Shelf system for service vehicles in particular and associated container

Abstract

The invention relates to a shelf system for service vehicles having at least one container which has a front side, a rear side, a bottom, a top and two side walls, and at least one guide element along which the container can be moved in the pull-out direction from a rear, retracted position into a front, extended position, with at least one rear stop and at least one front stop being provided on the container and interacting with a dead stop provided on at least one guide element in such a way that the container remains in a defined rear position and, when moved in the pull-out direction, in a defined front position, and a recess being provided in at least one side wall of the container for engaging a guide strip provided on the guide element, wherein the at least one front stop and the at least one rear stop are arranged below the relevant recess.

Claims

1. Shelf system for service vehicles, comprising at least one container which has a front side, a rear side, a bottom, a top and two side walls, and comprising at least one guide element along which the container can be moved in the pull-out direction (A) from a rear, retracted position into a front, extended position, with at least one rear stop and at least one front stop being provided on the container and interacting with a dead stop provided on at least one guide element in such a way that the container remains in a defined rear position and, when moved in the pull-out direction (A), in a defined front position, and a recess being provided in at least one side wall of the container for engaging a guide strip provided on the guide element, wherein the recess is delimited at the bottom by a strip portion characterized in that at the strip portion the rear stop is arranged projecting downwards such that the at least one front stop and the at least one rear stop are arranged below the recess.

2. Shelf system according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one rear stop has a sliding surface on its bottom which slides on a guide rail of the guide element when the container is moved.

3. Shelf system according to claim 2, characterized in that the guide rail is arranged below the guide strip on at least one guide element.

4. Shelf system according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one guide element has a cheek on which the guide rail and the guide strip are arranged.

5. Shelf system according to claim 2, characterized in that the guide strip is arranged so as to be offset to the rear with respect to the guide rail.

6. Shelf system according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom of the relevant strip portion is arranged so as to be set back upward from a base plane lying in the bottom of the container.

7. Shelf system according to claim 6, characterized in that the sliding surface of one of the rear stop lies in the base plane.

8. Shelf system according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide strip is spaced apart and/or set back to the rear from the top of the strip portion to such an extent that the front side of the container in the defined rear position can be lifted to such an extent that the front stop can be raised above the dead stop.

9. Shelf system according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide strip is spaced apart and/or set back to the rear from the top of the strip portion to such an extent that the front side of the container in the defined front position can be lifted to such an extent that the rear stop can be raised above the dead stop.

10. Shelf system according to claim 1, characterized in that an abutment portion is provided on at least one side wall, in the region facing the rear side, for abutting, in a supporting manner, the bottom of the guide strip of the guide element.

11. Shelf system according to claim 10, characterized in that the abutment portion is provided as an extension of the strip portion and rises above the top of the strip portion.

12. Shelf system according to claim 2, characterized in that the dead stop on the at least one guide element is arranged at a distance from the guide rail in the pull-out direction.

13. Shelf system according to claim 1, characterized in that the dead stop has a sliding surface on its top, along which the bottom of the strip portion slides when the container is moved in the pull-out direction (A).

14. Shelf system according to claim 1, characterized in that the container has a receptacle which is complementary to the top of the dead stop and in which the dead stop engages in the defined rear position.

15. Shelf system according to claim 14, characterized in that the receptacle is delimited at the rear by the front stop.

16. Container of a shelf system comprising at least one guide element along which the container can be moved in the pull-out direction (A) from a rear, retracted position into a front, extended position, with at least one rear stop and at least one front stop being provided on the container and interacting with a dead stop provided on at least one guide element in such a way that the container remains in a defined rear position and, when moved in the pull-out direction (A), in a defined front position, and a recess being provided in at least one side wall of the container for engaging a guide strip provided on the guide element, wherein the recess is delimited at the bottom by a strip portion characterized in that at the strip portion the rear stop is arranged projecting downwards such that the at least one front stop and the at least one rear stop are arranged below the recess, the container comprising a front side, a rear side, a bottom, a top and two side walls, with at least one rear stop and at least one front stop being provided on the container and interacting with at least one dead stop provided on a guide element of the shelf system in such a way that the container remains in a defined rear position and, when moved in the pull-out direction (A), in a defined front position, and a recess being provided in at least one side wall of the container for engaging a guide strip provided on the guide element, characterized in that the at least one front stop and the at least one rear stop are arranged below the recess.

17. Container according to claim 16, characterized in that the at least one rear stop has a sliding surface on its bottom which slides on a guide rail of the guide element when the container is moved.

18. Container according to claim 16, characterized in that the recess is delimited at the bottom by a strip portion.

19. Container according to claim 18, characterized in that the bottom of the strip portion is arranged so as to be set back upward from a base plane lying in the bottom of the container and/or in that the sliding surface of one of the rear stop lies in the base plane.

20. Container according to claim 16, characterized in that an abutment portion is provided on at least one side wall, in the region facing the rear side, for abutting, in a supporting manner, the bottom of the guide strip of the guide element.

21. Container according to claim 20, characterized in that the abutment portion is provided as an extension of the strip portion and rises above the top of the strip portion.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shelf system according to the invention with a container and guide elements;

(3) FIG. 2 is a front view of the shelf system according to FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 3 shows a detail of a guide element of the shelf system according to FIGS. 1 and 2;

(5) FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a container of the shelf system according to FIGS. 1 and 2;

(6) FIG. 5 shows the side view of the container according to FIG. 4;

(7) FIG. 6 shows a section along line VI in FIG. 2, in which the container remains in the retracted, rear position; and

(8) FIG. 7 shows a section along line VII in FIG. 2, in which the container remains in the front, extended position.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(9) The shelf system shown in the drawings comprises a schematically indicated container 10, which can be designed as a case, box or the like. The container 10 can in particular be provided for the transport of tools or machines.

