EP2348920B1 - Construction kit - Google Patents

Description

I. Field of application

The invention relates to a modular system for creating primarily of all containers such as shelves, but also completely or partially closed elements such as cabinets, enclosures, etc., as well as the containers produced therefrom itself.

II. Technical background

The purpose of such modular systems is z. As shelves in different heights and widths to create individually from the smallest possible number of different items. This makes it easier for the manufacturer to store due to fewer different parts and allows the user to create from the existing items in the dimensions varying shelves or cabinets.

Such modular systems for z. B. Shelves are available in many variants on the market:

So can be z. B. always same size plates that are used both as walls and as shelves, create shelves that represent a uniform, square grid in the front view, and in which a Plate from one to the next corner joint ranges, both in horizontal and vertical direction.

In addition, of course, shelf systems are known in which, for example, the vertical side walls are formed continuously, and in between horizontal shelves of different lengths are suspended.

This, however, already the height of the shelf is predetermined, or only variable in that the manufacturer different heights of these side walls are offered.

In addition, furniture fittings, such as rotary connectors are known for custom furniture of course, with which dimensionally custom made plate-shaped vertical side panels and horizontal floors can connect at right angles to each other, for example by a screwed into the one element a projecting pin with thickened free end, which engages behind a groove in the wall of a cup-shaped rotary member, which is rotatably disposed near the outer edge in the other part and when turning due to changing wall thickness the thickened head and thus the first part draws and fixes.

The disadvantage of all these systems, however, is that it is not necessarily possible to create different shelves, cabinets or housings from one and the same individual parts, not necessarily in terms of their height and width and, above all, in the cantilevered, horizontal width.

Furthermore, it is from the DE 20 2008 004497 U1 already known to create a piece of furniture at different heights by the desired number of wall elements is set on a pedestal, completed by a top-mounted lid in the form of another plate.

Furthermore, it is from the EP 2 100 537 A1 known to provide a piece of furniture such as a drawer, at the adjacent, at the contact point not mutually supported plates, are biased against each other by means of ver in the interior of the plate in the main plane running tie rods, which extend in the middle of the thickness of these plates.

The wall elements are braced against each other between the lid and base with the help of one around the entire outer circumference of the piece of furniture in a corresponding groove in the outside inserted and put under tension tensioning cable.

III. Presentation of the invention a) Technical task

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a kit for creating shelves, cabinets or enclosures, which is easy to handle despite less different items and also allows horizontal floors of different lengths from the same, mutually aligned items to create.

b) Solution of the task

This object is solved by the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments will be apparent from the dependent claims.

Since the tensioning device can bias not only plates at an angle to one another, but also mutually aligned plates against each other, this opens up the possibility of forming, from individual plates arranged in a row, a e.g. stable shelf of a shelf, or to produce a vertical wall of a shelf or a cabinet or housing. In the previously known systems, this was only possible if in the connection region between the two aligned plates therefrom a transversely projecting plate was present.

Of course, the possibility remains that a shelf or even a vertical wall of the container consists of only a single plate.

This makes it possible to assemble shelves and similar containers of any height and width from always the same or only a small number of different plates.

For the purposes of the present application, it should be clarified that a plate is by no means to be understood as meaning only a continuous plate, but rather any element which has a substantially greater extent in its main plane than in its thickness. Such a plate may well have breakthroughs, so be as a perforated plate as well as a grid of metal rods welded together. As a rule, however, the plate is a flat material, such as a wood or plastic plate to be. The plate is preferably flat and / or rectangular.

In this case, the tensioning devices in the plates are preferably not only in the edge-side end regions of the plates, but extend over their entire length or width in the main plane of the plate, preferably not only over the length or width of the individual plate, but over the entire length of the plates arranged in alignment one behind the other, in order to press and stabilize the plates aligned one behind the other in the direction of alignment, if necessary also across the thickness of the adjoining plates at an angle.

