US3837041A - Combination cabinet edge trim strip and curved guide track for tambour door and method of forming same - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
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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
- A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
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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
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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
- A47B2220/00—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings
- A47B2220/08—Dismountable cupboards with balanced sliding fronts
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- One piece extruded plastic trim and track member includes a pair of elongated back to back U-shaped channels which are spaced apart from each other by a trim portion which is in a plane common to the forward side wall of each channel.
- the member includes a pair of elongated V-grooves which separate the front surface of the member into three parallel strip portions.
- the member is adapted to be mounted on the front edge of a cabinet wall with the trim portion following the front edge of the wall to its lower extremity.
- the channel portions are adapted to be separated from the trim portion along a portion of their length by being slit along said V-grooves.
- the separated channel portions may be heated after they are slit and bent into a curved shape so that when the trim portion is applied to a vertical cabinet wall edge the curved channel portions will engage the side surfaces of the cabinet wall and form guide tracks for tambour doors located on each side of the cabinet wall.
- a guide track is only to be provided on one side of a cabinet wall, the unused channel portion may be cut away completely from the trim portion and used as a guide channel per se where no trim function is desired.
- the tambour door would have to be mounted in its tracks before the cabinet top is attached or at a time when the tracks are spaced apart by more than their final distance. in other words, before either of the-top and bottom members are attachedto the cabinet.
- the cabinet end panels it is possible to assemble the door guide tracks to the cabinet with the end panels in their final position by simultaneously placing the door and both guide tracks between the end panels andthen trying to hold each guide track in a pre-determined position while it is fastened to the end panels.
- such a mounting technique is quite cumbersome.
- the combination trim and guide member of the present invention comprises an elongated, extruded, thermoplastic member formed of a material such as rigid vinyl.
- the front surface of the member is divided into three integrally joined parallel strip portions by a pair of spaced V-grooves which run the length of the front surface of the mem ber.
- the V-grooves are spaced apart by an amount equal to the width of the end panel of a cabinet with which the device is to be used.
- Each side of the member comprises an outwardly opening U- shaped channel.
- the bottom walls of the channels are spaced apart by a distance equal to the thickness of the cabinet wall panel to which the member is adapted to be attached.
- the member is slit for a predetermined portion of its length along both of the V-grooves so as to separate the U-shaped track portions from the trim portion.
- guide track portions may then be heated and bent along the length in which they are separated from the trim portion into the desired track shape.
- the member is cooled and then attached to a cabinet wall panel such as by using adhesive between the front edge of the panel and the trim portion of the member and by stapling the curved track portions to the side walls of the wall panel.
- strips of very dense rubber or other flexible material may be placed in the tracksuntil they are cooled after bending.
- the presence of the V- grooves on the front face of the member not only make it easier to slit the plastic to the extent desired but also provides a guide for such slitting.
- the V- grooves cause the cabinet to have a very aesthetically pleasing appearance since they appear to be a continuation of the panel side edges in the portion of their length where the U-shaped channels are not slit away.
- FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a multiple cabinet assembly which illustrates the different manners in which the invention may be used;
- FIG. 2 is a cross-section of the combination trim and track member taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing the different elements which may be used to bend the track portions of the member away from the trim portion;
- FIG. 4 is a cross-section taken on lines 4-4 of FIG. 3.
- combination edge trim and guide track member is shown mounted in various positions of use relative to a cabinet structure.
- the member 10 includes a trim portion 12 and channel or sliding door guide track portions 14, 16.
- the guide track portions l4, 16 are attached with staples 18 (FIG. 2) to the vertical cabinet wall 20 so that sliding tambour doors 26, 28 can be guided to a storage position under the cabinet shelves (not shown) and partially up the rear wall of the cabinet.
- the trim portion 12 can remain straight for trimming the vertical edge of a cabinet wall 20 as shown at the right end of E16. 1 or it can be curved, as shown at 12, in a manner to be described when the contour of the front edge of the cabinet is curved.
- the member 10 can be used in its entirety to trim the front edge of panel 20 and provide a guide track for a pair of cabinet doors 26, 28 as shown at the right end of FIG. 1.
- one of the channel portions can be severed from the member 10 and used as a guide track per se where no trim function is required, as shown at the left end of FIG. 1 where door 30 is guided by guide track 16.
- the remainder of the member can be used to trim the front edge of an end wall member as shown at 12 and to provide a guide track 14' for the left end of sliding door 28.
