FR2797756A1 - Storage unit has two side supports and shelves consisting of central section with bores which can be fastened with pegs to edge components - Google Patents

Abstract

The storage unit has two side supports and shelves consisting of a central section with bores (410 - 415) which can be fastened with pegs to edge components (42, 43). These have recesses (434, 435) for cams allowing them to be fastened to the side supports. The bores in the central shelf sections are large enough to allow them to be cut down extensively while still leaving bores which are large enough to connect them to the edge components.

Description

The present invention relates to a development box consisting of two uprights joined by tablets, intended to be delivered unassembled to be adapted to the place of its installation.

Many forms of caissons or elements are known for the arrangement of spaces or apartments. But such furniture items generally have standardized dimensions or fixed dimensions so that they are only difficult to use or with poor performance in particular conditions such as attics and other premises whose height of wall against which is placed the piece of furniture does not conform to a standard or usual dimension, in particular roof crawlers, which end with a vertical part more or less low.

In general, such crawlers would be interesting to arrange on heights of the order of 1.20 m to 1.80 m with a straight piece of furniture, so as to avoid overemphasizing unnecessarily on the available space in front of the furniture.

The solution currently practiced is to pound small boxes 400 to 500 mm in height it is not the best storage solution.

Since current furniture can not be transformed simply or can be adapted to different heights and / or widths, the available space is very poorly used.

The present invention aims to develop a development box of the type defined above, to occupy as much space as possible, especially in low ceiling locations such as niches or crawling roof.

For this purpose the invention relates to a housing arrangement characterized in that the two uprights are formed of two pairs of identical, stackable upright elements on each side of the sound box, # provided with rows of holes for cleats with shelves, # the upper edge of one of the elements and the lower edge of the other element having three holes for assembly journals, in counter positions, # adjustable shelves to be installed between studs, each shelf comprising # a central element possibly cut to the width requires safre, # two side elements, the central element having on each side drilled holes, of great depth, aligned after mounting on the rows of lug holes, to let a subsist trunnion drilling even after an important width reduction of this central element, the lateral elements each having ts for assembly pins for coming into bores of the central element, # two cam housings for each receiving an assembly cam, taking a screw head screwed to the chosen location in one of the lug holes , to shoot these heads screw and assemble this element to the element of my aunts.

The box according to the invention allows a spatial arrangement, very flexible in both height and width. The height can be adjusted in two ways either by cutting the lower leg members to limit the overall height of the assembly or by cutting the upper rear part of the upper elements at an angle, to adapt the cut line to the slope of the rampant if the box must be placed against a crawling. For this we will use in an advantageous way a false bracket possibly delivered with the cais its development.

This box is advantageously in the form of a kit since, a priori it is intended for the development of a space non-standardized dimensions that must be adapted on site. This will optimize the development of a local, especially in attics. The adaptation of the box according to the invention is also in width in a very large range.

the only operations to be carried out for the adaptation are sawing panels, which is relatively easy especially since all the assembly elements are made at the factory, in particular the holes for receiving the pegs or all or the housing of the assembly cams.

different holes are preferably made to standardized dimensions for both pins and cleats.

Insofar as the assembly of the box must be done with trunnions placed in the dwellings ta quets, it suffices to enlarge slightly the dwellings ta quets. box according to the invention can be used in many ways. For example, for two uprights of a height of the order of 90 cm, it is possible to assemble a piece of furniture of a substantially double height. But if this height is too great, it is possible to reduce the height of the uprights and consequently that of the piece of furniture by cutting the lower element in its lower part, so as to avoid that saw cut and the inevitable irregularities which in result and in particular the splinters of the coating on an agglomerate or the varnished or treated wood, do not become apparent.

This does not change the possibilities of assembly of the two amounts since they can always be brought together by pins introduced into the trunnion holes, in their edges coming opposite each other.

For the establishment of the trunnions and especially to locate the holes made in the factory, it is sufficient to use a template of paper, cardboard or plastic tape to identify with respect to the front or rear stop of the element or complete element.

The dressing part can then be released with a pointed tool, in order to free the orifice intended to receive the pin or the journal, avoiding that the debris remain stuck in the orifice and impede the depression of the trunnion. . In the opposite case, if the post element is used as such to make a low furniture, as trunnion holes are not necessary, the tranche is left covered with its covering which will thus have the right finish for the piece of furniture made. with this post element as a side wall.

Fixed and mobile shelves will assemble as on another piece of furniture.

It is essential that the holes for the trunnions are not located behind the alignment of the trapping holes plateaux because the available depth would not be sufficient and it would weaken the panel.

The width adjustment of the furniture is made under the same conditions of ease as the height adjustment.

