EP1049903B1 - Shelf for holding articles, especially in refrigeration units - Google Patents

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EP1049903B1
EP1049903B1 EP98904232A EP98904232A EP1049903B1 EP 1049903 B1 EP1049903 B1 EP 1049903B1 EP 98904232 A EP98904232 A EP 98904232A EP 98904232 A EP98904232 A EP 98904232A EP 1049903 B1 EP1049903 B1 EP 1049903B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2325/00—Charging, supporting or discharging the articles to be cooled, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2325/021—Shelves with several possible configurations
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2325/00—Charging, supporting or discharging the articles to be cooled, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2325/022—Shelves made of glass or ceramic
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2500/00—Problems to be solved
    • F25D2500/02—Geometry problems

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  • the present invention relates to a shelf (or shelf or shelf) for article support and intended to be fixed or mounted, in position horizontal, in the frame of a piece of furniture.
  • a shelf particularly suitable for use in refrigerated cabinets or refrigerating apparatus for supporting, in particular, food.
  • the invention also relates to a manufacturing method of such a tablet.
  • the present invention aims to provide a new tablet hygienic, practical and safe for supporting articles, particularly in refrigerated furniture, simplified and more economical to produce than the tablets mentioned above, in particular which can be manufactured in different dimensions without generating significant related costs changes in dimensions.
  • the tray (or “support tray”) of the tablet according to the invention is generally present in the form of a plate or an element having an approximately flat surface and being thin by relative to its surface; it includes an upper face (in position functional), generally approximately flat, intended to receive the items to be supported, and includes a bottom face and adjacent lateral sides bordering or delimiting said faces and forming angles or "corners". Thereafter, by angle or corner of the plate, we obviously hear an angle formed by lateral sides of the plateau, i.e. an angle located in the plane of the plateau (i.e. in a horizontal plane when the platform is placed in position functional).
  • the tray includes several corners. In many cases, it has four corners; he is generally substantially rectangular in shape (when considering for example its upper face or its horizontal section in its position of use) but could possibly have another form, for example a square shape or even another polygonal shape.
  • the tray is formed from at least one sheet of glass or possibly plastic (preferably transparent for aesthetic and practical reasons).
  • the platter is not formed from a single sheet, usually a few thick millimeters, but in some cases we can also consider more complex structures, in particular laminated structures comprising for example several sheets of glass and / or material plastic and optionally comprising one or more sheet (s) other materials).
  • the tray has a structure complex, in particular flaky, it preferably has at least a sheet of glass or plastic on the upper side (for reasons hygiene and maintenance in particular) in order to receive the items to support.
  • the tray comprises one or more sheets of glass, the use of this material presenting, in the context of the invention, advantages in terms of hygiene, rigidity, durability, etc.
  • this glass is preferably tempered, mainly in the case where the tray consists of a single sheet of glass.
  • the surface of the tray is generally full but you can possibly consider using a tray with one or a few openwork areas. We can also consider using a tray having one or more grooves or one or more recesses or possibly a or reliefs, for example, as described later, a plate having one or more grooves allowing the anchoring or the attachment of additional parts, in particular allowing the anchoring of parts of coating.
  • the tray can be provided with patterns or layers decorative or functional, on the surface or in between, in particular decorative patterns made in baking ink deposited for example by serigraphy then baked.
  • the tray is preferably transparent, in in whole or in part, for aesthetic and practical reasons.
  • the shelf comprises corner pieces (or corner protections or corner fittings or protective parts corner or corner cladding), preferably in material plastic, each corner piece covering only one corner or corner of the tray.
  • Each corner piece according to the invention is a suitable angled or angular piece at the corner of the tray it should cover. It presents two parts lateral or wings (joining forming the elbow or the angle) allowing to cover at least in part each of the two adjacent sides of the tray forming the corner to be coated.
  • This corner protection can cover the corner and said sides over part or all of their height and / or over part of the adjacent edges of the underside and / or the face coverage, the coverage may be different depending on the location (the protection may for example have decorative openings leaving catch a glimpse of the edge of the stage in certain places).
  • the room corner covers the above mentioned corner and sides on at least part of their height (and preferably over the entire height at least at least level of the projecting edge at the intersection of the two sides forming the angle) and on part of the adjacent edges of the underside and the face higher.
  • each wing of the corner piece is generally chosen less than or equal to, and preferably less than, the length of the side it covers.
  • a corner piece with each wing having a length less than or equal to the smallest standard length, in the aforementioned range, on the side which it must cover.
  • the support plate has several angles. According to the invention, it is provided with several corner pieces such as defined above, each corner piece not covering only one corner of the support plate.
  • the tablet has as many corner pieces of the type described previously (the parts can however present differences the relative to each other as illustrated later) that the tray has corners, each corner of the tray being coated with a piece angle.
  • the plate is shaped rectangular, it is preferably provided with four corner pieces, each covering a corner of the tray.
  • the tray forming the tablet according to the invention therefore has a covering in the form of several corner pieces such as previously defined, these parts being separable from each other and being separable from any other coating elements.
  • the tray is surrounded by a coating on its entire periphery, this coating being formed of several pieces of covering (including the corner pieces defined above) separated that we have assembled, each piece of covering not covering partly only two adjacent lateral sides of the tray.
  • the tray is only provided as parts of coating on the periphery, corner pieces defined above, these parts of such length and shape that they cover all around the plateau.
  • the tablet according to the invention is particularly advantageous, especially in terms of implementation, since it includes several covering pieces in the form of corner pieces which can each alone protect a sharp edge (in a corner of the plate) and a part at least two adjacent sides of the tray.
  • At least two pieces of coating and advantageously all of the coating pieces on the lateral sides of the tablet according to the invention are able to fit together in the other.
  • at least one and preferably each corner piece is suitable for interlock with the adjacent covering pieces on the lateral sides of the tray.
  • the tray is only provided, as parts of coating, corner pieces defined above, these pieces preferably having a length and a shape such that fit together and cover all around the tray.
  • At least two pieces of coating and advantageously all the coating parts of the lateral sides of the plate are able to fit on a part, of preferably a large part, of their length and to slide or slide them into each other so as to form a set of pieces of telescopic coating.
  • at least one corner piece, of preferably at least two corner pieces and particularly preferred each corner piece is (are) able (s) to fit, in each of its (their) wings, over part, preferably a large part, of the length of the wing, and to slide or slide in the covering parts adjacent, so as to form a set of covering pieces telescopic.
  • a large part of the length is meant a part up to around 99% of said length, for example a part of between 40 and 96% approximately of the length. In the field of refrigerator shelves, this' much of the length ”represents for example a few centimeters. Otherwise, when we say that a piece of coating or at least part of a covering piece (for example a wing) is capable of fitting onto a much of its length, we obviously hear that we can fit this part on a more or less important part of its length depending on the case, the maximum nesting being on a large part of its length.
  • the coating parts preferably each have either one male end and one female end, i.e. two male ends, either two female ends, the female end of a part being able to receive the male end of an adjacent covering piece, male ends and female ends being arranged alternately.
