Classifications

• • 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
  • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
  • A47B96/06—Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves
  • A47B96/061—Cantilever brackets
• • 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
  • A47B97/00—Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
  • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
  • A47F5/10—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands
  • A47F5/101—Display racks with slotted uprights
  • A47F5/103—Display shelving racks with the uprights aligned in only one plane

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an accessory, of the console type supporting a shelf or bottom panel for example, used for the constitution of a racking device for the display and presentation of articles intended for sale to consumers, particularly in large commercial areas.
• the present invention also relates to the associated shelving device.
• a racking device such as that described in the French patent application FR 2 874 487.
• Said racking device consists of two vertical uprights maintained in a stable vertical position by a base comprising integral horizontal beams lower parts of said vertical uprights.
• the uprights consist of tubes of rectangular section having on their front and rear faces rectangular openings regularly spaced along the vertical uprights for fixing generally triangular consoles, provided at their base hook-type fastening means in the general form of "L" lying down for their fixation on said uprights.
• the consoles serve as a support for presentation tablets, on both sides of the uprights, and on which are exposed products for sale.
• a first alignment of superposed tablets extends forward towards a first aisle where the customers circulate and a second alignment of superimposed tablets symmetrical with respect to the vertical uprights extends rearwardly towards a second driveway parallel to the first.
• the shelving device comprises a bottom panel extending between the two vertical uprights, from their lower part to their upper end. , with which it is secured to separate the racking device into two distinct areas of traffic.
• the bottom panel has on its vertical edges fastening means, hook-type generally "L” coated, adapted to be inserted into openings made along said side faces of the vertical uprights.
• this type of racking device is easy to assemble and disassemble.
• the steel sheet used to produce the bottom panels and the consoles is generally a few millimeters thick, the fixing means of the bottom panels and brackets are not rigid and can be folded during an impact during the editing thus making their implementation difficult or impossible.
• the present invention aims to overcome these various disadvantages by providing an accessory for a racking device adapted to be fixed on other components of said racking device and being reinforced to withstand high mechanical loads, said accessory being easy to manufacture and manipulate, economical.
• the present invention relates to an accessory made from a sheet metal plate and used for the constitution of a racking device for the display and presentation of articles for sale to consumers, remarkable in that it comprises at least one reinforcement whose surface is limited to the parts allowing said accessory to be assembled with the other accessories constituting said shelving device, said reinforcement thus being arranged to increase only locally the thickness of said accessory so as to to allow an optimization of the thickness of said sheet metal plate, while maintaining a reversible assembly mode easily removable from said accessory.
• Said reinforcement further comprises means for attaching the accessory to the other accessories constituting the racking device.
• this type of reinforced accessory allows optimization of the thickness of the entire accessory, because only the stressed areas are reinforced and less stressed areas may be of lesser thickness.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shelving device provided with accessories according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is an elevational view of a first embodiment of a console type accessory according to the invention before shaping
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a console type accessory according to the invention after shaping
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a console type accessory according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 is a view of an embodiment a bottom panel type accessory according to the invention before shaping
• FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of an embodiment of a bottom panel type accessory according to the invention after shaping.
• a vertical two-post racking device conventionally called "gondola”
• a rigid non-deformable frame comprising together: two vertical uprights, two generally horizontal struts and a bottom panel disposed between said amounts; it is understood that a similar description could have been given from another embodiment where the racking device would for example four vertical uprights, conventionally called “shelf”.
• the gondola 1 with reference to Figure 1, consists of two uprights 2a and 2b maintained in a stable vertical position by a base 3 comprising horizontal beams (not shown) secured to the lower portions of the uprights 2a, 2b and provided with their free end of adjustable feet 4 to ensure the stability of the gondola 1.
• the horizontal rails of the base 3 support trays 5 covering the structure of the base 3 and forming on both sides of the uprights 2a, 2b a shelf of presentation.
• the uprights 2a, 2b advantageously consist of rectangular section tubes having on their front and rear faces, that is to say the visible face and the opposite face of the uprights when viewed from the front of the gondola 1, rectangular openings 6, arranged in line one under the other along their length and regularly spaced along the vertical uprights 2a, 2b allowing the fixing of Reversible easily removable of consoles 7 generally triangular extending forward.
• the consoles 7 serve as support for presentation tablets 8, arranged on either side of the uprights 2a, 2b, and on which are exposed products for sale.
• a first alignment of shelves 8 superimposed extends forward towards a first aisle where customers circulate and a second alignment of shelves 8 superimposed, ' symmetrical with respect to vertical uprights 2a, 2b extends towards the rear towards a second alley parallel to the first.
• consoles 7 and therefore the presentation tablets 8 can be more or less inclined from back to front and from top to bottom according to the invention and that the vertical uprights 2a, 2b can consist of tubes of cylindrical section, polygonal, or other.
• the gondola 1 comprises a bottom panel 9 with reference to FIG. 1, extending between the two vertical uprights 2a, 2b with which it is secured to separate the gondola 1 into two distinct areas of traffic.
