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
  • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
  • A47B47/02—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements made of metal only
  • A47B47/021—Racks or shelf units
  • A47B47/022—Racks or shelf units with cantilever shelves
• • 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
  • A47B96/14—Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like
  • A47B96/145—Composite members, i.e. made up of several elements joined together
  • A47B96/1458—Composite members, i.e. made up of several elements joined together with perforations

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• Shelving systems must be able to be adapted to the individual needs of the user. Height, width and depth as well as the number of shelves depend on the use of the shelf. It is also desirable that shelves that have already been set up can be easily expanded or converted.
• the profiles of the components used for the shelf determine the load-bearing capacity of the shelf. Shelves for holding larger loads require correspondingly stable components. If, on the other hand, components that are too solid are used for light shelves, this results in an unnecessarily heavy, material-consuming and inelegative construction.
• the invention has for its object to provide a shelving system that can be assembled from the smallest possible number of different components.
• the shelf element provided thereafter is composed of U-shaped rails, which can also be used alone, preferably as shelf wall rails.
• a basic element is thus provided, from which several different shelf components can be formed.
• the components made up of two U-shaped rails are characterized by their inherent rigidity due to their profile and allow the construction of stable frame structures.
• Claims 7 and 8 relate to advantageous design options for the connection of the rod elements according to the invention.
• FIG. 1 shows an overall view of a shelf assembled according to the invention
• FIG. 2 shows a component for connecting two U-shaped rails to form a box section
• Fig. 3 shows an arrangement for connecting two shelf columns to a shelf stand
• the shelf shown in FIG. 1 has a frame which is constructed from two rear wall rails 10, two front, free-standing columns 11 and horizontal cross members 12. Each wall rail 10 is connected to an associated column 11 via struts 13 to form a side shelf stand 14.
• the wall rails 10 are provided with elongated holes 15 in which brackets 16, 17 for receiving shelves 18, 19 are suspended.
• the shelves 18 partially have a depth corresponding to the depth of the rack stands 14 and in this case can be connected to the columns 11 at their front corners. However, as shown in the middle shelf 19 in FIG. 1, they can also have a smaller depth and are then carried completely by the correspondingly shorter brackets 17.
• the wall rails 10 are formed from U-shaped rails 20, which are cut to the desired length from the running meter.
• the U-profile is made of sheet steel with a thickness of, for example, 1 to 2 mm, the central web (25 in FIG.
• the aspect ratio of web width to leg height is between 0.5 and 1.
• the elongated holes 15 punched into the central web 25 of the U-shaped rail 20 are arranged with a pitch of, for example, 50 mm. They run in the direction of the longitudinal center line of the center web 25 and each have a length of, for example, 30 mm. With mutual distances of, for example, 400 mm, 15 circular ones are countersunk in the center between two adjacent elongated holes, from the outside of the profile or recessed holes 21 are provided for receiving countersunk screws.
• the rear wall rails 10 are used to fasten the shelf, for example on a building wall.
• the same U-shaped rails 20 are formed as crossbeams 12.
• the front pillars 11 of the shelf according to FIG. 1 are each composed of two U-shaped rails 20.
• the columns 11 have a box profile which arises from the fact that two U-shaped rails 20 are connected to one another with profile legs 24 facing one another.
• connection of two U-shaped rails 20 takes place by means of a spacer arranged in the interior of the box section in the form of a sleeve 22, which is cylindrical or prismatic over its essential length and has an enlarged end flange 23 at both ends.
• the total length of the sleeve is twice the inner height of the profile legs 24.
• the diameter of the end flanges 23 is somewhat smaller than the inner width of the profile center webs 25.
• the connection is made by means of two countersunk screws 26, each of which passes through a bore 21 in the central web 25 of the relevant U-shaped rail 20 and engages in a central threaded bore 27 of the sleeve 22.
• the sleeve can also have a smooth through hole, which is penetrated by a continuous screw, the screw engaging with its head in the bore 21 of a U-shaped rail 20 and at its free end by the other U - Profile rail 20 exciting nut is fixed.
• the sleeve can be made of plastic with a smooth through hole into which self-tapping screws engage.
• two U-profile rails 20 can also be assembled to form an I-profile, the center webs 25 of which are simply placed against one another and screwed together.
• struts 13 consist of flat rails or rails which are folded in the longitudinal direction to increase their rigidity and which are provided at their ends with a hook 30 open at the bottom for engagement in a corresponding elongated hole 15 in the wall rail 10 or column 11.
• securing elements 31 are used, each of which has an upwardly open hook 32 with which they each engage from below into an elongated hole 15 in the wall rail 10 or column 11. After hanging, the securing elements 31 are screwed to the end regions of the struts 13, as indicated in FIG. 3.
• 4 to 9 show knot-plate-like connecting elements as they can be used for the mutual connection of different shelf elements at the points indicated in FIG. 1.
• the gusset plates 40 shown in pairs in FIG. 4 each consist of a rectangular piece of sheet metal which is doubly cranked on one longitudinal edge. Two hooks 41 are formed in the flange 42 thus formed, which is parallel to the plane of the sheet metal piece. These gusset plates 40 are used, for example, for installing side walls (not shown) which close off the shelf stands 14.
• the double offset causes the outer surface of the gusset plates 40 to lie in the plane of the outer legs 24 of the wall rails 10 and of the U-profile rails 20 forming the columns 11. At the same time, the double offset causes the gusset plates 40 to be fixed in their position with respect to the central webs 25 of the U-shaped rails 20.
• the gusset plates 50 shown in FIG. 5 correspond to those of FIG. 4 with the exception that they are not rectangular but essentially triangular.
• the gusset plates 60 according to FIG. 6 are, similar to that according to FIG. 4, rectangular and have a simple offset on each edge, so that there is a flange 62 provided with two hooks 61.
• the hooks 61 in turn are used for hanging in two elongated holes 15 of a U-shaped rail 20, the shape of the gusset plates 60 being intended for attaching connecting or covering elements in a plane which runs parallel to the plane of the profile center webs 25.
• the gusset plates 70 according to FIG. 7 correspond to those according to FIG. 6, but are not rectangular, but essentially triangular.
• the essentially triangular gusset plate 80 shown in FIG. 8 is formed from a flat piece of sheet metal and is used according to FIG. 1 for connecting, for example, a cross member 12 to the wall rails 10.
• the likewise essentially triangular gusset plate 90 shown in FIG. 9 is provided on one edge with two hooks 91 in turn for hanging in two elongated holes 15 of a U-shaped rail 20 and has essentially the same purpose as the gusset plate 40 according to FIG. 4; however, it has no double offset and is suitable for those connection points at which the alignment of the shelf elements to be connected to one another is achieved by other means.
• All gusset plates 40 ... 90 are provided with several holes that allow two screw connections to be made in the horizontal or in the vertical or in the diagonal direction.
• the diagonal direction is particularly suitable for fastening diagonal stiffening struts, as are particularly useful in free-standing shelves.

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