FR2580214A1 - SUPPORT FOR THE SUSPENSION OF TOOLS, CONTAINERS, APPARATUS OR SIMILAR - Google Patents

Abstract

SUPPORT 10 IN THE SHAPE OF A PLATE, CONSISTING OF ELEMENTS WHICH MUTUALLY LOCK INTO A COMMON PLANE. THE ELEMENTS 20, 20 CONSIST OF PROFILES OBTAINED BY EXTRUSION AND FITTED ON THEIR FRONT SIDE WITH GROOVES 14 WITH A T-CROSS SECTION AND, ALONG THEIR UPPER AND BOTTOM EDGES, MALE AND FEMALE LOCKING PROFILES 32, 36; 70, 72 WHICH ALLOW, BY RECIPROCAL PIVOTING OF THE ELEMENTS, THE ASSEMBLY OF THESE ELEMENTS. THE MALE PROFILES 32 MAY INCLUDE PROJECTING ERGOTS 54 DESIGNED TO ENGAGE BY CLICK IN CORRESPONDING RECEPTION CAVITES 56 OF THE FEMALE PROFILES IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE LOCKING EFFECT. THE SUPPORT INCLUDES UPPER EXTREME 26 AND LOWER 24 ELEMENTS FOR CLOSING. EACH EXTREME UPPER AND LOWER THROAT 14 OF THE ELEMENTS IS FORMED PARTLY IN THE ELEMENT AND PARTLY BY THE ADJACENT ELEMENT, SO AS TO CONCEAL THE JOINT LINE BETWEEN THESE ELEMENTS. APPLICATION TO VERTICAL PANELS INTENDED TO SUPPORT TOOLS, CONTAINERS, APPARATUS OR SIMILAR.

Description

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  The invention relates to a plate-shaped or panel-shaped support for the suspension of tools, containers, apparatus or the like, on the front side of which are arranged a plurality of profiled and horizontal grooves, the cross-section of which is enlarged. inwards and which are intended to receive support elements for objects to be suspended. Such a plate-shaped support is known from the CH-PS patent

  600 828, in which it has already been planned to make this support by the former

  profiled trusion of a suitable structural cellular material, with integrated skin, which then hardens and gives the support an outer surface

  smooth and tight to the closed longitudinal ends.

  Depending on the desired height of the support, profiles can be used

  plates of different widths, and in the case of larger heights

  In order to achieve correct reciprocal alignment and to avoid warping, which may be a cause for scrapping, it is necessary to have two or more individual plates superimposed. throats, which creates awesome seal lines. In the case of the extrusion of thermosetting alveolar plastics, which makes it possible to obtain what is known as the expression of integrated skin foam, that is a

  a kind of sandwich structure with hard outer skin, there is

  As the width of the profile increases, so does the appearance of problems.

  individuals who, despite all the experience gained by the specialists

  plastic lists, are difficult to solve and, in addition to a significant rejection, often lead to complaints from the

  from the user due to the non-respect of the ratings of the grooves

  spun. The resulting high costs are further increased by the

  it is necessary to manufacture and store many widths of profiles.

  The invention is based on the problem of making a support of the above kind, which can be made in particular of thermosetting cellular plastic with hard outer skin, with profiles of different widths for each desired height of the support, and that of a simple and economical way while guaranteeing a maintenance

reliable odds.

  According to the invention, this problem is solved by the fact that

  port consists of a plate formed by at least two superposed elements, which are assembled to form a compact unit by means of a

  profile allowing the reciprocal locking of their longitudinal edges.

  Thanks to the present invention, a system of construction is

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  It is therefore possible, with a single, relatively narrow range of profile widths, that it is also possible, without difficulty, to extrude hard cellular plastic material.

  to achieve substantially higher supports that can be united

  vertically and horizontally in relation to the surface of the painting. For this purpose and in accordance with a first feature of the invention, the interlocking profiles extend up to the rear face of the support, in order to make invisible to the observer the joint lines formed between the profiles, which provides a sufficient cross section of material for

  forming reciprocal locking profiles.

  The invention is particularly advantageous when recourse is made

  extrusion of support elements made of cellular plastic

  thermosetting area. However, it is also possible to successfully use other materials for this extrusion, for example a metal, such as

  extruded aluminum, as well as sheets of fibrous material coated with

mechanical outside.

