FR2562208A1 - COMBINED WORKSTATIONS - Google Patents

Abstract

LAYOUT OF WORK PREMISES. THE POSITION INCLUDES: AT LEAST ONE VERTICAL STRUCTURE CONSTITUTED BY TWO UPRIGHTS 2 SHAPES EACH BY A TUBULAR PROFILE PRESENTING TWO RACKS 12A; -Two sleepers 4 fixed to the base of the uprights; -A FRAME 15 LINKING THE LOWER PART OF THE AMOUNTS; -AND WORK TRAYS 18 MOUNTED LATCHED BY 21 CONSOLES COOPERATING WITH THE RACKS. APPLICATION TO A COMPUTER WORKSTATION.

Description

The development of new transmission techniques

  and the use of information in the general sense has transformed

  over the past few years the organization of

  in most sectors of activity.

  This evolution has led to the proposal to organize workstations according to a vertical general orientation, whereas previously the positions proceeded more than one

  horizontal organization design.

  In general too, such workstations are also designed to provide a group of work plans that can

  be used directly by an operator who has, at his discretion,

  position, grouped and low in volume, all the technical means to be necessarily used

  to assume a particular function or activity.

  This development is encountered, in particular, in the field of workstations in the industrial sector or the

  tertiary sector and, more especially, for those

  the use of computer resources.

  In order to meet this trend, proposals

  combined job positions were formulated. As a general rule, such posts consist of a horizontal frame

  forming a base and from which two

  feeling punctures or racks. The amounts serve

  at the support of cantilever trays which are fixed on

  soles cooperating with the racks.

  Such technical means allow, indeed,

  to concentrate, according to a general vertical

  a number of technical means placed on or suspended from the trays.

  However, such workstations are unsatisfactory

  in practice for many reasons.

  The structure of such posts is, generally, too

  light weight to allow practical support for a number of

  such relatively heavy and having to operate without being subjected to vibrations. As a general rule, if the goal is the creation of a vertical general implementation workstation, in practice,

  it is common to look for twinning, association or com-

  boring of different positions of the same design, to meet a need for organization of work circuits or a need

  occupation of premises. Workstations, currently being

  can not answer this aspect because their structure

  opposes any possibility of twinning or combination.

  In practice, it turns out that operators, attached to workstations, feel the need to have trays

  of work schedules which are occupied or used only temporarily-

  is lying. Such a requirement is not compatible with

  currently known, the structure of which does not allow adaptation

  temporarily, at least one additional work

  outside the useful volume normally delimited by such a post. The present invention aims at remedying the disadvantages

  above by proposing a new combined workstation, parti-

  designed in a modular way to allow adaptation according to the occupation of premises or work circuits

to respect.

  A further object of the invention is to provide a new workstation, completely removable, having the advantage of being delivered flat, in order to reduce

  significantly the costs of transport and storage.

  A further object of the invention is to propose a new combined workstation constructed from constituent elements offering high mechanical strength and capable of

  to be produced at an interesting cost price.

  Another object of the invention is to provide a new workstation having the particularity of being easily adapted to changes or changes in working conditions, as well as the temporary additional needs of an operator. Another object of the invention is to propose a new combined workstation that can be combined with identical workstations to create working installations combining vertical and horizontal implantation of the different means of working.

supported work.

  Yet another object of the invention is that the combined workstation according to the invention can be

  used for a position requiring the presence of at least one

  to monitor operations, monitor

  etc. ... while sitting or standing.

  Another object of the invention is to propose a new

  a combined workstation whose structure is particularly

  chosen to offer a great possibility of adaptation to

  the organization of computer workstations.

  To achieve the above aims, the object of the invention

  is characterized in that it comprises: at least one vertical structure

  by two uprights connected by an upper hoop

  and each formed by a tubular section

  polygonal section presenting two cremaill-

  at least on two sides parallel to the plane of the structure, - two sleepers fixed to the base of the uprights, - a reinforcement frame connecting the parts

  lower ends of the uprights

in the plane of the structure,

  - and work trays mounted in door-a-

  on both sides of the plan of the structure

  by consoles cooperating with

meshes of the two uprights.

  Various other features emerge from the

  described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  Fig. I is a side elevation of the workstation

  combined vail according to the invention.

  Figs. 2 and 3 are sections taken, respectively,

  along the lines II-II and III-III of FIG. 1.

