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EP0328486B1
EP0328486B1 EP89810082A EP89810082A EP0328486B1 EP 0328486 B1 EP0328486 B1 EP 0328486B1 EP 89810082 A EP89810082 A EP 89810082A EP 89810082 A EP89810082 A EP 89810082A EP 0328486 B1 EP0328486 B1 EP 0328486B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F7/00—Filing appliances without fastening means
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  • the present invention relates to a storage container with a plurality of storage boxes arranged one above the other and connected to one another by a handlebar in such a way that an upper box can be brought at a distance from a lower one.
  • Storage containers of this type are known, but they have the disadvantage, among other things, that the vertical distance between two adjacent boxes is too small for the convenient insertion of files. This is due, among other things, to the fact that the links connecting the adjacent boxes can twist until the bottom of the upper box rests on the upper edge of the lower box.
  • the degree of torsion of the handlebars is therefore not limited and depends entirely on the dimensions of the boxes.
  • the present invention was based on the object of avoiding this disadvantage and of creating a storage container in which the height of the insertion openings given up to now by the dimensions of boxes adjacent in the vertical direction can be freely chosen, completely unconcerned about this dimension.
  • the storage container according to the illustrated embodiment has three storage boxes 1-3, boxes 1 and 2 being connected by links 4 and 5, boxes 2 and 3 being connected by links 6 and 7. With the handlebars 4 and 5, the box 2 can be lifted from the box 1 and by rotating the handlebars 6 and 7, the box 3 from the box 2.
  • the lifting of the top box would be partially canceled if the handlebars of the top box could twist as desired under the effect of the weight of this box or the files contained therein, in such a case this twisting would continue until the lower edge of the upper container comes to rest on the upper edge of the lower container. This would reduce the opening between two adjacent containers (insertion opening), or the width of this slot would depend on the container dimensions, which is now to be avoided.
  • the handlebars at their ends facing the relevant boxes with bearing blocks 4a-7a, respectively.
  • 4b-7b which engage in the bent-over side edges 1a, 1b-3a, 3b of the boxes 1-3 and each have a free surface 8-11 and an adjoining boundary surface 12-15.
  • the dimensions are chosen so that depending on the angle of rotation of the handlebars 4-7 these locking means, namely the locking edges 16 come into contact with the lower edge of the upper box or with the upper edge of the lower box at the same time, the respective locking edges parallel to each other lie so that they come to rest on the corresponding box edge at the same time. So if, starting from the basic position shown in Fig.
  • the handlebars 4 and 5 are rotated counterclockwise until the Box 2 is lifted as far as box 1, as shown in the drawing in relation to boxes 2 and 3, so the locking edges 16 come to rest against the box edges 2a and 3a, whereby the upper box, in the illustrated embodiment box 3, is secured in its upper position, and a further, the insertion opening reducing further rotation is excluded.
  • the box edges 1a, 1b-3a, 3b are made of resilient material, e.g. a suitable plastic. If, as is the case in the illustrated embodiment, the distance between the locking edge 16 formed by the intersection of a free surface 8-11 with the adjoining boundary surface 12-15 from the pivot point of the handlebar concerned is greater than the distance between the free surface 8-11 and the boundary surface 12-15, there is a kind of inhibition by which the respective handlebars are held in their upright position.
  • a wart 17 is additionally placed on the locking edge 16 (there could also be several) to improve the escapement, through whose arrangement the transition from the open areas 8-11 to the boundary surfaces 12-15 is additionally underlined and one kind of closure effect results.
  • a total of at least four or eight locking points formed in relation to the storage boxes 2 and 3 by the two links 6 and the two links 7 at the edges 2b, respectively. 3a at the same time a total of at least four or eight locking points formed. This results in a secure, easily releasable locking of the storage boxes. Due to the majority of the locking points, the deformation of the box edges is very low. This eliminates signs of fatigue and wear and tear on the plastic material used, which in turn has a favorable effect on the lifespan of the storage container.
  • the arrangement described makes it possible to keep the insertion opening open between adjacent boxes in the vertical direction and to select them independently of the dimensions of the boxes in question.

