ES2562455T3 - Placement furniture in order with deformable closure curtain (s) - Google Patents

Abstract

Placement furniture in order in a set to be assembled, of the type comprising a lower wall (2) and an upper wall (3), two side walls (10), a rear bottom wall (7) and an open front face ( 4), as well as a deformable closing curtain (5), in one or two parts, which slide inside sliding guides (13.1) face to face characterized in that at least one of the side walls of said furniture is arranged in the form of a box (10) supplied not removable previously assembled at the factory and enclosing the deformable curtain (5), the box (10) comprising two opposite end walls (13) each internally presenting a sliding guide (13.1) facing the sliding of the deformable curtain (5), as well as a slit (15) by which said deformable curtain is taken out of the box (10) or re-entered into it, each of the two walls of the opposite end (13) of the box (10) also presenting exte subsequently means (13.2) for fast fixing to the lower (2) and upper (3) walls of said furniture that are adjacent to said box, said box being then mounted as a simple ordinary wall between the lower and upper walls, the box ( 10) also presenting, on its face turned towards the interior of the furniture, a plate (12) provided with a plurality of openings (12.1) and / or cutouts (12.8) intended to receive an end of transverse elements of rigidity and / or reinforcement (8).

Description

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DESCRIPTION

Placement furniture in order with deformable closure curtain (s)

The present invention relates to an orderly placing furniture, of the type comprising a lower wall and an upper wall, two side walls, a bottom rear wall and an open front face, as well as a deformable closing curtain, in one or two parts, sliding inside sliding guides face to face.

Background of the invention

10 The term "deformable curtain" currently used must be understood in its broadest acceptance, naturally encompassing articulated or slatted curtains, but also any type of soft or flexible curtain, capable of deforming so that its profile follows a particular curve, presenting a sufficient radius so that its edges follow the paths of the associated sliding guides and defined by the sliding guides in front of

15 front.

Placement furniture is known in order of reformable curtain (s) that extend in a vertical plane or in a horizontal plane.

20 Reference may be made, for example, to documents EP-1 975 366 A1, EP-1 426 547 A1, and EP-1 275 812 A1 of the applicant company.

Reference can also be made to document DE-10 2004 005 781 A1 which describes an orderly placing furniture that has an upper compartment in which a functional block that integrates a curtain is housed.

25 This functional block is laid flat on a horizontal shelf that forms the bottom wall of the compartment and is locked in place by vertical profiles that are screwed onto the front edges of the side walls of the furniture.

For the technological background, reference may finally be made to documents US-2,094,940 A, US

30 5,823,645 A, US-3,135,544 A, FR-2926193 A1, FR-422623 A, GB-885 999 A, GB-877222 A, DE-2121216 B1 and DE802 528 C.

In the course of time, the materials used to constitute the placement furniture in order of this type have evolved more and more, with a progressive replacement of the metal components by components of

35 plastic material less expensive and lighter.

In addition, there is currently the need for furniture placement in order that are available in the market in the form of games to assemble oneself on the site.

40 However, in the framework of the furniture placed in order with closing curtain (s), it is necessary to recognize that the assembly is delicate and annoying, generally requiring two people and the use of screwing or tightening tools.

Thus, a person skilled in the art faces a first type of inconvenience constituted by the long assembly,

45 Annoying and delicate if you want to avoid the clogging of the closing curtain, together with the need to use screwing or tightening means that require the use of suitable tools. In addition, it has also been observed that assembly operations are not without risk of being injured by pinching or cutting.

Subsidiarily the conception of the furniture of placement in known order also presents a second type

50 of disadvantage when it is desired to organize a stack of at least two placement modules in order one above the other. In fact, when a user wants to superimpose two placement furniture in order already assembled to avoid the limitations of the occupied volume inherent to a single double height furniture, he is obliged to organize the fixing of the upper module on the lower module and this to the detriment of the total height of the furniture with respect to the placement space in order.

55 A person skilled in the art therefore also faces a second type of inconvenience constituted by the difficulty of organizing the superposition of at least two modules in order, without complicating the assembly, and without generating an excess height Unusable for order placement.