  • the lengths and shapes of the male and female ends are chosen so that the end male can be inserted and slide or slide in the female end over a length of the order, for example, of several centimeters.
  • the tray is only provided, as parts of coating on the periphery, of corner pieces as defined according to the invention, these parts having a length and a shape such that they snap into place and can slide or slide (or fit) together others over part, preferably a large part, of the length of their respective wings, so as to form a telescopic structure to cover the entire turn of the tray, for different sizes of tray.
  • these parts having a length and a shape such that they snap into place and can slide or slide (or fit) together others over part, preferably a large part, of the length of their respective wings, so as to form a telescopic structure to cover the entire turn of the tray, for different sizes of tray.
  • a molded corner piece having a male end and a female end suitable for receiving, telescopically, the male end of a second piece of identical angle, to cover the perimeter of a rectangular tray, four identical corner pieces, this embodiment having the advantage of requiring only one mold to make all of the covering parts and this for variable tray dimensions.
  • the corner pieces are molded.
  • the other pieces of any coatings can also be molded or can be for example extruded.
  • Siding pieces (including corner pieces) generally have a central recess approximately U-shaped and may be provided with one or more reliefs (or projections or lugs or ribs) internal for example to stiffen these parts, and / or to correctly position these parts in relation to the plate, etc.
  • Of these parts are preferably fixed to the tray, for example by through one or more bonding or anchoring means, preferably through one or more internal reliefs allowing the "Clipping" (or anchoring) of these parts in one or more grooves practiced on one and / or the other surface of the plate.
  • the tablet can then be carried out, for example, by returning in force, one after the other, each of the corner pieces on a corner of the tray (and by sliding and / or retracting any other coating parts between the corner pieces) until the reliefs penetrate into the groove (s) of the tray.
  • one or more pieces of covering in particular corner pieces, can (can) be customized (s) and / or may (may) include one or more parts or additional functional and / or decorative elements.
  • one or more covering pieces in particular corner pieces
  • the coating parts in especially the corner pieces, fit together, we can choose pieces of covering fitting over their entire height, even when the parts have a complex section due to the presence of elements on these parts such as fins or stop bars, or you can choose cladding parts which fit only over part of their height, the remaining part being adjusted by cutting according to the size of the tray to be coated as shown later in Figures 3 and 4 especially.
  • the tablet according to the invention is made in assembling several parts on the periphery of a support plate corner, each corner piece covering a single corner of the tray.
  • the corner pieces and, if applicable, the covering piece (s) additional can be slid around the periphery of the tray and / or forced in to anchor in one or more hollows or glass grooves; coating parts, in particular parts corner can also be nested inside each other on at minus part of their length and height, the remaining part of their height being possibly adjusted by cutting.
  • the shelf 1 comprises a tray made up of a sheet of tempered glass 2 and includes four corner pieces in molded plastic 4, 5, 6, 7, each covering one corner of the tray and a part of the two adjacent sides forming the corner; for example, as shown in Figure 3b, parts 4, 5, 6, 7 are coated respectively the corners 8, 9, 10, 11, and part of the adjacent sides forming these corners, the sides being referenced 12, 13, 14 and 15 and the part 4, for example, covering part of the sides 12 and 13.
  • Each corner piece includes two wings, each having a end (respectively 4a and 4b, 5a and 5b, 6a and 6b, 7a and 7b) and the corner pieces 4, 5, 6, 7 are able to fit and slide together in the others, over a significant part of the length of each wing.
  • the manufacturing of the shelves can be done easily and quickly by sliding on the edge of the tray each corner piece one after the other of so that they fit into each other and then back force the corner pieces into one or more grooves 16 (appearing in Figure 3b) made on the upper side of the glass top a few millimeters from the edge until they are anchored in said or said groove (s).
  • the corner pieces are provided with projections internal 17 (appearing in FIGS. 1b and 1c) allowing the anchoring and the holding the corner pieces in the groove (s) of the glass.
  • the shelf includes four molded corner pieces 4, 5, 6, 7, the structure is illustrated in Figures 1a, 1b and 1c representing the part 4 (the other corner pieces being identical in this embodiment).
  • Each corner piece includes two wings, one wing having a male end (respectively ends 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a) and the other having a female end (respectively 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b) capable of receive, telescopically, the male end of a corner piece identical. It is thus possible to use only one model of part of coating for coating trays of different sizes ( Figure 1d and the) on their periphery, the shelves produced according to this mode being particularly economical.
  • the tray is decorated on its upper side with parallel lines 3 made for example of screen printed ink then cooked.
  • the tablet includes four molded corner pieces, two by two identical, covering each one corner of the tray and part of the two adjacent sides forming the corner.
  • Corner pieces 5 and 7 each include two wings each having a male end (respectively 5a and 5b, 7a and 7b, the latter reference not appearing in FIG. 2c, the part 7b being hidden by the part 4a in which it is fitted), while the corner pieces 4 and 6 ( Figure 2a) each include two wings each having a female end (respectively 4a and 4b, 6a and 6b) capable of receiving a male end of one of the corner pieces 5 and 7.
  • the corner pieces arranged alternately are thus able to fit together and slide the inside each other and are thus adaptable to different trays sizes to form shelves of various sizes while minimizing adaptations made.
  • each corner piece includes a wing having a male end (respectively 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a) and a wing having one end female (respectively 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b) able to receive on part of its length of the male end of an adjacent corner piece.
  • the shelf can be inserted between the rails of a piece of furniture by via lugs or pins 18, 19 carried respectively by the corner pieces 4 and 5, and by means of projections 20, 21 carried respectively by the corner pieces 6 and 7.
  • a part removed from the corner piece 7 suggests internal walls 24 of reinforcement corner pieces, in particular reinforcing projections 20, 21.
  • the pieces corner 4 and 5 are also provided with backsplashes 22, 23 respectively, the backsplash 23, not nestable unlike the rest of the room, being cut to an adequate length to be able to join with the backsplash 22 when the two corner pieces 4 and 5 are fitted at their final length.
  • This backsplash helps prevent food from falling out in the air circulation space provided at the rear of the tablet when the tablet is used in a refrigerator or to prevent food from touch the bottom wall of the refrigerated tank.
  • FIGS. 4a and 4b are identical to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, with the difference that one has deleted the parts 18, 19, 20, 21 used to assemble the tablet in a furniture, the assembly being done using other elements 25, 27, and at the difference that the backsplash 23 is nestable in the backsplash 22, that is to say that the corner pieces 4 and 5 are nestable over their entire height.
  • the corner pieces 4 and 7 (and symmetrically the corner pieces 5 and 6) each have, on the underside of one of their wings, a fin or "Flange" 25, 26, the fin of the corner piece 4 (and symmetrically of the corner piece 5) comprising, at one of its ends, a means attachment 27 for fixing the shelf by one of its sides to a frame ; in this case, each fin can include a part metallic (not visible) embedded in the plastic material to stiffen the shelf and allow it to hold better.
  • the fins of corner pieces 4 and 7 (and symmetrically pieces 5 and 6) can be nestable or have been cut to lengths appropriate for allow their junction after fitting parts.
  • the tablet according to the invention is particularly suitable for serving as support of articles in refrigerated installations (as shelf for refrigerator intended to support food for example) but can also be used with advantage in other furniture not refrigerated. It has advantages in terms of simplicity and cost of manufacturing, ease of use, safety and hygiene and aesthetic terms.
  • the tablet according to the invention can be used with advantages in refrigerators or refrigerated cabinets or any other similar structure, refrigerated or not.