Such a tensioning device may either be a tensioning cable or a tensioning rod which extends along the longitudinal direction or transverse direction of the plane of the plate, ie the desired tensioning direction, which is usually the alignment direction of the plates arranged one behind the other, either in the interior of the plates these direction extending bores lie or lying in the same direction, open to the outer surfaces of the plates grooves. The holes or the bottom of the grooves are spaced from the center of the thickness of the plates, however, in addition also on the center of the plate thickness holes, in particular in the middle of the length or width of a plate may be present.

The eccentric lying the center plane holes are mainly used to create a succession of adjacent plates a horizontal stable floor, for which the tensioning device, ie in particular the tensioning cable or the tension rod, must be arranged below the center of the thickness of the plates to a bias vertically upward, and for this purpose the plates are inserted so that the corresponding holes are located below the center of the thickness.

If the tensioning device comprises a tensioning cable, the tensioning device further includes at least one tensioning roller, on the circumference of which the end of the tensioning cable is placed, fixed and with the aid of which the tensioning cable can be tensioned in the longitudinal direction of the cable.

The tensioning cable can either be a cable that runs through in the longitudinal direction with a constant cross section, or else a tensioning cable which has thickenings at regular intervals, at which other parts of the tensioning device, for example a tensioning roller or an over-centering lever, can attack to tension the tensioning cable in its longitudinal direction.

The tensioning cable then extends in one piece over the entire length of the plates arranged one behind the other in alignment, optionally also over the thickness of the adjoining plates which are arranged transversely thereto.

If the tensioning device comprises a tension rod, this tension rod can - at least in its end-side end regions - be designed as a threaded rod with an inner and / or outer thread, so that by screwing or screwing a corresponding nut or screw this nut or screw on a corresponding Supporting counter surface, it may be the end face of the corresponding plate itself, through which the tension rod extends therethrough, or the side surface of an adjacent, transverse thereto plate adjacent to the longitudinally penetrated by the tension rod plate.

When using tie rods whose length is preferably consistent with the length or width of the plates which they are to penetrate, however can as well as the plates themselves and the corresponding tie rods in alignment arranged one behind the other and connected to each other by a suitable coupling element, which must be at least on train in the longitudinal direction as strong as the tension rod itself.

Since the clamping device does not necessarily ensure the exact positioning of the meeting plates, preferably in addition to the clamping device positioning elements, for. B. Positionierzapfen used to position the plates against each other by these positioning pins engage in each case a part of its extension in one of the two adjacent plates form-fitting manner.

For the same purpose, the plates may also have a tongue and groove configuration, in particular with a groove in one of the end faces of the plate, and a mating spring in the opposite end face.

The plates themselves may be a polygon, in particular a rectangle or a square, and be present in one or more sizes. For example, panels of equal length but different widths can be used to build shelves of varying depth, or panels of equal width and length may be included in the kit so as not to be tied to a single fixed pitch. If the plates differ in their length, the length of the different plates is preferably each an integer multiple of the length of the shortest plate. In the simplest case, the kit only from plates of a single size, from which still containers of different dimensions can be produced.

The plates may have in their length or width extending holes or grooves only in length or width, or in both directions of the main plane, and also through the thickness of the plate extending therethrough through holes together with in longitudinal and / or Be present in the transverse direction extending grooves or holes or alone in separate plates, which have only the holes in the thickness direction.

Are all types of grooves and holes on all plates available, these plates are very universal, but may suffer from the appearance of the resulting finished article underneath, as then a variety of grooves and holes are seen, the functionally even in an individual case are not needed, even if only one hole or groove per direction of the main plane is present.

The longitudinally and widthwise extending grooves or bores preferably extend at the same distance offset from the outer edge, but viewed in the thickness direction, the longitudinally extending grooves or holes at a different height level than those in the width direction.

The bores in the thickness direction can either be present at the point of intersection of the grooves or bores of the length direction and width direction or can be arranged offset therefrom.

