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
  • A47B21/00—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
  • A47B21/03—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards with substantially horizontally extensible or adjustable parts other than drawers, e.g. leaves
• • 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
  • A47B9/00—Tables with tops of variable height
  • A47B9/18—Tables with tops of variable height with additional top or additional legs for varying the height of the top
  • A47B2009/185—Tables with tops of variable height with additional top or additional legs for varying the height of the top being positioned between the table top and the legs or underframe
• • 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
  • A47B37/00—Tables adapted for other particular purposes
  • A47B2037/005—Tables specially adapted for laboratories
• • 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
  • A47B2200/00—General construction of tables or desks
  • A47B2200/0011—Underframes
  • A47B2200/0013—Desks with central bearing beams
• • 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
  • A47B2200/00—General construction of tables or desks
  • A47B2200/0011—Underframes
  • A47B2200/002—Legs
  • A47B2200/0026—Desks with C-shaped leg
• • 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
  • A47B2200/00—General construction of tables or desks
  • A47B2200/0084—Accessories for tables or desks
  • A47B2200/0085—Supplementary support fixed on the edge of a desk or table

Definitions

• the invention relates to a kit for producing office work tables with the features mentioned in the preamble of claim 1.
• Kits and office desks manufactured thereafter are known from GB-PS 2089652 and EP-A2-0 123972.
• the present invention is intended to simplify the kit and thus the construction of an office work table, and it should only require a small number of different components.
• the connectors designed according to the invention can be used in a variety of ways. On the one hand, they serve to connect support beams with vertical supports, and also to attach support arms that support the table tops. This enables the table tops to be set at different heights. Furthermore, the connectors can be used to accommodate structures that protrude upward above the table top, in various ways, namely by engaging support arms that support the structures in the channels of the lower parts of the connectors that are open at the bottom. On the other hand, the cover plates of the connectors can be used to support other structures. With the kit according to the invention, tables of various sizes and shapes can be produced. The tables can be combined with one another by means known per se, in a straight line or at angles.
• a connecting piece which is located outside of a table top, for example above a support, can in turn be used to support structures, for example a swivel arm for a shell or the like.
• a horizontal cable duct can be provided, which is arranged on the rear side of a supporting beam and has a gutter as the main part, which can be closed by a hinged lid, but not entirely, so that a gap remains which is closed by a series of bristles. Cables can be led outside through the bristles from the cable duct.
• the cable duct can be attached to the back of the lower parts of the connecting pieces.
• the table tops can be slidably arranged from the front to the rear in such a way that when the table top is pulled forward the flap of the cable duct can be opened and that on the other hand the table top can be pushed over the closed hinged cover, but the row of bristles remains accessible. Telescopic slides can be provided for low-friction movement of the table top.
• Figure 1 shows in perspective an office work table with a rectangular
• Table top which is constructed with a kit according to the invention.
• Figure 2 shows in perspective the right end of such a table with a structure.
• Figure 3 is a right side view of such a work table with a rear additional plate and a holder for superstructures.
• Figure 4 is a front view of the left part of the work table of Figure 3.
• Figure 5 is a side view of one of the connectors.
• FIG. 6 is a cross section along line VI-VI in FIG. 5.
• FIG. 7 is a perspective bottom view of a work table and shows the lower part of a connecting piece, the end of a supporting beam for the table top fastened thereon and a support arm for superstructures fastened at the bottom of the lower part.
• Figure 8 is an exploded view of a work table according to
• FIGS. 9 and 10 show in perspective the left end of a worktable with cable ducts, the cover of a horizontal cable duct being opened in FIG. 9 and closed in FIG. 10.
• FIG. 11 shows a perspective view of the left end of a table top and a support beam projecting below it to the left with a connecting piece which sits on the upper end of a support and in turn carries a structural part with a shoe arm.
• Figure 12 shows in perspective, obliquely from below, the left end of one
• Table top with associated support arm, a telescopic rail and a stop bracket.
