WO2006009475A1 - Ameliorations apportees a un rayonnage - Google Patents

Ameliorations apportees a un rayonnage Download PDF

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WO2006009475A1
WO2006009475A1 PCT/NZ2005/000177 NZ2005000177W WO2006009475A1 WO 2006009475 A1 WO2006009475 A1 WO 2006009475A1 NZ 2005000177 W NZ2005000177 W NZ 2005000177W WO 2006009475 A1 WO2006009475 A1 WO 2006009475A1
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book
shafts
magazine
magazine receiving
receiving member
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Neil Anthony Barron
William John Riley
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Neil Anthony Barron
William John Riley
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Priority claimed from GB0422841A external-priority patent/GB0422841D0/en
Application filed by Neil Anthony Barron, William John Riley filed Critical Neil Anthony Barron
Priority to EP05764515A priority Critical patent/EP1773157A4/fr
Priority to US11/572,449 priority patent/US20080093316A1/en
Publication of WO2006009475A1 publication Critical patent/WO2006009475A1/fr

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    • 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
    • A47B63/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, specially adapted for storing books, documents, forms, or the like
    • 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
    • A47B65/00—Book-troughs; Accessories specially adapted for book-storing, e.g. book-ends
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BOOKS, FILING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
    • B42P2241/00—Parts, details or accessories for books or filing appliances
    • B42P2241/10—Means for suspending

