EP2915914A1 - Furniture assembly for storing and drying clothing garments and footwear - Google Patents

Abstract

Furniture assembly or installation intended for storing articles of clothing and / or footwear, and for drying them, of the type comprising, on the one hand, at least one storage compartment for articles of clothing and / or shoes, and on the other hand part of the ventilation means and circulation of hot or heated air, on said articles of clothing and / or shoes, with a view to their drying, is characterized in that it comprises a block whose interior forms said enclosure which incorporates at least a portion of said ventilation means and said block further comprising a top surface for users, bench type. Said block is able to form a base or base on which is able to rest and / or be fixed at least one closet, locker or individual cloakroom, intended to receive and store articles of clothing and / or personal effects of user, while the block welcomes shoes.

Description

The present invention relates to a furniture assembly for storing, storing or storing articles of clothing such as clothing and shoes, including boots, the assembly being intended to constitute a piece of furniture used in communities of a professional nature. , sports, associative, etc.

Such sets of furniture usually include a series of lockers, closets or juxtaposed speakers, called "cloakrooms". Each cloakroom, closed by a door, is intended to contain personal belongings, including clothes and shoes, of a user. The individual locker rooms are aligned against each other in series.

In most cases, the effects or clothing items are stored in the locker room, as is, and each user has a key to access his own locker room.

In some applications, certain areas or types of use, clothing items, such as footwear, are wet or wet and need to be dried.

In the usual way, storage lockers are not intended to allow the drying of articles of clothing.

• soit d'ajouter aux vestiaires déjà en place, une installation spécifique de ventilation et de chauffage pour permettre le séchage des vêtements tels que les chaussures ou bottes de chantier par exemple ;
• soit de concevoir un ensemble vestiaire incluant une installation de chauffage et ventilation.

In known manner, the only alternative is:

• to add to the changing rooms already in place, a specific ventilation and heating system to allow the drying of clothing such as shoes or construction boots, for example;
• to design a cloakroom set including a heating and ventilation system.

In both cases above, this leads to a cumbersome and expensive set.

The second case is illustrated for example by the French patent no. 2909105 showing a set of individual cupboards or cloakrooms aligned and in each of which is provided a supply of hot air and a discharge of the hot air loaded with moisture.

• Il est complexe de part sa conception, et présente donc un coût élevé puisqu'il est réalisé spécifiquement pour de telles applications où les effets rangés dans chaque vestiaire doivent être séchés ;
• Il est en outre encombrant ;
• De plus, chaque alvéole ou vestiaire individuel présente un volume unique sans distinction des différents effets tels que bottes, vestes, pantalons, etc., ce qui est limitatif en termes de convivialité et de sécurité sanitaire.

This known system has drawbacks:

• It is complex by design, and therefore has a high cost since it is made specifically for such applications where the effects stored in each locker must be dried;
• It is also bulky;
• In addition, each cell or individual cloakroom has a single volume without distinction of different effects such as boots, jackets, pants, etc., which is limiting in terms of user-friendliness and sanitary safety.

The size of the known sets of cloakrooms and drying facilities, whether incorporated in the locker room or they are originally designed, is all the more embarrassing as the space occupied by the furniture set, the is at the expense of user space to sit (benches) and / or walk around the locker room.

The present invention overcomes this situation and proposes a furniture assembly for storing articles of clothing, also allowing the drying of at least some or all of these, simple and inexpensive design, and all having a small footprint without sacrificing usability, nor the efficiency of drying. The furniture assembly of the invention also has the advantage of adapting to existing locker rooms.

For this purpose, according to the invention, the furniture assembly or installation intended for storing articles of clothing and / or shoes, and for drying them, of the type comprising, on the one hand at least one storage chamber of the articles clothing and / or shoes, and secondly means for ventilation and circulation of hot or heated air, on said articles of clothing and / or shoes, for drying purposes, is characterized in that it comprises at least one block whose interior forms said enclosure which incorporates at least a portion of said ventilation means, and said block further comprising a top surface for users, bench type.

Thus, the functional assembly is of monobloc type. It has a small footprint and optimum volume occupation, since the bench surface allows users to sit and / or ask their bag or foot to eventually put on their shoes, while the speaker incorporates at least in part the ventilation means, which saves space, without sacrificing the efficiency of the drying operation of the articles of clothing arranged inside, and to guarantee the safety of the users who are thus not in contact direct with electrical elements.

