BE1022350B1 - Retractable multiple gripping device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a retractable multiple gripping device (10), comprising a support part (2) provided with at least two connectors (29), said support part being intended to be embedded in a cavity (14) of a wall. (15) and a valve (1) retracting, in a closed position, the connectors (29) and giving access, in an open position, to said connectors (29). The invention is characterized in that said device (10) comprises means for locking the valve (1) in the closed position; and means for translating and rotating the valve (1) for its automatic opening after pressing on the outer face (13) of said valve (1) in its closed position.

Description

RETRACTABLE MULTIPLE TAKE-OUT DEVICE

The present invention relates to a retractable multiple gripping device. It relates more particularly to a device provided with two retractable sockets, said device being embedded in a wall cavity which is preferably a kitchen worktop.

The regulation of electrical standards evolves over the years in order to integrate changes in needs, particularly related to technological advances and the proliferation of electrical appliances in dwellings. For example, the latest update of the French electrical standard NF C 15-100 requires, for example, in a kitchen, to have six socket outlets, four of which are above the worktops, except for the sink and washers. cooking. It therefore seems appropriate to have means, other than conventional multi-socket housing, to meet the standards while making the power outlets more discreet, aesthetic and less cumbersome.

In order to overcome this drawback, multiple retractable block-catchers have been developed, particularly for use in office automation or in kitchen installations. These block-catchers comprise a block slidably mounted in a cavity arranged in a wall and which are made retractable so as to be accessible only in the output position of the block. These blocks are concealed in the retracted position of the block, when they are not used.

The document FR 2 828 023 also describes a multiple gripping device comprising a retractable cylindrical block provided with cylindrical receptacles in its cylindrical wall.

However, these retractable outlets have certain disadvantages, mainly obstruction, manipulation and implementation tedious and sometimes expensive. When placed on a kitchen worktop for example, their large size especially under the worktop no longer allows to place certain types of kitchen items (such as for example a drawer), or development of a kitchen. kitchen elements (such as for example a cutlery tray) below said worktop. Moreover, their instability or complexity of handling does not generally connect an electrical device on these retractable outlets when one of the two hands of the user is unavailable.

In view of the foregoing, there is today a need to develop a multi-tap device overcoming the above drawbacks, in particular to provide an ergonomic and compact product.

Thus, a technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to make multiple pickup devices more manipulable, practical, aesthetic and less cumbersome.

The solution proposed by the invention to this problem has as its first object a retractable multiple gripping device, comprising: a support piece provided with at least two connectors, said support piece being intended to be embedded in a cavity of a wall; and - a valve retracting, in a closed position, the connectors (29) and giving access, in an open position, to said connectors, characterized in that said device comprises: valve locking means in the closed position; and means for translating and rotating the valve for its automatic opening after pressure on the outer face of said valve in its closed position.

Surprisingly, the Applicant has been able to develop a device that is simple to install, compact and easy to use. The device also has the advantage of being aesthetic and having an opening system that does not require electrical power. The subject of the invention is a work surface comprising a device according to the invention.

Its third object is a kitchen facade comprising a device according to the invention. The invention will be better understood on reading the nonlimiting description which follows, written with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 represents an exploded left-rear view of a retractable multiple-gripping device according to FIG. the invention, in the closed position, on which one can distinguish the different parts forming the translation and rotation means; FIG. 2 represents an exploded view of 3/4 of a retractable multiple gripping device according to the invention, in the open position; FIG. 3A shows a 3/4 view of the underside of the central portion of the support piece of a retractable multiple gripping device according to the invention; - Figure 3B is a cross section of the intermediate piece and the control part located in the central part of a retractable multiple gripping device according to the invention; - Figure 4 shows a 3/4 front left view of a retractable multiple gripping device according to the invention, in the open position and having fastening means securing it firmly in the cavity of a wall; FIG. 5 represents a 3/4 front left view of a retractable multiple gripping device according to the invention, in the closed position, said device being embedded in the cavity of a wall, said device having a valve in the closed position ; - Figures 6A and 6B show cross sections of two kitchen worktops of different thickness hl and h2 incorporating a retractable multiple setting device according to the invention, having adjustable fastening means. The invention relates to a retractable multiple gripping device which comprises, as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, 4 and 5, a support part 2 provided with at least two connectors 29. A connector is an element creating electrical connections of removable way. As a non-limiting example of a connector that can be used according to the invention, there may be mentioned a switch, a socket, a USB socket (in French universal bus in series), an RJ45 socket, a TV socket or a push button.

Preferably, the connectors that can be used according to the invention are chosen from the socket, the USB socket, the RJ45 socket or the TV socket.

More preferably, the connectors used according to the invention are chosen from the socket or the USB socket.

Preferably, the device 10 according to the invention comprises between two and eight connectors 29. More preferably, the device 10 according to the invention comprises between two and four connectors 29. More preferably still, the device 10 according to the invention comprises, as shown in particular in FIG. 4, exactly two connectors 29.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the device 10 comprises two connectors 29 which are sockets.

