Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
  • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
  • B25H3/02—Boxes
  • B25H3/021—Boxes comprising a number of connected storage elements
  • B25H3/023—Boxes comprising a number of connected storage elements movable relative to one another for access to their interiors
  • B25H3/028—Boxes comprising a number of connected storage elements movable relative to one another for access to their interiors by sliding extraction from within a common frame
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
  • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
  • B25H3/02—Boxes
  • B25H3/021—Boxes comprising a number of connected storage elements

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a modular tool box with quick coupling.
• the present invention relates more particularly to a toolbox system consisting of several modular stackable drawers which can be assembled to one another by simple hooking operations.
• the lockers are intended for the transport of tools and components of all kinds; the box is easy to transport to its place of use.
• This invention can be applied in the field of industry for the production of storage boxes of all kinds for DIY.
• STATE OF THE ART The use of storage boxes comprising lockers with an easy opening from the outside and intended for the storage of tools and parts of all kinds, essential for the personnel responsible for maintenance or interventions on the sites of implementation of devices and facilities is well known.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a toolbox with modular drawers with quick-release and quick-release drawers in order to eliminate or substantially reduce the abovementioned drawbacks.
• the present invention also makes it possible to add a toolbox to all of the lockers, the whole remaining modular with quick coupling and unhooking. This set is easy to manufacture, hence the competitive and inexpensive price. This is possible thanks to a modular toolbox with quick coupling and unhooking having the characteristics described in the main claim.
• the dependent claims indicate interesting embodiments of the invention.
• the modular tool box with quick coupling and unhooking comprises at least one rack comprising a drawer assembled so as to slide on a frame equipped with hooking devices and a system for quick unhooking to other identical frames. stackable to form a single modular structure.
• the fastening and quick release devices are made up of fastening teeth or pegs on the lower or upper lateral part of each frame and their respective tabs located inside appropriate openings, positioned in the upper or lower lateral part of each frame, said tabs comprising projections made so as to facilitate manual pushing on themselves to perform the stall operation.
• the teeth or the pegs of a frame are housed in the respective slots of the frame below by exerting pressure on the tabs towards the outside of the body.
• the short side walls of the frame of each rack have recesses which can accommodate plates or labels bearing a representation and / or alphanumeric characters making it possible to recognize the contents of the rack immediately and without error corresponding.
• the visible front wall of each locker has a handle for gripping on the part of the user so as to extract the locker from the frame to access the interior.
• the box can also include accessories of different types, such as castors to be applied to the frame below the entire stack, a cover for the frame located at the top of the stack of racks, a handle fixed to the upper frame and protruding in the central area so as to be able to transport the body as if it were a suitcase and a side handle, protruding from the top of the body, integral with an upright intended to support the axis of the casters and bring rigidity to the modular structure.
• the body is made of material plastic. rigid obtained by molding and impact resistant.
• Figure 1 illustrates a slightly elevated perspective view of a rack according to the invention comprising a frame, a drawer and a cover
• Figure 2 shows a partial side elevation view of a frame
• FIG. 3 presents a side elevation view in section, on an enlarged scale, of a detail taken from FIG. 2
• Figure 4 is a partial side elevational view, partially in section, of two frames. assembled
• Figure 5 shows a view identical to that of Figure 4 with a frame in a stall situation
• FIG. 1 illustrates a slightly elevated perspective view of a rack according to the invention comprising a frame, a drawer and a cover
• Figure 2 shows a partial side elevation view of a frame
• FIG. 3 presents a side elevation view in section, on an enlarged scale, of a detail taken from FIG. 2
• Figure 4 is a partial side elevational view, partially in section, of two frames. assembled
• Figure 5 shows a view identical to that of Figure 4 with a frame in a stall situation
• FIG. 6 represents an exploded perspective view of a box according to the invention comprising two compartments, a cover and a carrying handle
• Figure 7 shows, in schematic perspective view, a box according to the invention comprising a set of lockers, where the top locker comprises a template with locations for tools of different types.
• the reference sign 10 generally indicates a box and more particularly a modular tool box 10 with quick coupling and unhooking for possible recomposition in accordance with the requirements depending on the content.
• the latter is provided with a closing element 13 serving as a showcase during the purchase; this tamper-proof system is made with special hooks that prevent the opening of each locker during the exhibition in the stores.
• the system can only be opened by forcing and destroying said closing element 13.
• the box 10 comprises at least one rack comprising a frame 11 intended for the sliding housing of its drawer 12 which can be surmounted by said closing element 13.
