EP0383041B1 - Cadre pliant pour panneaux d'affichage ou similaire constitué d'une pluralité de sections de bordure droites - Google Patents

Cadre pliant pour panneaux d'affichage ou similaire constitué d'une pluralité de sections de bordure droites Download PDF

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EP0383041B1
EP0383041B1 EP90101064A EP90101064A EP0383041B1 EP 0383041 B1 EP0383041 B1 EP 0383041B1 EP 90101064 A EP90101064 A EP 90101064A EP 90101064 A EP90101064 A EP 90101064A EP 0383041 B1 EP0383041 B1 EP 0383041B1
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Norbert Hetzer
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
    • A47G1/06—Picture frames
    • A47G1/0605—Picture frames made from extruded or moulded profiles, e.g. of plastic or metal
    • A47G1/0611—Picture frames made from extruded or moulded profiles, e.g. of plastic or metal the profiles having clamping action; Elongated clips
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F1/00—Cardboard or like show-cards of foldable or flexible material
    • G09F1/10—Supports or holders for show-cards
    • G09F1/12—Frames therefor

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  • the present invention relates to a snap frame according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Frames of this type are known for example from US-A-3,310,901 and DE-A-28 18 138 (GB-A-2 005 535). They are characterized in that the frame sections are held in their closed and open positions with a snap action due to the geometrically predetermined clamping and preloading of the springs.
  • the springs are designed as leaf springs which, under pressure bending, bear on the one hand on corresponding supports on the front side and on the other hand on supports of the rear profile strips. Due to the mentioned clamping, the profile strip on the front can only be opened against the action of a spring force.
  • the known leaf springs are on the one hand relatively expensive because a relatively large amount of material is required.
  • the known concept is also expensive because the assembly of the leaf springs is complicated.
  • the object on which the present invention is based is to provide a snap frame of the generic type which, overall, is simpler to use is to be installed and in which the springs for mutual bracing of the profile strips are designed more simply.
  • the shape of the springs themselves can be different (see claims 4 to 7). It is only important that the springs can spring in their bending plane.
  • FIG. 1 shows a rectangular folding frame 1 consisting of four frame sections 2, 3, 4, 5 which are connected to one another in the corner area and which is glued onto an area, for example a shop window pane, as an open frame or hung with a back part as a folding display frame is.
  • the frame sections 2, 3, 4, 5 are mitered in the corner areas.
  • the front profile strips which can be pivoted out, for example, from the plane of the frame 1 (i.e. the drawing plane) can be seen, which stand up on the rigid profile frame forming the rear profile strips (display snap frame) or cover them on all sides (open window snap frame).
  • the frame sections 2, 3, 4, 5 thus form a frame provided with a rear side or also an open folding frame 1 into which a display panel or the like can be inserted and clamped.
  • FIG. 2 shows the cross section of a frame section 2, 3, 4, 5 of a so-called display snap frame, namely in the closed position and - dash-dotted - in an unstable open position of this snap frame 1 with an integrated back part, corresponding to the same cuts AA, BB, CC and DD of the snap frame 1 according to FIG. 1.
  • the frame sections 2, 3, 4, 5 each consist of a rear profile strip 10 and a front profile strip 11, which are connected to one another in an articulated manner and are non-positively coupled to one another via springs 7.
  • the rear profile strip 10 consists in cross section of an L-profile, the long web of which serves as a support for the mentioned back part 6, which in turn is a support for a display panel 8 or the like.
  • the short web has a concave support joint sleeve 12 at the end for supporting the spring 7; Furthermore, the short webs on the side opposite the long web have a projecting hinge pin 13.
  • this hinge pin 13 On this hinge pin 13 is a complementary hinge sleeve 14 of the front profile bar 11, which in principle has the cross-sectional shape of a U.
  • the transverse web of this U is parallel to the back part 6 of the rear profile strip 10 or to the long web of the L.
  • the one free leg of the U has the joint sleeve 14 mentioned and the second free leg of the U is in the direction of the long web of the L and thus directed towards the rear profile strip 10.
  • the mutual coordination of the profiled strips 10 and 11 with one another, taking into account the spring 7, is as follows:
  • the spring 7 is supported on the one hand in the concave support joint sleeve 12 of the rear profile strip 10 and on the other hand in a support lug 15 on the inside of a support edge 16 of the second free leg of the U.
  • the front profile bar 11 is supported by the spring tension of the spring 7 by means of the joint sleeve 14 on the rear profile bar 10.
  • the assignment between the from the hinge pin 13 and the GElenkhülse 14 existing swivel between the front and rear profile strip 10 and 11 and the lever-like assignment between the supports of the spring 7 on the support joint sleeve 12 and the support nose 15 are such that in the - shown in Fig.