- the trim and track member 10 is molded so that the rear surface 34 of trim portion 12 will be flat.
- the line of intersection between its rear surface 34 and any transverse crosssectional plane will be a straight line.
- the flat surface 34 permits the trim portion 12 to be firmly bonded with a layer of adhesive 36 to the front edge of cabinet wall member 20. If desired, however, the attachment of edge portion 12 to panel member 20 can be enhanced by the addition of a nail (not shown) at the bottom or top thereof where its presence can be hidden by the cabinet top or a floor covering which abuts the trim strip.
- Channel portion 16 is defined by a front side wall portion 40 which is co-planar with the trim portion 12, a rear side wall portion 42 and a bottom or connecting wall portion 44 which is adapted to engage a panel member 20 on its inner-surface 44.
- a raised rib portion 46 is formed in the bottom of the channel portion 16.
- the front face of the member 10 is divided into three parallel sections by V-groove portions 50 which are in alignment with the rear surface 44 of channel 16 and the corresponding surface of channel 14.
- the V- grooves 50 serve several functions. They provide a guide for slitting the channel portions l4, 16 from the trim portion 12 while at the same time making such sliting operation quite simple since they reduce the thickness of material to be severed.
- the V-grooves 50 are also quite aesthetically pleasing since they break up the otherwise relatively substantial width of the member 10. They also present a continuous trim line upwardly from the region where the tracks l4, l6 curve away from the trim portion 12. Finally, they permit the trim portion 12,'in the region wherein it is separated from the channel portions 14, 16, to present a smooth, somewhat rounded front corner edge which presents a pleasing appearance without the requirement for additional finishing.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a simple apparatus which may be used for bending the channel portions l4, 16 relative to the trim portion 12.
- the channel portion 14 is first slit along V-groove 50 to the point where the channel and edge portions are to curve away from each other.
- a forming board 54 is adapted to receive the member 10 with the trim portion 12 in contact with an edge 54'.
- a curved forming templet 56 having a curved edge 56 is attached to the board 54 at a location spaced from the edge 54 sufficiently to permit the rear surface of channel 14 to be engaged.
- the shape of the board edge 54' and the templet 56 will depend on the shape to be given to the member 10.
- a strip of rather dense stiff rubber 60 is placed in the channel 14 during the bending operation and is then removed after bending.
- a heater plate 64 having electrical terminals 66 is used for heating either the entire member 10 at one time or the portions thereof which are to be bent.
- the member 10 be formed of a normally rigid thermoplastic material such as vinyl. When the member 10 is made of thermoplastic material, it is bent by merely heating it sufficiently to soften it to a bendable state after which it is bent around the templet 56 and permitted to cool in place.
- the cabinet panels 20 are preferably formed of plywood or particle board and the tambour doors 26, 28 and 30 of plastic. Since the doors are rather resistant to bending and buckling, they are assembled to thier tracks, such as 14', 16 in the case of door 28, either from the top of the cabinet before the cabinet top is in place, or from the front before one of the tracks is mounted to. the cabinet.
- a one piece plastic combination trim strip and door track member for a tambour door comprising:
- an elongated trim portion which is adapted to overlie the vertical front edge of an upright cabinet support wall member, said trim portion having a rear surface which intersects any transverse plane passed through it in a direction normal to its axis in a straight line; at least one elongated generally U-shaped channel portion joined to said trim portion along at least a portion of the respective lengths thereof, said U-shaped channel portion defining a guide track adapted to receive one edge of a sliding door, one side wall of said channel portion being immediately adjacent said trim portion and defining an integral generally co-planar extension of said trim portion where said channel and trim portions are joined; said member having an area of reduced wall thickness along a line separating said joined channel and trim portions so as to permit said joined channel and trim portions to -be separated along any portion of said line, whereby said channel portion may be curved away fromthe plane of said trim portion.