60 Object of the invention

The object of the invention is to conceive a furniture of placement in order whose structure allows to avoid the first inconvenience mentioned above, facilitating the assembly by the user on the site, without the risk of a bad placement and / or a binding of the curtain (s). of closing, and avoiding the aforementioned risks of

65 be damaged at the time of assembly.

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The object of the invention is also to conceive an installation furniture in order whose structure allows assembly by a single person, without requiring the use of screwing or tightening tools, the ordering furniture obtained in order to present the rigidity indispensable for its use , as well as the usual capacities of placing in order on shelving or in suspended folders.

5 General definition of the invention

The aforementioned technical problem is solved according to the invention thanks to an orderly furniture in a set for mounting, of the type comprising a lower wall and an upper wall, two side walls, a bottom back wall and an open front face , as well as a deformable closing curtain, in one or two parts, which slides inside sliding guides face to face, said orderly placing furniture being remarkable because at least one of the side walls of said furniture is placed in the form of a non-detachable box provided previously assembled at the factory and enclosing the deformable curtain, the box comprising two walls of opposite ends each internally presenting a guide of

15 sliding towards the sliding of the deformable curtain, as well as a slit through which said deformable curtain is released from the box or re-entering it, each of the two walls of the opposite ends of the box also presenting externally means quick fixation to the lower and upper walls of said furniture that are adjacent to said box, said box being then mounted as a simple ordinary wall between the lower and upper walls, the box also presenting, on its face turned towards the interior of the furniture , a plate provided with a plurality of openings and / or cutouts intended to receive an end of cross stiffness and / or reinforcement elements

As can be easily understood, the embodiment in the form of a box simplifies the assembly considerably since this box is mounted as a simple ordinary wall, without generating the slightest difficulty for good

25 placement and sliding of the associated curtain.

Preferably, the quick fastening means are interlocking means that do not need any particular tool.

Advantageously still, the lower and upper walls have a groove in the front face that continues to form a sliding guide for the or each curtain, each groove is attached to the sliding wall guide of the corresponding end of the housing concerned and said walls lower and upper also have a continuous groove on the rear face to receive an end edge of the back wall.

35 The or each box has, on its face turned towards the interior of the furniture, a plate provided with a plurality of openings and / or cutouts intended to receive an end of transverse elements of stiffness and / or reinforcement.

Preferably, therefore, the or each box is equipped internally, behind its plate turned towards the interior of the furniture, of vertical angles that have perforations in front of the openings of said plate, each angular being embedded at its ends on columnitas in Overhang that are one piece with the end walls.

Advantageously still, the walls are all joined together by means of quick fixation, in particular interlocking means that do not need any particular tool.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become clearer in the light of the description that follows and the accompanying drawings, which concern a particular mode of execution.

Brief description of the drawings

Reference will be made to the figures in the accompanying drawings where:

-Figure 1 illustrates in perspective an arrangement furniture in order according to the invention, comprising a double deformable closing curtain, here in closed position;

55 - Figures 2 and 3 are two perspective views of a side wall of the aforementioned furniture that is arranged in the form of a box enclosing a deformable curtain, this being in the space that serves the two side walls of said furniture , said box being illustrated in the state prior to assembly and prepared to be mounted within the framework of an assembly of said furniture provided in a set;

Figures 4 and 5 are two exploded perspective views of the aforementioned box, which make it possible to better distinguish the components of the box from Figures 2 and 3;

Figures 6 and 7 illustrate in perspective the arrangement of the lower and upper walls of the aforementioned box 65;

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- Figures 8 and 9 illustrate a top and bottom view of the lower or upper wall of the furniture concerned;

-Figure 10 illustrates in an exploded perspective view the furniture in full order, in the case of a use in a single module;

-Figure 11 illustrates in perspective the assembly of a placement furniture in order of the aforementioned type, in the case of using said furniture in two superimposed modules, the upper wall of the lower module while constituting the lower wall of the upper module ;

- Figure 12 illustrates a detail on a larger scale of Figure 11, which makes it possible to better distinguish the relief of the outer face of the upper wall of the furniture; Y

-Figure 13 illustrates in perspective a placement cabinet in order of two superimposed modules, ready for use.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the invention

In Fig. 1, a placement furniture is distinguished in order according to the invention, reference 1, which is of the type comprising a lower wall 2 and an upper wall 3, two side walls 10, a bottom rear wall 7 and a face front open (reference 4 in figure 10), as well as a deformable closing curtain 5, in one or two parts (in this case of two parts) that slide inside sliding guides face to face.

