Laboratory supply arrangement

• US 4,408,543 A
• Filed: 04/15/1981
• Issued: 10/11/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1980
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brian Griffin Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Brian Griffin Pty Limited
• Inventors: Griffin, Brian C.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US06/254,245
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 312/209, 312/223, 312/198, 312/201, 312/195, 108/64, 108/59, 108/24, 108/23, 108/114, 108/50, D24/1.1
• US Class Current: 108/24
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2083/003 Table combination having a central power access component
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 83/001 Office desks or work-stations combined with other pieces of furniture, e.g. work space management systems
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 9/02 Laboratory benches or tables; Fittings therefor

Abstract

A laboratory supply arrangement including a service tower and a plurality of table-like articles. The service tower has a riser tube and an outlet housing. The table-like articles are shaped to be complementary with a corresponding portion of the riser tube.

Claims

1. A laboratory supply arrangement comprising a services tower and more than two bench or table-like articles of furniture surrounding said tower, said services tower comprising a base, a narrow riser tube extending upwardly from said base above the upper surface of said table-like articles of furniture, and an outlet housing surmounting said tube, wherein electrical cables and at least some plumbed fluid services pass through said tube and into said housing, the terminals for said fluid services and electrical cables being mounted on the exterior of said housing and wherein a portion of the periphery of the upper surface of each of said table-like articles is shaped to be complementary with a corresponding portion of the cross-sectional shape of said tube whereby the surfaces of adjacent ones of said table-like articles can edge abut each other to provide a continuous working surface and also abut said riser tube.

2. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plumbed fluid services passing through said tube comprise gas supply pipes;

a bottle trap water drain, a hot water outlet and a cold water outlet are located adjacent said base;

one of said articles of furniture includes a sink, and said water outlets and drain are connected to said sink by respective flexible conduits whereby the position of said article of furniture including said sink relative to said tower can be altered without dis-connecting said sink.

3. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least one of said table-like articles of furniture is adjustable to permit vertical adjustment of the height of the upper surface of said one table-like article.

4. An arrangement as claimed in claim 3 wherein said one table-like article has vertical tubular metal legs, an upper surface support being slidably retained in each leg.

5. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein the cross-sectional shape of said tube is square, the upper surface of each table-like article is rectangular, each corner of said upper surface has a triangular portion removed therefrom, the total area of said triangular portions being substantially equal to the area of said square.