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US4016920A (en) * | 1975-05-23 | 1977-04-12 | United States Steel Corporation | Flexible guiding track and release mechanism for an overhead rolling door assembly |
US4108517A (en) * | 1977-05-24 | 1978-08-22 | Roth American, Inc. | Child's desk with slide-door and guideway therefor |
US4235494A (en) * | 1978-12-26 | 1980-11-25 | International Business Machines Corporation | Data processor enclosure with tambour door |
US4365855A (en) * | 1980-05-19 | 1982-12-28 | Mark Edward H | Storage facility such as a file having a flexible rotatable cover |
US4421364A (en) * | 1979-06-20 | 1983-12-20 | Takaniemi Tauno K | Automaton for dealing out food and drink |
US4441768A (en) * | 1982-03-16 | 1984-04-10 | Thatchcode Limited | Office cabinet |
US4966219A (en) * | 1986-06-17 | 1990-10-30 | Marcadet Mobilier | Sliding shutter composed of articulated slats, particularly for furniture |
US5052459A (en) * | 1988-03-23 | 1991-10-01 | Grossenbacher Marco G | Covering for covering an opening |
US5716116A (en) * | 1995-04-21 | 1998-02-10 | Metro Industries, Inc. | Utility cabinet and modular storage and support assembly using the utility cabinet |
US5803563A (en) * | 1997-07-11 | 1998-09-08 | National Products, Incorporated | Cabinet with removable tambour door |
US5823645A (en) * | 1996-02-22 | 1998-10-20 | Darling; Sharon K. | Portable storage compartment |
EP0911014A3 (en) * | 1997-10-15 | 2000-01-19 | CASTELLINI S.p.A. | A surgery furniture unit |
DE19852556A1 (en) * | 1998-11-13 | 2000-05-18 | Bulthaup Gmbh & Co | Roller shutter as closure for e.g. furniture carcass, has radii of curvature of guides smaller than fifty millimeters and guide elements designed accordingly to move round curve |
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USD834852S1 (en) | 2017-12-13 | 2018-12-04 | Bradford L. Davis | Overbed table |
USD915968S1 (en) * | 2017-10-27 | 2021-04-13 | Textron Innovations, Inc. | Tambour door |
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US4016920A (en) * | 1975-05-23 | 1977-04-12 | United States Steel Corporation | Flexible guiding track and release mechanism for an overhead rolling door assembly |
US4108517A (en) * | 1977-05-24 | 1978-08-22 | Roth American, Inc. | Child's desk with slide-door and guideway therefor |
US4235494A (en) * | 1978-12-26 | 1980-11-25 | International Business Machines Corporation | Data processor enclosure with tambour door |
US4421364A (en) * | 1979-06-20 | 1983-12-20 | Takaniemi Tauno K | Automaton for dealing out food and drink |
US4365855A (en) * | 1980-05-19 | 1982-12-28 | Mark Edward H | Storage facility such as a file having a flexible rotatable cover |
US4441768A (en) * | 1982-03-16 | 1984-04-10 | Thatchcode Limited | Office cabinet |
US4966219A (en) * | 1986-06-17 | 1990-10-30 | Marcadet Mobilier | Sliding shutter composed of articulated slats, particularly for furniture |
US5052459A (en) * | 1988-03-23 | 1991-10-01 | Grossenbacher Marco G | Covering for covering an opening |
US5716116A (en) * | 1995-04-21 | 1998-02-10 | Metro Industries, Inc. | Utility cabinet and modular storage and support assembly using the utility cabinet |
US5823645A (en) * | 1996-02-22 | 1998-10-20 | Darling; Sharon K. | Portable storage compartment |
US5803563A (en) * | 1997-07-11 | 1998-09-08 | National Products, Incorporated | Cabinet with removable tambour door |
EP0911014A3 (en) * | 1997-10-15 | 2000-01-19 | CASTELLINI S.p.A. | A surgery furniture unit |
DE19852556A1 (en) * | 1998-11-13 | 2000-05-18 | Bulthaup Gmbh & Co | Roller shutter as closure for e.g. furniture carcass, has radii of curvature of guides smaller than fifty millimeters and guide elements designed accordingly to move round curve |
US20040206023A1 (en) * | 2002-06-25 | 2004-10-21 | Collins P. Michael | Backer rod material and joint construction for building components |
US8011145B1 (en) | 2002-06-25 | 2011-09-06 | Pacc Systems I.P., Llc | Segmented joint for masonry construction |
US20140225485A1 (en) * | 2008-11-17 | 2014-08-14 | Versatility Tool Works & Manufacturing Company | Tool cabinet with downward opening transparent front door |
US9089963B2 (en) * | 2008-11-17 | 2015-07-28 | Versatility Tool Works & Manufacturing Company | Tool cabinet with downward opening transparent front door |
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USD915968S1 (en) * | 2017-10-27 | 2021-04-13 | Textron Innovations, Inc. | Tambour door |
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