CN1065583C

CN1065583C - Modular office furniture partition

Info

Publication number: CN1065583C
Application number: CN 94195186
Authority: CN
Inventors: 约翰·R·爱德华兹
Original assignee: Hollanding Inc
Current assignee: Hollanding Inc
Priority date: 1994-10-20
Filing date: 1994-10-20
Publication date: 2001-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2014-10-20
Also published as: CN1164266A

Abstract

The present invention relates to an upright diaphragm plate which is used in a modular office furniture system, which comprises a frame, a plurality of horizontal beams (2), and a plurality of cover plates (5, 7), wherein the frame comprises two upright supports (1) of which each is provided with a corresponding outward surface determining a forward and a backward planes which are separated at intervals; at least one of the horizontal beams (2) is arranged on the planes, each beam is provided with an inward surface and an outward surface, and the inward surface of each beam (2) is connected with one outward surface of the corresponding supports (1) by the connecting mode of resisting moment overlap; each of the cover plates (5, 7) is connected with one beam (2). Accordingly, an inner cavity is determined inside the outward surface of the beam (2) and a cable duct is determined outside the surface of the outward support and inside the outward surface of the beam (2).

Description

Modular office furniture partition

The present invention relates to a vertical partition plate that is used for the modular office furniture system, it has an open inner frame in the inside of detachable cover plate, and cable, circuit and electrical lead can seal within it.

In the modern offices interior design, use the modular office furniture system very extensive at present.In the modularization office system, use the advantage of dividing plate to comprise that the service efficiency and the independent office that have increased the space can omit fixing wall greatly in open office's design.Thus, the lessee who rents commercial space can make and lease the improved cost in back and reach minimum, and by the assembly and disassembly modular member house that can occupy fast and soar.

A common dividing plate includes the rectangular frame of a boring, and it is welded together and constituted by the mode of roll forming metal sheet pipe section with the rigidity assembling.Electric wire and communication cable are installed in the hollow interior of dividing plate, and are walking by the hole that is drilled on the framing component web between the dividing plate.Dividing plate is joined together at their vertical ends framing component place and constitutes office's labyrinth figure of various geometries, and cover plate is hung on the framework with sealing and blocks framework and the electric wire that supports usefulness.

Usually the vertical frame member has the stria of one group of longitudinal separation, and extended cover card is engaged in wherein from the cover plate.In a similar fashion, the shelf of modular office furniture system, desktop support, file cabinet and other parts are hung on the dividing plate, finish the assembling of modularization furniture.

The manufacturing of conventional Partition board frame is usually directed to several the operations that need special tool(s) and installations.For example, by the place that the formed metal plate pipeline constitutes, be used for the perforate of line, the stria that is used for the otch that is connected with other framework and is used to hang annex is drilled in the flat metal plate blank at framing component.Then in roll forming operation or on a bending press, this compact material is bent to pipe shape.With anchor clamps the pipeline that has been shaped is fitted together and is welded into then and be rigidly connected.

Obviously, in the place of using the local of different size framing component and changing, must carry out the modification of a large amount of installations at the member structure.Production may relate to prepares some different framing component structures, they each all may need independent stock, machinery equipment, the production schedule and drawing.Therefore wish to simplify as far as possible the design of framing component, so that cost of production, stock need minimum, and maximum flexibility is provided on manufacturing planning.

Also wish the measure of using welding as the connecting frame member is reduced to minimum.The heat that is produced by welding can make the metal framework distortion, and may need further manufacturing step to come the stretching metal framework that has become distortion or arch upward in welding process.In addition, the welding metal sheet may need technology than higher workman with than higher quality control.

It is impossible that a weld metal framework will be revised to be used for all practical uses after manufacturing is finished.An inapplicable weld metal framework that has manufactured must be demolished, and seldom has material to be recycled.If the layout of buyer's desired modifications furniture of a system for partition wall, whole dividing plate can not be changed easily.Therefore the modification plan is subjected to the restriction of arranging again of existing dividing plate, perhaps can only purchase the new dividing plate of different size.

But although above shortcoming is arranged, the weld metal dividing plate still is the most frequently used type, because compare with the substitute products of routine, its intensity height and manufacturing cost are low again.

At present in the baffle design one significantly development relate to and rising day by day the various communicators of the installation of office furniture, for example demand of computer, phone, telex machine, printer and similar devices.

In order to load electric wire and the communication line that number required in most of modern office environment increases day by day, have circuit or the raceway that passes the dividing plate hollow interior.The rotine positioning that is generally used for this raceway is in the top of dividing plate or bottom.

Each all has a raceway or several raceway that is interconnected to independent conventional dividing plate on being assemblied in a modularization partition wall time.Vertical electric pole by extending up through building working space furred ceiling or by pillar and enter hole on the working space floor, raceway also communicates with the power system of shared building usually.

The United States Patent (USP) 4,133,153 of Hage has been described a typical conventional dividing plate raceway.The bottom of Hage dividing plate comes down to a hollow beam that can advance the people, can arrange electric power and communication line in it.Conventional Partition board frame is connected to the top of the hollow beam that constitutes raceway.

People's such as Kelly United States Patent (USP) 5,038,539 has been described the example of another system for partition wall, and it can accommodate cable at the bottom and the top of conventional system for partition wall.The vertical frame member does not make an amendment in this system, but walks cable around its outward flange on the vertical frame member.The thinner cable of limited quantity can be accommodated by this system, and they are clamped in the occupied space of cover plate.

