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Title:
PANTOGRAPHIC CELLAR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/010234
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
The present description refers to a pantographic cellar, includes in the field of domestic or commercial furniture or others, or building materials or similar, comprised by one or more pantographic module (s) (1), each one composed by various equal panels (2) arranged horizontally aligned, forming slightly larger length than the height of a beverage bottle (80) to be kept; by four lengthwise axes (4) passing through holes of the edges of modules; by tubular spacers (6) assembled on the paths of the axes (4) located between the panels (2); by two higher (7) and lower (7') lengthwise beams; by two higher front and end beams (8); and two lower front and end base beams (8'), assembly on the edges of the lengthwise beams (7, 7’); and by supporting elements which are assembled in association with the pantographic module s) (1) to compose different arrangements.

Inventors:
LEVY RICARDO ERNESTO (BR)
Application Number:
PCT/BR2005/000133
Publication Date:
February 02, 2006
Filing Date:
July 22, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
LEVY RICARDO ERNESTO (BR)
International Classes:
A47F1/04
Foreign References:
US20030080073A1
US0366739A
DE9012241U1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Advocacia, Fernandes Borghi Fernandes S/c E. (-030 Campinas, SP, BR)
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Description:
PANTOGRAPHIC CELLAR The present description refers to a patent of invention for a pantographic cellar, included in the field of domestic or commercial furniture or others, or building materials or others, which was developed to constitute an appropriate means to store beverage bottles, particularly for wines, and to be extremely flexible to be adapted to numerous arrangements and uses. As known, certain beverages, particularly wines, must be stored with special care, to preserve its characteristics of flavor, appearance and others. To meet this requirement, numerous projects of cellars are known, which attempt to meet such storage requirements and are constituted by the choice of appropriate places, equipments to meet adequate environmental conditions of such places, appropriate support means for bottles and others. Usually, the support means for bottles are shelf-like structures, arranged for the bottles to be stored horizontally, and are projected with appropriate dimensions for the spaces to receive and the bottles to be stored on them. Although such form to build a cellar, particularly the support means for the bottles, meets the purpose to which it is intended, the applicant for the present patent application has developed studies, particularly on the support means for the bottles, aiming to provide something more flexible, to be easily adapted to spaces and/or bottles with different sizes, as well as to be also easily linked to other elements, such as bases, cases, balconies and others providing useful arrangements in a household cellar, a commercial store or others. Therefore, the object of the invention, object of the present patent, is to provide a cellar, particularly a support structure for the bottles, which overcomes the inconveniences and limitations of usual similar structures and providing other advantages. Another object is to provide a structure which, despite overcoming inconveniences and limitations of similar usual structures, is not something so complex to build or manufacture to make it become not interesting in comparison with others. Another object is to provide a structure with an appropriate cost. Bearing therefore in mind the problems as stated above and with the purpose to overcome them and aiming to meet the listed objects, the pantographic cellar, object of the present patent of invention, has been developed, which construction, operation and advantages are disclosed below based on the attached drawings, in which: - Fig. 1 shows a front view of a module, which may be used solely to obtain a basic version of a cellar or may be used in combination with two or more modules to compose other bigger cellar arrangements, displaced in an open position with smaller opening; - Figs. 2 to 4 show the above module in average, bigger opening and closed positions, respectively; - Fig. 5 shows the above module as laterally seen; - Figs. 6 to 8 show a few possibilities of arrangements made with the above module; - Figs. 9 to 11 show the used modules as associated to other secondary elements, composing a useful set for bottle storage; - Fig. 12 shows the modules as used to compose a showing balcony in frontal view; and - Fig. 13 shows a pantographic module, as per a figure seen in perspective. In agreement with everything as shown by the above listed Figures, the cellar, object of the present patent of invention, is a structure intended to support bottles of beverage (80) to be stored, particularly wine, essentially comprising one or more pantographic module (s) (1), each one composed by: at least five equal panels (2) (Fig. 1, 13) horizontally aligned one in front of each other under regular spaces, with two vertically aligned opposed corners so to form a length which is slightly bigger than the height of a beverage bottle (80) to be stored (Fig. 5) , which panels are formed by respective hinged sides (3) . Said