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WO2005064110A1
WO2005064110A1 PCT/EP2003/014846 EP0314846W WO2005064110A1 WO 2005064110 A1 WO2005064110 A1 WO 2005064110A1 EP 0314846 W EP0314846 W EP 0314846W WO 2005064110 A1 WO2005064110 A1 WO 2005064110A1
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cabinet
shelves
side panels
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Ulrich Bohnacker
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Tegometall International AG
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Priority to AU2003293993A priority patent/AU2003293993A1/en
Priority to DE20321308U priority patent/DE20321308U1/de
Publication of WO2005064110A1 publication Critical patent/WO2005064110A1/fr
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    • 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
    • F16B12/44—Leg joints; Corner joints
    • F16B12/50—Metal corner connections
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/10—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands
    • A47F5/101—Display racks with slotted uprights
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/32—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing
    • E06B3/34—Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing with only one kind of movement
    • E06B3/42—Sliding wings; Details of frames with respect to guiding
    • E06B3/46—Horizontally-sliding wings
    • E06B3/4663—Horizontally-sliding wings specially adapted for furniture

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  • the invention relates to a cabinet suitable for use in modular shelving systems.
  • Shelving as used for the storage and display of goods in shops, warehouses, stores and stockrooms is often made from sheet metal in a modular system. It includes uprights with slots for engagement by hooks of brackets and back panels.
  • the brackets carry shelves.
  • the uprights, back panels, brackets and shelves are typically, cut or punched out from sheet metal and then bent to the desired shape. This results in an economical but rugged shelving system of modular construction.
  • An example of a shelving system of this type is disclosed in EP-A-0 873 703.
  • the . compartments in the shelving described above are open for easy access by the customers or clerks in the shop or store.
  • the left " side panel and the right side panel are preferably each made of a single workpiece, preferably a piece of sheet metal. Each provides a sidewall to the compartment and carries two shelves, one above the other, to form a compartment therebetween.
  • the compartment is closed on the front of the cabinet by a front door.
  • the front door is preferably also punched or cut out from sheet metal but may also be made of glass or resin, preferably a transparent resin such as acrylic resin.
  • the shelves are preferably made from sheet metal to combine economic manufacture with high load carrying capabilities.
  • the cabinet may or may not have a back panel to close the rear side of the compartment. For example, if the uprights are mounted to a wall, an additional back panel may be unnecessary.
  • a back panel may be useful to prevent access to the compartment and to stabilise the uprights from swinging left and right.
  • the features of a sliding front door in accordance with claims 2 and 3 make for a compact design which is easy and economical to manufacture.
  • the features of claims 4 to 8 each contribute to an economical but robust construction of the top and bottom shelves of the cabinet.
  • these shelves are identical to those conventionally used in modular shelving systems of the type described above (see EP-A-0 873 703) .
  • Such shelves have an upwardly open groove running along their front edge to provide some reinforcement. This groove is used as a rail to support and guide a sliding front door on the bottom shelve of a cabinet according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • shelves of this type typically have a front flange inclined so as to face forwardly/upwardly for holding ticket strips, price tags or similar signs.
  • the space between the front flange and the upwardly open groove forms a downwardly open groove which is used as a rail to guide the upper edge of the sliding front door by the top shelve of a cabinet according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the cabinet may be designed for assembly without tools, its parts being held in place by frictional forces and forces of gravity alone. In certain uses, however, this can have the disadvantage that it is susceptible to being tampered with by 'a customer. In particular, if the top shelf of a cabinet is simply placed with its side flanges on the left and right side panels, it may be lifted off to gain access to the cabinet compartment.
  • the embodiment of claim 9 comprises a retaining member for locking the upper shelf against it being lifted relative to the side panels or uprights.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a cabinet in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a plan view of a side panel in a modification of the embodiment of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic plan view of a cabinet including the side panel of Fig. 3
  • Fig. 4 shows a retaining member for use to prevent the top shelf from being lifted off from the cabinet
  • Fig. 5 shows the retaining member of Fig. 4 as assembled in a cabinet according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the cabinet shown in Fig. 1 comprises a left side panel 10 having a row of hooks 11 along its vertical rear edge for engaging holes or slots 31 of an upright 30.
  • the cabinet comprises a right side panel 20 with hooks (invisible in Figure 1) for engaging slots 31 of another upright 30.
  • the side panels 10 and 20 are identical or at least mirror- symmetrical one to each other.
  • the uprights 30 are of the type conventionally used to carry brackets for supporting shelves in a modular shelving system, the brackets having hooks for engaging the slots 31 of the uprights 30.
  • the cabinet further comprises an upper shelf 40 having side.flanges 41 along both its left and right side edges. The side flanges 41 rest on the horizontal upper edges of the side panels 10, 20 for the side panels to support the top shelf 40.
  • the top shelf 40 also has a forwardly/upwardly facing front flange 42 along its horizontal front edge for carrying ticket strips, price tags or other signs (not shown) .
  • the cabinet further comprises a lower shelf 50 identical with the upper shelf 40.
  • the lower shelf 50 is supported by the side panels 10, 20 in that its side flanges 51 are received within horizontal slits of the side panels 10, 20 as will be explained in more detail below with reference to Figs. 2 and 3.