(10) The container 10 has a front side 12, a rear side 14, a bottom 16, a top 18 and two opposing side walls 20. The shelf system further comprises two guide elements 22 arranged to the side of the container 10. As will be explained further below, the container 10 can be moved along the guide elements 22 from a rear, retracted position, as shown in FIG. 6, into a front, extended position, as shown in FIG. 7.

(11) In order to ensure that the container 10 remains in the rear position shown in FIG. 6, two front stops 24 are provided on the bottom 16 of the container 10 in the region of the side walls 20. In order to ensure that the container 10 remains in the front, extended position shown in FIG. 7, two rear stops 26 are provided on the bottom of the container 10, also in the region of the side walls 20.

(12) As is clear in particular from FIGS. 4 and 5, a recess 28 which is open toward the rear side 14 is provided in each of the side walls 20 of the container 10. As is clear in particular from FIGS. 6 and 7, guide strips 30 provided on the guide elements 22 engage in the recesses 28.

(13) As is also clear from FIG. 4 to 7, the stops 24, 26 are not located within the recess 28, but are arranged therebelow, extending downward outside the recess 28.

(14) As is clear in particular from FIG. 3, the guide element 22 has a cheek 32 on which the guide strip 30 and a guide rail which extends in parallel with the guide strip 30 and is arranged below the guide strip 30 by the dimension d are provided. The guide strip 30 is arranged so as to be offset to the rear by the dimension c with respect to the guide rail 34. A dead stop 36 is also provided on the cheek 32, which dead stop interacts with the front stops 24 in the retracted, rear position and interacts with the rear stops 26 in the front, extended position.

(15) As is also clear from FIG. 3, the cheek 32 also has fastening holes 38 by means of which the guide element 22 can be fastened to a frame, for example. In the assembled state, the cheek is arranged in the vertical direction, with the relevant guide strip 30 and the relevant guide rail 34 then extending in the vertical direction. It is also clear from FIG. 3 that the dead stop 36 is arranged so as to be spaced apart from the guide rail 34 by the gap 40. As a result, dirt which can accumulate on the guide rail 34 can be discharged downward through the gap 40 between the dead stop 36 and the guide rail 34.

(16) As is clear from FIG. 4 to 7, the recesses 28 are delimited at the bottom by a strip portion 42. The strip portion 42 extends in the pull-out direction of the container 10. The relevant rear stop 26 is arranged so as to project downward on the strip portion 42. In addition, the bottom 44 of the strip portion is not in a base plane 46 formed by the bottom 16 of the container 10, but is set back upward by the dimension a.

(17) It is clear from FIGS. 4 and 5 that the container 10 has receptacles 48 that are complementary to the top of the dead stop 36. In the defined rear position shown in FIG. 6, the top of the dead stop 36, which is wedge-shaped in cross section, engages in the receptacle 48 such that the container 10 remains in this rear position. The receptacle 48 is delimited at the rear by the front stop 24.

(18) In order to prevent the container 10 from moving too far back, the receptacle 28 has a stop surface 50 which extends transversely to the insertion direction. In the inserted position shown in FIG. 6, the front free end 52 of the guide strip 30 comes to abut the stop surface 50.

(19) In order to move the container 10 from its rear defined position shown in FIG. 6 into the front position shown in FIG. 7, the front side 12 of the container 10 must first be lifted to such an extent that the front stops 24 are raised above the relevant dead stop 26. In order to make this possible, the guide strips 30 are spaced apart from the top of the strip portion 34 to such an extent and are also offset to the rear to such an extent that lifting of this kind is possible.

(20) After the front stops 24 have been lifted above the dead stops 36, the container 10 can be moved in the pull-out direction A. In this case, sliding surfaces 56 provided on the bottoms of the rear stops 26 slide on the guide rails 34 of the guide elements 22. At the same time, the bottoms 44 of the strip portions 42 slide on the top of the dead stops, which are also designed as a sliding surface 54.

(21) In order to prevent the front side 12 of the container 10 from tipping when the container 10 is pulled out, an abutment portion 58 is provided on each of the side walls 20 and is supported on the bottom of the relevant guide strip 30. The relevant abutment portion 58 is provided as an extension of the relevant strip portion 42 at the rear end of the relevant side wall 20. The top of the relevant abutment portion 58 rises, as shown in FIG. 5, by the dimension b above the top of the associated strip portion 42.

(22) As shown in FIG. 7, the rear stops 26 abut the dead stops 36 in the defined front position. In addition, the abutment portions 58 abut the guide strips 30 in the region of the ends 52 of said strips. In order to remove the container 10 from the guide elements 22 or to remove it from the shelf system, the front side 12 of the container 10 can be lifted again, proceeding from the front defined position shown in FIG. 7, to such an extent that the rear stops 26 can be raised above the dead stops 36. If the front side 12 of the container 10 is then lowered again, the rear stops 26 slide forward and downward on the wedge-shaped tops of the dead stops 36. At the same time, the abutment portions 58 move out of their effective range with the free ends 52 of the guide strips 42, such that the container 10 can finally be removed manually in a simple manner.

(23) If the container 10 is then to be reinserted into the shelf system, the rear sides 14 with the recesses 28 which are open to the rear are to be placed on the guide elements 22 such that the free ends 52 of the guide strips 30 dip into the recesses 28. By pushing the container 10 backward accordingly, initially the rear stops 26 slide over the wedge-shaped top of the dead stops 26 and, when the container 10 is moved further counter to the pull-out direction A, the front stops 24 ultimately also slide until the dead stops 36 come to rest in the receptacles 48.