Patent ID: 6019446
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
A metal frame, for a cabinet, comprising:vertical uprights forming pillars with a U-shaped profiled section base,a first series of horizontal cross-members extending parallel to one another in the widthwise direction of the cabinet,a second series of cross-members perpendicular to the cross-members of the first series and extending in the depthwise direction of the cabinet,fixing means to assemble said cross-members of the two series to the uprights to constitute a rectangular framework,support means arranged in each upright and equipped with four load bearing surfaces cooperating with two positioning surfaces of conjugate shapes located in a cross-member of the first series, said support means form fixing devices with hyperstatic wedge shapes when the fixing means are securely tightened,and a central screw of the fixing means passing through a hole of said cross-member, and cooperating with a lock-nut for securing said cross-member to the support means, said nut having a tapped hole arranged at the center of symmetry of said four load bearing surfaces.