EP0063396B1 - Eléments pour la composition de meubles démontables - Google Patents

Eléments pour la composition de meubles démontables Download PDF

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EP0063396B1
EP0063396B1 EP82200422A EP82200422A EP0063396B1 EP 0063396 B1 EP0063396 B1 EP 0063396B1 EP 82200422 A EP82200422 A EP 82200422A EP 82200422 A EP82200422 A EP 82200422A EP 0063396 B1 EP0063396 B1 EP 0063396B1
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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
    • A47B57/30—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports
    • A47B57/48—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of tongues, pins or similar projecting means coacting with openings
    • A47B57/50—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of tongues, pins or similar projecting means coacting with openings characterised by shape or orientation of opening, e.g. keyhole-shaped
    • A47B57/52—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of tongues, pins or similar projecting means coacting with openings characterised by shape or orientation of opening, e.g. keyhole-shaped the shelf supports being cantilever brackets

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  • the present invention relates to a combination of structural elements for realizing modular furniture.
  • Structural elements for realizing modular furniture essentially comprising stiles, shelves, panels and members for the reciprocal jointed, fixed or movable connection of said elements are well known.
  • US-A-4 146 140 discloses a sturdy vertical beam having slotted sides with slotted rails into which shelves, cabinets and the like can be hung by means of carrier hooks.
  • FR-A-2.461.140 discloses a combination of modular elements suitable for realizing exposition or office stands, comprising square beams provided with vertical grooves with which transverse panels engage.
  • FR-A-2 370 452 discloses a combination of shelves having their faces provided with a multiple drilling into which supporting elements for horizontal panels engage.
  • FR-A-2 064 728 discloses a combination of structural elements for realizing furniture comprising a U cross section beam extending in a T portion and provided on its major faces with a keyhole shaped multiple drilling for the engagement of elements supporting the shelves.
  • the elements described in the cited Patents are generally realized with the height corresponding to the height of traditional rooms, and with the width and depth corresponding to standardized values allowing the manufacturer and the seller to limit the range of products to be stored at the warehouse.
  • the object of the invention is to eliminate such drawbacks and to realize a combination of structural elements for the formation of furniture of any height and with functional features, variable according to their arrangement and utilization.
  • Another object of the invention is to realize a combination of semifinished and pre-varnished structural elements ready for use.
  • each stile having a substantially rectangular cross-section and a conformation symmetrical with respect to a vertical plane parallel to the major faces, characterized in that each stile comprises:
  • each pin having an end portion and, adjacent thereto, radially projecting protrusions which are narrower in one plane than and wider in a plane perpendicular to the one plane than the opening of the third groove; the end portion and the radially projecting protrusions of the pin being passed through the opening of the respective third groove so that the end portion enters one of the blind holes, the pin then being turned about its longitudinal axis through 90° so that the radially projecting protrusions engage the walls of the inner portion of the third groove, thus preventing withdrawal of the pin.
  • the combination of structural elements according to the invention comprises a stile or post 1 constituted by a board of length compatible with the machines for its formation and with the space for its storing; it is preferably realized in pre-varnished wood, and it presents a longitudinal dove-tailed groove 2 on each major face.
  • blind holes 3 are provided with fixed pitch, for the bayonet-engagement of a pin 4, 4' provided at one end with' flare-shaped extension 5 having an outline corresponding to the outline of the cross section of the groove 2.
  • each pin 4 is provided with an orthogonally projecting portion 6, while each pin 4' is provided with a conical niche 7; the function of the projecting portion 6 and of the niche 7 will be clarified later on.
  • a further substantially rectangular groove 8 is provided for insertion of back panels 9 or for the housing of seals 10 with doors 11.
  • the stile 1 is moreover provided with a further rectangular groove 12 for the insertion of the side panel 13 of the piece of furniture.
  • the edges of the end face nearest to the groove 8 have a part-cylindrical shape 14 for the eventual partial housing of hinges 15 of articulation of the doors 11.
  • the invention comprises a number of panels constituting respectively, as well as the already indicated side panels 13 and the back panels 9, boards making up partitions 16, shelves 17, the top piece and the bottom piece 18 of the piece of furniture.
  • the top piece and the bottom piece 18 of the piece of furniture are provided near each shorter side with a cylindrical hole 19 orthogonal to the side itself and complementary to the pin 4'.
  • the said hole communicates with respectively the lower surface of the top piece or with the upper surface of the bottom piece 18, through a further cylindrical hole 20 housing an internally threaded bushing 21.
  • the distance between the side of the top piece or of the bottom piece 18 and the axis of the threaded bushing corresponds exactly to the distance between the face of the stile and the axis of the conical niche 7 of the pin 4'.
  • a screw 22 with a conical tip complementary to the conical niche 7 is screwed into each threaded bushing 21.
  • the pins 4' are introduced into the holes 19 of the panels constituting the top piece and the bottom piece 18 and one tightens the screws 22 which, by penetrating with their conical tips into the corresponding conical niches 7 of the pins 4', fasten such panels to their corresponding stiles.
  • seals 10 are applied to the vertical grooves near the openings that must be shut.
  • the longitudinal groove 2' has a cross-like conformation (cf. Fig. 4).

