EP0043168B1 - Schrank, Bücherregal und dgl. - Google Patents

Schrank, Bücherregal und dgl. Download PDF

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EP0043168B1
EP0043168B1 EP81200720A EP81200720A EP0043168B1 EP 0043168 B1 EP0043168 B1 EP 0043168B1 EP 81200720 A EP81200720 A EP 81200720A EP 81200720 A EP81200720 A EP 81200720A EP 0043168 B1 EP0043168 B1 EP 0043168B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/06—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of the shelves
    • A47B57/08—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of the shelves consisting of grooved or notched ledges, uprights or side walls
    • A47B57/10—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of the shelves consisting of grooved or notched ledges, uprights or side walls the grooved or notched parts being the side walls or uprights themselves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/06—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of the shelves
    • A47B57/26—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of the shelves consisting of clamping means, e.g. with sliding bolts or sliding wedges

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  • This invention relates to such cupboards, book shelves or the like as are generally defined in the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention primarily relates to book shelves but may also be applied to cupboards, storage racks and other units and pieces of furniture for storage purposes.
  • a book shelf or the like of this general kind forms the subject matter of FR-A-711639 which discloses a shelf structure comprising walls provided with vertical rails or columns having shoulders facing upwardly. Each of these columns has a substantially sawtooth shape as seen in a vertical section. Each shoulder is intended as a support for a one shank of a bracket which substantially has the shape of a Z as seen in a cross section and whose other oppositely directed shank forms a support for a shelf or platform. Each shelf which extends between two adjacent walls of the piece of furniture in question is supported by two pairs of Z-brackets. When a shelf of this old structure is to be shifted in the vertical direction it is necessary to shift the brackets individually, independent of the shelf proper.
  • US-A-2 967 625 discloses a standard and bracket assembly comprising shelf supporting brackets. These standards are, in the shelf supporting condition, substantially similar to the rails of FR-A-711639. The principal features of the shelf supporting brackets of this US disclosure resides therein, that each bracket is integral with its standard and united thereto by a resilient tongue.
  • DE-B-1 265 369 discloses a shelf which is provided with a pair of double, plastic strips or ribs each pair extending along the entire length of one of the lateral ends of the shelf.
  • Each double rib comprises two wedge-shaped parts which are united by a flexible yoke.
  • One rib part is provided with a tongue engaging a corresponding groove in the appurtenant shelf.
  • the outside of the other rib part is provided with tooth-like projections.
  • the intention is that the shelf is to be supported by the wedge action between the rib parts when the tooth-like projections engage an adjacent wall of a book shelf or the like, being retained purely by friction. In this structure it is impossible to displace the shelf downwards without removing it entirely from the cabinet.
  • DE-B-1 128 614 discloses a shelf structure comprising vertical posts or rails having longitudinal grooves and wedge-shaped recesses in one of their longitudinal lateral surfaces for supporting the shelves. These have pivotable supporting brackets at one of their ends and stationary supporting brackets at their other end. The brackets which are all rigid do not project beyond their respective lateral ends of the shelf and are horizontal in their shelf supporting position. Since the shelves are provided with pivotable brackets only at one of their ends, it is not possible to adjust the height position of the shelves while maintaining the shelves in a horizontal position.
  • the principal object of the invention is to eliminate these drawbacks and to provide a cupboard, book shelf or the like of the kind in question which permits a simple shift or transfer of the shelves in the vertical direction. This object is attained thanks to the fact that the cupboard, book shelf or the like according to the invention is so designed as is set forth in the characterizing clause of claim 1.
  • the (book)shelf or the cupboard according to Fig. 1 comprises a stationary base or bottom 1, a stationary upper shelf 2 or top and two end walls 3, of which one could constitute an intermediate wall of wider shelf unit, possibly a back panel 4, and two displaceable shelves 5. These are suitably inserted in an inclined position into the shelf unit as illustrated in Fig. 1.
  • Each end wall or intermediate wall 3 is on each one of its sides or principal surfaces which face an opposed end wall or intermediate wall provided with two carrier rails which are generally designated 7 and are more clearly shown in Figs 2-6.
  • the rails 7 are made e.g. of aluminium or another preferably metallic, wear- resistant material and have bores 8 at their ends (Figs. 2 and 3) for screws 9 by means of which the rails are secured to the walls 3.
  • the rails 7 are substantially sawtooth-shaped as seen in a longitudinal section, as is evident from Figs. 2 and 4, and comprise shoulders 10 which are intended to carry a shelf 5 in cooperation with a bracket to be described below, at the transitions between one saw-tooth and the adjacent one. As is most clearly shown in Fig. 2 the saw-teeth 11 suitably have a broken or angular contour.
  • the rails may alternatively be comprised of portions of the respective walls, in that they firstly comprise flexible tongues which are cut out in the sheet iron wall and essentially correspond to the outer edge portion of the saw-teeth, and secondly comprise such portions of the sheet iron wall as are located intermediate the tongues or surround them, respectively.
