WO2014125322A1 - Système d'accouplement à distance pour l'assemblage de systèmes modulaires verticaux et utilisation dudit système - Google Patents

Système d'accouplement à distance pour l'assemblage de systèmes modulaires verticaux et utilisation dudit système Download PDF

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WO2014125322A1
WO2014125322A1 PCT/IB2013/001861 IB2013001861W WO2014125322A1 WO 2014125322 A1 WO2014125322 A1 WO 2014125322A1 IB 2013001861 W IB2013001861 W IB 2013001861W WO 2014125322 A1 WO2014125322 A1 WO 2014125322A1
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locking component
coupling system
distance coupling
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Timo SUBBI
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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
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
    • A47B87/0207—Stackable racks, trays or shelf units
    • A47B87/0215—Stackable frames, or frame elements, with upright parts connected by inserting the ends or tips of the uprights, e.g. at the corners, into the uprights of the next frame or frame element, e.g. coaxial tubular 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
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
    • A47B87/0207—Stackable racks, trays or shelf units
    • A47B87/0223—Shelves stackable by means of poles or tubular members as distance-holders therebetween
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B12/00—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
    • F16B12/40—Joints for furniture tubing

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  • This invention belongs in the field of modular structures, while the invention primarily relates to vertical elements or a distance coupling system used to form modular structures which, for example, allow the preparation of modular furniture with the required height by fixing and locking modules by means of rigid interconnection.
  • connection components such as a vertical column
  • second vertical column by means of a threaded fitting or dowels, or the end of one column, which has a smaller diameter, is pushed inside the second column.
  • the objective of the technical solution proposed in this invention is to improve the interconnection of modules in a vertical modular system by making it more stable, lash-free and rigid.
  • the objective of the invention is for example to improve the interconnection of the modules of a modular furniture assembled by the user from simple sub-modules (shelves, cabinets, drawers), and the interconnection of these modular elements by providing a fixing that is more stable, lash-free and more rigid.
  • the objective of this invention is to propose an interlocking of modules, which prevents the reciprocal shifting of modules and detaching of modules from one another, for example during the repositioning of modular furniture.
  • the objective of the invention is also to provide a structure that would allow simple detachment of modules from one another, or disassembly and reconfiguration of modular furniture.
  • the objective of the invention is to propose a distance coupling system, which allows, for example, assembling of scaffoldings in which the vertical columns are interconnected by means of the locking provided in this invention.
  • a cone-cone connection or rotary truncated cone-rotary truncated cone connection in the meaning of this invention is a structure of any locking components, where one of the locking components has a conical outer form, i.e.
  • the second locking component has a conical recess corresponding to the conical outer form of the first locking component, so that when the locking components are connected, they fit tightly, without clearance (lash-free).
  • the column may be of any material and with any cross-section, and produced by turning, extrusion or casting. List of figures
  • figure 1 provides a perspective view of the column of the distance coupling system together with the locking components
  • figure 2 and figure 3 provide a perspective view of two alternative interconnected conical distance locking systems, whereas the elements are displayed detached in order to provide a better overview of the connection
  • figure 4 presents an alternative solution of the interconnection of the female and male locking component in the distance coupling system
  • figure 5 presents another alternative solution of the interconnection of the female and male locking component in the distance coupling system
  • figure 6 shows a module with a distance coupling system in modular furniture, where the columns of the distance coupling system are interconnected by means of the base element of the module
  • figure 7 depicts an element (a drawer) of modular furniture, assembled from single modules.
  • One of the exemplary embodiments of this invention is a distance coupling system for the assembly of vertical modular systems, where the named system comprises a column 5, which has a male locking component 2 connected (for example with a screw 4) to one end, and a female locking component 1 connected to the other end.
  • the male locking component 2 has a rotary truncated cone-shaped outer form and the female locking component 1 is a locking component with, for example, a cylindrical outer form and a rotary truncated cone- shaped recess formed inside it, while the dimensions of the rotary truncated cone of the male locking component (primarily the gradient generating the rotary truncated cone in relation to the base of the rotary truncated cone) are the same.
  • the heights of both rotary truncated cones may differ in order to ensure lash-free connection of the male locking component 2 in the female locking component 1 in the connection of distance coupling systems.
  • the locking components 1 , 2 may be fitted with retainer(s) in order to fix distance coupling systems in alignment with their mutual axis when connecting them, to ensure that the named distance coupling systems would not become detached without opening the retainers.
  • an outer thread has been formed on the outer surface of a cylindrical female locking component 1 to receive the retainer 3 of the male locking component 2.
  • the male locking component 2, which is fixed to one end of column 5 consists of a cylindrical foot and a rotary truncated cone-shaped head, whereas the diameter of the cylindrical foot is smaller than the diameter of the rotary truncated cone bottom of the rotary truncated cone head.
  • a retainer 3 is mounted on the male locking component 2, being a bowl-shaped band inside of which there is an inner thread that is consistent with the dimensions of the outer thread of the female locking component 1 and at the bottom of which is an opening with a diameter that is consistent with the diameter of the cylindrical foot of the male locking component 2, whereby a step is formed that holds the retainer behind the head of the male locking component, when the male locking component 2 is fixed by means of the retainer 3 to one end of a column 5 of the distance coupling system.
