BE1017324A6 - IMPROVED DEVICE FOR BUILDING WALLS, RACKS AND THE LIKE. - Google Patents

Abstract

Improved device for building walls, racks and the like, which essentially consists of a construction of box profiles (2) and wall panels (3) arranged against it, wherein box profiles (2) are provided with at least three parallel longitudinally extending rows (4) of recesses (5), which are distributed over the length of the box profiles (2) at regular distances from each other, while the wall panels (3) are provided with at least one hook (11) on at least one side edge (8) with which the relevant wall panel (3) with the relevant side edge (8) can be detachably hooked into a said recess (5).

Description

Improved device for building walls, racks and the like.

The present invention relates to an improved device for building walls, racks and the like.

Devices for building walls are already known which consist essentially of a structure of vertical supports to which wall panels are fixed by means of screws, glues or the like.

Such known devices are usually tailor-made on site, so that trained personnel must be deployed.

Due to the customization, the construction of such devices generally requires relatively much time and many working hours, and such a device is therefore relatively expensive.

The use of tools is also required for assembly.

The conversion of such known devices is usually not possible without damaging the supports and wall panels and also requires the necessary customization for adapting recovered supports and wall panels, whereby such known devices are often referred to rather as permanent devices.

The present invention has for its object to provide a solution to one or more of the aforementioned and other disadvantages.

More specifically, the invention contemplates a multifunctional device that makes it possible to assemble walls, racks, cupboards and the like with a limited number of parts that can be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled in an infinite combination, and this without the use of tools, so that a conversion can also be carried out in a simple and fast manner.

To this end the invention relates to an improved device for building walls, racks and the like, which essentially consists of a construction of vertical tube profiles and horizontal wall panels arranged against it, which furthermore consists of vertical tube profiles which are provided with at least three parallel, according to the rows of recesses extending in the longitudinal direction of the box sections, the rows being spaced apart and the recesses distributed over the length of the box sections at regular distances from each other, while the wall panels are provided with at least one loose or integrated at least one side edge hook with which the respective wall panel with the relevant side edge can be detachably hooked into the aforementioned recesses.

In this way, walls can be constructed in a simple manner as desired by mounting the panels according to a desired arrangement by hooking onto the tube profiles.

The panels can later be dismantled again in an equally simple and flexible way without tools, to be reassembled in a different combination or arrangement.

If different embodiments of wall panels are used, infinite combinations can be made to construct such walls.

To this end, the wall panels may be straight or curved or made of different materials and provided with different finishes or coatings, if transparent or opaque panels are worked out or if open pass-through panels are designed, are realized in the form of light panels and the like.

By combining curved hollow and convex wall panels, with or without different curvatures, aesthetically pleasingly flowing curved walls can thus be realized with every conceivable shape.

Such design is universally usable for use in shops, large retail spaces, show rooms, catering establishments, offices, public spaces and in residential construction.

The wall panels can also be used for finishing walls that therefore do not have to be finished with a layer of plaster or the like. All utilities such as electricity, water, gas and the like can be concealed behind the panels and are therefore easily accessible for changes and repairs later.

Due to the modular and removable nature of the device, the tube profiles and wall panels can also be packaged and transported in a very compact manner by a single person.

The tube profiles and wall panels are preferably made from recyclable materials.

In order to give the device even more multifunctionality, additional accessories can be provided, which are equipped with at least one separate or integrated hook with which the respective accessory can be detachably hooked into a aforementioned recess of a box section.

Such accessories are, for example, shelves; to scab; to support; hooks and other suspension systems; displays; lighting fixtures; cabinet elements; viewing elements; open relay elements; tables; countertops and the like.

Because the sleeve profiles are provided with at least three rows of recesses, several panels and accessories can be attached at the same location of the sleeve profiles, which results in even more combinations.

With the insight to better demonstrate the characteristics of the invention, a few preferred embodiments of an improved device for building walls and / or racks according to the invention are described below, with reference to the accompanying drawings, as an example without any limiting character. , wherein: figure 1 schematically and in perspective represents a device according to the invention during the construction of a combined wall and rack construction; figure 2 shows on a larger scale the part which is indicated in figure 1 by the frame F2; figures 3 and 4 represent views such as those of figure 2, but during subsequent steps of the construction; figure 5 represents a section according to line V-V in figure 4; figure 6 shows on a larger scale the part indicated by the frame F6 in figure 1, but in disassembled state; figure 7 represents a variant of a device according to figure 1; and, figures 8 and 9 show two more variants of a combined wall and rack construction but viewed from above.

Figures 1 to 6 schematically show a device 1 according to the invention which essentially consists of a construction of vertical box profiles 2 and horizontal upright wall panels 3 arranged against it.

