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US3754517A
US3754517A US00163625A US3754517DA US3754517A US 3754517 A US3754517 A US 3754517A US 00163625 A US00163625 A US 00163625A US 3754517D A US3754517D A US 3754517DA US 3754517 A US3754517 A US 3754517A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/58—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting partitions horizontally
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
    • A47B47/02—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements made of metal only
    • A47B47/03—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements made of metal only with panels separate from the frame

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  • Finch AttorneyW0odhams, Blachard & Flynn ABSTRACT Shelving consists of at least two juxtaposed shelf units which include frame members, such as vertical posts, of metal profiled sections, together with floor and/or roof members.
  • the shelf units are connected by sheet metal clips whose ends are bent over to engage wedgeshaped converging edges on the sections or floors or roofs, each clip being formed with a bead extending transversely across the clip and projecting on the opposite side to the bent-over ends.
  • the bead is offset from the centre of the clip so that it lies wholly within one of the two shelf units connected by the clip, leaving the other unit clear for accommodating a common side wall extending to the frame members and the roof of the unit.
  • Identical clips are used to connect the posts, which have a G-shaped cross-section, with vertical walls having U-section flanged edges.
  • a rear wall with cranked edges can also be slotted into the apertures in the G-section posts.
  • the invention relates to shelving consisting of at least two juxtaposed shelf units, which include frame members of metal sections and floor and/or roof members, and which are joined together by clips made of sheet metal, the ends of the clips being bent over to engage around wedge-shaped converging edges on the sections or floors or roofs of the shelf units, each clip being provided in the region between the bent-over ends with a bead extending transversely over the clip and projecting on the opposite side to the bent-over ends.
  • the clips are so constructed that the beads are disposed mid-way between the bent-over ends.
  • the beads serve to give the clips the necessary resilience.
  • the beads serve as a hammering point during the securing of the clips.
  • the beads are situated exactly in the plane in which neighbouring shelf units abut. This prevents the provision of shelf walls extending to the posts or to the bottom and top of the shelf units.
  • An object of the invention is to provide shelving of the type in question in whichthe clips will not obstruct the fitting of shelf walls.
  • the bead is offset in relation to the centre of the clip to such an extent that it lies entirely within one of the two shelf units .connected together by the clip.
  • the shelving illustrated in FIG. 1 consists of two units la and lb, only part of the shelf unit lb being shown. Shelving could also consist of additional units, while shelf units disposed back to back can also be provided.
  • Each of the shelf units has a bottom unit 2 and a top unit 3.
  • the bottom unit 2 has a floor 4 on the corners of which upwardly projecting stubs aredisposed. Shelf posts 5 are engaged over these stubs.
  • An intermediate shelf or floor 6 is fastened on the upper end of the posts 5. At its corners this intermediate floor6 has stubs projecting from it on both sides, the downwardly projecting stubs being inserted into the posts 5.
  • Shelf posts 7 are engaged over the upwardly projecting stubs.
  • a shelf top or roof 8 which at its comers is provided with downwardly projecting stubs which are inserted into Through this construction of the clips one of the shelf units joined together by the clips is free of the bead.
  • the shelf units include vertical posts and vertical walls, the posts having a cross-section which on one side provides a vertical aperture and an arm parallel to an adjacent one of said walls, at least some of the vertical walls have a U-shaped cross-section in their v itical edge region, and clips identical to those used for'connecting shelf units are engaged on one side in the apertures in the posts and on the other side over the free edges of the U-shaped wall portions to secure the walls to the posts, a wedge-shaped slope being provided on the free edges of the U-shaped wall edge portions.
  • the use of identical clips for securing walls and for connecting shelf units provides a substantial simplification in manufacture and in stockkeeping;
  • the posts preferably have a G-shaped cross-section.
  • a rear wall disposed on one of said shelf units is preferably cranked on at least one of its vertical edges and the cranked portion engages in the aperture in one of the vertical posts, the inner wall surface lying against the rear edges of intennediate compartment floors.
  • FIG. 1 shows a shelving which consists of two juxtaposed shelf units
  • FIG. 2 is a section on the line lIIl in FIG. 1 on a larger scale compared with FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is a section on the line III-III in FIG. 2, and
  • FIG. 4 is a section on the line lV--IV in FIG. 2.
  • the cross-section of the posts 5 and 7 can be seen from the section in FIG. 4. These are so-called G- sections.
  • the section has four walls 9, 10, 11 and 12,
  • the wall 12 is shorter than the wall 10, so that the section has an opening 15. I f
  • The'invention deals with the connection of the juxtaposed shelf units la and lb and with the securing of shelf walls.
  • the connection of the shelf units to'one another will first be described.
  • spring clips 16 For the purpose of connecting the shelf units to one another use is made of spring clips 16 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). These spring clips have bent-over ends 17 which were produced by bending a spring sheet by more than Offset from the centre of each lip there is provided a bead 18, which projects from the plane of the clip in the opposite direction to the bent-over end portions 17.