Preferably, the plates additionally have a bore extending in the main plane in the middle of their thickness, preferably both in the length direction and in the width direction, in each case only one and not a plurality of parallel such holes in each direction, ie in the middle of Width and running in the middle of the length, so that these two center holes in the interior of the plate also intersect.

These central bores are used primarily for creating vertical walls of multiple plates, which generally do not require biasing to one side of the main plane, unless it is the outer wall of a shelf:

Thus, to create partitions in shelves or cabinets, these center holes are used for receiving the tensioning device, for which only a single in the middle of the width, ie the depth direction of the resulting shelf, is sufficient.

In the creation of external walls of a cabinet or shelf, however, again to one of the outside lying holes or grooves are used to bias this side wall towards the middle of the shelf or center of the cabinet out, as is also used in the horizontal shelves to the resulting Total plate in the opposite direction of the clamping device transverse direction, ie upward bias.

In this way, different containers can be produced from the elements of the construction kit according to the invention:

On the one hand shelves which are variable both in height and in width by juxtaposing plates in their plane, or even by a single plate in a plane.

If in particular of the grid to the thickness of the plates deviating supplementary plates are included in the kit, also rear walls and front walls - also openable front walls in the form of doors - can be attached to a shelf body, such z. B. rear walls can sit on the frame-like circumferential repository body or placed in the cavity of this cream.

Accordingly, such containers can be used not only as a shelf, but in the field of furniture as a cabinet or chest and beyond - possibly in other sizes - made of such a kit and housing and other containers.

Especially with housings, it is often necessary that z. B. the front surface has a recess, which is then arranged in one of the plates as either annularly enclosed or preferably open towards a narrow side of the plates recess.

The holes or grooves running in the plane of the plate preferably extend beside the recess and past it, so that they can still extend over the entire length or width of a plate.

By also mounting fixtures, in particular mounting holes, can be provided for hinges in the plates, doors or flaps can be made from the plates, which are pivotally mounted on the body.

c) embodiments

Fig. 1:

verschiedene, aus demselben erfindungsgemäßen Baukasten erstellte Regale bzw. Gehäuse,

Fig. 2:

Schnittdarstellungen von Plattenverbindungen mit einer ersten Spannvorrichtung,

Fig. 3:

einzelne Platten,

Fig. 4:

Schnittdarstellungen von Plattenverbindungen mit einer zweiten Spannvorrichtung,

Fig. 5:

die zweite Spannvorrichtung in Aufsicht auf die Plattenebene sowie im Schnitt der Plattenebene, wobei die Spannvorrichtung mit nicht zur Erfindung gehörenden, Nuten aufweisenden Platten dargesteltt ist.

Fig. 6:

Schnittdarstellungen von Plattenverbindungen mit einer dritten Spannvorrichtung und mit Nuten aufweisenden, nicht zur Erfindung gehörenden Platten.

Embodiments according to the invention are described in more detail below by way of example. Show it:

Fig. 1:

various shelves or housings made from the same inventive construction kit,

Fig. 2:

Sectional views of plate connections with a first clamping device,

3:

individual plates,

4:

Sectional views of plate connections with a second clamping device,

Fig. 5:

the second tensioning device in plan view of the plane of the plate and in section of the plane of the plate, wherein the tensioning device is dargesteltt with not belonging to the invention, grooves having plates.

Fig. 6:

Sectional views of plate joints with a third tensioner and grooved, not belonging to the invention plates.

The Fig. 1 a and 1b show on the one hand a tall, slender and on the other hand a wide, low shelf without back wall, which are each composed of the same plates 1:

While at the tall slim shelf of the Fig. 1 a superimposed four shelves are present, each of which consists of two horizontally aligned side by side positioning plates 1, which consist of only two shelves Fig. 1b each of three juxtaposed flush plates. 1

Even with the vertical side walls, the two shelves differ from the number of plates 1 "', by the high shelf of the Fig. 1a four plates 1 '"one above the other vertically arranged to form a side wall, in the low shelf of the Fig. 1b on the other hand, only two such plates 1 "'arranged one above the other form a side wall.

