EP0620991A1 - Schrank mit drehbaren Regalen - Google Patents

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EP0620991A1
EP0620991A1 EP94400782A EP94400782A EP0620991A1 EP 0620991 A1 EP0620991 A1 EP 0620991A1 EP 94400782 A EP94400782 A EP 94400782A EP 94400782 A EP94400782 A EP 94400782A EP 0620991 A1 EP0620991 A1 EP 0620991A1
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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
    • A47B49/00—Revolving cabinets or racks; Cabinets or racks with revolving parts
    • A47B49/004—Cabinets with compartments provided with trays revolving on a vertical axis

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  • EP-A-0 416 973 describes a cabinet with turntables already invented by the present inventor.
  • This document describes a cabinet having superimposed trays for storing small objects, said trays being rotatably mounted about a common vertical axis, the trays being rotated by a vertical drive shaft controlled by an electric motor, l cabinet further comprising clutch means adapted to selectively engage the drive shaft with each plate independently of the other plates.
  • the outer periphery of the plate, which is in engagement with the drive shaft may be provided with pinion teeth, but these pinion teeth may also receive dirt or solid bodies which hamper the gear with the drive shaft; they can also injure a user, and in addition they are unsightly.
  • the trays being driven from the inside, their part which is engaged with the drive shaft is not accessible from the outside of the cabinet.
  • This internal drive is made possible by the fact that the drive shaft is arranged inside the hollow vertical axis on which the plates are mounted.
  • said hollow vertical axis consists of cylindrical elements superimposed and integral with each other.
  • the assembly is greatly facilitated by the fact that the central axis consists of stacked cylindrical elements, which allow the assembly of the clutch means as the cylindrical elements are stacked.
  • the stacked cylindrical elements facilitate disassembly.
  • the cylindrical elements on which the plates are rotatably mounted may all be identical.
  • the drive shaft to consist of butted sections which are fixed to each other in rotation, each section comprising mechanical coupling means suitable for coupling to a wheel, and each section being rotatably mounted by fitting into two bearings respectively secured by two neighboring cylindrical elements.
  • the bearings can be formed in the cylindrical elements of the central axis, or fixed in advance to these cylindrical elements, and the mounting of the drive shaft simply consists of fitting the shaft sections into the bearings in abutting the tree sections.
  • the blocking members are arranged in pairs on either side of each detector, each blocking member has a free end and a fixed end, the free end is close to the detector, the free end is arranged so as to interfere with the indexing members of a plate, and said blocking member is elastically deformable in a radial direction relative to the vertical axis of the cabinet, to be moved into its erased position.
  • said locking members are also elastically deformable in a circumferential direction relative to the vertical axis of the cabinet.
  • the release means further comprise a manual actuator for moving the locking members in their retracted position.
  • the locking members are aligned vertically in two columns
  • the release means comprising two cam members each acting on all of the locking members of a column to move them in their position cleared, the two cam members are articulated together to act simultaneously on the locking members of two columns
  • the manual actuator comprises a cable connected to a lever secured to one of the cam members.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a storage cabinet according to the invention.
  • the cabinet comprises a frame 50, in which superimposed plates 1 are rotatably mounted around a common vertical axis.
  • the plates 1 Preferably, the plates 1 have a notch 3 in a circular sector.
  • the frame 50 has an open front face, and in the rest position, all of the plates 1 are arranged with their notch 3 directed towards the open front face of the frame 50, so as to form a clear column.
  • the frame 50 further comprises a control panel 18 which makes it possible to selectively rotate a particular panel in one direction or another, so as to bring said tray into the cleared column which allows a user to access the content of said tray.
  • FIG. 2 shows a partial view in vertical section of the cabinet of Figure 1, which allows to understand how the rotation of the plates is carried out.
  • the plates 1 are mounted to rotate about a vertical axis 2 formed by the stacking of cylindrical elements 8, two of which are shown in FIG. 2.
  • Each cylindrical element 8 has an external annular flange 25, the upper and lower faces of which each comprise a raceway 25a allowing the circulation of the balls 26 of a ball bearing 27.
  • the cylindrical elements 8 can be produced by plastic molding.
  • the cylindrical elements 8 can be fixed together and to the frame 50 by any known means.
  • the cylindrical elements 8 may have internally eyelets 36 threaded on one or more vertical rods 35 integral with the frame 50, but many variants are possible.
  • the support ring 28 is part of a plate 1.
  • the support ring 28 can also be molded in plastic, and it can be formed in two pieces 28a, 28b as shown, for easier molding.
  • the support ring 28 has two lower and upper raceways 29 arranged opposite the raceways 25a of the annular flanges 25.
  • Two ball bearings 27 are interposed between the support ring 28 and the annular flanges 25 arranged below and above said support ring 28.
