EP0578577A1 - Schnell montierbarer Kasten mit einem Scharnier und dessen Montageverfahren - Google Patents

Schnell montierbarer Kasten mit einem Scharnier und dessen Montageverfahren Download PDF

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EP0578577A1
EP0578577A1 EP93401783A EP93401783A EP0578577A1 EP 0578577 A1 EP0578577 A1 EP 0578577A1 EP 93401783 A EP93401783 A EP 93401783A EP 93401783 A EP93401783 A EP 93401783A EP 0578577 A1 EP0578577 A1 EP 0578577A1
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Etienne Decayeux
Yves Morel
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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
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/12—Mail or newspaper receptacles, e.g. letter-boxes; Openings in doors or the like for delivering mail or newspapers
    • A47G29/1201—Letter-box assemblies for apartment buildings

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  • the invention relates to a housing delimited by a wall and comprising an opening, a flange surrounding the opening, a door for closing the opening, pivotally mounted along said flange 40 about an axis, a first hinge element mounted on the rim, and a second hinge element secured to the door and intended to cooperate with the first hinge element.
  • the problem which the invention aims to solve is to propose a box of this kind, the first hinge element of which can be attached to the box in an easy manner and by automated means, therefore without the intervention of an operator.
  • the first hinge element comprises a U-shaped section profile having a base and two wings, one of the wings carrying hinge means, said flange comprises a profile having a base, at least a first wing extending perpendicular to the base, and a first fold along a face of the wing facing the base, and the first hinge element is housed in the rim so that its base rests on the base of the rim and that its wing remote from said hinge means extends, being pinched, between the flange wing and said first fold.
  • Such a design provides automatic positioning of the hinge element relative to the flange receiving it, facilitating the automation of assembly of the housing as a whole.
  • a method of mounting the first hinge element consists in that one introduces the hinge element into the rim by one end of the latter and one slides it along the rim so that the base of the hinge element rests on the base of the rim and its wing remote from said means forming hinge extends between the flange of the flange and said first fold, and the hinge element is crimped on the flange by applying the fold of the flange on the wing of the hinge element.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cover 1 for a letterbox made of a thin sheet folded into a U shape, this cover comprising an upper face 2 extended, along two longitudinal edges, by two lateral faces 3, 4.
  • the lateral faces 3, 4 are connected to the upper face 2 by a rounded 10.
  • each face has, along an end edge, a flange 5 which extends inwards of the cover, parallel to the face considered.
  • the letterbox also comprises a bottom 6 also consisting of a sheet folded in the shape of a U so as to define a lower face 7, a front face 8 and a rear face 9.
  • the lower face 7 has two longitudinal edges, and two end edges from which extend the front 8 and rear 9 faces.
  • the front face 8 of the bottom 6 has an opening 11 extending over a major part of its surface so that this front face constitutes a frame.
  • the opening 11 is surrounded by a rim 18 perpendicular to the front face 8.
  • the front face 8 and the rear face 9 of the bottom 6 have, along three free sides, a rim 12 extending perpendicular to the face considered and out of the mailbox.
  • the rim 12 extends over a width greater than that of the rim 18 of the opening 11.
  • the lower face 7 of the bottom 6 has, along two longitudinal sides, a rim 13 extending perpendicular to this face and turned to the outside of the mailbox.
  • the edges 5 of the cover 1 and those 12 of the bottom 6 have a similar width.
  • the front face 8 of the bottom 6 determines with its rim 12 and that 18 of the opening 11, a shape of U.
  • an element of hinge 14 consisting of an angle including two wings 15, 16.
  • the wing 15 extends, on one side of the hinge element 14, beyond the wing 16 in an extension 17.
  • This extension has a round 19 on one side of the wing 15 facing the wing 16.
  • the hinge element 14 From a longitudinal edge of the wing 15 furthest from the wing 16, extend two legs 21, 22 parallel to the wing 16.
  • the legs 21, 22 extend over a major part of the length of the hinge element 14, and extend in width over a distance corresponding approximately to the width of the wing 16.
  • the legs 21, 22 are separated from each other by a space 23. Seen at section at a tab, the hinge element 14 therefore has a U shape.
  • each tab 21, 22 is folded back on itself so as to constitute a socket of circular section, located on one side of the tab facing the wing 16 of the hinge element 14.
  • the element of hinge 14 extends over a length substantially equal to that of one side of the front face 8 of the bottom 6, that is to say again over a length equal to that of a short side of the side faces 3, 4 cover 1.
  • the front face 8 and the rear face 9 of the bottom 6 are tilted inwards, by pivoting around their edge by which they are connected to the bottom face 7, at an angle for example equal to about 15 °.
  • the bottom 6 is then capped by bringing the cover 1 from above so that the edges 5 of the cover are opposite the edges 12 of the bottom.
  • the front face 8 and the rear face 9 of the bottom 6 are then brought back to their original position by rotating them according to the arrows 26 in FIG. 3, which has the effect of introducing the edges 12 of the bottom 6 between the edges 5 of the cover 1 and the faces which carry the latter.
  • An intermediate situation is shown in Figure 7, where the edge 12 of the front face 8 of the bottom is not yet introduced between the rim 5 of the side face 4 of the cover and this same face.
  • Figures 4 and 8 illustrate instead a final situation.
  • the hinge element 14 is slid from above into it from the bottom face 7 of the bottom 6, that is to say according to arrow 27 in the figure 5 in the direction of the box of FIG. 4. More specifically, the hinge element 14 is slid so as to be housed in one side of the frame constituted by the front face 8 of the bottom 6, so that the tabs 21, 22 , the wing 15 and the wing 16 of the hinge element bear respectively on the rim 18 of the opening 11, the front face 8, and the rim 12 of the cover. The hinge element 14 is slid into the letterbox until its round 19 abuts against the corresponding round 10 of the cover. Note also that there is a clearance 30 between the flange 5 of the cover and the flange 16 of the hinge element, just as there is a clearance between the other flanges 5 of the cover and the corresponding flanges 12 of the background 6.
  • the cover 1 is crimped on the bottom 6 by applying the edges 5 of the first on the edges 12 of the second and, in the case of the hinge element 14, by applying the edge 5 of the cover on the wing 16 of the hinge element (according to arrow 32 in FIG. 8), this operation being carried out in a manner known per se by means of crimping jaws enclosing on either side the edges to be crimped.
  • the wing 16 of the hinge element 14 and the flange 12 carried by the front face 8 of the bottom 6 are therefore simultaneously pinched by the flange 5 of the side face 4 of the cover.
  • hinge element 14 is perfectly guided and positioned by the U shape defined by the flanges 18, 12 of the front face 8 of the bottom 6, which makes it possible to envisage a fully automated mounting of the element of hinge 14.
  • the door of the letterbox carries two sockets 33 (FIG. 10) intended to be arranged on either side of those 24, 25 of the hinge element 14, an axis not shown passing through each socket.
  • a second embodiment is shown in Figures 11 to 13. It relates to a mailbox whose front face, forming a frame, is in one piece with its side faces such as 41 ( Figure 12) and constitutes a flange 40 of these.
  • This rim is generally U-shaped facing the front of the box, and having a base 42 and two wings 43, 44.
  • the wing 43 constitutes a fold of the lateral face 41 of the box and therefore extends towards the back of the box being attached to the side face.
  • the other wing 44 carries a fold 45 therefore extending towards the rear of the box, opposite but at some distance from this wing, over a length less than that of the wing.
  • the hinge element 46 shown in FIG. 11 differs essentially from that of FIG. 5 in that the legs 47, 48 and their sockets 51, 52 are carried by the opposite wing 54 of the hinge element, the sockets being arranged on one side of the wing 54 furthest from the other wing 53, that is to say outside of the hinge element.
  • the hinge element 46 its wing 53 opposite the legs 47, 48 is of width substantially equal to that of the wing 44 of the box flange 40 while its other wing 54 is of equal width at about half of the base 42 of the box flange 40. Furthermore, the tabs 47, 48 extend over a width substantially equal to that of the wing 43 of the box edge 40.
  • the hinge element 46 is slid into the box flange 40, its wing 53 opposite the legs 47, 48 being housed with clearance between the wing 44 of the box flange 40 and its fold 44 A crimping is then obtained, by pinching according to the arrows 55 in FIG. 13.
  • the wing 54 of the hinge element 46 carrying the tabs 47, 48 can be covered, on an external face, with a layer of adhesive 56 ( Figure 12) for its assembly with the base 42 of the rim.
  • This type of reinforcement is particularly suitable in the case where the parts of the mailbox already carry, before assembly, their finishing treatment.
  • Figure 13 appear the door 57 of the box and the axis 58 intended for its attachment to the latter.