In the Fig. 1 a and 1 b are optionally the same size plates used as shelves and side walls, but possibly with respect to their holes or grooves different plates.

Further shows Figure 1c a tall slim shelf analogous to FIG. 1a , which in addition to the shelf according to FIG. 1 a rear-mounted rear wall, which consists of supplementary plates 1 *, which have by the thickness of the side walls 1 '"greater width than the plates used in the shelves 1 and a height equal to the height of the side plates 1'' equivalent.

As well as in FIG. 1 a in the horizontal shelves are the individual plates 1, which make up these shelves, biased against each other with the help of the through holes 6, in which in FIGS. 1 not shown Clamps 3 are located. This is the case with the rear wall forming plates 1 * the case with the through holes 6 in the vertical direction, over which the mutually vertically extending supplementary plates 1 * are biased vertically against each other.

Figure 1d shows a container which over the wide low shelf without rear wall according to FIG. 1b In addition, both a completely closed rear wall has as well as a partially closed front, which of course can be completely closed in practice.

Unlike the solution at Figure 1c are the back wall and front wall forming supplementary plates 1 * not placed on the shelf body from the front and rear, but used in the free space and thus carried out by the single or double thickness of the horizontally arranged plates in height lower, depending on whether in height the rear wall consists of a continuous plate or of two superimposed plates 1 *, corresponding to the side walls, as shown in the middle region.

In the width direction of the shelf, the plates 1 * are as wide as the plates 1, from which the horizontal shelves are formed.

The drawn as a front panel 1 *, which closes only 1/3 of the front, additionally has a recess 29, as they may be necessary just when using a container as a housing.

The recess 29 is open towards one of the outer edges of the plate 1 * and the holes 6 arranged in this plate 1 * running in the plane of the plate run alongside the recess 29.

As Fig. 3 shows, for the realization of a functioning building block mostly both in the longitudinal direction 10 extending holes 6 and grooves 7 are necessary, as well as thickness holes 16, which is determined by the thickness of the plate 1, ie extend transversely to the lying in the main plane of the plate 1 center plane 15 therethrough as through holes.

• in den Platten 1' nur die Bohrungen 6 bzw. Nuten 7 in Längsrichtung 10,
• in den Platten 1" nur die Bohrungen 6 bzw. Nuten 7 in Querrichtung 11 und
• in den Platten 1"' nur die Dickenbohrungen 16.

These three extending directions of recesses 6, 7, 16 may be present in one and the same plate 1 as in FIG Fig. 3a represented, or it can be used plates in which only one type of recesses is present, as in the Fig. 3c to 3e represented, so

• in the plates 1 'only the holes 6 and grooves 7 in the longitudinal direction 10,
• in the plates 1 "only the holes 6 and grooves 7 in the transverse direction 11 and
• in the plates 1 "'only the thickness holes 16.

All combinations of these are of course possible. Per recirculation need not necessarily be more recesses. Even a single per course can already be enough.

If all three recesses 6, 7, 16 or at least the bores 6 or grooves 7 extending in the longitudinal direction 10 and transverse direction 11 are present in one and the same plate 1, these are preferably located at different heights, viewed in the thickness direction 20 of the plate 1 :

Thus, the e.g. in the longitudinal direction 10 extending holes 6 or grooves 7 on one side of the median plane 15, so that in the case of grooves 7, these are open to the top, and extending in the transverse direction 11 holes 6 and grooves 7 on the other side of the median plane 15, so that in the case of grooves 7, these are open to the bottom.

Preferably, the holes 6 and grooves 7 are each set back from the end faces 1 c of the plate 1 by the same value towards the center.

