EP0747558A1 - Eine Stütze - Google Patents

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EP0747558A1
EP0747558A1 EP96300119A EP96300119A EP0747558A1 EP 0747558 A1 EP0747558 A1 EP 0747558A1 EP 96300119 A EP96300119 A EP 96300119A EP 96300119 A EP96300119 A EP 96300119A EP 0747558 A1 EP0747558 A1 EP 0747558A1
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bracket
panel
body portion
inwardly
stile
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French (fr)
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Kenneth Jacobs
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Stanley Works Ltd
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Stanley Works Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/0621—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides
    • E05D15/066—Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides for wings supported at the bottom
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets

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  • the present invention relates to a bracket for fixing a panel onto the stile of a door normally in the corner formed by the stile and the rail.
  • the bracket is used on panels which form door/closed surfaces of a wardrobe or cupboard.
  • the bracket will usually hold the stile and the rail firmly in place on the panel and will also have a runner mounted on the bracket. Thus the bracket must be very stably fixed on the panel.
  • the stile will take the form of a beam having inward-turned flanges for clipping on to the panel. If a rail is also used in a particular installation, this tends to take the form of a U-shaped beam sized to clip about the panel edge.
  • the bracket comprises a body portion on which the runner can be mounted.
  • the body portion has a rectangular back face which is designed to lie flat against the panel when fitted thereto.
  • a wall portion extends outwardly from one side edge of the back face away from the panel.
  • a flange portion extends away from the body portion from the outermost edge of the wall portion.
  • the flange portion is arranged to extend along an outer surface of the stile.
  • a tongue extends away from the body portion from the wall portion.
  • the tongue is arranged to engage a slot in the inwardly-turned flange of the stile. The tongue prevents movement of the bracket outwardly from the panel and movement along the panel.
  • a clip extends from a top end of the wall section.
  • the clip is arranged to engage in the end of the stile to thus prevent movement of the bracket away from the stile.
  • a rail-catch extends inwardly from the top end of the back face.
  • the rail catch includes a lip which extends parallel to, but inwardly-spaced from, the back face.
  • the rail catch is designed to clip onto the rail or top edge of the panel.
  • the bracket also has similar second wall portion/flange portion/tongue extending from the opposite side edge of the back face so that the bracket can be used on either side of the panel.
  • the slot must be at precisely the right distance from the end of the stile further difficulties arise when the bracket is used on non-standard sized panels.
  • the stile With standard installations, the stile can be formed with the slot preformed the correct distance from the end of the stile.
  • the slot has to be made on site which is a time consuming and difficult task.
  • the tooling costs for manufacturing the bracket are relatively high because it has many flanges, clips etc.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a bracket which is simpler to manufacture and/or install.
  • a bracket for fixing a panel between opposed inwardly-turned flanges of a beam e.g. a stile
  • a body portion arranged to carry a guide member e.g. a runner and having a clip portion arranged to clip onto a top end of the beam and a flange portion arranged to extend juxtaposed between the panel and one of said inwardly-turned flanges.
  • an assembly for fixing onto a panel comprising:
  • a bracket on to a panel comprising the steps of:
  • the present invention thus provides that the fixing of the bracket onto the panel is much simpler to install as the flange portion need only to be inserted between the inwardly-turned flange and the panel.
  • the beam is less costly to manufacture because there is no slot required in the beam, and also there is no problem fitting the bracket to non-standard installations.
  • the tooling costs is also lower for the bracket according to the present invention.
  • the bracket is made from a plastics material, for example nylon.
  • the bracket may then be made by moulding the material.
  • the flange portion may extend in the same plane as the back face. Normally wall portions will extend from the edges of the back face to define a housing in which the runner is mounted.
  • the bracket will normally include a second flange portion and second clip extending from the opposite side of the body portion.
  • the guide member will normally comprise a wheeled member so that the panel can roll, or may form a member which engages in a guide track/rail. Alternatively, the guide member may form a pivot or even be left out of some installations.
  • the bracket may be fitted to the panel in any orientation.
  • References to top, side, inward and outward do not define the orientation of the panel but merely set out the relative positions of the various parts and edges.
  • the top edge of the panel on to which the bracket is fixed may actually form a top, bottom or side edge in a particular installation.
  • the preferred embodiment provides a bracket for securing the stile to a mirror panel of cupboard door or similar.
  • the bracket comprises a body portion on to which a runner or the like is fitted in use.
  • a back panel of the body portion lies against the panel juxtaposed to the stile.
  • Flanges extend from the side of the body portion which are arranged to extend between the panel and inwardly-turned flanges of the stile.
  • Two clips project sidewardly from the top end of the body portion. The clips are arranged to resiliently engage on the end of the stile.
  • a rail flange extends from the top of the body portion over the end of the panel to which it is fixed when installed.
  • Figure 1 shows a plan view of a bracket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figures 2 and 3 show cross-sections taken along the lines, respectively, B-B and C-C of Figure 1.
  • the body portion 10 comprises back face 12 and side wall portions 13 which define a rectangular section (U-shaped) channel.
  • the outward edge of the wall portions 13 having lips 14 extending towards the opposite wall 13 to partially close the open face of the channel.
  • One end of the channel being closed by a bottom wall member 16 extending between the side walls 13.
  • the back face 12 includes a catch 17 extending from the outward face thereof.
  • the catch 17 acts as a stop to prevent accidental removal of a runner when a runner is fixed in the channel.
  • the top end of the channel being open.
  • Flange portions 20 extend from the edges of the body portion 10 with the inward side of the flange portions being coplanar with the inward side of the back face 12.
  • the edges of each flange portion 20 furthest from the body portion 10 are tapered inwardly to allow, in use, easy insertion between the inwardly-turned flange of a stile and the panel.
  • a wedge-shaped clip 22 extends from the top edge of each of the wall portions 13 towards the bottom wall 16.
  • the join between the clip 22 and the body portion 10 is designed to allow a limited movement of the clip 22 away from the wall portion 13 against the resilience of the material from which the bracket is made.
  • a rail-flange 25 extends inwardly from the top edge of the back face 12 of the body portion 10.
  • the rail-flanges extends inwardly through the plane of the inward side of the back face 12 so that the rail-flange extends in use along the edge of the panel or rail of the installation.
  • the side walls 13 have hollows formed therein, and the back face 12 has cut-out portions. These cut out portions correspond to the lips 14 formed from the side walls 13.
  • the illustrated embodiment is normally made from a plastics material such as nylon or other plastic such as an acetyl. In this case the material can be injection moulded.
  • the embodiment illustrated is particularly easy and so cost-effective to manufacture.

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GBGB9511299.1A GB9511299D0 (en) 1995-06-05 1995-06-05 A bracket
GB9511299 1995-06-05

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Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5349783A (en) * 1993-02-26 1994-09-27 The Stanley Works Twin wheel guide for sliding doors
WO1995002105A1 (fr) * 1993-07-09 1995-01-19 Sogal France Vantail coulissant, et piece d'angle destinee a ce dernier

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5349783A (en) * 1993-02-26 1994-09-27 The Stanley Works Twin wheel guide for sliding doors
WO1995002105A1 (fr) * 1993-07-09 1995-01-19 Sogal France Vantail coulissant, et piece d'angle destinee a ce dernier

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