EP0063805A2 - Rack for storing and displaying articles - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Rack for storing and displaying articles packed in boxes (30), with at least two vertical crossbeams (11, 36, 37) formed from beam sections and compartment bottoms (29) fixed thereto, said bottoms having transverse sections (15, 35, 53) which slope from back to front and longitudinal sections (12, 13, 49) interconnecting crossbeams (11, 36, 37) and/or the transverse sections (15, 35, 53), the rack being constructed from interconnectable segments (25) having corresponding dimensions and the beam sections are connectable with plug and/or screw connections, characterized in that the compartment bottoms (29) are formed from the transverse sections (15, 35, 53) and longitudinal sections (12, 13, 49), the transverse sections (15, 35, 53) are double angle or T-sections, whose outer flanges (54) form bearing surfaces for boxes (30) place between them and whose upwardly directed surfaces (55) serve as a lateral guide for the boxes (30).

Description

The invention relates to a shelf for storing and providing objects packed in boxes, with at least two vertical bars and shelves attached to them.

Conventional shelves have horizontal shelves in which the items packed in boxes are arranged. In the case of the desired tightest possible storage there is the disadvantage that the objects cannot be removed from the boxes, or only with difficulty. In addition, if there are several boxes in a row and the first box is removed, it is practically impossible to move the boxes further back to the front.

n ^p r invention has for its object to provide a rack of the type mentioned, which a simple and stable and is inexpensive to manufacture and allows for large packing density of the boxes, both objects from the boxes and the boxes from the shelf refer to.

To achieve this object, the invention proposes a shelf in which each shelf is formed from transverse profiles that slope from the back to the front and longitudinal profiles connecting the spars and / or the transverse profiles. Because the shelves, which consist only of profiles, are not completely formed and therefore part of the load is borne by the boxes themselves, considerable material savings are achieved, which contributes to cheaper manufacturing. In addition, the unfilled shelves are relatively light. The oblique arrangement of the shelves makes it possible to remove objects from the top of the front box, even if the space between the individual boxes and the higher shelf is very small.

In a further development it can be provided that the shelf is made up of segments which can be connected to one another, preferably corresponding to one another in terms of their dimensions, the spar sections being able to be connected to one another by plug and / or screw connections. This training makes it possible to adapt the size of the shelf to the required requirements. The connection can be made, for example, in such a way that the profiles forming the spars are formed at their upper or lower ends offset inwards or outwards by about their own wall thickness and approximately L-shaped inwards or outwards have punched tab-like approaches for receiving the other ends of the adjacent segment. The ends of the spars can additionally have holes which, in the case of assembled segments, are aligned with the holes in the respectively adjacent segment. With this type of connection of the individual segments, a certain clamping effect is already achieved, so that screwing down is not absolutely necessary.

It is particularly advantageous if, according to a further feature of the invention, the transverse profiles are double-angle or T-profiles, the outer flanges of which serve as supports and the surfaces facing upwards serve as lateral guides for the boxes. The profiles are preferably the same distance everywhere, so that the same boxes can be used everywhere. The side guide has the advantage that the boxes are securely guided on the shelves. When using double-angle profiles, which are approximately hat-shaped in cross section, the boxes must inevitably maintain a certain lateral distance, so that it is always possible to grasp the respective front box by hand.

It is also possible for the spars to be identical angle profiles arranged at the corners of the shelf, to which angle profiles forming the periphery of the shelves are attached. In this case, the shelf has four bars, which simultaneously form the outer boundary of the shelf.

It can be provided according to the invention that the transverse profiles and / or the longitudinal profiles have or form a stop for the boxes. This stop can for example, be formed by the vertical leg of an angle profile. However, it is also possible that, for example, the horizontal section of a transverse profile has a wave-like shape on which the box comes to rest.

However, it is particularly expedient if the legs of the front longitudinal profile form an acute downward-pointing angle, the leg extending approximately horizontally backwards having a slight kink downwards. Not only is a sufficiently large stop formed, but at the same time it is ensured that this stop is not too high and therefore does not make it difficult to remove the box to the front.

