Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Having means for supporting an electrical component
Patent
1995-07-21
1998-05-19
Chen, Jose V.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Having means for supporting an electrical component
1081531, 108 64, A47B 3500
Patent
active
057524491
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a working table according to the preamble of claim 1.
Various furniture means and programmes with working furniture items and in particular working tables are known for office and conference rooms and for laboratory, technician and computer work places. In order to meet the needs of the different work places, modular furniture systems have been developed. Although this makes it possible to assemble according to the particular needs working furniture items on the basis of the building block principle and often allowing subsequent reequipping, particularly with a second plane, the installation and assembly of additional equipments, e.g. power supply devices, ventilating devices and various laboratory equipments, said known working furniture items do not meet the constantly increasing functional and ergonomic demands, as well as the requirements for an optimum space utilization and at the same time an attractive and flexible design.
The object of the invention is to provide a modular working furniture item or table, which can be assembled both as an attractive office and conference table, and as a stable and optically attractive computer, laboratory and technicians work place and which can be subsequently reequipped in a particularly simple manner. It must also be usable in an optimum manner and which has a height and depth in accordance with technical and ergonomic work place requirements and which can be subsequently adapted to changing demands at limited costs.
According to the invention this object is achieved by the features in the characterizing part of claim 1. Appropriate and advantageous developments are contained in the subclaims and the specific technical description.
According to the invention with a space-ergonomically designed working table, the vertical sections of the support feet in each case have a central inner space, in which is located an inner tube. The inner tube is connected to an associated support arm of the table top and is vertically adjustable by means of a sliding guide for adjusting the height of the at least one, front table top.
The working table, which has a table top resting in the vicinity of its lateral edges on support arms, support feet with vertical sections having T-slots located below the support arms and inner spaces, as well as horizontal foot brackets can have, in addition to a first working area or a table top defining a first working plane, further working planes, which are arranged or constructed taking account of an ergonomic gripping line.
In the vicinity of the table top and further horizontally arranged working planes and/or in the vicinity of the vertical sections can be provided cable spaces, which permit a flexible and integrated cabling or wiring. For stabilizing the vertical sections spaced virtually in the table width in the rear area of the table top is provided as a reinforcing connection a transverse beam, which is connected to the vertical sections and is usable as a horizontal cable space, channel or duct.
The vertical sections are preferably constituted by extruded aluminium sections or profiles, which permit a connection with further components of the modular system. In a particularly advantageous construction the vertical sections have an almost rectangular cross-section with bevelled or rounded corner areas, with T-slots in both lateral faces and with a T-slot in the front faces, the lateral faces of the vertical sections on the working table according to the invention running parallel to the lateral edges of the table top or aligned therewith. A centrally positioned inner space is constructed in complementary manner to a vertically adjustable inner tube and e.g. has a rectangular cross-section.
For obtaining a sliding guide on the inner tube can be provided sliding faces or elements, particularly made from plastic. For example, fixing by means of an adhesive, plug-in or locking connection is possible. The sliding faces or elements advantageously simultaneously serve to compensate tolerances and clearances. For sliding
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Linck Ralf
Simon Peter
Chen José V.
Knurr-Mechanik fur die Elektronik Aktiengesellschaft
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