In addition, in the plate 1 of Fig. 3a and b in each case one running in the longitudinal direction and transverse center bore 17a, 17b, which is located on the Center plane 15 is located, which is in contrast to the grooves 7 and 6 holes not in pairs in each direction, but only one in the middle of the length or width of the plate.

The shelves of Fig. 1 a and b are therefore considered exactly constructed from the same size plates, however, which are provided with different recesses:

While the plates 1, which form the horizontal shelves, no thickness holes 16 and not even in the direction of depth holes or grooves, but only in the longitudinal direction, ie from one shelf wall to the other extending holes or grooves must possess, thickness holes 16 in the for vertical side walls used plates 1 "'available to deface the shelf, so the top of the shelves, not with holes or other recesses.

The vertical plates are then only on each other, but can also be biased against each other.

The Fig. 2 to 6 show - partly in cross-sectional views - different clamping devices 3, to connect adjacent plates 1 both in alignment with each other and at an angle to each other:

In Fig. 2 For example, a first tensioning device 3 is shown, which comprises a tensioning rod 5 which is composed of a plurality of rod sections 5a, 5b, as well as the horizontal shelf is composed of a plurality of plates 1, which adjoin each other horizontally in alignment. At the right ending shelf closes a vertically standing plate 1, which serves as a side wall, for example, a shelf and with which the shelf should be firmly connected.

For this purpose, a clamping rod 5 by the in the longitudinal direction 10 of the plates 1 extending through holes 6 and also as clamping element through the adjacent, aligned and preferably the same thickness thick hole 16 inserted in the vertical plate and then from the outer sides of the side walls of the shelf, of which Fig. 2c two superimposed are visible, stretched in the longitudinal direction by supporting on these outer surfaces.

The stacked plates 1 can not slip against each other, as they are secured by positioning pins 30 between these plates 1, which protrude up and down into corresponding recesses of the end faces of these plates.

The same purpose could be fulfilled at this point, a tongue and groove connection of the vertical plates.

The individual rod sections are connected to each other, for example screwed together. In the present case, the rod sections at their front ends in each case in the longitudinal direction extending blind holes threaded holes 18, so that a grub screw 19 each half in the two adjacent rod sections 5a, b screwed these firmly together in the longitudinal direction.

Since the rod portion ends at the end of the shelf with this, the thickness of the vertical plate 1 is overcome by means of a correspondingly long clamping screw 12, which is inserted from the outside of the vertical plate and inserted into the threaded bore 18 at the end of the tie rod 5 and screwed is supported, and with a widened edge of her head on the outer surface of the sidewall thereby supports.

The tensioning element, in this case the tensioning rod 6, thus extends here over the entire horizontal length of the shelf and additionally the thickness of the two adjacent side walls. If the shelf has more than two side walls, including partitions, the clamping element, Here, the tension rod 5, extend over several consecutively aligned shelves and more than two vertical side walls away in the horizontal direction, as in Figure 2d represented, wherein in addition to bridging the thickness of the intermediate wall by a corresponding longer grub screw 19 'and optionally, this surrounding, serving as a positioning device 2 positioning sleeve 22' or eccentric bush 21 in the transverse direction of the grub screw 19 'is held.

A major problem with the horizontally aligned shelves 1 is the stability under load from above by placing objects, such as books:

There is a risk that at the contact points between two adjacent plates 1, the shelf bottom bends down. In order to avoid this, it is attempted with the aid of the tensioning device 3 to generate a bias upwards in the shelf without bulging it upwards in the unloaded state.

This is achieved in that the clamping element, such as the tension rod 5, is inserted into bores below the center plane 15 of the horizontally arranged plates 1, as in Fig. 2 located.