For furniture of normal width, it is possible to use prefabricated shelves which can be assembled definitively to the uprights by pegs housed in the shelves and coming into the orifices intended to receive the tails of the cleats; for this it is sufficient to slightly enlarge the orifices to adapt to the diameter of the dowels.

The assembly can then be assembled by gluing to be more rigid.

It is also possible to adjust the width of the furniture by assembling for the shelves, one or two side elements that do not change, and the central element cut to obtain the shelf length (furniture width) desired. The same operation is repeated for both fixed and mobile tablets.

For fixed shelves, it is particularly advantageous to use cam and counter-cam connection links. For this purpose, rods with heads are placed in the lug bores in the appropriate location, the cams are placed in the housings of the lateral elements and the cam is rotated to take the head of the rod and pull it to tighten the cam. 'assembly.

As the tablet has been previously assembled with gluing of the dowels between the side elements and the central element, we obtain a rigid assembly.

For intermediate shelves, it is possible to use the continuous shelf by cutting the dimensions desired, the shelves simply resting on the tabs placed in the orifices at the appropriate height.

This assembly can also receive wheels carried by two rails fixed under the shelf.

The shelves of the boxes according to the invention are preferably made of chipboard panels provided with a coating such as a melamine coating or more generally plastic, or a veneer.

The present invention will be described in more detail below with the aid of the accompanying drawings in which - Figure 1A is a schematic view of a portion of a development box, showing two elements of uprights in position d 1B is a view of a central portion of a tablet according to FIG. 1B, FIG. 1D is a view Figure 2 is a perspective view of the stacking of the furniture elements formed by each of two stud members; Figure 3 is a view of a cabinet with a lower box and an element; also formed by the assembly each time of two upright elements and intermediate tablets of large size, - Figure 4 is a perspective view of an installation formed of two low boxes joined by a continuous shelf, - the figure 5 e a perspective view from below of a seems three low boxes and a high box, with a shelf and a wardrobe bar, - Figure 6 is a view similar to that of Figure 5 but with low boxes of great width and a high box also of great width.

According to FIGS. 1A-1B, the invention relates to an arrangement box consisting of two uprights joined together by shelves, this box being intended to be delivered unassembled, ie in kit form, to be adapted to the place its installation, in particular adjusted by its dimen sions. The box consists of a package consisting of two upright elements as well as shelves of definitive size, but capable of being cut in width and assemblable shelves formed of end elements that are connected with a central element. .

These different elements are represented in their assembly position in FIGS. 1A-1B.

Thus Figure 1A shows two elements monants 1, 2 to be assembled in the position shown, to each other to form an amount of height double that of an element. These elements are identical in origin. Each element is provided on one side, two rows of holes 11, 21 for receiving the tails tabs tabs not shown. The edge of the elements 1, 2 is dressed for example with the same material that the dressing of large faces. The upper edge of the upright member 1 is provided with two and preferably three bores 12, 13, 14 each for receiving a chime. The diameter of these bores is, for example, a standard diameter for 8 mm trunnions.

The upper edge 14 is provided with a dressing so holes 12, 13, 14 do not open freely.

However, there is provided a template 15 consisting of a folded cardboard strip, provided with a marker 151 at a distance from the fold line 152 of the strip 15. This distance (d) is that which separates the edge of the element 1 of the drilling 12. This solution is suitable for two holes 12, 13. In the case of three bores 12, 13, 14, including a bore 14, preferably in the middle of the depth of the uprights, advantageously a 15 'template provided with a marker 151', 152 ', 153' for each piercing. The template can be releasably glued to the edge of the post element. To locate the piercing 12 under the covering of the edge 14, it is sufficient to place the jig 15 on the front edge of the element 1 to automatically find the location of the piercing 12.

As the holes 12 and 13 are located at the same distance from the front edge and the rear edge of the element 1, using the same template 15 will be found the piercing 13.

It will be appropriate to clear the entrance of the holes 12, 13, 14 for example with a sharp knife that is rotated about its axis to serve to clear the entrance.

In the same way, the post member 2 comprises two or three bores 22, 23, 24 in its lower edge to receive pins 31, 32, 33 such as those shown.

The bottom edge of element 2 is not necessarily dressed because it will be hidden.

The dressing of the songs of the elements 1, 2 is in principle provided only on the visible faces as the front face and the upper face of the edge of the panel 1 and likewise the front face and the upper face of the edge of the panel element 2.

The assembly with the pins 31, 32, 33 is preferably completed with glue.

To adapt the height of the furniture to the height H, available, if this height H is less than the total height of the two elements 1, 2 once assembled, simply cut along the line 16 traced by measuring the total height from the amount from the upper edge 17. In this way, the cut line 15 will not be apparent since if killed at the bottom. The elements 1, 2 can be assembled in the position shown in Figure 1A; they will then constitute one of the amounts of a furniture box which will be completed by an identical amount not shown, the two amounts being intended to be joined transversely by fixed tablets. The assembly can be reinforced by flat squares which are screwed on the rear edges of the upright elements and fixed shelves.

