EP0178598B1 - Construction set for individually putting together furniture units such as show cases, selling counters, exhibition furniture or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Assembly kit for individually designable furniture frames (50, 91, 94, 103, 167), such as glass display cases, sales counters, exhibition furniture or similar, consisting of the following components which are detachably connectable with one another, namely of a combination rod (10, 10') divided longitudinally, combinable out of two rails complementing each other in terms of their profile section, which determines the edge areas of the furniture frame, which comprises both a loadbearing rail (20) extending over the full dimension (47) of the furniture frame (50), with a main profile section (21) facing towards the outside of the furniture frame (50), and a covering rail (30; 30'; 33) composed of part lengths (62, 62'; 94) with gaps between them, with a complementary profile section (31, 31', 36) facing towards the inner face of the furniture frame (50; 93), of wall panels (11; 11') insertable by their edge areas into grooves (12; 12'), in particular of glass, and of shelf panels (14, 14', 14") for dividing the furniture frame into compartments (50; 93), whereby the part lengths (62, 62'; 94) of the covering rail (30; 30'; 33) form columns for the retention of the shelf panels (14, 14', 14") in the furniture frame (50; 93), wherein the loadbearing rail (20, 20') itself is fitted with continuous longitudinal grooves (12, 12') which (12, 12') serve for the insertion of the wall panels (11; 11') and which (12, 12') divide the loadbearing rail's main section (21; 21') on the one face into a smooth profile sectional face (22) and on the other face into profile sectional flaps (25, 25') creating an enlargement (15) of the groove (12, 12'), pressure strips (16) are arranged in the groove enlargement (15) and the profile sectional flaps (25; 25') are fitted all the way through with threaded borings (27) for the acceptance of pressure screws (16) which (16) can be screwed in from the inner face of the furniture frame (50; 93) abutting thereby onto the movable pressure strips (16) in the groove enlargement (15), and the part lengths (62, 62'; 94) of the covering rail (30; 30'; 33) have an angular shaped complementary profile section (angular section 31, 31', 36) with profile section projections (32, 32', 37) on the face of the edges, are coupable by means of their profile sectional projections (32, 32', 37) onto the sectional flaps (25, 25') of the loadbearing rail's main profile section (21, 21'), cover the pressure screws (16) seated in the sectional flaps (25, 25') of the loadbearing rail (20, 20') with their angular section (31, 31', 36) and form a longitudinal duct (70) together with the sectional flaps (25, 25'), and come into direct contact by means of the head-ends (63, 65; 63', 65'; 95, 97) of their angular section (31, 31', 36) with the shelf panels (14, 14', 14") lying respectively between them.

Description

The invention relates to a kit of detachably connectable components of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1, from which, according to the respective needs, individual furniture of different shape and size can be created.

In the known kit (DE-B-1 286 721), a frame comprises the edge areas of each base plate, with which a compartmentalization in the furniture frame is to be brought about. The webs forming this frame are necessary in order to connect the vertical support rails of the furniture frame to one another. This connection results from transverse slots in the end region of the frame webs on the one hand, in which angled leg ends of the mounting rail engage on the other hand. Grooves are neither provided nor possible in the vertical mounting rails to accommodate panels of the furniture frame. Rather, such grooves are provided on the frame webs holding the base plates and, if necessary, are also introduced in the cover rails, which have to be inserted between the leg ends of the mounting rails from the rail end. The cover rails require a solid cross section, which leads to a correspondingly weaker profile of the complementary support rail. Alternatively, the known cover rails can also have a flat flat profile, but then they do not protrude in cross-section over the outline of the main rail profile and can also have no grooves. The frame bars required for holding the vertical combination bars together and their individual connections make it difficult to assemble the furniture frame and in particular hinder the good view of the interior of the furniture. Because of the transverse webs, it is also not possible to process wall panels that run through the entire height of the furniture; rather, only individual panel parts that run in height between adjacent frame webs can be used. This requires numerous individual parts, the handling and assembly of which is cumbersome and time-consuming.

In the case of metal frames enclosing glass panes, it is known (DE-B-1 237 287) to provide pressure screws inside the profile which press the pressure strips against the glass panes, but the glass pane does not have the task of holding the individual parts of the metal frame together. The parts of the frame are usually already connected to one another at their joints.

In an exhibition box (CH-A-159 278) it is known to insert flat bars into the longitudinal channels of corner pillars, which have holes for screw fastening of brackets to be attached to them. These brackets serve to support floor slabs. Because of the brackets and their screws, numerous individual parts are required, which have to be manufactured, stored and handled when assembling and dismantling the furniture frame. This leads to expensive production, space-consuming storage and a time-consuming and cumbersome assembly.

The invention has for its object to develop a kit of simple, inexpensive components of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1, which quickly and easily allow the assembly and disassembly of a piece of furniture in an individual shape and different desired dimensions, with a good insight into the interior the furniture frame is guaranteed. This is achieved according to the invention by the measures mentioned in the characterizing part of claim 1, which have the following meaning:

The cohesion of the components in the furniture frame according to the invention is achieved by clamping the wall panels in the longitudinal grooves of the mounting rails, for which purpose only the pressure screws need to be actuated to move the pressure strips. A continuous wall plate extending over the entire height of the furniture frame can be used. Therefore, only a few components are required to construct the furniture frame in the invention. Transverse connecting rods can generally be dispensed with. The combination rods according to the invention then form vertical columns, in which wall panels are clamped, which run continuously between the columns. If glass is used as the plate material, you get an ideal free view of the interior of such a showcase. The clamping and releasing of the pressure strips can be carried out particularly conveniently because the pressure screws are arranged in the profile tabs and can be handled by a tool in the free space between the two plates. The annoying cover rail is removed. When the frame is finished, the pressure screws are covered by the mounted cover rail. The angle profile of the cover rail protrudes from the outline area of the main rail profile and can directly serve to provide a particularly stable support for the associated base plate at the desired height in the furniture frame. The angle profile provides high support strength with little material. At the same time, a longitudinal channel is formed between the mounting rail and cover rail, in which accessories, such as. B. electrical lines can be accommodated. Because the connection of the cover rail to the mounting rail is carried out by edge profile lugs on their angular profile, which only couple to the profile tabs of the mounting rail, the furniture frame can be easily assembled and disassembled, which is not hindered by the clamped wall panels. The profile lugs are expediently designed as one half of a snap connection, the other Half of the profile tab is formed on the mounting rail.

Valuable additions to the invention are illustrated in the dependent claims. If the last-mentioned connection of the cover rails is limited to edge parts of the profile tabs, the openings of the longitudinal grooves in the mounting rail remain completely open and allow the wall plates to be inserted and removed easily. Alternatively, according to claim 3, however, the edge regions of the cover rail can also be provided with lugs which cooperate with the openings of the longitudinal grooves like plugs. In this way you can create a leg or a smooth column in the furniture frame according to the invention.

If the wedge shape that can be taken from claim 4 is used for the pressure bar, the wall plates are clamped particularly reliably. The measures of claim 5 prevent the pressure bars from falling out when the wall plate is removed and preclude the pressure bars from jamming when the wall plates are inserted. Even with rough treatment of the mounting rail according to the invention, it always remains functional with its pressure strips.

