ES2268942A1 - Filing frame device for office furniture filing drawers - Google Patents

Abstract

A filing frame device for office furniture filing drawers consisting of a pair of lateral frames (4) which are identical to one another having the form of a bridge capable of being installed between the front (2) and rear (3) panels and which determines a longitudinal member (5) which extends the length of the drawer (1) elevated above the respective side of the same, and two supports (6) whose external dimension is set such as to exceed the internal dimension of the drawer (1) and having in the external direction and in mutual opposition upper (7) and lower (8) means of assembly which are vertically aligned, each of which simultaneously but independently acts selectively in conjunction with one or other of those formed by upper (9) and lower (10) horizontal pairs of complementary means of installation which, within each horizontal pair (9 and 10), are designated as external (9a and 10a) and internal (9b and 10b) in accordance with whether they are in greater proximity to or more remote from the side of the drawer (1).

Description

Filing device for file drawer of office furniture.

Field of the Invention

This invention concerns a device intended for application in those office furniture drawers which serve to archive hanging file folders.

More particularly the device concerned It is intended for drawers in which at least its panels front and rear are made of metallic laminar constitution or plastic.

Prior art

There is a wide variety of hanging folders that, although all of them are sized to house sub-folders corresponding to the normalized size DIN-A4, for the purpose of its hanging have some extreme hooks that require different lights or widths between props; in practice, a large part of the Hanging market folders respond to three different widths of hanging.

On the other hand, furniture manufacturers of office are not also those who manufacture the hanging folders for its filing drawers; in such a way that the manufacturer of furniture chooses for its filing drawers a concrete measure of Hanging folder that will be the only one valid for them.

With this situation the problem arises when a user of one of these furniture intends to acquire more folders hanging for your filing drawer, either to add to the already existing or to replace the damaged ones. Then it is usually a true odyssey find the size of hanging folder that adapt to your needs; since not all shops have warehouse of each size of hanging folder, being an option customarily make a request to the manufacturers to accept serve a quantity of units that will always be very small to that the manufacturer lends itself to producing it expressly if not had available in your warehouse, in which case the answer This manufacturer will probably say that it is discontinued and already it is not possible to supply it, unless the client is willing to acquire a lot of sufficient size to justify its manufacturing; other times the abandonment of production by the original manufacturer is true and there is no way to find another manufactured that is compatible. Also for the furniture manufacturer this situation can be inconvenient when a customer is going to buy a new piece of furniture and wants to have drawers file cabinets that are valid for the same folder size pendant that you already have in your other office furniture in use.

Explanation of the invention and advantages

Faced with this state of affairs the object of the present invention is a drawer holder device office furniture filing cabinet, in particular for a drawer in the that at least its front and rear panels are of constitution metallic or plastic laminar. According to her, the device advocated It consists of a pair of side fences and they are equal to each other and they have a bridge shape that is likely to be installed between said front and rear panels and that determines a stringer, which extends along the raised drawer over the respective side of it, and two stirrups that cover a measure exterior adjusted by excess to the internal measure of the drawer, whose stirrups present outward and in mutual opposition some assembly means, upper and lower, that are aligned vertically and that each of them at the same time but of independently, operates selectively in conjunction with one or another one formed by horizontal couples, superior and bottom, of reciprocal mounting means that, within each horizontal couple, are designated as exterior and interior, according to that is closer or further away from the side of the drawer, and that they keep each other a convenient horizontal distance that it is in combination with the length of said stirrups and with some desired distance measurements between said stringers, one of each side of the drawer, which are coincident with many others effective widths of hanging file folders.

This simple device enables your adaptation to various width measures of hanging folders, in principle for three different measures, although with the same constitutive philosophy could be obtained more measures. For it, it is enough that when assembling the stirrups of the two collateral fences on bridge, let's select which of the means of upper and lower assembly will be coupled with the means of exterior or interior mounting within their respective partners Upper and lower mounting means: if the assembly means upper is coupled with the inside of the mounting means upper and lower assembly means is coupled with the outside of the lower mounting means, then the spacing between sidebars corresponds to the smallest of the three measures of hanging folders; if the two means of assembled, upper and lower, are coupled inside of the upper and lower mounting means, then the spacing between the stringers is the corresponding to the intermediate of the three measures of hanging folders considered; and if the latter is done in relation to those that are external of the upper and lower mounting means, the result corresponds to the largest of the three contemplated measures of folders Hanging In the detailed description that, according to the attached drawings, it is made later, a mode of preferred execution as the aforementioned assembly means and mounting

Other positive qualities of this simple device are: that does not complicate or make the manufacturing of the front and rear panels, metallic or plastic, for having to incorporate the mounting means, which can be checked in the said preferred embodiment set forth below; that its handling It's simple and fast, it can be done by anyone without need of tool and at any time, which also it is evident from the detailed explanation made more ahead.