• the bottom panel 9 advantageously extends from the lower portion of the uprights 2a, 2b to their upper ends so that the separation of the two traffic areas is complete and to ensure greater rigidity of the structure of the gondola 1 .
• the bottom panel 9 is arranged to fit into openings 10 made along the lateral faces 11 vertical uprights 2a, 2b.
• the openings 10 are preferably distributed in a line centered on the lateral faces 11 in a regular pitch and along their length.
• the accessories constituting said gondola 1, such as the brackets 7 and the bottom panels 9, must be reinforced.
• FIGS 2 and 3 a first embodiment of a console type accessory 7 according to the invention respectively before and after shaping.
• said bracket 7 preferably in the general shape of a right triangle, has a first substantially horizontal edge 71 and a second substantially vertical edge 72.
• Said first edge 71 is provided with notches 73 extending perpendicularly to said first edge 71 and allowing immobilization of a shelf 8 (not shown in this figure).
• the second edge 72 comprises a reinforcement 74 extending along said second edge 73, formed by at least one fold of material folded against one of the vertical faces of the bracket 7.
• the reinforcement 74 and the second edge 72 together form means of fixing 75 to fix said bracket 7 on the uprights 2a, 2b of the gondola 1 (see Figure 1), said attachment means 75 being advantageously hooks in the general shape of "L" lying down and being arranged to be inserted into the openings 6 (see FIG. 1) arranged in line one below the other along the vertical uprights 2a, 2b.
• a sheet metal plate 76 generally made of steel.
• this sheet metal plate are also cut recesses 77 centered on an axis X, X 'advantageously perpendicular to the first edge 71.
• Said recesses 77 have a shape adapted to form the attachment means 75 when folded along the axis XX the end of the sheet metal plate 76 against one of the vertical faces of the console 7 to form the reinforcement 74.
• the reinforcement 74 is then preferably immobilized against the bracket 7 by welding spots or by any other suitable means such as for example rivets, or glue.
• the thickness of the sheet metal plate 76 used to manufacture the console 7 can be optimized in being reduced to the bare minimum.
• a second embodiment of a console-type accessory (not shown), which is close to that described above, consists in that the reinforcement is at least one independent part attached to at least one of the vertical faces of the bracket by welding or by any other suitable means such as for example rivets, or glue, the ply of material having a shape substantially identical to that of the end of the console and having the second edge and the fastening means.
• Said reinforcement may comprise several plies of material, of identical or different thickness, distributed on either side of the console without departing from the scope of the present invention.
• a third embodiment of the console 7 advantageously consists in welding end-to-end on the end of a part 78 of said partially truncated console 7 a portion of plate 79 comprising the second edge 72 and the fixing means 75, said plate portion 79 being made by cutting a sheet metal plate of a material, generally steel, having higher mechanical characteristics than that used to manufacture the part 78.
• the reinforcement 74 which is formed by the plate portion 79, may also have a thickness greater than that of said partially truncated console 7, without departing from the present invention.
• the plate portion 79 may be made of the same material as that of the portion 78 of the console 7 or in a different material and / or have a thickness and / or different characteristics.
• FIG. 5 and 6 an embodiment of a bottom panel type accessory 9 according to the invention respectively before and after shaping.
• said bottom panel 9 comprises a plate 90, preferably in the general shape of rectangle provided with a generally horizontal upper edge 91 provided with a flange 92 of generally "L" -shaped section oriented towards the inside of the bottom panel 9, and a generally horizontal lower edge 93 provided with a flange 94 of generally "L" -shaped section oriented towards the outside of the bottom panel 9.
• the plate 90 also has two generally vertical lateral edges 95 each provided with a plane flange 96 extending perpendicularly to said plate 90
• Each flange 96 comprises a reinforcement 97 extending along said flange 96 and formed by a fold of material folded at least against one of the vertical faces of said flange 96, preferably the face located inside the bottom panel 9.
• Each reinforcement 97 and the associated flange 96 together form fastening means 98 arranged to fix said bottom panel 9 to the uprights 2a, 2b of the gondola 1 by inserting into the openings 10 made along the facades. 11 of the vertical uprights 2a, 2b, said attachment means 98 being advantageously hooks generally "L" coated.
• the reinforcement 97 comprises a second fold of material substantially oriented at 90 ° so as to have a general shape of angle facing inwardly of the bottom panel 9 and is in contact with both the inner vertical face of the flange 96 and the inner face of the plate 90 of the bottom panel 9. It is well understood that this preferred configuration increases all the rigidity and strength of said reinforcement 97.
• a sheet metal plate 99 is generally cut out of steel and then folded so as to form the flanges 92, 94, 96.
• this sheet metal plate 99 are also cut out recesses 100 centered on YY 1 axis advantageously perpendicular to the upper edge 91.
• Said recesses 100 have a shape adapted to form the fastening means 98 when the lateral ends of the sheet metal plate are folded along the axis YY ' 99 at least against one of the vertical faces of the flange 96 to form the reinforcement 97.
• each reinforcement 97 has at each of its ends another bend in the form of folded tongue to be respectively in contact with the inner face of the upper edge 91 and that of the lower edge 93.
• the bottom panel 9 may have reinforcements 97 attached to at least one of its faces or end to end at one of its ends truncated and / or made in a material different from that of the remainder of said bottom panel 9 and / or thickness different from that of the remainder of said bottom panel 9.
• the respective fastening means 75, 98 of the brackets 7 and bottom panels 9 are distributed over the entire length of the vertical sides of the consoles 7 and bottom panels 9 at a regular pitch of a value respectively corresponding to an integer multiple. that of the pitch of the openings 6 and 10 of the uprights 2a, 2b.
• the present invention applies more particularly to the display and presentation of articles intended for sale to consumers, especially in large commercial areas, but it is quite obvious that the examples which have just been given are only particular illustrations that are in no way limiting as to the fields of application of the invention.

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