  There are several possibilities for obtaining the interlock profiles. For example, we can choose a dovetail profile, or a profile of circular shape, which will be presented under

  shape of a cavity with an arcuate section of a circumferential extent

  However, such locking profiles can be assembled only by reciprocal sliding of the elements of the

  support in the longitudinal direction, which may give rise to difficulties

  cults because of the significant friction that results.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the locking profiles are designed so that they can be assembled and

separated by pivoting.

  A particular embodiment of the support which is particularly suitable comprises a first locking profile in the form of a

  curved hook and another complementary hollow shape profile.

  In this case, the hook-shaped profile is advantageously formed on the extension of the bottom of a profiled groove and extends in the direction of

the anterior surface of the support.

  To allow, in the case of this type of complementary locking profile, a preliminary assembly of the elements of the support, by

  flat example, without any risk of stalling these profiles during the

  Afterwards, the edges of the profiles can be coated with appropriate glue before coupling them together, in order to make them

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  adhere to each other indetachably in their position of contact

  nent. However, in most cases it is preferable to keep the pos-

  sibility of a subsequent separation of the elements, for example in the case of transformation or transport to another place of use. This possibility is taken into account according to another characteristic of the in-

  the fact that the locking profiles present ele-

  snap-fasteners which cooperate elastically with each other when

  rotates them towards the locking position, these elements of

  quetage being advantageously constituted by at least one salient lug

  and a corresponding notch that can receive this lug when

  vote relative to each other in the lock position. The protrusions and notches may be constituted either by individual rods and notches distributed at determined intervals along the longitudinal edges of the elements of the support board, or by ribs and grooves extending along the entire length of the edges. considered. In both cases, these protrusions and notches will be made in such a way that they interlock with each other by their own elasticity.

  and conversely they can only separate at the cost of a

  especially but without risk of damaging the parts involved.

  If the support elements are made of metal, in particular

  by extrusion of aluminum, it is possible to obtain the characteristic of

  mutual support elements to engage and trigger, by ensuring that a locking profile has a portion in the form of trunnion arcuate section, while the other part

  is in the form of an inverted tile, complementary to the shape of said

  lon, the two profiles further comprising hook-shaped elements

  which, during the relative pivoting of the journals in the inverted tiles,

  complementary shapes determine the interlocking of these sections. In this case, the trunnion portion with an arcuate section of one of the locking profiles will advantageously be hollow and provided with a radial peripheral slot located at a suitable place, which has the particular advantage of ensuring the engagement automatic, in the cavity

  of the trunnion, fastening screws of applied cover profiles

  be the end faces of the supports.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, it is provided that the first element or profile at the top and the first element at the bottom of the assembled support are made in the form of closure elements with a longitudinal edge provided with a single closure profile. , while

  the other longitudinal edges have an ordinary closing edge.

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  Thus, the assembly or assembly unit construction system comprises two complementary elements or sections which constitute the means for closing the support along the upper longitudinal edges.

  and lower. Thanks to the aforementioned assembly of locking profiles

  each having a profiled groove, the elements of the support, when

  they are assembled, form profiled grooves having the desired shape

  and also exactly the desired dimensions. The intermediate elements

  of the support, arranged between the closure elements, could then present between their longitudinal edges provided with profiles

  locking other profiled grooves of this kind, with the same

  partition. However, in particular applications it is also possible for at least one of the closure elements placed between the longitudinal slats provided with locking profiles to be made without a groove, and to provide cavities in their place and place on their rear edge.

  5 intended to receive bundles of cables or pipes or

  similar positives, which will have to be oriented horizontally, for example

  on a wall and covered or concealed by the support.

  The invention will now be described with reference to the drawing

  nexé which shows some preferred examples of realization. In the drawing: FIGURE 1 is a vertical section made through a support

  according to the invention, composed of several elements arranged

  above the others and which are assembled by their longitudinal edges thanks to a interlocking effect, these elements being obtained by extrusion of thermosetting cellular plastic material; FIG. 2 shows on an enlarged scale and partial vertical section one of the three intermediate elements of the support of FIG. 1, the adjacent or initial part of the neighboring elements being also represented; FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of an intermediate element of the support;

  FIGURE 4 is a schematic representation in perspective of

  an alternative embodiment of an intermediate element, and

  FIGURE 5 is a vertical section similar to FIG.

  trant another embodiment of the locking profile of a support whose elements are made of aluminum profile obtained

by extrusion.

