Partition System
A partition system for office or room includes a first and second partition wall, a pivot mechanism connected between the partition walls and a glide set mounted on the bottom of the partition walls. The pivot mechanism can allow the partition walls to relatively rotate. The glide set is composed of a pair of inverted vee feet and a support mechanism. The feet have flexibility for matching uneven surface. The support mechanism can rotate the feet to be parallel with the partition wall for easy storage.
1. Technical Field
The invention relates to combinative partitions for partitioning a room.
2. Related Art
To effectively use limited space of a room, partitions are usually adopted by general users. A conventional partition system, as can be seen in
In the abovementioned prior art, because the partition walls 10, 11 are provided with glide sets 12, the partition walls 10, 11 are hard to be firm positioned when they have been moved to a desired position. Even though the glide sets 12 are additionally provided with brakes, the positioning effect is not still good enough because the heavy weight of the partition walls 10, 11. Furthermore, while the partition walls 10, 11 are moving, the user must give care to operation of the brakes. A desired angle of the partition walls 10, 11 is not easy to be positioned, and the operation is inconvenient.
The glide set 12 shown in
A primary object of the invention is rotation of the partition walls is independent of the glide set. Thus the operation of rotating the partition walls is very convenient without any other action.
A secondary object of the invention is not to make feet of the partition walls become a barrier by lowering the height of the feet.
Another object of the invention is to reduce the occupying space by rotating the feet.
To accomplish the above objects, the invention includes a first and second partition wall, a pivot mechanism connected between the partition walls and a glide set mounted on the bottom of the partition walls. The pivot mechanism can allow the partition walls to relatively rotate. The glide set is composed of a pair of inverted vee feet and a support mechanism. The feet have flexibility for matching uneven surface. The support mechanism can rotate the feet to be parallel with the partition wall for easy storage.
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The mounting plate 40 is used for connecting the glide sets 4 on the bottom of the partition walls 20, 21. The mounting plate 40 is provided with two inserting holes 401, 402.
The support mechanism 5 includes a frame 50, a spring coil 51 and screw rod 52. There is a through hole 501, which is passed through by the screw rod 52, in the frame 50. One end of the screw rod 52 is fixed between the two inserting holes 401, 402. The spring coil 51 is put around the screw rod 52. The outer end of the screw rod 52 is terminated by a nut 53. The spring coil 51 is limited between the nut 53 and the frame. The frame 50 has two parallel and corresponding wings 502, 503 and a bridge connecting therebetween. Two inserting pins 504, 505 corresponding to the inserting holes 401, 402 extend from the bridge.
One end of each the feet 41, 42 connect with one of the wheels 410, 420. The other ends 411, 421 of the feet 41, 42 are pivotedly connected between the wings 502, 503 by bolts 43, 44. The paired feet 41, 42 are of an inverted vee shape and capable of swinging about the bolt 43, 44. An extending spring 45 is provided between the paired feet 41, 42 for exerting inward force. This makes the paired feet 41, 42 has flexibility when the wheels 410, 420 contact with the ground. In other words, the flexible structure can compensate uneven ground.
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It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the above embodiment has been described by way of example only and not in any limitative sense, and that various alterations and modifications are possible without departure from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Claims
1. A partition system comprising:
- a first partition wall;
- a second partition wall;
- a pivot mechanism connected between the first and second partition wall; and
- a plurality of glide sets fixed on bottoms of the first and second partition wall;
- wherein a first hollow stick and a second hollow stick are longitudinally provided on lateral edges of the first and second partition wall, respectively, the two hollow sticks press to each other;
- wherein the pivot mechanism comprising a first pivot plate, a second pivot plate and a pivot shaft, each of the pivot plates has a connecting portion fixed on a top or bottom of the partition walls and a pivoting portion having a pivot hole passed through by the pivot shaft, the pivoting portions of the pivot plates overlap, a plurality of positioning holes in a round arrangement are provided around the pivot hole of the first pivot plate, a plurality of positioning troughs corresponding to the positioning holes are provided on the second pivot plate, a rolling ball is placed in each of the positioning holes, a portion of the rolling ball is exposed out of the positioning hole, and a pressing plate is passed through by the pivot shaft for pressing the exposed portion of the rolling ball to prevent the rolling ball from falling off, thereby a positioning effect can be obtained when the rolling ball embeds the positioning trough.
2. The partition system of claim 1, wherein the pressing plate is provided with threadlike holes in a radial arrangement.
3. The partition system of claim 1, wherein each of the glide sets comprises a mounting plate, a support mechanism, a pair of feet and wheels under the feet, the mounting plate connects on the bottom of the partition walls, the feet are of an inverted vee shape, and an extending spring is disposed between the feet.
4. The partition system of claim 3, wherein the mounting plate is provided with two inserting holes, the support mechanism includes a frame, a spring coil and screw rod, a through hole for being passed through by the screw rod is disposed in the frame, one end of the screw rod is fixed between the two inserting holes, the spring coil is put around the screw rod, an outer end of the screw rod is terminated by a nut, the spring coil is limited between the nut and the frame, the frame has two parallel and corresponding wings and a bridge connecting therebetween, and two inserting pins corresponding to the inserting holes extend from the bridge.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 2, 2009
Publication Date: Mar 4, 2010
Inventor: Chao-Ken Chen (Chang-Hua County)
Application Number: 12/552,997
International Classification: E04B 2/74 (20060101); A47G 5/00 (20060101);