  • the arc a) corresponds to the swivel circle of the front profile bar 11,11 'around the hinge pin 13; the circular arc b) would correspond to the swiveling circle of the spring 7 around its support joint sleeve 12 if its distance dimension corresponding to the closed position would remain constant.
  • the spring 7, which is supported in the supporting nose 15, moves on the circular arc a), so that - starting from the drawn closed position - the front profile strip 11, 11 'first in a labile and then subsequently - after the said distance dimension between the support joint sleeve 12 and the support nose 15 enlarged again - is moved into a stable open position.
  • the length of the long web of the L of the rear profile bar 10 and the width of the U of the front profile bar 11 are coordinated so that the latter stands up in the closed position on the L-profile.
  • the front edge of the corresponding free leg of the U-profile ultimately lies in the plane of the mentioned back part 6 of the rear profile strip 10 on the display panel 8.
  • a display panel 8 can thus be braced against the back part 6 via the support edge 16 of the front profile strip 11 projecting towards the interior of the frame.
  • the spring 7 is configured so that it can bend in this bending plane - i.e. perpendicular to the plane of the drawing.
  • the hinge axis between the profile strips 10, 11 on the one hand and the line of action determined by the spring 7 between the support joint sleeve 12 and the support lug 15 on the other hand are matched to one another in such a way that the geometric length of the line of action is shortened when the front profile strip 11 is pivoted out. This creates a force component of the spring 7, which braces the front profile bar 11 against the rear profile bar 10.
  • the spring 7 is thus compressed in the bending plane so that it bulges or dodges in the longitudinal direction of the profile bars 10 and 11 and is compressed transversely thereto (see arrows in Fig 3).
  • dash-dotted lines indicate an unstable opening position of a frame section.
  • the spring 7 ' has a shortened in relation to the closed position line of action, ie transverse expansion in the bending plane.
  • mutually complementary stop means are provided on the front and rear profile bar 11,11. These consist of a stop lug 18 worked on the outside of the joint sleeve 14 and a corresponding stop surface 19 or stop edge on the outside of the short leg of the L of the rear profile strip 10. In the open position, the stop lug 18 'is then against the stop surface 19, so that the front profile bar 11 'no longer open ie can be pivoted away.
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of two mutually adjacent open frame sections 2 and 3 or 3 and 4 or 4 and 5 or 5 and 2.
  • the rear profile strips 10 form a closed rectangle (see Fig. 1), the back of which is formed here by the back part 6 '.
  • the front profile strip 11 is articulated via the swivel joint consisting of the joint sleeve 14 and the joint pin 13; the frictional engagement between the respective pairs of profile strips is mediated by the springs 7.
  • these springs 7 have an approximately elliptical basic shape, the longitudinal axis of which extends axially parallel to the profiled strips 10, 11 and whose transverse axis - compare FIG. 2 - extends transversely to the mentioned longitudinal axis.
  • the spring 7 is supported on the one hand in the support joint sleeve 12 provided along the rear profile strip 10 and on the other hand in the support nose 15 provided on the front profile strip 11 on the support edge 16.
  • the - elliptical - spring 7 is deformed in such a way that the longitudinal axis is temporarily larger and the transverse axis is briefly and simultaneously shorter (compare the arrow indications in FIG. 3).
  • the elliptical basic shape can in principle be closed or slotted on a contact side in the support joint sleeve 12 or the support nose 15.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 Further basic forms of the spring 7 are shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, it being explicitly pointed out that further basic forms and mixed forms of these basic forms are also possible.
  • Fig. 4 shows a spring 7 with the basic shape of an open loop.
  • the two wire ends 20 form a scissor angle of approximately 150 degrees and are in contact with one another, so that the flat bending surface is ensured - at least approximately.
  • the spring 7 shown in FIG. 4 with the wire ends 20 on the one hand and the opposite rounding on the other, bears against the complementary recesses of the profile strips 10, 11 on the front and rear sides, indicated by dash-dotted lines.
  • FIG. 5 shows a spring 7 with the basic shape of a triangle with two triangular sides formed by the bent wire and one open side, to which sliding feet 21 are optionally connected.
  • the open side, on the one hand, and the triangle tip, on the other hand bear against the complementary recesses of the profile strips 10, 11 on the front and rear, indicated by dash-dotted lines.
  • Fig. 6 shows a spring 7 with the basic shape of an isosceles trapezoid, the two parallel sides in the assembled state against the complementary recesses of the - indicated by dash-dotted lines - front and rear profile strips 10, 11.
  • One of the parallel trapezoidal sides can - as drawn - be slotted.

