FR2593140A1 - REMOVABLE REMOVABLE ELEMENT FOR ADJUSTING INSIDE A BASKET OR BASKET OF METAL WIRE. - Google Patents

Abstract

Removable separation element intended to be fitted inside a basket or wire basket. This element comprises, at each end a vertical arm 9, or substantially vertical, of elastic material, provided at its foot with a fixing lug 10, bent at right angles outward and whose vertical branch 11 is intended to be placed against the internal face of the upper metal wire 4a on the corresponding side, while its horizontal branch 12 is engaged between the two superimposed wires 4a and 7 on this same side. The present separation element can be constituted by a hoop 8 made of elastic metal wire, the side branches 9 of which constitute the vertical arms of the ends. However, this arch may optionally carry a shutter intended to form a partition wall. This element can be fixed, removably, inside a basket or a wire basket. (CF DRAWING IN BOPI)

Description

"Removable separating element intended to be adapted inside a

  The present invention relates to a removable separating element intended to be adapted inside.

  a basket or wire basket.

  In many cases it is useful, if not necessary, to subdivide the interior space of a basket or other receptacle into two separate compartments to separate objects placed in such a storage receptacle. This is the reason why a number of receptacles of this kind are provided, from their manufacture, of one or more partition walls. However, this solution has no flexibility because in other cases it is necessary

  to be able to freely dispose of all available space.

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a separating element capable of being removably fitted inside a receptacle of this kind, which allows it to be put in place or removed according to the needs. However, this separating element is more specifically designed for baskets or wire basket which have two metal wires superimposed on their sides for receiving

  the ends of such a separating element.

  For this purpose, this element is characterized in that it comprises, at each end, a vertical arm, or substantially vertical, elastic material, provided at its base with a bracket, bent at right angles outwards and whose vertical leg is intended to be placed against the inner face of the upper wire of the corresponding side, while its horizontal leg is engaged between the two superposed wires of

this same side.

  In an advantageous embodiment, intended for baskets or wire baskets whose bottom comprises reinforcement son parallel to the position provided for a separating element, the fixing lug, carried by each of the end arms of the present element, comprises a notch for embolting on the corresponding end of a reinforcing wire of the bottom of

  the basket or corresponding basket.

  Thus, this element of separation; is located

  perfectly immobilized after placement.

  Preferably, the separating element according to the invention consists essentially of an arch of elastic wire whose lateral branches constitute the vertical arms of this element. In such a case, the upper branch of this arch may optionally carry a flap extending vertically below it to form a partition wall. However, other features and advantages of the separation element according to the invention will appear in

  during the following description of two examples of

  realization of it. This description is given in

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present separating element. FIG. 2 is a perspective view, on a different scale, of the foot of one of the lateral branches of

  the arch which constitutes the present element.

  Figure 3 is a perspeetive view showing a wire basket, inside which is adapted this separation element. FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 2,

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  but after fixing the present element within a

basket in wire.

  FIGS. 5 and 6 are partial views in vertical section, respectively along line V-V and along line VI-VI of FIG. 4. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the element

separation device according to the invention.

  Figures 8 and 9 are views similar to Figures 2 and 4, but illustrating an alternative embodiment. Figures 10 and 11 are views also similar to Figures 2 and 4, but illustrating a

another form of realization.

  As already indicated, the separation element

  ration according to the invention is intended to be adapted to

  the inside of a basket or wire basket

  that, such as the basket 1 shown in Figure 3.

  This basket has two side walls 2 arranged along two opposite sides of its bottom, its other two sides being open. The bottom of this basket consists of a series of interwoven wires 3 and 4. The wires 4, which extend parallel to the open sides of the basket, bear on wires 5 of

  reinforcement, of larger section, arranged at right angles.

  The ends 6 of these last son themselves bear on two other metal son 7 forming part of the surrounding frame of the basket. Indeed, these son are bent to also form the edges and the upper sides of the side walls 2. Moreover, these walls are themselves constituted by bent extensions,

  wires 4 constituting the bottom of the basket.

  The separating element according to the invention is intended to be disposed inside this basket, parallel to its side walls 2 by fixing its ends on the sides of the bottom 3 at which the basket is free of walls. entourage. Now the considered sides of the bottom of the basket each comprise two superimposed wires, namely: a wire 7 of large section consisting of a part of the surrounding frame, and a wire 14a forming part of the various son 4 constituting

the bottom.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the separating element according to the invention is constituted by an arch 8 of elastic wire whose length corresponds substantially to that of the basket 1. At their foot, the branches the side 9 of this arch each carry a tab O10 fixing which is bent at right angles outwards. The exact length of the arch 8 is determined so that the vertical leg 11 of the two lugs 10 can be engaged against the inner face of the metal wires 14a of corresponding sides of the bottom of the basket, as is shown in FIGS. , 5 and 6. As for the horizontal branch 12 of each of these tabs, it is then engaged in the space between such a wire 4a and the wire 7 located below (see Figure 6). This engagement is then carried out by momentarily deforming the two branches 9 of the arch 8 according to the arrows F (see FIG.