A kind of another kind of conventional method of walking circuit between framework has been described in people's such as Tenser United States Patent (USP).In this conventional system, on the web section of vertical frame member, have perforate.Electric power and communication line are passed the web perforate.Therefore circuit is invisible, but is all stashed by cover plate.The outward flange that an advantage of this system is exactly the vertical frame member keeps clean fully.Therefore the attachment of other modularization office system parts overslaugh that can not be subjected to filling in the cable in perforate, wherein shelf and other parts hang on this attachment.

A kind of so special shortcoming of system is that it need pass perforate to cable.When installing, move or when maintenance calculations machine or other office equipment, may usually needing to install and remove cable.A kind of like this system causes labour cost to increase and the cable wearing and tearing increase.But seldom make contributions to the intensity of framing component in the web part of framing component, therefore provides this perforate can significantly not reduce the intensity of framework.

Because most of office equipment are to operate on the face of desk or estrade, baffle design usually includes the raceway in waist height that is known as " waist line " at present.Power point and circuit are disposed in the waist height place, thereby have omitted the circuit that hangs " baseline " socket that is positioned at the dividing plate bottom from desktop downwards.When using waist line cable passage,, thereby simplified the installation and maintenance of equipment because installation personnel needn't creep under furniture near baseline raceway and power point.Use the waist height cable also to reduce usually at all cable lengths required between the equipment on the desktop plane.

A kind of inner open partition system is sold by the Design Finish Studio of Israel, and its trade mark is OPTIMA.The dividing plate of this routine is made of vertical metal plate pipeline pillar and paired horizontal pipe.This paired horizontal tube is inserted in the moulded plastic end points connector of particular design at its each place, end.Dividing plate is by passing circuit etc. between the paired pipe and pass the perforate that is drilled on the plumb post pipeline web, circuit and cable accepting within it in the portion.

There is a shortcoming in this dividing plate, because it must use the special mold connector, and circuit must be in the perforate of passing between the dividing plate on the column web.

Circuit passes perforate have been increased installation, dismounting and has safeguarded time and the labour that office equipment is required, and has increased the lip-deep wearing and tearing of circuit external insulation, has reduced its application life thus.

But in this conventional dividing plate, because entire inner space is open, therefore between paired horizontal tube, circuit and cable can be housed on the arbitrary horizon in the inside behind the inherent portable plate of independent dividing plate.In addition, plate is linked on the horizontal beam with flexible connector, makes whole inner chamber easily to enter by portable plate.

Therefore, people are desirable to provide a dividing plate, and it can be preferably in arbitrary height place easily pack into electric power and communication cable in the mode of installation, dismounting and the maintenance of simplifying this equipment.

People also wish, circuit and socket are protected as much as possible and concealed after cover plate, to keep the structural integrity of Partition board frame.

Simplify frame construction and with regard to the type of used manufacturing machine in making, can save cost significantly, save and store cost and improve manufacturing schedule.

The vertical partition plate of the present invention by providing one to be used for the modular office furniture system set forth the shortcoming of former technology with novel manner.

It is open framework within it in the portion that dividing plate of the present invention has one, and it provides the space for the circuit between the cover plate that is enclosed in the framework outside and cable.Framework is to be interconnected with the folded frame ways of connecting of rigidity by plumb post and horizontal beam and simply to constitute.By screw or rivet, use saddle support that the pipe beam is fixed on the square tube shape pillar.On pillar, provide a kind of being rigidly connected the beam imbrication, and between adjacent separator, determined the raceway on a wiring road.Raceway is defined in the outside on outside pillar surface, the inside of cover plate, and best external surface at least to beam.

Therefore obviously, by simply pillar and beam being cut into pieces, and they are connected together with support and screw, a Partition board frame just can be assembled fast.Dividing plate is preferably in and assembles in the environment of plant and transport to the user.But if desired, dividing plate can become the mode of tight bundle to be transported to the scene, to reduce transportation volume and cost.Dividing plate can be assembled and stand in place, their final positions then.The ability of this dismounting and refitting Partition board frame also helps the purchaser to move to dividing plate in the new house and helps to redesign neatly their office layout.

Beam preferably is arranged on the plane that separates at interval in couples together, and pillar is arranged between this paired beam.Therefore, circuit can walked between paired beam within the inside of dividing plate and can walking on external surface at the pillar between the dividing plate of being separated by.Cover plate is linked on the beam with elastic clip, and all like this cover plates can easily be pulled down, and the passage that enters dividing plate inside is provided.Circuit can be between adjacent dividing plate on external surface, the walking of pillar, and be closed in the inside of plate.The beam imbrication makes plate and pillar separate on pillar to have constituted a space, and enough raceway of size is provided thus, and it is the border with the beam outside with at top and bottom, and interior be the border with the adjacent struts.

Therefore the present invention provides especially: a vertical partition plate that is used in the modular office furniture system; A framework comprises: two vertical pillars, each all has outwards relative to external surface, these surfaces determined to separate at interval forward with to back plane; A plurality of horizontal beams, at least one beam in described plane, each beam all have one to inner surface and one to external surface, each beam to be connected to of respective strut to inner surface with moment of resistance imbrication ways of connecting described on external surface; With a plurality of cover plates, each is all linked on the described beam; Thus internal cavities be limited at described beam to the inside of external surface, and raceway is defined in the outside on described outside pillar surface and the described beam inside to external surface.

By following detailed description to preferred embodiment of the present invention, other problem of the present invention will become apparent.