Drawings and references

To better understand the nature of the present invention, in the accompanying drawings we represent a preferred form of industrial realization, which is exemplary merely illustrative and not limiting.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metal drawer (1) that incorporates the folder holder device according to the invention. In this figure two details are incorporated expanded showing the device mounted and disassembled in correspondence with the left side of the drawer (1).

Figure 2 is a front view of the drawer (1) of figure 1, in orthogonal projection, representing the position corresponding to the smallest size of hanging folder, and incorporating an expanded clarification detail of it.

Figure 3 is like Figure 2, but referred to the intermediate measure of hanging folder.

Figure 4 is like Figures 2 and 3, but referred to the largest size of hanging folder.

Figure 5 shows a possible embodiment of the mounting means of the stirrups (6), different from that of the previous figures.

Figure 6 shows the embodiment of stirrups (6) of Figure 5 operatively coupled in the drawer (1).

In these figures the following are indicated references:

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Drawer

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Drawer front panel (1)

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Drawer back panel (1)

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Side fences

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Side fencing stringer (4)

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Side fences stirrups (4)

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Top assembly medium, or fin upper flat

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Lower assembly medium, or fin lower flat

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Top pair of mounting means, or windows

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External mounting medium for couple upper (9) or upper outer window

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Couple interior mounting medium upper (9), or upper inner window

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Lower middle pair of mounting

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External mounting medium for couple lower (10), or lower outer window

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Couple interior mounting medium lower (10), or lower inner window

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Vertical groove

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Double elbows

Exhibition of a preferred embodiment

Regarding the drawings and references above indicated, a preferred mode of Execution of the invention related to a device for the support of hanging folders from those in drawers office furniture filing cabinets, where the drawer (1) will have, at less, its front (2) and rear (3) panels constituted laminarly in metal or plastic; in the attached drawings it has chosen the representation of a drawer (1) completely metallic.

As Figure 1 clearly illustrates, the device according to the invention consists of a pair of fences lateral (4) that are equal to each other and have a shape in bridge that is likely to be installed between said panels front (2) and rear (3) and which determines a crossbar (5), which extends along the drawer (1) raised above the respective side of it, and two stirrups (6) that cover a measure exterior adjusted by excess to the internal measure of the drawer (1), whose stirrups (6) present towards the outside and in mutual opposition assembly means, upper (7) and lower (8), which are vertically aligned and that each of them at the same time breastplate independently, operates selectively in conjunction with one or the other formed by horizontal couples, upper (9) and lower (10), of reciprocal mounting means that, within each horizontal couple (9 and 10), they are designated as exterior (9a and 10a) and interior (9b and 10b), depending on whether it is more closer or further away from the side of the drawer (1), and that keep a convenient horizontal distance between them combination with the length of said stirrups (6) and with some desired distance measurements between said stringers (5), one of each side of the drawer (1), which are coincident with others so many effective widths of hanging file folders. A way of preferred embodiment is that said assembly means upper (7) and lower (8), of said stirrups (6) are two appendices that are directed perpendicularly to said panels front (2) and rear (3) of the drawer (1); in conjunction with what which, said reciprocal mounting means, exterior (9a, 10a) and interiors (9b, 10b) forming said horizontal couples, upper (9) and lower (10), consist of windows conveniently loose in width and height. And within this method of execution, the invention contemplates the particular case in that said appendixes constituting the assembly means upper (7) and lower (8), are flat and vertical fins; in conjunction with which, said constituent windows of the media for mounting exterior (9a, 10a) and interior (9b, 10b) that form the upper (9) and lower (10) pairs of mounting means are rectangular windows that are oriented with a certain inclination that makes them converge ascendingly with those of opposite side of drawer (1).

This preferred final configuration is what reflect figures 1 to 4. However, within the scope of the invention is evident that the appendices now residing in the stirrups (6) could be on the front (2) and rear panels (3) of the drawer (1), and vice versa; even, instead of being appendages planes could be rounded to operate in conjunction with straight windows or extended curves in horizontal orientation.

So that the coupling between stirrups (6) and front (2) and rear (3) panels be more firm and secure, in the scope of the invention contemplates an execution in which said constituent appendices of the upper assembly means (7) e lower (8), are flat and vertical fins that in its edge Bottom have a vertical slot (11); in conjunction with what which, said windows constituting the mounting means exterior (9a, 10a) and interior (9b, 10b) that form the pairs upper (9) and lower (10) mounting means, are windows rectangles that are oriented with a certain inclination that fas converges ascendingly with those on the opposite side of the drawer (1) and which on the lower side of its frame have a thickness that is slidably adjusted with respect to the width of said vertical slot (11).