In the Fig. 2 although drawn bore 6 is indeed in the middle of the thickness of the plates 1, but also a bias can be achieved upwards by the tension rod 5 in the side view of Fig. 2a and c considered bulging downwards is:

This can be achieved by the bore 6 has a larger diameter than the clamping rod 5, and by an eccentric bushing 21 - as in the cross section of Fig. 2b shown - the clamping rod 5 presses against the upper cross-sectional area of the bore 18, wherein the eccentric bushing 21 is provided approximately U-shaped with a groove in a radial direction, in which the clamping rod 5 fits. If such an eccentric bush 21 in addition to each Half inserted into the holes 6 of the adjacent plates 1 and has an outer periphery corresponding to the inner circumference of these holes 6, such eccentric bushing 21 serves as a positioning pin between two adjacent plates simultaneously.

At the respective end of the tension rod 5 whose end is held by the rotationally symmetrical clamping screw 12 and the threaded pin 12a in the middle of the bore 6 aligned with the bore 16, whereby the tension rod 5 receives its overall course a slightly arcuate, downwardly curved contour.

The alignment of the holes 6 and 16 is ensured by a positioning sleeve 22 having a central passage opening for the end of the tie rod 5 on the one hand and the threaded pin 12a of the clamping screw 12 on the other hand and in the final state partly in the last horizontal plate 1 and partly in the vertical plate 1 is. Is mounted by inserting the clamping screw 12 from the outside of the vertical plate 1 ago and forward sliding into the horizontal plate 1 in, preferably by means of the clamping screw 12th

Fig. 4 shows a second clamping device 3 in a representation analogous to Fig. 2 , which differs in that a tensioning cable 4 'is used as the tensioning element instead of the tensioning rod, are arranged on the preferably regular intervals thickenings 9, for example, small balls, which in the longitudinal direction tensile strength with the tensioning cable 4' are connected, and in which Other parts of the clamping device 3 can attack to tension the tension cable 4 'in the longitudinal direction 10.

For this purpose, the introduced from the outside of the vertical shelf wall clamping screw 12 'has a bush-shaped base body 23 which fits into the thickness hole 16 exactly, and has a central internal thread, in which an expansion screw 24 is screwed, which is with its widened flange the outside of the vertical plate 1 is supported. The expansion screw 24 has a conical tip, which sits on the forwardly screwing the expansion screw 24 into the main body 23 between the rear ends of retaining claws 25 and this apart when forward screwing the expansion screw 24 in the main body 23 apart, wherein the base body 23 by a Vielnutverzahnung or the like on the outer circumference in a turning in the thickness hole 16 is prevented.

The retaining claws 25, two or more of which are arranged distributed over the circumference in the inner surfaces of the sleeve-shaped base body 23 are bent and mounted in its central region about a transverse axis to the longitudinal direction 10 pivot axis 26 so that with increasing pressing of their rear ends of the front ends 26a a positioned in the gripping region of the retaining claws 25 thickening 9 engage and when applied to the thickening 9 of the main body 23 further axially in the direction of expansion screw 24 together with the tensioning cable 4 'is pulled.

The Fig. 5 and 6 show a tensioning device, are used in the tensioning cables 4 without regularly arranged thickening in the central region. This tensioning cable 4 has only at one end a thickening 9, which can not be pulled through the hole 6, in which the tensioning cable 4 is located.

For tensioning the tensioning cable 4 tensioning rollers 13 are used, which are inserted in this case in one of the extending in the direction of the main plane of the plate outer surfaces 1 a or b of the plates 1 in appropriately sized cup holes 14, as in Fig. 5a shown. Hereinafter, the tensioning device and its operation will be described, wherein the tensioning cable is guided in not belonging to the invention grooves.

Here are located on each of the longitudinal direction 10, for example, extending groove 7 near the end portions of the plate 1 depending on a pot bore 14 which is penetrated by the groove 7 and preferably deeper than the groove 7 so that a lying in the groove 7 tensioning cable 4 is about in the middle of the thickness of the inserted into the pot bore 14 tension roller 13 - which is located in the farthest of the end thickening 9 pot bore - can be wound.