It can be provided that the shelf can be connected to a stand or at least one foot. Here, the stand can correspond, for example, to the dimensions of the shelf segments in terms of its spar dimensions, so that it can be connected to any segment which then forms the lowest segment. It is of course also possible, for example on shelves with only two side rails, to attach a single foot to each side rail.

The invention further proposes that the shelf has at least one segment corresponding in its dimensions to the other segments, which contains at least one drawer provided with a shelf formed from horizontally running profiles. In this case, certain boxes can be placed in the drawer. The drawer segment can be used anywhere on a normal shelf.

According to a further feature of the invention, it can be provided that the longitudinal profiles are designed as angular profiles with an angle of preferably approximately 100 ° and the transverse profiles protrude forward from the front longitudinal profiles by preferably the distance between the longitudinal profiles. Such a shelf can in particular be of a light-looking design and offers the additional advantage that the boxes can be stored in it without any side spacing, since access to each box is possible from above and below.

In this case, for example, the rear end of the cross profiles can be hooked into the longitudinal profile and can be connected to the front longitudinal profile by a pin engaging in a corresponding opening. For this purpose, for example, the transverse profiles can have an incision between the horizontal flanges and the vertical flange at their rear end and the horizontal flanges in the end region can be offset somewhat downward, this incision preferably having the shape of an outwardly diverging slot. This makes it easier to insert the cross profiles into the rear longitudinal profile.

• Fig. 1 eine perspektivische Ansicht einer ersten Ausführungsform;
• Fig. 2 eine Teilansicht der Ausführungsform nach Fig. 1;
• Fig. 3 eine Seitenansicht einer zweiten Ausführungsform;
• Fig. 4 eine Teilansicht des in Fig. 3 dargestellten Regales;
• Fig. 5 eine Seitenansicht eines Segmentes einer dritten Ausführungsform eines Regales;
• Fig. 6 eine Seitenansicht eines Schubladensegmentes;
• Fig. 7 eine Seitenansicht eines Ständers;
• Fig. 8 eine Teilansicht des Regales nach Fig.5;
• Fig. 9 einen Schnitt durch das Regal nach Fig. 5 etwa nach Linie IX-IX in Fig.5;
• Fig.10 eine Einzelheit der Verbindungsmöglichkeit zweier Regalsegmente.

Further features, details and advantages of the invention result from the claims, the following description of preferred embodiments of the invention and with reference to the drawing. Here show:

• 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment;
• Fig. 2 is a partial view of the embodiment of Fig. 1;
• 3 shows a side view of a second embodiment;
• Fig. 4 is a partial view of the shelf shown in Fig. 3;
• 5 shows a side view of a segment of a third embodiment of a shelf;
• 6 is a side view of a drawer segment;
• Fig. 7 is a side view of a stand;
• Figure 8 is a partial view of the shelf of Figure 5;
• 9 shows a section through the shelf according to FIG. 5 approximately along line IX-IX in FIG. 5;
• 10 shows a detail of the possibility of connecting two shelf segments.

The shelf segment shown in FIG. 1 consists of two wide side rails 11, which are connected to one another by two longitudinal profiles 12 arranged in the area of the rear and two longitudinal profiles 13 arranged in the area of the front. On the underside, each spar 11 has a foot 14 which is extended towards the front. The rear longitudinal profiles 12 are each arranged somewhat higher than the front longitudinal profiles 13 and 13 fall forward. The transverse profiles 15 protrude from the respective front longitudinal profile 13 approximately by the distance between the front and rear longitudinal profiles 12, 13.