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Abstract

The file tray comprises a plurality of superposed file boxes (1-3) interconnected by guide-rods (4-7) in such a way that an upper box can be spaced from a lower one. For the purpose of limiting their rotation, the guide-rods are provided with stop means comprising blocking ridges (16) on heels (4a-71, 4b-7b) joined to the guide-rods. The heels co-operate with rims projecting toward the guide-rods from the edges of the boxes.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft einen Ablagebehälter mit einer Mehrzahl übereinander angeordneter, durch Lenker derart miteinander verbundener Ablagekästen, dass ein oberer Kasten auf Abstand von einem unteren gebracht werden kann.The present invention relates to a storage container with a plurality of storage boxes arranged one above the other and connected to one another by a handlebar in such a way that an upper box can be brought at a distance from a lower one.

Es sind Ablagebehälter dieser Art bekannt, die jedoch unter anderem den Nachteil aufweisen, dass der vertikale Abstand zwischen zwei benachbarten Kästen für ein bequemes Einlegen von Akten zu klein ist. Dies rührt unter anderem daher, dass die benachbarte Kästen verbindenden Lenker sich so lange verdrehen können, bis der Boden des jeweils oberen Kastens auf dem Oberrand des jeweils unteren Kastens aufruht. Das Mass der Verdrehung der Lenker ist demzufolge nicht begrenzt und hängt vollständig von den Ausmassen der Kästen ab.Storage containers of this type are known, but they have the disadvantage, among other things, that the vertical distance between two adjacent boxes is too small for the convenient insertion of files. This is due, among other things, to the fact that the links connecting the adjacent boxes can twist until the bottom of the upper box rests on the upper edge of the lower box. The degree of torsion of the handlebars is therefore not limited and depends entirely on the dimensions of the boxes.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung lag nun die Aufgabe zugrunde, diesen Nachteil zu vermeiden und einen Ablagebehälter zu schaffen, bei welchem die bis heute durch die Abmessungen von in vertikaler Richtung benachbarten Kästen gegebene Höhe der Einlegeöffnungen, völlig unbekümmert um diese Ausmasse, frei gewählt werden kann.The present invention was based on the object of avoiding this disadvantage and of creating a storage container in which the height of the insertion openings given up to now by the dimensions of boxes adjacent in the vertical direction can be freely chosen, completely unconcerned about this dimension.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die Lehre gemäss den kennzeichnenden Merkmalen des unabhängigen Patentanspruches 1 gelöst.This object is achieved by the teaching according to the characterizing features of independent claim 1.

In der Zeichnung ist eine beispielsweise Ausführungsform des Erfindungsgegenstandes dargestellt, und zwar zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 eine schaubildliche Darstellung des Ablagebehälters,
  • Fig. 2 eine Seitenansicht des Ablagebehälters,
  • Fig. 3 einen Schnitt nach der Linie III-III in Fig. 2,
  • Fig. 4 in vergrössertem Massstab einen Schnitt nach der Linie IV-IV und
  • Fig. 5 einen solchen nach der Linie V-V in Fig. 3, wobei in Fig. 5 der Lenker in seiner verschwenkten Stellung dargestellt ist.
In the drawing, an example embodiment of the subject matter of the invention is shown, namely:
  • 1 is a diagrammatic representation of the storage container,
  • 2 is a side view of the storage container,
  • 3 shows a section along the line III-III in FIG. 2,
  • Fig. 4 on an enlarged scale a section along the line IV-IV and
  • Fig. 5 such along the line VV in Fig. 3, wherein in Fig. 5 the handlebar is shown in its pivoted position.