In order easily to understand the present invention, will with reference to the following drawings preferred embodiment of the present invention be described by example, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows a positive perspective view in elevation that includes the modular office furniture partition wall that has assembled of a plurality of vertical partition plates, and its central baffle has one and improves the notch board of using;

Fig. 2 is the front perspective view of width of cloth Fig. 1 partition wall, and its upper and lower cover plate is removed, and has exposed the internal partition framework;

Fig. 3 shows the elevation of the adjacent vertical pillar of Fig. 1 partition wall, shows with two adjacent separator and their feet and horizontal beam framing component.

Figure 4 and 5 are the profile views along Fig. 3 straight line 4-4 and 5-5 place;

Fig. 6 is the sectional elevation view of a width of cloth along Fig. 5 straight line 6-6;

Fig. 7 is the sectional elevation view of a width of cloth along Fig. 1 straight line 7-7 place, shows the structure of the notch board that uses with cable bus and cable hanger;

Fig. 8 is the profile view of a width of cloth along Fig. 7 straight line 8-8 place;

Fig. 9 is the profile view of a width of cloth along Fig. 7 straight line 9-9 place;

Figure 10 is the isogonism detail drawing that width of cloth typical case saddle support connects, and this connection connects together horizontal beam and a vertical pillar in the rigidly connected mode of imbrication;

Figure 11 is 4 phantom drawings that the adjacent separator frame pillar links together with the X-shaped configuration;

Figure 12 is the exploded view of the building block that connects shown in a width of cloth Figure 11;

Figure 13 is the exploded perspective illustration of the width of cloth collar folder that is used for adjacent frame is connected together;

Figure 14 is the detailed elevational view of the mounted collar folder of a width of cloth;

As shown in Figure 1, office partitions is assembled by adjacent rectangular clapboard.A dividing plate generally uses

plate

5 and 7 clads, and

plate

5 and 7 is made by a kind of painted metal sheet shell, can be filled with the sound absorption insulation materials and cover sound absorption fibrous material or other material.Upper and lower if necessary plate 5 can be equipped with window or screen.Adjustable foot 4 is used for along its length direction leveling partition wall.

The new structure of Partition board frame as shown in Figure 2.Upper and

lower plate

5 and 7 has been removed, and

plate

5 and 7 in only staying is equipped with electric wire, communication line etc. thereafter.Therefore, if the interior designer wishes to embody more open office space, can remove lower and upper plate 5 from Partition board frame whole or in part.No matter whether a kind of design includes the clad plate 5 of highest and lowest face, resembling this furniture parts of desktop, shelf and cupboard can both be at random suspended from the pillar 1 of Partition board frame.

Partition board frame is made of two plumb posts 1 and horizontal beam 2 very simply.Beam 2 preferably is arranged on the both sides of pillar 1 in pairs abreast.Paired beam 2 has been strengthened framework and has been allowed to use the on-gauge plate size.

Beam 2 is connected to each pillar 1 outside relative preceding and rear surface with the moment of resistance overlapping mode.

Figure 10 shows preferable device, links together in rigidly connected mode by its pillar 1 and beam 2.Shown beam 2 cross sections have " runway " shape section shape in a tubular form.Pipe beam 2 has the top of an arc and the bottom of an arc, is a linear pattern mid portion therebetween.Semicircle is preferably adopted in the upper and lower portion of arc.This section is useful is that it is easily by resembling the such metal of steel and aluminium or by plastic tensile or be squeezed into.As shown in the figure, this section has than higher moment of inertia and reverses with opposing and crooked, and can easily link on pillar 1 and the plate 5.

Connect shown in the detail drawing as Figure 10 typical case, beam 2 links to each other with support 3 with pillar 1, and support 3 has a saddle-shaped part 20, and the profile of its interior shape and beam matches.Support 3 also includes flanging part 21 in the upper and lower of saddle-shaped part 20.Flanging part 21 is positioned on the outside surface 22 forward or backward of respective strut 1, and is connected thereto.In the embodiment shown in fig. 10, flanging part 21 is drilled with the hole, and support 3 usefulness tapping screws 23 are connected on the pillar 1.Other conventional measure also can be used, for example rivet, bolt, spot welding or melting welding (not shown).

Cover plate 5 includes elastic clip (26 among Fig. 6 and 27), is used for releasably each plate 5 being connected to each between the corresponding parallel up and down beam 2.Shown in the preferred embodiment, cover plate 5 is disposed in the outside of beam 2, covers and is connected on the beam 2.Because the thickness of support 3 saddle-shaped parts 20 shown in Figure 10, between the top of beam 2 and the plate 5 that is close to or feather edge, a gap is arranged.

Dividing plate is made of the hollow network of pillar 1 and beam 2.Therefore, dividing plate has the open type internal cavities, helps the passage as electric wire and cable, shown in 32.

As shown in Figure 6, cavity is a vertically extending center pole space 40 and horizontally extending raceway 41 compositions close and that lead to center pole space 40.

Center pole space 40 determines between pillar 1, promptly one contain each pillar 1 to front surface to front and one contain each pillar 1 to the rear surface rearwards between.Center pole space 40 between this space, be parallel to forward and vertical extent rearwards and between the inner surface of pillar 1.Center pole space 40 vertical continuous on the whole height of dividing plate is extended, and upward opening on the dividing plate top, under dividing plate foot beam 2 under shed.

A plurality of raceways 41 are at the outside of beam 2 and horizontal-extending forward and rearwards accordingly.Raceway 41 extends on the whole width of each dividing plate, and surpasses the outer face opening of pillar 1 at every end place.

Raceway 41 is the inside of plate (5 and 7), and at least with the thickness of beam 2 from the surface is forward and extend back forward or backward accordingly.

