Method for manufacturing a shell of a metallic cabinet
A shell of a metallic cabinet is made by means of folding two ends of a metal plate form fitting portions at the two ends, bending the metal plate and making the fitting portions engage each other to change the metal plate into a semi-finished shell, pressing the fitting portions against each other such that the fitting portions become flat to closely touch each other, and bending upper and lower ends of the semi-finished shell inwards to form inward annular fitting protrusions thereon, shaping the semi-finished shell by means of exerting outward force on inner portions of the semi-finished shell, and punching a front side of the semi-finished shell to form an opening; a cover and a base are respectively secured to the upper and the lower ends with bumps, which are formed near to edges of the cover and the base, engaging the fitting protrusions of the shell.
1. Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a shell of a metallic cabinet, more particularly one, according to which a cabinet shell is made by means of folding a metal plate and joining two ends of the metal plate together such that the shell has a simple structure, and manufacturing cost, and time and labor taken in assembling will reduce.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
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The conventional shell has a disadvantage that it consists of many parts. Consequently, the manufacturing cost is relatively high, and it takes much time and labor to assemble the shell.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIt is a main object of the present invention to provide an improvement on a shell of a metallic cabinet to overcome the above disadvantage. The method of the present invention includes: folding two ends of a metal plate form fitting portions at the two ends, bending the metal plate and making the fitting portions engage each other to change the metal plate into a semi-finished shell, pressing the fitting portions against each other such that the fitting portions become flat to closely touch each other, and bending upper and lower ends of the semi-finished shell inwards to form inward annular fitting protrusions thereon, shaping the semi-finished shell by means of exerting outward force on inner portions of the semi-finished shell, and punching a front side of the semi-finished shell to form an opening thereon. After the shell is finished, a cover and a base are respectively secured to the upper and the lower ends with engaging bumps, which are formed near to edges of the cover and the base, engaging the fitting protrusions of the shell.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe present invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Referring to FIGS. 1 to 7, a preferred embodiment of a method for manufacturing a shell 1 of a metallic cabinet includes the following steps:
(1) folding two ends of a metal plate 11 so that fitting portions 12 and 13 are formed at the two ends, as shown in
(2) bending the metal plate 11 and making the fitting portions 12 and 13 engage each other to join the two ends of the metal plate 11 together, as shown in
(3) pressing the fitting portions 12 and 13 against each other with great force such that the portions 12 and 13 become flat to closely touch each other, and bending upper and lower ends of the semi-finished shell inwards such that the semi-finished shell has inward annular fitting protrusions 14 and 15 at the upper and the lower ends thereof respectively, as shown in
(4) shaping the semi-finished shell for the same to have four flat sides by means of exerting outward force on inner portions of the semi-finished shell, as shown in
(5) forming an opening 16 on a front side of the semi-finished shell by means of a punch press so that the shell 1 is finished, as shown in
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From the above description, it can be easily understood that metallic cabinet shells made according to the method of the present invention has much simpler structure than conventional ones as described in Background, and the manufacturing cost, and time and labor needed in assembling will reduce.
Claims
1. A method for manufacturing a shell of a metallic cabinet, comprising following steps:
- (1) folding two ends of a metal plate to form fitting portions at the two ends;
- (2) bending the metal plate and making the fitting portions engage each other to change the metal plate into a semi-finished shell;
- (3) pressing the fitting portions against each other such that the fitting portions become flat and closely touch each other, plus bending upper and lower ends of the semifinished shell inwards to form inward annular fitting protrusions thereon;
- (4) shaping the semi-finished shell by means of exerting outward force on inner sides of the semi-finished shell; and
- (5) punching a front side of the semi-finished shell to form an opening thereon.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper cover is secured on the upper end of the shell, and a base is secured on the upper end of the shell; the upper cover having a plurality of engaging bumps spaced apart near to an edge and engaged with the fitting protrusion of the upper end of the shell; the base having a plurality of engaging bumps spaced apart near to an edge and engaged with the fitting protrusion of the lower end of the shell.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shell is used together with drawers, which are passed to the shell through the opening.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shell is used together with an inner shell, which is held in the shell, and in which drawers are held.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper cover and a base are respectively secured on the upper and the lower ends of the shell, and the shell is equipped with a door, which is pivoted to those portions of the upper cover and the base that project out beyond a front side of the shell.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 6, 2004
Publication Date: Jun 8, 2006
Inventor: Tin-Chou Wang (Tainan Hsien)
Application Number: 11/003,453
International Classification: B21D 39/03 (20060101); B21D 39/00 (20060101);