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The invention relates to a shelf (1) for holding articles, especially in refrigeration units, comprising at least one supporting plate (2) embodied by at least one panel made of glass or possibly a plastic material, and at least one corner piece (4, 5, 6, 7) which is preferably made of a plastic material and covers only one corner (8, 9, 10, 11) of the plate. This type of shelf is especially economical.

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La présente invention concerne une tablette (ou rayon ou étagère) pour le support d'articles et destinée à être fixée ou montée, en position horizontale, dans le châssis d'un meuble. En particulier, elle concerne une tablette particulièrement apte à être utilisée dans des armoires réfrigérées ou appareils frigorifiques pour le support, notamment, d'aliments. L'invention concerne également un procédé de fabrication d'une telle tablette.The present invention relates to a shelf (or shelf or shelf) for article support and intended to be fixed or mounted, in position horizontal, in the frame of a piece of furniture. In particular, it concerns a shelf particularly suitable for use in refrigerated cabinets or refrigerating apparatus for supporting, in particular, food. The invention also relates to a manufacturing method of such a tablet.

Dans les réfrigérateurs ménagers, il est connu d'utiliser des étagères sous forme de plaques pleines en matière plastique ou en verre, de telles plaques étant simples à nettoyer, hygiéniques et pouvant supporter efficacement toutes sortes de denrées alimentaires. Il est également connu de munir ces plaques d'un entourage permettant d'éliminer les risques de blessures sur les arêtes des plaques et/ou de renforcer lesdites plaques (voir par exemple EP-A-582 780 ou EP-A-0 856 712 (état de la technique selon l'article 54(3) CBE)). Dans le cas d'un entourage en matière plastique, cet entourage est généralement réalisé en positionnant la plaque dans un moule et en injectant la matière plastique sur le pourtour de la plaque pour former un jonc périphérique. Il est également connu d'entourer le bord avant de la plaque et une partie des bords latéraux adjacents à l'aide d'un profilé plastique de dimensions appropriées et éventuellement d'entourer le bord arrière et une partie des bords latéraux adjacents à l'aide d'un autre profilé plastique de dimensions appropriées. Dans tous les cas, un changement de dimensions du plateau entraíne un réajustement des dimensions de l'entourage et donc un changement de moule et/ou de profilés, ces opérations d'adaptation étant génératrices de coûts supplémentaires.In household refrigerators, it is known to use shelves in the form of solid plates of plastic or glass, such plates being simple to clean, hygienic and able to support effectively all kinds of food. He is also known to provide these plates with an entourage making it possible to eliminate the risks of injuries to the edges of the plates and / or to reinforce said plates (see for example EP-A-582 780 or EP-A-0 856 712 (state of the art according to Article 54 (3) EPC)). In the case of a plastic frame, this frame is generally achieved by positioning the plate in a mold and injecting the plastic around the edge of the plate to form a peripheral ring. It is also known to surround the front edge of the plate and part of the adjacent side edges using a profile plastic of appropriate dimensions and possibly surround the edge rear and part of the adjacent side edges using another plastic profile of appropriate dimensions. In all cases, a change of dimensions of the plate causes a readjustment of dimensions of the surround and therefore a change of mold and / or profiles, these adaptation operations generating costs additional.

La présente invention a pour but de fournir une nouvelle tablette hygiénique, pratique et sûre pour le support d'articles notamment dans des meubles réfrigérés, et de réalisation simplifiée et plus économique que les tablettes mentionnées précédemment, en particulier pouvant être fabriquée à différentes dimensions sans générer de coûts importants liés aux changements de dimensions.The present invention aims to provide a new tablet hygienic, practical and safe for supporting articles, particularly in refrigerated furniture, simplified and more economical to produce than the tablets mentioned above, in particular which can be manufactured in different dimensions without generating significant related costs changes in dimensions.

Ce but est atteint, selon l'invention, grâce à une tablette selon la revendication 1 et à un procédé selon la revendication 7.This object is achieved, according to the invention, thanks to a tablet according to claim 1 and to a method according to claim 7.

Le plateau (ou « plateau-support ») de la tablette selon l'invention se présente généralement sous forme d'une plaque ou encore d'un élément présentant une surface approximativement plane et étant peu épais par rapport à sa surface ; il comprend une face supérieure (en position fonctionnelle), généralement approximativement plane, destinée à recevoir les articles à supporter, et comprend une face inférieure et des côtés latéraux adjacents bordant ou délimitant lesdites faces et formant des angles ou « coins ». Par la suite, par angle ou coin du plateau, on entend bien évidemment un angle formé par des côtés latéraux du plateau, c'est-à-dire un angle situé dans le plan du plateau (c'est-à-dire dans un plan horizontal lorsque le plateau est mis en position fonctionnelle).The tray (or “support tray”) of the tablet according to the invention is generally present in the form of a plate or an element having an approximately flat surface and being thin by relative to its surface; it includes an upper face (in position functional), generally approximately flat, intended to receive the items to be supported, and includes a bottom face and adjacent lateral sides bordering or delimiting said faces and forming angles or "corners". Thereafter, by angle or corner of the plate, we obviously hear an angle formed by lateral sides of the plateau, i.e. an angle located in the plane of the plateau (i.e. in a horizontal plane when the platform is placed in position functional).

Le plateau comprend plusieurs coins. Dans de nombreux cas, il présente quatre coins ; il est généralement de forme sensiblement rectangulaire (lorsque l'on considère par exemple sa face supérieure ou sa section horizontale dans sa position d'utilisation) mais pourrait éventuellement présenter une autre forme, par exemple une forme carrée voire une autre forme polygonale. The tray includes several corners. In many cases, it has four corners; he is generally substantially rectangular in shape (when considering for example its upper face or its horizontal section in its position of use) but could possibly have another form, for example a square shape or even another polygonal shape.

Le plateau est formé d'au moins une feuille de verre ou éventuellement de matière plastique (de préférence transparente pour des raisons esthétiques et pratiques). Dans la plupart des cas, le plateau n'est formé que d'une seule feuille, d'une épaisseur généralement de quelques millimètres, mais on peut également envisager dans certains cas des structures plus complexes, en particulier des structures feuilletées comprenant par exemple plusieurs feuilles de verre et/ou de matière plastique et comprenant éventuellement une ou plusieurs feuille(s) d'autre(s) matière(s). Dans le cas où le plateau présente une structure complexe, notamment feuilletée, il présente préférentiellement au moins une feuille de verre ou de plastique en face supérieure (pour des raisons d'hygiène et d'entretien notamment) afin de recevoir les articles à supporter. De préférence, le plateau comprend une ou plusieurs feuilles de verre, l'utilisation de ce matériau présentant, dans le cadre de l'invention, des avantages en termes d'hygiène, de rigidité, de pérennité, etc. Pour des raisons de sécurité, ce verre est préférentiellement trempé, principalement dans le cas où le plateau est constitué d'une seule feuille de verre.The tray is formed from at least one sheet of glass or possibly plastic (preferably transparent for aesthetic and practical reasons). In most cases, the platter is not formed from a single sheet, usually a few thick millimeters, but in some cases we can also consider more complex structures, in particular laminated structures comprising for example several sheets of glass and / or material plastic and optionally comprising one or more sheet (s) other materials). In the case where the tray has a structure complex, in particular flaky, it preferably has at least a sheet of glass or plastic on the upper side (for reasons hygiene and maintenance in particular) in order to receive the items to support. Preferably, the tray comprises one or more sheets of glass, the use of this material presenting, in the context of the invention, advantages in terms of hygiene, rigidity, durability, etc. For safety reasons, this glass is preferably tempered, mainly in the case where the tray consists of a single sheet of glass.

La surface du plateau est généralement pleine mais on peut éventuellement envisager d'utiliser un plateau présentant une ou quelques zones ajourées. On peut également envisager d'utiliser un plateau présentant une ou des rainures ou un ou des creux ou éventuellement un ou des reliefs, par exemple, comme décrit ultérieurement, un plateau présentant une ou des rainures permettant l'ancrage ou l'accrochage de pièces annexes, en particulier permettant l'ancrage de pièces de revêtement. Le plateau peut être muni de motifs ou de couches décoratives ou fonctionnelles, en surface ou intercalaires, en particulier de motifs décoratifs faits en une encre à cuire déposée par exemple par sérigraphie puis cuite. Le plateau est préférentiellement transparent, en totalité ou en partie, pour des raisons esthétiques et pratiques.The surface of the tray is generally full but you can possibly consider using a tray with one or a few openwork areas. We can also consider using a tray having one or more grooves or one or more recesses or possibly a or reliefs, for example, as described later, a plate having one or more grooves allowing the anchoring or the attachment of additional parts, in particular allowing the anchoring of parts of coating. The tray can be provided with patterns or layers decorative or functional, on the surface or in between, in particular decorative patterns made in baking ink deposited for example by serigraphy then baked. The tray is preferably transparent, in in whole or in part, for aesthetic and practical reasons.

