Sliding door cupboard structure

Claim 2

A sliding door cupboard structure comprising a receptacle defining composite body of generally parallelepipedal conformation with an open side and with top wall means, bottom wall means and lateral wall means delimiting said open side, a plurality of sliding doors for openably closing in mutually coplanar relationship said opening, a guide plate of ferromagnetic material mounted on said top wall means, each of said sliding doors having support elements in the from of brackets mounted at a top portion thereof and link elements in the form of magnetic blocks mounted on said brackets and facing said guide plate for mutual magnetic attraction therewith thereby to exert a supporting action for said doors, spacer wheels mounted on said support elements and adapted for sliding on said guide plate to prevent direct contact between said magnetic blocks and said guide plate, said magnetic blocks being movable with respect to said guide plate, said guide plate having a depth sufficient to overlay at least two said sliding doors positioned in mutually overlapped relationship.

Claim 3

A structure, according to claim 1, wherein said spacer wheels comprise casters.

Claim 4

A structure, according to claim 1, wherein each of said sliding doors comprises at least one panel and at least one tubular metal frame having a frame top edge and a bottom, said at least one panel being removably connected to said at least one tubular metal frame, said brackets having a rearward extension and said structure further comprising at least one lower section bar and at least one upper section bar, said rearwardly extending brackets being mounted on said frame top edge, said upper section bar being connected to said rearwardly extending brackets, said lower section bar being connected to said bottom of said frame, said panels defining an exposed portion of said doors.

Claim 5

A structure, according to claim 3, further comprising upper sliding wheels, lower sliding wheels, an upper side edge, a lower slide edge, said upper slide edge and said lower slide edge being defined on said hollow body at said opening, said upper sliding wheels being mounted on said frame top edge, said lower sliding wheels being mounted on said bottom of said frame, said upper-sliding wheels and said lower sliding wheels being adapted for sliding respectively on said upper slide edge and lower slide edge.

Claim 6

A structure, according to claim 3, further comprising upper sliding wheels, lower sliding wheels, an upper slide edge, a lower slide edge, said upper slide edge and said lower slide edge being defined on said hollow body at said opening, said upper sliding wheels being mounted on said frame top edge, said lower sliding wheels being mounted on said bottom of said frame, said upper-sliding wheels and said lower sliding wheels being adapted for sliding respectively on said upper slide edge and said lower slide edge, said structure further comprising at least two upper positioning seats, and at least two lower positioning seats, said upper positioning seats being provided on said upper slide edge, said lower positioning seats being provided on said lower slide edge, said upper sliding wheels being engageable with said upper positioning seats, said lower sliding wheels being engageable with said lower positioning seats, said upper positioning seats being arranged at different heights on said upper slide edge, said upper sliding wheels corresponding in number to said upper positioning seats and correspondingly arranged at different heights, said lower positioning seats being arranged at different heights on said lower slide edge, said lower sliding wheels corresponding in number to said lower positioning seats and correspondingly arranged at different heights.

Claim 7

A structure, according to claim 3, wherein at least one sliding door is an overlapping door, and wherein said structure further comprises upper overlap wheels and lower overlap wheels, said upper overlap wheels being mounted on said upper section bars, said lower overlap wheels being mounted on said lower section bars, said lower section bars each defining, at least one lower guide for said lower overlap wheels of said overlapping door, said upper section bars defining at least one upper guide for said upper overlap wheels of said overlapping door.

Claim 8

A structure, according to claim 3, wherein at least one sliding door is an overlapping door, and wherein said structure further comprises upper overlap wheels and lower overlap wheels, said upper overlap wheels being mounted on said upper section bars, said lower overlap wheels being mounted on said lower section bars, said lower section bars each defining, at least one lower guide for said lower overlap wheels of said overlapping door, said upper section bars defining at least one upper guide for said upper overlap wheels of said overlapping door, said structure further comprising at least one centering seat and at least one centering element, said section bar having at least one side and at least one other side, said centering seat being provided at said at least one side of said upper section bar, said centering element being provided on said at least one other side of said section bar, said centering element being adapted for engagement with said centering seat of said overlapped door.

Claim 9

A structure, according to claim 3, wherein at least one sliding door is an overlapping door, and wherein said structure further comprises upper overlapp wheels and lower overlap wheels, said upper overlap wheels being mounted on said upper section bars, said lower overlap wheels being mounted on said lower section bars, said lower section bars each defining, at least one lower guide for said lower overlap wheels of said overlapping door, said upper section bars defining at least one upper guide for said upper overlap wheels of said overlapping door and wherein said lower overlap wheels have an axis of rotation, said axis of rotation extending substantially perpendicular to said guide plate.

Claim 10

A structure, according to claim 3, further comprising upper sliding wheels, lower sliding wheels, an upper slide edge a lower slide edge, said upper slide edge and said lower slide edge being defined on said hollow body at said opening, said upper sliding wheels being mounted on said frame top edge, said lower sliding wheels being mounted on said bottom of said frame, said upepr-sliding wheels and said lower sliding wheels being adapted for sliding respectively on said upper slide edge and said lower slide edge, wherein said panels each define an outer surface of said doors, and wherein each of said sliding wheels defines an external diameter, on said external diameter of each of said sliding wheels there being defined at least one point, said point being diametrically opposite to said outer surface, between said outer surface and said point there being defined a distance, said doors including at least one overlapping door having an outer surface and at least one overlapped door having an outer surface, between said outer surface of said overlapping door and the outer surface of said overlapped door there being defined a spacing distance, said distance being greater than said spacing distance.

Claim 11

A structure according to claim 1, wherein said guide plate is downwardly inclined in a rearward direction.

Claim 12

A structure, according to claim 3, wherein said panels are provided on their sides defining the lateral sides of said doors, with longitudinal moldings, each of said moldings being provided with a gasket, said gasket being adapted for sealing said hollow body when said doors are positioned for closing said opening, said moldings being further provided with a cutout, said cutout defining a gripping element adapted for permitting handling of said doors.