The longitudinal channel mentioned can accommodate 6 subject holder according to claim. Alternatively or in addition, stepless specialist holders can also be achieved with the measures of claim 7. The pressure bar in the mounting rails can also be used to connect accessories that consist of U-profile rails according to claim 8 and are used according to claim 11 and 12 for attaching doors to the furniture frame. If self-contained frames hold the pivotable and movable doors, the pressure bars can be used to attach the frame parts according to claims 13 and 14. A simplification in the construction results if there is a matching cross-sectional profile according to claim 15. The measure of claim 16 can easily convert a sliding guide for sliding doors into a roller guide.

The holes mentioned in claim 9 in the main rail profile enable the use of height-adjustable feet or the attachment of end pieces according to claim 10.

A section of a combination rod according to the invention can finally, according to claim 17, also be used to position the top and bottom bottom plate over the pressure bar and thus achieve a further cohesion of the components in the furniture frame. A simplification finally results from claim 18 even in those cases where a variety of different in terms of their contour and angular position of the grooves is used combination bars that can form very differently designed furniture.

• Fig. 1 bis 4 perspektivische Ansichten bzw. Draufsichten von Möbeln, woraus die mit dem erfindungsgemäßen Bausatz erzielbare Variationsvielfalt erkennbar ist,
• Fig. 5 in Vergrößerung die Querschnittansicht durch eine im Kantenbereich des Möbels angeordnete Kombinationsstange nach der Erfindung mit einer festgeklemmten und einer freigegebenen Wandplatte,
• Fig. 6 und 6 a in Vergrößerung zwei alternative Formen von Querschnitten einer in der Nut der Tragschiene von Fig. 5 verwendeten Druckleiste,
• Fig 7 und 8 in annähernd natürlicher Größe Querschnitte durch zwei alternativ verwendbare Deckschienen zum Aufbau der Kombinationsstange von Fig. 5,
• Fig. 9 in perspektivischer Darstellung eine Kombinationsstange nach der Erfindung mit Anwendung der beiden aus Fig. 7 und 8 ersichtlichen Deckschienen,
• Fig. 10 eine alternative Form für einen oberendigen Abschluß der Kombinationsstange von Fig. 9,
• Fig. 11, in Explosionsdarstellung, eine alternative Form für den unteren Abschluß der Stange von Fig. 9,
• Fig. 12 und 13 die Ansicht bzw. einen Querschnitt längs der Schnittlinie XIII-XIII durch einen Eckbereich der in Fig. 9 gezeigten Kombinationsstange bei Anwendung der in Fig. 7 gezeigten Deckschiene,
• Fig. 14 und 15 die entsprechende Draufsicht und Querschnittansicht der Kombinationsstange von Fig. 9 bei Anwendung von zusätzlichen Fachhaltern für Hilfsböden, wobei die Schnittführung der Fig. 15 in Fig. 14 durch die Schnittlinie XV-XV verdeutlicht ist,
• Fig. 16 und 17 die entsprechende Draufsicht und Querschnittansicht durch die in Fig. 9 gezeigte Kombinationsstange bei Anwendung der in Fig. 8 näher erläuterten Deckschiene, wobei die Schnittführung der Fig. 17 in Fig. 16 durch die Schnittlinie XVII-XVII veranschaulicht ist,
• Fig. 18 und 19 in perspektivischer Explosionsdarstellung bzw. in Querschnittansicht einen Eckbereich eines Möbels, der entsprechend Fig. 1 mit einer schwenkbaren Tür ausgerüstet werden soll und die Form und Anbringung eines Türscharniers erläutert,
• Fig. 20 und 21 in perspektivischer Darstellung und im Schnitt den Eckbereich eines Möbels mit Deckschienen, welche die Anordnung von elektrischem Zubehör ermöglichen,
• Fig. 22 bis 24 der Fig. 5 entsprechende Querschnittansichten durch Eckbereiche von Möbeln mit zueinander unterschiedlich ausgebildeten Kombinationsstangen,
• Fig. 25 bis 27 die Querschnittansicht gemäß Schnittlinie XXV. XXV, die Ansicht und die perspektivische Darstellung einer Kante eines Möbels, wo anstelle einer Platte eine besonders profilierte Lochschiene verwendet wird und die benutzte Deckschiene die Anordnung von Fachhaltern gestattet,
• Fig. 28 bis 30 in perspektivischer Ansicht, in Explosionsdarstellung und im Querschnitt einen schwenkbare Türen umschließenden Rahmen und seine Befestigung in den erfindungsgemäßen Kombinationsstangen,
• Fig. 31 bis 36 in einer den vorausgehenden Fig. entsprechenden Darstellung eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Schiebetüren umfassenden Rahmens in Fig. 22 und im eingebauten Zustand gemäß Fig. 35, wobei die Querschnittsform aus Fig. 33 und die alternative Anwendung der Schiebetüren aus Fig. 34 und 35 ersichtlich sind,
• Fig. 37 und 38 zwei weitere mit Abschnitten der erfindungsgemäßen Kombinationsstange herstellbare Möbel.

The invention is shown in several exemplary embodiments in the drawings. Show it :

• 1 to 4 perspective views or top views of furniture, from which the variety of variations achievable with the kit according to the invention can be seen,
• 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view through a combination bar according to the invention arranged in the edge region of the piece of furniture with a clamped and released wall plate,
• 6 and 6 a in enlargement two alternative forms of cross sections of a pressure bar used in the groove of the mounting rail of FIG. 5,
• 7 and 8 cross-sections in approximately natural size through two alternative cover rails for the construction of the combination rod of FIG. 5,
• 9 is a perspective view of a combination rod according to the invention using the two cover rails shown in FIGS. 7 and 8,
• 10 shows an alternative form for a top end of the combination rod from FIG. 9,
• 11, in an exploded view, an alternative form for the lower end of the rod of FIG. 9,
• 12 and 13 the view or a cross section along the section line XIII-XIII through a corner region of the combination rod shown in FIG. 9 when using the cover rail shown in FIG. 7,
• 14 and 15 the corresponding top view and cross-sectional view of the combination rod of FIG. 9 when using additional compartment holders for auxiliary floors, the cut of FIG. 15 in FIG. 14 being illustrated by the section line XV-XV,
• 16 and 17 the corresponding top view and cross-sectional view through the combination rod shown in FIG. 9 when using the cover rail explained in more detail in FIG. 8, the sectional view of FIG. 17 being illustrated in FIG. 16 by the section line XVII-XVII,
• 18 and 19 in a perspective exploded view or in a cross-sectional view of a corner area of a piece of furniture which is to be equipped with a pivoting door according to FIG. 1 and explains the shape and attachment of a door hinge,
• 20 and 21 in perspective and in section, the corner area of a piece of furniture with cover rails, which allow the arrangement of electrical accessories,
• 22 to 24 of Fig. 5 corresponding cross-sectional views through corner areas of furniture with differently designed combination rods,
• 25 to 27 the cross-sectional view according to section line XXV. XXV, the view and the perspective representation of an edge of a piece of furniture, where a specially profiled perforated rail is used instead of a plate and the cover rail used permits the arrangement of compartment holders,
• 28 to 30 in a perspective view, in an exploded view and in cross section a frame enclosing pivoting doors and its attachment in the invention Combination rods,
• 31 to 36 in a representation corresponding to the preceding FIG. A perspective view of a frame comprising sliding doors in FIG. 22 and in the installed state according to FIG. 35, the cross-sectional shape from FIG. 33 and the alternative application of the sliding doors from FIG. 34 and 35 are evident
• 37 and 38 two further pieces of furniture which can be produced with sections of the combination rod according to the invention.