  • a first embodiment of a bracket is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 6, in which it is generally designated 13.
  • the bracket which is of plastic or another flexible or elastical material comprises two interconnected plate-shaped shanks 14 and 15 which form an obtuse angle with each other in the un-bent condition of the bracket (the lower bracket in Fig. 4).
  • the shank 14 has an integral substantially cylindrical rib 16 which is intended to be introduced into a corresponding groove in the end edge of the shelf 5, as is apparent from Figs. 4 and 6.
  • the lower free edge of the flange 15 is intended to rest upon one of the shoulders 10 of the rails and thereby support the shelf 5. Since the cooperating rails normally are four in number, there is normally a bracket adjacent each corner of the shelf 5.
  • a bracket 13 which comprises two plates or the like, 18, 19, which are united through a web 20 and between themselves form an interspace 21 defined by preferably parallel wall surfaces, and a suitably cylindrical stud 22 which is united with one of the plates 18 and whose longitudinal axis forms an obtuse angle with the other plate 19, which has a preferably planar carrier surface which is intended to rest upon one of the said shoulders 10 of the rail 7 for carrying a shelf 5.
  • the plates or shanks 18, 19 may possibly be wider than as shown, and furthermore the plate 18 may suitably be given a circular shape to be able to be countersunk in a drilled or milled counterbore, which is coaxial with the stud 22, which corresponds to the rib 16 in Figs. 4 and 6, in the end edge of the shelf 5.
  • FIG. 8 there is illustrated another bracket 13 which is intended in particular for shelves 5 in the form of thin plates, e.g. of glass.
  • This bracket is comprised of a short profile rail of approximately F-shaped cross section, the lower horizontal shank 24 of the F forming an obtuse angle with the ascender 25 and being intended as a carrier surface for the end of a shelf, and the upper horizontal shank 26, which is shorter than the lower shank, of the F being intended to embrace the end of the shelf together with the lower shank.
  • the bottom end of the ascender 25 of the F forms a preferably planar carrier surface, which is intended to rest upon one of the said shoulders 10 of the rail 7.
  • a further bracket 13 is shown, which primarily is intended for sheet-metal shelves.
  • This bracket comprises a substantially parallelepipedal block 27 and a flexible tongue 28 which projects obliquely therefrom and whose free end edge forms a preferably planar carrier surface, which is intended to rest upon one of the shoulders 10 of the rail 7.
  • the block 27 may be secured to the shelf 5 by means of a diagrammatically indicated rivet 29 or the like.
  • the flexible shanks 15, 19, 25, 28 of the brackets 13 may be comprised of tongues which are cut out and bent out of the end edge of the shelf (Fig. 9) which in this case is perpendicular to said end edge, whereby the brackets 13 become integral parts of the shelves 5.
  • Fig. 10 there is illustrated how the shift or displacement of a shelf 5 in the vertical direction is carried out.
  • the shelf is initially raised to the upper level in Fig. 4, the shanks 15 of the brackets being hereby pressed out of the saw-tooth recesses or grooves in the rail 7.
  • the shelf 5 is pulled forward in the direction of the arrow to the depth position A in Fig. 10, after which the shelf can be moved upwards or downwards to the desired level and then be pushed inwards into its normal depth position B which is shown to the right in Fig. 10, and subsequently the height position is adjusted to a new level, so that the shank 15 of the bracket flexes in into another one of the grooves of the rail 7 and comes to rest upon another shoulder 10.
  • the end walls and/or intermediate walls 3 may comprise vertical posts 30, which are provided pairwise and form the longitudinal, vertical end edges of the walls and are interconnected by means of end panels or cross bars 31, which are embraced by a pair of flanges 33 on each post.
  • Each post 30 has at least one channel 32 (two in Fig. 11) for a rail 7.

