EP0943263A1 - Ein Regalsystem und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung - Google Patents

Ein Regalsystem und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung Download PDF

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EP0943263A1
EP0943263A1 EP98610007A EP98610007A EP0943263A1 EP 0943263 A1 EP0943263 A1 EP 0943263A1 EP 98610007 A EP98610007 A EP 98610007A EP 98610007 A EP98610007 A EP 98610007A EP 0943263 A1 EP0943263 A1 EP 0943263A1
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Poul Cadovius
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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
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
    • 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
    • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements

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  • the present invention relates to a shelf system composed of horizontal shelf members in the form of plate members of wood or a similar material and vertical partition and support members.
  • racks and shelf systems most often comprise bottom, top and end members which are permanently joined in a fixed frame structure, in which the horizontal shelf members are placed in normally detachable shelf carriers secured to the end members or to vertical partition walls in the frame structure.
  • racks or shelf systems are therefore i.a. comparatively space-demanding during transportation and storing.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a shelf system which may be erected as a freestanding, self-supporting structure consisting of simple construction elements, which require very little space, and having very simple joints, whereby the erection becomes considerably easier than in case of conventional wall or suspension shelves, the structure having at the same time a rigidity and stability which allows the erecting of comparatively big shelf systems.
  • the shelf system according to the invention is characterized in that the vertical partition and support members are designed as L-shaped angular members comprising a partition member having upper and lower edges for abutting adjacent shelf members and a backside member perpendicular to the partition member and having upper and lower edges projecting a predetermined distance beyond the upper and lower edges of the partition members for connection with said adjacent shelf members by fitting the upper and lower edges of the backside member into grooves extending in the shelf members parallel to front and/or rear edge surfaces thereof and having substantially the same depth as said predetermined distance.
  • Shelf systems according to the invention may thus be supplied as knock-down systems consisting of the horizontal shelf members and the vertical partition and support members, from which shelf systems in various embodiments may be erected solely by joining the shelf members and the vertical partition and support members by said fitting of the upper and lower edges of the backside members of the L-shaped partition and support members into the grooves extending along the rear edges of the shelf members. It has turned out that a satisfactory rigidity and stability may be obtained without the use of adhesive joints or the like, a fact which gives flexible possibilities of rebuilding the shelf system according to demand.
  • the shelf members may be manufactured and delivered in varying lengths for the erection of shelf systems of differing size, just as the partition and support members may be supplied in different heights in order to make varying spacing of the shelves possible.
  • shelf members and the partition members are designed with the same cross-sectional profile with grooves at both sides of the plate.
  • shelf members and partition members are cut in lengths from elongate plate pieces having said cross-sectional profile, following which the partition members are joined with backside members.
  • the detached, self-supporting shelf system of Fig. 1 is generally composed of through-going horizontal shelf members 1 and vertical partition and support members 2 placed between superjacent shelf members.
  • the shelf system may at the top be provided with a special top plate member 3, just as the vertical support members at the ends of the shelf system may be designed as special end members 4.
  • the shelf system may be erected on a conventional base member 5, which does not form part of the present invention.
  • the shelf member 1 is made from wood or a similar material, for instance a hard fibre plate product, of a conventional oblong, rectangular shape with a front edge 6 and a rear edge 7. Parallel with and at a short distance from the rear edge 6, the shelf member 1 is throughout its length provided with a groove 8 of rectangular or square cross-section for receiving a backside member of the partition and support member 2 shown in Fig. 3.
  • grooves 8 may be provided in both sides of the shelf, but in particular in case of a top plate member 3, as shown in Fig. 1, it may for aesthetic reasons be preferred only to provide grooves in the bottom side.
