WO1995033625A1

WO1995033625A1 - Archiving system for storing and filing in particular dossiers, documents and the like

Info

Publication number: WO1995033625A1
Application number: PCT/EP1995/002164
Authority: WO
Inventors: Matthias RÖDER
Original assignee: Nips Ordnungssysteme Gmbh
Priority date: 1994-06-06
Filing date: 1995-06-06
Publication date: 1995-12-14
Also published as: ATE190272T1; EP0712356A1; DE59507950D1; AU2787795A; DE9409154U1; EP0712356B1

Abstract

An archiving system is disclosed comprising modular archiving units (1, 6, 7, 37, 38, 41) for storing and filing dossiers documents and similar items. The system is based on main stackable base boxes (1) which accommodate files, drawers (37), archive boxes (41) and the like. All the archiving units (6, 7, 37, 38, 41) in the system are compatible with a base unit in the form of a base box (1) with uniform dimensions which accommodates standard files, and the modules of the archiving system including the base module are formed from an integral flat cardboard blank.

Description

Archive system for the storage and storage of files, documents and the like in particular

The invention relates to an archive system according to the preamble of claim 1.

Such archive systems are known and are made up of box-like or box-like basic boxes with a rectangular plan made of cardboard, which can be stacked in height and width or arranged side by side. These basic boxes serve to hold drawer elements, standard folders, archive boxes and the like. A disadvantage of the known archive systems is the fact that these archive systems are not sufficiently compatible with one another, that is to say the individual modules of the modular system cannot be combined as a whole. According to a known archive system, differently dimensioned green boxes have to be used in order to be able to accommodate drawer elements or folders, which means that either only basic boxes can be stacked one above the other or next to one another which serve to hold folders, or basic boxes to hold drawer elements. The usability of such archive systems is thereby impaired. Furthermore, in the known archive systems, separate connecting elements made of plastic or steel, in particular the plastic frame enclosing the basic box with steel reinforcement, are required for the purpose of stacking the base modules, so that the material uniformity which is very expedient for production and recycling is not preserved . This also reduces the versatility of such archive systems.

The object of the invention is to create an archive system which ensures full compatibility of the individual modules with one another, in particular with a uniform basic box for accommodating the other archive elements. The archive elements should also be simple and sturdy, easy to handle and transport.

This object is achieved according to the invention by the features contained in the characterizing part of claim 1, expedient developments of the invention being characterized by the features contained in the subclaims.

According to the invention, the archive system manages with a uniform basic box, which is used both to hold the drawer elements and optionally to hold standard folders and archive boxes. The basic box preferably has a dimension of the interior of approximately 310 mm depth, 380 mm length and 320 mm height, so that optionally different standard folders, in particular 5 standard folders with a back width of 75 mm, can be accommodated. Because of the uniform basic box for the different modules, a shelf system or archiving system constructed from the basic boxes by stacking and stacking one another can be used extremely variably, by using folders, archive boxes and / or drawer elements. It is further advantageous that all modules of the archive system are constructed from a flat blank. On the one hand, this enables advantages for the transport and packaging of the flat blank and furthermore ensures that the archiving system can be stored in a space-saving manner when not in use. The basic box can optionally be closed with an attachable cover or an attachable cover. The drawer element can also be closed with a snap-on hinged lid. Both the basic box and the drawer element can thus be used as transport boxes. The hinged lid constructed from a separate blank can also be used to close the opening of the basic box if several basic boxes are stacked or juxtaposed. The base box and the drawer element are expediently double-walled with respect to the side walls, so that appropriate loads can be absorbed. The basic boxes are connected to one another by connecting elements which are made of cardboard in the same material as the other module elements and are preferably integrated in the basic box cut, so can be easily broken out of the basic box if required.

Since all elements of the archive system are advantageously made of cardboard, simple recycling is provided. As a result of the foldability, there are advantages for storage when the archive system is not in use. Furthermore, if necessary, the drawer element can be converted into a hanging folder element in a simple manner by inserting an inner ring made of cardboard, which is also constructed from a flat blank. The inner ring also provides advantageous stiffening and stabilization of the drawer element. The individual elements are matched to one another in such a way that, in the case of a combination, that is to say when assembling or assembling the individual elements, for example by means of plug-in connecting tabs, additional stabilization and strength of the structure of the individual archive elements is ensured .

