EP0136441A2 - Dessus servant de plan de travail pour appareils ménagers électriques - Google Patents

Dessus servant de plan de travail pour appareils ménagers électriques Download PDF

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EP0136441A2
EP0136441A2 EP84108684A EP84108684A EP0136441A2 EP 0136441 A2 EP0136441 A2 EP 0136441A2 EP 84108684 A EP84108684 A EP 84108684A EP 84108684 A EP84108684 A EP 84108684A EP 0136441 A2 EP0136441 A2 EP 0136441A2
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table top
working table
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electric household
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Maurizio Geremia
Dino Munini
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Zanussi Componenti Plastica SpA
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    • 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
    • A47B96/18—Tops specially designed for working on
    • 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
    • A47B77/00—Kitchen cabinets
    • A47B77/02—General layout, e.g. relative arrangement of compartments, working surface or surfaces, supports for apparatus
    • A47B77/022—Work tops
    • A47B2077/025—Fixing means therfore

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  • the present invention relates to a working table top adapted to be mounted on an electric household appliance in general, and in particular on such appliances of the combination kitchen furniture type.
  • a working table top of this type is required to have specific characteristics, as it does not only serve as the top finish element of the electric appliance and as such has to esthetically to conform to the remaining kitchen furniture,but also as a functional element for carrying out various operations thereon.
  • This requires thus a particular resistance to mechanical attack such as scratching, cutting, impacts and the like, as well as tophysio-chemical attack such as spillage of hot and cold liquids, deposits of fatty substances, cleaning with detergents and so on.
  • Fiberboard panels suffer from the serious drawback, however, that they tend to absorb moisture to a considerable extent, resulting in their becoming bloated, deformed, and finally, disintegrated.
  • French Patent 2,037,655 teaches the sealing of the panel borders by means of adhesive synthetic materials, particularly polyurethane foams, to be applied and cured in a mold.
  • the panels obtained by this method are solely suitable for the construction of furniture, as their surfaces lack adequate protection or treatment capable of providing them with the characteristics required for employ as a working table top for electric appliances.
  • French Patent 2,420,942 teaches the construction of furniture of fiberboard panels by completely coating such panels and interconnecting them in an injection molding process using a synthetic resin. This method does not lead to favourable results, as it is extremely difficult to obtain a uniform surface coating which is sufficiently thin and at the same time free of any defects. As this injection molding process is applied to relatively large surfaces, it is practically impossible to ensure uniform distribution of the injected material, particularly in.the case of fiberboard panels of varying density.
  • German Patent 3,131,532 a working table top having a replaceable cover panel to be inserted into a cornice formed of a plastics material and interiorly provided with a support rail for the cover panel.
  • This solution presents certain difficulties in mounting the cover panel due to dimensional tolerances of th» panel and the cornice, and is in addition unable to ensure a perfectly coplanar arrange- mertof the components at the mounting location and/or proper sealing against the intrusion of moisture.
  • German Utility Model 8,214,636 finally describes a working table top formed of a fiberboard panel the peripheral borders of which are sealed by a cornice formed of a synthetic material applied thereto by an injection molding process.
  • the working table tops of this type are reliably sealed against the intrusion of moisture, They are formed, however, with a raised peripheral rim tending to retain liquid and solid substances on the surface and rendering thorough cleaning thereof difficult.
  • it is required to provide suitable reinforcements on the lower side of the panel for guarding against possible deformation of the wording table top due to the particular configuration of the cornice and shrinkage of the plastics material.
  • a working table top of the type defined above comprises a fiberboard panel lined with layers of a plastic laminate, preferably a melamine resin or the like, and a peripheral cornice formed of a thermoplastic material, preferably ABS; this working table top is characterized in that the borders of the cornice are coplanar with the surfaces of the plastic laminate layers attached to the upper and lower surface, respectively, of the panel.
  • the described working table top may in addition be provided with adjustable mounting means permitting the table top to be positioned in accordance to esthetic and functional requirements, and may further be formed with a raised rear wall portion integral with said peripheral cornice.
  • a working table top comprises.a fiberboard panel 10 having its upper and lower surfaces lined with a pair of plastic laminate sheets 11 and 12, respectively, preferably of a melamine resin material, the periphery of panel 10 being sealed by means of a peripheral cornice 13 formed of a thermoplastic material, preferably ABS (acrylonitrile- butadiene-styrene). Sheets 11 and 12 are adhesively secured to panel 10 prior to the latter being cut to measure and subsequently placed into a mold for injection-molding of the ABS peripheral cornice 13.
  • a thermoplastic material preferably ABS (acrylonitrile- butadiene-styrene).
  • Obtained in this manner is a one-piece working table top having a perfectly flat top surface and offering the required resistance against mechanical and physio-chemical attack.
  • the table top is in addition perfectly sealed against the intrusion of moisture, as not a single portion of panel 10 remains uncovered and the injection molding process results in an intimate bond between cornice 13, panel 10 and sheets 11 and 12.
  • the latter may be formed with a recessed shoulder 14 as shown in figs. 2 and 3, and the peripheral furfaces of the panel may be impregnated with an adhesive prior to the panel being placed in the mold.
  • the profile of cornice 13 may obviously vary in accordance with esthetic aspects and with the provisions for mounting the table top on an electric appliance.
  • cornice 13 may be integrally formed with a raised rear wall portion 15 as shown in figs. 4 and 5 for preventing objects from dropping behind the electric household appliance 16, or in certain cases for adapting the appearance of the appliance to that of the combination kitchen furniture.
  • the working table top is of course intended to be mounted on the top portion of an electric appliance, preferably in an adjustable manner.
  • a simple and practical soultion shown in figs. 6 to 9 provides for the employ of a screw 17 to be engaged with a lug 18.
  • Screw 17 may extend through a projection of cornice 13, while lug 18 may be formed on or secured to the upper edge of the electric appliance.
  • the working table top according to the invention is of simple and economical construction and meets any requirements imposed thereon in practical use, while in particular offering excellent versatility with regard to the adaptation of electric household appliances to various types of combination kitchen furniture.