In this case, the free end of the tensioning cable 4 - whose length is cut by cutting at the free end according to the desired length of the product to be produced, for example. Shelf is prepared - fixed on the winding circumference 27 of the tension roller 13 and then the tension roller 13 is rotated in the winding direction of the tensioning cable 4 and thus the tensioning cable 4 is increasingly stretched in the longitudinal direction 10. Since the tensioning cable 4 extends through all the plates 1 arranged in alignment with one another, these plates 1 are thereby pressed against one another in the longitudinal direction 10. The tension roller 13 is prevented from turning back, for example, by pawls on its outer circumference arranged teeth 28, the flanks of which extend approximately parallel to the outer circumference in the winding, in the unwinding almost radially, and thereby dig into the inner circumference of the pot bore 14.

Like the sectional view of the Fig. 5b shows the plates 1 are prepared to produce a shelf so that the grooves 7 are in its lower side and the lower half of the thickness to cause by means of the tensioned tensioning cable 4, the desired bias of the plates 1 upwards.

While in the solution of the Fig. 5 the tensioning cable 4 extends only through the aligned one after the other plates 1, but not by a possibly adjacent thereto transverse plate 1, is in Fig. 6 a solution in views analogous to the Fig. 2 shown, in which the tensioning cable 4 extends through the subsequent transverse, usually vertical plate 1 in the form of a side wall and also this biases from the outside against the horizontal, used as a shelf plates 1:

• Wiederum steckt ein Grundkörper 23' - am Außenumfang vorzugsweise wieder mit einer Vielzahnprofilierung gegen ein Drehen in der Dickenbohrung 16 ausgestattet - in der Dickenbohrung 16.

In this case, the clamping screw 12 "is designed as a tension roller 13 'and - as in the Fig. 4 - executed in several parts:

• Again, a base body 23 '- preferably provided on the outer circumference again with a splined profiling against rotation in the thickness bore 16 - in the thickness hole 16th

In its central inner opening a tensioning roller 13 'can be inserted and rotatably mounted on the winding circumference 27' turn the free end of the tensioning cable 4 and wound and thereby in the longitudinal direction 10 of the tensioning cable 4 can be tensioned. Again, the tension roller 13 'secured by suitable devices on turning back in the unwinding. In order to allow the tensioning cable 4 to emerge from the latter in the direction of the horizontal plates 1 in the thickness bore, a corresponding through-hole may be present in the lower region of the base body 23.

Even with this solution, it is clear that at the other end of the tensioning cable 4 is not necessarily a thickening 9 'must be, but instead the tensioning cable 4 may have two free ends, each wound on an analog tensioning roller or clamping screw and thus in the longitudinal direction is tensionable.

It goes without saying that for one, as in the Fig. 1 Shelf a and b shown in addition to a similar principle, a rear wall can be made, and if necessary, a front flap or door, made according to the same principle of operation of individual plates and then-fixed at the rear wall, at a door or flap hinges - Connected to the existing body.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

1, 1 ', 1 ", 1" plate

1*

supplementary plate

1a

outer surface

1b

outer surface

1c

face

2

positioning

3

jig

4, 4 '

tether

5

tension rod

5a, b

rod sections

6

drilling

7

groove

8th

idler

9

thickening

10

longitudinal direction

11

transversely

12, 12 ', 12 "

clamping screw

13, 13 '

tensioners

14

pot holes

15

midplane

16

Dick bore

17a, b

center bore

18

threaded hole

19, 19 '

grub screw

20

thickness direction

21

eccentric

22, 22 '

positioning sleeve

23, 23 '

body

24

expander

25

retaining claws

26

swivel axis

27

winding periphery

28

teeth

29

recess

30

positioning

Claims (13)

1. A system for producing containers like shelves, closets and housings, wherein at least one wall or a base is made from plural plates (1, 1'...) arranged behind one another in an identical plane, comprising:

   - at least one size of plates, (1, 1', 1 ", 1"') for use e.g. as a wall, base or door,