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FR9208512 1992-07-09
FR929208512A FR2693448B1 (fr) 1992-07-09 1992-07-09 Boîtier comportant une charnière à montage rapide, et procédé de montage de celle-ci.

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DE29604429U1 (de) * 1996-03-09 1996-06-20 Renz Erwin Metallwaren Postverteilerkasten
US5971515A (en) * 1998-06-22 1999-10-26 Baker; Steven J. Protected internal hinge for security safe
WO2007107690A1 (en) 2006-03-18 2007-09-27 John Crane Uk Limited High pressure gas seals

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DE29719068U1 (de) * 1997-10-27 1998-03-05 Renz Erwin Metallwaren Postverteilerkasten
DE102010002918A1 (de) * 2010-03-16 2012-09-06 Erwin Renz Metallwarenfabrik Gmbh & Co. Kg Briefkastenanlage
EP2997861B1 (de) 2014-09-17 2018-12-12 Erwin Renz Metallwarenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG Kastenförmiges Gehäuse, insbesondere für einen Briefkasten

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US4275829A (en) * 1979-11-15 1981-06-30 Dayco Corporation Mailbox and method of making same
FR2669894A1 (fr) * 1990-12-04 1992-06-05 Vaudor Andre Caisson parallelepipedique repliable.

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US4275829A (en) * 1979-11-15 1981-06-30 Dayco Corporation Mailbox and method of making same
FR2669894A1 (fr) * 1990-12-04 1992-06-05 Vaudor Andre Caisson parallelepipedique repliable.

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DE29604429U1 (de) * 1996-03-09 1996-06-20 Renz Erwin Metallwaren Postverteilerkasten
US5971515A (en) * 1998-06-22 1999-10-26 Baker; Steven J. Protected internal hinge for security safe
WO2007107690A1 (en) 2006-03-18 2007-09-27 John Crane Uk Limited High pressure gas seals

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