According to a preferred embodiment, said block is able to form a base or base on which is able to rest and / or be fixed at least one closet, locker or individual cloakroom, for receiving and storing articles of clothing and / or shoes and / or personal effects of user / trice.

The ventilation means comprise means for extracting the temperate air from the room where the furniture assembly is located, while, according to one variant, the ventilation means include means for extracting the outside air and means for heating said aspirated air.

The means for reheating or heating the air are associated with a thermometer and a triggering system, so as to heat the air coming from the room or from the outside when it has a temperature below a given threshold, by Example 20 ° C.

Air treatment devices are provided in the enclosure of the block, such as for example means for vaporization and / or evaporation of deodorant product, fungicidal product, bactericidal, etc.

Preferably, the enclosure of the block is is able to receive at least shoes such as a pair of shoes or boots.

In addition, the enclosure of the block includes partitioning means (allowing a separation between the storage space of the shoes and the volume accommodating the heating system) and able to effect a forced passage of hot air or heated on said shoes included in the interior space of said block, such as including through holes.

The invention also relates to a furniture assembly comprising at least one block of the aforementioned invention and at least one locker or individual locker, in particular the cloakroom or lockers being arranged above said block and / or resting on it . For example, two lockers each forming an individual cell are arranged on a block.

Advantageously, each cloakroom or individual locker is connected to the interior space of said hollow block to receive the warm or heated air from the last to allow the heating of clothing articles arranged inside the lockers / locker rooms, while the block welcomes the shoes.

Inside the block is provided a single conduit, connected by orifices to each or each individual lockers / locker.

Means for evacuating the hot air, loaded with moisture, are provided at the top of each cloakroom / locker.

Preferably, these evacuation means have a common duct, connected to said discharge outlets of each cloakroom / locker, and said duct being connected to the outside or to a moisture-laden air treatment means.

The set preferably comprises two or more contiguous individual lockers / lockers.

• La figure 1 est une vue en perspective schématique d'un ensemble mobilier de vestiaire comportant une série de vestiaires individuels alignés, disposés dans un local.
• La figure 2 est une vue partielle de l'ensemble de la figure 1 montrant deux vestiaires contigus et le banc associé.
• La figure 3 est une vue éclatée en perspective de l'ensemble mobilier montré sur la figure 2.
• La figure 4 est une vue schématique en coupe transversale selon un plan vertical de l'ensemble de la figure 2.
• La figure 5 est une vue en perspective éclatée du bloc inférieur dont les parois délimitent la partie inférieure formant banc.

The invention will be better understood in the light of the following description relating to an illustrative, but nonlimiting example, in correspondence with the appended drawings in which:

• The figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a cloakroom furniture assembly comprising a series of individual cloakrooms aligned, arranged in a room.
• The figure 2 is a partial view of the whole of the figure 1 showing two adjoining locker rooms and the associated bench.
• The figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the furniture set shown on the figure 2 .
• The figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view along a vertical plane of the whole of the figure 2 .
• The figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of the lower block whose walls define the lower part forming a bench.

The terms "front", "front", "lateral", "back", "upper", "lower" qualify the position or function of an element disposed in the furniture assembly of the invention in normal operation.

With reference to the figure 1 , the invention is described with regard to a furniture assembly (or furniture) 1 shown in perspective, disposed in a room delimited by a floor or floor 2, a ceiling 3, a bottom wall 4 and a side wall, one of which only part is shown.

• d'une part au moins un bloc 6 d'assise ou de support et de chauffage selon l'invention, de forme parallélépipédique et reposant sur le sol ou plancher 2 ;
• d'autre part une série de compartiments, casiers ou vestiaires 7, contigus, parallèles, chacun de forme parallélépipédique allongée d'axe vertical, dont une partie d'entre eux porte les références respectives 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E.

The furniture 1 comprises:

• on the one hand at least one block 6 of seat or support and heating according to the invention, of parallelepipedal shape and resting on the floor or floor 2;
• on the other hand a series of compartments, lockers or lockers 7, contiguous, parallel, each elongated parallelepipedal shape of vertical axis, a part of which bears the respective references 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E.

Each cloakroom 7A, 7B, 7C, etc. decomposes into two closed spaces 7AB, 7AC. Each closed sub-space 7AB, 7AC is suitable and intended to contain articles of clothing or personal effects (not shown), and is provided with a door 8AB, 8AC.

For example, the first closed subspace 7AB contains eigen effects called 'city' and the second subspace 7AC containing workwear, construction site.