The kit according to the invention for producing a piece of furniture according to the invention, for. B. a V ⁱ trine 50 of FIG. 1 comprises only in the edge regions of the furniture arranged combination rods 10, which is why these are referred to below as column 10. For this purpose, the invention only requires plates which are glass plates in the case of FIG. 1 and are used as vertical wall plates 11, 11 'or floor plates 14, 14', 14 ". Because the structure is basically the same, it is sufficient to consider an edge area, what happens with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9.

The combination rod functioning here as a column 10 is longitudinally divided in itself and consists of two rails 20, 30 which complement one another in profile, namely a mounting rail 20 with a main profile 21 shown in FIG. 5 and a cover rail 30 with the supplementary profile 31 shown in FIG. 7. The mounting rail 20 serves for the corner connection of the two wall plates 11, 11 'shown in FIG. 5 and is therefore equipped with two longitudinal grooves 12, 12', which have the same design and are therefore identified in the following by the same reference numerals. The longitudinal groove 12, 12 'serves to receive a plate edge 13 at a defined depth, the one plate side coming into contact with a stationary profile wall 22 of the main profile 21. Opposite this there is an extension 15 of the groove, in which a pressure bar 16 with the wedge-shaped cross section shown in FIG. 6 is mounted.

The wedge-shaped cross section 17 is outlined in dash-dot lines in FIG. 6 and has the shape of an isosceles right-angled triangle, from which an angled profile nose 18 protrudes. The key wedge tip 19 of FIG. 6, determined by the dash-dotted triangle lines, faces the groove base 23 in the assembly case according to FIG. 5, the profile nose 18 being received in a gap 24 on the groove base 23.

The pressure bar 16 is inserted into the mounting rail 20 from the front end into the groove extension 15, the profile lug 18 being guided longitudinally in the gap 24. The wedge surface 40 determined by the catheter of the wedge-shaped cross section 17 comes to lie on a flat, oblique guide surface 44 in the main profile 21 of the mounting rail 20, which limits the groove widening 16 towards the groove base 23. The other wedge surface 41 produced by the hypotenuse in the wedge-shaped cross section 17 forms a clamping surface pressing against the surface of the inserted plate 11. The end surface 42 of FIG. 6 produced by the other catheter in the dash-dotted triangle of the wedge-shaped cross section 17 of the pressure bar 16 faces a profile tab 25 in the main profile 21 of the mounting rail 20, which limits the mentioned groove extension 15 to the groove opening 26 shown in FIG. 5 .

In these profile tabs 25, as can be seen from FIG. 9, threaded bores 27 are provided at intervals for the screwable reception of pressure screws 28, which have with their actuating ends 29 in the angular range between the two plates 11, 11 'to be mounted according to FIG. 5 and on the outside of the profile tabs 25 are accessible. When screwing in, the pressure screws 28 penetrate into the groove extension 15 in the direction of the arrow 43 in FIG. 5, hit the end face 42 of the pressure bar 16 and push them further in this direction. The pressure bar 16 slides with its one wedge surface 40, which is then useful as a sliding surface, along the mentioned guide surface 44 in the main rail 21, this surface 44 being arranged parallel to the direction of action of the impact force determined by the arrow 43. The guide surface 44 diverges towards the groove opening 26 with respect to the plate plane 45 indicated by dash-dotted lines in FIG. 5. As a result of the impact force 43, the pressure strip 16 consequently moves against the groove base 23 and takes the wall plate 11 received in a U-shaped border strip at the edge 13, 46 in the sense of a deeper engagement in the groove 12 or 12 '. This results in the tendency to pull the wall panels 1 1, 1 1 'as deeply as possible into the associated grooves 12, 12' and thereby reliably clamp them to their full depth by the pressure strips 16. During this displacement along the guide surfaces 44 there is also a corresponding guiding effect between the profile lugs 18 and the flat surfaces of the gap 24 receiving them. This engagement of the profile lugs 18 ensures that the pressure strips 16 do not come out of the slot openings when the plates 11, 11 'are removed 26 fall out or jam inside the groove. Because of the parallel arrangement of the lugs 18 and sliding surfaces 14 on the pressure bar 16, an undisturbed displacement of the pressure bar 16 in the sense of the impact arrows 43 is nevertheless possible by actuating the pressure screws 28. When clamping, there is corresponding deformation of the soft border strip 46 of the plate 11. This design results in an extremely high clamping strength with which the wall plates 11, 11 'are held in the mounting rail 20.

The support rail 20 extends, as is apparent from FIGS. 1 and 9, over the entire height 47 of the piece of furniture. A plate-shaped lower cap 49, the appearance of which can be seen in FIG. 11, is fastened to the lower end 48 of the mounting rail 20. To secure against rotation, the cap 49 has corner pins 51 which engage in recesses 52 of the profile wall 22 in the case of assembly. A connecting screw 53 is passed through an outer bore in the lower cap 49 and into a corresponding one The recess 54 is screwed into the main profile 21 of the mounting rail 20. A threaded shaft 56 is passed through a central hole 55 of the cap 49 and is screwed into a longitudinal bore 57 in the center of the main profile 21 with an adjustable engagement depth. On the threaded shaft 56 there is a roller or a base plate 58 with a round outline according to FIG. 9 or a square outline 58 'according to FIG. 11. This results in a foot 59 which is adjustable in height with respect to the column 10.

In the application of FIG. 1, a horizontally extending base plate is placed on the free corner area 60 of the lower cap 49 visible in FIG. 9, which here forms the underbody 14 of the display case 50. A further base plate forming an intermediate base 14 'is to be inserted at a defined height distance 61. For this purpose, the cover rail 30 according to FIGS. 7 and 9 serves, which has a special function. The cover rail 30 has multiple tasks to perform.

A section of defined length 62 of the cover rail 30 is used, which is equal to the desired height distance 61 of the base plates 14, 14 '. Like the mounting rail 20, the cover rail 30 consists of a metallic material, in particular aluminum, which has a certain elasticity. This can be used to unite the section of the cover rail 30 via snap connections with the main profile 21 of the mounting rail 20. For this purpose, the form-fitting interlocking profile parts shown in FIG. 7 are used, namely profile lugs 32 formed here by L-shaped simple anglings on the cover rail 30, according to FIG. 7, which in the case of assembly, as illustrated by the dash-dotted position of the cover strip 30 in FIG is to engage in complementary shoulders 34 of the main rail 21 in the region of the profile tab 25 there. The openings 26 of the two grooves 12, 12 'remain open.

This initially results in the first function of the cover rail 30 with its supplementary profile 31, the longitudinal zones 64 of the main rail 21 of the mounting rail 21 facing the inside of the furniture frame, which can be seen in FIGS. 7 and 9, and thus invisibly visible actuating ends 29 of the pressure screw 28 do. For actuation, however, the pressure screws 28 can be made easily accessible again by removing the sections of the cover rails 30 from the support rails 20, which can be carried out particularly conveniently by the snap connections. If the material of the cover rails 30 is too rigid to provide sufficient elasticity for such snap connections, the cover rails 30 can in any case be pushed down from the front end of the support rail 20 into the desired height range of the support rail 20.