Each deformable closure curtain 5 ends in a rigid edge profile 6 which is associated with its opening or closing manipulations 25, with clamping members 6.1 of the traditional type.

Each deformable closing curtain 5 is actually released from a box 10 which in this case constitutes each of the side walls 10 of the placement furniture in order 1.

In fact, and according to a first feature of the invention, it is provided that at least one of the side walls of the placement furniture in order 1 is arranged in the form of a box 10 enclosing a deformable curtain 5, the box 10 comprising two walls of opposite ends each internally presenting a sliding guide facing the sliding of the deformable curtain 5, as well as a slit 15 by which said deformable curtain can be released from the box 10 or re-enters the interior her.

35 In this case, it is the two side walls 10 of the placement furniture in order that are made in the form of a box that encloses a deformable curtain 5, but it goes without saying that another variant can be provided in which a single of the side walls is made in the form of a curtain box, the other side wall being a simple plate of the traditional type.

The main components that constitute the placement furniture in order previously cited will now be described in more detail, namely its side walls in the form of a box 10, as well as its lower walls 2 and upper 3. The back bottom wall 7 As far as she is concerned, it is a simple traditional type plate, which is placed at the time of assembly of the furniture, as what will be explained in detail later in this

45 document.

Figures 2 to 5 illustrate a box 10 that constitutes the at least one of the side walls (here both) of the furniture in order.

Each box 10 comprises an outer wall 11, an inner wall 12 and opposite end walls 13.

The particular geometry of the end walls 13 will be better understood by referring to Figures 6 and 7 showing their components on a larger scale.

According to a second characteristic of the invention, each of the two walls of the opposite ends 13 of the box 10 also externally has quick fixing means to the lower walls 2 and upper 3 of the furniture that are adjacent to the box, said box being then mounted as a simple ordinary wall.

In FIG. 6, the upper face of the wall of the lower end 13 of the box 10 is thus distinguished, with its sliding guide 13.1 inside which the lower edge of the associated deformable curtain 5 (not shown) passes. Interlocking female means 13.2 are provided, here at six points, intended to receive homologous male interlocking means 2.2 provided on the upper face of the lower wall 2 in order to fix the box 10 on said lower wall. Notches 13.3 are also provided for the interlocking of homologous legs 11.2 arranged in the lower part of the outer wall 11 of the box 10. There are also two 65 small columns 13.5 on which two angular 14 are embedded (not visible here, but shown on the exploded views of figures 4 and 5) which are vertical angles presenting a succession of perforations

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14.1 that come in front of the homologous openings 12.1 provided in two vertical rows on the inner wall

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Figure 7 makes it possible to distinguish the upper face of the wall from the lower end 13, which is the mirror image of the

5 lower face of the upper end wall, with its relief of the sliding path 13.1 that is associated with the curtain 5, its notches 13.3 associated with the homologous legs 11.2 of the outer wall 11, as well as centering holes 13.4, whose The function will be explained below, and notches 13.8 intended to receive transverse reinforcement elements such as the two elements 8 that are represented in Figure 10.

For rational manufacturing, it will naturally be advantageous to provide that the upper face of the lower end wall is identical to the lower face of the upper end wall and reciprocally, as is the case here.

The inner wall 12 is in the form of a plate, preferably made of plastic material by injection, is constituted by a unitary plate provided with a plurality of openings and / or cutouts 12.1, 12.8 15 that are intended to receive an end of the transverse elements respectively of stiffness and / or reinforcement

8. The openings 12.1 allow to pass pairs of angles of the traditional type (not shown) on which a shelf is arranged, or by means of which a placement is organized in order of suspended folders.

