EP2531062B1 - Raccord angulaire, en particulier raccord angulaire pour systèmes de meubles modulaires - Google Patents

Raccord angulaire, en particulier raccord angulaire pour systèmes de meubles modulaires Download PDF

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EP2531062B1
EP2531062B1 EP11700181.8A EP11700181A EP2531062B1 EP 2531062 B1 EP2531062 B1 EP 2531062B1 EP 11700181 A EP11700181 A EP 11700181A EP 2531062 B1 EP2531062 B1 EP 2531062B1
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Bruno Meier
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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
    • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
    • A47B47/0008—Three-dimensional corner connectors, the legs thereof being received within hollow, elongated frame members
    • 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
    • A47B2230/00—Furniture jointing; Furniture with such jointing
    • A47B2230/04—Cubic corner parts joining sectional strips for furniture

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  • the present invention relates to a corner connector, e.g. for modular furniture systems or the like, according to the preamble of the independent claim.
  • corner connectors and modular furniture systems are known from the prior art. Especially with metal corner connectors, there is a great variety. These are usually machined by machining methods and fastened by screw or clamp connections. Corner connectors made of thermoplastic materials such as plastics and the like, which are produced by injection molding are few known, although the production is much cheaper, especially for large quantities.
  • US4354768 by Joseph I. Witek was published in 1982 and concerns a plastic corner joint for connecting pipes.
  • This corner connector has a cube-shaped base body with a leg formed thereon.
  • the corner connector is made of a comparatively soft material, so that more legs can be unscrewed for the effective connection of other tubes by self-tapping screws.
  • a disadvantage is that the corner connector offers little strength due to the soft material.
  • Another disadvantage is that by screwing the self-tapping screws there is a risk that the corner connector is split.
  • WO08062161 from Tecna Display Ltd. was published in 2008 and shows a cube-shaped corner connector for the construction of three-dimensional structures, such as those used in stand construction.
  • the corner connector consists of a cube which is connected to a bayonet-like manner with attached at the ends of rods star-shaped closure elements. To connect the closure elements are rotated by an angle in the corner connector plugged in to then be arrested by an opposite movement.
  • the corner connector has rear handles, which are difficult to produce. For this reason, the corner connector must be made in several parts, otherwise it can not be removed from the mold.
  • EP0843103 from the company Robert Bosch GmbH was published in 1998 and is directed to a profile connection, which is suitable for protection and separation devices as well as for racks and shelves.
  • the device has corner connectors, which serve for the active connection of profile rails.
  • the corner connectors have a different design depending on the purpose.
  • a disadvantage is that the corner connectors have a complicated and therefore expensive construction.
  • US6332657B by Lukas Fischer Chamäleon Design was published in 1999 and shows a corner connector for furniture.
  • the corner connector has an angular two-legged basic body, which can be supplemented on one side by attaching to a tripod.
  • GB1337613 from the company Porta showers Ltd. was published in 1973 and concerns a corner connector made of plastic.
  • the corner connector is in several embodiments with a different Number of mounting legs provided so that it can meet all needs.
  • a disadvantage is that a separate injection mold is required for each embodiment.
  • An object of the invention is to show a corner connector which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.
  • a corner connector according to the invention has a three-legged, stable base body, which can be flexibly and modularly extended by adapters depending on the intended use.
  • the main body consists essentially of a cube with six side surfaces on which at least one leg is formed in advance at an angle of 90 ° to each other on three adjacent first side surfaces.
  • the integral design increases stability and load capacity.
  • the principle can be extended to other configurations, respectively angles.
  • the rigidly molded legs are normally designed to be capable of releasably or non-releasably engaging bar-shaped fasteners to build up three-dimensional structures.
  • the legs can be operatively connected to the rod-shaped connecting elements, for example, by insertion and / or attachment. Other types of fastening are possible.
  • the modular adapters work in principle as removable legs, which serve as a flexible extension of the adapter, depending on where the corner connector is to be used.
  • only one basic shape of a corner connector is required for the construction of stable three-dimensional structures. This can be used very flexibly. The production and logistics costs are thus significantly reduced.
  • Another advantage is that e.g. Shelves or other three-dimensional structures, in contrast to the systems known from the prior art, can be flexibly and easily extended without first having to be laboriously dismantled and rebuilt.
  • the adapters may be integrated, if necessary, at least on one side in the rod-shaped connecting elements. However, this reduces the flexibility and increases the effort in the production.
  • first operative connection means suitable for operatively connecting second operative connection means formed on the detachable legs. If necessary, other elements, e.g. Feet or rollers, etc. are attached to the first operative connection means.
  • the first and the second active connection means are, in particular in the case of plastic corner joints, advantageously snap closures, such as snap-in connections, for example. which can be easily put together and released again.
  • the snap connections can be self-locking, such that they do not disengage under increased load.
  • the first and the second operative connection means can be configured, for example, as a bayonet closure, which can be locked against one another by insertion and mutual rotation, for example by 45 ° or 90 °.
  • Another possibility is to design the first and second operative connection means as a screw connection.
  • An embodiment of the invention relates to a corner connector for a modular furniture system.
  • the corner connector has a main body consisting of a cube with six side surfaces, on each of which a leg is integrally formed on three first adjacent side surfaces, which is suitable for the operative connection of a rod-shaped connecting element.