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EP84108684A 1983-09-01 1984-07-23 Dessus servant de plan de travail pour appareils ménagers électriques Withdrawn EP0136441A3 (fr)

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IT3404083U IT8334040V0 (it) 1983-09-01 1983-09-01 Piano di lavoro per elettrodomestici.
IT3404083U 1983-09-01

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EP0136441A2 true EP0136441A2 (fr) 1985-04-10
EP0136441A3 EP0136441A3 (fr) 1988-06-29

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Cited By (5)

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GB2232586A (en) * 1989-06-15 1990-12-19 Arenson Int Ltd Furniture units
GB2242125A (en) * 1990-03-19 1991-09-25 Zanussi A Spa Industrie Work top for domestic electrical appliances
GB2365327A (en) * 2000-07-29 2002-02-20 Richard Graham Kraemer Protective edge cover for furniture
ITUA20162474A1 (it) * 2016-04-11 2017-10-11 Arrital S P A Componente d'arredo per un elemento d'arredo
CN111743334A (zh) * 2019-03-29 2020-10-09 法雷尔塑料电气与电子有限公司 家用器具的台面及其制作方法

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FR1282114A (fr) * 1960-12-08 1962-01-19 Franscoma Soc Paillasse de laboratoire
DE2127227A1 (en) * 1971-06-02 1972-12-14 Hering R Profiled plastic edging strips - form locking and possibly bonding, to the edges of plates or panels
BE795317A (fr) * 1972-02-12 1973-05-29 Brocker Karl Meuble de bureau presentant la forme d'une table a ecrire ou de dactylographie
DE2246913A1 (de) * 1972-09-25 1974-04-11 Bosse Fa Otto Verfahren zum formgiessen der umrandung aus kunststoff einer moebelplatte, z.b. aus einer als spanplatte ausgebildeten kernlage und beidseitigen deckschichten bestehenden tischplatte
DE3131532A1 (de) * 1981-08-08 1983-03-03 G. Bauknecht Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart "haushaltsgeraet mit einer abnehmbaren als arbeitsplatte ausgebildeten abdeckplatte"

Cited By (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2232586A (en) * 1989-06-15 1990-12-19 Arenson Int Ltd Furniture units
GB2232586B (en) * 1989-06-15 1992-05-27 Arenson Int Ltd Furniture unit including a surface panel with decorative extension pieces
GB2242125A (en) * 1990-03-19 1991-09-25 Zanussi A Spa Industrie Work top for domestic electrical appliances
GB2242125B (en) * 1990-03-19 1992-12-16 Zanussi A Spa Industrie Work top for domestic electrical appliances
GB2365327A (en) * 2000-07-29 2002-02-20 Richard Graham Kraemer Protective edge cover for furniture
ITUA20162474A1 (it) * 2016-04-11 2017-10-11 Arrital S P A Componente d'arredo per un elemento d'arredo
CN111743334A (zh) * 2019-03-29 2020-10-09 法雷尔塑料电气与电子有限公司 家用器具的台面及其制作方法

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ES280616Y (es) 1985-09-01

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