Patent Application
20100315020
The present invention relates to a furnishing complement, in particular for separating house rooms.
Preferably, the present invention can be advantageously used as a common partition door for houses.
As is known, partition doors can be provided inside with a transparent portion, generally supported by a cornice made of aluminum or wood, extending on the whole peripheral development of said transparent portion.
The cornice is basically rectangular in shape and is supported by way of suitable hinges on a frame (door-post) connected to the wall, so as to shift between a closed and an open position.
The transparent portion, generally made of glass, can be pacified or adequately treated, so as to suit the colour of said portion to the furniture surrounding the door.
In other words, depending on the various aesthetic furnishing needs, a transparent portion having specific chromatic features is used so as to obtain a global high-quality aesthetic effect for the room.
However, such furnishing complement has an important drawback.
In particular, furnishing complements as described above are not versatile and adaptable to rooms having changeable aesthetic features.
As a matter of fact, should the furniture of a room be changed, the transparent portion should necessarily be replaced with a portion suiting the new aesthetic solution.
Under these circumstances, the door should be disassembled and replaced, with subsequent economic concerns and problems involving replacement times.
The aim of the present invention consists in solving the problem of the prior art by proposing a furnishing complement, in particular for separating house rooms, which can be adaptable to various aesthetic furnishing needs of the room.
In further detail, the aim of the invention consists in providing a furnishing complement, particularly for separating house rooms, which is versatile and modifiable without replacing any part of said complement.
These and other aims as shall be more evident from the following description are basically achieved by a furnishing complement, particularly for separating house rooms, comprising the characteristics of claim 1.
Further characteristics and advantages shall appear more evident from the detailed description of a preferred, though not exclusive embodiment of a furnishing complement according to the present invention.
Such description shall be disclosed in the following with reference to the accompanying figures, provided to a merely indicative and therefore non-limiting purpose, wherein:
a and 2b show schematic, vertically sectioned views of the furnishing complement of
a and 3b show schematic, horizontally sectioned views of the furnishing complement of
a shows a schematic, horizontally sectioned view of the furnishing complement of
With reference to the figures mentioned above, the numeral 1 globally refers to a furnishing complement, particularly for separating house rooms.
The present invention can be advantageously used as a door associated to a wall generally made of brickwork.
Therefore, in the following description and in the accompanying figures reference shall only be made to a door.
However, it should be pointed out that the present invention can also be used as a fixed partition wall or as a partition wall that can be modified depending on the rooms to be separated.
With reference to
The transparent portion 2 can be made up of a panel 3 (
The panels 3 are preferably made of glass with toughened crystals or with multilayer toughened crystals (security glazing) for use, if necessary, in high-safety places.
Moreover, glass crystals can be translucent, with satin finish, etched or sandblasted for giving particular aesthetic effects to the transparent portion 2. The panels 3 can further have a glazed surface so as to block view from one side of the portion 2.
It should be pointed out that the accompanying figures show by way of example a portion 2, and the panels 3 constituting it, having a basically rectangular peripheral development. However, such portion 2 can have any shape or size.
The complement 1 further has a supporting cornice 5, preferably made of aluminum, engaged to said transparent portion 2 and extending on the whole peripheral development of said transparent portion 2.
In particular, the cornice 5 has a shape basically matching the peripheral development of the portion 2 and defines inside a housing compartment 5a inside which the portion 2 is arranged.
As is better shown in the sectioned views of
As is shown in
With reference to
The complement 1 further comprises lighting means 9 placed between the cornice 5 and the transparent portion 2 so as to distribute light rays inside said transparent portion 2.
In further detail, the lighting means have at least one LED 10 of RGB type, apt to generate a light ray of various colours. Such type of LED 10 is commonly used in several technical applications and shall therefore not be described and disclosed in detail below.
Advantageously, the lighting means 9 are made up of a plurality of LEDs 10 of RGB type, placed one beside the other on the whole peripheral development of the transparent portion 2.
In accordance with the first solution of
Preferably, the LEDs 10 are arranged on a ribbon-like support 11, shown only schematically and having a first surface 11a on which the LEDs 10 are housed, and a second surface 11b opposed to the first one 11a.
It should be noted that in the first solution of
In the second solution of
Thus, the portion 2 is surrounded by a continuous row of LEDs 10, apt to light with respective light rays said portion 2.
The complement 1 further comprises an electronic processing central unit 12 electrically connected to the LEDs 10 so as to control said LEDs 10. In particular, the central unit 12, which is again of known type and shall therefore not be described in detail, switches on/off the LEDs and varies the light intensity and/or the colour of the light ray emitted in the portion 2.
Preferably, the central unit 12 is connected to a receiver 13 of infrared signals, which manages said central unit 12. The receiver 13 is operatively connected to an emitter 14 of infrared signals such as for instance a remote control for controlling from a certain distance the light emission generated by said LEDs 10.
The central unit 12 is further connected to an electricity grid 15 such as for instance the household distribution network.
Advantageously, as mentioned above, the complement 1 is used as door associated to a wall.
In particular, as shown in
Under these circumstances, the fixed frame 16 constitutes the doorpost, whereas the cornice 5 and its portion 2 constitute the moving part of said door.
The fixed frame 16 is engaged by way of a suitable hinge 17 to the cornice 5 so as to enable said cornice 5 and its transparent portion 2 to shift between a closed position in which they block the opening made in the wall, and an open position in which such opening is free.
In further detail, the hinge 17 is made up of at least one cylindrical pin 18 (
Thus, the cornice 5 and its portion 2 can be rotated around said pin 18 so as to shift said frame 5 between its open and closed position.
Preferably, the electronic central unit 12 and its receiver 13 are housed in the fixed frame 16 so as to make the cornice 5 and its transparent portion 2 lighter and handier.
Moreover, the central unit 12 is associated to the LEDs 10 by way of at least one cable 20 (schematically shown in
In accordance with another solution shown in
As is shown in the sectioned view of
The secondary lighting means 22 are electrically connected to a secondary electronic central unit 23 housed in the frame 16 and apt to vary the light intensity and/or the colour of the light ray emitted by the secondary lighting means 22.
Advantageously, also the secondary electronic central unit 23 includes a receiver of infrared signals 24 operatively connected to said emitter 14.
Thus, the emitter 14 controls the activation of both electronic central units 12, 23 so as to adjust the lighting means 9 and 22.
As a result, one control enables to vary lighting inside the portion 2 and inside the internally hollow portion 21. Stated otherwise, by way of the emitter 14 the LEDs 10 can be adjusted so as to provide a light with variable intensity and colour depending on the various aesthetic needs.
Advantageously, the complement 1 is highly versatile and adaptable to any room and furniture.
It should further be pointed out that the intensity and colour adjustment of the light ray emitted by the LEDs 10 does not require any replacement of structural components of the complement 1, with subsequent advantages in economic terms and concerning the time required for adjusting the aesthetic effect of said complement 1.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS2006A000189 | Oct 2006 | IT | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/IB07/54326 | 10/24/2007 | WO | 00 | 4/21/2009 |