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1. Schrank, Regal od.dgl., der/das verstellbare, waagerechte Bretter, Böden od.dgl. (5) aufweist, die an ihren Enden von einander gegenüberstehenden End- oder Zwischenwänden (3) getragen werden, die einander im wesentlichen gleich sind und die an ihren einander gegenüberstehenden Oberflächen senkrechte Reihen (7) von Absätzen (10) aufweisen, die nach oben gerichtet sind und vorzugsweise die gleiche Weite haben, wobei jedes Paar einander benachbarter Absätze durch zwei übereinander gelegene Flächen verbunden sind, von denen die obere Fläche mit der Ebene der Wand im wesentlichen parallel ist während die untere Fläche nach untennach innen mit Bezug auf die Ebene der naheliegenden Wand geneigt ist, sodass ein senkrechter Querschnitt durch die senkrechte Reihe im wesentlichen Sägezahnform erhält, wobei die Absätze jeder senkrechten Reihe zwischen einem Paar im wesentlichen senkrechter Begrenzungsflächen, die im wesentlichen in derselben senkrechten Ebene wie die beiden seitlichen Endkanten des betroffenen Absatzes gelegen sind und sich oberhalb jeder seitlichen Endkante erstrecken, wobei mindestens ein tragender Halter (13) für jedes Ende jedes Brettes, Bodens od.dgl. vorgesehen ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder tragende Halter mittels eines Befestigungsteiles an dem genannten Ende lösbar befestigt oder mit demselben einteilig ausgebildet ist, wobei eine nachgiebige Zunge (15, 19, 25, 28), die ein integrierendes Teil des Halters darstellt und höchstens die gleiche Weite wie der Halter hat, beide senkrecht zur Ebene der Wand gemessen, vor dem Ende des Brettes, Bodens od.dgl. hinausragt und einen stumpfen Winkel mit der Ebene des Brettes, Bodens od.dgl. bildet, wenn das/der letztgenannte frei oder getragen ist, wobei das Ende der Zunge auf dem Absatz ruht um das betreffende Ende des Brettes, Bodens od.dgl. zu tragen und die Zunge um eine Achse, die zu dem Ende des Brettes, Bodens od.dgl. im wesentlichen parallel ist, soweit elastisch biegsam ist, dass sie einen im wesentlichen rechten Winkel mit der Ebene des Brettes, Bodens od.dgl. bildet und nicht wesentlich an dessen Ende vorbeiragt; und dass die Anordnung derart ausgebildet ist, dass es möglich ist das Brett, den Boden od.dgl. hochzuheben während es/er waagerecht gehalten wird um die Zungen aus ihren Eingriffen mit einem ersten Satz von Absätzen zu lösen und sie zum Anliegen gegen die ebene Wände zu bringen, das Brett, der Boden od.dgl. waagerecht einzuschieben oder auszuziehen, das Brett, den Boden od.dgl. hochzuheben oder zu senken, während es/er waagerecht gehalten wird, und es/er dann horizontal auszuziehen bzw. einzuschieben um die Zungen mit einem anderen Satz von Absätzen an einem höheren oder niedriegen Niveau wieder im Eingriff zu bringen.
2. Schrank, Regal od.dgl. nach Patentanspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Absätze (10) und die Flächenpaare, die einander benachbarte Absätze untereinander binden, in im wesentlichen senkrecht verlaufenden Schienen (7) vorgesehen sind, die an den genannten Wänden (3) befestigt sind.
3. Schrank, Regal od.dgl. nach Patentanspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Anzahl von Schienen pro Wandseite als auch die Anzahl von Haltern (13) pro Brettende zwei ist.
4. Schrank, Regal od.dgl. nach irgend einem der vorhergehenden Patentansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Halter zwei einstückig ausgebildete Plättchen (14, 15) umfasst, von denen eine (15) die genannte Zunge darstellt und die andere Plättchen (14) einen zapfenähnlichen Eingriffteil (16) aufweist, der von einer der Oberflächen des Plättchens (14) herausragt und in ein Loch einsetzbar ist, das in einem Brettende vorgesehen ist und einen Querschnitt hat, der demjenigen des Eingriffteils (16) entspricht.
5. Schrank, Regal od.dgl. nach Patentanspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Halter (13) zwei Plättchen (18, 19), die mit einander durch einen Steg (20) verbunden sind und zwischen sich einen Zwischenraum (21) bilden, der von zwei vorzugsweise parallelen Plättchenflächen begrenzt ist, und einen Zapfenteil (22) umfassen, der vorzugsweise zylindrisch und einstückig mit einer (18) der Plättchen ausgebildet ist und dessen Längsachse einen stumpfen Winkel mit dem anderen Plättchen (19) bildet, das vorzugsweise eine ebene Stützfläche hat, die zum Stützen auf einem der genannten Absätzen (10) angeordnet ist, (Fig. 7.)
6. Schrank, Regal od.dgl. nach Patentanspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Halter (13), die für dünne Bretter, Böden od.dgl. insbesondere Glasscheiben, vorgesehen sind, aus kurzen Profilschienen bestehen, die einen im wesentlichen F-förmigen Querschnitt haben, wobei der untre, waagerechte Schenkel (24) des F:s einen stumpfen Winkel mit dem Strich (25) des F:s zum Darstellen einer Stützfläche für ein Brettende ausgebildet ist und der obere, waagerechte Schenkel (26) des F:s, der kürzer als der untere Schenkel ist, dazu angeordnet ist zusammen mit dem genannten, unteren Schenkel das Brettende zu umschliessen, wobei das untere Ende des Striches des F:s eine vorzugsweise ebene Tragfläche bildet, die zum Stützen auf einem der Absätze (10) vorgesehen ist. (Fig. 8.)
7. Schrank, Regal od.dgl. nach Patentanspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Halter (13), die in erster Linie für Blechböden (5) vorgesehen sind, einen im wesentlichen parallelepipedförmigen Klotz (27) und eine flexible Zunge (28) umfassen, die davon schräg hinausragt und eine freie Endkante hat, die eine Tragfläche bildet, die vorzugsweise eben und zum Stützen auf einem der Absätze (10) vorgeseheh ist. (Fig. 8.)
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