Raceway 41 on the whole distance between the pillar 1 at their interior side direction center pole space 40 openings.In view of center pole space 40 terminates in the inside end surface of pillar 1, raceway 41 for cable 32 provide

plate

5,7, inner surface, the external surface level of pillar 1 pass the passage of pillar 1.

Equally, center pole space 40 provides the passage of the inside of the outside and

plate

5,7 of the beam 2 that vertically passes beam 2 for cable.By raceway 41 that is connected together and center pole space 40, this cavity allows cable 32 vertically to pass part between the pillar 1 of beam 2 inboards, and level strides across dividing plate, in the raceway outside pillar 1 between beam 2 horizontal-extending, between beam 2 and the inner horizontal of

plate

5,7 extend.According to Fig. 2, having 5, one continuous cable pipelines 41 of a plurality of respective plate of having pulled down will extend along the whole width of three dividing plates that join, and cable 32 can be laid on wherein.

With reference to Fig. 3 to 9, show the detail drawing of Partition board frame structure.In the embodiment shown, pillar 1 is the rectangular steel tube of hollow-core construction.Pillar 1 includes a vertical continuous otch forward with on backward the surface in its outside.Otch 24 is used to regulate and supported and suspended device movably, and this device is used for various furniture partss are suspended to the pillar 1 of each dividing plate.

The adjacent struts 1 of adjacent separator framework with the form of the collar shown in Figure 3 folder 25 with can unclamp fastening devices and link to each other.

Adjustment height pin 4 is contained on the pedestal of each pillar 1, supporting clapboard framework, and the partition wall that weak point has assembled just on the support floor surface.

Beam 2 best parallel being arranged in pairs, a beam 2 of every centering is linked on each plumb post 1 outside facing surfaces.This to beam 2 with uniform perpendicular separation with another to 2 vertical separating of beam.

As shown in Figure 6, plate 5 removable turning up the soil are connected between the up and down beam 2 of respective parallel with elastic clip 26 and 27.Following elastic clip 26 relies on the last curved surfaces of underbeam 2.Last elastic clip 27 has an inside guide lug, and it is elastic clip 27 under guiding on the lower semi-circular curved surfaces of upper beam 2, so that Elastic Meshing puts the beams in place 2.

Fig. 9 shows a section sketch, and a nearly step shows the details of clip 26 and 27.Advantageously,

clip

26,27 is made of plastics and a dividing plate 29, the two ends of dividing plate 29 sealings and shield 5.

Shown in Figure 9, have the down suction of a width between the end points of adjacent panels 5 for " g "." g " can insert hanger device 30 in the gap.Suspension bracket 30 has the forward end of a band to protheca card 31, acting on mutually with selected otch 24 on external surface of pillar 1.Suspension bracket 30 to the inner with the bending of a skew S shape, so that cover plate 5 covers on otch 24 and slow-witted frame 30 inner ends.Therefore, when upper plate 5 was installed, the Offset portion of otch 24 and corresponding suspension bracket 30 was invisible.Suspension bracket 30 stretches out from pillar by gap " g ", and the mode that can be familiar with is used to support furniture parts, for example supporting desktop, shelf, cupboard and similar thing.

Consider the above-mentioned internal cavities of forming by center pole space 40 and raceway, relate to the ability of accommodating cable or wire 32 in a kind of novel mode according to particularly advantageous characteristics of dividing plate of the present invention.Although can adopt many different being configured in to walk cable or wire 32 between the dividing plate and pass in and out internal cavities, show a preferred embodiment.With reference to Fig. 7, Fig. 7 shows the raceway that a part is expressed as raceway 41b, be expressed as under the upper plate of 5b, be suitable for adorning horizontally extending communication line 32b, and show the same raceway of another part with raceway 41a representative, it accommodates under the notch board 7 of horizontal-extending power cable 32a being suitable for.As shown in Figure 7, in a preferred embodiment, intermediate plate 5 can be used to cover the order wire 32b of computer and other office equipment.Intermediate plate 5a can be used to cover 8, one corresponding electrical bus 33 of electrical socket and corresponding power cable 32.Because this circuit 32b, cable 320 and electrical bus 33 need to be concealed usually, Fig. 2 embodiment shows intermediate plate 5b and notch board 7 also is installed with, and other plate 5 is dismantled.

At the dotted line place of Fig. 7, show an optional cover plate 5a and be contained on the notch board 7.Notch board 7 has one not extend beyond the inside to fovea superior people's top 7a, so that the vertical channel space of 5 external equipments from raceway 41b to dividing plate is provided for circuit 32b of pillar 1 surface forward.Near notch board 7 tops, pass the circuit 32b in the cable passage 41b, under plate 5b, pass effectively then, and cover the inlet that circuit 32b enters dividing plate simply.

On notch board 7, circuit 32b is housed in the cable support post 34.Cable support post 34 usefulness screws are linked on the internal end surface of adjacent struts 1.Support column 34 is made of a vertical member, and what have one group of perpendicular separation extends laterally cable support arm 35.As shown in the figure, for for simplicity, support column 34 only has the support arm 35 that extends among the raceway 41b on the right side.But know that arm 35 also can advantageously be contained in the left side.An improved cable support arm 36 includes an outside extension, engages on the support bar 37 of the back that is fixed to detachable cover plate 5b.Demountable panel 5b can be removed by upwards pushing away the base, and it makes backstop 44 rotations under the plate 5 winding board center lines, thereby makes push rod 37 deviate from the engagement that improves arm 36 with the top.Although shown in the cable support post linked on each pillar, according to the width of plate 5, can provide extra support column 34, be inserted between the pillar 1 that is supported by beam 2.

