Patent Application
20240298797
Filing cabinets are extensively used in offices, archives, storage rooms, and study rooms for storing office supplies, document files, and the like.
Currently, mid-to high-end filing cabinets on the market are mainly full-wood products and full-metal products. Existing full-wood filing cabinets have some defects. First, they require high transportation costs due to bulkiness and tend to have breakage during transportation. Secondly, their assembly needs numerous screws of various specifications, and is quite challenging to consumers. Thirdly, after long use, an assembled full-wood filing cabinet can become less steady when screws loose, leading to inconvenience and even danger, as testified by user comments across leading online shopping sites. Full-metal filing cabinets also have their shortcomings. For example, the relatively complicated manufacturing process means high costs and in turn high selling prices. Besides, metal plates of such cabinets are in high risks of dents and deformation, bringing about problems in terms of assembly and use.
In view of these, the inventor has devised the present invention.
One objective of the present invention is to provide a steel-wood composite board, which combines the advantages of wood and steel materials and prevents the problems unsolved in the prior art.
To achieve the foregoing objective, the present invention implements the following technical schemes:
Further, the reinforcing pillar is one or more of a cross bar, a post, an inclined rod, and an arched bar.
Further, the lining plate has a thickness of between 2 mm and 5 mm.
Further, the lining plate has a thickness of 3 mm.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a filing cabinet, which comprises the steel-wood composite board as described previously.
Further, the filing cabinet comprises a top plate, lateral plates, a back plate, a bottom connecting member, and a drawer, wherein each of the lateral plates is made of the steel-wood composite board. Two sides of the top plate are fixed to steel frames of the two lateral plates, respectively. Two sides of the back plate are fixed to the steel frames of the two lateral plates, respectively. Two lateral slides of the drawer are fixed to the steel frames of the two lateral plates, respectively. Two ends of the bottom connecting member are fixed to the steel frames of the two lateral plates, respectively.
Further, each of the steel frames is provided with a threaded hole for a screw to pass through so that the top plate and/or the back plate and/or the bottom connecting member are connected to the steel frame by the screw.
Further, each of the steel frames is provided with a fastening tongue and the fastening tongue is provided with a threaded hole for a screw to pass through so that the top plate and/or the back plate and/or the bottom connecting member are connected to the fastening tongue by the screw.
Further, the filing cabinet comprises a plurality steel rods, wherein the steel rods and the steel frames are all provided with threaded holes for screws to pass through so that the top plate and/or the back plate and/or the bottom connecting member are connected to the steel rods by the screws, and the steel rods connects the two steel frames together through the screws.
Further, the steel frame has a bottom provided with a base, and the base comprises casters or wood legs or steel legs.
The present invention has the following advantages. By using the novel steel-framed wood boards as the lateral plates of the filing cabinet instead of conventional full-wood boards or full-metal boards, the present invention not only significantly reduces costs for both material and transportation by eliminating material loss during transportation, reduces the overall weight of the resulting product, and increases the overall robustness of the resulting product as compared to conventional full-wood lateral plates of the same size, but also simplifies production, reduces manufacturing costs, and eliminates the risk of board deformation during transportation as compared to conventional full-metal lateral plates of the same size. Moreover, the wood board and the steel frame of the lateral plate are factory-assembled, and the slides of the drawers are fixed to the lining plates and the steel frame through screws or rivets. As compared to the conventional products that need users to assemble lateral plates using screws, the present invention significantly improves user experience by saving users from the troublesome assembling process.
The following description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments, is set forth as below to illustrate the present invention in detail. It is to be noted that spatial descriptions, such as “up,” “down,” “front,” “back,” “left,” “right,” “top,” “bottom,” “inside,” “outside” and so forth, are indicated with respect to the orientation shown in the figures unless otherwise specified. It should be understood that the spatial descriptions used herein are for purposes of illustration only, and that practical implementations of the structures described herein can be spatially arranged in any orientation or manner, provided that the merits of embodiments of this disclosure are not deviated by such arrangement.
The present embodiment provides a filing cabinet as shown in
The steel-wood composite boards are factory-assembled. As compared to the conventional full-wood cabinets or full-metal cabinets that need users to assemble lateral plates using screws, the present invention significantly improves user experience by saving users from the troublesome assembling process. Meanwhile, by using the novel steel-framed wood boards as the lateral plates 2 of the filing cabinet instead of conventional full-wood boards or full-metal boards, the present invention not only significantly reduces costs for both material and transportation by eliminating material loss during transportation, reduces the overall weight of the resulting product, and increases the overall robustness of the resulting product as compared to conventional full-wood lateral plates of the same size, but also simplifies production, reduces manufacturing costs, and eliminates the risk of board deformation during transportation as compared to conventional full-metal lateral plates of the same size.
Depending on the configurations and installation requirements of the cabinet in practical applications, the reinforcing pillars 203 may be alternatively designed as one or more of cross bars, posts, inclined rods, and arched bars. Even the steel frame 201 may be shaped differently.
In addition to the lateral plates 2, the filing cabinet comprises a top plate 1, a back plate (not shown), bottom connecting members 3, and drawers 4. The top plate 1, the back plate, and the bottom connecting members 3 are all made of wood. Each of the drawers 4 is made of wood boards and has linear slides fixed to two sides thereof. As shown in
Preferably, the steel frame 201 of the disclosed filing cabinet further has its bottom provided with casters 5. Of course, these casters 5 may be replaced by an immovable base composed of wood legs or steel legs according to practical needs.
The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments and it is understood that the embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Moreover, as the contents disclosed herein should be readily understood and can be implemented by a person skilled in the art, all equivalent changes or modifications which do not depart from the concept of the present invention should be encompassed by the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202320498120.3 | Mar 2023 | CN | national |
