RU2500320C2 - Furniture construction for storing articles - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to consumer goods, particularly to furniture for storing various household, office and industrial articles. The furniture construction for storing articles comprises several internal compartments; the internal compartments can be moved by the actuator in a closed circuit. The furniture construction has access window through which access is carried out to the contents of internal compartment that is currently in front of the access window. The surface of each internal compartment has an open area to access the interior of the compartment, and each compartment in one of the positions is aligned by the open area with the access window. The internal compartments are located in the drum of a revolving type, rotating around the axis and providing movement of the internal compartments in a closed circular contour and alignment of the open area of each internal compartment with the access window. The access window has a means of changing its position and adjustment for height of a particular user.

EFFECT: increased efficiency and ease of use.

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Description

The invention relates to consumer goods, and more particularly to furniture production, in particular to furniture for storing various household, office and industrial items, while furniture can relate to both residential and industrial, warehouse and other premises.

The invention can be used in furniture production.

Known furniture design for storing items containing several internal compartments (See the magazine "Do it yourself" No. 6, 1999, p. 5, or any cabinet according to GOST 19882-91 "Cabinet furniture. Methods of testing for stability, strength and deformability ". Date of publication: 11.11.1991, developer, Ministry of Forestry and Woodworking Industry of the USSR). This design is a cabinet. Like other furniture for storing items, such as a cupboard, cabinet, mezzanine, etc., the cupboard is divided by shelves or otherwise into separate internal compartments. The disadvantage of this solution is that in such furniture there are internal compartments, access to which is difficult due to their location. For example, they can be either high or low for the user: below the belt, above eye level, near walls, etc. For a cabinet, this is the mezzanine area and the shoe shelf area at the bottom of the cabinet itself.

Also known is a furniture structure for storing items containing several internal compartments (RF patent for utility model No. 67828, published in 2007). This design is a mezzanine. In it, the internal compartments can be lowered by means of a drive from an inconvenient level for the user, for example, at the ceiling, to the level of the upper body of a person standing on the floor. This utility model is selected as a prototype of the proposed solution.

The disadvantage of this solution is its inefficiency and inconvenience of operation. Inefficiency is associated with the fact that a small amount of free space is used. The inconvenience of operation is due to the fact that in this design there are no compartments with user-friendly access.

The proposed invention poses the technical task of creating such a furniture structure in which the internal compartments would be able to move within the volume of the furniture structure itself, to provide convenient user access to the contents of each of the internal compartments.

The solution to the technical problem is achieved due to the fact that the furniture design for storing items contains several internal compartments. The internal compartments have the ability to move with the drive in a closed loop. The furniture structure has at least one access window, through which access is made to the contents of the internal compartment, which is currently opposite the access window. The surface of each inner compartment has an open area for access to the internal volume of the compartment, and each compartment in one of the positions is combined with the open area with an access window.

The proposed furniture design for storing items is illustrated using the attached drawing. Figure 1 shows a General view of the furniture structure for storing items.

The invention consists in the following. The cylindrical inner compartments 1 move along a closed circular contour 2 formed by guides 3. The furniture structure has a continuous front facade 4, equipped with an access window 5 to the inner contents. Also, the furniture structure has a fixed interior compartment 6, which is accessed through an access window 7 in the facade 4.

The functioning of the furniture structure for storing items in figure 1 is as follows. The internal compartments 1, with storage items disposed therein, move in a closed loop within the volume of the furniture structure. During a circular motion through the access window 5, the user has the ability to access all internal compartments sequentially.

The furniture structure for storing items contains several internal compartments. The internal compartments have the ability to move with the drive in a closed loop. The drive can be manual or electric. Movement in a closed loop can be carried out, for example, along the guides, or the carousel principle is applied, or a revolving principle, or some other. The essence of the movement is that the internal compartments move in a closed loop, and successively each subsequent internal compartment occupies the position of the previous one.

The furniture structure has at least one access window, through which access is made to the contents of the internal compartment, which is currently opposite the access window. This window may be open, or may have a door. The position of this access window may be stationary, but you can also provide for the possibility of a small individual adjustment to the growth of a particular user.

The surface of each inner compartment has an open area for access to the internal volume of the compartment, and each compartment in one of the positions is combined with the open area with an access window. The shape of the movable internal compartments can be arbitrary, for example, they can be made in the form of cylinders. The shape of the access window may not coincide either with the shape of the interior, or with the shape of the open area of the interior. For example, if the internal compartments are in the form of cylinders and the shape of the open area is round, then the access window does not have to be round.

Internal compartments may contain division into departments, or be equipped with shelves. During movement, they can maintain a vertical position to prevent tilting of the contents, and can rotate when moving in a closed loop, for example, when implementing a design using a revolving method of rotation. A furniture structure for storing items can also have fixed internal compartments that are not involved in movement. Access to them is carried out in the traditional way.

The furniture structure can be attached to the wall, to the ceiling, located on the floor, acting as a cabinet, built-in cabinet, mezzanine, hinged shelf, curbstones.

Since the internal compartments of the furniture structure themselves approach a certain place of access to them, the rest of the front surface of the furniture structure can be tightly closed, can go into the closed cavity of the walls, furniture can be moved to it, paintings, carpets, etc. can be hung on it.

The claimed furniture design for storing items can be implemented in industry using advanced modern technologies, materials and processes and can be used in furniture production for the production of furniture designs for storing items.

The layout of the furniture structure for storing items tested in the laboratory. As a result of the pilot check, the possibility of moving the internal compartments in a closed loop and the ability to access all internal compartments through the access window was established. The design showed the efficiency and ease of use for the user, as well as the efficiency of using not only the internal space of the furniture structure, but also the external space of the room in which the furniture structure is located.

The present invention expands the range of furniture designs for storing items, can have various options and is recommended for widespread adoption in the furniture industry.

Claims (7)

1. Furniture structure for storing items containing several internal compartments, internal compartments have the ability to move with the drive in a closed loop, moreover, the furniture structure has at least one access window through which access is made to the contents of the internal compartment located in this the moment opposite the access window, the surface of each inner compartment having an open area for access to the inner volume of the compartment, and each compartment in one of the positions is located in an open area with an access window, while the internal compartments are located in a revolving drum rotating around an axis and providing movement of the internal compartments in a closed circular circuit and combining the open area of each internal compartment with the access window, characterized in that the access window has a means for changing it provisions and adjustments for the growth of a specific user. 2. The furniture structure according to claim 1, characterized in that each inner compartment is made in the form of a straight circular cylinder with an open area for access to the inner volume of the compartment at the base of the cylinder. 3. The furniture structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner compartments are provided with shelves dividing them into departments. 4. The furniture structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner compartments are equipped with a means for plane-parallel movement of the inner compartments during rotation of the drum of the furniture structure. 5. The furniture structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the access window has a round shape. 6. The furniture structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the access window has a rectangular shape. 7. The furniture structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the access window has a door for closing.

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