  Fig. 4 is a perspective, partly torn off,

  on a larger scale, an embodiment of one of the

  components of the combined workstation.

  Fig. 5 is a partial cross section, taken,

  on a larger scale, according to the line V-V of fig. 1.

  Fig. 6 is a perspective showing a detail of

  the use of another element constituting the object of the invention.

  Figs. 7 and 8 are partial illus-

  two other characteristic features of the object of the in-

vention.

  Fig. 9 is a perspective of a development.

  Fig. 10 is a plan view showing the advantage of

the structure according to FIG. 9.

  The combined workstation according to the invention, illustrated by FIGS. 1 to 3, comprises a carrier structure I, shaped frame or vertical frame. This structure is constituted by

  two uprights 2 interconnected by a hoop 3 joining together,

  Removable section, their upper ends. The uprights 2 rise from two crossbeds legs 4 defining the support polygon of the vertical structure 1. The legs 4 may be provided with feet 5, possibly replaced by lockable wheels.

  In order to offer a great possibility of transforming

  and / or modular adaptation of the usable volume offered for

  the support of various means necessary for the design, organization

  nisation and the definition of the workstation, the amounts 2 are constituted, as shown in fig. 4, respectively, under

  the shape of a profile with a polygonal section, preferably

  Rectangular width whose width is directed perpendicular to the plane of the structure 1. To meet the objectives, while being produced at the lowest possible cost, each amount

  2 is constituted by the association of two profiles 6a, 6b identified by

  open section substantially in "U" of low height. Fig. 4 shows that, according to a preferred arrangement, each open section comprises a core 7a or 7b whose length is equal to

  three or four times the height of the branches 8a bordering it.

  The branches 8a or 8b are each extended by a wing 9a, 9b

  folded substantially square to the outside to extend

  to the soul 7a. Each wing 9a, 9b has a terminating edge

  nal 10a, 10b semi-dropped, whose function appears in what follows. The open profiles 6a and 6b are associated, so

  to be placed face to face by the wings 9a and 9b, so as to de-

  limit a general profile of rectangular closed tubular section.

  The profiles 6a and 6b are joined by weld points made along the lateral beaches formed by the wings 9a, 9b

arranged side by side.

  In this state, the semi-dropped edges O10a and O10b diver-

  to each other and are put to good use for the

  2U floor of a trim It protection and aesthetic appearance.

  The structure above has many technical advantages. First, the execution of the profile in the general sense

  is obtained by simple operations from metal strips.

  which are then assembled after conformation. These operations

  most of the workshops are carried out with existing technical means and the production of such profiles.

  can be ensured at a low cost price.

  The conformation of a tubular profile, as described above, has the further advantage of conferring a particularly high mechanical strength, given the different plies

  resulting from the conformation of the profiles 6a and 6b and the pre-

sence of wings 9a, 9b.

  The combination of two profiles also makes it possible to

  provide good resistance to torsion and buckling

tubular yarn obtained.

  According to a constructive provision of the invention, each

  that amount 2 has in at least its sides parallel to the general plane of the structure 1, in this case the sides formed by the association of the branches 8a, 8b, at least two racks 12a, 12b formed along the entire length of the amounts. In practice, it is advantageous to perform the profiles 6a and bb so that each has in its two branches 8a or 8b two racks 12a or 12b. Thus, as is apparent from FIG. 4, an amount 2 offers, from

  on either side of each of its wings, two racks with

  from both sides of the plane defined by the structure i.

  The racks 12a and 12b are traditionally formed by the succession of extended elongated windows

at constant intervals.

  According to a constructive feature, each wing 9a, 9b also has a rack 13a, 13b formed in the portion adjacent to the branch 8a, 8b. The racks 13a, 13b are executed in coincidence with the racks 12a, 12b and

  the assembling of the sections 6a and 6b is carried out so that the cracks

  mesillères 13a and 13b coincide with each other.

  The embodiment of the amounts 2, from two profiles 6a and 6b is also chosen, given the presence

  racks, so that they can be

  These are easily formed by stamping-cutting operations on flat sheet metal strips which are then shaped to impart the open section. This makes it possible to obtain amounts 2

  shaped and shaped at a low cost price.

