RU2448629C2 - Racking construction - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a rack for placing objects, composed of separate shelving units located one above the other. The shelving unit includes two vertical brackets, which upper and/or lower ends are configured with the possibility to connect to the shelving unit adjacent in the vertical direction; and the upper and/or lower plate element located between the brackets and made in the zone adjacent to the bracket, so that the space formed between the shelves of the bracket remains free around the bracket according to the shape and size of its cross section.

EFFECT: opportunity to connect shelving units without loss of space.

9 cl, 3 dwg

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a rack for placing items made up of separate shelving units located one above the other. At the corners of the rack there are four vertically located corners to which the bottoms of the sections of the rack are attached. The bottoms of the sections go from the back to the front with a drop so that objects can slide forward. The corners of all the shelving units, with the exception of the lower ones, are designed so that the upper ends of both rear corners are located above both front corners.

State of the art

The connection of the shelving blocks is carried out by connecting the ends of the corners to each other, and, for example, the lower ends of the corners are made so that their shelves are shifted inward. Due to this, the extreme parts of the ends lie flat against each other, with the outer sides of the corners lying in the same plane (DE 29614168).

If a rack unit having an upper horizontally located plate is to be inserted into such a rack, then the upper ends of the corners of this rack unit should protrude upward above the plate so that the connection with the corners of the next upper rack unit can be made in the same way as the previous ones. In this case, the space between the lower inclined bottom of the upper rack unit and the upper plate of the just mentioned unit is lost.

A similar problem occurs when a rack unit with side walls is used that is welded or otherwise attached on the inside to the shelves of the corners. In this case, the fastening also cannot be performed in the usual way, if the side walls reach the upper edge of the corners.

This kind of problem can occur wherever there is a connection of corners.

Disclosure of invention

An object of the present invention is to provide such a construction of a shelving unit for use with other shelving units so that adjacent shelving units can be connected by connecting corners without spatial loss.

To solve this problem, the present invention proposes a shelf unit with the features of paragraph 1 of the claims and / or a shelf unit with the features of paragraph 2. In the dependent paragraphs, improvements of the present invention are defined.

Due to the cutout in the upper and / or lower plate element and the corresponding cutout in the side wall directly in the corner area, the lower ends of the upper or upper ends of the lower adjacent shelving unit can be moved further than would allow the position of the upper and / or lower plate element or side wall .

A particularly simple way to cut out the upper and / or lower plate element is to obliquely trim the corner. The edge formed in this case goes approximately along the hypotenuse of the triangle defined by the two shelves of the corner.

In a rack unit with four corners located at the corners, it is possible to provide for the implementation of the aforementioned embodiment of the plate element, for example, only in the area of both front corners or only in the area of both rear corners, depending on the specific application. For the rack unit described in the Prior Art section above, an appropriate design of the top cover plate may be sufficient only in the area of both front corners. The same is true for the side walls.

It is especially advisable to use the present invention for a shelf unit made in the form of a cabinet unit, that is, having two side walls, a rear wall, an upper and lower plate and a front side closed by a door.

A brief description of the graphic materials

Further features, details and advantages of the invention arise from its formula with reference to the description, to the preferred embodiments contained in the description, as well as to the drawings, where

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shelf unit made in the form of a cabinet unit;

FIG.2 is a top view of the angle of the rack unit corresponding to FIG.1;

FIG.3 is an enlarged image of a side view of the front upper corner zone.

The implementation of the invention

Figure 1 presents the axonometric projection of the shelving unit, made in the form of a cabinet unit and intended for the formation of the rack together with other vertically adjacent shelving units.

The rack unit includes four corners 1, which are arranged vertically and have the same length. Both flanges of the corner profile are turned inward, so that the inner side of the angle between the flanges of the corner is turned inward. The shelving unit includes an upper closing plate 2 and a bottom plate, which is not visible in the axonometry of FIG. 1. Further, the rack unit includes a left side wall 3 and a right side wall 4, which is not visible in FIG. 1. The cabinet unit can be closed from the rear by the rear wall.

The side walls 3, 4 are located between the corners 1 and are connected to the inner sides of the flanges of corners turned to each other, for example, by welding. The upper closing plate 2 and the bottom are connected to the side walls 3, 4, for example, by welding.

The corners 1 of the rack unit have the same length, but are arranged so that both rear corners 1h are higher than both front corners 1. On the front side, the rack unit is closed by door 5.

This rack unit is intended, for example, to be connected to another rack unit located above the one shown. Therefore, the upper rack unit also includes four corners 1 at the corners, which are deformed in their lower part (see FIG. 3) so that both shelves are shifted inward by the thickness of the material of the angular profile. As a consequence, the outer sides 12 of the lower parts 11 of the corners 1, when connected to the lower rack unit, lie flat against the inner sides of the shelves of the corners 1 of the lower rack unit.

In addition, as can be seen from FIG. 1, the upper ends of the front corners 1 project only slightly above the upper side of the upper plate element 2.