Each cloakroom 7 is said to be "individual" in that it is intended to contain the effects of a person, who has a key to open the doors 8AB and 8AC to access the corresponding indoor spaces 7AB and 7AC.

Adjoining changing rooms 7A, 7B, 7C, etc. ( figure 1 ) are arranged so as to rest on the seat block 6, and they leave free a portion of the upper face 9B horizontal block 6. This face 9B is intended to allow users for example s sit down, put down their bags, put on a foot to lace up / unlace a shoe.

Block 6 of the invention is intended to be associated with one or more lockers 7, preferably not more than four. Also, for a piece of furniture 1 of a certain length, a succession of contiguous blocks 6A, 6B, etc., of parallelepipedal general shape, are provided.

• une face supérieure respectivement 9A 9B, 9C, etc., horizontale, apte à servir de banc,
• une face frontale verticale 10A, 10B, 10C, etc., chacune munie d'une ouverture 11A, 11B, 11C, etc. (dont le rôle est expliqué ultérieurement),
• deux faces latérales parallèles, dont seule la face latérale 12 du bloc 6A d'extrémité est visible sur la figure 1. Les blocs 6A, 6B, etc...sont aboutés par leur face latérale.

Each block 6A, 6B comprises:

• an upper face respectively 9A 9B, 9C, etc., horizontal, able to serve as a bench,
• a vertical end face 10A, 10B, 10C, etc., each provided with an opening 11A, 11B, 11C, etc. (whose role is explained later),
• two parallel lateral faces, of which only the lateral face 12 of the end block 6A is visible on the figure 1 . Blocks 6A, 6B, etc. are abutted by their side face.

The end lateral face 12 of the end block 6A further comprises an opening 13, formed of a plurality of holes, and associated with a gate 130, and by which is able to penetrate the air (arrow F) of the local, in said end block 6A, as explained below.

The figure 2 shows in perspective a part of the furniture set of the figure 1 , namely a cloakroom 7A for example, comprising two interior spaces 7AB and 7AC, with their doors 8AB and 8AC. Cloakroom 7A rests on a block 6B, the other adjoining cloakrooms (7B, 7C, etc.) being omitted for the sake of clarity.

According to one embodiment, as shown, each sub-block of the series referenced 6, is associated with a locker 7A of the series referenced 7.

On the upper part of the interior sub-spaces 7AB and 7AC is disposed a parallelepipedal box 14, of horizontal axis transverse to the alignment of the adjoining locker rooms. The horizontal upper face 15, common to all locker rooms 7A, 7B, 7C, is traversed by respective exhaust ducts 16B, 16C, namely a conduit cloakroom. Each duct of series 16 connects the inside of the corresponding cloakroom inside the transverse box 14.

The figure 3 shows in perspective the furniture set of the figure 2 in exploded view, each element being shown detached or disassembled, for the purposes of understanding. Doors 8AB and 8AC are shown open.

Inside each interior sub-space 7AB, 7AC of a cloakroom 7A is provided a shelf 17B, 17C horizontal (support hangers) of lower depth than the cloakroom to allow the passage of air (arrows KB, KC) .

Similarly, the floor 18B, 18C of each inner space 7AB, 7AC is provided with an opening respectively 19B, 19C, each associated with a grid and arranged facing an opening 20B provided on the upper face 21B of the block 6B. This allows the passage of air (arrows IB, IC) between on the one hand the respective interior spaces (7AB, 7AC) of each cloakroom (7A) and on the other hand of the hollow block 6B.

The upper face 9B of the block 6B is articulated along a horizontal axis, transverse to the alignment of the locker rooms, so as to constitute an access cover inside the sub-block 6B.

According to the embodiment shown, there is provided a cover 9B for a block 6B, and therefore for two locker rooms 7B, 7C contiguous.

The hollow block 6B is delimited by the side walls 12B and 12C, the end face 10B, the rear face 22B, while the upper part comprises on the one hand the front cover 9B and on the other hand the upper rear face 21B.

There is provided in the block 6B a compartment 23B for receiving personal items, clothing, made wet or wet by use, and it is necessary to dry. These items may for example be shoes or boots.

• frontal 24B, rectangulaire, pourvu d'une ouverture 25 B formée d'une multitude de trous ;
• latéraux 26B et 26C de forme générale rectangulaire, avec un épaulement arrière ;
• inférieur 27B ;
• supérieurs, respectivement le couvercle 9B du bloc 6B, et un panneau 28B en forme de L (vu en coupe transversale), dans lequel est prévu l'ouverture 20B mentionnée ci-dessus.