  Amounts 2 are fixed by welding on the

  4 and are connected by their open ends by the arch 3 having an identical structural conformation, except, possibly, the presence of the different racks. The arch

  3 can be fitted by end pieces 14 (FIG.

  you are associated with removable immobilizers.

  This characteristic makes it possible to form a structure I of variable width by using different arches 3 preferably having multiple or sub-multiple lengths of a basic measurement. The structure I can also be composed, starting from amounts 2 of nominal height, extended by segments of

  are raised by a hoop 3.

  The structure 2 thus has a modular character that can be used to adapt the dimensional characteristics.

  from the workstation to the application for which it is intended.

  In order to confer a high mechanical strength to

  structure I and to reduce the flexibility of the amounts 2

  tible to be the cause of the birth of vibratory diets

  or not during use, the amounts 2 are together

  between them in their terminal part rising from the

  4 by a reinforcing frame 15 fixed by bolts. The frame preferably comprises two vertical ribs 16, tubular in nature and whose upper and lower ends are open. The ribs 16 may thus be used, where appropriate, for the passage and the protection, at least local, of conductors 17,

  for example, power supply.

  The vertical carrier structure I is intended to carry the work trays 18 extending cantilevered from at least one side of the structure 1. FIG. 2 shows that

  the amounts 2 of the structure rise from the area

  diane of the legs 4, so that the support plates 18 can extend cantilevered, indifferently, from any side of the structure or from both sides, without it results in a mass imbalance affecting the

  vertical stability of the workstation.

  Each plate 18 comprises, as is apparent from FIG. 5, a plate 19 fixed on the horizontal flanges 20 of two consoles 21 each having a vertical flange 22. The connection between the plate 19 and the consoles 21 is performed so that

  the vertical wings 22 extend beyond the corresponding edge 19a.

  and project thus, externally to the latter, each

  two hooks 23 intended to cooperate with two windows of a cre-

  12a or 12b. The hooks 23 have a correct spacing

  corresponding to the pitch of the windows of the racks, so as to

  allow adjustment to any level of the amounts 2.

  The examination of figs. 1 and 3 shows that, preferably, each work plate 18 is constituted so that the wings 22 of the brackets 21 cooperate by the hooks 23 with the racks that can be considered as internal with respect to the structure 1, it is ie those provided in the branches 8a or 8b which define the inner circumference of the

structure 1.

  Structure 1 can thus support several

  adjustable position, whose measurement taken parallel to the structure may be equal to the latter, so that the

  workstation is part of a parallel volume

  vertical dimension of maximum size.

  The trays 18 are reserved for device support

  various or represent plans of work, assembly, etc ...

  Figs. 1 and 2 show, in dotted line, a

  possibility offered by structure 1 which has the

  only to be trained by a management, without presence

  of median wall extending over the entire height of the uprights 2.

  This structural arrangement makes it possible to mount on the racks 12a or 12b, for example a box or box 24, which can be

  used for storage, filing, storage, etc.

  It must be considered that the item according to the invention can be used for the work of a single operator using

  the set of trays extending on both sides of the structure

  to support the devices it needs. In

  In some cases, however, the same workstation may be

  by two operators facing each other, each using, for his needs, a set number of adjustable trays extending

  from one of the faces of the plane defined by the structure 1.

  In such a case, the uprights 2 can support a partial partition 25 adapted to one or the other series of racks

12a, 12b.

  Fig. 6 shows that the trays 18 may be constituted by a millimeter 26 occupying a fixed position and and a half-plate 27 may be adjusted in relative spacing by removable fastening means, such as holes 28, provided in the consoles 21. This makes it possible to define in a plate 18 a slot, passage or gap 29 allowing, for example, the vertical scrolling of a strip of paper feeding two independent treatment devices carried by two trays.

18 superimposed.

  The slides 13a and 13b, formed in the wings 9a and 9b can be used to ensure the combination of two identical workstations, to form a modular assembly. In such a case, as illustrated in FIG. 7, two positions of the same conformation are placed in the same plane

  side by the amounts 2 which are connected by means of splints

  his or keys 30 each having two slots 31 opening on the same longitudinal edge. Each 3U splint has a width

  equal to the length of the windows of the slides, so as to allow

  put a commitment in the direction of the arrow fl, causing each splint 30 to cross, simultaneously, the wings 9a and 9b of the two amounts side by side. Each splint 30 is then lowered in the direction of the arrow f2 to fit, by the notches 31, the lower edges of the engagement windows and thus immobilize

  relatively the two amounts 2 of two twin workstations.