The functionality of the device that has been reported above is clearly illustrated by the figures 2 to 4. In them it is appreciated that to adapt the device advocated to the smallest extent of the three possible, it is necessary that the flat top flap (7) is attached to the inner window upper (9b) while the lower flat fin (8) is coupled in the lower outer window (10a), as shown in the figure 2; so that the device is adapted to the intermediate measure of hanging folder, it will be necessary that, as shown in figure 3, the flat fins upper (7) and lower (8) are coupled in the interior upper (9b) and lower (10b) windows, respectively; and to reach the position shown in the figure 4 for the larger measurement of the hanging folder, it will be necessary that flat fins upper (7) and lower (8) are coupled in the exterior windows upper (9a) and lower (10a).

How it is deduced from how much the device precedes It is very versatile based on changing the horizontal distance between paired windows (9a and 9b; 10a and 10b) or the vertical between a pair of windows (9a-9b) and the other pair of windows (10a-10b); it is also possible to vary the length of stirrups (6) within a certain range. In this regard, a particularity of the invention is that, in relation to its position operative assembly in the drawer (1), said stringers (5) of the side fences (4) are linked to the stirrups (6) by double codas (12) directed towards the outside of the drawer (1); well well, it is clear that it is possible to play with the effective length of the double codas (12) as with what they are oriented towards inside the drawer instead of outwards. In definitive the recommended device offers a great capacity to adapt to future changes without being varied in essence.

Claims (8)

1. Filing device for office furniture filing drawer, in particular for a drawer (1) in which at least its front (2) and rear (3) panels are made of metallic or plastic laminar constitution, characterized in that it consists of a pair of lateral fences (4) that are equal to each other and have a bridge shape that is capable of being installed between said front (2) and rear (3) panels and that determines a stringer (5), which extends along of the drawer (1) raised on the respective side thereof, and two stirrups (6) that cover an external measure adjusted in excess of the internal measure of the drawer (1), whose stirrups (6) have outwardly and in opposition, mutual means of assembly, upper (7) and lower (8), which are aligned vertically and that each of them, at the same time but independently, operates selectively in conjunction with one or the other formed by horizontal pairs , superior (9) e bottom (10), of reciprocal mounting means that, within each horizontal pair (9 and 10), are designated as exterior (9a and 10a) and interior (9b and 10b), depending on whether it is closer or further away from the side of the drawer (1), and which keep a convenient horizontal distance between them that is in combination with the length of said stirrups (6) and with desired distance measurements between said stringers (5), one on each side of the drawer ( 1), which are coincident with as many effective widths of hanging file folders. 2. Filing device for office furniture filing drawer, according to claim one, characterized in that said assembly means, upper (7) and lower (8), of said stirrups (6) are separate appendages that are directed perpendicularly to said front (2) and rear (3) drawer panels (1). 3. Filing device for office furniture filing drawer, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that said reciprocal mounting means, exterior (9a, 10a) and interior (9b, 10b) forming said horizontal pairs, upper (9) and lower (10), consist of windows conveniently loose in width and height. 4. Filing device for office furniture filing drawer, according to claim two, characterized in that said appendages constituting the upper (7) and lower (8) assembly means are flat and vertical fins. 5. Filing device for office furniture filing drawer, according to the second and third claims, characterized in that said windows constituting the exterior (9a, 10a) and interior (9b, 10b) mounting means that form the upper pairs ( 9) and lower (10) of mounting means, are rectangular windows that are oriented with a certain inclination that makes them converge ascendingly with those of the opposite side of the drawer (1). 6. Filing device for office furniture filing drawer, according to claim two, characterized in that said appendages constituting the upper (7) and lower (8) assembly means are flat and vertical fins which in their lower edge have a vertical slot (11). 7. Filing device for office furniture filing drawer, according to claims third and sixth, characterized in that said windows constituting the exterior (9a, 10a) and interior (9b, 10b) mounting means that form the upper pairs ( 9) and lower (10) of mounting means, are rectangular windows that are oriented with a certain inclination that makes them converge ascendingly with those of the opposite side of the drawer (1) and which on the lower side of their frame have a thickness which is slidably adjusted with respect to the width of said vertical groove (11). 8. Folding device for office furniture filing drawer, according to claim one, characterized in that, with respect to its operative position of mounting in the drawer (1), said stringers (5) of the side fences (4) are linked with the stirrups (6) by double elbows (12) directed towards the outside of the drawer (1).