It is also possible not to assemble the upper element 2 to the lower element 1 and simply to assemble the lower element 1 to the other lower element 1.

In the case of a four-element kit, for the sake of economy, there may be two elements of lower and two higher elements, these two pairs of elements of amounts are not necessarily interchangeable because non-dressing of certain parts of song.

The assembly of the upright elements 1 2 is done either with a shelf 40 of adjustable width as that of Figure 1B or a shelf 41 of fixed width as that of Figure 1C.

The composite shelf 40 consists of a central part 41 corresponding to the tablet of FIG. 1C and of two lateral parts 42, 43. These lateral parts are equivalent or even identical and interchangeable if, as indicated above, all the faces are dressed. In the opposite case, the shelves 43 will be distinguished from each other, one coming to the left and the other to the right.

These side shelves 42, 43 are intended to be assembled to a central shelf 41 which we can choose the width according to the furniture to achieve.

By convention, the width of the piece of furniture is the length of the piece of furniture in the frontal direction, the other dimension of the piece of furniture being its height and finally the third dimension its depth, for a given width L, for example by the available space, and as the width L2 and L3 of the end shelves or side shelves 42, 43 is given, this defines by difference the width L1 of the shelf 41.

It will then be cut in the direction of the depth.

The cutting of the tablet 41 is possible because the assembly means are extended inside the tablette and allow the assembly even after cutting.

Indeed, the central shelf 41 has two drilling groups 410, 411, 412 or 413, 414, 415 of very great length, extending substantially over the entire dimension of the shelf 41 corresponding to the width of the cabinet. Under these conditions, when the tablet 41 is cut at one of its ends, this cut always leaves a sufficient length to the piercing cavities, to allow assembly with pegs to the lateral elements 42, 43.

The lateral elements 42, 43 have a fixed width. They comprise housings 421, 422, 423 or 431, 432, 433 for receiving the second end of the pins 50, in the holes 410-415 of the central portion 41.

These assemblies are preferably made with col lage.

The shelves 42, 43 have, on their outer edge, orifices behind which there are housings 424, 425 for the shelf 42 and housings 434, 435 for the shelf 43. These housings receive cams as the assembly cam. 60 shown in Figure 1D. This cam of known type, is an annular cylindrical piece of the tinée being housed pivotally in the housing 424, 425, 434, 435. As the housings are accessible from the outside, one can turn the cam 60 with a screwdriver in troduit in the slot 62 to make it take, in its slot 61, the head of a screw or equivalent element carried by the mon as or amount element 1, 2 at the appropriate place. By turning the cam 60, whose inner ramp on both sides of the slot 61 is increasing, this exerts a pull on the screw which closes the assembly.

Shelves can also be fixed differently. For example, the shelf 41 of FIG. 1C, which is of the usual length, or even less than the usual length, is placed with pegs or pins housed in its orifices 410, 412 or 413 415, located at the distance of the rows. lug orifices 11 or 21; these pins (not shown) are then introduced into the openings with cleats possibly enlarged, to assemble the well.

tablet 41 may also be the central element of an adjustable shelf as that of Figure 1B.

can also simply use the shelf 41 or other shelves cut to size and placed on cleats engaged in the orifices 11, elements 1, 2.

As already indicated above, for the various shelves, either simple or compound as shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, the edges comprise housings receiving trunnions which come into cleat housings of the stile elements.

Thus, in FIG. 1C appear the housings 410, 413, 415 which are at the spacing of the rows of lug housings of the upright elements. These housings 412, 413, 415 may optionally receive journals for placing the shelf 41 without its end members 42, 43 between two stud members and using the journals inserted into the stud seats of the stud members.

The boxes thus assembled allow the realization of furniture as those represented in FIGS. 2 to 6. According to FIG. 2, two super-posed boxes 100, 110 are made with the upright elements 101, 102, 111, 112 assembled respectively to each other. with unrepresented cities. The lower box 100, formed of the two uprights 101, 102 is assembled by a lower shelf 103, an upper shelf 104 with a drawer or a locker 105. The upper box 110 is formed of two elements of upper uprights 111, 112 joined by a lower shelf 113 provided with a drawer 115 and a top shelf 114. The assembly of furniture can be done either by first assembling the elements of uprights 101, 111 on the one hand and 102, 112 on the other hand, then the intermediate tablets. It is also possible to first assemble the low furniture part 100 then the high furniture part 110 and finally join the two pieces of furniture, as shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 3 shows another piece of furniture made with elements of furniture. caisson such as those described above. This piece of furniture consists of a low box 200 and a high box 210. The lower box is formed of two post elements 201, 202 joined by a lower shelf 203 wide and an upper shelf 204 also wide. The dotted lines show the assembly lines of the three shelf parts as shown in FIG. 1B.