  • the front flange of the bottom shelf 50 is designated by reference numeral 52.
  • the top and bottom shelves 40, 50 are each formed with an upwardly open groove 43, 53 and a downwardly open groove (invisible in Fig. 1) running parallel to their front edges behind the front flanges 42, 52.
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a modified embodiment of the left side panel 10 of Fig. 1. Like features in both Figures are designated by like reference numerals.
  • the left side panel 10 of Fig. 2 resembles that of Fig. 1 in that it has a row of hooks 11 along its vertical rear edge.
  • the one of Fig. 2 also has a hori- zontal upper edge 12 for supporting the top shelf 14 and a horizontal slit 13 close to its lower edge.
  • the horizontal slit 13 is open towards the rear edge of the side panel 10 and extends nearly all the way through the same towards its front edge.
  • the side panel 10 of Fig. 2 differs from the side panel 10 of Fig. 1 in that it has a further horizontal slit 14 for carrying a further shelf 80 within the compartment of the cabinet as shown in Fig. 3.
  • FIG 3 is a schematical plan view of the left side panel 10 as used in a cabinet including the top shelf 40, the bottom shelf 50, the sliding front doors 60, 70 and the further shelf 80 which are all shown in cross-section in a plane parallel to the side panel 10, i.e. a plane perpendicular to the front edges of the shelves 40, 50, 80.
  • the further shelf 80 is less deep than but otherwise has the same basic construction as the top and bottom shelves 40, 50, and comprises a side flange 81, a front flange 82 and an upwardly open groove 83.
  • the shelves 40, 50, 80 are made of sheet metal with a zigzag or Z-shaped cross-section so as to form upwardly open grooves 43, 53, 83 and downwardly open grooves 44, 54, 84 just behind the front flanges 42, 52, 82.
  • the grooves reinforce the shelves and serve as guide rails for the sliding front doors 60, 70 as follows: the upwardly open groove 53 of the bottom shelf 50 receives and supports the horizontal lower edges of the doors 60, 70 while the downwardly open groove 44 of the top shelf 40 receives and guides the horizontal upper edges of the doors 60, 70.
  • the doors partly overlap but the grooves 53, 44 are wide enough and the doors 60, 70 are thin enough to allow easy sliding of the doors when opened or closed.
  • there are U-shaped reinforcement profiles 45, 85, 55 welded from below against the lower surfaces of the shelves 40, 50, 80.
  • the reinforcement profiles 45, 55, 85 and further grooves 46, 56, 86 along the rear edges of the shelves 40, 50, 80 increase the load carrying capabilities.
  • FIG. 4 and 5 Views of the right side panel 20 which correspond to Fig. 2 and 3 would be mirror-inverted but otherwise identical to Fig. 2 and 3 and are thus omitted.
  • the retaining member 90 is L-shaped with first and second legs 91, 92.
  • the first leg 91 has a screw hole 93 corresponding to a screw hole 15 in each of the side panels 10, 20 close to a reinforcement profile 45 of the top shelf 40.
  • the second leg 92 is integrally formed with a hook 94.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view from within the cabinet compartment showing how the retaining member 90 is used to lock the top shelf 40 to the right side panel 20. Another retaining member (not shown) is used to lock the top shelf 40 in the same way to the left side panel 10. The hook 94 engages a hole 47 provided in the bottom of the reinforcement profile 45 to connect the retaining member 90 to the top shelf 40.
  • the retaining member 90 is fixed to the side panel 20 by means of a screw and nut 95 in conjunction with the screw holes 93, 15. Except for fastening the screw and nut 95, assembly of the entire cabinet can be made without tools.
  • the side panels 10, 20, the shelves 40, 50, 80, the front doors 60, 70 and the back panel 100 are each made by cutting or punching from sheet metal.
  • the side and front flanges 41, 51, 81, 42, 52, 82 and the grooves 43, 53, 83, 44, 54, 84 of the shelves 40, 50, 80 are obtained by bending the sheet metal.
  • the side panels 10, 20 are each integrally manufactured from- one piece of sheet metal.
  • the top and bottom shelves 40, 50 are of identical construction. All this contributes to economical manufacturing of a robust cabinet.
  • the shelves 40, 50 and 80 are of the type which can be placed on conventional brackets which can be mounted in - a conventional way to the uprights 30 by engagement of hooks of the brackets with the slots 31 of the uprights 30.
  • the cabinets of the embodiments are compatible with conventional shelving and can be mixed with conventional shelving parts to form a modular system.
  • the front doors 60 and/or 70 can also be made of glass or acrylic resin. Since glass or acrylic resin will usually be thicker than sheet metal, it would then be advisable to provide the upper and lower edges of such transparent doors with frame members having fins slim enough to be easily received by the grooves 44 and 53. Such frame members are unnecessary, however, if the top and bottom shelves 40, 50 are modified so as to have grooves 44, 53 wide enough to accommodate' door panels of acrylic resin or glass.
  • the further slit 40 could be omitted and the further shelf 80 instead placed on horizontal ridges welded to the inner faces of the side panels 10 and 20.
  • the further shelf 80 could ' also be replaced by one made of acrylic resin or glass.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une armoire compatible avec des systèmes de rayonnages modulaires comprenant des montants (30) dotés de fentes (31) utilisées en général pour supporter des supports supportant des tablettes. L'armoire comprend des panneaux latéraux gauche et droite (10, 20) comprenant individuellement des crochets (11) venant en contact avec les fentes (31) des montants (30). Les panneaux latéraux supportent des tablettes supérieure et inférieure (40, 50). Des portes avant coulissantes (60, 70) ferment un compartiment de l'armoire formé entre les panneaux latéraux et les tablettes supérieure et inférieure. Les tablettes (40, 50) sont de construction identique et comprennent individuellement des rainures ouvertes vers le haut et vers le bas (43, 44, 53, 54) servant de rails-guides pour les portes coulissantes (60, 70).
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WO2008134500A3 (fr) * 2007-04-26 2010-01-21 Blackhawk Labs, Llc Dispositif et procédé permettant de loger du matériel électronique et d'augmenter l'utilisation de l'espace au sol dans un environnement sécurisé
FR2943516A1 (fr) * 2009-03-25 2010-10-01 Steeve Antonio Mario Sabatto Etageres-coques securisees en porte-a-faux a haute performance structurelle