The compartment 23B with shoes is delimited by the following panels:

• frontal 24B, rectangular, provided with an opening 25 B formed of a multitude of holes;
• lateral 26B and 26C of rectangular general shape, with a rear shoulder;
• lower 27B;
• upper, respectively the cover 9B of the block 6B, and an L-shaped panel 28B (seen in cross section), in which is provided the opening 20B mentioned above.

Block 6B is advantageously sized to form a shoe compartment for two pairs of shoes.

On the figure 4 , in cross section along a vertical plane of the locker room 7B and the block 6B, there are the same elements bearing the same references.

The compartment 23B is thus of a shape and volume suitable for receiving shoes, and in particular boots, arranged substantially horizontally (slightly inclined), the sole of the boots being substantially vertical and the rod facing backwards ( figure 4 ).

The panels and walls constituting the locker room, the block and the interior compartment 23 for shoes, are of any suitable material, such as wood, plastic or metal.

Are associated with each hollow block 6 of the invention means for ventilation, drying, and heating of the air from the room, and more specifically means for sucking air from the room, heat it if necessary and repress it in each block and in each cloakroom, and evacuate the humid air of the cloakrooms towards the outside of the room (or towards means of dehumidification, not shown and known).

1. 1. un ventilateur aspirant l'air vers l'intérieur du bloc 6 ;
2. 2. un moyen de chauffage de l'air, tel qu'une résistance électrique ;
3. 3. un conduit d'évacuation hors des vestiaires, à savoir les conduits 16B et 16C mentionnés précédemment (figure 3) ;
4. 4. un caisson d'évacuation 14 transversal au dessus des vestiaires, dont au moins une extrémité 14A (figure 1) est reliée à l'extérieur du local.

These means comprise at least:

1. A fan sucking air into the interior of block 6;
2. 2. air heating means, such as electrical resistance;
3. 3. an evacuation duct outside the locker rooms, namely ducts 16B and 16C mentioned above ( figure 3 );
4. 4. a transverse evacuation chamber 14 above the locker rooms, at least one end 14A ( figure 1 ) is connected outside the room.

The fan and heating means are arranged close to each other, in a housing placed in the hollow block 6.

• figures 3, 4 et 5 : boitier 31 disposé à l'arrière, sous la paroi supérieure 21 B du bloc, et qui contient un ventilateur 34 et une résistance 35 ; le boitier 31 communique avec le local par l'ouverture 13B latérale (figues 1, 2 et 3), voir flèche F, G1, G2 des figures 1 et 3.
• figures 1, 3, 4 et 5 : boitier 32 disposé à l'avant du bloc et proche du sol ou plancher, qui contient un ventilateur 36 et une résistance 37 ; le boitier 32 communique (flèche H des figures 3 et 4) avec l'intérieur du bloc 6B par l'ouverture 11B prévue dans la paroi frontale 10B du bloc 6B.

This box can be arranged according to two alternative and / or cumulative solutions:

• figures 3 , 4 and 5 : housing 31 disposed at the rear, under the upper wall 21 B of the block, and which contains a fan 34 and a resistor 35; the housing 31 communicates with the room through the lateral opening 13B (FIGS. 1, 2 and 3), see arrow F, G1, G2 of FIGS. figures 1 and 3 .
• figures 1 , 3 , 4 and 5 : housing 32 disposed at the front of the block and close to the ground or floor, which contains a fan 36 and a resistor 37; the case 32 communicates (arrow H of figures 3 and 4 ) with the interior of the block 6B through the opening 11B provided in the front wall 10B of the block 6B.

The figure 4 shows the two solutions together, for the sake of clarity, it being understood that the latter are preferably alternatives.

According to the first solution, there is provided at least one housing 31 (fan and resistor) at the rear of the block (specifically in the end block 6B of the furniture assembly), while according to the second solution, it is provided a housing 32 (fan and resistance) for each hollow block of the series of aligned and contiguous blocks.