1).

  However, the fixing lugs 10 also comprise a notch 13 for fitting them astride the end 6 of a reinforcing thread 5 of the bottom of the basket, as is clearly shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. After this operation, the arch 8 is perfectly immobilized in place. It is thus able to play the role of a separation element of

  different objects placed inside the basket 1.

  Since the bottom of this basket has several parallel reinforcing threads, it is

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  it is possible to fix this separating element in several different positions as required. However, for the same reason, it is also possible to adapt several separating elements within one and the same basket.

  Figure 7 represents another form of realization

  tion of the separating element according to the invention. In this, this element is constituted by a bow 8a of wire, similar to the bow 8 previously described, and which differs only in that the upper branch 14 of this arch carries a vertical flap 15 s extending below it to form a partition wall. However, the lateral branches 9a of this arch are independent of the neighboring edges of

  this shutter and they can thus be deformed elastically

  to engage their brackets in the sides

  corresponding from the bottom of the basket 1.

  The flap 15 provided in this embodiment may be constituted by a mesh of interwoven metal son. However, it may also consist of

a plate full or djourée.

  Moreover, the structure of the present element of separation

  ration could be still different, the presence of an arch 8 or 8a is not essential. Indeed, it would be possible to achieve this element under the program

  of a vertical partition, perforated or not, each of which

  tremité would carry, in its upper corner, a vertical arm

  elastic 9 provided with a fastening tab 10 to his foot.

  Figures 8 and 9 illustrate an alternative embodiment of the brackets. In this variant, these tabs lob are constituted by a simple crushing of the ends of the lateral branches 9b of the corresponding arch wire. A notch 13b is made in the part thus crushed and this one is

  bent to form the two tabs 12b of attachment.

  However, it would also be possible to make these brackets flat iron simply folded, cut

and punched at the end.

  Figures 10 and 11 show another embodiment of the fastening lugs of the separating element. In it, the corresponding lugs 10c are no longer designed to be straddling a crossbar 5 of the bottom of the corresponding basket. Indeed, they are arranged to be fixed in the gap between two bottom crosspieces, for example a normal cross 3 and a cross 5 of greater section. Under these conditions, the corresponding tab 10c does not have a notch but its width is substantially equal to the gap existing between the crosspieces 3 and 5. This tab can thus be immobilized between them, as shown in FIG. 11, by engaging its bent end 12c between the two son 4a and 7 which extend one above the other on the corresponding side of the bottom of the basket. This makes it possible to obtain, for the separating element, an attachment in place that is as effective as in the preceding cases. As already indicated, the present separating element can be adapted in different kinds of wire baskets or baskets, or in any other wire receptacles, so as to subdivide them into several separate storage compartments. .

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Claims (5)

  1. Separable separating element intended to be fitted inside a basket or a wire basket having two metal wires superimposed on its sides for receiving the ends of this separating element, characterized in that it comprises at each end a vertical arm (9), or substantially vertical, of elastic material, provided at its foot with a bracket (10), bent at right angles outwards and whose vertical leg (11) is intended to be placed against the inner face of the upper wire (4a) of the corresponding side, while its horizontal leg (12) is engaged between the two wires   superimposed (la and 7) on the same side.   2. separating element according to claim 1, intended to be fitted inside a basket or wire basket whose bottom comprises reinforcing son parallel to the position provided for this separating member, characterized in that the fixing lug (10), carried by each of the arms, comprises a notch (13) enabling it to be fitted on the corresponding end of a reinforcing thread (5) from the bottom of the   basket or corresponding basket (1).   3. Separation element according to Figure 1, intended to be adapted within a basket or wire basket whose bottom is formed by interwoven son, characterized in that the corresponding bracket (10i), carried by each arm, has a width substantially equal to the gap between two metal son (3 and 5) of the bottom which extend transversely between the edges on which are adapted the brackets of this separation element. 2593 1 40   4. Separation element according to one of   preceding claims, characterized in that   consists essentially of an arch (8,8a) of elastic wire, substantially of the same length as the basket or the corresponding basket, and whose lateral branches (9,9a) constitute the vertical arms of this separation element.   5. Separation element according to claim 4, characterized in that the upper branch (14) of the arch (8a) carries a flap (15), with or without a grid, extending vertically below the latter, for   constitute a partition wall.