In the perspective of a commercialization of the furniture of placement in order in a set to assemble, it is advantageous to provide that the or each box 10 that encloses a deformable curtain 5 is factory assembled and supplied non-detachable for the assembly of said furniture.

The arrangement of the lower 2 and upper 3 walls of the placement furniture in the aforementioned order will now be described.

25 In Figures 8 and 9, the bottom wall 2 is shown respectively in view from above and in view from below. With the concern of rationalization, it will be advantageous to provide that the top wall 3 is made with the same structure, which It facilitates the management of the components. Therefore, it will be sufficient to describe the lower wall 2 with reference to Figures 8 and 9, the components of the upper wall 3 homologous to those of the lower wall 2 being affected by the same references in 3.1.

The lower wall 2 has on the upper face a flat central zone 2.6 and two zones of the ends 2.3 that correspond to the places of implantation of the boxes 10 that constitute the lateral walls of the furniture of placement in order. Each place of implantation of the box 2.3 comprises interlocking legs 2.2 which cooperate with the homologous interlocking female means 13.2 provided on the bottom end plate 13, as well as centering pawns 2.4 with which the associated cylindrical centering holes can cooperate

13.4 of the lower end plate 13 at the time of assembly of the corresponding box 10, this to avoid any risk of deterioration of the interlocking means at the time of assembly, as a continuation of a bad placement of the box.

It is also noted that the lower wall 2 has a continuous groove 2.1 on the front face that constitutes a sliding guide for the or for each curtain 5, this groove joining, at its two ends, the sliding guide 13.1 of the wall of the corresponding end 13 of each box 10 concerned. Thus, when the curtain 5 is removed from the corresponding box 10, its lower edge can only pass through the interior of the continuous groove

45 2.1 where it is guided. Of course, the upper wall 3 will have an analogous continuous groove 3.1 inside which the upper edge of each curtain 5 slides when it is removed from the corresponding box 10.

It is found that the lower wall 2 also has, on the rear face, a continuous groove 2.5 which is in fact intended to receive the edge of the lower end of the back wall of the bottom 7. Of course, the upper wall 3 will also present on the rear face an identical 3.5 continuous groove intended to receive the edge of the upper end of the back wall 7.

Figure 10 illustrates in an exploded view the installation furniture in the aforementioned order and allows to understand well the particularly simple steps of assembling said furniture in its place.

The user begins by flatly arranging the lower wall 2, on the two ends of which the two boxes 10 that constitute the side walls of the furniture are to be interlocked, interlocking the associated homologous interlocking means. Next, the user has one or two reinforcement elements 8 in order to guarantee the good rigidity of the U-assembly thus made, the hook-shaped ends of these reinforcement elements 8 which are received inside the notches 13.8 arranged on the upper face of the wall of the upper end 13 of each box 10. It is then sufficient to put in place the upper wall 3, locking the homologous interlocking means provided respectively on the upper face of the wall of the upper end 13 of each box 10 and on the lower face of the upper wall 3.

65 In the case of using the installation furniture in order in a single module, it is sufficient to place in its place a finishing plate 9 on the upper wall 3, which allows to achieve the placement furniture in order illustrated in Figure 1 , is ready for use.

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5 For this purpose, and according to a feature that is not part of the invention, the outer face of the upper wall 3 has a relief 3.3, 3.6 that is intended to receive a finishing plate in case of using said furniture in a single module, as just mentioned, either in a variant intended to constitute the bottom wall 2 of an analogous piece of furniture 1 arranged directly on the first one in case of using said piece of furniture in at least two overlapping modules.

10 The above feature allows avoiding the second type of inconvenience previously cited.

An embodiment of this type in superimposed modules, here in number of two, will now be described with reference to Figures 11 to 13.