• Supporting beams can be placed next to one another at an angle, and accordingly table tops other than rectangular can be used, polygonal shape, trapezoidal shape and other things which are known per se and are therefore not described here.
• Figures 1, 3, 4 and B show the table top 2, the associated support beam 4 in the form of a tube of rectangular cross-section, and supports 6, also in the form of rectangular tubes and foot brackets B fastened to it below.
• the support beam 4 is with the supports 6 firmly connected by a connector 10 each.
• the connecting piece has a lower part 12.
• the lower part has a recess 14, here rectangular, which is open at the top and is adapted to the cross-sectional shape of the supporting beam, into which a supporting beam 4 just fits with play.
• the lower part can be covered by a flat rectangular cover plate 16 which can be screwed to the lower part 12, for which purpose threaded holes 1B are provided.
• the rear end of a support beam 20 can be screwed to the lower part, as shown in FIG.
• the support beam 20 in turn receives the table top.
• Leave to change the height of the table top insert flat spacer plates 56 of different heights between the rear end of the support beam 20 and the lower part 12, as shown in FIG.
• the support beams can be closed by cover plates 50.
• DB ⁇ lower part 12 has two downwardly projecting side walls 22, which run parallel to one another and, in the view according to FIG. 5, have the shape of flat triangles. Between them there is a channel 24 which is open at the bottom and has two functions. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, this channel can receive the upper end of a support 6 or, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 7, the end section of a support arm 25 which is used to support structures.
• the lower part 12 is fastened by screws screwed in from above, with a support arm 26 by screws screwed in from below, for which purpose the appropriate threaded bores 1B and others are provided in the lower part.
• an extension arm 28 can be attached to the support arm 26, which carries a rear additional plate 30. This can be at the same height as the table top 2.
• the support arms 26 can carry a board 32 ( Figure 2) as part of a rear structure. Additional additional elements, for example a flat storage tray 34, can be attached to the board.
• the supporting beam 4 can protrude from under the left end of the table top 2, so that there remains space for attaching additional elements.
• the upper end of the left support 6 engages in the channel 24 (FIG. 6) of the lower part 12 of an intermediate element and is secured against tilting by the two side cheeks 22.
• the cover plate 16 carries a short column 36 on which the rear end of a swivel arm 38 is rotatably mounted. At its right end, not shown here, the swivel arm can carry a shell for receiving a telephone, monitor or the like.
• the work table can be equipped with cable ducts, but this is only one possible variant.
• Figures 1, 2, 3 and 8 to 10 show a rear, horizontal cable duct 40, which is formed from a groove 42 and a hinged lid 44 hinged to the front edge of the groove.
• the trough has a substantially rectangular cross section, but its rear underside is slightly bevelled, namely to match the shape of the support arms 26.
• the trough 42 of the horizontal cable duct is screwed from behind to the lower parts 12 of the connecting pieces (FIGS. 9 and 10).
• the channel At its rear edge, the channel has a series of bristles 46. At its ends it can be covered by end caps 48.
• the hinged lid 44 can be against the rear edge of the table top
• the table top is then in a front position.
• the hinged lid can be folded down into a horizontal position, in which case only the row of bristles 46 remains accessible from above. These bristles allow cables 52 to be led outside.
• the table top can be brought into a rear position, in which it covers the cable duct down to the row of bristles, as shown in the figure
• FIG. 3 shows.
• the table top is mounted on telescopic rails 54 so that it can be shifted from front to back.
• the telescopic rails 54 are located between the table top and support arms 20 (FIG. 12) (DRAWER!).
• Figure 12 also shows that the table top 2 is arranged relatively high above the support beam 4, which has been done by spacer plates 56 (DRAWER!), which are inserted between the upper end of the lower part 12 of a connecting piece and the rear end of a support beam 20.
• Stop angles 58 are fastened to the bottom of the table top, of which FIG. 12 shows the left one.
• the vertical arm of the stop bracket 58 strikes the supporting beam 4 and thus limits the backward displacement of the table top.
• a lower horizontal section 60 of the stop angle below grasps the support beam 4 and thereby secures the table top 2 against the fact that its front side tilts downwards when it is loaded at the front by heavy equipment or a person sitting on it.
• Known vertical cable channels 62 can be provided which have a central wall 64 and cover shells 66 which can be snapped on both sides, the outer shell of which is removed according to FIG. 10 and is placed next to the support 6.

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