  • the clips 16 are attached to the shelf tops 8 and/or intermediate floors 6, being applied to the free arms 19 of bent-over portions of U-shaped cross-section on the shelf tops 8.
  • So-called wedge slopes are provided on the bent-over portions, that is to say the edges of the arms 19 are cut away obliquely in relation to their general longitudinal direction in such a manner that the oblique edges converge to such an extent that a distance between the edges enabling the clip to be pushed over them is obtained.
  • the clip is then forced, preferably by hammer blows, in the direction in which the edges inclined in relation to one another diverge, so that the clip is clamped fast.
  • the bead I8 lies entirely within the shelf unit lb, while the shelf unit la is free of the bead 18.
  • This enables a shelf side wall 20 to be brought very close to the shelf top 8 of the shelf unit la.
  • the side wall 20 which is disposed in the region of the shelf unit la free of the bead 18, serves at the same time as side wall for the shelf unit lb.
  • the side wall 20 is folded over to form a U-shaped cross-section and is there provided with a free arm 21 (FIG. 4) extending parallel to the wall surface.
  • the horizontal edges of the side walls are folded over only once (folded-over por-- edge of the clip 16 (FIG. 4) engages over the foldedover portion 14 of the section wall 12, while the opposite folded-over edge portion in turn acts on a wedge slope cut on the arm 21.
  • FIG. 3 it is indicated that a clip 16 (shown in dotted lines) may also be used for joining shelf units standing back to back.
  • the connection is likewise made on the shelf top and/or intermediate floors and in principle is of the same construction as already described in connection with FIG. 2.
  • the rear shelf wall 24 is folded over at its horizontal edges for stiffening purposes in such a manner that, as can be seen from FIG. 3, it has an edge cross-section which is preferably in the form of a triangle 26.
  • the vertical edges of the rear wall are cranked as shown in FIG. 4, so that the edges have a Z-s haped cross-section.
  • the free arm 27 of the bent-over portion projects through the opening 15 into the interior of the shelf post 7.
  • the inner side of the wall 24 lies against the rear edges of intermediate compartment'floors 28, 29.
  • the rear wall is therefore located in the inward direction by these rear edges of the intermediate compartment floors and in the outward direction by the edges 13 of the section walls 9.
  • FIG. I vertical dividers 30 having bottom lugs which are inserted into slots in the shelf floors and top lugs which are inserted into slots in bent-over portions of the floor above.
  • the intermediate compartment floors 28, 29 or additional intermediate compartment floors are suspended on tongues 31 stamped out of the post sections.
  • each of said clip means consisting of a pair of flat and coplanar strips of unequal length connected by a bead so that said bead is offsetfrom the center of the combined length of said pair of strips, the ends of strips remote from said bead being bent to form bent-over ends, said bent-over ends of said strips engaging one of said roof and floor members in each of said units to hold said units together and to prevent a separation thereof, said bead being positioned off-set from the parting line between said units.
  • wall means defining a common wall between said pair of units, said wall means being aligned with the frame members in one of said units on a side of said parting line opposite from said bead whereby said wall means are permitted to closely abut the edges of at least one of said floor and said roof of said one unit.
  • bent-over ends are bent at an angle greater than and said bead projects from the plane of said strips in a direction opposite to said bent-over ends.
  • said upright frame members consist of vertically extending elongated and hollow posts having a vertical aperture therein;
  • At least one edge of said wall means consists of a U-shaped cross section at least closely adjacent one of said vertical posts, said bent-over ends of said clip means engaging an edge of said vertical aperture and a leg of said U-shaped edge to hold said units together and to prevent a separation thereof.
  • edges of said roof and floor members consist of a U- shaped cross section, said U-shaped edges being aligned with at least one of said upright frame members, said bent-over ends engaging an edge of each of the adjacent U-shaped edges of said roof and floor members of said pair of units.

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US20030217981A1 (en) * 2002-05-02 2003-11-27 Lackey Robert W. Downrod display
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US1748339A (en) * 1927-01-15 1930-02-25 Lyon Metal Products Inc Shelving
US2601201A (en) * 1945-04-02 1952-06-17 Lyon Metal Products Inc Fastening member for perforated sheet material members
US2710241A (en) * 1954-06-28 1955-06-07 Lieberman Morton Joseph Knock-down type merchandise display island
US2794555A (en) * 1954-08-31 1957-06-04 Edwin F Schild Shelf with replaceable surface
US2827670A (en) * 1955-04-19 1958-03-25 Benjamin W Schwindt Flush type hollow core door
US3104627A (en) * 1961-03-06 1963-09-24 Aurora Steel Products Company Steel shelving construction
US3102641A (en) * 1961-12-04 1963-09-03 Speedrack Inc Storage rack
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US5645174A (en) * 1994-11-18 1997-07-08 Schroff Gmbh Rack for an equipment cabinet
US5595127A (en) * 1994-12-06 1997-01-21 Hon Industries Inc. Shelving system
US20050155319A1 (en) * 2002-03-28 2005-07-21 Guldo Greco Machine structure, in particular for handling fluid products, and process for assembling it
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