   - positioning devices (2) to attach the plates (1) in alignment or at an angle relative to one another,

   - and tension devices (3) configured as a tension cable (4) or a tension rod (5) in order to preload plates (1) relative to one another that are also in alignment with one another with respect to their main planes and adjoining at one another and which are not supported at the contact spots,
   characterized in that

   - the plates (1) include bore holes (6) that are arranged in longitudinal direction (10) and/or in transversal direction (11) of the main plane of the plate (1) outside of a center of a thickness of the plates, wherein the bore holes are configured as pass through bore holes and open into faces of the plates.
2. The system according to claim 1,
   characterized in that
   the clamping devices (3) extend in at least one direction of the main plane of the plates (1) over their entire length and in particular the clamping devices (3) extend over the sum of all plates (1, 1', 1 ", 1"') that are arranged in alignment behind one another, optionally including plates (1, 1', 1 ", 1"') arranged there between and transversally oriented.
3. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that
   the plates include bore holes (16) also in thickness direction of the plates (1), thus transversal to their main plane, in particular at a distance so that they are in alignment with bore the holes (6) extending in the main plane a plate (1) applied at a right angle to an outer edge of the plate (1).
4. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that
   plates (1) with bore holes (6) extending below a center of a thickness for receiving the tension cables (4) or tension rods (5) are used in order to produce horizontal floors from plural plates (1) adjoining at one another and not supported at contact locations.
5. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that

   - the tension device (3) for tightening the tension cable (4) includes a tension roller (8) which is supported in particular in the plate (1) and/or

   - the tension cable (4) includes thickenings at uniform distances and the tension device (3) includes an over dead center lever for engaging the thickenings (9) as tension devices for the tension cable, wherein the tension device is supported in particular in a face (1 c) of the plate (1).
6. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that

   - the tension rod (5) is a threaded rod and supported through threaded on nuts or a head of a tension bolt (12) on faces of the plates, in particular in a dead hole and/or

   - the tension rods (5) have a length or width of the plates (1) and are extendable according to the number of plates (1) that are placed in alignment behind one another, e.g. through a coupling element.
7. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that the

   - a size of the in particular planar and/or rectangular plate (1) is square and other sizes of the plates (1) in longitudinal direction and/or transversal direction of the plates (1) respectively have a dimension of an integer multiple of the length of the smallest plate and/or

   - additional plates (1*) are provided in a supplemental size with respect to the plates (1) wherein the additional plates are smaller or larger in longitudinal direction and/or in transversal direction by a thickness of the plate (1) in order to be used in particular as applied or inserted rear walls or front walls.
8. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that
   the plates (1) are no closed flat plates, but grid elements in particular made from metal, in particular with tubes as grid rods.
9. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized in that
   the system includes positioning elements, in particular positioning sleeves (22) for insertion into the bore holes (6) opening in alignment with one another and arranged in particular in plates (1) that are arranged at an angle relative to one another.
10. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that
    the bore holes (6) that are not arranged in the center plane (15) are symmetrically arranged on both sides relative to a longitudinal center of the plate, and in particular a bore hole (6) is arranged in the center plane (15) of the thickness of the plate (1) in particular at the longitudinal center of the plate (1).
11. The system according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized in that
    the plates (1, 1'...1*) include a recess (29) in their main plane, wherein the recess is open in particular towards a narrow side and the bore holes (6) extend in particular adjacent to the recess (29).
12. The system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plates (1, 1'...1*) have receiving devices, in particular receiving bore holes for hinges for a linked connection of plates (1) that are adjacent to one another.
13. A method for producing a container from the system according to claim 1, wherein at least one floor is made from plural plates that are arranged behind one another in alignment in an identical plane and which are clamped relative to one another through at least one clamping device,
    characterized in that
    plural plates (1) adjoining one another, not supported at contact locations and having bore holes (6) extending below a center of their thickness for receiving tension cables (4) or tension rods (5) are used for producing horizontal floors.

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