Der Ablagebehälter gemäss dem dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel weist drei Ablagekästen 1-3 auf, wobei die Kästen 1 und 2 durch die Lenker 4 und 5, die Kästen 2 und 3 durch die Lenker 6 und 7 miteinander verbunden sind. Durch die Lenker 4 und 5 kann der Kasten 2 vom Kasten 1 und durch eine Verdrehung der Lenker 6 und 7 der Kasten 3 vom Kasten 2 abgehoben werden. Die Abhebung des jeweils oberen Kastens würde aber teilweise wieder aufgehoben, wenn sich unter der Wirkung des Gewichtes dieses Kastens bzw. der darin enthaltenen Akten die Lenker des jeweils oberen Kastens beliebig weiter verdrehen könnten, indem in einem solchen Falle diese Verdrehung anhalten würde, bis der untere Rand des oberen Behälters auf dem oberen Rand des unteren Behälters zur Auflage gelangt. Dadurch würde die Oeffnung zwischen zwei benachbarten Behältern (Einlegeöffnung) verkleinert, bzw. wäre die Breite dieses Schlitzes von den Behälterabmessungen abhängig, was nun eben vermieden werden will. Zu diesem Zwecke sind die Lenker an ihren den betreffenden Kästen zugewandten Enden mit Lagerklötzen 4a-7a resp. 4b-7b versehen, welche in die aufgebogenen Seitenränder 1a, 1b-3a, 3b der Kästen 1-3 eingreifen und je eine Freifläche 8-11 sowie eine daran anschliessende Begrenzungsfläche 12-15 aufweisen. Dabei sind die Abmessungen so gewählt, dass je nach dem Verdrehwinkel der Lenker 4-7 diese Arretierungsmittel, nämlich die Verriegelungskanten 16 mit dem Unterrand des jeweils oberen Kastens bzw. mit dem Oberrand des unteren Kastens gleichzeitig in Berührung kommen, wobei die betreffenden Verriegelungskanten parallel zueinander liegen, so dass sie gleichzeitig auf dem entsprechenden Kastenrand zur Auflage gelangen. Wenn also, von der in Fig. 2 in bezug auf die Kästen 1 und 2 gezeigten Grundstellung ausgehend, die Lenker 4 und 5 im Gegenuhrzeigersinn verdreht werden bis der Kasten 2 gegenüber dem Kasten 1 so weit abgehoben ist, wie dies in der Zeichnung in bezug auf die Kästen 2 und 3 dargestellt ist, so kommen die Verriegelungskanten 16 gegen die Kastenränder 2a und 3a zur Auflage, wodurch der obere Kasten, im dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel Kasten 3, in seiner oberen Stellung gesichert ist, und eine weitere, die Einlegeöffnung verkleinernde weitere Verdrehung ausgeschlossen ist.The storage container according to the illustrated embodiment has three storage boxes 1-3, boxes 1 and 2 being connected by links 4 and 5, boxes 2 and 3 being connected by links 6 and 7. With the handlebars 4 and 5, the box 2 can be lifted from the box 1 and by rotating the handlebars 6 and 7, the box 3 from the box 2. The lifting of the top box would be partially canceled if the handlebars of the top box could twist as desired under the effect of the weight of this box or the files contained therein, in such a case this twisting would continue until the lower edge of the upper container comes to rest on the upper edge of the lower container. This would reduce the opening between two adjacent containers (insertion opening), or the width of this slot would depend on the container dimensions, which is now to be avoided. For this purpose, the handlebars at their ends facing the relevant boxes with bearing blocks 4a-7a, respectively. 4b-7b, which engage in the bent-over side edges 1a, 1b-3a, 3b of the boxes 1-3 and each have a free surface 8-11 and an adjoining boundary surface 12-15. The dimensions are chosen so that depending on the angle of rotation of the handlebars 4-7 these locking means, namely the locking edges 16 come into contact with the lower edge of the upper box or with the upper edge of the lower box at the same time, the respective locking edges parallel to each other lie so that they come to rest on the corresponding box edge at the same time. So if, starting from the basic position shown in Fig. 2 with respect to boxes 1 and 2, the handlebars 4 and 5 are rotated counterclockwise until the Box 2 is lifted as far as box 1, as shown in the drawing in relation to boxes 2 and 3, so the locking edges 16 come to rest against the box edges 2a and 3a, whereby the upper box, in the illustrated embodiment box 3, is secured in its upper position, and a further, the insertion opening reducing further rotation is excluded.