Advantageously, as the signal of the best among Fig. 7, circuit 32b walks and travels between the adjacent separator through horizontal cable pipeline 41b along the whole width of each dividing plate.The raceway 4b that has the degree of depth " d1 " and height " h1 " as shown in the figure is the border with the external surface and the plate 5b of pillar 1, and the vertical horizontal beam 2 that separates beam 2 with two paired perpendicular separations is the border.

The bottom 7b of notch board 7 is covered with electrical bus 33.Power cable 32a is illustrated in the adjacent panels and flatly passes to bus 33 places by raceway 41a.Cable passage 41a be shown as have the degree of depth " d2 " and the height " h2 ".Bus 33 is fixed on pillar 1 or " beam " 2, and includes electrical socket 8 in every side.For the safety that guarantees to install, notch board 7 usefulness screws or other more firm connector are connected on pillar 1 and the bus assembly.Avoid the power components of contact electrification unexpectedly thus.

Electrical socket 8 is only in position accommodated in the hole of place brill by passing notch board 7 bottoms.Can not be installed on the notch board 7 if do not need to enter the cover plate 5a (as shown in phantom in Figure 7) that

electrical bus

33 and 8, one of electrical sockets select for use, so that a continual perfect equipment is provided.In addition, electrical bus 33 parts can be from whole being removed on this dividing plate.

If wish to enter electrical socket and notch board 7, the cover plate of selecting for use 5 generally can be stored in dividing plate hollow, for example is placed on the back of upper plate 5.

Center pole space 40 provide except that blocked by bus 33 the place the vertical passage that runs through the whole height of dividing plate.Fig. 7 has illustrated one section power cable 32a that extends to bus 33 1 ends, pass bus 33 on the nethermost beam 2 along the center pole space 40 upwards, up to the height of cable column 34.As shown in the figure, center pole space 40 has been narrowed a vertical pipe 40a between plate 7, and its degree of depth is of uniform thickness greatly with cable at least.Plate 7 needn't be recessed into pillar 1 forward with to the rear surface.Enterprising fashionable in floor when electric power, center pole space 40 can be used for upwards walking cable 32a on floor and bus 33 from power supply.Enterprising fashionable when electric power from ceiling, can use conventional electric pole, be communicated with the top in center pole space 40, down to bus 33.

The most handy metal armouring of power cable 32a, and walk between adjacent separator across the whole width of dividing plate and by horizontal cable passage 41a.On both sides, all have the commercial available modular bus 33 of electrical socket, preferably use, be used for along vertically interconnection continuously of the partition wall length that has assembled with flexible circuit conductor pipe 32a.

Therefore, the particular combinations of last raceway 41b and following raceway 41a and the center pole space 40 of dividing plate provide expedient measure for containing cable 3a and circuit 32b, and they are hidden in removable lower plate 5b and fixedly after the notch board 7 people are cannot see.All cable 32a and circuit 32b can easily walk between the

cover plate

5 and 7 in plumb post 1 and outside in raceway 41a or 41b between the adjacent separator.

The intermediate plate 5b that hides cable support post 34 preferably directly is arranged on the height of table top.Notch board 7 directly is arranged under the height of table top.Because raceway 41a and 41b walk on the external surface of pillar 1, therefore the otch 24 of support hanger support 30 just can not be entered on the access areas of raceway 41a or 41b when cable or circuit 32 will wrap within the raceway.But these characteristics are not unfavorable especially, because usually hanger bracket 30 is used for shelf and file cabinet by putting on height of table top, and suspension bracket 30 is supported on and is used for table support and file cabinet under the height of table top.

Therefore, in the above utmost point access areas of height of table top, do not need suspension bracket 30 usually.If a design need be used suspension bracket 30 in this specific location, so very simple thing is exactly that cable column 34 is arranged in higher or lower plate 5 positions.Because dividing plate entire inner space 40 is open, therefore can in the inner space of dividing plate, be arranged in any place to circuit 32b and cable 32a again, to satisfy the needs of particular design.

Figure 11 and 12 shows the detail drawing that connects with X-shaped between 4 adjacent separator.Obviously can finish in a similar manner two or three plates with the connection of C type or T mode or connect in the mode except that 90 ° of orientation between the plate.

The type that colludes of collar folder 25 is led end and is extended through the otch on the pillar 1 and engage joint-cutting opening 13 on the X type connector 14.Be not pressed against the side surface of pillar 1 and be fixed securely to the pin 15 that turns up.Can arbitrarily provide more firm connection by with bolt arrow cutter type connector 16 being fixed on the connector 14, wherein the end insert 16a of each arrowhead-shaped connector 16 can be enclosed within the inside of respective tube 2 openends.Arrowhead-shaped connector 16 includes the cooperation perforate, so that they are connected on the X type connector 14 with bolt.

Find by experiment, firmly connect four adjacent frame at medium altitude level place and only need to use an X type connector 14.If necessary in specific environment,, can obtain extra intensity by extra X type connector 14 as shown in figure 11 is provided.Although preferably only need use an X type connector 14,, can use arrowhead-shaped connector 16 and without connector 14 for extra stability and intensity.Disk 42 is used as the carrier of fixing adjacent arrowhead-shaped connector 16 in this case, and wherein connector 16 has been inserted into the inside of each beam 2 in the whole altitude range of dividing plate.The use of the collar folder 25 of comparison costliness is minimized, and can not sacrifice the intensity of connection.

