Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F7/00—Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols; Panels or boards
  • G09F7/18—Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

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• the present invention relates to a profile and a set of elements including one or more of these profiles.
• This assembly is in particular intended to be used to construct structures for presenting information such as structures for hanging panels or posters, panels placed or fixed on the ground, panels fixed to a wall, stands for exhibition, or others.
• These structures or panels can in particular be used to present information in department stores.
• Presenting information in a big box store involves hanging sheets of information, which can be relatively large and therefore relatively heavy.
• the systems currently used for this purpose are relatively complex and do not really give satisfaction with regard to their handling and / or the quality of the presentation obtained.
• the present invention aims to remedy all of these drawbacks.
• the profile it concerns includes:
• a first longitudinal groove delimited by a bottom wall and by two inclined side walls, these side walls converging in the direction of the opening through which this first groove opens onto the outside of the profile, so that the width of this groove at this opening is less than when withdrawing from this opening;
• a second longitudinal groove located on the side of the profile opposite to that on which said first groove opens, this second longitudinal groove being delimited by a bottom wall and two side walls, and
• This profile thanks to said bottom walls, side walls and internal walls, has a high longitudinal rigidity, which makes it particularly suitable for use in great length, in particular for forming support structures for sheets, fabrics or panels of relatively large dimensions.
• Said first groove can be used to make a connection of such a flexible sheet or fabric to the profile.
• a fold is formed at an edge of the sheet intended to be connected to the profile, then the sheet thus folded is engaged in said first groove, through the opening thereof; a rod with a diameter equal to or slightly greater than the width of this opening is then engaged in this first groove, by sliding from the end of the profile, then screws or screw / nut assemblies or the like are engaged through previously arranged holes through the bottom walls of said first and second grooves; these screws or the like are intended to be tightened so as to press said rod in the direction of the opening of the first groove, this tightening allowing the rod to come to clamp said sheet or fabric between it and the two side walls of said first groove , thus ensuring a particularly resistant wedging of this sheet or fabric in this groove.
• the profile may include internal returns defining the opening of said second groove, these returns being such that the width of this opening is less than the width of the second groove set back from this opening.
• the first or the second groove can receive bolts or sliders comprising hooking members, these bolts or hooking members serving to connect the profile to a support, in particular to suspend the profile assembly (s) -sheet (s) from a ceiling or a structural beam.
• These hooking members can in particular be eyelets integral with threaded rods, these threaded rods being engaged through tapped holes arranged in the slides, these tapped holes opening into the face of the slides located along the bottom wall of said first or second groove when the slides are engaged in this first or second groove.
• the aforementioned housing makes it possible to receive assembly studs comprising parts for joining two profiles, these parts forming part, with these profiles, of said set of elements. Screws can be engaged through the bottom walls of said second groove and / or said first groove, to secure the assembly piece to a profile.
• this housing is arranged in the center of the profile, in cross section, which ensures the centering of this profile relative to an assembly part.
• this housing has in cross section, which is preferably a square or rectangular shape, ensures perfect wedging in rotation of a profile relative to an assembly part, each tenon of this part having dimensions such that this post is adjusted to the dimensions of the housing.
• the set of elements may include:
• the profile has at least one outer wall situated at a distance from the aforementioned side and internal walls, in which a pair of thinings of material parallel to one another is arranged longitudinally, these thinning of materials having such a thickness that the strip of material which they delimit between them can be separated from the rest of the profile by a pull exerted manually on this strip.
• One or more additional grooves can thus be arranged, as required, or easy access to said internal walls is thus made possible, in particular for making holes in these internal walls.
• Such additional grooves or holes allow the establishment of means for fixing to a wall of one or more profiles, or a structure obtained with these profiles.
• each pair of thinnings is arranged at equal distance from said first and second grooves, so as to allow a third groove to open forming substantially perpendicular to said first and second grooves.
• This third groove can in particular receive fastening members oriented perpendicular to the other grooves, which allows mounting on a wall of a structure formed with one or more profiles.
• the set of elements according to the invention then makes it possible to easily form information presentation panels.
• the profile comprises two pairs of thinning located on two opposite sides of the profile.
• the profile can thus have up to four grooves, which allows a very wide range of uses.
• FIG. 1 is a view of the profile, at the end;
• Figure 2 is a view of this profile similar to Figure 1, after mounting on the profile of a flexible sheet;
• Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of two sections of this profile and an assembly part of these sections, which comprises said set of elements;
• Figures 4 to 7 are exploded perspective views of different other assembly parts that includes said set of elements;
• FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of a support structure formed by sections of sections as shown in FIG. 3, assembled using parts as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, and
• Figures 9 to 13 are simplified perspective views of different presentation structures obtainable with these profiles and these assembly parts.