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  • the present invention relates to shelving apparatus for books or magazines and where it is intended to apply to books, it is intended to apply in particular but not exclusively to paper-back books.
  • Shelving apparatus especially for books has usually involved at least one shelf that either forms part of a free standing bookcase or is permanently fixed to a wall via brackets. If each end of the shelf is not provided with an "upright” to enable books at the end of the shelf to be supported, then "uprights” in the form of heavy moveable bookends which are normally quite ornate in nature may be provided. These forms of shelving may be expensive or otherwise difficult to assemble and are highly visible.
  • shelving apparatus or a literature organiser for books or magazines comprising a wall mountable bracket provided with one or more book or magazine receiving members, the or each member comprising a plurality of elongate, book or magazine receiving shafts, linked at their distal end to a shaft receiving member, each shaft being arranged in mutually and substantially completely overlying, spaced apart, parallel relationship to present a phalanx of book or magazine receiving shafts wherein the angle separating adjacent shafts is in the range of 1.50 - 10.00 degrees
  • the angle separating adjacent shafts is 2.66 degrees.
  • the book or magazine receiving shafts are tapered.
  • the shafts and shaft receiving members are integrally connected.
  • the materials used to form the book or magazine receiving member can be metal or metal alloy however, the preferred type of material for the formation of the book or magazine receiving member is plastics material.
  • the plastics material is polypropylene. As this material can be injection moulded, this method of manufacturing offers a cheap and ready method of entry into the formation of these book or magazine receiving members.
  • the book or magazine receiving shafts When viewed end on and concentric along their length the book or magazine receiving shafts could be circular, elliptical, kite or star shaped, rectangular, or possess any appropriate combination of these e.g one side circular the opposing side kite shaped, however preferably, the book or magazine receiving shafts are diamond shaped when viewed end on.
  • the bracket can be relatively small, formed from clear plastics material (or if made of metal or a metal alloy, be so surface finished as to be able to readily accept a coat of paint that would match the existing painting scheme of the area that the shelving system is to be mounted to).
  • each book or magazine receiving members could also be so surface finished to enable them to receive a coat of paint, or it could be naturally 'coloured', however preferably, the or each book or magazine receiving member could be formed from clear, translucent or opaque plastics material.
  • the gap separating adjacent shaft tip ends cannot be too small and it cannot be too large as it is the lateral forces exerted on the groups of pages on the book by the shafts through a combination of the taper angle and number of shafts embedded within the book that are key to the invention. If there are too few shafts 'per unit book', then the force of gravity (if the shelving system is to be used in the manner illustrated in the figures) will outweigh the lateral forces and the book will simply fall to the ground.
  • the shortest distance separating adjacent proximal shaft tip ends lies in the range of 1 -6mm. More preferably, this shortest distance is substantially equal to 2mm.
  • the book or magazine receiving shaft length for any given number of consecutive shafts is intended to be the same although "blocks" of shafts could have different lengths to provide a stepped alteration of shaft lengths within the or each book or magazine receiving member.
  • Such an arrangement could allow for magazines to be stored on the section of the book or magazine receiving member containing the longer set of shafts whilst for example, paper back books could be stored on the shorter set of shafts.
  • the shafts are tapered in mutually orthogonal directions
  • the shelving apparatus could be so designed that once the bracket is mounted to for example, a wall or table edge, the relative position of the or each book or magazine receiving member with respect to the bracket once mounted could be such that the or each book or magazine receiving member lies in a vertical upwardly projecting plane enabling books and magazines to be tapped vertically downwards onto the shafts.
  • the arrangement could be such that the or each book or magazine receiving member projects substantially horizontally from a vertical surface (for example a wall) that the bracket has been fitted to.
  • a book if its upper portion is tapped into a book or magazine receiving member (if there is only one) will tend after a while, under gravity to tilt and come to rest with its base abutting the vertical surface (e.g. a wall).
  • the or each book or magazine receiving member projects substantially horizontally from a vertical surface that the bracket has been fitted to and substantially parallel with the ground in its normal attitude of operation. - A -
  • the bracket and the or each book or magazine receiving member could be integral, for example, the apparatus could be in the form of a single piece injection moulded finished product if formed from plastics material or if made of a metal or metal alloy, the apparatus could be 'plated' to provide a distinctive decorative metal finish (e.g chrome plated).
  • bracket and the or each book or magazine receiving member could be separate entities provided with complementary mating regions to enable one to connect with the other , there also being provided locking members to provide an 'interference', 'friction' or 'snap-fit' arrangement.
  • Locking members possibly in the form of "Allen key" screws and complementary screw threads located at appropriate points on the apparatus to lock the or each book or magazine receiving member to the bracket could alternatively/also be supplied. In any event, the locking members could be located on either entity if two such separate entities are used.
  • these entities could but do not need to be formed from the same or same type of material, one could for example be metallic whilst one could be formed from a plastics material.
  • the total available length of the shafts need not be exposed.
  • a portion of the shafts (probably that portion adjacent the shaft receiving member) might be hidden within the confines of the bracket.
  • the 'exposed' length of the shafts with this arrangement is going to be more flexible than an identical length of integral shafts that simply project from the bracket. To prevent undue damage to the shafts during use, they could also be partially protected by maintaining them with a pair of jaws such that if a book were to be tapped into the shafts, the penetration of the book would go no further than the start of the j aws thus minimising damage to the shelving apparatus or the book pages.