15 In Figure 11, the two side walls in the form of boxes 10 have already been placed in place on the lower wall 2 and two reinforcing elements 8 have also been placed by hooking them on the top of the boxes 10. The upper wall 3 of the lower module is on the point of being placed in its place but, no finishing plate 9 has been arranged on the relief of the outer face of this upper wall 3. On the contrary, it comes

20 has an analogous module whose side walls are also made in the form of boxes 10, which are interlocked at the level of the associated implantation sites 3.3 of the relief, the closing curtains 5 of the upper module can pass through the interior of the groove associated 3.1 of the upper wall 3 and the edge of the lower end of the bottom 7 of the upper module being received inside the associated rear slot 3.5.

25 Once the second module is in place, if it is desired to use only two modules, it is then sufficient to have a finishing plate 9 that is received inside the relief 3.3, 3.6 of the outer face of the upper wall 3 of the module upper, like what is illustrated in figure 11. If you want to use a third module to overlap in a variant, then the finishing plate 9 is not arranged on this upper wall 3, but the building continues to be raised, interlocking the side boxes 10 of the new top module, as it has been

30 made for the second module.

In all cases, the finishing plate 9 rests on the flat central area 3.6 of the relief and is supported by it, for example, by a double-sided adhesive.

35 It will be understood that only quick-fastening means are used for the assembly of the furniture, which in this case are interlocking means, means which do not require any particular tool.

The furniture placed in order thus made can therefore be assembled by a single person and in a few minutes, very easily, of course without having to use any particular tool and also

40 without risk for the assembler to be harmed at the time of assembly operations. The mounting in boxes always guarantees a perfect placement and a good sliding of the associated closing curtain.

The invention is not limited to the means of embodiment that have just been described, but instead encompasses any variant that has, with equivalent means, the essential characteristics announced above in

45 this document.

Claims (5)

image 1 1. Arrangement furniture in order in a set to be mounted, of the type comprising a lower wall (2) and an upper wall (3), two side walls (10), a rear bottom wall (7) and a front face open (4), 5 as well as a deformable closing curtain (5), in one or two parts, which slide inside sliding guides (13.1) face to face characterized in that at least one of the side walls of said furniture is arranged in the form of a box (10) supplied not removable previously assembled at the factory and enclosing the deformable curtain (5), the box (10) comprising two opposite end walls (13) each having an internally sliding guide (13.1) facing the sliding of the deformable curtain 10 (5), as well as a slit (15) by which said deformable curtain is taken out of the box (10) or re-entering it, each of the two opposite end walls (13) of the box (10) also presenting externally means (13.2) for quick fixing to the lower (2) and upper (3) walls of said furniture that are adjacent to said box, said box being then mounted as a simple ordinary wall between the lower and upper walls, the box (10) also presenting, on its face turned towards the interior of the furniture, a plate (12) provided with a 15 plurality of openings (12.1) and / or clippings (12.8) intended to receive one end of cross stiffness and / or reinforcement elements (8). 2. Ordering furniture according to claim 1 characterized in that the quick fixation means (13.2) are interlocking means that do not need any particular tool. twenty 3. Installation cabinet in order according to claim 1 characterized in that the lower (2) and upper walls (3) have a continuous groove (2.1, 3.1) on the front face that forms a sliding guide for the or for each curtain (5), each slot joining the sliding guide (13.1) of the wall of the corresponding end (13) of the case (10) concerned. 25 4. Positioning furniture according to claim 1 characterized in that the lower (2) and upper walls (3) have a continuous groove (2.5, 3.5) on the rear face intended to receive an edge of the end of the rear wall of background (7). 30 5. Placement furniture in order according to claim 1 characterized in that the or each box (10) is internally equipped, behind its plate (12) turned towards the interior of the furniture, of vertical angles (14) having perforations ( 14.1) in front of the openings (12.1) of said plate, each angular (14) being embedded at its ends on cantilever columns (13.5) that are of a piece with the end walls (13). 35 6. Placement furniture in order according to any one of claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the walls (2, 3, 7, 10) are all joined together by means of quick fixation, in particular interlocking means that do not need a particular tool any. 7