Figure 2 shows a single view of the foot 14 to which the side rail 11 is attached. It can be seen that the rear longitudinal profile 12 is arranged somewhat higher than the front longitudinal profile 13 and that both angle profiles form an angle of approximately 100 °. With the rear longitudinal profile 12 this angle is directed upwards and forwards, while with the front longitudinal profile 13 it is directed backwards and downwards. The side rail 11 consists of a sheet metal, the two longitudinal edges of which are bent at right angles, so that they form two flanges 16, 17. The lower end edge is also bent so that a lower end flange 18 is formed. The cross profile 15 is a T-profile, which rests on the front longitudinal profile 13 with its approximately horizontally extending crossbar 19. In this case, a pin 20 is attached to the underside of the crossbar 19 and engages in a corresponding opening in the approximately horizontal flange 21 of the front longitudinal profile 13. At its rear end, the cross section 15 has a slot 22 which diverges slightly towards the rear, in which area the cross bar 19 is arranged offset by the thickness of the horizontal flange 23 of the rear longitudinal section 12. It is thereby achieved that the top of the horizontal flange 23 is flush with the upper side of the crossbar 19 of the cross section 15. At the front end of the cross section 15, the cross bar 19 is wavy upwards and then bent downwards again, whereby a stop 24 is formed for the boxes.

The feet 14 formed from a square tube, which is closed on both sides with the aid of a stopper 25, are included its top attached to the end flange 18 of the spar 11.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 3, the shelf is constructed from a total of three shelf segments 25 and one stand 26. The stand 26 has two side walls 27, of which only the one can be seen in FIG. 3, which are connected by an inclined front wall 28. Each shelf segment consists of a total of three inclined shelves 29 which, as is not apparent from FIG. 3, are formed from transverse and longitudinal profiles, similar to the embodiment according to FIG. It can be seen that a box 30 inserted in a shelf 29, even at a very short distance from the respective shelf 29 above, releases part of its upper side due to the oblique arrangement of the shelves 29, from where the interior of the box is accessible. On the other hand, the box can be removed to the front.

Figure 4 shows a detail of a shelf 29 of the embodiment of Figure 3. It can be seen that a stop 31 is arranged on the front of the shelf 29, which prevents the box 30 from sliding down. On the underside of the shelf 29, a groove 32 is attached, which consists of a profile which is approximately trapezoidal in cross section and provided with a strip-like extension 33. With the help of the ledge attachment 33, the profile can be attached to the individual transverse profiles of the shelves 29. The channel 32 has individual transverse walls 34 which are arranged approximately in accordance with the transverse profiles 15. Individual objects can be inserted into the channel 32 between two transverse walls 34 to make the contents of the boxes visible.

In the embodiment according to FIGS. 5 to 10, only details of one shelf are shown, since the structure of the shelf can be seen from the previous figures. The shelf segment shown in FIG. 1 contains three shelves 35 which are arranged between front and rear spars 37, 36. The front spars 37 and the rear spars 36 have the same length and are otherwise identical. In the position shown, i.e. in the case of vertically extending bars 36, 37, the shelves 35 slope forward. The shelves 35 themselves also contain angle profiles on their side edges.

At the upper ends the spars 36, 37 are provided with two holes 38, at their lower ends the profiles of the spars 36, 37 are arranged offset inward by approximately their own wall thickness, so that a section 39 is formed which is flush with the spars .36, 37 of the lower segment can be used. The shoulder 39 also has two holes 40 which are at the same distance from one another as the holes 38.

In the shelf segment shown in FIG. 6, the front spars 37 and the rear spars 36 are again drawn in a vertical position, it being clear that in this case the lateral profiles 41 run horizontally. On the side profiles 41, three drawers 42 are mounted so that they can be pulled out, the upper drawer 42 having a lower height than the lower drawers. Again, the profiles 36, 37 are provided with holes 38 on their upper side and with a shoulder 39 and with holes 40 on their lower side.

FIG. 7 shows a stand 43 which consists of a sheet metal trough 44 with four bars 45, 46, of which the rear bars 46 are longer than the front bars 45. The lower one cut the spars of the stand 43 is chosen so that each segment used in the stand 43 has vertically extending spars 36, 37.