In the case of assembly, the lower end face 63 of section 62 of the cover rail according to FIGS. 1 and 9 comes to rest on the upper side of the underbody 14 inserted in the manner described. According to FIGS. 12 and 13, the underside 68 of the next base plate, which in the case of FIG. 1 forms an intermediate floor 14 'in the display case 50, is now placed on the upper end 65 of the cover rail section 62. The cover rail section 62 consequently serves as a support for the sole support of this base plate, which, with its corner region 66 shown in FIG. 13, is placed on the upper front end 65. The plate corner is cut away because of the mounting rail 20; the cutting edge 67 extends up to the profile tabs 25 of the main rail 21. The cover rail 30 thus fulfills the further function of being a floor support at the same time.

This applies mutatis mutandis to the mounting of the further base plate used as cover base 14 ″ in the display case 50 of FIG. 1, where, in accordance with the height distance 61 ′ adjacent to the base plate there, a section 62 ′ of corresponding length is used. Now, as shown in FIG. 12 is best seen, the lower end face 63 'of the cover rail section 62', on the upper surface 68 'of the intermediate floor 14', while the upper end face 65 'shown in FIG. 1, the lower surface 69 of the subsequent base plate, namely the cover plate 14 "of the showcase 50 of FIG. 1 is positioned. This is done in the analogous manner to FIG. 13.

5 and 7, the main profile 21 of the mounting rail and the supplementary profile 31 of the cover rail 30 include a longitudinal channel 70 between them, which results in the further function of the rails 20, 30 to accommodate accessory elements in this space. In the case of FIGS. 20, 21, the longitudinal channel 70 is used to lead through electrical lines 71 and to accommodate lights 72. The electrical lines 71 can be led to the outside through a further hole 73, which can also be seen in the illustration in FIG. 11, in the lower cap 49 belonging to the foot. The lamp 72 is integrated into a corresponding cutout 74 of a cover rail 30 or fastened to the rail 30 with fastening elements.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 14 and 15, fastening ends 75 can be inserted from conventional compartment holders 76 into holes 77 in the cover rail 30 and serve to support auxiliary floors 78 in the furniture frame according to the invention.

Finally, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the cover rail 30 can be provided with a longitudinal undercut groove 79, which can be used for the clamp fastening of various elements, for example the compartment holders 80 shown there. These compartment holders comprise a hammer head-like fastening part 81 which passes through the slot of the groove 79 is carried out in a longitudinally oriented position and then rotated inside the groove in order to engage behind the groove wall 82 delimiting the groove opening. A threaded shaft 83 protrudes from the slot opening and a threaded bushing 84 belonging to the compartment holder 80 can be screwed onto it. When tightening the groove wall 82 between the hammer head 81 and the threaded sleeve 84 clamped. This can be done at any height of the cover rail 30. An auxiliary shelf 78 ′ can in turn be placed on the shelf holder 80.

For the rest, in FIGS. 12 to 24, columns 10 'with slightly different profiles compared to the preceding exemplary embodiments in FIGS. 5 to 9 are used, in which the support rails 20' pressure bars 16 'have the same wedge-shaped cross-section as the pressure bars 16 described above, however without its position in the groove extensions securing profile lugs 18. Also, the cover rail 30 'shown in FIG. 15 has a modified supplementary profile 31' in that the profile lugs 32 'provided on the longitudinal edges of the cover rail 30' are fork-shaped here and the profile tabs 25 of the Grasp the mounting rail 20 '.

The above-mentioned top cover bottom 14 ", which can be seen from the showcase 50 of FIG. 1, is held in place by an upper cap 85 or, as shown in FIG. 10, by an upper cap plate-shaped form 85 ', as shown in FIG. 9 in an exploded view. In the case of FIG. 9, the upper cap 85 is provided with a downwardly drawn edge 86, which is dimensioned in accordance with the thickness of the top 14 ″ placed on the upper end 87 of the mounting rail 20. The upper cap 85 overlaps the corner region of the top 14 ", which leaves the central longitudinal bore 57 free at the front end 87 of the mounting rail 20. The threaded shaft of a fastening screw 88 passes through a central hole 89 of the upper cap 85 and can be screwed into corresponding threads of the longitudinal bore 57. The head the fastening screw 88 can be covered with a decorative cover 90. With this upper cap 85, the cover base 14 "comes to lie above the upper edge of the wall plates 11 or 11 ', as can be seen from the display case 50 of FIG. 1.

When using the upper cap 85 'of FIG. 10, the corner region of the top floor 14 "is cut away to such an extent that the top floor 14' does not come to rest on the front end 87 of the mounting rail 20, but only on the front end 65 'of the top rail located there. Section 62 '. In this case, the top of the top base 14 "is expediently flush with the front end 87 of the mounting rail 20 and thus also flush with the upper edges of the two wall plates 11, 11' clamped in the column 20. The corner region of the top floor 14 "is designed similarly to that of the intermediate floor 14 'shown in FIG. 13. The section length 62' of the top rail 30 is smaller in comparison to the fastening by means of the cap 85 from FIG. 9, corresponding to the thickness of the top floor 14" . Because of the aligned position, the upper cap 85 'can be plate-shaped in the case of FIG. 10. Analogously, the upper cap 85 'has a central hole 89' which, in the case of assembly, is penetrated by the fastening screw 88 shown in FIG. 9 when the fastening screw 88 is screwed into the mounting rail 20.

FIG. 8 shows an alternative form 33 of a cover rail which is suitable for producing a support leg 92 which can be seen from the table furniture 91 of FIG. 4 from the combination rod 10. This cover rail 33 has a supplementary profile 36 which can be seen in FIG. 8 and which differs from that of the profile rail of FIG. 30 in that now approaches 37 are provided in the rail edge regions which follow the grooves 12, 12 'of the mounting rail 20 after installation Type of plug cooperate and therefore close the slot openings 26. These approaches 37 comprise two webs, namely an outer web 39 with an outward-facing end thickening 38, which engages in the case of assembly in the mentioned recess 52 of the profile wall 22, and an inner web 35 with an L-shaped profile, which is located on the mentioned heel surface 34 of the profile tab 25 of the mounting rail 20 is supported, but then continues in the area of the groove extension 16. No pressure strip 16 need be provided in the length regions of such legs 92, because there are no plates or the like to be clamped. Otherwise, the supplementary profile 36 of the cover rail 33 is of an angular design, similar to that 31 of FIG. 7, as a result of which a longitudinal channel 70 is also enclosed with the support rail 20 here. In the apex area of the supplementary profile 36, a part-circular recess 182 is provided, into which connecting screws 98 can be inserted if necessary. This application is illustrated in FIGS. 16 and 17.

16 and 17 show views and sections for the use of the cover rail 33 in an analogous manner, as FIGS. 12 and 13 do on the basis of the alternative shape of the cover rail 30. 16 and 17 show the short legs 92 'visible in the display cabinet 93 from FIG. 2, which are formed by the lowest length of the combination rod 10 here. For this purpose, a section 94 of the cover rail 33 is fastened to the lower end of the support rail 20 shown in FIG. 16 by inserting it with its lugs 37 into the grooves 12, 12 'of the support rail 20' from the lower end 48 of the support rail 20 until the lower end face 95 of the cover rail section 94 lies flush with the lower end 48 of the support rail 20 'mentioned. A plate-shaped foot cap 96 can therefore be used, which covers the support rail end 48 and the cover rail end surface 95. The foot cap 96 can be fastened in a manner analogous to that of the upper cap 85 'shown in FIG. 10 by means of a fastening screw 88 which can be used analogously to FIG. 9 and which can again be screwed into an internal thread in the central longitudinal bore 57 of the mounting rail 20'.

