1、BSI Standards PublicationBS EN 16139:2013Furniture Strength, durability and safety Requirements for non-domestic seatingBS EN 16139:2013Incorporating corrigendum July 2013BS EN 16139:2013 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 16139:2013, incorporating
2、corrigendum July 2013. It supersedes BS EN 13761:2002 and BS EN 15373:2007, which are withdrawn.BSI, as a member of CEN, is obliged to publish EN 16139 as a British Standard. However, attention is drawn to the fact that during the development of this European Standard, the UK voted against its appro
3、val as a European Standard.The reason for this vote is due to concerns that the rolling resistance test defined in Clause 4.4 does not simulate safety incidents experienced in the UK.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee FW/0, Furniture, to Subcommittee FW/0/3,
4、 Office Furniture.A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. The British Standards Institution 2013. P
5、ublished by BSI Standards Limited 2013ISBN 978 0 580 83893 4ICS 97.140Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 April 2013.Amendments/corrigenda issued
6、since publicationDate Text affected31 October 2013 Implementation of corrigendum July 2013: subclause 4.3 amendedBS EN 16139:2013EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 16139 March 2013 ICS 97.140 Supersedes EN 13761:2002, EN 15373:2007English Version Furniture - Strength, durability an
7、d safety - Requirements for non-domestic seating Mobilier - Rsistance, durabilit et scurit - Exigences applicables aux siges usage collectif Mbel - Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit und Sicherheit - Anforderungen an Sitzmbel fr den Nicht-Wohnbereich This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 Januar
8、y 2013. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtai
9、ned on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN
10、-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
11、 Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marn
12、ix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2013 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 16139:2013: EIncorporating corrigendum July 2013BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:2013 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normative referenc
13、es 5 3 Terms and definitions .5 4 Safety 7 4.1 General 7 4.2 Shear and squeeze points 7 4.2.1 Shear and squeeze points when setting up and folding .7 4.2.2 Shear and squeeze points under influence of powered mechanism .7 4.2.3 Shear and squeeze points during use .7 4.3 Stability .7 4.3.1 General 7 4
14、.3.2 Swivelling chairs 8 4.3.3 Non swivelling chairs 8 4.4 Rolling resistance of the unloaded chair 8 4.5 Safety of the construction 8 5 Safety, strength and durability requirements .8 6 Test methods 9 7 Information for use . 10 8 Test report . 11 Annex A (informative) Additional tests 12 Annex B (i
15、nformative) Test severity in relation to applications 13 Annex C (informative) Dimensional requirements for office visitor chairs 14 C.1 General . 14 C.2 Dimensional requirements . 14 C.2.1 Seat height a . 14 C.2.2 Seat depth b 14 C.2.3 Seat width d 14 C.2.4 Distance between arm rests r . 14 C.3 Det
16、ermination of reference points 14 C.3.1 Point “A” 14 C.3.2 Back supporting point “S” . 14 C.4 Determination of dimensions 14 C.4.1 Seat height a . 14 C.4.2 Seat depth b 15 C.4.3 Seat width d 15 C.4.4 Distance between arm rests r . 15 Bibliography . 16 BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:2013 (E) 3 Foreword Thi
17、s document (EN 16139:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2013,
18、 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2013. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights
19、. This document supersedes EN 15373:2007 and EN 13761:2002. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
20、 Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:20
21、13 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normative references 5 3 Terms and definitions .5 4 Safety 7 4.1 General 7 4.2 Shear and squeeze points 7 4.2.1 Shear and squeeze points when setting up and folding .7 4.2.2 Shear and squeeze points under influence of powered mechanism .7
22、 4.2.3 Shear and squeeze points during use .7 4.3 Stability .7 4.3.1 General 7 4.3.2 Swivelling chairs 8 4.3.3 Non swivelling chairs 8 4.4 Rolling resistance of the unloaded chair 8 4.5 Safety of the construction 8 5 Safety, strength and durability requirements .8 6 Test methods 9 7 Information for
23、use . 10 8 Test report . 11 Annex A (informative) Additional tests 12 Annex B (informative) Test severity in relation to applications 13 Annex C (informative) Dimensional requirements for office visitor chairs 14 C.1 General . 14 C.2 Dimensional requirements . 14 C.2.1 Seat height a . 14 C.2.2 Seat
24、depth b 14 C.2.3 Seat width d 14 C.2.4 Distance between arm rests r . 14 C.3 Determination of reference points 14 C.3.1 Point “A” 14 C.3.2 Back supporting point “S” . 14 C.4 Determination of dimensions 14 C.4.1 Seat height a . 14 C.4.2 Seat depth b 15 C.4.3 Seat width d 15 C.4.4 Distance between arm
25、 rests r . 15 Bibliography . 16 BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:2013 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 16139:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publ
26、ication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2013. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CEN
27、ELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 15373:2007 and EN 13761:2002. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard
28、: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
29、 Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:2013 (E) 4 Introduction This European Standard has been developed as a merging project out of the following European Standards: EN 15373:2007, Furniture Strength, durability and safety Requirements for non-domestic seating