Selon l'invention, la tablette comprend des pièces d'angle (ou protections d'angle ou garnitures d'angle ou encore pièces de protection d'angle ou pièces de revêtement d'angle), de préférence en matière plastique, chaque pièce d'angle revêtant un seul angle ou coin du plateau. Chaque pièce d'angle selon l'invention est une pièce coudée ou angulaire adaptée au coin du plateau qu'elle doit recouvrir. Elle présente deux parties latérales ou ailes (se joignant en formant le coude ou l'angle) permettant de recouvrir au moins en partie chacun des deux côtés adjacents du plateau formant le coin à revêtir. Cette protection d'angle peut couvrir le coin et lesdits côtés sur une partie ou la totalité de leur hauteur et/ou sur une partie des bords adjacents de la face inférieure et/ou de la face supérieure, la couverture pouvant être différente selon les endroits (la protection peut par exemple présenter des ouvertures décoratives laissant entrevoir en certains endroits le chant du plateau). De préférence, la pièce d'angle couvre le coin et les côtés susmentionnés sur au moins une partie de leur hauteur (et de préférence sur la totalité de la hauteur au moins au niveau de l'arête saillante à l'intersection des deux côtés formant l'angle) et sur une partie des bords adjacents de la face inférieure et de la face supérieure.According to the invention, the shelf comprises corner pieces (or corner protections or corner fittings or protective parts corner or corner cladding), preferably in material plastic, each corner piece covering only one corner or corner of the tray. Each corner piece according to the invention is a suitable angled or angular piece at the corner of the tray it should cover. It presents two parts lateral or wings (joining forming the elbow or the angle) allowing to cover at least in part each of the two adjacent sides of the tray forming the corner to be coated. This corner protection can cover the corner and said sides over part or all of their height and / or over part of the adjacent edges of the underside and / or the face coverage, the coverage may be different depending on the location (the protection may for example have decorative openings leaving catch a glimpse of the edge of the stage in certain places). Preferably, the room corner covers the above mentioned corner and sides on at least part of their height (and preferably over the entire height at least at least level of the projecting edge at the intersection of the two sides forming the angle) and on part of the adjacent edges of the underside and the face higher.

La longueur de chaque aile de la pièce d'angle est généralement choisie inférieure ou égale, et de préférence inférieure, à la longueur du côté qu'elle recouvre. De préférence, pour une gamme de produits, telle que par exemple des tablettes de réfrigérateurs, pour lesquels les dimensions varient de quelques centimètres selon les marques et les formats, on utilise préférentiellement, quelle que soit la tablette réalisée de la gamme susmentionnée, une pièce d'angle dont chaque aile présente une longueur inférieure ou égale à la longueur standard la plus petite, dans la gamme susmentionnée, du côté qu'elle doit recouvrir.The length of each wing of the corner piece is generally chosen less than or equal to, and preferably less than, the length of the side it covers. Preferably, for a range of products, such as for example refrigerator shelves, for which the dimensions vary from a few centimeters depending on the brands and formats, it is preferable to use, whatever the tablet produced the aforementioned range, a corner piece with each wing having a length less than or equal to the smallest standard length, in the aforementioned range, on the side which it must cover.

Le plateau-support présente plusieurs angles. Conformément à l'invention, il est muni de plusieurs pièces d'angle telles que définies précédemment, chaque pièce d'angle ne revêtant qu'un seul coin du plateau-support. De préférence, la tablette présente autant de pièces d'angle du type de celle décrite précédemment (les pièces pouvant cependant présenter des différences les unes par rapport aux autres comme illustré ultérieurement) que le plateau présente de coins, chaque coin du plateau étant revêtu d'une pièce d'angle. Ainsi, dans le cas le plus fréquent où le plateau est de forme rectangulaire, il est préférentiellement muni de quatre pièces d'angle, chacune revêtant un coin du plateau.The support plate has several angles. According to the invention, it is provided with several corner pieces such as defined above, each corner piece not covering only one corner of the support plate. Preferably, the tablet has as many corner pieces of the type described previously (the parts can however present differences the relative to each other as illustrated later) that the tray has corners, each corner of the tray being coated with a piece angle. Thus, in the most frequent case where the plate is shaped rectangular, it is preferably provided with four corner pieces, each covering a corner of the tray.

Le plateau formant la tablette selon l'invention présente donc un revêtement sous forme de plusieurs pièces d'angle telles que précédemment définies, ces pièces étant dissociables les unes des autres et étant dissociables des autres éléments de revêtement éventuels. Le plateau est entouré d'un revêtement sur toute sa périphérie, ce revêtement étant formé de plusieurs pièces de revêtement (comprenant les pièces d'angle définies précédemment) séparées que l'on a assemblées, chaque pièce de revêtement ne couvrant en partie que deux côtés latéraux adjacents du plateau. De préférence, pour des raisons économiques et pratiques notamment, le plateau est uniquement muni comme pièces de revêtement en périphérie, des pièces d'angle définies précédemment, ces pièces présentant une longueur et une forme telles qu'elles couvrent à elles seules tout le tour du plateau.The tray forming the tablet according to the invention therefore has a covering in the form of several corner pieces such as previously defined, these parts being separable from each other and being separable from any other coating elements. The tray is surrounded by a coating on its entire periphery, this coating being formed of several pieces of covering (including the corner pieces defined above) separated that we have assembled, each piece of covering not covering partly only two adjacent lateral sides of the tray. Preferably, for economic and practical in particular, the tray is only provided as parts of coating on the periphery, corner pieces defined above, these parts of such length and shape that they cover all around the plateau.

Il apparaít que la tablette selon l'invention est particulièrement avantageuse, notamment en terme de réalisation, puisqu'elle comprend plusieurs pièces de revêtement sous forme de pièces d'angle pouvant chacune protéger à elle seule une arête vive (en un coin du plateau) et une partie au moins de deux côtés adjacents du plateau. It appears that the tablet according to the invention is particularly advantageous, especially in terms of implementation, since it includes several covering pieces in the form of corner pieces which can each alone protect a sharp edge (in a corner of the plate) and a part at least two adjacent sides of the tray.

De préférence, au moins deux pièces de revêtement et avantageusement l'ensemble des pièces de revêtement des côtés latéraux de la tablette selon l'invention sont aptes à s'emboíter les unes dans les autres. En particulier, selon un mode de réalisation avantageux de l'invention, au moins une et de préférence chaque pièce d'angle est apte à s'emboíter avec les pièces adjacentes de revêtement des côtés latéraux du plateau. De préférence, le plateau est uniquement muni, comme pièces de revêtement, des pièces d'angle définies précédemment, ces pièces présentant préférentiellement une longueur et une forme telles qu'elles s'emboítent les unes aux autres et couvrent à elles seules tout le tour du plateau.Preferably, at least two pieces of coating and advantageously all of the coating pieces on the lateral sides of the tablet according to the invention are able to fit together in the other. In particular, according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, at least one and preferably each corner piece is suitable for interlock with the adjacent covering pieces on the lateral sides of the tray. Preferably, the tray is only provided, as parts of coating, corner pieces defined above, these pieces preferably having a length and a shape such that fit together and cover all around the tray.