The upper box 210 of the cabinet is also formed of two elements of uprights 211, 212 joined by shelves 213, 214 of the same width as those of the lower part 200. The lower shelf 213 is equipped with two drawers 215, 216.

Figure 4 shows another embodiment of furniture with the box elements according to the invention. This piece of furniture is composed of two lower boxes 300, 310 each formed of two upright members 301, 302 joined by a low table 303 and a top shelf 304 as well as an intermediate shelf 305 carrying drawer 306 for the box 300. Box 310 is made in a similar way with two post members 311, 312 joined by a low table 313 and a high shelf 314 and an intermediate shelf 315 carrying a drawer 316. The two bottom boxes 300, 310 are joined by an intermediate shelf 320 between the top shelves 304 314. FIG. 5 shows another variant of embodiment consisting of three bottom boxes 400, 410, 420 of a canopy 430, a shelf 440 and a rod The various constituent elements of the low and high boxes 400-430 are exactly the same as those of the caissons 300, 310 described with reference to FIG. 5, and their description will not be repeated.

FIG. 6 shows a variant consisting of three low, wide boxes 500, 510, 520 and a high top 530 combined with a clothes rail 540. The bottom boxes 500, 510, 520 have a construction similar to those of the boxes 200, 210 of Figure 3. Their description will not be repeated. It is the same with the high box 530 which is also a box of a certain width obte nu by the assembly not only of the high elements but also of the fixed and mobile tablets. Unlike boxes 500-520, box 530 has only shelves and drawers.

The height-and-width adjustable arrangement boxes according to the invention can be prepared and sold in different forms.

One of the solutions is to group in a basic package, the main elements of a box and complete this packaging by a complement of packaging for example with shelves or other conditions with drawers.

Thus, in a practical manner, the basic package can consist of the equipment used for the production of two boxes or the assembly by superposition to obtain a single box.

This packaging consists, for example, of four height elements with a height of 896 mm, four shelves 364 mm wide with a continuous shelf 1800 mm long, cleats for the free shelves, a rod 1800 mm wardrobe and two supports, two drawers with a head depth of 110 mm and drawers to hang the drawers, ridged wooden trunnions with a standard diameter of 8 mm and a length of 40 mm, a template to find holes under the edge of the lower box, a false square to take the angle of a ram pant and allow the adjustment of the upper box to the slope of the rampant.

The different panels all have a depth of 450 mm. Usually the boxes do not have bottom.

Both the post and shelf panels are 18 mm thick. The holes for the lugs of the cleats have not standardized of 32 mm, with a diameter of 5 mm. The line of these holes is normally 63 mm from the front edge and the back edge.

The holes for the upper edge anchors of the lower element are standardized holes with a diameter of 8 mm and a depth of 20 mm at a distance of 100 mm from the front edge and the rear edge of the post element. .

The panels may be panels generally chipboard dressed with a melamine coating, a veneer or other usual material panel coating.

Claims (1)

<U> REVENDICATI 0 NS </ U> Development cabinet consisting of two uprights joined together by shelves, to be delivered unassembled to be adapted to the place of its installation, characterized in that two uprights are formed of two pairs of upright members (1, 2), identical, stackable, on each side of the box, # provided with rows of holes (11, 21) for tablet cleats, # the upper edge (14) of one of the elements (1) and the lower edge of the other element (2) having bores (12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24) for assembly journals (31, 32, 33) in positions counterparts, # adjustable shelves (41, 42, 43) to be installed between the uprights (1, 2), each shelf comprising # a central element (41) possibly cut the necessary width, # two side members (42, 43) , the central member (41) having trunnion holes on each side (410, 411, 412, 413, 4 14, 415), of great depth, aligned after mounting on the rows of bores (11, 21) with lugs, to leave a trunnion bore even after a significant reduction of width of this central element (41), the elements side members (42, 43) each having housing (421-423; 431-433) for assembly journals (50) for coming into the bores of the central element (41), two cam housings (424, 425, 434, 435) for each receiving a connecting cam ( 60), taking a screw head screwed to the chosen place in one of the lug orifices, to pull on these screw heads and assemble this element (42, 43) to the stud element. 2) housing arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises shelves (41), provided with deep holes to receive the connecting pins of such a shelf forming a central element with two elements la (42, 43). 3) Housing arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the edge (14) pierced with the lower post member (1) is provided with a covering. 4) Housing arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises flat brackets for reinforcing the corners between the uprights and the fixed assembly shelves. Arrangement box according to claim 1, characterized in that the post members (1, 2) and the shelves are panels with a coating on the large surfaces and on at least some visible edges in the mounting position.