16, 17, the upper end face 97 of the cover rail section 94 also serves as a support for a base plate used here as an underbody 14, which has a cut-off corner area according to FIG. 17, with which it comes to rest against the profile tab 25 of the mounting rail 20 '. To additionally secure the position of the underbody 14, a fastening screw 98 is screwed through the floor and engages in the recess 182 already mentioned in connection with FIG. 8 in the profile 36 of this cover rail 33. In the case of the display cabinet 93, wall plates 11, 11 'are then clamped again in the subsequent section of the column, as can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 16. For this purpose, pressure strips in the grooves of the mounting rail 20 'are again required. In order to secure their longitudinal position in the corresponding section of the mounting rail 20 ′, the L-shaped inner webs 35 in the edge-side extensions 37 of the cover rail 33 are useful because they protrude into the groove extensions 16 as an obstacle. The lower end of the inserted pressure bar 16 therefore comes to rest in the area of the groove extension 16 on the upper end face 97 of the cover rail section 94. The cover rail 33 is thus on the one hand support for the sub-floor 14 and on the other hand support for the pressure bar 16 to be located in the overlying section of the mounting rail 20. After the end piece forming the legs 92 ', the following section 99 of the column is produced in the display cabinet 93 from FIG. 2 10 'a corner connector for the wall panels 11, 11'. In the subsequent length sections of the column 10 ', there can again be any change between the formation of the main leg and the formation of corner connectors.

In the display cabinet 93 from FIG. 2, length pieces 100, 100 ', 100 "then follow again, which form the function of a supporting leg and therefore cover rails 33 of the profile shape shown in FIG. 8 are used in this area. However, the cover rails again hold between these length pieces two base plates 101, 101 'due to their supporting function, as has already been described for the underbody with reference to Figures 16 and 17. Finally, in the display cabinet 93 there is again a length piece 99' as the upper end, where the column 10 'again functions as a Corner connector takes over in order to clamp boards 102 serving as the upper cabinet closure via corresponding short pressure strips.

3 shows a chest of drawers 103 designed with the kit according to the invention, the column 10 of which serves as a corner connector in the lower region and here forms a cabinet part 105 which can be closed by a pivotable door 104. Above the cabinet part 105 there is again a section of the column 10 which serves to form a supporting leg 100 and which creates an open compartment in the chest of drawers 103 of FIG. These sections 105, 100 are delimited at the top and between them again by base plates 101, 101 '. In the height region of the cabinet part 105, a section of the cover rail 30 from FIG. 7 is used, while in section 100 a section of the other cover rail 33 from FIG. 8 is used again. The door 104 is attached to the cabinet part 105 of the dresser 103 via hinges 106, the appearance and installation of which can be seen from FIGS. 18 and 19.

18 and 19, the connection of the hinges 106 takes place by means of a mounting strip 107, which expediently has the same profile as a stop strip 108, which serves as a stop for the closing movement of the free end of a door leaf 104 and is shown in cross section in FIG. 19 . The stop bar 108 and the mounting bar 107 have mutually offset edge zones 110, 111, one of which is thickened 110 and forms an insert which can be inserted into the groove of the mounting rail 20 'and which, for. B. can be provided with a longitudinal rib profile in order to be better clamped by a pressure bar 16 ', while the other edge zone is thin and forms a protruding tongue after assembly from the profile of the mounting rail 20'. The strips 107, 108 are thus clamped like the wall plates 11 on the mounting rail 20 '. The mounting strip 107 differs from the stop strip 108 only in that a recess 112 is cut into the thickened edge zone 110 of the strip, which recess is designed in accordance with the dimension of the one wing 113 of the hinge 106. The hinge wing 113 can already be firmly connected to the mounting bar 107 beforehand by screws which engage in bores 114 in the strip 107 and in the hinge wing 113. The other hinge wing 115 is of course attached to the door leaf 104, which, like the display case 50 of FIG. 1, consists of a glass plate. Therefore, the glass fasteners 116 shown in FIG. 19 are used, namely a screw which penetrates the door leaf 105 and which engages in a clamping piece 117 which is displaceable in a guide in the hinge leaf 115 and on the opposite side with a fastening cap the door leaf 105 against the hinge leaf 115 presses. The door 104 can be provided on its free edge, as the display case 50 of FIG. 1 shows, with a key-operated lock 109, the locking element of which can interact with the tongue 111 of the stop bar 108 mentioned.

An alternative possibility for arranging pivotable doors 104 ′ is shown in FIGS. 28 to 31. Here the doors 104 'are used in pairs, but it goes without saying that a single door according to FIG. 30 could also be used in an analogous manner. The doors 104 'are enclosed in a ring by a frame 118, which consists of frame webs 119 with the same profile, the appearance and profile of which can best be seen from FIGS. 29 and 30. The frame webs 119 initially have a thickened edge zone 120 with a longitudinal cavity 121 and a thin edge zone which forms an angled tongue 122 serving as a stop. To form the frame 110, the frame webs 119 are mitred, as the section lines 123 in FIG. 29 show, and connected by an insertion angle. whose angle legs each engage in the cavity 121 of the two frame webs 119 to be connected. The engagement position of the angle legs is secured by screws 125, which are screwed through the profile wall of the hollow edge zone 120 and engage with their screw ends in the associated mounting notches 126 in the two legs of the insertion angle 124.

The two doors 104 'are now installed in such a frame 118, so that a complete, preassembled structural unit according to FIG. 28 is thus created which, as an element of the kit according to the invention, can be installed quickly and easily when building furniture. Hinges 106 'which differ in design from the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 18 and 19 are used here, the appearance of which can best be seen from FIGS. 29 and 30. The hinge 106 'initially comprises a shoe-shaped hinge wing 115', in which the lower or upper edge region is received in the corner of the door leaf 104 ', as best shown in FIGS. 30, 31. The door leaf is attached by clamping or gluing. The other hinge wing 113 'is mounted on the inside of the frame webs 119 by means of fastening screws 127 which penetrate into the profile cavity 121 through corresponding bores 128. The hinge leaf 113 'also carries the housing of a door closer 129, which interacts with the associated door leaf 104' during its pivoting movement and thereby secures the full closed position and / or open position of the door. In order to accommodate the housing of the door closer 129, a frame web 119 is provided with a cutout 130 ′ in the fastening area of the hinge 106 ′.

To mount the frame 118, only the vertical frame webs 119 carrying the hinges 106 ', which lie opposite one another, need to be inserted into a groove 12 in the mounting rail 20 of a column 10 used for furniture construction and clamped in place in the manner already described several times by the pressure bar 16 there will. The result can be seen from the perspective representation of FIG. 31. In the case of FIG. 30, the possible alternative embodiment of a frame 118 'is shown in the right area, where a single door 104' is used and therefore the frame web 119 there only produces stop effects for the free end face. For a soft stop, the stop tongue 122 of the frame web 119 is covered with a soft, elastic stop band 131.