The tube profiles 2 are preferably made of metal and are provided with three parallel rows 4 of slot-shaped recesses 5, extending in the longitudinal direction of the tube profiles 2.

The rows 4 are spaced apart and the recesses 5 are distributed at regular distances from each other over the length, preferably over the full, or substantially full, length of the box sections 2.

The sleeve profiles 2 are preferably provided with three rows of recesses in two opposite walls of the sleeve profiles 2 as shown in Figure 1, but it is not excluded that the three rows of recesses are provided in only one single wall.

In the example shown, the wall panels 3 are made of sheet material of which the top edge 6, the bottom edge 7 and both side edges 8 are bent at right angles, and the top edge 6 and the bottom edge 7 of which are both provided with a lip bent downwards and extending downwards 9 and 10 respectively, wherein the lip 10 of the lower edge 7 is made longer than the lip 9.

In the device of figure 1, in addition to full panels 3Ά, also transparent panels 3B are used.

It goes without saying that the panels are made of any material. or any shape, whether transparent or not, and can be made with any finish.

To attach the wall panels 3 to the box sections 2, separate hooks 11 are provided in this application, which in this case are designed as double flat hooks with a slat-shaped body 12, and two hook parts extended by each other on a side edge 13 of this body 12. 14 which can cooperate with the recesses 5 of a box section 2 and which are designed for this purpose with a thickness that is smaller than the width of the recesses 5.

The opening of the hooks 11, in other words the smallest distance between the hook parts 14 and the side edge 13, is preferably equal to or slightly larger than the thickness of the walls of the box sections 2, so that the hooks 11 fit and therefore without, or can be hooked into the box profiles 2 with very little play.

The upper end of the body 12 of the loose hooks 11 is formed as an upwardly projecting portion 16, behind which the wall panels 3 can be hooked with the lip 9 at their top edge 6 or with the lip 10 at their bottom edge 7, as shown in figure 5.

To this end, this end 16 is provided in the upper corner on the side edge 13 with a suitable, step-like, notch 17.

The tubular profiles can optionally be connected to each other by means of transverse profiles 18 which can be arranged with their head ends in passages 19, which for this purpose are arranged at the same height opposite each other in the facing walls of two successive tubular profiles 2, wherein, as is 6, the transverse profiles 18 are provided at their head ends with a transverse slot 20, with which the respective end of the transverse profile 18 can be slid over the edge of a aforementioned passage 19 of a tubular profile 2 to attach it thereto.

The width of the slots 20 is preferably equal to or slightly larger than the thickness of the walls of the box sections 2, so that the aforementioned ends can be fixed on the box sections without play.

The structure of the device is very simple and as follows.

First, the vertical box sections 2 are arranged at an appropriate distance from each other, for example by mounting them against a wall to be covered or on supports.

If the sleeve profiles are free-standing, the transverse profiles 18 can first be arranged and fixed between the sleeve profiles 2.

Subsequently, the loose hooks 11, as shown in Figure 2, are hooked into the recesses 5 of an outer row of recesses 4 at a suitable height, and then starting at the bottom, the wall panels 3, as shown in Figure 3, become one after the other against the sleeve profiles 2 are fixed by hooking them behind the hooks 11 with a lip 9 or 10, the lower lip 10 also being hooked behind the upper edge of an underlying panel.

In this way complete walls can be built up in contiguous, successive, vertical strips of wall panels 3 mounted one above the other, wherein laterally adjacent wall panels 3 are mounted on the same box section 2, the one with hooks 11 in recesses 5 of the left outer row 4 and the others with hooks 11 in the recesses 5 of the right-hand row 4, and wherein an opening 21 is left between these laterally adjacent wall panels 3 in order to keep the middle row of recesses 4 free.

Because the middle row of recesses 4 is kept free, accessories of all kinds can be provided, which are equipped with at least one loose or integrated hook with which the respective accessory can be detachably hooked into a aforementioned recess 5 of a box section 2.

Figure 1 shows, by way of example, such an accessory, in the form of a shelf 22 with supports 23 which can be hooked into the recesses 5.

It is clear that the device 1 can easily be disassembled or converted again, without the use of tools, by unhooking the parts and, if desired, subsequently remounting them in a different location, in order to obtain a new arrangement of the wall panels 3 and the accessories.

It is clear that it is also possible to attach all kinds of other accessories in the same way.

It is also clear that the hooks 11 do not necessarily have to be loose parts, but that they can also be integrated in the wall panels 3 or the accessories, wherein in this case the dimensions of the parts are such that a wall panel 3 with a side edge 8 with a hook 11 on a box section 2 it can be confirmed that the relevant side edge 8 overlaps only one row of recesses 4 while the other rows 4 remain free.