  • the partition and support member 2 is designed as an L-shaped angular member composed of a partition member 9 with upper and lower edge surfaces 10 and 11 for abutment against adjacent shelf members 1 and a backside member 12 perpendicular to the partition member 9 and having upper and lower edge surfaces 13 and 14 projecting beyond the upper and lower edge surfaces 10 and 11 of the partition member by a predetermined distance corresponding to the depth of the groove 8 in the shelf member 1.
  • the backside member 12 has a thickness which corresponds to the width of the groove 8 in the shelf member 1, such that the partition and support member 2, as shown in Fig. 5, may be connected with the shelf member 1 by fitting the upper or lower edge 13 or 14 of the backside member 12 into the groove 8 on the upper side or the bottom side of the adjacent shelf member 1.
  • suitable dimensions of the groove 8 may be 3 x 3 mm, just as the distance of the groove 8 from the rear edge surface 7 of the shelf member 1 may conveniently be 3 mm.
  • the partition and support member 2 is, like the shelf member 1, made from wood or a similar material, and the backside member 12 is permanently connected with the partition member 9 by a side edge 16 thereof being glued into a vertical groove 17 parallel to the rear edge surface 18 of the partition member 9.
  • the vertical grooves 17 are preferably provided in both sides of the partition member 9, which, from a manufacturing and mounting point of view, has the considerable advantage that shelf members 1 and partition members 9 may be manufactured with the same cross-sectional profile.
  • a shelf system may according to the invention be manufactured from only two components, namely a plate member provided with a groove in both sides, from which shelf members 1 and partition members 9 may be cut in variable lengths, and a thinner plate member for the manufacture of the backside members 12.
  • the very simple construction of the shelf system with the shelf members 1, as shown in Fig. 2, and the particular L-shaped partition and support members 2, as shown in Fig. 3, has turned out to impart a particularly good rigidity and stability to the shelf structure, in which there is no need for glued joints between the shelf members and the partition and support members.
  • an engaging joint may be provided for instance in the vicinity of the front edge surface 19 of the partition member 9, for instance a mortise or dowel joint as shown by a pin or a dowel hole 20 in Fig. 3.
  • a partition and support member 15 may be manufactured in one piece as an angled metal sheet member 21, for instance with a thickness of 1.25 mm.
  • the dimensions of the groove 8 in the shelf members 1 have to be adapted accordingly.
  • the backside member 22 of the metal sheet member 21 in Fig. 4 is provided with upwards and downwards extending edge protrusions 22a at the upper edge and the bottom edge, whereas at its front edge the partition member 23 is reinforced by e.g. a square bracing profile 23a.
  • Fig. 6 shows an alternative embodiment of the partition and support member, in which the backside member 12a is permanently connected with the partition member 9a by glueing in a rebate 24 at the rear edge 18a of the plate member 9a.
  • Fig. 7 the shelf system according to the invention is shown in a particular embodiment as a book tower with a substantially square base.
  • the shelf members 25 have a square outer outline and a groove 26, which extends circumferentially in a substantially square form and has groove sections 26a extending in parallel with exterior edges 27 of the shelf member 25' in a distance corresponding to the width of the partition members 9 of the partition and support members 2, which may be manufactured as shown in Fig. 3, or alternatively as shown in Fig. 4.

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DE202007002928U1 (de) * 2007-02-28 2008-01-03 Puff, Lars, Dipl.-Ing. Regal

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US3644008A (en) * 1970-05-11 1972-02-22 Robert R Overby Modular cabinet construction
US4232916A (en) * 1978-11-27 1980-11-11 Daniel Correia Demountable and stackable multipurpose container
DE9206527U1 (de) * 1992-05-14 1992-09-10 Plastics Designers & Consultants GmbH, Zug Schrank
FR2731477A1 (fr) * 1995-03-09 1996-09-13 Liard Stephane Dispositif d'assemblage d'elements destine a la realisation de meubles

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3644008A (en) * 1970-05-11 1972-02-22 Robert R Overby Modular cabinet construction
US4232916A (en) * 1978-11-27 1980-11-11 Daniel Correia Demountable and stackable multipurpose container
DE9206527U1 (de) * 1992-05-14 1992-09-10 Plastics Designers & Consultants GmbH, Zug Schrank
FR2731477A1 (fr) * 1995-03-09 1996-09-13 Liard Stephane Dispositif d'assemblage d'elements destine a la realisation de meubles

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE202007002928U1 (de) * 2007-02-28 2008-01-03 Puff, Lars, Dipl.-Ing. Regal

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