De façon particulièrement préférée, au moins deux pièces de revêtement et avantageusement l'ensemble des pièces de revêtement des côtés latéraux du plateau sont aptes à s'emboíter sur une partie, de préférence une grande partie, de leur longueur et à glisser ou coulisser les unes dans les autres de façon à former un ensemble de pièces de revêtement télescopique. En particulier, dans un mode de réalisation avantageux et préféré de l'invention, au moins une pièce d'angle, de préférence au moins deux pièces d'angle et de façon particulièrement préférée chaque pièce d'angle est (sont) apte(s) à s'emboíter, en chacune de ses (leurs) ailes, sur une partie, de préférence une grande partie, de la longueur de l'aile, et à glisser ou coulisser dans les pièces de revêtement adjacentes, de façon à former un ensemble de pièces de revêtement télescopique. Par « une grande partie de la longueur » on entend une partie pouvant représenter jusqu'à 99 % environ de ladite longueur, par exemple une partie comprise entre 40 et 96 % environ de la longueur. Dans le domaine des tablettes de réfrigérateur, cette « grande partie de la longueur » représente par exemple quelques centimètres. Par ailleurs, lorsque l'on dit qu'une pièce de revêtement ou au moins une partie d'une pièce de revêtement (par exemple une aile) est apte à s'emboíter sur une grande partie de sa longueur, on entend bien évidemment que l'on peut emboíter cette pièce sur une partie plus ou moins importante de sa longueur selon les cas, l'emboítement maximal se faisant sur une grande partie de sa longueur.In a particularly preferred manner, at least two pieces of coating and advantageously all the coating parts of the lateral sides of the plate are able to fit on a part, of preferably a large part, of their length and to slide or slide them into each other so as to form a set of pieces of telescopic coating. In particular, in one embodiment advantageous and preferred of the invention, at least one corner piece, of preferably at least two corner pieces and particularly preferred each corner piece is (are) able (s) to fit, in each of its (their) wings, over part, preferably a large part, of the length of the wing, and to slide or slide in the covering parts adjacent, so as to form a set of covering pieces telescopic. By "a large part of the length" is meant a part up to around 99% of said length, for example a part of between 40 and 96% approximately of the length. In the field of refrigerator shelves, this' much of the length ”represents for example a few centimeters. Otherwise, when we say that a piece of coating or at least part of a covering piece (for example a wing) is capable of fitting onto a much of its length, we obviously hear that we can fit this part on a more or less important part of its length depending on the case, the maximum nesting being on a large part of its length.

Les pièces de revêtement présentent préférentiellement chacune soit une extrémité mâle et une extrémité femelle, soit deux extrémités mâles, soit deux extrémités femelles, l'extrémité femelle d'une pièce étant apte à recevoir l'extrémité mâle d'une pièce de revêtement adjacente, les extrémités mâles et les extrémités femelles étant disposées en alternance. De préférence, comme indiqué précédemment, les longueurs et formes des extrémités mâles et femelles sont choisies de façon à ce que l'extrémité mâle puisse être introduite et glisser ou coulisser dans l'extrémité femelle sur une longueur de l'ordre par exemple de plusieurs centimètres. On obtient ainsi une structure de revêtement télescopique pouvant être adaptée sur des plateaux de différentes tailles sans nécessiter de fabriquer des pièces de revêtement de longueur différente lorsque les dimensions du plateau changent. En d'autres termes, le même ensemble de pièces de revêtement (en particulier de pièces d'angle) peut être utilisé pour revêtir, sur la totalité de leur périphérie, divers plateaux présentant la même forme et éventuellement la même épaisseur mais présentant des dimensions différentes.The coating parts preferably each have either one male end and one female end, i.e. two male ends, either two female ends, the female end of a part being able to receive the male end of an adjacent covering piece, male ends and female ends being arranged alternately. Preferably, as indicated above, the lengths and shapes of the male and female ends are chosen so that the end male can be inserted and slide or slide in the female end over a length of the order, for example, of several centimeters. We thus obtains a telescopic covering structure which can be suitable for trays of different sizes without the need to manufacture coating pieces of different length when the dimensions of the tray change. In other words, the same set of pieces of coating (especially corner pieces) can be used to coat, over their entire periphery, various trays with the same shape and possibly the same thickness but with different dimensions.

De préférence, le plateau est uniquement muni, comme pièces de revêtement en périphérie, de pièces d'angle telles que définies selon l'invention, ces pièces présentant une longueur et une forme telles qu'elles s'emboítent et peuvent glisser ou coulisser (ou rentrer) les unes dans les autres sur une partie, de préférence une grande partie, de la longueur de leurs ailes respectives, de façon à former une structure télescopique permettant de couvrir tout le tour du plateau, pour différentes tailles de plateau. En particulier, lorsque l'on utilise une pièce d'angle moulée présentant une extrémité mâle et une extrémité femelle apte à recevoir, de façon télescopique, l'extrémité mâle d'une seconde pièce d'angle identique, on peut utiliser, pour revêtir le pourtour d'un plateau rectangulaire, quatre pièces d'angle identiques, ce mode de réalisation présentant l'avantage de ne nécessiter qu'un seul moule pour réaliser l'ensemble des pièces de revêtement et ceci pour des dimensions variables de plateau.Preferably, the tray is only provided, as parts of coating on the periphery, of corner pieces as defined according to the invention, these parts having a length and a shape such that they snap into place and can slide or slide (or fit) together others over part, preferably a large part, of the length of their respective wings, so as to form a telescopic structure to cover the entire turn of the tray, for different sizes of tray. In particular, when using a molded corner piece having a male end and a female end suitable for receiving, telescopically, the male end of a second piece of identical angle, to cover the perimeter of a rectangular tray, four identical corner pieces, this embodiment having the advantage of requiring only one mold to make all of the covering parts and this for variable tray dimensions.

De préférence, les pièces d'angle sont moulées. Les autres pièces de revêtement éventuelles peuvent être également moulées ou peuvent être par exemple extrudées. Les pièces de revêtement (dont les pièces d'angle) présentent généralement un évidement central approximativement en U et peuvent être munies d'un ou plusieurs reliefs (ou saillies ou ergots ou nervures) internes permettant par exemple de rigidifier ces pièces, et/ou de positionner correctement ces pièces par rapport au plateau, etc. De préférence, ces pièces sont fixées au plateau, par exemple par l'intermédiaire d'un ou de moyen(s) de collage ou d'ancrage, de préférence par l'intermédiaire d'un ou plusieurs reliefs internes permettant le « clipsage » (ou ancrage) de ces pièces dans une ou plusieurs rainures pratiquées sur l'une et/ou l'autre surface du plateau. La tablette peut alors être réalisée, par exemple, en rentrant en force, l'une après l'autre, chacune des pièces d'angle sur un coin du plateau (et en glissant et/ou rentrant en force les éventuelles autres pièces de revêtement entre les pièces d'angle) jusqu'à pénétration des reliefs dans la ou les rainures du plateau.Preferably, the corner pieces are molded. The other pieces of any coatings can also be molded or can be for example extruded. Siding pieces (including corner pieces) generally have a central recess approximately U-shaped and may be provided with one or more reliefs (or projections or lugs or ribs) internal for example to stiffen these parts, and / or to correctly position these parts in relation to the plate, etc. Of these parts are preferably fixed to the tray, for example by through one or more bonding or anchoring means, preferably through one or more internal reliefs allowing the "Clipping" (or anchoring) of these parts in one or more grooves practiced on one and / or the other surface of the plate. The tablet can then be carried out, for example, by returning in force, one after the other, each of the corner pieces on a corner of the tray (and by sliding and / or retracting any other coating parts between the corner pieces) until the reliefs penetrate into the groove (s) of the tray.