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US3601462A (en) * 1969-08-07 1971-08-24 Streater Ind Inc Cabinet with sliding doors
GB1281521A (en) * 1968-08-29 1972-07-12 W G Cox & Son Ltd Sliding door construction and sections for use therein
EP0080669A2 (fr) * 1981-11-27 1983-06-08 Heinz Georg Baus Armoire avec porte coulissante
US4733841A (en) * 1986-08-08 1988-03-29 Haworth, Inc. Hanger bracket for cabinet
US4826115A (en) * 1988-04-04 1989-05-02 Krueger, Inc. Self-locking mounting clip system
EP0873703A2 (fr) 1997-03-27 1998-10-28 Tegometall (International) AG Système d'étagères

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GB1281521A (en) * 1968-08-29 1972-07-12 W G Cox & Son Ltd Sliding door construction and sections for use therein
US3601462A (en) * 1969-08-07 1971-08-24 Streater Ind Inc Cabinet with sliding doors
EP0080669A2 (fr) * 1981-11-27 1983-06-08 Heinz Georg Baus Armoire avec porte coulissante
US4733841A (en) * 1986-08-08 1988-03-29 Haworth, Inc. Hanger bracket for cabinet
US4826115A (en) * 1988-04-04 1989-05-02 Krueger, Inc. Self-locking mounting clip system
EP0873703A2 (fr) 1997-03-27 1998-10-28 Tegometall (International) AG Système d'étagères

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2008134500A3 (fr) * 2007-04-26 2010-01-21 Blackhawk Labs, Llc Dispositif et procédé permettant de loger du matériel électronique et d'augmenter l'utilisation de l'espace au sol dans un environnement sécurisé
FR2943516A1 (fr) * 2009-03-25 2010-10-01 Steeve Antonio Mario Sabatto Etageres-coques securisees en porte-a-faux a haute performance structurelle

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