HK1123700A1 - Shelf panel - Google Patents

Abstract

A shelf includes a bearing region and a supporting region connected to and extending parallel to the bearing region. The supporting region includes a supporting profile. The supporting profile has a first leg extending substantially parallel to the bearing region. The first leg includes at least two parallel sections. The supporting profile also includes a second leg extending from the bearing region to the first leg. The second leg includes at least two parallel sections.

Description

The invention relates to a shelf-stand with a supporting area and a supporting area parallel to it, fitted with supporting profiles.

It is known that shelf floors for storage or sale are equipped with supporting profiles which increase the stability of the floors against bending under load, but for reasons of stability and cost-effectiveness it is desirable to manufacture the supporting profiles individually with the shelf floor.

DE-U-71 05 901 is known to be a shelf floor in which the support is formed by the sheet-cut-out of folds protruding from the bottom, the walls of the folds being at least adjacent to the area near the folding area.

DE-C-29 19 264 is a known module for the construction of facades, which has support profiles formed individually with the printing area. Several such modules are assembled into a facade. The support profiles are formed from sections made by multiple edges of the floor material. The profile has the shape of a triangle in cross section, open at the top and forming a joint in the printing area.

EP 0262110 A2 reveals a panel floor with the characteristics of the general concept of this claim 1.

The present invention is intended to equip a shelf-floor with supporting profiles which improve the load-bearing capacity and bending strength of the floor, at the same time as reducing costs and providing a fuse-free surface, and to maintain the bending strength in the downward direction of the floor.

The solution to this problem is to use the shelf floor described in claim 1, and the advantages of the invention are given in the sub-claims.

The support profile is made up of two legs, each formed by parallel leg segments, the first leg running essentially parallel to the rack floor support area. The legs increase the load capacity and bending strength of the rack floor by supporting part of the weight force applied to the rack floor support area. At the same time, good stackability of the rack floors for storage and distribution is achieved because the first leg forms a relatively large contact area with the rack floor stacked below.

The T-shaped support profile with two legs can be produced by repeated rolling and/or edging operations at 90° or 180° angles and is therefore particularly simple.

According to claim 2, the stability of the profile is further enhanced by the parallel sections of the supporting profile being flattened together. Preferably, additional connection of adjacent areas of the thigh sections is made by welding. A usable result is already achieved by individual welding points. Alternatively or additionally, a continuous welding joint along the outer edges of the supporting profile is also possible, i.e. along the joint formed by the upper edges of the sections of the second thigh in the supporting area and/or at the ends of the supporting profile.

According to claim 3, the support profile is made in single sections with the material of the support area. A single-section façade is in principle more stable than a multi-section one because there are no connecting points of the individual parts that could be detached under load.

Claim 4 states that the support profile is produced by rolling forms and/or edges, thus minimising the production effort involved in support profile.

According to claim 5, the support profile extends over the entire length of the shelf floor, i.e. from one side end to the other.

According to claim 6, the first and second legs are perpendicular to each other, which makes the load particularly evenly distributed.

Claim 7 describes a preferred construction of the invention in which the shelf floor is made from a single piece of steel sheet, for example by edges and/or roll shapes.

According to claim 8, even if the sections of the second leg are welded, the joints at the upper edge of the second leg that inevitably remain and in which dirt may be trapped or objects on the façade may become stuck are closed, thus avoiding unevenness of the shelf-floor area at the points where the support profiles are formed.

The multi-supported embodiment as described in claim 9 provides additional stability over the entire depth of the deck.

An example of the invention is described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the shelf floor as shown in an example of the present invention; and Figure 2 shows an enlarged cross-sectional representation of the support profile.

Figure 1 shows a shelf 1 with a support area 2 and a support area 3 running parallel to it, which has two support profiles 4 which run perpendicular to the plane of the figure from one side end of the shelf 1 to the other.