Selon les modes de réalisation, une ou plusieurs pièces de revêtement, en particulier pièces d'angle, peut (peuvent) être personnalisée(s) et/ou peut (peuvent) comporter une ou plusieurs parties ou éléments fonctionnels et/ou décoratifs supplémentaires. En particulier, une ou plusieurs pièces de revêtement (notamment pièces d'angle) peut (peuvent) comporter ou être apte(s) à recevoir, par des moyens de fixation adéquats, un ou des moyens d'assemblage (ou de solidarisation ou d'accrochage) au châssis d'un meuble dans lequel la tablette est destinée à être montée et/ou peut (peuvent) comporter (ou être apte(s) à recevoir) une ou des ailettes en face inférieure (ou « flasques ») comprenant notamment une ou des parties métalliques, préférentiellement noyées dans un matériau plastique, pour rigidifier l'étagère et permettre une meilleure tenue de celle-ci lorsque la tablette n'est fixée au châssis que sur un bord (étagère « autoportante »). On peut également prévoir, sur une ou plusieurs pièces de revêtement, un ou des rebords et éventuellement un ou des joints entre les rebords et le plateau de façon à empêcher l'écoulement des liquides hors de la tablette et/ou une ou des barrettes (ou dosserets) servant de butée pour empêcher par exemple que les produits entreposés sur la tablette viennent au contact de la paroi d'un meuble réfrigéré la renfermant. On peut également prévoir une ou des poignées sur un côté de la tablette destiné à rester libre et la tablette peut être apte à être engagée entre des glissières par deux côtés latéraux en regard, éventuellement par l'intermédiaire de moyens d'assemblage tels que des tétons ou saillies, à l'intérieur du meuble destiné à la contenir. On peut également prévoir, sur les pièces de revêtement, un ou des moyen(s) de fixation d'élément(s) fonctionnel(s) et/ou décoratif(s) supplémentaire(s). Dans le cas préféré selon l'invention où les pièces de revêtement, en particulier les pièces d'angle, s'emboítent, on peut choisir des pièces de revêtement s'emboítant sur toute leur hauteur, même lorsque les pièces présentent une section complexe due à la présence d'éléments sur ces pièces tels que des ailettes ou des barrettes de butée, ou l'on peut choisir des pièces de revêtement ne s'emboítant que sur une partie de leur hauteur, la partie restante étant ajustée par découpage en fonction de la taille du plateau à revêtir comme illustré ultérieurement aux figures 3 et 4 notamment.According to the embodiments, one or more pieces of covering, in particular corner pieces, can (can) be customized (s) and / or may (may) include one or more parts or additional functional and / or decorative elements. In particular, one or more covering pieces (in particular corner pieces) can (may) include or be able to receive, by fixing means one or more means of assembly (or joining or of attachment) to the chassis of a piece of furniture in which the shelf is intended to be mounted and / or may (may) include (or be able to receive) a or fins on the underside (or "flanges") comprising in particular one or more metallic parts, preferably embedded in a plastic material, to stiffen the shelf and allow better holding of the latter when the tablet is only fixed to the chassis on one edge ("freestanding" shelf). We can also provide, on one or several pieces of covering, one or more edges and possibly a or seals between the ledges and the tray so as to prevent the flow of liquids out of the shelf and / or one or more bars (or backsplashes) serving as a stop to prevent, for example, that products stored on the shelf come into contact with the wall of a refrigerated cabinet containing it. We can also provide one or more handles on one side of the shelf intended to remain free and the shelf can be able to be engaged between slides by two lateral sides in gaze, possibly via assembly means such as nipples or projections, inside the piece of furniture intended to contain it. We may also provide, on the covering parts, one or more means for fixing additional functional and / or decorative element (s). In the preferred case according to the invention where the coating parts, in especially the corner pieces, fit together, we can choose pieces of covering fitting over their entire height, even when the parts have a complex section due to the presence of elements on these parts such as fins or stop bars, or you can choose cladding parts which fit only over part of their height, the remaining part being adjusted by cutting according to the size of the tray to be coated as shown later in Figures 3 and 4 especially.

De façon générale, la tablette selon l'invention est réalisée en assemblant à la périphérie d'un plateau support plusieurs pièces d'angle, chaque pièce d'angle revêtant un seul angle du plateau. Les pièces d'angle et, le cas échéant, la ou les pièces de revêtement supplémentaires peuvent être glissées à la périphérie du plateau et/ou rentrées en force afin de s'ancrer dans un ou plusieurs creux ou rainures du verre; les pièces de revêtement, en particulier les pièces d'angle peuvent aussi être emboítées les unes dans les autres sur au moins une partie de leur longueur et de leur hauteur, la partie restante de leur hauteur étant éventuellement ajustée par découpage.In general, the tablet according to the invention is made in assembling several parts on the periphery of a support plate corner, each corner piece covering a single corner of the tray. The corner pieces and, if applicable, the covering piece (s) additional can be slid around the periphery of the tray and / or forced in to anchor in one or more hollows or glass grooves; coating parts, in particular parts corner can also be nested inside each other on at minus part of their length and height, the remaining part of their height being possibly adjusted by cutting.

D'autres avantages et caractéristiques de l'invention apparaítront à la lumière des dessins suivants illustrant l'invention, sans toutefois la limiter dans lesquels :

  • 1a figure 1a représente une vue schématique de dessus d'une pièce d'angle utilisée dans un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • 1a figure 1b représente une vue schématique de face de la pièce d'angle représentée en figure 1a, coupée suivant la ligne A-A de la figure 1a ;
  • 1a figure 1c représente une vue schématique de côté de la pièce d'angle représentée en figure 1a, coupée suivant la ligne B-B de la figure 1a ;
  • la figure 1d représente une vue schématique de dessus (en position fonctionnelle) d'une tablette selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention utilisant la pièce d'angle représentée en figure 1a ;
  • la figura 1e représente une vue schématique de dessus d'une tablette de dimensions plus faibles que celles de la tablette représentée en figure 1d mais utilisant les mêmes pièces de revêtement ;
  • la figure 2a représente une vue schématique de dessus d'une pièce d'angle utilisée dans un second mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • la figure 2b représente une vue schématique de dessus d'une autre pièce d'angle utilisée dans un second mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • la figure 2c représente une vue schématique de dessus d'une tablette selon un second mode de réalisation de l'invention utilisant les pièces d'angle représentées en figures 2a et 2b ;
  • la figure 3a représente une vue schématique de dessus d'une tablette selon un troisième mode de réalisation de l'invention, une partie d'une pièce d'angle étant ôtée de façon à laisser voir des éléments de renfort ;
  • la figure 3b représente une vue schématique en perspective éclatée de la tablette représentée en figure 3a ;
  • la figure 4a représente une demi-vue schématique de dessus d'une tablette selon un quatrième mode de réalisation de l'invention, la tablette étant symétrique par rapport à la ligne représentée en traits mixtes ;
  • la figure 4b représente une vue schématique de côté de la tablette représentée en figure 4a.
Other advantages and characteristics of the invention will appear in the light of the following drawings illustrating the invention, without however limiting it in which:
  • 1a Figure 1a shows a schematic top view of a corner piece used in a first embodiment of the invention;
  • 1a Figure 1b shows a schematic front view of the corner piece shown in Figure 1a, cut along the line AA of Figure 1a;
  • 1a Figure 1c shows a schematic side view of the corner piece shown in Figure 1a, cut along the line BB of Figure 1a;
  • Figure 1d shows a schematic top view (in functional position) of a shelf according to a first embodiment of the invention using the corner piece shown in Figure 1a;
  • FIG. 1e represents a schematic top view of a tablet of smaller dimensions than those of the tablet shown in FIG. 1d but using the same coating parts;
  • Figure 2a shows a schematic top view of a corner piece used in a second embodiment of the invention;
  • Figure 2b shows a schematic top view of another corner piece used in a second embodiment of the invention;
  • Figure 2c shows a schematic top view of a shelf according to a second embodiment of the invention using the corner pieces shown in Figures 2a and 2b;
  • FIG. 3a represents a schematic top view of a shelf according to a third embodiment of the invention, part of a corner piece being removed so as to reveal the reinforcing elements;
  • Figure 3b shows a schematic exploded perspective view of the tablet shown in Figure 3a;
  • FIG. 4a represents a schematic half-view from above of a tablet according to a fourth embodiment of the invention, the tablet being symmetrical with respect to the line shown in dashed lines;
  • Figure 4b shows a schematic side view of the tablet shown in Figure 4a.