  • the male locking component 2 also consists of a cylindrical foot and a rotary truncated cone-shaped head, on the outer surface of which there are at least two notches for receiving the guide lugs of the retainer 3 of the female locking component 1.
  • the female locking component 1 is a cylinder consisting of a cylindrical foot and a cylindrical head, whereas the diameter of the cylindrical foot is smaller than the diameter of the cylindrical head, whereby a step is formed, behind of which the retainer 3 is fixed.
  • Inside the female locking component 1 there is also a rotary truncated cone-shaped recess formed for receiving the male locking component 2, while a guide lug has been formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical head of the female locking component 1.
  • a retainer 3 is mounted on the female locking component 1 , being a hollow cylinder, which has openings formed in both ends, with the diameter smaller than the internal diameter of the hollow cylinder, whereby there are steps at the ends of the retainer 3.
  • a notch is cut in the step of the retainer that faces the male locking component 2, with the measurements corresponding to the lugs formed on the outer surface of the female locking component 1.
  • the diameter of the head of the female locking component 1 again is consistent with the diameters of the openings that form the steps on retainer 3, so that when connecting, the female locking component 1 is first inserted through the retainer 3, so that the lower step of the retainer 3 will retain the guide lug on the cylindrical head of the female locking component 1 , and then the female locking component 1 is fixed with a fastener 4 (e.g. a screw) to a column 5 of the distance coupling system.
  • a fastener 4 e.g. a screw
  • the male and female locking components 2, 1 could be in the form of another geometrical shape, such as a frustrum of a pyramid, a cylinder, a sphere, a segment of sphere, etc.
  • a distance guiding system of this invention could be used in the assembly of vertical modular systems, one of the execution options of the modular systems being modular furniture assembled from single modules (shelves, drawers, cabinets and other components).
  • the furniture module consists of the module base 6, where upright columns 5 containing the grooves of the distance coupling system are fixed in the corners and in case of a cabinet module, there are wall elements of the module fixed between the columns.
  • the elements are prepared with grooves over the whole length, inside of which the wall elements are mounted during the assembly of the furniture module.
  • the columns 5 may be produced from aluminium profiles with various configurations and with grooves of various forms, which would ensure rigid fixing of the wall elements.
  • Columns 5 have been fixed to the base 6 of the furniture module by means of fastener 4 that reaches through the base and has been used in turn for fixing a rotary truncated cone-shaped male locking component 1 and/or 2 to the other side of the module base 6.
  • an opening made with the diameter of the head of the fastener 4 (such as the head of a screw or a bolt) and at the bottom of the hole there is an opening with a smaller diameter for the fastener 4, which is fixed to the column 5 through the module base in order to fix the male locking component 2 also against the base 6 of the furniture module during the assembly of the furniture module.
  • the same solution as with the fastener 4 may also be used in case of the female fastener 1 .
  • a cylindrical female locking component 1 is fixed with the fastener 4, containing a recess prepared with the shape of a rotary truncated cone, so that a rotary truncated cone-shaped male locking component 2 fixed to the module base 6 of the upper furniture module would fit in the female locking component 1 in the form of a rotary truncated cone- shaped recess in the upper end of the column 5 of the lower furniture module during the assembly of modular furniture, forming thereby the so-called plug-and- socket or a cone-cone type fixing.
  • Fixing with this type of design allows easy interconnection of single furniture modules of modular furniture (upper and lower module), as the angles between the gradients forming the rotary truncated cones of the male locking component 2 and the female locking component 1 and the level of the rotary truncated cone base 6 are equal. At this the height of the rotary truncated cone of the male locking component 2 is smaller than the depth of the rotary truncated cone-shaped recess in the female locking component 1 . Due to equal angles, the fixing of furniture modules is tight, unshifting and lash-free.
  • the male locking component 2 and the female locking component 1 could be additionally fixed to one another for example by means of a retainer 3 (a double- ended screw) which is screwed inside the female locking component 1 , so that a shelf consisting of several modules could be lifted without detaching furniture modules from one another.
  • a retainer 3 a double- ended screw
  • the named locking system can also be used in the production of such modular furniture which only consists of modular shelves, without any wall elements fixed between support elements.
  • the male locking components 2 fixed under the base of the lower furniture module serve as the feet of the modular furniture, avoiding thereby the contact between the base 6 of the furniture module and the floor surface.
  • modules of modular furniture such as hinges, rails could be fastened to the grooves formed at the sides of the columns 5.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne des éléments verticaux ou un système d'accouplement à distance qui sont utilisés pour former des constructions modulaires et permettre d'assembler des systèmes modulaires et une structure verticale, assurant une liaison rigide entre les modules par fixation et blocage.
PCT/IB2013/001861 2013-02-15 2013-08-28 Système d'accouplement à distance pour l'assemblage de systèmes modulaires verticaux et utilisation dudit système WO2014125322A1 (fr)

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FR679385A (fr) * 1928-12-13 1930-04-11 Dispositif de raccord mobile pour tubes métalliques et autres applications
US3053558A (en) * 1960-05-16 1962-09-11 Gen Motors Corp Shipping rack feet
US3831533A (en) * 1972-08-21 1974-08-27 Kirsch Co Shelving system
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EP0410325A2 (fr) * 1989-07-25 1991-01-30 InterMetro Industries Corporation Système de rayonnage à jeu double de conicités enclenchables
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