Shelf System for Storage and Archiving of Objects

Abstract

A shelf system for the storage of objects comprises at least one shelf system ( 1 ) with vertical columns ( 2 ), onto which pocket-like traverses ( 15 ) for the support of shelves ( 5 ) ca be attached. The columns ( 2 ) are provided with reliefs ( 10 ) for the retention of pairs of hooks ( 18 ) of the traverses ( 15 ) as well as grid-like recesses ( 6 ) for the attachment of additional shelf system components. The shelf system is designed to provided a high level of stability and load capacity and to enable the storage of a wide variety of objects of different kinds with regard to their size, shape and weight. For that purpose, the system is provided with an insert node ( 16 ) and/or stabilizing profile ( 28 ) equipped with hooks ( 22 ), which are designed to engage in the slot-like recesses ( 6 ) of the columns ( 2 ), an angle plate ( 38 ) insertable in the column ( 2 ) for connection to a base ( 2, 37 ), a pair of spacer angles ( 34 ) for the connection of several shelf systems ( 1 ) to each other and/or to a base ( 37 ) and a suspension ( 30 ) for a hanging rail ( 31 ) insertable in the traverse ( 15 ).

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       12 . A shelf system for storage and archiving of objects, comprising: 
 at least one shelf unit ( 1 ) having a rectangular configuration;    vertical columns ( 2 ) having a T-shaped cross-section and disposed at corners of said shelf unit ( 1 );    horizontal pocket-like traverses ( 15 ) for the support of at least shelves ( 5 ) adapted to be mounted between two end ones of said columns ( 2 ), wherein said shelves ( 5 ) are clamped in place between a traverse ( 15 ), and those columns ( 5 ) of said shelf unit ( 1 ) that support said traverse ( 15 ), to prevent lifting of said shelf ( 5 ), and wherein said columns ( 2 ) have reliefs ( 10 ), which are disposed in a grid-like manner, for receiving downwardly directed pairs of hooks ( 18 ) of said traverse ( 15 ), as well as grid-like, spaced-apart slot-shaped recesses ( 6 ) for receiving additional shelf unit components;    connecting braces ( 25 );    an insert node ( 19 ) and/or stabilizing profile ( 28 ) that is equipped with hooks ( 22 ) and is adapted to engage in said slot-like recesses ( 6 ) of said columns ( 2 ) or attachment with said connecting braces ( 25 );    an angle plate ( 38 ) adapted to be inserted at a side of said column ( 2 ) for connection to a base ( 2 ,  37 );    a pair of interconnectable spacer angles ( 34 ) to connect several shelf unit ( 1 ) and/or to connect to a base ( 37 ); and    a suspension ( 30 ) adapted to be inserted in said traverse ( 15 ) for support of a hanging rail.    
   
   
       13 . A shelf system according to  claim 12 , wherein said insert node ( 19 ) and said stabilizing profile ( 28 ) are designed as T-shaped left-hand, right-hand, or cross-shaped sheet metal profiles, and wherein one leg ( 20 ) thereof is provided with one pair of hooks ( 22 ) and another leg ( 21 ) thereof is provided with at least one perforation ( 24 ).  
   
   
       14 . A shelf system according to  claim 13 , wherein said hooks ( 22 ) of said insert node ( 19 ) and said stabilizing profile ( 28 ) are arranged relative to one another in a grid-like pattern in a vertical and/or horizontal direction.  
   
   
       15 . A shelf system according to  claim 13 , wherein longitudinal sides of said legs ( 20 ,  21 ) of said insert nodes ( 19 ) and said stabilizing profile ( 28 ) are each provided with a canted edge ( 26 ).  
   
   
       16 . A shelf system according to  claim 13 , wherein said legs ( 20 ,  21 ) of said insert nodes ( 19 ) and said stabilizing profile ( 28 ) are provided with additional arresting means ( 27 ) for engaging said column ( 22 ) and/or said connecting braces ( 25 ).  
   
   
       17 . A shelf system according to  claim 12 , wherein said angle plate ( 38 ) comprises a base plate ( 39 ) and a perpendicular upright web ( 40 ) that is adapted to be inserted in a hollow profile at an open end of said T-shaped cross-section of said column ( 2 ) and to be fixed to said column with screws.  
   
   
       18 . A shelf system according to  claim 17 , wherein said base plate ( 39 ) of said angle plate ( 38 ) is adapted to be connected to a floor or ceiling of a room.  
   
   
       19 . A shelf system according to  claim 12 , wherein said spacer angles ( 34 ) are provided with legs ( 35 ,  36 ) each of which is provided with at least one perforation ( 24 ), and wherein the at least one perforation ( 24 ) of one of said spacer angles ( 34 ) lines up with said at least one perforation of the other of said spacer angles ( 34 ).  
   
   
       20 . A shelf system according to  claim 19 , wherein said legs ( 35 ,  36 ) of said spacer angles ( 34 ) are of different lengths.  
   
   
       21 . A shelf system according to  claim 19 , wherein said perforations ( 24 ) are boreholes or elongated holes.  
   
   
       22 . A shelf system according to  claim 12 , wherein said suspension ( 30 ) for said hanging rail ( 31 ) comprises a sheet metal plate that is provided with at least one projection ( 32 ) retain an end of said hanging rail.  
   
   
       23 . A shelf system according to  claim 22 , wherein side ends of said sheet metal plate of said suspension ( 30 ) are provided with protruding brackets ( 33 ) that are adapted to rest against said columns ( 2 ).