32 to 36 show a preassembled structural unit of doors corresponding to the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 28 to 30, which, however, are designed here as sliding doors 132. Although a pair of doors is provided in FIG. 32, it should be understood that any number of sliding doors 132 can be enclosed in such a frame 133 in the manner described below. The frame 133 can be constructed in a manner analogous to FIG. 29 from frame webs 134 which have a profile structure which is identical to one another and which can best be seen from FIG. 33.

Here, too, the frame web 134 comprises an edge zone to be inserted as an insertion part 135 in the associated mounting rail 20, which, as illustrated in FIG. 33, is clamped in the manner already described in connection with FIG. 30 in the vertically extending web parts of the frame 133 by means of the pressure bar 16 can be. This insertion part 135 also has the cavity already described for the frame web 119 for receiving the respective leg of an insertion angle 124 used for mounting the frame 133. The profile of the frame web 134 also has a guide part 136 which points inwards into the frame opening 137 and there one or generates multiple guideways 138 for the sliding doors 132. 34 to 36 show two alternatives for a frame 133, 133 'which can be produced with the same frame webs 134.

In the case of FIGS. 34, 35, the sliding doors 132 are guided as sliders. To improve the sliding of the doors, sliding bands 139 are inserted on the bottom of the guideways 138 of the lower frame web, on which the sliding narrow doors 132 are supported.

36, on the other hand, sliding doors 132 'are to be displaced by rolling friction. For this purpose, a driving bar 140 is drawn over the lower edges of the doors 132, in which rollers 141 are rotatably mounted. Now a combined running rail 142 is inserted into the guideways 138 of the frame web 134 coming to rest below in the frame 133 ', on which the running rollers 141 roll. As can be seen, the same profiles of the frame webs 134 can optionally be used for a rolling movement of sliding doors 132 ′ or a sliding movement of such doors 132.

1 to 20, rods 10, 10 'have been used, in which the associated mounting rails 20, 20' allow two wall plates 11, 11 'to run at right angles to one another. It is of course possible to develop bars that hold a larger number of plates or where the plates are arranged at a different angle to each other. This is explained in more detail with reference to FIGS. 22 to 24.

22 shows a combination rod 143, the mounting rail 144 of which is clamped in grooves 12, 12 ', 12 "by means of separate pressure screws 28 and pressure bars 16' for connecting three wall plates 145, 145 ', 145". Here, the mounting rail 144 has an approximately T-shaped main profile 146, where the longitudinal grooves enclose a 90 ° angle with one another. The direction of actuation for screwdrivers or the like, for turning the pressure screws 28, is therefore in the middle of the angle between two pairs of wall plates 145, 145 'and 145' 145 "and therefore allows easy handling when clamping and unclamping the wall plates. The main profile 146 has the Already described in the previous mounting rail 20 profile tab 25 in pairs between two adjacent wall panels, so that the bar 143 can be supplemented profile-wise by the cover rail 30 'or 33 already explained in FIGS. 15 and 8. In addition to a central longitudinal bore 57, the main profile 146 also has an eccentric cavity 147, which can also be used for fastening purposes or for guiding lines in the rod 143. The rod 143 serves as an intermediate column in order to create a cabinet part of a piece of furniture on both sides.

The rod 143 'shown in FIG. 23 differs from the rod 10 mentioned at the outset in two respects. First of all, the two grooves 12, 12 'used to hold the wall plates 11, 11' are arranged in the associated mounting rail 144 'at an angle 148 of 120 ° to one another. Another difference consists in a different profile outline of the mounting rail 144, which instead of the channel 149 from FIG. 22 and the edge 150 shown in FIG. 21 on the mounting rail 20 'has an arcuate curvature 151. Towards the interior of the angle 148, the profile 146 'of the mounting rail 144' again has a pair of profile tabs 25 ', in which threaded holes for pressure screws 28 are again cut, each of which acts on its own pressure strips 16' in order to clamp the wall plates 11, 11 '. The actuating ends of the pressure screws 28 are also covered here by a cover rail 152 which cooperates with the free ends of the profile tabs 25 'in a snap-like manner and which is useful for supporting base plates (not shown in more detail).

24, a rod 143 "is shown, which also differs in two respects, already mentioned in FIG. 23, from the original rod 10. Here, a mounting rail 144 is used, the profile 146" of which is two at 60 ° -WinkeI distance arranged longitudinal grooves 12, 12 ', as indicated by the angle designation 148' in Fig. 24. In the case of a piece of furniture equipped with this rod, the two wall plates 11, 11 'therefore run at an acute angle to one another. In the area of the angle apex, the profile 146 "of this mounting rail 144" is provided with a groove 153. In addition to the central longitudinal bore 57, the mounting rail profile 146 "has further longitudinal cavities 154, which are provided partly for reasons of material savings and partly for assembly purposes. Such bores and cavities can also serve to connect individual pieces of the support rods 144" at the end in order to extend them . Of course, this is possible with all of the rods described above. 25 to 27, a wall plate 11 is clamped in one groove 12 in the manner described, but in the other groove 12 'there is a specially profiled U-rail 155, which has a group of elongated holes 157 in its apex region 156 has, which is why this rail is briefly referred to as «perforated rail» ₁ 55 below. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 25, the one U-leg 158 is designed to be stretched and, in the case of assembly, lies smoothly against the profile wall 122 of the mounting rail 20. The other U-shaped leg 159, on the other hand, is profiled, specifically in accordance with the wedge-shaped outline of the pressure bar 16. When the pressure screw 28 is tightened, the screw end abuts against a leg zone 161 arranged in front of the associated profiled tab 25. A leg zone lying further toward the end of the leg 159 160 is slidably arranged on the guide surface 44 already described in connection with FIG. 5 and is guided there when the pressure screw 28 is tightened. As a result, a bent leg tip 162 in the groove base abuts an edge 163 in the mounting rail profile 21, which arises at the transition point of the groove 12 'to the gap 24. This causes the U-leg 159 to be clamped in the groove 12 '.

The perforated rail 155 can be used in the usual way for attaching accessories. In the case of FIG. 27, the perforated rail 155 is used to fasten a support arm 164, which engages with a hook end 165 in a selected elongated hole 157 and engages behind the apex wall 156 below, but is supported on the front side of this apex wall 156. The support arm 164 can, as shown in FIG. 27, hold a shelf 166 at the desired height.

Such a perforated rail 155 brings a further possibility of variation in the kit according to the invention. The rod 10 can thus be quickly converted into shelf holders if such a perforated rail 155 is clamped in the groove 12 'instead of a wall plate. In this way, height areas of a piece of furniture can be provided with free shelves 166, the height spacing of which can be changed from one another by correspondingly moving the support arms 164.