  If we first refer to Figure 1, we can see that a

  port 10 for tools, containers, apparatus or the like, present on its

  front face 12 several profiled grooves 14 T-section that widens

  -5 - feels inward. These profiled grooves 14 are intended to receive bearing elements, such as, for example, hooks 16, which engage through their branches 18 'and 18 "in two profiled grooves

  adjacent 14 cross-section in. Instead of brackets,

  carriers may also consist of boots or other structures with corresponding branches intended to be

  housed in the T-section grooves, either by means of fixing devices

for finished packages.

  The support 10, in the case represented by way of example, consists of

  of five plate elements, three of which are the intermediate elements

  Identical res, designated at 20, provided on their longitudinal edges of profiles (described below) to be locked relative to each other.

  to the adjacent elements of the support. On the other hand, the highest 22

  the support has only such a locking profile on its lower edge, while the other two remaining longitudinal edges

  26, 28 are flat and perpendicular to the plane of the support.

  As clearly shown in Figure 2, the upper locking profile 32 of the intermediate elements 20 of the support 10, as well as that of the lower element 24, has the shape of a curved hook, which is located in the extension of the bottom 34 of a profiled groove 14 formed between the support elements which are applied against each other, this locking profile 32 being engaged in a corresponding cavity 36 provided for this purpose in the lower profile of the upper element of the support. The cavity 36 is located in the zone 38 adjacent to the T-section groove 14 of the element 20 which occupies the entire thickness of the support

  and therefore offers a sufficiently large cross-section

  to enable a special locking assembly to be

stably stable.

  The hook-shaped profile 32 is delimited on its outer sides.

  dull and internal by arcuate sections 40 and 42 which define

  The arcuate sections 40 and 42 are interconnected at the end of the hook by another arcuate section 46 and the arcuate outer section 40.

  connects at an obtuse angle to the surface

  port, with a straight section 48 which ends at the back 50 of the support 10

by a rounded court.

  Thanks to the shape, described above, of the locking profile, it is possible to apply a support member 20 (shown hatched), after its pivoting to the right, against the adjacent lower element 6 - of the support, represented only by its contour, to the vertical position, so as to obtain a locking coupling between these two elements, a profiled lug 54 provided on the curved section 40 of the

  hook is then engaged by snapping into a corresponding notch

  dante 56 provided in the receiving cavity 36 of this hook on the other

  support element. This lock can be of the type that is unlocked

  ble, be permanent. At the lower end of the support member 20 shown hatched in FIG. 2, the profiled lug 54 and the notch

  56 are made in such a way that after locking it is impossible to

  unlockable without producing a wrenching

  SPECT. On the other hand, the profiled lug 54 'and the notch 56' provided for in the ex-

  upper end of the support member 20 (shown hatched in Figure 2) have a shape designed so that it is possible to unlock the coupling by exerting extra effort.

  both cases, it is possible to perform a pre-assembly

  support elements, for example flat, without these elements being

  parts of the pre-assembled support stand out from themselves in relation to one

to the other.

  On the rear face 50 of the intermediate elements it is possible

  as already known from patent CH-PS 600 828, to provide for

  longitudinal grooves with trapezoidal cross section, in order to

  to save material and, above all, to avoid, during extrusion,

  detrimental accumulations of material in these areas.

  The arrangement, shown by way of example, of the hooks 32 on the extended bottom 34 of the profiled groove 14 formed between the support elements assembled together, allows a particularly secure

  advantageous, by screws, elements of the support at a point situated beyond

  the bottom of the profiled notch, with smooth and countersunk holes of screws 58 such as that shown in dashed lines in FIG. 2, this hole being concealed when the adjacent element of the

  support, for example the element 20 shown hatched in Figure 2.

  While Figure 3 shows in perspective a support member with other profiled grooves formed between the longitudinal edges.

  of the element, which corresponds to the arrangement shown on the

  Figures 1 and 2, the embodiment shown at 20 'in Figure 4

  constitutes a variant which does not, apart from its longitudinal edge,

  With its T-section groove for coupling with the adjacent element of the support, no other T-section groove. On the contrary, on the rear face of the element in question and shown, provision is made for

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  longitudinal cavities 59 intended, for example, to receive

  cable traps or similar pipes. In the manufacture of

  plate ports one could foresee that all the elements inter-

  mediates are constituted by this modified type of elements 20 '. Similarly, it is also possible, of course, to provide only one or

  some of these elements 20 'in the support, the other elements of the

  port being selected from those shown in Figures 1 to 3.