  • the support ring 28 further comprises an internal toothing 10, and outer radial plates 20 comprising one or more snap-fit reliefs 31 and / or one or more fixing holes 32, for fix radial arms, which may for example be metallic, to support the plate 1.
  • This particular embodiment of the plates 1 is only an example, and many variants are possible.
  • the storage cabinet further comprises a drive shaft 4, consisting of sections 4a which can be molded from plastic.
  • Each section 4a of the drive shaft extends vertically between two axial ends 33 of narrowed diameter, which each have an axial toothing in the form of notches.
  • Each cylindrical element 8 has internally a bearing 34, comprising a vertical internal bore whose diameter corresponds substantially to the diameter of the narrowed ends 33 of the sections 4a.
  • the two axial ends 33 of each section 4a are fitted into the bearings 34 of two successive cylindrical elements 8, and the different successive sections 4a are secured in rotation by coupling their axial teeth to their axial ends 33.
  • Each section 4a further comprises a collar 6, with an axial toothing 6a.
  • a pinion 7 is mounted freely sliding and freely rotatable around each section 4a, the pinion 7 having an external toothing 7a and an axial toothing 7b arranged opposite the axial toothing 6a of the collar 6.
  • Each cylindrical element 8 comprises a side window 9, which is partially traversed by one of said pinions 7, and the external toothing 7a of said pinion 7 is engaged with the internal toothing 10 of the support ring 28 arranged in correspondence.
  • the pinion 7 is axially displaceable between a disengaged position, represented in FIG. 2, where it is engaged with the support ring 28, but not with the shaft 4, and a engaged position, where it is engaged simultaneously with the internal toothing 10 of the support ring 28 and the axial toothing 6a of the shaft 4.
  • the cabinet comprises, for each pinion 7, an electric actuator 11 with solenoid, associated with a lever 12 which may be an elastic metal strip, to control the movement of a particular pinion 7 from its disengaged position to its engaged position.
  • the cabinet comprises means for disengaging all of the pinions 7.
  • These means comprise a vertical rod 15, provided with lateral arms 15a for each pinion 7, and mounted vertically sliding.
  • the lower end of the rod 15 is associated with a helical spring 16, which maintains the rod 15 in a raised position, where the lateral arms 15a do not interfere with the pinions 7.
  • the upper end of the rod 15 is connected to an electric actuator 13 with solenoid, by means of a lever 14 articulated at a fixed point 14a, to move said rod 15 downwards, by pushing all of the pinions 7 into their disengaged position by means lateral arms 15a.
  • the cabinet further comprises indexing means to guarantee that the plates 1 stop in predetermined angular positions.
  • each plate 1 has at its outer periphery indexing members 19, which project radially outward.
  • the cabinet comprises, for each tray, vertically aligned detectors 20, which in the example shown, are simple metal strips.
  • Each detector 20 is surrounded by two metal locking springs 21, which each have a free end 21a adjacent to the detector 20, and a fixed end 21b further from the detector 20.
  • each blocking spring 21 is arranged so as to interfere with the indexing members 19 of a plate, and the locking spring is elastically deformable in a radial direction with respect to the central axis 2 of the cabinet, so that it can be moved into a retracted position , where it does not interfere with the indexing members 19 of the plate.
  • the metal strip 20 is in contact with the two locking springs 21 which surround it, as long as an indexing member 19 is not between the two locking springs 21. This contact closes a electrical circuit, which is open when an indexing member 19 is located between the two blocking springs 21 and presses on the strip 20 (see fig. 4): this is this break in electrical contact which signals the presence of an indexing member 19.
  • the movement of the strip 20 could also actuate a switch.
  • one of the cam members 23 is integral with a lever 25, the free end of which is connected to one end of a cable 24, the other end of which is fixed to a handle 42 disposed on the front face of the 'cabinet, as can be seen in Figures 4 and 4a.
  • the handle 42 is integral with a cylindrical rod 43, which slides in a fixed cylindrical sleeve 44.
  • the sleeve 44 has a U-shaped slot 45, the base 46 of the U being closer to the handle 42, and the U further comprising a short branch 47 and a longer branch 48.
  • the cylindrical rod 43 is integral with a radial pin 49, which projects into the slot 45.
  • the pin 49 is in the longest branch 48 of the U, the cable 24 is relaxed and does not act on the cam members 23.
  • the cable 24 is tensioned and acts on the cam members 23 to maintain the locking springs 21 in their erased position .
  • the user can put all of the locking springs 21 in their retracted position, thanks to the handle 42 and the cable 24, which allows the plates to be moved manually.
  • each plate has a notch of 120 °, and is provided with three indexing members 19 distributed at 120 ° from each other.
  • This arrangement is particularly advantageous, since it allows access to any part of a tray in a single step, provided that the direction of rotation of the tray is properly chosen.

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FR9304829A FR2704124B1 (fr) 1993-04-23 1993-04-23 Armoire de rangement a plateaux tournants.
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US08/324,617 US5456530A (en) 1993-04-23 1994-10-18 Storage cabinet with rotary trays

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