FIG. 37 shows a variant 167 of the showcase 50 shown in FIG. 1, which is equipped with a pivotable door 104 and has four base plates 168 to 170 ". Above the bottom plate serving as the base panel 168 there are three intermediate shelves 170, 170 ', 170 ", which are supported by correspondingly long sections 171, 171', 171" and 171 "'of the cover rail 30 according to FIGS. 9 to 13, which supplements the profile of the continuous support rail 20 into the interior of the display case. 37 is that the upper and lower edge area of the vertically extending wall plates 173, 173 'clamped in the corner pillars 10 is also clamped by such combination rods 174 to 174 "' butting ends of the vertical columns 10 and the horizontal bar sections 174 to 174 "'so that the two wall plates 173, 173' located on opposite sides in the display case 167 are surrounded by a dummy frame. whose individual frame spars are not connected to form a stable frame, as is the case, for example, for the door frame according to FIGS. 28, 29. Rather, the horizontal rod sections 174 to 174 "'are arranged without a connection at the ends of the vertical columns 10 and yet contribute to a noticeable increase in the stability of the display case 167 for the following reason:

The horizontal bar sections 174 to 174 "'have the main profile 21 explained in connection with FIG. 5, which also occurs in the support rails 20 of the columns 10 and has two longitudinal grooves 12, 12' with pressure strips 16. Therefore, one engages in the bar section 174 Groove the upper plate edge 172 of the vertical wall plate 173, while the other groove of the rod section 174 engages the edge region 175 of the top floor 169 and is clamped there by the associated pressure bar 16 in analogy to Fig. 5. The corresponding connection is made on the opposite side through the horizontal rod section 174 'between the vertical wall plate 173' there and the other edge region 175 'of the top floor 169. As a result, the distance between the opposing wall plates 173, 173' is additionally defined via the bar sections 174, 174 'by means of the top floor 169.

Correspondingly, underbody 168 is clamped on both sides by means of the horizontal rod sections 174 "and 174" 'there, which also increases the distance and stability of the display case 167 there. As already mentioned, this takes place without a special connection of the horizontal rod sections 174 to 174 "'to the vertical columns 10. The position of these rod parts 10 to 174"' forming the dummy frame mentioned is rather due to the common clamping on the plate 173 on the one hand and 173 'on the other hand.

The fastening principle explained in FIG. 37 is modified in FIG. 38, where an alternative form of a display case 167 'is shown, where the same reference numerals as in FIG. 37 have been used to designate corresponding components, for which reason the associated description applies in this respect. The difference is that instead of the vertical columns of FIG. 37, the display case 167 'of FIG. 38 uses further horizontal bar sections 177 to 177 "' as both the upper and lower limit of the front door 104 and the rear vertical wall plate 176 This in turn creates false frames in the area of the top floor 169 and the bottom floor 168 in the display case 167 ', although here too the bar sections are not necessarily firmly connected to one another, in addition to the engagement effects of the bar sections already described in connection with FIG 174 to 174 "', the rod section 177 grips with its one groove clampingly on the upper edge of the rear wall 176, while the other groove of the rod section 177 surrounds the rear edge region 178 of the top floor 169. The front bar section 177 'of the showcase 167' of FIG. 38 is used only with respect to its one groove 12 to hold the front edge region 178 'of the top floor 169, while the other groove remains empty because the upper edge of the pivotable door 104 is in front of it emotional. This groove only holds the cabinet-side wings of the door hinge 179 which are formed here in a special way.

In an analogous manner, the underbody 168 of the display case 167 'according to FIG. 38 is clamped by the further corresponding rod sections 177 "and 177"'. The display case 167 'thus obtains its stability from the top and bottom base plates, namely on the one hand the underbody 168 and on the other hand the top floor 169. This takes place through the mediating effect of the rod sections 174 to 174 "' on the one hand and 177 to 177" 'on the other without that these should be firmly connected. The display cabinet 167 'can be assembled and disassembled extremely quickly with a minimum of metal material. The metallic material is concentrated in the apparent frames of the rod sections 174 to 177 "'located in the head and foot of the display case 167', which lie completely outside the field of vision of the viewer. The glass plates for the walls 173, 173 ' , 176, the door 104 and the shelves 170 to 170 "provide an optimal, completely unhindered view of the display case 167 ', because even the longitudinal edges of this display case 167' are kept free of vertical columns. A particularly favorable implementation of the invention is achieved therein.

Possible intermediate shelves 170 to 170 "are positioned in the display case 167 of FIG. 38 by rods 180, which are held on the rod sections in the area of the lower and top shelves 168, 169 and carry floor supports 181, which are preferably adjustable in height. The rods 180 can be guided along the edges of the intermediate floors 170 to 170 ", from which the floor supports 181 reach under the floor surfaces, but alternatively can also be passed through incisions or bores in the edge regions of the intermediate floors 170 to 170". Another variant consists in holding pins through lateral holes in the wall plates 173, 173 'to carry out, on which the shelves 170 to 170 "are supported.

37 and 38, it is not necessary to arrange the rod sections 174, 174 'running in the depth direction of the display case horizontally. With the principles explained, it is easily possible for the top floor 169 in the showcases 167, 167 'to be inclined in the manner of a «pent roof. This is achieved by making the one pair of columns 10, which holds the rear wall plate, longer than the pair of columns arranged on both sides of the door 104. Then the two rod sections 174, 174 ′ rise obliquely to the rear and close an obtuse angle with the front column 10 and an acute angle with the longer rear column 10 a.

The wedge-shaped cross section 17 of the pressure bar 16 could also be designed differently from FIG. 6, which is why the groove extension 15 in the associated combination rod 10 or 10 'is of course also given a matching complementary shape. This is explained in Fig. 6 a for example. The pressure bar 183 is produced from two different materials, as can be seen from the hatching, namely a core zone 184 consisting of relatively hard material, which produces the actual wedge, and an edge zone 185 consisting of soft material. For this purpose, PVC is used, for example, in the case of the Core zone 184 has a Shore hardness of 100 and Shore hardness of 70 at the edge zone 185. The two zones 184, 185 are extruded next to one another and then brought together in a common tool, as a result of which they are firmly connected to one another at the contact point 186. At the edge zone 185, which has an undercut 187, a flexible tab 188 is formed, which comes to rest when the pressure rail of the associated groove extension 15 is mounted on the groove base 18 and thus forms a soft stop surface when inserting the plate 11, which then on the Binding strip 46 shown in FIG. 5 can be dispensed with. It is then sufficient to provide a soft plastic band in the edge region 13 of the plate 11 on the fixed wall of the groove 12. The free end face 189 of this flexible flap 188 lies against this fixed groove wall and thus secures the position of this pressure bar 183.

Finally, this pressure bar 183 is also provided with a rigid nose 190 which has flat side walls 191, which bear against corresponding flat flanks of a gap which is provided in this area of the associated groove extension 15, which is not shown in more detail in the drawings is. This creates a guiding effect on the pressure bar 83 when it is moved by its pressure screws in the manner explained in FIG. 5. As can be seen from the dash-dotted frame of the wedge shape, the wedge tip 192 is not physically present here, but should be thought in the area of the foot piece of the flap 188. When the pressure bar 183 is moved, the flexible tab 188 can have an excess length which can then be pressed into a recess in the groove base 18 in the form of a fold if the associated main profile 21 from FIG. 5 is designed in this area. This recess is then located at the attachment point of the gap 24 shown in FIG. 5 for the pressure bar 16 there.

