 with the locking pins 6 to move away from the side wall 4 of the organization drawer 1, i.e. to disengage the locking pins 6 from the recesses 5, a cavity 15 extending from the upper edge 13 to the lower edge 14 is provided behind the front wall 9.

The free end 16 of the spring arm 17 projects beyond the upper edge 10 of the front wall 9 and has a handle 17 on this projecting free end 16.

The handle 17 is designed in such a way that when the locking bolts are engaged in the recesses 5, its head surface 18 lies in the plane of the upper edge 13 of the transverse wall 8 or, in the illustrated embodiment, the separating partition 3.

In certain embodiments, it may be advantageous to provide the upper edge 13 of the transverse wall 8 at its lateral ends with a downwardly offset step 19 from which the handle M extends to the upper edge 13 of the transverse wall

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As indicated by the dashed lines in Figure 2, a gripping recess 20 or gripping strips or the like should be provided on the head surface 18 of the handle 17, so that the respective locking bolt 6 can be moved more easily out of the corresponding recess 5 against the spring force of the spring arm 7.
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In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, the end of the handle 17 located behind the grip recess is provided with a downwardly offset extension 21 which engages under a projection 22 and closes the cavity 15 at the top, the projection 22 being formed by the upper wall 23 forming the upper edge 13 of the transverse wall 8.

Since such organizational elements can preferably be manufactured as injection-molded parts made of polystyrene, the transverse wall 8 is designed as a hollow body, so that the cavity 15 is closed off on the side remote from the spring arm 7 by an intermediate wall 26 connecting the two side walls 24, 25. To increase the tipping stability of narrow organizational elements 2, the intermediate wall 26 has a pin-like extension 28 at its lower end 27, which, as shown in Figure 1, engages in recesses 30 provided at regular intervals in the base 29 of the organizational drawer 1.

Figure 5 shows a modified embodiment of an organization element 2, which in this case is a stamp holder that can be inserted into the organization drawer 1. Since the details essential to the invention are provided with the same reference numerals as in Figures 1 to 4, reference can be made to the above description.

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All features and advantages of the invention arising from the description, claims and drawings, including structural details and spatial arrangements, can be essential to the invention either individually or in any combination.

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Claims (1)

Patent Attorneys Broee ÄBroee 01.07.1988 Dipl. Ing. Kari A. Brost ^ Dipl. Ing. D. Karl Brose D-6023 Pullach/Munich Wien«-Str. 2, Tei. 0 M/7S330 71-72 Robert Thoma GmbH Rotho - Kunststoffwerke Wiesentalstr. 10, D-7803 Freiburg i. Br. IO PROTECTION CLAIMS 1. Organization drawer with detachable and displaceable organization elements such as dividers, stamp holders, pencil trays and the like, in which the organization drawer has recesses arranged at regular intervals at least in the side walls, into which spring-loaded protruding locking bolts engage at the sides of the respective organization element, characterized in that the locking bolts (6) are fastened to the free end regions of spring arms formed integrally with the organization element (2) consisting of plastic. 2« Organization drawer according to claim 1, characterized in that the organization elements (2) have a transverse wall (8) extending over the width of the organization drawer (1), and that the spring arms (7) are formed in the end walls (9) closing the transverse wall (8) on both sides. 3. Organizing drawer according to claim 2, characterized in that the spring arms (7) are connected by two parallel slots extending from the upper edge (10) of the front wall (!) ill} ■ IJ J 11)1 (11, 12) are formed. 4. Organizing drawer according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that a cavity (15) extending from the upper edge (13) to the lower edge (14) is provided behind the end wall (9). 5. Organizing drawer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the free end (16) of the spring arms (7) protrudes beyond the upper edge (10) of the end wall (9). 6. Organizing drawer according to claim 5, characterized in that the free end (16) of the spring arms (7) is provided with a handle (17). 7. Organizing drawer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle (17) lies with its head surface (18) in the plane of the upper edge (13) of the transverse wall (8). 8. Organizing drawer according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the upper edge (13) of the transverse wall (8) is lowered at its lateral ends downwards in a step (19), and that the handle (17) projects from the step (19) to the upper edge (13). 9. Organizing drawer according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the head surface (18) of the handle (17) is provided with a recessed grip (2Ü) or the like. 10. Organizing drawer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at the end of the handle (17) a downwardly offset extension (21) is provided, which is inserted under a projection (22) of the upper edge (13) of the transverse wall v"8y forming it * till·· * · »4 * 1*1 If # #< H IfI * t · t Il I f i it I »t · 4 engages the opening (23) and shoots the cavity (15) upwards. 11t Organizing drawer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cavity (15) on the side remote from the spring arms is formed by a Zwiez-kanusnil lOd\ ahnncrtincCon 4 ci - HnA HaR A 4 &ogr; 7ui4 cckonuiä nti connecting the two side walls (24, 25). iö (26) has a pin-like extension (28) at its lower end (?7) which engages in recesses (30) provided at regular intervals in the bottom (29) of the organization drawer (1). j2* Organization drawer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the organization element (2) forms a partition (3).- 13. Organization drawer according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transverse wall (8) is designed as a hollow body.