  The connection can be established by any number of fishplates 30 at different levels of the uprights 2,

  when it is desired to create a framework of mechanical resistance

high level.

  The racks 13a and 13b can also be used, as shown in FIG. 8, to allow the adaptation of a fitting 32, section "U", whose branches have hooks 33 of the hook type23 described above. The fitting 32 supports two brackets 34 extending divergently to secure a plate 35 illustrated in FIGS. I and 3. The assembly represents a work plate that can be adapted externally to the general envelope of the workstation, extending in cantilever relative to the

amount considered.

  The assembly, as described above, can be implemented simultaneously for the two transverse edges of a plate then making a connection between two identical workstations located at a distance from one another. Fig. 9 shows that the fitting 32 may comprise, in place of the brackets 34, a cylindrical bearing 36 of vertical axis. The bearing 36 is intended for the establishment of a pivot 37 secured to a plate or bracket 38 attached under the underside of a

  plateau 39 whose dimensions can be any. The assembled

  plate 38 is made so that the pivot 37 is located

  near an angle of the plateau.

  It thus becomes possible to mount a pivoting plate as shown in FIG. 10 and thus to offer an operator an additional worktop, moreover adjustable or adjustable between the extreme positions, such as those shown. The plate 39 is preferably associated with a foot 40 provided with a

immobilisable and steerable wheel.

  The station according to the invention consists of dismountable flat components that can be stored under a

  small footprint to reduce the volume of storage and trans-

  Harbor. The invention is not limited to the examples described and represented, since various modifications can be made to it.

without leaving his frame.

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Claims (8)

CLAIMS:   1 - Combined workstation of the type comprising a vertical carrier structure rising from a base or   similar and supporting work platforms extending   overhang, characterized in that it comprises: at least one vertical structure constituted by two uprights (2) connected by an upper arch (3) and each formed by a profile   tubular section (6a-6b) having a polygonal section   two racks (12a-12b) at least on two sides parallel to the plane of the structure, - two cross-legs (4) fixed to the base of the uprights,   - a reinforcement framework (15) linking the   lower end portions of the uprights extending in the plane of the structure,   - and work trays (18) mounted in   overhang on both sides of the plane of the structure by consoles (21) cooperating with   the racks of the two uprights.   2- A combined workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that the amounts (2) and the arch (3) are formed   from two "U" section sections assembled by   wing (9a-9b) folded outwards from the   parallel branches (8a-8b) defining the section "U".   3 - Combined workstation according to claim 2, characterized in that the profiles comprise a rack (12)   in each side corresponding to a branch of the section in "U".   4 - Combined workstation according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that each profile further comprises a rack (13) formed at least partially in each folded wing. - Combined workstation according to claim 2   or 4, characterized in that the wings comprise a semi-circular edge   fallen (lOa, lob) contributing to the maintenance of a garnish protective and aesthetic (11).   6 - Combined workstation according to claim I   or 4, characterized in that it comprises at least one work platter   vail (18) mounted cantilevered outside one of the uprights by brackets (34) integral with a "U" fitting (32) capable of   tible to fit the profile of said upright and to   both in its branches of the brackets (33) of cooperation with the   two racks (12a, 12b) presented by the wings of this amount.   7 - Combined workstation according to claim 1 -   or 4, characterized in that it is formed by at least two   tures (1) arranged side by side in the same plane and twinned by keys or splints (30) connecting the two juxtaposed amounts and   cooperating with the racks (13) of the wings of these amounts.   8 - Combined workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that the uprights (2) of the structure support   between their upper parts a filing cabinet (24) with   sible from at least one of the faces of the structure.   9 - Combined workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that the structure supports at least one work plate (18) comprising a plate (26) fixed on the brackets and a plate (27) adjustable on the latter to delimit with the   first plate a slot (29) for the passage of the food sheet tation of a printer.   - Combined workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises at least two structures placed at a distance from one another and interconnected by at least one work plane mounted by brackets and brackets on the parts   exterior of two uprights structures.   Il - Combined workstation according to claim 6, characterized in that the fitting (32) supports a vertical bearing   (36) for engaging a pivot (37) carried by the angle of a water (39).