module is also formed by four lengthwise axes (4) passing through previewed holes at the ends of the sides (3) forming the corners of the panels (2) , which axes receive outside assembly screws (5) ; and by tube spacers of the same length (6) assembled on the paths of the axes (4) placed between the panels (2) . The module is also composed by two' higher lengthwise beams (7) passing through holes on the sides (3) located in the same horizontal plane, located near to the higher corner of the panel (2) and the ends of said beams pass through corresponding holes of two higher, frontal and end, beams (8) and receive assembly screws, (9) ; and by two lower lengthwise beams (7' ) passing through holes of the sides (3) located within the same horizontal plane, located near to the lower corner of the panel (2) and which ends, in the cellars formed by a module, pass through corresponding holes of two lower frontal and end base beams (8' ) and receive screws (9' ) or said ends of the lower lengthwise beams (7' ) directly receive the screws (9'), in case the module is a part of a cellar structure with two or more modules. Therefore, when the cellar, formed by a pantographic module (1), is assembled (Fig. 1), it is supported over the lower base beams (8' ) , has a lozenge-shaped section and beverage bottles (50) to be stored may be placed within it. The pantographic module (1) may be placed in such a way to define a lower and higher internal angle of 60° (Fig. 1) or 76 (Fig. 2) or 90° (Fig. 3), so that the bottles keep bigger or smaller spaces between each other. On the other hand, the cellar may be formed by two or more pantographic modules (1) (Figs. 6 to 8) , in which case they form a pantographic structure (I' ) , which lower corners of modules placed side by side (Fig. 6) or the lower corners of modules placed side by side and forming a row of lower modules (1) of a pantographic structure (1') with various rows of overlaying modules are directly supported by the support surface. In this case, the cellar may be composed by two (Fig. 6) modules located side by side or by a horizontal row of modules or by various horizontal rows of modules overlaying each other, so that the modules of a given row are spaced from the modules of the immediately lower and higher modules and the lower and higher halves of the modules of said given row are inserted between the lower and higher halves of the adjacent modules of said immediately lower and higher rows (Fig. 8) . Also in this case, instead of each module being formed by corresponding sides, the pantographic structure (1') may be composed by obliquely crossed and hinged shafts (3' ) , so that each shaft forms the sides of various overlaying adjacent modules. The so formed structure is similar to a beehive with lozenge-shaped capsules (modules) and inside each of them various bottles are placed. In this case, there can also be a variation in the internal angle of the modules. In any type of building, the sides (3) of the module or the oblique crossed shafts (3' ) forming the sides of various overlaying modules may have measurements to compose structures with modules with a small side (e. g. 18.5 cm), medium-sized modules (e. g. 26 cm) or large-sized modules (e. g. 33.5 cm) to meet different requirements. The pantographic support structure for bottles, built as disclosed above, may be adjusted to a given space by simply making ir become shorter or longer appropriately. In any building solution, the pantographic cellar may be transported e. g. from the manufacturing place to the commercialization place and from there to the place of use or be stored closed (Figs. 4, 14) to reduce the space in the transport or storage means. Supporting elements may be a part of the cellar, such as a case in the shape of a triangular prism (20) (Fig. 9) appropriate to store one -or more bottles, with their base turned upwards, provided with a hinged cap (21) which is placed between the higher halves of a cellar structure formed by two pantographic modules (1) located side by side with each other. The case (20) may have appropriate height to fulfill the whole height of the space between the higher halves of the pantographic modules (1) or a lower height to occupy part of the height of the space between the higher halves of the pantographic modules (1) , when it then defines under it a space which can also receive a bottle. Another supporting element may be constituted by a base tray (30) (Fig. 10) within which the base of a cellar structure is placed composed e. g. by two pantographic modules (1) located side by side or by three modules, two of which are lower and located side by side and a central higher one with its lower half inserted between their higher halves. Another supporting element may be constituted by a case (40) (Fig. 11) , within which a structure formed by at least two pantographic modules (1) is located, placed side by side between each other and which free lateral higher and lower corners are fixed to the edges of the walls (41) of the case by means of corresponding triangular plates (42) which remain with one corner linked to the end of the axis (4) on the corner of the module and the other two corners are linked by screws to the edge of the wall (41) of the case. In this case, the beverage bottles are stored in the internal spaces of the modules and in the spaces as defined between their sides and the walls of the case.