• the frame 11 has a base frame 14 of quadrangular shape consisting of a long cross member at the front 15 and a long rear cross member 16, opposite and connected to the previous one by two short side cross members 17.
• Each short side cross member 16 has a panel 18, pointing in the direction substantially perpendicular to the frame 14 and having a recess 19 on its surface 20 facing outwards.
• the long crosspieces 15 and 16 can be connected, at their central portion, by a reticular frame 21.
• the front crosspiece 15 can also have, in its part central facing outward of the frame 11, a projecting rib 22 to make the whole more robust.
• Each end 18 has a sector 23 of a height less than the corresponding panel 18 and capable of creating in the interior part of the frame 11 a slot or a notch 27.
• Each crosspiece 16, 17 has uprights 25 substantially perpendicular to the base frame 14, each having its projecting end provided with a stopper 26 turned towards the outside of the frame 11.
• the uprights 25 are located at the tops of the base frame 14 and along the rear cross member 16 to ensure uniform distribution.
• the lower zone of each panel 18, close to each vertex of the frame 14 and arranged below a corresponding stopper 26, has a notch 27 closed by a projecting tongue 28 in place which can be moved towards outside the frame 11 .. As can be seen in FIGS.
• the free end of the tongue 28 has a protuberance 29, turned towards the outside of the frame 11, and it is oriented towards its lateral cross member short 17.
• the slots 27 and the respective tongues 28 are also present on the side of the rear cross member 16 (which is not shown in the figures) always at the level of the uprights 25 and of the buffers 26.
• the frame 11 of a given locker can be hung and fixed to an identical frame 11 of another locker placed below by pushing it until each stopper 26 corresponds to its respective notch 27.
• the stopper 26 interpenetrates the respective notch 27 from the interior of the frame 11 by spreading the tongue 28 outwards.
• the frames 11 of the lockers are fixed using extremely practical and reliable click coupling devices.
• the drawer 12 has a configuration in a box with a quadrangular plane, corresponding to the plane of the base frame 14 of the frame 11, accessible from the top.
• the long front wall 30 has a pocket 31 intended to accommodate a bowl 32 which can be embedded in it and which serves as a handle for pulling the drawer 12 into the open position when it is mounted on the frame .11 of the locker.
• Each short side wall 33 is provided with an upper strip 34, projecting outwards, serving to be housed in the respective slot 24 so that the pins 23 can support the drawer 12 and allow it to scroll in position. opening or closing.
• the upper strip 34 also relates to the long rear wall 35 of the drawer 12 in order to constitute an end-of-travel stop by being, in the position of maximum opening of the drawer, against the pins 42 provided on the frame 11 of the rack.
• the front wall 30 also has strands end 36 intended to ensure the end of travel in the closed position of the drawer 12 by abutting the pins 23.
• the base surface 37 of the drawer 12 has a rigidity and a resistance capable of supporting the weight of the objects possibly present in the drawer 12.
• the closing element or cover 13 has a quadrangular frame 38 whose periphery has the same configuration as the frame 11; this frame 38 is hollow, so as to be interpenetrated in place by the bumpers 26 of the uprights 25 projecting from the frame 11.
• the central part of the cover 13, delimited by the frame 38, may consist of a transparent plate 39.
• Each hollow 19 is intended to accommodate a plate 40 with representations and / or alphanumeric indications indicating the content of each rack 12. As can be seen in Figures 6 and 7, the box
• FIG. 10 may consist of several compartments which, with their respective drawers 12, can be stacked so as to constitute a single modular structure according to the requirements of the user.
• FIG. 10 In the embodiment shown in the figure-
• the toolbox with drawers 10 can include several accessories: rollers to be applied to the frame below the entire stack constituting the box; a cover with a handle 50, fixed to the upper rack 11, projecting in its central zone so as to transport the box 10 as if it were a suitcase (see FIG. 5); - A side handle, projecting from the top of the body, secured to an upright intended to support the axis of the rollers and to impart a certain rigidity to the modular structure.
• rollers to be applied to the frame below the entire stack constituting the box a cover with a handle 50, fixed to the upper rack 11, projecting in its central zone so as to transport the box 10 as if it were a suitcase (see FIG. 5); - A side handle, projecting from the top of the body, secured to an upright intended to support the axis of the rollers and to impart a certain rigidity to the modular structure.

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• Workshop Equipment, Work Benches, Supports, Or Storage Means (AREA)
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