This is achieved, for example, in that the integrated hooks 11 of the wall panels are located at a distance from the aforementioned side edges 8, which is smaller than the distance between the two adjacent rows of recesses 4.

Figure 7 shows a variant of a device according to the invention, wherein in this case the tube profiles are provided with ceiling mounting means 24 and / or with wall mounting means 25, which are equipped with at least one loose or integrated hook 26 with which the respective wall mounting means 25 can be detachably connected. a aforementioned recess 5 of a box section 2 can be hooked.

Also in this embodiment the tube profiles 2 are provided with height-adjustable supports 26 for fitting the device 1, wherein these supports can for instance be stored away behind a skirting-board 27.

Figure 7 also includes an intermediate support 29 in the form of a U-profile, with in the transverse wall three rows 4 of recesses 5 and in the parallel walls passages 19 similar to the passages 19 in the box sections 2, but in which case these passages 19 are connected via a slot 30 to the edges of the free edges of the parallel walls, so that the transverse profiles 18 can be arranged via this slot 30 in the passage 19.

By using an intermediate support 29, the wall panels 3 can also be mounted in a laterally aligned relationship, as shown in Figure 7.

A finishing profile 31 can be provided at a head end of the wall.

Figure 8 shows a wall arrangement, viewed from above, in a corner version.

Figure 9 also shows a wall arrangement in which instead of flat wall panels 3, curved wall panels 3 were used to form a smoothly continuous curved wall.

Although dual hooks 11 are shown in the figures, it is not excluded to use single or multiple hooks.

The recesses 5 do not necessarily have to be slot-shaped, but can also take other forms.

The present invention is by no means limited to the embodiments described by way of example and represented in the figures, but an improved device according to the invention for building walls, racks and the like can be realized in all shapes and sizes, without going beyond the scope of the invention to enter.

Claims (14)

An improved device for building walls, racks and the like, which essentially consists of a construction of vertical box profiles (2) and wall panels (3) arranged against it, characterized in that it consists of vertical box profiles (2) provided with at least three parallel rows (4) of recesses (5) extending along the longitudinal direction of the sleeve profiles (2), the rows (4) being spaced apart and the recesses (5) along the length of the sleeve profiles (2) are distributed at regular distances from each other, while the wall panels (3) are provided on at least one side edge (8) with at least one loose or integrated hook (11) with which the respective wall panel (3) with the relevant side edge ( 8) can be hooked releasably into said recess (5). Improved device according to claim 1, characterized in that the dimensions of the wall panels (3) and of the box profiles (2) are such that a wall panel (3) with a side edge (8) with a hook (11) on a box profile (2) it can be confirmed that the relevant side edge (8) only overlaps one row of recesses (4) while the other rows of recesses (4) remain free. Improved device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the hooks (11) of the wall panels (3) are located at a distance from the aforementioned side edges (8) of the wall panel (3), which is smaller than the distance between the two adjacent rows of recesses (4). Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hooks (11) are in the form of double or multiple hooks with two or more hook parts (14) located in line with each other, which can interact with two or more recesses (5) of a row of recesses (4) of a box section (2). Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hooks (11) are loose hooks, which are provided with a protruding part (16) behind which the wall panels (3) can be hooked. Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wall panels (3) are provided at their lower edge (7) with a downwardly extending lip (10), which is behind an underlying wall panel (3) and / or can be hooked behind a hook (11) of an underlying wall panel (3). Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tube profiles (2) are connected to each other by transverse profiles (18). Improved device according to claim 7, characterized in that the tube profiles (2) in the facing walls are provided with opposite passages (19), in which the aforementioned transverse profiles (18) can be arranged with their head end, the transverse profiles (18) at each head end are provided with a transverse slot (20) with which this end can be slid over the edge of a aforementioned passage (19) of the tubular profile (2) for attaching the transverse profile (18) to the sleeve profile (2). Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wall panels (3) are flat or curved. • Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one wall of the tube profiles (2) is provided with three rows (4) of recesses (5). Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a plurality of walls of the tube profiles (2) are provided with three rows (4) of recesses (5). Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tube profiles (2) are provided with wall mounting means (25), which are equipped with at least one loose or integrated hook (26), with which the respective wall mounting means (25) can be releasably a aforementioned recess (5) of a box section (2) can be hooked. Improved device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is provided with one or more additional accessories (22-23), which are equipped with at least one separate or integrated hook with which the respective accessory is releasably detachable in a said recess (5) ) of a box section (2) can be hooked. Improved device according to claim 13, characterized in that the aforementioned accessories are selected from the following non-exhaustive list of accessories: shelves; to scab; to support; hooks and other suspension systems; displays; lighting fixtures; cabinet elements; viewing elements; open relay elements; tables; countertops and the like.