Operator desk having synchronized displays

• US 8,783,193 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2013
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ABB AB (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB AB (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Scharing, Pierre
• Primary Examiner(s): ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J
• Application Number:
  US13/889,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20130255544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 440 Days
• Field of Search: 312/223.3, 312/208.1, 312/194, 312/195, 312/196, 108/50.01, 108/13, 108/17, 108/20, 108/50.02, 108/59, 108/64, 108/65, 108/69, 108/70, 108/71, 108/102, 108/106, 108/137, 108/144.11, 108/147.19, 108/92, 108/96, 248/122.1, 248/125.2, 248/121
• US Class Current: 108/50.01
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0046 Desks with double worktop of which one at least is separately height adjustable

Abstract

An operator desk system including an operator desk, two display/monitor stands arranged on an operator desk in order to carry one display/monitor each, wherein each display stand includes individual motorized inclining means the inclining means being arranged to change the inclination of the corresponding display stand in a synchronized motion in relation to each other, independent of the location of the displays on the operator desk.

Claims

1. An operator desk system comprising:

an operator desk;

at least two display/monitor stands arranged on an operator desk in order to carry one display/monitor each,

characterised in that each display stand comprises individual motorized inclining means, said inclining means being arranged to change the inclination of the corresponding display stand in a synchronized motion in relation to each other, independent of the location of said displays on the operator desk.

2. The operator desk according to claim 1, characterised in that the operator desk system comprises synchronization means for performing said synchronization of the inclining means, so that they may change the inclination of the displays in a synchronized motion.

3. The operator desk system according to claim 1, characterised in that the inclining means comprise a motorized actuator arranged to influence the inclination on an articulated rocker on which the display is mounted.

4. The operator desk system according to claim 1, characterised in that the number of display stands and displays are at least three, and that they are arranged along a concave line so that the displays face a central point.

5. The operator desk system according to claim 1, characterised in that the operator desk comprises:

a front work shelf intended as a work surface for one or more operators, said work shelf having an oblong extension with a front long side and a rear long side;

a rear support structure including the display stands for carrying the displays, said rear support structure being arranged behind the work shelf, so that an operator placed at the front long side of the work shelf has the work shelf between himself and the rear support structure; and

a pedestal carrying the work shelf and the support structure from a ground.

6. The operator desk system according to claim 5, characterised in that the pedestal comprises motorized horizontally adjusting means to adjust the position of the support structure horizontally in a direction towards and away from the work shelf.

7. The operator desk system according to claim 6, characterised in that

the horizontally adjusting means of the pedestal comprises at least one telescopically extendable horizontal arm, which extends transversally out from the rear long side of the work shelf, and at least one corresponding motorized actuator arranged to change the length of the horizontal arm, so that the support structure may adjust its position horizontally in a direction towards and away from the work shelf, and in that

the pedestal comprises a vertically adjusting means to adjust the height of the support structure in relation to the work shelf and wherein said vertically adjusting means comprises at least one telescopically extendable vertical arm arranged to adjust the height of the support structure, said vertical arm being mounted on a rear end of the horizontal arm, and at least one corresponding motorized actuator arranged to change the length of the vertical arm.

8. The operator desk system according to claim 5, characterised in that the pedestal comprises motorized first vertically adjusting means to vertically adjust the height of at least the front desk shelf.

9. The operator desk system according to claim 5, characterised in that the pedestal comprises vertically adjusting means to adjust the height of the support structure in relation to the work shelf.

10. The operator desk system according to claim 5, characterised in that the support structure is a rear flat shelf, on which the display stands are arranged.

11. The operator desk system according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises a control system including at least one control unit to control a motorized means with the operator desk and one control panel to give input to the control unit.

12. A motorized operator desk comprising:

a front work shelf intended as a work surface for one or more operators, said work shelf having an oblong extension with a front long side and a rear long side;

a rear support structure intended to carry a display/monitor, said support structure being arranged behind the work shelf, so that an operator being at the front long side of the work shelf has the work shelf between himself and the rear support structure; and

a pedestal carrying the work shelf and the support structure from a ground;

characterised in that the pedestal comprises motorized horizontally adjusting means to adjust the position of the support structure horizontally in a direction towards and away from the work shelf;

in that the horizontally adjusting means of the pedestal comprises at least one telescopically extendable horizontal arm, which extends transversally out from the rear long side of the work shelf, and at least one corresponding motorized actuator arranged to change the length of the horizontal arm, so that the support structure may adjust its position horizontally in a direction towards and away from the work shelf; and

in that the pedestal comprises a vertically adjusting means to adjust the height of the support structure in relation to the work shelf and wherein said vertically adjusting means comprises at least one telescopically extendable vertical arm arranged to adjust the height of the support structure, said vertical arm being mounted on a rear end of the horizontal arm, and at least one corresponding motorized actuator arranged to change the length of the vertical arm.

13. The motorized operator desk according to claim 12, characterised in that the pedestal comprises motorized vertically adjusting means to vertically adjust the height of at least the front desk shelf.

14. The motorized operator desk according to claim 13, characterised in that the vertically adjusting means to vertically adjust the height of at least the front desk shelf include at least one telescopically extendable vertical pillar carrying the work shelf, and at least one corresponding motorized actuator arranged to change the length of the pillar.

15. The motorized operator desk according to claim 14, wherein the vertically adjusting means to vertically adjust the height of at least the front desk shelf comprises two telescopically extendable vertical pillars arranged at a predetermined distance from each other and at a predetermined distance from one short side each of the work shelf, each one with a motorized actuator.

16. The motorized operator desk according to claim 12, characterised in that the support structure includes at least two display stands with at least two corresponding displays, each of said display stands comprising motorized inclining means to adjust the inclination of the corresponding display.

17. The motorized operator desk according to claim 16, characterised in that the inclining means comprise a motorized actuator arranged to influence the inclination of an articulated rocker on which the display is mounted.

18. The motorized operator desk according to claim 16, characterised in that the number of display stands and displays are at least three, and that they are arranged along a concave line so that the displays face a central point.

19. The motorized operator desk according to claim 12, characterised in that the support structure includes a rear flat display shelf.

20. The motorized operator desk according to claim 19, characterised in that the work shelf has an oblong curved shape, wherein the front long side of the work shelf is concave and the rear long side of the work shelf is convex, and that the display shelf also has an oblong curved shape, wherein its concave long side meets the convex rear long side of the work shelf.

21. The motorized operator desk according to claim 12, characterised in that it comprises a control system including at least one control unit to control the motorized means with the operator desk and one control panel to give input to the control unit.