Par soucis de simplification et de clarté, les éléments similaires (même s'ils peuvent présenter des différences d'un mode de réalisation à un autre) portent les mêmes références d'un figure à une autre.For the sake of simplification and clarity, similar elements (although they may differ from one embodiment to another) bear the same references from one figure to another.

Dans tous les modes de réalisation de l'invention illustrés en figures 1d, 1e, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4a et 4b, la tablette 1 comprend un plateau constitué d'une feuille de verre trempé 2 et comprend quatre pièces d'angle en matière plastique moulées 4, 5, 6, 7, revêtant chacune un coin du plateau et une partie des deux côtés adjacents formant le coin ; par exemple, comme cela apparaít en figure 3b, les pièces 4, 5, 6, 7 revêtent respectivement les coins 8, 9, 10, 11, et une partie des côtés adjacents formant ces coins, les côtés étant référencés 12, 13, 14 et 15 et la pièce 4, par exemple, revêtant une partie des côtés 12 et 13.In all the embodiments of the invention illustrated in figures 1d, 1e, 2c, 3a, 3b, 4a and 4b, the shelf 1 comprises a tray made up of a sheet of tempered glass 2 and includes four corner pieces in molded plastic 4, 5, 6, 7, each covering one corner of the tray and a part of the two adjacent sides forming the corner; for example, as shown in Figure 3b, parts 4, 5, 6, 7 are coated respectively the corners 8, 9, 10, 11, and part of the adjacent sides forming these corners, the sides being referenced 12, 13, 14 and 15 and the part 4, for example, covering part of the sides 12 and 13.

Chaque pièce d'angle comprend deux ailes présentant chacune une extrémité (respectivement 4a et 4b, 5a et 5b, 6a et 6b, 7a et 7b) et les pièces d'angle 4, 5, 6, 7 sont aptes à s'emboíter et à coulisser les unes dans les autres, sur une partie importante de la longueur de chaque aile. Dans ces modes de réalisation, il est ainsi possible, en emboítant plus ou moins les pièces d'angle, d'utiliser les mêmes pièces de revêtement pour revêtir des plateaux de différentes tailles (voir notamment figure 1d et figure le) sur leur périphérie, les tablettes réalisées selon ces modes étant particulièrement économiques.Each corner piece includes two wings, each having a end (respectively 4a and 4b, 5a and 5b, 6a and 6b, 7a and 7b) and the corner pieces 4, 5, 6, 7 are able to fit and slide together in the others, over a significant part of the length of each wing. In these embodiments, it is thus possible, by fitting more or minus the corner pieces, use the same covering pieces for cover trays of different sizes (see in particular Figure 1d and the) on their periphery, the shelves produced according to these modes being particularly economical.

La fabrication des tablettes peut se faire facilement et rapidement en glissant sur le bord du plateau chaque pièce d'angle l'une après l'autre de façon à ce qu'elles s'emboítent les unes dans les autres puis en rentrant en force les pièces d'angle dans une ou des rainures 16 (apparaissant en figure 3b) réalisée(s) sur la face supérieure du plateau en verre à quelques millimètres du bord jusqu'à ce qu'elles soient ancrées dans ladite ou lesdites rainure(s). A cet effet, les pièces d'angle sont munies de saillies internes 17 (apparaissant en figures 1b et 1c) permettant l'ancrage et le maintien des pièces d'angle dans la ou les rainure(s) du verre.The manufacturing of the shelves can be done easily and quickly by sliding on the edge of the tray each corner piece one after the other of so that they fit into each other and then back force the corner pieces into one or more grooves 16 (appearing in Figure 3b) made on the upper side of the glass top a few millimeters from the edge until they are anchored in said or said groove (s). For this purpose, the corner pieces are provided with projections internal 17 (appearing in FIGS. 1b and 1c) allowing the anchoring and the holding the corner pieces in the groove (s) of the glass.

Dans le premier mode de réalisation illustré en figures 1d et 1e, la tablette comprend quatre pièces d'angle moulées 4, 5, 6, 7 dont la structure est illustrée en figures 1a, 1b et 1c représentant la pièce 4 (les autres pièces d'angle étant identiques dans ce mode de réalisation). Chaque pièce d'angle comprend deux ailes, une aile présentant une extrémité mâle (respectivement les extrémités 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a) et l'autre présentant une extrémité femelle (respectivement 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b) apte à recevoir, de façon télescopique, l'extrémité mâle d'une pièce d'angle identique. Il est ainsi possible d'utiliser un seul modèle de pièce de revêtement pour revêtir des plateaux de différentes tailles (figure 1d et figure le) sur leur périphérie, les tablettes réalisées selon ce mode étant particulièrement économiques.In the first embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1d and 1e, the shelf includes four molded corner pieces 4, 5, 6, 7, the structure is illustrated in Figures 1a, 1b and 1c representing the part 4 (the other corner pieces being identical in this embodiment). Each corner piece includes two wings, one wing having a male end (respectively ends 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a) and the other having a female end (respectively 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b) capable of receive, telescopically, the male end of a corner piece identical. It is thus possible to use only one model of part of coating for coating trays of different sizes (Figure 1d and the) on their periphery, the shelves produced according to this mode being particularly economical.

Dans le mode de réalisation illustré en figures 1d et 1e, on peut également remarquer que le plateau est décoré sur sa face supérieure de lignes parallèles 3 faites par exemple d'une encre imprimée par sérigraphie puis cuite.In the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1d and 1e, one can also note that the tray is decorated on its upper side with parallel lines 3 made for example of screen printed ink then cooked.

Dans le mode de réalisation représenté en figure 2c, la tablette comprend quatre pièces d'angle moulées, deux à deux identiques, revêtant chacune un coin du plateau et une partie des deux côtés adjacents formant le coin. Les pièces d'angle 5 et 7 (dont la structure est illustrée en figure 2b) comprennent chacune deux ailes présentant chacune une extrémité mâle (respectivement 5a et 5b, 7a et 7b, cette dernière référence n'apparaissant pas sur la figure 2c, la partie 7b étant cachée par la partie 4a dans laquelle elle est emboítée), tandis que les pièces d'angle 4 et 6 (figure 2a) comprennent chacune deux ailes présentant chacune une extrémité femelle (respectivement 4a et 4b, 6a et 6b) apte à recevoir une extrémité mâle d'une des pièces d'angle 5 et 7. Les pièces d'angle disposées en alternance sont ainsi aptes à s'emboíter et à coulisser les unes dans les autres et sont ainsi adaptables à des plateaux de différentes tailles pour former des tablettes de diverses tailles en minimisant les adaptations opérées.In the embodiment shown in Figure 2c, the tablet includes four molded corner pieces, two by two identical, covering each one corner of the tray and part of the two adjacent sides forming the corner. Corner pieces 5 and 7 (the structure of which is illustrated in Figure 2b) each include two wings each having a male end (respectively 5a and 5b, 7a and 7b, the latter reference not appearing in FIG. 2c, the part 7b being hidden by the part 4a in which it is fitted), while the corner pieces 4 and 6 (Figure 2a) each include two wings each having a female end (respectively 4a and 4b, 6a and 6b) capable of receiving a male end of one of the corner pieces 5 and 7. The corner pieces arranged alternately are thus able to fit together and slide the inside each other and are thus adaptable to different trays sizes to form shelves of various sizes while minimizing adaptations made.

