FR2629324A1 - Shelves held by three taut wires - Google Patents

Abstract

Arrangement for holding shelves on taut cables. The invention relates to an arrangement allowing shelves to be held on three taut cables anchored at two points. It consists of three cables 7, 13, 14 attached at an upper anchoring point. They are passed across shelves, which are held on these cables by clamping means locking the shelves on the cables. These cables are held taut by tensioning members 18. The horizontal components of the forces exerted on the cables 13, 14 keep the arrangement rigid and hold it against the wall or walls. The arrangement according to the invention is designed in particular for the fitting out of living areas by simple and inexpensive means.

Description

 The present invention relates to a device for fixing a set of shelves forming shelves. on stretched cabies. anchors at two points.

 The maintenance of the shelves forming shelves, is traditionally carried out using support points constituted by cleats on racks. fixed on two walls oooosées such aue walls or uprights q the shelves resting on at least four supports.

 The device according to the invention makes it possible to avoid a heavy and cumbersome structure requiring a consequent installation time.

 The supporting structure yes characterizes 1 invention is cumbersome and does not have to take up dead space. The structure is installed in a straightforward and easy way. tile allows more different layouts in height as well as shelf dimensions, due to its modular design and this at any time in the life of a work.

 The device comprises two anchor points constituted by hooked hooks on any wall. These hooks are aligned vertically. Cables, three in number, are arranged in non-removable rings at one of their ends and are threaded onto the top hook.

Each cable is threaded through the shelves using the other end. The shelves are provided with holes in their thickness. The arrangement of these varies depending on or place of installation. In the thickness of the tablet, near a hole hole. is a nut and a screw, accessible on the edge of the shelf cui oar tightening closes the hole in which the catie is threaded.

 Depending on the variant. ia shelf is held on the cable by rings, above and below the shelf. These metailipue rings are fitted with a screw. The tightening thereof closes the empty inside diameter of the ring i into which the cable is threaded. These ends, once threaded through all the shelves, are arranged in the form of a loop forming a ring made irremovable by the metal ring described above. The cable is threaded through the ring to form a loop. This system allows you to adjust the length of cables as desired.

 This second ring thus produced on the cable, is passed over one of the hooks of the tensioner. The tensioner consists of a middle part comprising at each end a nut. In these nuts are screwed two hooks provided with a thread of opposite pitch, one at each end. The rotation in one direction or another of the middle part exerts a translation of opposite direction on the hooks. The second hook of the tensioner is passed through the hook of the bottom anchor. The upper and lower shelves are fixed to the cables by means of clamping screws or rings and are adjusted level. The tensioners are then actuated, one per cable, exerting a tensile force in the cables.

The tension of these stiffens the device. The intermediate shelves are then fixed to the cables stretched by the clamping screws or rings according to the systems described above, and are adjusted from level to the desired height and interval.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention
Figure 1 shows the perspective system according to the invention in a wall angle.

 Figure 2 shows the perspective system according to the invention against a wall.

 Figure 3 shows the top anchor dlspositlf.

 Figure 4 shows the bottom anchor.

 Figure 5 shows in section the clamping device in the thickness of the tablet.

 Figure 6 shows in section the clamping device by rings provided with a screw closing the empty inside diameter.

FIG. 7 represents the device of the loop made irremovable by the device according to FIG. 6
Figure 8 shows the device exerting tension on the cables said tensioner.

 Figure 9 shows the arrangement of the holes in the corner shelves.

 FIG. 10 shows the arrangement of the holes in the shelves against a wall.

 The device comprises a high anchor (1, screwed into the wall at the top thereof and a low anchor (2i screwed down below it. The anchors are lined up vertically according to FIGS. 1 and 2. The irremovable loops ( 3) cables are passed over the top hook (1). Each end of the cables (4) is threaded through the respective holes (5) of the shelves (6). Each shelf is first fixed to the cable (7 ) according to the clamping device of Figure 5. The screw (8) is screwed into the nut (9) and tightens the cable.

at the desired height.

According to the lock device of figure 6, the upper ring is first entangled (lti on the cable (7). The ring is fixed to the cable by the screw (11). The cable is then threaded into the respective holes shelves (6) which come abutting against the upper ring (10). Repeat the same operation for the inner ring (12) which comes to block the shelf. All the shelves are thus fixed
The cables (13) and (14) then undergo the same operation. They will be fixed definitively after tensioning the cables.

 The free end (4) of the cables, once placed through all the shelves, are arranged in a loop according to FIG. 7 made irremovable by the ring (15) described according to the tightening device of FIG. 6.

 The ring thus arranged at the end of the cables (7), (13), (14) is then fixed on the tensioner. figure 8. There is a cable tensioner. Each ring is passed over the hook (16) of the tensioner. The hook (17) is passed over the hook to the bottom anchor (2). The rotation of the middle part of the tensioner (18) exerts a translation of opposite direction on the hooks (16) and (17) bringing them together. thereby stretching the cables. The tension that these stiffen the system and presses the shelves against the wall (s) by the horizontal components of the forces due to the traction that the cables undergo.

After tensioning the cables, the shelves are definitively leveled.

Claims (8)

 1) Device for holding shelves forming shelves characterized by stretched cables (7), (l3), (l4), anchored at two points, top and bottom, vertically aligned passing through the shelves through arranged holes.  2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the device is held by three cables.  3) Device according to claim 1 or claim 2 characterized by the arrangement of holes (5) in three angles, in the case of-walls forming a re-entrant angle.  4) Device according to claim l or claim 3 characterized by the provision of two holes (5) on the same side and a hole (5) on the opposite side in the middle, against the wall, in the case of a wall Alone.  5) Device according to any one of the preceding claims or claim 4 characterized by maintaining the shelves by a screw (8) and a nut (9) arranged in the thickness of the shelf from blocking the cable.  6) Device according to a variant of claim 4 or claim 5 characterized in that the shelves are held by rings provided with a clamping screw arranged above (10) and below (12) the shelf blocking the latter on the cable.  7) Device according to any one of the preceding claims or claim 6 characterized in that the tension of the cables is exerted by a tensioner which by rotation of the middle part (18) exerts a translation of opposite direction on the hooks (16) and (17) constituting the ends of the tensioner.  8) Device according to any one of the preceding claims or claim 7 characterized in that the adjustment of the shelves on the cables (7X, (13X, (14), is carried out after tensioning them, at the desired heights, and at any time in the life of the work.