Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
  • A47B96/20—Furniture panels or like furniture elements
  • A47B96/205—Composite panels, comprising several elements joined together
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
  • E04C2/00—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
  • E04C2/02—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials
  • E04C2/08—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials of metal, e.g. sheet metal

Definitions

• the present patent application relates to furniture made of aluminum alloys for apartments, offices, schools, etc.
• Aluminum alloys will hereinafter be referred to as aluminum.
• Aluminum as a basic material for the construction of furniture has so far not been used so far. However, it suffices to see an anodized aluminum plate to realize that this is unfortunate because the anodization gives the aluminum plate both an aesthetic appearance and a possibility of susceptible color variations. to easily maintain concurrency with the materials generally used in the construction of furniture, such as wood, metals, plastics, etc.
• FIG. 1 represents a panel intended for the fabrication of such aluminum furniture
• FIG. 2 represents a sectional view along the line x-x of FIG. 1, the sectional view being enlarged by 2.5 times with respect to FIG. 1,
• FIG. 3 represents a piece of furniture after assembly of various panels
• a panel 1 intended for the manufacture of aluminum furniture is made up of two rectangular aluminum plates A and B, of which at least one is anodized on one side, a side which in principle will be located on the visible outside of the cabinet as a final product.
• the two plates are on the one hand held essentially parallel to one another by the intermediary of spacers 3 made of aluminum, arranged between them, and on the other hand arranged so as to form a rectangular periphery common.
• a frame 2 made of aluminum U profiles is fixed on the common periphery formed by the two plates. As shown in FIG. 2, the edges of the two plates penetrate inside the U-shaped profile and are pressed against the inside face of the wings of the U-shaped profile. The edges of the two plates also abut against the inside of the base of the U.
• the dimension of the panel is given by the dimension of the frame made of U-shaped profiles and not by that of aluminum plates; which is a definite advantage because it avoids having to respect too precise cutting dimensions when cutting the plates, which would increase the manufacturing costs;
• the aluminum plate is already anodized before cutting, in other words the anodization has already been carried out on aluminum sheets in a strip. It is certain that it is almost impossible to envisage anodizing the aluminum plates after assembly of the panels because anodization in such conditions would require exorbitant costs It is moreover certainly for this reason that the plates anodized aluminum have not been used to date in the construction of furniture because no one has had the idea of designing a process in which the aluminum plates are anodized prior to the manufacture of the furniture itself. -even.
• FIG. 3_ there is shown a piece of aluminum furniture consisting of several panels __ as described above.
• the panels have different sizes as it takes place in any wooden furniture for example; in other words, it is possible to mass produce panels of different dimensions and then to design pieces of furniture which differ essentially in the number, shape and dimensions of the associated panels. I. 'Onrae of the trade here easily sees the analogy of manufacturing with wooden panels without having to give additional details.
• the same panel can consist of several compartments separated by aluminum profiles as shown in the figure, this in order for example to increase the rigidity of the panel or avoid the use of too large aluminum plates susceptible to instability or undesirable vibrations.

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