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to the drawings. In it show:

1 is a perspective schematic representation of the basic module of the basic box of the modular system with a snap-on hinged lid and a snap-on lid that can be optionally attached,

2 shows a schematic illustration, likewise in a perspective view, to explain the structure of the basic box in the left illustration and to explain it the juxtaposition and stacking of several basic boxes in the right representation,

3 shows a flat blank of the basic box, from which the basic box can be produced by appropriate folding,

4 shows a schematic illustration which explains the structure of the drawer element, including the inner ring for the hanging system which can be inserted into the drawer element and the slip lid which can be placed on the drawer element,

5 shows an embodiment of the cutting of the drawer element,

6 shows the cutting of the inner ring from which it can be produced by folding,

Fig. 7 shows the cut of the slip lid for the drawer element.

8 an explanation of the structure of the archive box,

9 shows a cut of the archive box,

10 shows a cut of the slip lid for the basic box, and

11 shows a blank of the hinged lid which can be inserted into the basic box.

The archive system, as will be described in the following, comprises, as the basic module, a basic box of rectangular shape and four opposite side walls 2, 3, 4 denoted by 1 in FIG. 1, uniformly constructed in the system and provided with the same basic dimensions and 5, of which the side walls 2 and 4 in the illustrated embodiment Long side walls and side walls 3 and 5 form the narrow side walls. The basic box 1 is made from a one-piece blank of cardboard shown in detail in FIG. 3 by appropriate folding. The basic box 1, which is open at the top or front as a basic module, can be closed by a hinged lid 6, which is also made from a blank according to FIG is. Alternatively, instead of the hinged lid 6, the basic box 1, which is open at the top, can be closed by an attachable slip lid 7, which is likewise constructed from a blank according to FIG. 10. The hinged lid is particularly suitable for closing the basic boxes if this is part of a wall-type archive system consisting of basic boxes arranged one above the other and / or next to one another, whereas the basic box 1 becomes a transport box due to the cover 7 that can be placed on it.

This basic box, which represents the basic module, is compatible with other archive elements of the system, namely a drawer element with the aid of FIGS. 4 to 7, which for hanging systems has an inner ring shown in FIG. 6 as a cut and, if necessary, can be closed with a slip lid to form a transport box . The drawer element can be pushed into the basic box. This also applies to the archive box explained in FIGS. 8 and 9. The basic box 1 is also designed in such a way that it can optionally hold seven 50 standard folders, five 75 standard folders or four 80 standard folders, the usual ring folders under standard folders, for example ring folders from Leitz (registered trademark) with corresponding ones Back width can be understood. For this purpose, the basic box 1 has a depth of approximately 310 mm, a length of approximately 380 mm and a height or width of approximately 320 mm with respect to its interior in the assembled state. It is essential that both the folders and the drawer element including the archive boxes described below are compatible with one and the same basic box, - 6 - so that shelf-like wall systems can be constructed from the basic boxes, which can be populated with the standard folders, the drawer elements, and the archive boxes as well as other module elements. are. In order to also meet these requirements in terms of strength, the basic box 1 in the exemplary embodiment shown is double-walled with respect to the side walls 2 to 5, as can clearly be seen in FIG. According to FIG. 3, from which the basic box 1 can be produced by appropriately folding along grooves, the blank of the basic box has additional wall sections 8 to 11 which can be folded inwards and which in accordance with FIG. 2 via the wall sections 2 to 5 inwards to folded to the bottom of the basic box 1 and thus form the two-layer side wall structure of the basic box 1. In this case, between the side walls 2 to 5 and corresponding additional wall sections 8 to 11, two grooves are provided for the folding, which delimit a thin web 12 between them, so that there is a circumferential upper edge, determined by the thickness of the web 12 Basic box 1 shows in which openings 13, 14 and 15 are formed for receiving the hinged cover. These openings 13, 14 and 15 are also shown in the cut according to FIG. 3, in this case the openings 13 and 14 serve to receive foldable insertion flaps 16 and 17 of the hinged cover 6, which after insertion through the openings 13 and 14 can be unfolded again, so that the hinged lid is firmly anchored in the basic box 1. The further and opposite opening 15 serves to receive the closing tongue 18 of the hinged lid 6. Further details of the hinged lid 6 result from the blank according to FIG. 11, the graphical representation with regard to the details of the hinged lid being so clear that a single ge This description is superfluous, since the person skilled in the art can see the representations of the blanks in the figures without further structure, arrangement and mode of operation and thus the essential technical and functional features. Here are the grooves in the blanks, i.e. the folded edges indicated by dashed representations. The solid lines represent end edges of the blank.