  • the book or magazine receiving shafts could be circular in cross section and concentric along their length given the taper. However this need not be the case, for example the shafts could be elliptical and concentric, rectangular and concentric or indeed posses a combination of straight and curved edges with the same centre thus providing preferably an arrangement where a radius in one direction of a shaft is different to a radius orthogonal to that direction. This type of arrangement will add a degree of flexibility in one direction that will be greater in an orthogonal direction.
  • the invention includes within its scope shelving apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to and/or as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
  • the invention further includes within its scope books or magazines stowed in the shelving apparatus as specified herein.
  • a method of stowing books or magazines on a shelving apparatus of the type specified herein comprising the steps of:
  • the invention includes within its scope a method of stowing books or magazines on a shelving apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to and/or as illustrated in any appropriate selection or combination of the accompanying drawings.
  • the invention also consists in the parts, elements and features referred to or indicated herein, individually, collectively or in combination.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a top view of a shelving apparatus fitted to a wall in accordance with the present invention and about to receive a paperback book.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the same top view as that illustrated in figure 1 after it has received the paperback book with an inset showing how the pages of the book, the taper and the angle of the taper lock the book into position.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a plan view of a book or magazine receiving member adapted to slidably engage with a bracket, both components forming the shelving apparatus.
  • Figure 4 illustrates side and face views of one of the teeth that makes up the book or magazine receiving member illustrated in figure 3.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a front view of a shelving apparatus of the present invention fitted to a wall containing a number of paperback books in the manner dictated by the nature of the invention.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a method of stowing books on a shelving apparatus of the present invention.
  • integral is intended to cover not only something which is formed from the outset as one single-entity component, but also anything which whilst being assembled from a plurality of initially disparately produced integers ends up as one overall and normally non-dismantleable structure.
  • a shelving apparatus generally referenced 1 comprises a wall mountable bracket 2 and a paperback book receiving member 5 adapted to slidably engage with and lock with the bracket
  • the wall bracket 2 comprises an elongate "single piece” aluminium extrusion that is substantially “L” shaped when seen in profile.
  • the upright portion of the "L” shaped bracket 2 in its intended attitude of operation is provided with a number of evenly spaced apart circular apertures (not shown) , each possessing a centre point that is substantially the same vertical distance from a line drawn from a top edge of the bracket 2.
  • the apertures allow the bracket 2 to be fitted to a wall, edge of a table or other appropriate substantially vertical surface (none shown) through the use of screws (not shown) the shank of which is able to pass through the aperture.
  • the bottom or horizontal portion of the "L" shaped bracket comprises a pair of substantially parallel jaws 10 each linked to the other by five connecting sides of a hexagon (3,4), the distal wall of the hexagon 4 opposite the mouth of the jaws 10 lying flush with upright portion of the "L", the proximal opposing "sixth side" of the hexagon (3,4) being absent.
  • the paperback book receiving member 5 comprises a transparent, elongate, single piece injection moulded polypropylene comb, the spine 8 of which is shaped into a solid hexagonal block that is complementary to the hexagonal walls of the bottom of the bracket 2. Projecting orthogonally from the centre of one face of the hexagonal spine 8 of the comb 5 is an elongate projection 20 located towards one end of the spine adapted to generate an interference fit once the paperback book receiving member 5 is connected to the wall bracket 2 to form the completed shelving apparatus 1.
  • Each tooth 6 is provided with a 1.33 ⁇ degree taper such that the thickest part of each tooth 6 or distal end is adjacent the spine 8, whilst the exposed tip or proximal end of each tooth 6 as a result of its elliptical design has a radius of 0.175mm along its intended line of flexibility and a radius of 0.820mm orthogonal to the line of flexibility.
  • the distance separating the distal ends of adjacent teeth 6 is 2mm.and the length of each tooth 6 from the distal end to the proximal tip is 18mm.
  • the bracket 2 is cut to the length of the wall and the paperback receiving member 5 is cut to a similar length and the latter is then slidably engaged with the other and the top portion of the projection 20 shears off as it enters the bracket 2, causing the two components to lock together in an interference fit, to form the shelving apparatus 1.
  • the comb teeth 6 project from the jaws 10 of the bracket 2.
  • a paperback book 7 can now be presented pages first to the comb 5 in a sharp thrusting manner and the comb teeth 6 separate bundles of pages of the book 7 that progressively exert a stronger transverse force as the pages move into an ever reducing gap as they progress along the taper to lock the book 7 into place.
  • the very small proximal tip radius of the comb teeth 6 tend to ensure minimal damage to the book 7 as the comb 5 penetrates the leaves of the book 7.
  • the invention also consists in the parts, elements and features referred to or indicated herein, individually, collectively or in combination.

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L'invention porte sur un rayonnage (1) pour livres ou magazines comprenant un support se fixant au mur (2) et pourvu d'un élément de type peigne (5), destiné à recevoir les livres ou les magazines, à dents coniques (6). Le rayonnage retient des livres ou des magazines par des pages qui sont prises entre les dents coniques. L'angle conique est compris entre 1,5 et 10,0 degrés.
PCT/NZ2005/000177 2004-07-20 2005-07-20 Ameliorations apportees a un rayonnage WO2006009475A1 (fr)

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EP05764515A EP1773157A4 (fr) 2004-07-20 2005-07-20 Ameliorations apportees a un rayonnage
US11/572,449 US20080093316A1 (en) 2004-07-20 2005-07-20 Shelving

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NZ53420404 2004-07-20
NZ534204 2004-07-20
GB0422841A GB0422841D0 (en) 2004-10-14 2004-10-14 Shelving apparatus
GB0422841.7 2004-10-14

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