Drawer, drawer construction and method for manufacturing a drawer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10293512-B2
Application number	US-201214128102-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2012
Priority date	Jun 29, 2011
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

A method for manufacturing drawers in which the drawers comprise walls, and a bottom. At least first and second walls comprise a tongue and a groove with locking parts. The respective groove is provided on the interior side of the first wall, whereas the respective tongue is provided on the distal end of the second wall. The first and second walls are manufactured of respectively one board.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing drawers, wherein the drawers comprise walls and a bottom, wherein said walls comprise at least a front wall, rear wall and two sidewalls, the method comprising:
forming first walls from a plurality of boards; and
forming second walls from said plurality of boards, wherein, one of said first walls and one of said second walls are both formed from a single one of said plurality of boards;
wherein said boards have a length direction and a width direction and wherein the one of said first wall and the one of said second wall are formed from said single one of said plurality of boards by portions of said board located at different positions along the length direction;
wherein each of said first walls is formed to comprise a first cooperating profile extending in said width direction, and each of said second walls is formed to comprise a second cooperating profile extending in said width direction, the first cooperating profile of each of said first walls and the second cooperating profile of each of said second walls being formed such that the first cooperating profile of a corresponding one of said first walls extends in a direction parallel to a direction in which the cooperating second profile of a corresponding one of said second walls extends,
wherein the first and second cooperating profiles include a tongue and a groove with locking parts, the tongue being formed to fit into the groove in a locking manner,
wherein the first and second cooperating profiles are formed to be joined laterally into each other by a movement of the cooperating first profile of the corresponding one of said first walls and the second profile of the corresponding one of said second walls towards each other in a direction that extends in a plane that is perpendicular to the directions in which the cooperating first and second profiles extend; and
wherein the respective groove is provided on a plane configured to become an interior side of the corresponding one of said first walls and the respective tongue is provided on the distal end of the corresponding one of said second walls,
wherein, for each board of said plurality of boards, the respective groove and the respective tongue are formed by means of a continuous pass-through treatment performed on said plurality of boards, said treatment including a single treatment or a one or more partial treatments with said plurality of boards passing through in a direction transverse to said length direction; and
wherein, for each board of said plurality of boards, only after forming at least a portion of said groove and at least a portion of said tongue on said board, said board is subdivided into two or more completely separated walls, said completely separated walls including said one of said first walls and said one of said second walls,
wherein the subdividing takes place in the direction transverse to said length direction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said treatment is a pass-through treatment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said tongue is formed on a distal end of said board.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said groove is formed in a flat planar side of said board.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least three walls are obtained from said board including two sidewalls, and a front wall or a rear wall.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein all locking profiles of the respective walls are formed at least partially or even entirely prior to subdividing said board into the respective walls.

Assignees

• Devos Pieter
• Schacht Benny
• Van Hooydonck Guy
• Unilin Bvba

Inventors

• Devos Pieter
• Schacht Benny
• Van Hooydonck Guy

Classifications

• B27M3/0066

  characterised by tongue and groove or tap hole connections · CPC title

• A47B88/941

  Drawers being constructed from two or more parts · CPC title

• F16B12/125

  using mortise and tenon joints · CPC title

• F16B12/26

  using snap-action elements · CPC title

• A47B47/042

  Panels connected without frames · CPC title