Be straight line for adjacent separator is fixed together, preferably can use single collar folder 25.Shown in Fig. 3 and 9, paired beam 2 can link together with insert 43 at adjacent separator top and bottom place, firmly packed into the openend of adjacent beams 2 and across between adjacent beams 2 of this insert.

Just single according to single dividing plate of the present invention, found that it unexpectedly has huge strength and stiffness.When dividing plate with the insert 43 that is housed in the openend of adjacent beams 2, the end to the end when being joined together, the dividing plate that combines also has bigger and astonishing intensity and structural integrity.

In order to make dividing plate and assembling, follow following production method according to dividing plate of the present invention.

Pillar 1 and beam 2 are cut into pieces from rolling former material according to the desirable size of making of dividing plate.Elongated cuts 24 is located in each of surface by two of each pillar 1 of incision.Accommodating the elongated cuts 46 of collar folder 25 is also cut on the side surface of each pillar 1.On the external surface of each pillar 1, be drilled with and be used for the hole that screw connects support 3, and the hole is drilled on the side surface of each pillar 1 base plate near them, to accommodate the tapping screw of leg 4 fix in position.

Beam 2 and pillar 1 are coated by static then.Spraying operation is indoor carrying out of electrostatic spraying, and pillar 1 and beam parallel suspend side by side and sprayed.Compare with the spraying of the relative lead frame of opening, pillar 1 and beam 2 carried out spray efficiency before assembling higher.

Usually it is more effective using anchor clamps, work station, special tool(s) and handling equipment assembling in large-duty workshop condition.The framework that assembles then can erect in the scene of being transported to.

But an advantage of this baffle design is exactly that if desired, Partition board frame can use simple tool at the scene and compare the roustabout and build.Pillar 1, beam 2, saddle support 3, pin 4,

plate

5 and 7 and other parts may be packaged in carton or closely in the bundle, be transported to the scene.

Two pillars 1 lie on the external surface in parallel to each other.Preferably use anchor clamps acceleration assembling when factory assembles, but will know, the hole owing to the good saddle support 3 of preboring when assembling at the scene will guarantee that beam 2 and pillar 1 suitably separate and aligning, so anchor clamps not necessarily.Beam 2 is superimposed on the external surface of pillar 1.Saddle support 3 is disposed on the end of fine strain of millet 2, and use tapping screw and by screwdriver its fix in position.Then the framework that assembles of part is turned, and in a similar manner second beam 2 of every pair of parallel fine strain of millet 2 be fixed to each pillar another on external surface.

Shown in Fig. 3 and 5, pin 4 has a cast metal part 4a with groove folder 4b, and the feather edge of pillar 1 is disposed on the groove folder 4b, and pin 4 has a upper hem 4c, and tapping screw passes wherein the pin main body is fixed on the side surface of each pillar 1 base portion.Cast main body also include one vertical with threaded hole, be used to adorn thread spindle 4d of people.The lower end of axle 4d is pivotally connected on the pin pedestal, provides height so that in uneven floor surface upper spacer maintenance level thus.

The framework that assembles is erected to be come and by using collar folder 25 to link together by desirable shape.When hope has X-shaped, T shape, when framework L shaped or other form connects, shown in Figure 11 and 12, uses notch shape connector 14 and arrow-shaped connector 16 to finish the rigidity assembling.

Shown in Figure 14 the best, for the pillar of two dividing plates is connected together along straight line, collar folder 25 and collude in 45 and insert the elongated cuts 4b that aims on pillars 1 side surface.Collude the side surface 47 that catches on away from second pillar 1 of collar folder 25 residue main bodys in 45.Shown in Figure 13 according to decomposing, will be appreciated that when clip handle 48 was turn 90 degrees,

adjacent cam surface

49 and 50 and 51 and 52 actings in conjunction were clipped in pillar 1 between hook 45 and the shoulder surface 53.

Cable column 34 is installed in the whole length of partition wall, uses for office furniture.

Modularization electrical bus 33 is installed in desirable position.Power cable 32a leads to a bus location 33 up or down from power supply is vertical in the dividing plate inner space, and level passes the width of raceway 41b across this dividing plate, to adjacent dividing plate.Notch board 7 usefulness tapping screws are fixed on the cable column 34.

Insert in the otch 24 of pillar 1 by cover card 31, such furniture partss such as resembling desktop, shelf, file cabinet is hanging on the hanger bracket 34 from pillar 1 suspension bracket 34.In desirable place plate 5 is flexibly linked on the beam 2 then, cover in otch 24 and suspension bracket 30 to inner end.

Resemble computer, facsimile machine, phone, printer, modem, ICU server or the like such office furniture and be installed in the office, they usually are supported on shelf or the desktop.Circuit leads to dividing plate 5 between device external, and cable column 34 is contained in the inner space of Partition board frame.

Circuit 32b and cable 32a run in the guide between the adjacent separator by raceway, and are supported on the cable column 34 every a segment distance along the length of partition wall.Armoured power cable 32a passes raceway 41a.When all circuit 32a had been installed, the bar 37 of cover plate 5b was engaged on the improvement support arm 36 of cable column 34, circuit 32b is enclosed in the inner space of dividing plate.

Therefore aforementioned barriers provides a simple baffle plate configuration.

Simple mechanism by support 3 being connected on the proper level line provides being rigidly connected between pillar 1 and the fine strain of millet 3 easily.Dividing plate can be made by simply beam 2 and pillar 1 being cut into suitable length in fact.Dividing plate is transported to the scene in the bundled mode that can take apart, and erects at the scene with the workman of simple tools and relative not yet done refining.