In einem besonders vorteilhaften Ausführungsbeispiel bestehen die Kastenränder 1a, 1b-3a, 3b aus nachgiebigem Material, z.B. einem geeigneten Kunststoff. Wenn nun, wie dies beim dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel der Fall ist, der Abstand der durch die Schnittlinie einer Freifläche 8-11 mit der anschliessenden Begrenzungsfläche 12-15 gebildete Verriegelungskante 16 vom Drehpunkt des betr. Lenkers grösser ist als der Abstand der Freifläche 8-11 und der Begrenzungsfläche 12-15, so ergibt sich eine Art Hemmung, durch welche die betr. Lenker in ihrer aufrechten Stellung gehalten bleiben.In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the box edges 1a, 1b-3a, 3b are made of resilient material, e.g. a suitable plastic. If, as is the case in the illustrated embodiment, the distance between the locking edge 16 formed by the intersection of a free surface 8-11 with the adjoining boundary surface 12-15 from the pivot point of the handlebar concerned is greater than the distance between the free surface 8-11 and the boundary surface 12-15, there is a kind of inhibition by which the respective handlebars are held in their upright position.

Beim dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel ist zur Verbesserung der Hemmung auf der Verriegelungskante 16 noch zusätzlich eine Warze 17 aufgesetzt (es könnten auch deren mehrere sein), durch deren Anordnung der Uebergang von den Freiflächen 8-11 zu den Begrenzungsflächen 12-15 noch zusätzlich unterstrichen und sich eine Art Verschlusswirkung ergibt. Inbezug auf die Ablagekästen 2 und 3 werden durch die zwei Lenker 6 und die zwei Lenker 7 an den Rändern 2b resp. 3a gleichzeitig insgesamt mindestens vier bezw. acht Verschlusspunkte gebildet. Dies ergibt eine sichere, leicht lösbare Verrieglung der Ablagekästen. Durch die Mehrzahl der verschlusspunkte ist die Verformung der Kastenränder sehr gering. Damit werden Ermüdungs- und Abnützungserscheinungen des verwendeten Kunststoffmaterials ausgeschlossen, was sich wiederum günstig auf die Lebensdauer des Ablagebhälters auswirkt.In the embodiment shown, a wart 17 is additionally placed on the locking edge 16 (there could also be several) to improve the escapement, through whose arrangement the transition from the open areas 8-11 to the boundary surfaces 12-15 is additionally underlined and one Kind of closure effect results. In relation to the storage boxes 2 and 3 by the two links 6 and the two links 7 at the edges 2b, respectively. 3a at the same time a total of at least four or eight locking points formed. This results in a secure, easily releasable locking of the storage boxes. Due to the majority of the locking points, the deformation of the box edges is very low. This eliminates signs of fatigue and wear and tear on the plastic material used, which in turn has a favorable effect on the lifespan of the storage container.

Durch die beschriebene Anordnung wird ermöglicht, die Einlegeöffnung zwischen in vertikaler Richtung benachbarten Kästen offen zu halten und sie unabhängig von den Abmessungen der betr. Kästen zu wählen.The arrangement described makes it possible to keep the insertion opening open between adjacent boxes in the vertical direction and to select them independently of the dimensions of the boxes in question.

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1. Filing tray with a plurality of file boxes disposed one above the other, interconnected with guide-rods in such a way that an upper file box can be spaced from a lower one, characterized in that the guide-rods (4-7) are provided with stop means to limit their possible rotation with respect to the file box concerned, the stop means having blocking ridges (16) on heels (4a-7a) joined to the guide rods (4-7), said heels (4a-7a) co-operating with the rims of the respective file box which project toward the guide-rods (4-7).
2. Filing tray according to claim 1, characterized in that the rims are made of flexible material.
3. Filing tray according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the distance between the blocking ridge (16) and the pivot point of the associated guide-rod (4-7) is greater than the plane surface (8-11) or the limiting face (12-15).
4. Filing tray according to claim 3, characterized in that at least one boss is disposed on the blocking ridges (16).
5. Filing tray according to claim 3, characterized in that the limiting faces (12-15) form an obtuse angle at their junction with the plane surfaces (8-11).
6. Filing tray according to claim 3, characterized in that all the blocking ridges (16) are disposed parallel to one another and come simultaneously into contact with the corresponding file box rim when the guide-rod (4-7) concerned is tilted.
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