  • the cube of the main body has on three second adjacent side surfaces on active connection means which are suitable for attaching removable legs, such that the corner connector is flexibly supplemented.
  • This corner connectors can be constructed with only three firmly molded legs or three firmly molded and one to three modular legs, so that all positions can be covered eg in a shelf.
  • the cube can be at least partially integrated into one of the molded legs, so that it is not visible from the outside.
  • the first and / or the second active connection means may be quick-release closures which can be easily operatively connected.
  • the first operative connection means is an opening and the second operative connection means is a guide pin. This is designed so that it can be anchored in the opening.
  • the operative connection means can be designed as a snap closure and / or as a bayonet closure.
  • one leg has a substantially square and the other two legs an H or a U-shaped cross-section, such that the base body is easily demoulded in one direction. Other Cross-sectional shapes are possible if required.
  • the first operative connection means can serve to receive cover plates, which visually obscure them.
  • An inventive corner connector is suitable for the construction of a modular furniture system, in which serves for the active connection of rod-shaped connecting elements.
  • the corner connector can also be part of a kit for a modular furniture system.
  • the removable legs can be operatively connected to the rod-shaped active connection means.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of an inventive corner connector 1 in a perspective view obliquely from above and front.
  • FIG. 2 shows the same corner connector 1 obliquely from behind and below.
  • FIG. 3 the corner connector 1 is shown in a side view.
  • the FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 show sectional views along the section lines AA, BB and CC according to FIG. 3 ,
  • the corner connector 1 has a three-legged main body 2, which consists of a cube 3 and three legs 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 formed thereon, which are arranged at an angle of 90 ° to each other on three first adjacent sides (not shown) of the cube 3 are. If necessary, the cube 3 can also be completely integrated into the legs 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, so that it is not visible from the outside.
  • Three second side surfaces 5, in the embodiment shown, have openings 6 which serve as the first operative connection means for the operative connection of detachable legs 7, by means of which the basic body 2 can be flexibly extended.
  • the removable legs 7 have frontally arranged second operative connection means 8, which serve for the active connection of the removable legs 7 with the base body 2 by being snapped into the openings 6 in the longitudinal direction of the legs 7.
  • the active connection means 6, 8 are designed as quick-release fasteners, which allow a particularly simple assembly and disassembly.
  • the second operative connection means 8 consist in the embodiment shown of a guide pin 9 and snap elements 10, which allow a secure connection between the base body 2 and the corresponding removable leg 7 in the assembled state.
  • the first and second operative connection means 6, 8 may also have a different configuration.
  • the first and the second operative connection means 6, 8 as a screw cap with an opening with an internal thread and a correspondingly formed pin with an external thread, which can be operatively connected to one another by screwing.
  • Another possibility is to design the operative connection means in such a way that they can be inserted from the side at least in the area of two side surfaces 5 of the cube 3.
  • the first operative connection means are configured in this case as a slot-shaped opening which is open towards the corresponding side.
  • the second operative connection means on the legs 7 may have a dovetail-shaped configuration, which engages behind the slot-shaped opening of the first operative connection means in the suspended state.
  • the guide pin 9 and the opening 6 have a square cross section and are rotated relative to the cube 3 in the axial direction by 45 °. This ensures that the loads are transmitted better.
  • the snap elements 10 are arranged. These engage during mounting (schematically indicated by a first line 12) in the openings 6 a.
  • the snap elements 10 can be made detachable or non-detachable as needed. If necessary, the operative connection means 6, 8 may be provided by additional securing means, e.g. Screws or secured by adhesive.
  • Unnecessary openings 6 can be closed by cover 13.
  • the lid 13 shown consists of a cover plate 14 on which on the inside second operative connection means 8 are integrally formed, which are for Wirkverbinden with the first operative connection means 6 of the main body 2 are suitable.
  • the assembly is indicated schematically by a second line 15.
  • leg 4.1 (-z-direction) hollow tubular and designed to be open from below, so that it can be removed as easily as possible during manufacture.
  • the cross section (see. FIG. 5 ) is square and dimensioned so that the leg 4.1 fed into a rod-shaped connecting element 17 (see. FIG. 7 ) can be inserted and anchored.
  • the two other legs 4.2, 4.3 are identical in the embodiment shown and have an H-shaped cross-section (see. FIG. 6 ), which can also be demoulded easily and in the same direction as the first leg 4.1.
  • open the openings 6 (first operative connection means) from three sides into the interior of the base body 2.
  • the second and third leg 4.2, 4.3 are attached to a side wall 5 and arranged at 90 ° to the first leg 4.1.
  • FIG. 7 shows an example of a modular furniture system 16 which comprises corner connectors 1 according to the invention and rod-shaped connecting elements 17. If necessary, a combination with other corner resp. Active compounds possible.
  • the embodiment shown is part of a shelf. In the squares formed by the corner connectors 1 and the rod-shaped connecting elements 17 shelves 18 can be used.
  • the inventive corner connector 1, the shelf 16 is easy and flexible expandable in all directions.
  • FIGS. 8 to 10 a) , b) two embodiments of adapters 7 are shown side by side.
  • the adapters 7 are removable legs which are flexible Supplement of a main body 2 of a corner connector 1 according to the FIGS. 1 to 6 are suitable.
  • the adapters 7 have a shaft-shaped rear part 19, which is open at one end and opens at the other end into an end plate 20 on which second operative connection means 8 are arranged.
  • the two embodiments differ essentially by the design of the second operative connection means 8.
  • Both second operative connection means 8 have a (multi-part) guide pin 9 and a plurality of snap tabs 10 which are designed such that they can be demoulded in the axial direction (z-direction). The design and arrangement is from the FIGS. 8 to 10 seen.
  • the adapter 7 are made by injection molding of plastic.