The user can easily take and ressemble dividing plate apart when moving or rearranging office layout.

Cable 32a, circuit 32b and electrical bus 33 are contained in the hollow interior of dividing plate easily.Circuit 32b and power cable 32a can be easily approaching after removable cover plate 5a and 5b.By two outside raceway 41a and 41b are provided, omitted the opening that this circuit and cable 32 must be passed pillar 1.Simplified the installation of office furniture thus, removed and safeguard, and circuit and

cable

32a and 32b can not be subjected to use wear levels that conventional baffle design causes.

As shown in Figure 2, in most applications, only need

central cover plate

5a and 5b, cover electrical bus 33 and circuit and cable 32a and 32b.Remaining upper and lower plate 5 can optionally not provide if desired, thereby further reduces the cost of partition wall.Can carry out surperficial refine and the detailed design that is connected, with structure " high-tech " outward appearance that draws an exposure, this is more cheaply and at present more popular in art and interior design.

A kind of very simple structure dividing plate is provided, and it has satisfied accommodating the heavy requirement that rises day by day of a large amount of electric power of modern office equipment and communication cable 32.

As shown in Figure 6, in preferred embodiment, plate 5 has an end cap that has inward flange 102, and it is expressed as 100, and raceway 41 is defined between the external surface of edge 100 and pillar 1 like this.Plate 5 needn't have this end cap 100.Cancellation end cap 100 can increase the degree of depth of raceway 41.

Shown in the preferred embodiment, cover plate 5 has been illustrated and has covered fine strain of millet 2 and in the outside of beam 2.Know, the cover plate that does not cover beam 2 can be provided, but plate 5 is placed between the beam 2, plate 5 is open at place, its end and is actually hollow, determined cable pipeline in the level like this in the plate between beam 25.

Although this paper has described and example has illustrated a certain preferred embodiment of the present invention, know, the invention is not restricted to these certain embodiments.For example, beam 2 and pillar 1 can be made by any common available section bar, perhaps by making, for example: hollow rectangle pipe, square tube, pipe, oval pipe, extrusion molding member, rolled pipe, pipe element, I shape fine strain of millet member and corner member by pushing specially-made section bar.Plate 5 also can be manufactured with an enclosing cover, and it is made by various usual materials, for example: the metal sheet of roll forming; The extrusion molding aluminium; Extruded plastic; Fiberboard; And fabric.Therefore, the present invention includes all functions and mechanically is equivalent to the specific embodiment having described and illustrated herein and the embodiment of characteristics.

Claims

1. vertical partition plate that is used for the modular office furniture system, dividing plate comprises:

A framework comprises:

Two plumb posts (1), each pillar all have opposite to external surface, determined that parallel interval separates forward with to back plane;

A plurality of horizontal beams (2), each beam (2) have one to inner surface and one to external surface, it is characterized in that:

At least one beam (2) on each described plane,

Each beam (2) be connected to the described on one of external surface of each pillar 1 to inner surface with moment of resistance imbrication connected mode,

A plurality of cover plates (5), each is connected on a described beam (2) or the pillar (1),

Thus, an internal cavity (40,41) be defined in described beam (2) within external surface, and at least one raceway (41) be defined in pillar (1) described to the outside of external surface and in the inside of beam (2) to external surface plane of living in.

2. dividing plate according to claim 1 is characterized in that, cover plate comprises the cover plate (5) that can link on a described beam (2) or the pillar (1) with pulling down.

3. dividing plate according to claim 1 is characterized in that, each cover plate (5) all is connected on the described beam (2).

4. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that each cover plate (5) all has an inner surface, raceway (41) is defined in the described to the outside of external surface and the interior surface of cover plate (5) of pillar (1).

5. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that every cover plate (5) all includes elastic clip (26,27), the latter releasably links every block of plate at least one described beam.

6. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that every cover plate all connects between the underbeam (2) of depositing a upper beam (2) and a respective parallel.

7. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, pillar (1) includes a string vertical incision (24) on each their external surface, dividing plate also comprises a plurality of being used in addition furniture parts is hanging to hanger device (30) on the pillar (1), hanger device (30) includes one to inner end, have the inside cover card (31) that combines with selected described otch to inner end, and it is characterized in that cover plate (5) imbrication lives the described to inner end of otch (24) and hanger device (30).

8. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that cover plate (5) has one by being selected from the enclosing cover that following this group material is made, and comprising: the roll forming metal sheet; The extrusion molding aluminium; Extruded plastic; Fiberboard and fabric.

9. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that include the notch board (7) that inwardly makes progress, cable (32) can be walked the outside of dividing plate between inside of frame cavity (40,41) and equipment thus.

10. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that cover plate (5) has been determined the outside scope of raceway (41).

11. dividing plate according to claim 6 is characterized in that, every cover plate (5) is linked the outside of described upper and lower beam (2), and covers described upper and lower beam (2).

12., it is characterized in that described cover plate (5) is the outside in described beam (2) according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

13., it is characterized in that each cover plate (5) is across adjacent beam (2) according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

14., it is characterized in that at least one cover plate (5) is detachably connected on the described beam (2) according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, the easy import that enters at least one raceway (41) be provided.

15., it is characterized in that internal cavities (40,41) allows cable unit (32) vertically and flatly to run in the guide between the dividing plate, runs through the whole height and the width of dividing plate according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

16. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that,

Described raceway (41) is forward and outside the plane backward and be positioned to crowd around within the described cover plate (5) and by adjacent beams and form.