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  1. Cadre à rabattement (1) polygonal, en particulier rectangulaire, se composant de plusieurs éléments rectilignes (2, 3, 4, 5) pour panneaux d'affichage ou analogues, dans lequel
    a) chaque élément du cadre (2, 3, 4, 5) se compose de deux profilés arrière et antérieurs (10, 11) reliés l'un à l'autre par articulation au moyen de pièces complémentaires d'articulation (13, 14) et de ressorts (7),
    b) les profilés arrière (10) forment un cadre de base rigide et les profilés antérieurs (11) sont rabattables séparément vers l'extérieur du plan du cadre de base et
    c) les ressorts (7) sont montés sous précontrainte entre les profilés arrière et antérieurs (10, 11) de manière que les profilés antérieurs (11) soient pivotants par rapport aux profilés arrière (10) sous l'effet de déclic des ressorts (7) entre une position de fermeture pour le serrage des panneaux d'affichage et une position d'ouverture pour l'échange des panneaux d'affichage, caractérisé en ce que
    d) les ressorts (7) sont constitués de ressorts plans en fil métallique et sont montés entre les profilés arrière et antérieurs (10, 11) de manière qu'ils fassent ressort dans leur plan de flexion, parallèlement à leur axe, pour l'orientation des éléments de cadre.
  2. Cadre à rabattement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, pour limiter l'angle de pivotement des profilés antérieurs (11), ceux-ci et les profilés arrière (10) comportent des butées complémentaires (18, 19).
  3. Cadre à rabattement selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les profilés antérieurs (11) comportent un talon de butée (18) qui, à la position d'ouverture, bute contre une surface complémentaire de butée (19) des profilés arrière (10).
  4. Cadre à rabattement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les ressorts (7) ont la forme de base d'une ellipse qui est de préférence fendue d'un côté, au milieu dans la direction de son axe longitudinal.
  5. Cadre à rabattement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les ressorts (7) ont la forme de base d'une boucle ouverte dans laquelle les extrémités du fil métallique (20) sont appliquées l'une contre l'autre.
  6. Cadre à rabattement selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les extrémités du fil (20) inscrivent un angle d'environ 150 degrés.
  7. Cadre à rabattement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les ressorts (7) ont la forme de base d'un triangle à deux côtés fléchissant élastiquement par rapport au sommet commun du triangle.
  8. Cadre à rabattement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les ressorts (7) ont la forme de base d'un trapèze isocèle.
EP90101064A 1989-02-16 1990-01-19 Cadre pliant pour panneaux d'affichage ou similaire constitué d'une pluralité de sections de bordure droites Expired - Lifetime EP0383041B1 (fr)

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