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1. Assembly kit for individually designable furniture frames (50, 91, 94, 103, 167), such as glass display cases, sales counters, exhibition furniture or similar, consisting of the following components which are detachably connectable with one another, namely

of a combination rod (10,10') divided longitudinally, combinable out of two rails complementing each other in terms of their profile section, which determines the edge areas of the furniture frame,

which comprises both a loadbearing rail (20) extending over the full dimension (47) of the furniture frame (50), with a main profile section (21) facing towards the outside of the furniture frame (50),

and a covering rail (30 ; 30' ; 33) composed of part lengths (62, 62' ; 94) with gaps between them, with a complementary profile section (31, 31', 36) facing towards the inner face of the furniture frame (50 ; 93),

of wall panels (11 ; 11') insertable by their edge areas into grooves (12 ; 12'), in particular of glass, and of shelf panels (14, 14' 14") for dividing the furniture frame into compartments (50 ; 93),

whereby the part lengths (62, 62' ; 94) of the covering rail (30 ; 30'; 33) form columns for the retention of the shelf panels (14, 14', 14") in the furniture frame (50 ; 93), wherein the loadbearing rail (20, 20') itself is fitted with continuous longitudinal grooves (12, 12') which (12, 12') serve for the insertion of the wall panels (11 ; 11')

and which (12, 12') divide the loadbearing rail's main section (21 ; 21') on the one face into a smooth profile sectional face (22) and on the other face into profile sectional flaps (25, 25') creating an enlargement (15) of the groove (12, 12'),

pressure strips (16) are arranged in the groove enlargement (15) and

the profile sectional flaps (25 ; 25') are fitted all the way through with threaded borings (27) for the acceptance of pressure screws (16)

which (16) can be screwed in from the inner face of the furniture frame (50 ; 93) abutting thereby onto the movable pressure strips (16) in the groove enlargement (15),

and the part lengths (62, 62' ; 94) of the covering rail (30 ; 30' ; 33) have an angular shaped complementary profile section (angular section 31, 31', 36) with profile section projections (32, 32', 37) on the face of the edges, are couplable by means of their profile sectional projections (32, 32', 37) onto the sectional flaps (25, 25') of the loadbearing rail's main profile section (21, 21'),

cover the pressure screws (16) seated in the sectional flaps (25, 25') of the loadbearing rail (20, 20') with their angular section (31, 31', 36) and form a longitudinal duct (70) together with the sectional flaps (25, 25'),

and come into direct contact by means of the head-ends (63, 65 ; 63', 65'; 95, 97) of their angular section (31, 31', 36) with the shelf panels (14, 14', 14") lying respectively between them.

2. Assembly kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein the profile sectional projections (32, 32') of the covering rail (30, 30') when being assembled engage in complementary steps (34) on the sectional flaps (25) of the loadbearing main section (21, 21') and in so doing leave the apertures (26) of the longitudinal grooves (12, 12') of the loadbearing rail (20, 20') open (Fig. 7 ; 15).

3. Assembly kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein for the purpose of forming a stand (92) for the furniture (91), the sectional projections in the edge area of the angular section (36) of the covering rail (33) are made in the form of lugs (37) which (37) during assembly are introduced as stoppers into the apertures (26) of the longitudinal grooves (12, 12') (Fig. 8).

4. Assembly kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pressure strip (16) has a wedge- shaped cross-section (17),

whereby the one wedge surface (slide surface 40) is guided along a limiting, oblique guide surface (44) from the groove enlargement (15) to the base of the groove (23), being longitudinally slidable,

the other wedge surface (clamping surface 41) forms in doing so a groove wall which is movable parallel to the level of the panel (45)

and the head-ends of the pressure screws (28) abut onto an end surface (42) of the pressure strip (16) limiting the wedge cross-section (17).

5. Assembly kit in accordance with claim 1 or 4, wherein

in order to secure its position in the groove enlargement (15), the pressure strip (16) has rigidly shaped sectional projections (18) and/or flexible sectional flaps projecting from its wedge cross-section (17),

whereby the sectional projections (18) are guided in a conformal gap (24) in the groove enlargement (15), whilst the sectional flaps lie on the base of the groove (13).

6. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 5, wherein the part lengths of the covering rail (30) are fitted with holes (77) through which fixing elements (75) of compartment retainers (76) are insertable into a longitudinal duct (70) which is created in the combination rod (10) between the two rails (20 ; 30), whereby the accessory components serve to support additional auxiliary shelves (78) (Fig. 9, 14, 15).

7. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 6 wherein the covering rail (30) is fitted with an undercut groove (79) in which fixture elements (81) of compartment retainers (80) are clampable (Fig. 25 to 27).

8. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 7, wherein a U-Ieg (159) of a U-section rail (155) is shaped sectionally in accordance with the outline of the pressure strip (16), and the U-section rail which is preferably shaped like a perforated strip (155) with holes (157) in the U's crown, is accomodated in the groove instead of the pressure strip and panel (Fig. 25 to 27).

9. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 8, wherein the main section (21 ; 21' ; 146, 146', 146") of the loadbearing rail (20, 20') is fitted with at least one boring (57, 147, 154) passing right through lengthwise, arranged preferably in the centre of the profile section (Fig. 5, 22 to 24).

10. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 9, wherein an upper or lower cap (49, 85) is fixed at the upper or lower head-end (48, 87) of the loadbearing rail (20), in particular whilst utilizing the longitudinal boring (57), which serves to retain shelves (14", 14) and/or foot components (59) (Fig. 1, 9).

11. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 10, wherein on the one side a stop strip (108) and on the other side an assembly strip (107) for a door hinge (106) is fixed by bars arranged opposite to one another in the furniture frame in the longitudinal groove (12, 12') of the loadbearing rail (20) by the means of clamping (16, 28) of the panel's fixture (11, 11'), namely in particular the pressure strips (16) and pressure screws (28) (Fig. 18, 19).

12. Assembly kit in accordance with claim 11, wherein the assembly strip (107) is comprised of a stop strip (108) in which a recess (112) for the accomodation of the one flap of the hinge (113) of a door hinge with two flaps (106) is located, whilst the other flap (115) of the door hinge (106) is fixed to a door leaf (109) (Fig. 18, 19).

13. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 12, wherein a frame (118, 118') encloses a pivotable door or doors (104') to be attached in the furniture frame,

stays (119) of the frame (118. 118') lying opposite one another are fixed by way of the clamping means (14, 28), in particular by means of a pressure strip (16) into the longitudinal grooves (12, 12') of bars (10) of the furniture frame lying opposite one another (Fig. 28 to 30).

14. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 13, wherein a frame (133, 133') is fitted with longitudinal guidances (138) for one or more sliding doors (132,132') and encloses these (132, 132')

whereby stays (134) of the frame (133, 133') lying opposite one another are fixed by means of the clamping means (16, 28), in particular by means of a pressure strip (16) into the longitudinal grooves (12, 12') of bars (10) of the furniture frame lying opposite one another (Fig. 32 to 36).

15. Assembly kit in accordance with claim 13 to 14, wherein the stays (119, 134) of the frame (118, 118' ; 133, 133') have a conforming profile cross-section (Fig. 28 to 36).

16. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 13 to 15, wherein insertion components (139 ; 142) are insertable into the profile section (138) of the stays (134) of the frame (133, 133') (Fig. 34, 36).

17. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 16, wherein a wall panel (173, 173' ; 176) is bordered at the upper and/or lower edge of the panel (172, 172') by a part length (174-174"'; 177.177') of a combination bar and tightly clamped into the groove (12,12') of the pertinent loadbearing rail (Fig. 37, 38).

18. Assembly kit in accordance with one or more of the claims 1 to 17, wherein in the case of the combination bars (10, 143, 143', 143") of varying types, the grooves (12, 12') are in fact arranged at an angle (148,148') differing from one another and have differing profile sections, but the pertinent pressure strips (16) always have the same profile cross-section (17) (Fig. 21 to 24).

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