• the section 1 comprises a first longitudinal groove 2, a second longitudinal groove 3, two interior returns 4 defining the opening 5 of this second groove 3, two internal walls 6, two external walls 7 rounded, two pairs of material thinning 8 arranged at the level of these external walls 7, and two pairs of internal returns 9, each of which runs along a thinning of material 8.
• the groove 2 is delimited by a bottom wall 10 and by two inclined side walls 1 1. These side walls 10 converge in the direction of the opening 12 through which this groove 2 opens onto the outside of the profile 1, so that the width of this groove 2 at the level of this opening 12 is less than when withdrawing from this opening 12.
• the groove 3 is located on the side of the profile 1 opposite to that on which the groove 2 opens. It is delimited by a bottom wall 15, two side walls 16 and the returns 4.
• the internal walls 6 connect the bottom walls 10 and 15 and are located at a distance from each other. They define between them, and with these bottom walls 10, 15, a housing 20 opening onto the outside of the profile 1.
• This housing 20 has a square shape, seen at the end of the section 1, and is centered on the longitudinal median axis of this section 1.
• the two outer walls 7 have a radius of curvature centered on this same median axis, so that the profile 1 has a generally cylindrical envelope. The curvature of these walls 7 means that there is a space
• Each pair of thinnings 8 is arranged longitudinally on the section 1, in the longitudinal central zone of a wall 7. These thinnings 8 are parallel to each other and have a thickness such that the strip of material 22 that they delimit between them can be separated from the rest of the profile 1 by a traction exerted manually on this strip 22.
• the groove 2 can receive a flexible sheet 50.
• This sheet 50 can in particular be a sheet of the type used to present information at height in stores with large areas, and can be connected to a profile 1 or to several butted profiles 1, as shown in FIG. 9, or to a structure formed with such profiles 1, as shown in FIG. 10.
• FIGS. 3 to 7 respectively show: - an assembly part 30 allowing the assembly of two sections 1 at 90 degrees from one another,
• Each part 30 to 34 has a central part 35 delimiting, as the case may be, one, two or three circular faces 36 against which the end of a profile 1 is intended to come into abutment.
• the diameter of these faces 36 corresponds substantially to the outside diameter of the envelope of the profile 1.
• each of these faces 36 protrudes a tenon 37 whose width and height are adjusted to those of the housing 20, so that each tenon 37 can be engaged without play in the housing 20 of a profile 1.
• Each tenon 37 is pierced with a lateral tapped hole 38, capable of receiving a screw engaged in the groove 3, after milling of the returns 4, a hole being arranged accordingly in the bottom wall 15.
• the part 34 is provided, on the side opposite the tenon 37, with a tab 40 pierced with a hole 41.
• This tab 40 is offset relative to the longitudinal central axis of the part 34, so that the legs 40 of two parts 34 can be superimposed, with the holes 41 coming into coincidence with one another. These holes 41 can then receive a pin forming the pivot of the hinge thus formed.
• the set of elements including profiles 1 and parts 30 to 34 may include other assembly parts, and / or parts forming decorative end caps, provided for covering one end of a profile 1 not connected to a Exhibit 30 to 34.
• FIG. 8 shows part of a support structure 60 of the kind shown in FIG. 10. This structure is formed with sections 1 and parts 30, 31 and 33.
• FIG. 8 also shows that the set of elements can include, as in the example shown, slides 45 shaped to be engaged in the grooves 2 or in the grooves capable of being arranged by tearing off the strips 22.
• These slides 45 are pierced with threaded holes into which threaded rods can be screwed 46.
• the screwing of these threaded rods 46 allows, by taking support of the threaded rods 46 against the wall 10 or the wall 6, to tighten the slides 45 in the groove 2 or in a groove arranged by tearing off a strip 22, and thus immobilize these slides 45 in these grooves.
• threaded rods 46 can be used for fixing a sheet or fabric 50, instead of the fixing method shown in Figure 2, for example by lacing, or to connect the structure 60 to a support.
• the grooves 3 can receive similar slides, shaped accordingly, and / or, as in the example shown, bolts 47 making it possible to suspend the structure 60. These bolts 47 can in particular receive eyelets.
• Figure 1 1 shows a frame structure 61, the amounts of which are formed by profiles 1.
• a sheet or a canvas 50 comprising information for example advertising, can be stretched between two opposite amounts of this frame.
• the strips 22 can be torn off at the appropriate places, in order to allow the drilling of holes in the walls 6 and the installation of threaded rods or studs through these holes.
• Spacers 62 for positioning the frame and covering these threaded rods or studs can be provided.
• Figures 12 and 13 show other structures 63, 64 obtainable by means of the aforementioned elements 1 and 30 to 34, in particular a structure 63 of an exhibition stand including sheets 50 and a work surface formed by a panel 55 , or a structure 64 in the shape of a cube, which can be suspended.
• the assembly can in particular include curved profiles 1.

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