  Figure 5 shows in vertical section and partial cutaway a

  extrusion support member 60 made of aluminum, the thickness of which

  The thickness of the wall is substantially less than that of the support elements described so far. The support member 60 has at least one T-shaped groove 62 and forms, together with the elements of

  adjacent upper and lower supports (represented

  only by their outline in Figure 5) two other profiled grooves

  T 62, delimited at the top by the walls 64, 66 of the lower end.

  upper part, and at the bottom by a wall section 68 of

the lower support element.

  The support members 60 are also provided at their ends.

  upper and lower links, locking profiles 70 and 72

  which, like the support elements shown in Figures 1 to 4, can

  rotate to cause the switching on and off, the latter being done in the opposite direction and to be ensured before

fixing the support on the wall.

  The lower locking profile 70 is formed in the prolongation

  74 of the wall portion 66 which constitutes the bottom of the groove 62 T, and comprises a projection 76 which terminates in a hook 78, and a hollow section section 80 in which is formed a slot or opening 82. The upper locking profile 72 comprises, on the other hand, on the one hand a wall 84 provided with a cavity 86 in the form of

  inverted tile, that is to say, opening upwards, which is

  born to receive the profile 80 with annular section, and secondly, to the ex-

  the end of the wall 68 for closing the groove, a hook 88 formed with a certain lateral offset on the underside of the wall 68 for closing the groove, this hook 88 being able to engage like a pawl with the

hook 78 mentioned above.

  This type of profile also makes it possible to obtain a safer engagement between the elements of the support when these are assembled to form

  a support or panel of any desired height.

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RE V ENDI CA TI ON S

  1. Plate-shaped support for tool suspension, recess

  devices, or the like, provided on the front of several

  profiled grooves arranged horizontally and whose transverse section

  grease extends inwardly for the reception of support members which make it possible to suspend objects, this support being characterized by the fact that it constitutes a vertical panel (10) composed of at least two plate elements ( 20, 22, 24; 20 ', 60) superimposed, assembled so as to form an integral whole thanks to locking profiles

  cooperating members (32, 36, 70, 72) formed along their longitudinal edges.

Claims (7)

2. Support according to Claim 1, characterized in that   the locking profiles (32, 36, 70, 72) originate from the   inside a profiled groove (14; 62) and extend to the back of the support through an area (38) of the support which connects to the throat profile of the adjacent element.   3. Support according to any one of Claims 1 or 2,   characterized by the fact that the locking profiles (32, 36; 70, 72)   are formed in such a way that they are triggered or triggered by in relative terms.   4. Support according to Claim 3, characterized in that one of the locking profiles (32) is a curved hook and the other locking profile (36) is a cavity corresponding to the outline of this hook.   5. Support according to Claim 4, characterized in that   the hook-shaped profile (32) is an integral part of a background   along (34) a profiled groove (14) and extends towards the front face (12) of the support.   6. Support according to any one of Claims 3 to 5, characterized   characterized in that the locking profiles (32, 36) comprise latching means (54, 56) which can lock one another   and elastically by pivoting said profiles between a desired position   latched and an engaged position, and vice versa.   7. Support according to claim 6, characterized in that the latching means which lock each other by elastic effect are constituted by at least one projection (54) and a cavity   (56) adapted to receive this projection.   8. Support according to Claim 3, characterized in that one of the locking profiles (70) comprises a trunnion (80) with an annular cross-section, while the other (72) comprises an inverted tile-shaped part ( 86), that is to say open towards the top, the two profiles (70), (72) having elements   hook-shaped complementary devices (78), (88) which   in each other when the tur-   lon (80) in the inverted tile (86).   9 - Support according to claim 8, characterized   in that the trunnion (80) having an   nular is cruex and has a radial slot (82) in a peripheral part.   - Support according to any one of the   1 to 9, characterized in that the first upper element and the first lower element (22), (24) of the plate-shaped support consist of closure elements.   having only one longitudinal edge with a vertical profile   rust (36) or (32), while the other longitudinal edges   dinals (26) or (28) have a simple closure profile.   11 - Support according to claim 10, characterized   characterized in that the plasma elements (20) arranged between the closure elements (22), (24) have, between their longitudinal edges provided with locking profiles   (32), (36) other profiled grooves distributed over regular valles.   12 - Support according to claim 10, characterized   characterized in that at least one of the plate elements (20 ')   arranged between the closure elements (22), (24) does not   carries no groove between the longitudinal edges provided with locking profiles (32), (36), and that in replacement of these locking profiles, said element (20 ') has cavities on its rear face (50') longitudinal members (59) adapted to receive bundles of cables, pipes or similar devices -