17., it is characterized in that according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, include paired parallel girder (2), a beam in the every pair of beam all be connected each of each plumb post (1) opposite on external surface.

18., it is characterized in that described paired beam (2) separates with other paired beam with uniform vertical spacing according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3 on vertical.

19., it is characterized in that beam (2) is connected with a support (3) with pillar (1) according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, support (3) has an interior exterior feature of saddle-shaped part (20) that matches with the outer section gabarit of beam.

20. dividing plate according to claim 19 is characterized in that, support (3) include on the saddle-shaped part (20) with under the part of conduplication side mutually, flanging partly is stacked in and links on the external surface of respective strut.

21. dividing plate according to claim 20, it is characterized in that, the drilled porose and support (3) of flanging part (21) is connected on the pillar (1) with the securing member (23) that is selected from following these group parts, and these group parts comprise: tapping screw, rivet, bolt and fusion welding metal.

22. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, pillar (1) and beam (2) are selected from following this group material, comprising: hollow rectangle pipe, square tube, pipe, elliptical tube, extrusion molding member, stretch forming member, pipe element, I ellbeam member and angle iron component.

23., it is characterized in that according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, include the unclamped fastening devices (25) at least one described pillar (1), be used for described pillar (1) being fixed to the framework of similar dividing plate a modularization assembling.

24. dividing plate according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described notch board (7) includes electric supply socket (8) on its outside external surface.

25. according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, include cable support device (34), be made up of the cable support arm (35) that extends laterally that a vertical member and a string vertical spacing separate, described cable support device (34) is linked on the framework in the internal cavities (40,41) of dividing plate.

26., it is characterized in that, on each plane, include at least two described beams (2), and internal cavities (40,41) comprising according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3:

A) one forward described and rearwards between and by described pillar (1) be the boundary central vertical extending pillar space (40) and

B) a plurality of horizontally extending raceways (41) are border and from forward described and outside rearwards by adjacent beam (2),

C) center pole space (40) and cable passage (41) are interconnected between beam (2) and post (1), and allow cable unit (32) to walk betwixt in dividing plate.

27. dividing plate according to claim 26 is characterized in that, center pole space (40) are open at the top and the place, bottom of dividing plate, and cable unit (32) can vertically enter and withdraw from thus.

28. dividing plate according to claim 26 is characterized in that, beam (2) includes the hollow section that has openend, and each beam (2) extends across each pillar (1), near each anti-openend that stops beam (2) in place, end of dividing plate,

Linkage, the end that will have the dividing plate of same intervals beam connects in a row, and two ends of its attachment plug (25) all pack in the openend of beam of two apical grafting dividing plates.

29. dividing plate according to claim 26 is characterized in that, raceway (41) allows cable unit (32) flatly to run in the guide between the beam (2), outwards passes through pillar (1) and runs through the whole width of dividing plate.

30. dividing plate according to claim 29 is characterized in that, raceway (41) allows cable unit (32) flatly to run in the guide between the beam (2), outwards passes through pillar (1) and in the raceway (41) of adjacent similar dividing plate.

31. dividing plate according to claim 20 is characterized in that, central space (40) allows cable unit (32) vertically and flatly to run in the guide between the pillar (1), inwardly runs through the whole height of dividing plate through lintel (2).

32. dividing plate according to claim 31 is characterized in that, internal cavities (40,41) allows cable unit (32) vertically and flatly to run in the guide between the pillar (1), inwardly runs through the whole width of dividing plate through lintel (2).

33. dividing plate according to claim 27 is characterized in that, center pole space (41) are open at the top and the place, bottom of dividing plate, and cable unit (32) vertically enters thus and withdraws from.

34., it is characterized in that each pillar (1) and beam (2) are at each forward and have flat surface rearwards according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

35., it is characterized in that each pillar (1) and beam (2) are made up of pipe according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

36., it is characterized in that each beam (2) does not extend to forward and rearwards according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

37., it is characterized in that the inside surface arrangement of each beam (2) is on one of forward and rearwards according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

38., it is characterized in that each framework makes each vertical end be suitable for connecting into the corresponding vertical end of adjacent separator the plate system of a practicality according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

39., it is characterized in that framing component includes the pillar near each vertical end of framework according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3.

40., it is characterized in that raceway (41) allows cable unit (32) flatly to walk between near the pillar (1) of each end of framework according to the described dividing plate of claim 39, and in the raceway (41) of adjacent similar dividing plate.

41., it is characterized in that beam (2) is a tubing according to each described dividing plate of claim 1-3, its cross section has the top of an arc and the bottom of arc, has rectilinear mid portion therebetween.

42. dividing plate according to claim 28 is characterized in that, center pole space (41) are open at the top and the place, bottom of dividing plate, and cable unit (32) vertically enters thus and withdraws from.

43. dividing plate according to claim 29 is characterized in that, center pole space (41) are open at the top and the place, bottom of dividing plate, and cable unit (32) vertically enters thus and withdraws from.

44. dividing plate according to claim 30 is characterized in that, center pole space (41) are open at the top and the place, bottom of dividing plate, and cable unit (32) vertically enters thus and withdraws from.

45. dividing plate according to claim 31 is characterized in that, center pole space (41) are open at the top and the place, bottom of dividing plate, and cable unit (32) vertically enters thus and withdraws from.

46. dividing plate according to claim 32 is characterized in that, center pole space (41) are open at the top and the place, bottom of dividing plate, and cable unit (32) vertically enters thus and withdraws from.