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  1. Équerre d'angle (1) pour un système de meuble modulaire, avec un corps de base (2) constitué d'un cube (3) avec six surfaces latérales, sur lequel est respectivement formée une jambe (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) faisant saillie sur trois premières surfaces latérales (5) adjacentes, laquelle est adaptée pour assurer une liaison fonctionnelle d'un élément d'assemblage référence numérique forme de barre, caractérisé en ce que le cube (3) du corps de base (2) comporte des moyens de liaison fonctionnelle (6) sur trois deuxièmes surfaces latérales adjacentes, lesquels sont adaptés pour fixer des jambes détachables (8), de manière à ce que l'équerre d'assemblage (1) puisse être complétée de manière flexible.
  2. Équerre d'angle (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le cube (3) est au moins par endroits intégré dans l'une des jambes (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) formées sur celui-ci.
  3. Équerre d'angle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les premiers et deuxièmes moyens de liaison fonctionnelle (6, 8) sont un moyen de verrouillage rapide.
  4. Équerre d'angle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le premier moyen de liaison fonctionnelle est une ouverture (6) et le deuxième moyen de liaison fonctionnelle est un téton de guidage (8) conçu de manière à pouvoir être ancré dans l'ouverture (6).
  5. Équerre d'angle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les moyens de liaison fonctionnelle (6, 8) sont conçus comme un moyen de verrouillage par encliquetage et/ou comme un moyen de verrouillage à baïonnette.
  6. Équerre d'angle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une jambe (4.1) présente une section transversale carrée et les deux autres jambes (4.2, 4.3) présentent une section transversale en forme de H ou de U, de sorte que le corps de base (2) peut être démoulé simplement dans une direction (z).
  7. Équerre d'angle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les premiers moyens de liaison fonctionnelle (6, 8) sont adaptés pour recevoir des plaques de recouvrement (13).
  8. Système de meuble modulaire, comprenant des équerres d'angle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, lesquelles sont reliées fonctionnellement par des éléments d'assemblage en forme de barres.
  9. Kit pour un système de meuble modulaire comprenant des équerres d'angle (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes 1 à 7, lesquelles peuvent être reliées de façon fonctionnelle par des éléments d'assemblage en forme de barres.
EP11700181.8A 2010-02-05 2011-01-13 Raccord angulaire, en particulier raccord angulaire pour systèmes de meubles modulaires Not-in-force EP2531062B1 (fr)

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