The details of the cutting of the slip lid 7 again result from the cutting according to FIG. 10 in an analogous manner, without additional explanations being required. However, the slip lid contains recesses or openings 19 on two opposite sides, a total of four in number, which serve to accommodate the connecting elements according to FIG. 2, in order to ensure that base boxes provided with slip covers are fixed one above the other. Finally, the basic box contains openings or recesses 20 located approximately at the center of the side walls in the area immediately adjacent to the corner edges on the two opposite longitudinal side walls, analogous to the openings or recesses 19 of the slip lid 7, which are for receiving in the The connecting elements described in more detail above are used for the stacking or side-by-side arrangement and appropriate fixing of a plurality of basic boxes. These openings 20 are also specified in the cut of the basic boxes according to FIG. 3 and are again found to be complementary in the additional side wall sections 9 and 11 to be covered over the side walls, these recesses being provided with the reference symbols 20a.

The bottom of the basic box is formed from the folding sections 21, 22, 23 and 24 shown in FIG. 3, the interior being delimited by the bottom section 24. Pass-through openings for transport are shown in the side walls 3 and 5 by a punched tab with grooves, so that the handle openings can be formed after the tab has been broken through. These penetration tabs, designated 25 in FIG. 3, correspond in size and orientation to the penetration openings 26 in the additional wall sections 8 and 10. Integrated in the blank according to FIG. 3 are two connecting lugs 27 and 28 which, when in use, can be broken out of the additional wall section 8 which comes to lie on the inside when the basic box is set up. These connecting elements 27 and 28 are designed as strip-like strips which contain two central grooves 29 and 30 and two outer grooves 31 and 32, so that the connecting elements are folded as required on the right as shown in FIG. 2 can be. For this purpose, the outer grooves 31 and 32 are arranged at a distance from the free ends of the connecting elements 27 and 28, which is preferably greater than the distance of the grooves 31 and 32 from the closest central grooves 29 and 30, which are otherwise between limit a thin web 33.

As can be seen from FIG. 2, right-hand illustration, two basic boxes arranged next to one another can be inserted at 34 by means of corresponding M-shaped folded connecting links. As shown in Fig. 2, right representation below, the outer tabs of the connecting elements still carry upwards above the basic box, so that they can be used as stacked connections. Two connecting elements are inserted laterally at 35, which are bent essentially in a G-shape. These also protrude upwards after insertion into the corresponding openings 20, so that they serve as stack connections for the stacking of the basic boxes. For the insertion of the connecting elements, it is essential that the side walls are double-walled because this results in a good anchoring of the connecting elements and overall stiffening at the connecting areas. The thin web 33 serves to bridge the double wall structure of the side walls. If, on the other hand, the connecting elements are folded in a U-shape, the openings 20 can be closed by simply inserting or plugging in the U-shaped connecting tabs. Here, one of the U-legs of the Connecting element inserted between the additional wall section and the actual side wall, so that the connecting element used is also fixed accordingly.

5 shows the cut of the drawer element which can be inserted into the basic box 1, FIG. 4 showing the erection or the construction of the drawer element from the cut according to FIG. 5, so that detailed explanations, in particular with regard to the shape, arrangement and design of the Cutting are not necessary, since this is readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the representations according to FIGS. 4 and 5.

If the drawer element is to be converted into a hanging system so that conventional hanging files can be hung into the drawer element, an inner ring 36, which can be seen as a blank from FIG. 6, is inserted into the drawer element, the upper peripheral edge of which for the support of the hanging system. Additional reinforcement is not required.