Go to FIG. 2. Figure 2 presents a top view of the right front corner of the rack unit. Corner 1 has two shelves 8, forming, as usual for corner profiles, a right angle. A side wall 4 is welded to the inner side of the backward flange 8. The side wall 4 can, for example, be formed as an integral unit with an upper plate element 2, which in this case is bent at right angles to thereby form a plate element 2. This plate element 2 is oblique cut off in the area of the inner side of the corner 1 and forms an edge 7 on the cut, leaving free space between both shelves 8 of the corner 1. In the area of the front edge 6, located in FIG. 2 below, the upper plate element 2 is slightly beaded up.

Due to the oblique trimming of the upper plate element 2, it is possible to push the lower deformed corner end 11, which is deformed by a shift inward, so that its lower edge 13 is located under the upper side of the upper plate element 2. For this, a different form of trimming of the angle of the upper plate element 2 would be sufficient, but oblique pruning is the easiest.

Since the rear corners 1h protrude above the upper side of the upper plate above the front, the described design of the corners in the areas of the two rear corners 1h is not required. However, for the rack unit, in which the rear corners only protrude — or do not protrude at all — above the upper plate 2, a similar execution of the corners in the rear zone is also possible.

Go to FIG. 3. Figure 3 shows the lower part 11 of the corner 1 of the upper rack unit in comparison with the corner 1 of the lower rack unit shown in figure 1. On the side wall 4, the upper edge 14 of which lies in the same plane with the upper side of the upper plate element 2, in the area of the upper edge there is a notch 15, made so that a certain part of the inner side of the shelf 8 remains free in this place. Below this cutout 15, the side wall 4 is connected to the inside of the flange 8 of corner 1, for example, by welding. This cutout 15 and the trimming of the corner portion of the plate element 2 enable the lower end portion 11 of the upper corner to be pushed down so that the mounting holes 16 of the upper corner are aligned with the mounting holes 16 of the lower corner. After that, connections, for example, threaded ones, can be made.

In the presented example, the distance from the trailing edge 17 of the cutout 15 to the leading edge 18 of the side wall 4 is larger than the size of the inner side of the flange 8 of the corner 1. This is dictated by the need to take into account the fact that the lower part 11 of the corner is deformed by a rearward shift, thus the backward edge 19 of this lower part 11 is pushed back further than the corresponding edge 19 of the corner 1 in the upper part of the corner. This possibility is ensured by the presence of the slit shown in FIG. 3, which is formed between the edge 17 of the cutout 15 and the backward edge 19 of the lower corner 1.

In the presented embodiment, the lower ends of the corner 1 of the rack unit are deformed by a shift inward, while the upper ends remain undeformed. Therefore, cutouts are made in the upper plate element and at the upper edge of the side walls 3, 4. Of course, shelving units are possible in which the upper ends of the corners are deformed by an inward shift, and the lower ends remain undeformed. In this case, the indicated versions of the corner zones are provided for the lower plate element, and cutouts 15 are made at the lower edge of the side walls 3, 4.

Claims (9)

1. Shelf unit, comprising at least two vertical corners (1), the upper and / or lower ends of which are made with the possibility of connection with a neighboring vertically shelving unit; and the upper and / or lower plate element (2) located between the corners (1) and made in the area adjacent to at least one corner (1), so that the space formed between the shelves (8) of the corner ( 1), remains free at least around the corner (1) in accordance with the shape and size of its cross section. 2. The shelving unit according to claim 1, in which the plate element (2) is made with a bevel of at least one corner zone. 3. The rack unit according to claim 1, in which four corners (1) are provided, and the plate element is made in such a way that free space remains in the area of corners (1) of the front side of the rack unit and / or the rear side of the rack unit. 4. The rack unit according to claim 1, including a rear wall attached in the area of the rear side to the inner side of the shelf (8) of each of the corners (1h) and having, at the junction with the corners (1h), in its upper and / or of its lower part, a cutout whose height corresponds to the required overlap of the corner (1) with the corner (1) of the adjacent rack unit. 5. The rack unit according to claim 4, in which a gap is formed between the edge of the cutout and the edge of the shelf (8) of the corner (1h) corresponding to the thickness of the shelf (8) of the corner (1h). 6. The shelving unit according to claim 1, made in the form of a cabinet unit with a door (5) on the front side. 7. Shelf unit, comprising at least two vertical corners (1), the upper and / or lower ends of which are made with the possibility of connection with adjacent vertically adjacent shelving unit; and at least one side wall (3, 4), which is attached to the inner side of the shelf (8) of at least one corner (1) and at the junction with the corner (1) has in its upper part and / or in its lower part there is a cut-out (15), the height of which corresponds to the required overlap of this corner with the corner of the adjacent rack unit. 8. The shelving unit according to claim 7, in which a gap is formed between the edge of the cutout (15) and the edge (19) of the shelf (8) of the corner (1), corresponding to the thickness of the shelf (8) of the corner. 9. The rack unit according to claim 7, in which a cutout (15) of the side wall (3, 4) is provided near the corners (1) of the front side and / or near the corners (1h) of the back side of the block.

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