The side walls 11 are cut in the longitudinal direction of the shelf floor 1 and are located at the lateral ends of the side walls 11 which contribute to increased stiffness. They are made by stamping or cutting and then rolling and/or edging the outer edges of the floor. The side walls 11 are cut in front of the edge so that, after the support profiles 4 have been made, they have the narrowest possible gap (not shown) at the height of the support profiles. The side walls 11 allow the facade floor to be laid on the side sliding resistors on the consoles (not shown) embedded in vertical control columns (not shown).

The front and rear buttons 12, 13 and 13 complete the shelf area 2 in the longitudinal direction. The buttons are used to further stiffen the deck 1, to attach price rails or sections in the shelf area and to catch particles or small parts falling from the shelf floor.

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The two legs 5, 6 are moulded on the edition area 2 of shelf floor 1, i.e. made individually with this one. This gives the shelf floor a high stability and allows a simple and cost-effective production by roll moulds and/or edges from one piece of sheet metal.

The vertical or second leg 5 gives the deck 1 an improved bending strength in the longitudinal direction of the support profile 4. The horizontal or first leg 6 increases the overall load capacity and bending strength of the shelf deck floor. It acts as a belt which, in addition to the deck floor material in the deck area 2, supports the weight of an article stored on the deck floor. This weight is divided into a compressive load component acting on the deck area 2 and a tensile load component acting on the thighs 5, 6 of the deck area 3. Overall, this results in an increase in the deck floor's load capacity 1.

The manufacture of the shelf floor 1 is based on a steel sheet capable of being edged. The T-shaped support profile with the two legs shown in Fig. 2 can be made from this sheet by several roll-forming and/or edging operations.

A high stability gain in relation to the amount of material used is achieved if the two legs 5, 6 have approximately the same length. If the sections 7, 8 and 9, 10 of one or both legs 5, 6 are joined in pairs by the application of several welding points or seams, the rack floor gains additional stability.

Even if the sections 7, 8 of the second leg 5 are welded at their upper edges, in the support area 2 there are 14 seams at the points of the support profiles 4 where dirt may be trapped or objects on the facade may remain suspended. These seams 14 are preferably closed by an appropriate material. The filling material can be welded, glued or otherwise applied before or after the painting or powder coating of the facade area 1. This avoids almost all unevenness in the support area.

List of reference marks

1Fachboden2Support area3Support area4Support profile5Second (vertical) thigh6First (horizontal) thigh7-10Limbs 11Side wall12Front nut13Rear nut14Fuge

Claims (9)

1. A shelf having a bearing region (2) and a supporting region (3), wherein the supporting region extends in parallel to the bearing region and comprises a supporting profile (4) including two legs (5, 6), wherein the first leg (6) extends substantially in parallel to the bearing region (2), and each of the legs (5, 6) is formed by portions (7, 8 and 9, 10) which extend substantially in parallel to each other, characterised in that the first leg (6) and the second leg (5) form in cross-section the shape of a "T".
2. The shelf of claim 1, wherein the in parallel extending portions (7, 8 and 9, 10) of a leg (5, 6) are each in planar contact and preferably connected with each other.
3. The shelf of any preceding claim, wherein the supporting profile (4) is integrally formed with the bearing region (2).
4. The shelf of any preceding claim, wherein the leg portions (7 to 10) are respectively made by roll forming and/or bending.
5. The shelf of any preceding claim, wherein the supporting profile (4) substantially extends across the complete length of the shelf (1).
6. The shelf of any preceding claim, wherein the second leg (5) extends substantially perpendicular to the first leg (6).
7. The shelf of any preceding claim, which is made of a single piece of metal sheet.
8. The shelf of any preceding claim, wherein a filling element is inserted into a groove (14) which is formed by the upper edges of the portions (7, 8) forming the second leg (5) in the bearing region (2).
9. The shelf of any preceding claim, wherein the supporting region (3) comprises a plurality of supporting profiles (4).