• F, G1, G2 : air aspiré depuis le local dans le bloc,
• G3 : air circulant dans le bloc,
• H : air circulant depuis l'intérieur du bloc vers le compartiment 23B à chaussures via le panneau frontal 24B doté de l'ouverture 25B constituée de la multitude de trous,
• IB, IC et JB, JC : air chargé d'humidité prélevée des chaussures et évacué hors du compartiment 23B, vers l'intérieur du vestiaire correspondant 7A ; plus précisément, le flux H se divise en deux flux distincts (respectivement IB-JB et IC-JC) pénétrant chacun dans un sous espace intérieur respectivement 7AB, 7AC du vestiaire.
• KB, KC : air circulant de la partie inférieure de chaque sous espace intérieur 7AB, 7AC, du vestiaire 7A correspondant, vers la partie supérieure de ce dernier (au-dessus des étagères 17B et 17C),
• LB, LC air évacué via les conduits d'évacuation 16B, 16C, vers l'intérieur du caisson supérieur transversal 14, et dans lequel (de manière optionnelle) des moyens d'aspiration complémentaires (non représentés) peuvent être prévus, pour faciliter l'évacuation de l'air humide vers l'extérieur du local ou vers l'extérieur du bâtiment.

The figures 3 and 4 show the path of the air by the following arrows:

• F, G1, G2: air sucked from the room into the block,
• G3: air circulating in the block,
• H: air flowing from inside the block to the shoe compartment 23B via the front panel 24B having the opening 25B made of the multitude of holes,
• IB, IC and JB, JC: moisture-laden air taken from shoes and discharged out of compartment 23B, into the corresponding locker room 7A; more precisely, the flow H divides into two distinct streams (respectively IB-JB and IC-JC) each penetrating into an inner space respectively 7AB, 7AC of the locker room.
• KB, KC: circulating air from the lower part of each interior subspace 7AB, 7AC, corresponding cloakroom 7A, towards the upper part of the latter (above the shelves 17B and 17C),
• LB, LC air evacuated via the exhaust ducts 16B, 16C, towards the inside of the transverse upper casing 14, and wherein (optionally) complementary suction means (not shown) can be provided, to facilitate the evacuation of moist air to the outside of the room or to the outside of the building.

Regulating means (known in themselves and not shown) may be provided, so as to trigger the heating means (electrical resistance) of the air sucked by the fans 34/36, when the air temperature and or the humidity level (measured by known thermometers and probes) is lower / higher than respective given thresholds.

In addition, elements (known and not shown) capable of delivering vapors, odorous or other essences, for example to perform a bacteriological treatment (with ozone lamp), may be provided on the path of the air inside. block and / or cloakroom.

Finally, fans and electrical heaters are sized to ensure proper drying of items in the locker room, as needed.

Claims (10)

Furniture assembly or installation intended for storing articles of clothing and / or shoes and for drying them, of the type comprising, on the one hand, at least one storage enclosure for articles of clothing and / or shoes, and secondly means for ventilating and circulating hot or heated air, on said articles of clothing and / or shoes, with a view to drying them, characterized in that it comprises at least one block whose inside forms said enclosure which incorporates at least a part of said ventilation means, and said block being able to form a base or base on which is able to rest and / or be fixed at least one closet, locker or individual cloakroom, intended to receive and store articles of clothing and / or footwear and / or personal effects of user / trice. Assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a horizontal free upper surface, in particular articulated along a horizontal axis and transverse to the alignment of the locker rooms, allowing the user to sit down for example, put their bags, put a foot to tie / unlace a shoe. Assembly according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the ventilation means comprise means for extracting temperate air from the room where the furniture assembly is located, while according to a variant, the ventilation means include external air suction means and means for heating said aspirated air. Assembly according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the means for heating or heating the air are associated with a thermometer and a triggering system, so as to heat the air from the room or the room. outside when it has a temperature below a given threshold, for example 20 ° C. Assembly according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that air treatment devices are provided in the enclosure of the block, such as for example means for vaporization and / or evaporation of deodorant product, fungicide, bactericide, etc. Assembly according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the enclosure of the block is delimited by: - a rectangular front panel, - two rectangular side panels, with a rear shoulder - a lower panel - two top panels respectively a lid and an L-shaped panel. Assembly according to claim 6, characterized in that the enclosure of the block includes partitioning means, allowing a separation between the storage space of the shoes and the volume accommodating the heating system, and able to achieve a forced passage of the hot air or reheated on said shoes, such as including through holes. Furniture assembly comprising at least one block according to one of claims 1 to 7, and at least one cloakroom or individual locker, in particular the cloakroom (s) being arranged above said block and / or resting on it. Assembly according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that said at least one cloakroom or individual locker is connected to the interior space of said hollow block to receive hot or heated air from the latter to allow the heating of articles of clothing arranged inside lockers / cloakrooms. Assembly according to the preceding claim, characterized in that inside the block is provided a single conduit, connected by orifices to each or each of the individual lockers / lockers.

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