EP0433197A1 - Rahmenprofil für MÀ¶belgestell mit Kabelführung für elektrische und elektronische Einrichtungen - Google Patents

Rahmenprofil für MÀ¶belgestell mit Kabelführung für elektrische und elektronische Einrichtungen Download PDF

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EP0433197A1
EP0433197A1 EP90440113A EP90440113A EP0433197A1 EP 0433197 A1 EP0433197 A1 EP 0433197A1 EP 90440113 A EP90440113 A EP 90440113A EP 90440113 A EP90440113 A EP 90440113A EP 0433197 A1 EP0433197 A1 EP 0433197A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B21/00—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
    • A47B21/06—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables

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  • the present invention relates to the construction of office furniture, and in particular of so-called "modular" office furniture, that is to say consisting of a limited number of units capable of being joined together for create furniture of shapes and dimensions appropriate to the needs.
  • Such furniture arranged so as to include means for the passage of the electrical power supply conductors of the devices which they carry, these means having at the same time the particularity of concealing these conductors, of protecting them and of allow to have them in the immediate vicinity of each device, regardless of its location.
  • such a piece of furniture consists of a tray carried by a metal frame resting on feet, and the power conductors of the devices carried by this tray run outside towards their sockets, generally at ground level. .
  • a piece of furniture carries several devices, it quickly creates an inconvenient, unattractive entanglement likely to damage conductors and devices.
  • the invention makes it possible to solve all of the problems mentioned above, by extremely simple means, involving furniture of the type considered only minor design modifications, therefore not affecting their price and not complicating their use.
  • Appatus means both various machines such as typewriters, computers, tape recorders, lighting fixtures, telephone sets and the like, so the term “conductors” should be used in its greatest generality, including coaxial cables, high voltage cables, low voltage cables and the like.
  • the frame of a piece of furniture of this type consists of elements, each of which consists of a metal profile having a horizontal support face for the shelf of the piece of furniture, a substantially vertical rear face and a ornamental front face, the horizontal face and the front face being separated by a space opening below the end of the plate, the set of all the electrical conductors supplying all the devices carried by the plate being housed in said profile and the connections of each of these devices with the corresponding conductors being ensured by passing through said space, each at the point closest to the device considered.
  • Such a profile preferably has along one of its longitudinal edges defining said space a rim ensuring its rigidity.
  • the frame of the furniture therefore consists of a number of such profiles assembled to each other for example by means of corner gussets, also serving for the attachment of other elements of the furniture, for example the boxes, or d 'additional accessories, for example shelves or the like.
  • the furniture tray rests on the horizontal faces of the profiles constituting this frame, and preferably a rubber lip is pinched between this face and the frame so as to be placed in front of said space to protect and conceal it, while allowing introducing or extracting a conductor at any point along said space.
  • a rubber lip is pinched between this face and the frame so as to be placed in front of said space to protect and conceal it, while allowing introducing or extracting a conductor at any point along said space.
  • the invention also provides means for guiding and protecting the conductors from the frame to the ground. These means consist of a particular construction of the legs of the furniture.
  • a foot consists of a metal profile made in the form of two flat rear faces having the width of a frame element and each having at its upper part a notch intended to face said element when the foot is in place. , and with a front face set back with respect to said rear faces, so as to leave a front space, this space being closed by a piece forming a cover so as to create at its upper part a corridor for the passage of the conductors of one frame element to the other, said corridor opening at its ends onto said notches, and over its entire height a vertical corridor for the passage of conductors from the frame to the power outlets.
  • such a profile is produced in a simple manner by shaping a single sheet and hanging the cover by known means, which makes it possible to offer, according to the choice of the cover, a whole range of finishes for the piece of furniture.
  • the same profile can be produced from two profiles assembled along their vertical edges.
  • the invention relates to a piece of furniture which is distinguished in an original manner by the constitution of the elements of its frame and of its legs, both made by simple profiles of appropriate section, making it possible to ensure, thanks to this structure, guiding, protecting and concealment of all the supply conductors of all the devices carried by the cabinet.
  • the profile 1 constituting one of the elements of the frame on which the plate 2 is fixed, has a vertical rear face 1 a , a horizontal upper face 1 b and a front face with decorative vocation 1 c , leaving a longitudinal space 3.
  • the plate 2 is fixed to the frame so as to cover this space.
  • a rubber lip 4 is pinched between the plate 2 and the face 1b of the profile, so as to conceal the space 3, while allowing the conductors to be inserted laterally.
  • the section 5, constituting the mechanically strong part of the foot has a pair of rear faces 5 a -5 a ′ and a front face 5 b , set back from the ends of the faces 5 a -5 a ′, this shape being able to be produced by knurling the wings 6-6 ′, or simply shaping a single sheet, as shown.
  • the wings 6-6 ′ of the faces 5 a -5 a ′ are indented at 7-7 ′ so that these indentations face the spaces 3 of profiles 1, when the frame is assembled to a leg, as shown in Figure 3.
  • the rigidity of the profile 1 is improved by a flange 10 along the edge of the face 1 b , and that the foot 5 ends at the base with a plumb adjustment screw 11.
  • the shape of the profile 5, with its fins 6, leaves a space 12, which is covered, according to the invention, by a cover 13, fitted or hung on the foot by any suitable means, having a double role: to close the space 12 and constitute a decorative element for the foot.
  • the piece of furniture which has just been described offers the possibility of placing on the plate 2 all the necessary apparatus and accessories, at any suitable location, as shown in the diagram in FIG. 5, in which apparatus A1, A2 has been schematically represented. , A3, distributed on the plate 2, and supplied by conductors C1, C2, C3.
  • each of the conductors C1, C2, C3 is visible on the plate 2 only to reach the edge of the plate, at B1, B2, B3, and at this point they penetrate in profile 1, where they are guided horizontally to the space 12 of foot 5, where they descend, always guided, vertically this time, to the socket located on the ground.
  • each foot authorizes a cable descent makes it possible to separate, if requested either by the user, or by standardization (depending on the country) the routing of communication cables from that of low-voltage cables (220 V-240 V).

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EP90440113A 1989-12-01 1990-11-29 Rahmenprofil für Möbelgestell mit Kabelführung für elektrische und elektronische Einrichtungen Expired - Lifetime EP0433197B1 (de)

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AT90440113T ATE104120T1 (de) 1989-12-01 1990-11-29 Rahmenprofil fuer moebelgestell mit kabelfuehrung fuer elektrische und elektronische einrichtungen.

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FR8916085A FR2655251B1 (fr) 1989-12-01 1989-12-01 Meuble de bureau modulable comportant un cadre et des pieds servant a guider en les dissimulant les divers conducteurs d'alimentation des appareils electriques portes par ce meuble.
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CA2031007A1 (fr) 1991-06-02
FR2655251A1 (fr) 1991-06-07
DE69008133D1 (de) 1994-05-19
US5277131A (en) 1994-01-11
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PT96053A (pt) 1993-06-30
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