In the individual view in FIG. 8 it can be seen that the spar 37 consists of an angular profile with two legs 47, 48 running approximately perpendicular to one another. An angle profile 49 is welded to the front leg 48 with its one leg 50, the angle profile 49 enclosing an acute angle between its two legs 50, 51. The rearward leg 51 of the angle profile 49 has a slight downward bend 52. The transverse profile 53 rests on the leg 51 of the profile 49 and is fastened to it. The shape of the transverse profile 53 is shown in detail in FIG. 9. It can be seen from FIG. 9 that the shelves consist of grids and are therefore only incomplete. The grids are formed by double-angle profiles 53, which can be seen in section in FIG. 9 and have approximately the shape of a hat. Instead of this, as in the embodiment according to FIG. 1, T profiles could also be used, the T being upside down. The distance between two adjacent double angle profiles 53 is chosen so that a box 30 can be inserted between two profiles in such a way that it rests on the outer flanges 54 of the profiles. The respective inner flanges or vertically extending sections 55 of the profiles form a system or a guide for the box 30 shown in dash-dot lines. If inverted T-profiles are used, the space between two adjacent chesses would correspondingly be smaller in the lateral direction.

FIG. 10 shows an enlarged representation of the connection possibility between spars of two adjacent segments, the corresponding spar sections each containing only one hole 38 or 40 for reasons of simplification. The lower end of the spar 37 is offset inwards by its own wall thickness, which can be done, for example, by pressing. This makes it possible to push the inwardly displaced part 56 into the upper end of another spar 37, the non-displaced parts 57 of both spars being aligned with one another. The upper end of the spar 37 has two tab-like lugs 58, which have arisen in that this part is punched out along an approximately U-shaped cut 59 inwards. The amount of the inward displacement is chosen so that the offset paragraph 39 of the upper spar can still be inserted between the shoulder 58 and the corresponding part of the spar 37. The distance is preferably such that this insertion still requires a certain amount of force, so that the plugging together takes place with the aid of a hammer.

Claims (10)

1. Shelf for storage and provision of objects packed in boxes (30), with at least two vertical bars (11, 36, 37) and shelves attached to them (29), characterized in that each shelf (29) from behind to sloping front profiles (15, 35, 53) and the spars (11, 36, 37) and / or the longitudinal profiles (12, 13, 49) connecting the cross profiles (15, 35, 53) is formed. 2. Shelf according to claim 1, characterized in that it is made up of interconnectable, preferably mutually corresponding segments (25), the spar sections being connectable to one another by plug-in and / or screw connections Are. 3. Shelf according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the transverse profiles (15, 35, 53) are double-angle or T-profiles, the outer flanges (54) as a support and their upward surfaces (55) as a side guide for the boxes (30) serve. 4. Shelf according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spars (36, 37) are arranged at the corners of the shelf identical angle profiles, on which the circumference of the shelves (29) forming angle profiles (35, 49) are attached. 5. Shelf according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transverse profiles (15, 35, 53) and / or the longitudinal profiles (12, 13, 49) have a stop (24, 31) for the boxes (30) or form. 6. Shelf according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the legs (50, 51) of the front longitudinal profile (49) form an acute downward-pointing angle, the approximately horizontally extending leg (51) a slight kink (52nd ) has downwards (Figure 8). 7. Shelf according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it can be connected to a stand (3) or at least one foot (14). 8. Shelf according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that there is at least one in its Ab Measurements has the segment corresponding to the other segments, which contains at least one drawer (42) provided with a shelf, the shelf being formed from horizontally running profiles (FIG. 6). 9. Shelf according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the longitudinal profiles (12, 13) are designed as angle profiles with an angle of preferably approximately 100 ° and the transverse profiles (15) protrude from the front. 10. Shelf according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transverse profiles (15) at its rear end in the longitudinal profile (12) can be hooked and connected to the front longitudinal profile (13) by a correspondingly engaging pin (20) engaging are.

Images