The drawer element 37 shown in FIG. 4, which is double-walled or double-walled with respect to the side walls for the purpose of stabilization, by correspondingly folding over additional wall sections, can be combined with a slip-on cover 38 so that the drawer element is independent can be used as a carrying box. The slip lid 38, which is also produced from a one-piece rabbet blank, results as a blank from FIG. 7. As can be seen from the blanking of the inner ring according to FIG. 6, through openings of the drawer element correspond to through openings 39 provided so that the drawer element can be worn separately. The corresponding access openings in the drawer element are identified by the reference numeral 40. The archive boxes 41, which can also optionally be inserted into the basic box instead of the drawer element or the standard folder, result from FIG. 8 (assembly positions) and with respect to the cut from FIG. 9. As shown in FIG. 8, right-hand illustration, includes the archive box has a hinged lid 42, which is provided with locking tongues 43, so that the archive box can be conveniently closed and opened for removing documents. With regard to the representation of the blanks, it should be pointed out that all the details of these blanks represent essential aspects of the archive system, but a description is unnecessary on the basis of the graphic representations and the various representations which exactly illustrate the structure of the individual archive elements.

Claims

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Archive system consisting of modular archive elements for the storage and storage of files, documents and the like in particular, with stackable basic boxes for storing folders, drawer elements, archive boxes and the like, characterized in that all archive elements (1, 37, 41) of the Compatible with the basic box (1) having the uniform dimensions and designed for accommodating standard folders as the base module and the modules (1, 6, 7, 40, 41, 36) of the archive system including the base module (1) a flat, one-piece cardboard blank are formed.

System according to claim 1, characterized in that the

Basic dimension of the basic box, which is uniform in the system, is designed for a depth of preferably 310 mm in length, approximately 380 mm in height and approximately 320 mm in depth for the optional accommodation of a total of seven 50s, five 75s and four 80s standard folders.

System according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the modules which are compatible with the unitary basic box and which consist of drawer elements (37) which can be inserted into the basic box, archive boxes (41) which can be inserted into the basic box, and drawer covers (38) which can be slipped onto the drawer element on the basic box slip-on box covers (7) and hinged covers (6) which can be inserted into the basic box are formed.

System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the basic boxes (1) which can be stacked or lined up laterally, including their connecting elements (27, 28) and the other modules, and thus the archive system as a whole are and are formed solely and uniformly from cardboard.

System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting elements (27, 28) of the basic boxes (1) are formed from a strip-like blank which has four grooves (29 to 32), two of which (29, 30) are located in the middle and delimit a thin web (33) between them, whereas the other two grooved grooves (31, 32) are arranged towards the outside and are at a distance from the free ends of the connecting elements which is greater than the distance from the adjacent ones inner groovings (29, 30), so that the cut in one of its use positions to an M-shape, in another to a U-shape in which the thin webs (29, 30) delimited by the inner groovings (29, 30) 33) forms the U-web, and can be folded into a further position of use with an essentially G-shape.

System according to claim 5, characterized in that preferably two connecting elements (27, 28) are included in the blank of the basic box and are breakable therefrom.

System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the basic box (1) formed in a known manner from a floor with a rectangular plan, two opposite narrow walls and two opposite longitudinal walls (2 to 5) in the region of the side walls (2 to 5) is constructed as a double wall by inwardly foldable wall sections (8 to 11), the wall sections (8 to 11) preferably covering the entire inner surface of the corresponding side walls (2 to 5). 8. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that through openings are preferably formed in the narrow side walls (3, 5).

9. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the basic box (1) at its upper folded edge on a narrow side two recesses (13, 14) for receiving insertion tongues (16, 17) of the hinged cover (6) and on the opposite narrow side has a recess (15) for receiving a closing tongue (18) of the hinged cover (6).

10. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that insertion openings (20) for the connecting elements are formed immediately adjacent to the corner edges of the basic box (1).

11. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cutting of the basic box (1) comprises additional inwardly foldable wall sections (8 to 11) for a double-walled box design.

12. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drawer element (37) is formed from two high opposite longitudinal side walls and two narrow side walls having a lower height in the central region, the side walls being constructed by inwardly foldable wall sections, preferably double-walled .

13. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the drawer element (37) an inner ring (38) of cardboard open at both ends is used for receiving suspension files, the height dimension of which relative to the higher side walls of the drawer element ( 37) are lower and the upper running edge is formed as a support for the hanging system.

14. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner ring (38) is equipped with through openings correspondingly and in alignment with through openings (40) of the drawer element (37).