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  • Securing Of Glass Panes Or The Like (AREA)
  • Professional, Industrial, Or Sporting Protective Garments (AREA)

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1. Ensemble d'éléments structuraux pour la formation de meubles modulaires comprenant des montants (1), des panneaux horizontaux (17, 18) et des panneaux fixes ou mobiles (9, 11), chaque montant (1) ayant une section transversale substantiellement rectangulaire et une conformation symétrique par rapport à un plan parallel aux faces les plus grandes, caracterisé en ce que chaque montant comprend:
- au moins une première rainure (12) pour les panneaux latéraux (13) sur une des deux faces verticales les plus petites,
- une deuxième rainure (8) pour le logement des panneaux verticaux fixes (9) ou des garnitures (10) sur chacune des faces les plus grandes,
- une troisième rainure longitudinale (2, 2') sur chacune des faces les plus grandes, dite rainure étant pourvue de plusieurs trous borgnes (3) et ayant une portion intérieure qui est plus large que l'ouverture;

et en ce que des goujons (4, 4') substantiellement cylindriques supportent les panneaux horizontaux (17, 18), chacun goujon ayant une portion de son extrémité et, adjacent à celle-ci, des appendices (5) saillant radialement, qui sur un plan sont plus étroites que l'ouverture de la troisième rainure (2, 2') correspondante et plus large qu'elle sur un plan perpendiculaire à la meme, de façon que, l'extrémité du goujon et ses appendice étant insérées dans un des trous borgnes (3), et le goujon étant tourné de 90° autor de son axe longitudinal, les appendices saillantes engagent les parois de la portion intérieure de la troisième rainure, de façon à empêcher l'enlèvement du goujon.
2. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caracterisé en ce que la troisième rainure (2, 2') présente une forme évasée et en ce que la forme des appendices (5) saillant radialement correspond substantiellement à la section transversale de cette rainure.
3. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caracterisé en ce que la rainure (2') a forme de T.
4. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caracterisé en ce que chaque goujon (4) est pourvu à l'autre extrémité d'une portion saillante orthogonale (6) qui s'engage de façon amovible avec un trou correspondant étant présent sur les panneaux horizontaux.
5. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque goujon (4) est pourvu d'une niche conique (7) à son autre extrémité.
6. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caracterisé en ce que les panneaux horizontaux formant la pièce supérieure et celle inférieure (18) du meuble à assembler sont pourvus près du côté le plus court d'un trou cylindrique (19) orthogonal au côté même et complementaire au goujon (4').
7. Ensemble selon la revendication 6, caracterisé en ce que le trou cylindrique (19) est en communication avec la surface inférieure du panneau supérieur ou avec la surface supérieure de panneau inférieur (18) réspectivement du meuble, par le moyen d'un trou cylindrique supplémentaire (20) qui est orthogonal au préce- dant et qui contient une douille (21) taraudée à l'intérieur.
8. Ensemble selon les revendications 1, 5 et 7, caracterisé en ce que la vis (22) à pointe conique étant complementaire à la niche conique (7) s'engage avec chaque douille taraudée (21).
9. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caracterisé en ce que les trous multiples (3) sont faits avec un pas constant.
10. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caracterisé en ce que les bords antérieurs de chaque montant sont pourvus de rainures (14) partialement cylindriques.
EP82200422A 1981-04-16 1982-04-05 Eléments pour la composition de meubles démontables Expired EP0063396B1 (fr)

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AT82200422T ATE21997T1 (de) 1981-04-16 1982-04-05 Grundelemente zur herstellung von zerlegbaren moebeln.

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IT84117/81A IT1147290B (it) 1981-04-16 1981-04-16 Complesso di elementi strutturali per la formazione di mobili componibili

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SE433035B (sv) * 1982-03-19 1984-05-07 Harald Lundqvist Forbindningsanordning vid en hyllstellning
FR2539284B1 (fr) * 1983-01-13 1987-01-02 Materic Lundia Sa Dispositif de fixation de tablettes ou etageres sur des montants ou parois verticales de meuble
WO1994018869A1 (fr) * 1993-02-18 1994-09-01 John Stanley Reid Dispositif de rangement modulaire et element associe

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US3527175A (en) * 1968-04-11 1970-09-08 Bertram H Kapnek Shelf
FR2064728A5 (fr) * 1969-10-24 1971-07-23 Paveau Robert
DE2531306C2 (de) * 1975-07-12 1982-04-08 Migulla, geb. Donath, Barbara, 4280 Borken Wandregal
SE7612744L (sv) * 1976-11-15 1978-05-16 Lundqvist Harald Hyllstellning
US4146140A (en) * 1977-01-19 1979-03-27 Adolf Suter Support system
FR2461140A1 (fr) * 1979-07-11 1981-01-30 Flajolet Jacques Ensemble de menuiserie modulaire, destine notamment a l'installation de stands d'exposition ou de bureaux

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