Dans le troisième mode de réalisation illustré en figures 3a et 3b, chaque pièce d'angle comprend une aile présentant une extrémité mâle (respectivement 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a) et une aile présentant une extrémité femelle (respectivement 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b) apte à recevoir sur une partie de sa longueur l'extrémité mâle d'une pièce d'angle adjacente.In the third embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 3a and 3b, each corner piece includes a wing having a male end (respectively 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a) and a wing having one end female (respectively 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b) able to receive on part of its length of the male end of an adjacent corner piece.

La tablette peut être insérée entre les glissières d'un meuble par l'intermédiaire d'ergots ou de tétons 18, 19 portés respectivement par les pièces d'angle 4 et 5, et par l'intermédiaire de saillies 20, 21 portées respectivement par les pièces d'angle 6 et 7. Sur la figure 3a, une partie ôtée de la pièce d'angle 7 laisse entrevoir des parois internes 24 de renfort des pièces d'angle, en particulier de renfort des saillies 20, 21. Les pièces d'angle 4 et 5 sont également munies respectivement de dosserets 22, 23, le dosseret 23, non emboítable contrairement au reste de la pièce, étant coupé à une longueur adéquate pour pouvoir faire la jonction avec le dosseret 22 lorsque les deux pièces d'angle 4 et 5 sont emboítées à leur longueur définitive. Ce dosseret permet d'éviter que les aliments tombent dans l'espace de circulation d'air prévu à l'arrière de la tablette lorsque la tablette est utilisée dans un réfrigérateur ou d'éviter que les aliments ne touchent la paroi du fond de la cuve réfrigérée.The shelf can be inserted between the rails of a piece of furniture by via lugs or pins 18, 19 carried respectively by the corner pieces 4 and 5, and by means of projections 20, 21 carried respectively by the corner pieces 6 and 7. In FIG. 3a, a part removed from the corner piece 7 suggests internal walls 24 of reinforcement corner pieces, in particular reinforcing projections 20, 21. The pieces corner 4 and 5 are also provided with backsplashes 22, 23 respectively, the backsplash 23, not nestable unlike the rest of the room, being cut to an adequate length to be able to join with the backsplash 22 when the two corner pieces 4 and 5 are fitted at their final length. This backsplash helps prevent food from falling out in the air circulation space provided at the rear of the tablet when the tablet is used in a refrigerator or to prevent food from touch the bottom wall of the refrigerated tank.

Le mode de réalisation illustré en figures 4a et 4b est identique au mode de réalisation illustré en figure 3, à la différence que l'on a supprimé les parties 18, 19, 20, 21 servant à l'assemblage de la tablette dans un meuble, l'assemblage se faisant à l'aide d'autres éléments 25, 27, et à la différence que le dosseret 23 est emboítable dans le dosseret 22, c'est-à-dire que les pièces d'angle 4 et 5 sont emboítables sur toute leur hauteur. En ce qui concerne l'assemblage de la tablette au châssis d'un meuble, les pièces d'angle 4 et 7 (et symétriquement les pièces d'angle 5 et 6) comportent chacune, en face inférieure d'une de leurs ailes, une ailette ou « flasque » 25, 26, l'ailette de la pièce d'angle 4 (et symétriquement de la pièce d'angle 5) comprenant, à l'une de ses extrémités, un moyen d'accrochage 27 permettant de fixer la tablette par un de ses côtés à un châssis ; dans ce cas, chaque ailette peut comprendre une partie métallique (non visible) noyée dans le matériau plastique pour rigidifier l'étagère et permettre une meilleure tenue de celle-ci. Les ailettes des pièces d'angle 4 et 7 (et symétriquement des pièces 5 et 6) peuvent être emboítables ou avoir été coupées à des longueurs appropriées pour permettre leur jonction après emboítement des pièces.The embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 4a and 4b is identical to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, with the difference that one has deleted the parts 18, 19, 20, 21 used to assemble the tablet in a furniture, the assembly being done using other elements 25, 27, and at the difference that the backsplash 23 is nestable in the backsplash 22, that is to say that the corner pieces 4 and 5 are nestable over their entire height. Regarding the assembly of the shelf to the chassis of a piece of furniture, the corner pieces 4 and 7 (and symmetrically the corner pieces 5 and 6) each have, on the underside of one of their wings, a fin or "Flange" 25, 26, the fin of the corner piece 4 (and symmetrically of the corner piece 5) comprising, at one of its ends, a means attachment 27 for fixing the shelf by one of its sides to a frame ; in this case, each fin can include a part metallic (not visible) embedded in the plastic material to stiffen the shelf and allow it to hold better. The fins of corner pieces 4 and 7 (and symmetrically pieces 5 and 6) can be nestable or have been cut to lengths appropriate for allow their junction after fitting parts.

D'autres variantes peuvent également être envisagées pour adapter la tablette (en termes d'esthétique et/ou de caractéristiques fonctionnelles) aux meubles dans lesquels elle doit être montée.Other variants can also be envisaged to adapt the tablet (in terms of aesthetics and / or functional characteristics) to the furniture in which it is to be mounted.

La tablette selon l'invention est particulièrement adaptée à servir de support d'articles dans des installations réfrigérées (comme tablette de réfrigérateur destinée à supporter des aliments par exemple) mais peut également être utilisée avec avantages dans d'autres meubles non réfrigérés. Elle présente des avantages en terme de simplicité et de coût de fabrication, de simplicité d'utilisation, de sécurité et d'hygiène et en termes d'esthétique. La tablette selon l'invention peut être utilisée avec avantages dans des réfrigérateurs ou armoires réfrigérées ou toute autre structure similaire, réfrigérée ou non.The tablet according to the invention is particularly suitable for serving as support of articles in refrigerated installations (as shelf for refrigerator intended to support food for example) but can can also be used with advantage in other furniture not refrigerated. It has advantages in terms of simplicity and cost of manufacturing, ease of use, safety and hygiene and aesthetic terms. The tablet according to the invention can be used with advantages in refrigerators or refrigerated cabinets or any other similar structure, refrigerated or not.

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  1. Shelf for supporting articles, comprising at least one support plate (2) formed by at least one plastic material or glass sheet, and also comprising angle pieces (4, 5, 6, 7) as pieces for covering the periphery of the support plate, each angle piece covering a single angle (8, 9, 10, 11) of the support plate (2) and said angle pieces covering the entire contour of the support plate.
  2. Shelf according to claim 1, characterized in that the angle pieces (4, 5, 6, 7) are made from plastics material.
  3. Shelf according to one of the claims 1 or 2, characterized in that at least one angle piece (4, 5, 6, 7) can be fitted together with adjacent angle pieces.
  4. Shelf according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that at least one angle piece (4, 5, 6, 7) is able to slip or slide into adjacent angle pieces, so as to form a telescopic covering pieces assembly.
  5. Shelf according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the angle pieces (4, 5, 6, 7) are fixed to the plate (2) by means of one or more internal reliefs (17) permitting the anchoring of said pieces in one or more grooves (16) made in the plate (2).
  6. Shelf according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that one or more angle pieces (4, 5, 6, 7) have or are able to receive one or more means (18, 19, 20, 21, 27) for assembly with the frame of a furniture item and/or one or more ribs (25, 26) on the lower face for stiffening the tray and/or one or more ledges preventing liquid flow beyond the tray and/or one or more stop strips (22, 23) and/or one or more handles and/or one or more means for fixing supplementary functional and/or decorative elements.
  7. Method for the manufacture of a Shelf according to one of the claims 1 to 6, according to which on the periphery of a support plate (2) are assembled several angle pieces (4, 5, 6, 7), each angle piece covering a single angle (8, 9, 10, 11) of the support plate (2) and said angle pieces covering the entire contour of the support plate.
  8. Method according to claim 7, characterized in that the angle pieces (4, 5, 6, 7) are fitted into one another over at least one portion of their length and their height.
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