30、 EN 13761:2002, Office furniture Visitors chairs All requirements in EN 16139 are taken from these two standards, where the new test level 2 reflects test level 3 of EN 15373 and the new test level 1 reflects test level 2 of EN 15373 and the former EN 13761. The correspondent test method standard fo
31、r this document, EN 1728, was also under revision in the same time period. In order to avoid a further revision of EN 16139 for the alignment with EN 1728, this project was slowed down until the final draft of EN 1728 was available. BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:2013 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard
32、specifies requirements for the safety, strength and durability of all types of non-domestic seating intended to be used by adults with a weight of not more than 110 kg, including office visitor chairs. This European Standard does not apply to ranked seating, office work chairs, chairs for educationa
33、l institutions, outdoor seating and to links for linked seating for which European Standards or drafts exist. It does also not apply to work chairs for industrial use. This European Standard does not include requirements for the durability of upholstery materials, castors, reclining and tilting mech
34、anisms and seat height adjustment mechanisms. This European Standard does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation and flammability. Annex A contains additional tests. Annex B contains information on the level of test severity in relation to applications. Annex C contains d
35、imensional requirements for office visitor chairs. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edit
36、ion of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1022, Domestic furniture Seating Determination of stability EN 1335-2:2009, Office furniture Office work chair Part 2: Safety requirements EN 1335-3:2009, Office furniture Office work chair Part 3: Test methods EN 1728:2012, Furni
37、ture Seating Test methods for the determination of strength and durability 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 accessible part part to which access can easily be gained by the user when the seating is in its intended configuration
38、 of use and for which the probability of unintentional user contact is high 3.2 part accessible during setting up and folding part to which access can only be gained when setting up and folding the furniture BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:2013 (E) 4 Introduction This European Standard has been developed a
39、s a merging project out of the following European Standards: EN 15373:2007, Furniture Strength, durability and safety Requirements for non-domestic seating EN 13761:2002, Office furniture Visitors chairs All requirements in EN 16139 are taken from these two standards, where the new test level 2 refl
40、ects test level 3 of EN 15373 and the new test level 1 reflects test level 2 of EN 15373 and the former EN 13761. The correspondent test method standard for this document, EN 1728, was also under revision in the same time period. In order to avoid a further revision of EN 16139 for the alignment wit
41、h EN 1728, this project was slowed down until the final draft of EN 1728 was available. BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:2013 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard specifies requirements for the safety, strength and durability of all types of non-domestic seating intended to be used by adults with a weight o
42、f not more than 110 kg, including office visitor chairs. This European Standard does not apply to ranked seating, office work chairs, chairs for educational institutions, outdoor seating and to links for linked seating for which European Standards or drafts exist. It does also not apply to work chai
43、rs for industrial use. This European Standard does not include requirements for the durability of upholstery materials, castors, reclining and tilting mechanisms and seat height adjustment mechanisms. This European Standard does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation and
44、flammability. Annex A contains additional tests. Annex B contains information on the level of test severity in relation to applications. Annex C contains dimensional requirements for office visitor chairs. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively reference
45、d in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1022, Domestic furniture Seating Determination of stability EN 1335-2:2009,
46、 Office furniture Office work chair Part 2: Safety requirements EN 1335-3:2009, Office furniture Office work chair Part 3: Test methods EN 1728:2012, Furniture Seating Test methods for the determination of strength and durability 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the followi
47、ng terms and definitions apply. 3.1 accessible part part to which access can easily be gained by the user when the seating is in its intended configuration of use and for which the probability of unintentional user contact is high 3.2 part accessible during setting up and folding part to which acces
48、s can only be gained when setting up and folding the furniture BS EN 16139:2013EN 16139:2013 (E) 6 3.3 shear and squeeze points shear and squeeze points exist if the distance between two accessible parts moving relatively to each other is less than 25 mm and more than 8 mm for adults and children ol
49、der than 3 years in any position during movement 3.4 castors castors assembly comprising a housing, one or more wheels, an axle and, if required, accessories 3.5 leg rest extension of the seat area intended to support the legs of the sitter Note 1 to entry: A leg rest may or may not be permanently attached to the seat. 3.6 foot rail component intended as an occasional support for the feet or to assist getting on and off a high chair or stool Note 1 to entry: A foot rail may be a part