The width and the length of the device 10 according to the invention is preferably between 55 mm and 250 mm. The width of the device is more preferably between 60 and 70 mm, while its length is more preferably between 120 and 150 mm. More preferably still, the width of the device is 60 mm and its length is 126 mm.

As is evident from FIGS. 1, 5, 6A and 6B, when the device 10 is installed, it is embedded in a cavity 14 of a wall 15.

The wall 15 may for example be a partition, a wall, an office tray, a workbench, a table, a kitchen worktop or a furniture facade.

Preferably, the wall 15 is a kitchen worktop or a kitchen cabinet facade.

Once embedded in a wall 15, the device 10 according to the invention is advantageously held fixed by fastening means 91. As is illustrated in FIGS. 4, 6A and 6B, the fastening means 91 advantageously allow adjustment according to the thickness h1, h2 of the wall 15. The fixing means 91 are therefore preferably adjustable.

The device 10 according to the invention comprises a valve 1 for covering, that is to say to retract the connectors 29.

When the connectors 29 are covered by the valve 1, the device 10 is said in the closed position.

When the connectors 29 are accessible and therefore usable, that is to say that the valve 1 prevents their access, the device 10 is said in the open position.

Preferably, the valve 1 is substantially in the form of a rectangle, eight, cross or star five, six or eight branches. More preferably, the valve 1 is substantially eight-shaped, as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, 4 and 5.

According to the invention, the device 10 according to the invention comprises locking means for maintaining the valve 1 in the closed position.

Preferably, the locking means of the device 10 according to the invention are provided by the support part 2 which comprises teeth 25, by a pawl 5 which comprises lugs 53 and by a resilient means with spring function 7.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, illustrated in Figures 1, 5, 6A and 6B, when the valve 1 is in the closed position, the lugs 53 of the pawl 5, preferably six in number, are supported at the level of base of teeth 25 of a support part 2, preferably also six in number, under the thrust of the resilient spring means 7.

Preferably, the elastic means spring function is metal, elastomer or composite material. More preferably, the resilient spring means 7 is a metal spring.

More preferably still, the resilient spring means comprises, at its upper end, a sliding piece 6 which improves the opening and / or closing of the valve, especially in the case where the spring is not ground. . Advantageously, this sliding part comprises a stud 61 which allows a centering with the pawl 5.

The control part 4 of the pawl 5 is advantageously retained in translation by hooks 51, preferably four in number, situated on the upper part of the pawl 5, resting on the shoulder 44 of the control part 4. As this is illustrated in FIG. 3B, the intermediate part 3 is in turn retained in translation by its internal hooks 32, preferably four in number, resting on the shoulder 41 of the control part 4.

The presence of retaining means prevents the valve 1 any movement in translation when in the closed position and no pressure is exerted on its outer face 13. Thus, the presence of the retaining means of the valve in translation, by For example, by the internal hooks 32, advantageously allows the device 10 according to the invention to be embedded in the cavity 14 of a horizontal wall 15, but also vertical. In addition, the device according to the invention may advantageously be recessed both on or under a work plan.

According to the invention, the device 10 also comprises means of translation and rotation for the automatic opening of the valve 1 after pressure on the outer face 13 of the valve in the closed position.

Preferably, the translation and rotation means for automatic opening after pressure of the outer face 13 of the valve 1 of the device 10 according to the invention are at least provided by: - a support part 2; an intermediate piece 3; a control part 4; a pawl 5; and spring-elastic resilient means 7.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4, to open the valve 1 and thus release access to the connectors 29, a pressure must be exerted by a user on the valve 1.

Preferably, a simple pressure is exerted on a central zone 16 of the valve 1 and allows its automatic opening. The opening of the valve 1 is called automatic because, once a pressure exerted on the valve by a user, the opening movement of the valve 1 runs without human intervention. This is made possible by the translation and rotation means.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, when the user presses on the outer face of the valve 1, this pressure causes a downward movement, that is to say a vertical translational movement , downwards, of the intermediate piece 3, which pushes the control part 4 by virtue of the contact of the inner face 33 of the intermediate piece 3 with the outer face 45 of the control part 4.

Down, the control part 4 pushes the piece 5 which is a pawl, via its teeth 43, preferably twelve in number, on the teeth 52, preferably also to the number of twelve. The control part is stopped in rotation by lugs 42, preferably six in number, sliding in grooves 26, preferably also six in number, of the support part 2. The teeth 43 and 52 are not in contact with each other. opposite, the vertical portions of the teeth 25 of the support part 2 retain the pawl 5 and prevent it from rotating clockwise according to the invention, by means of the lugs 53, as long as the vertical displacement, c ' that is, the translation movement is not enough. When the pressure is sufficient, the vertical movement releases the lugs 53 of the teeth 25. Once the lugs released teeth, the pawl 5 is driven by a rotational movement, preferably in the clockwise direction, by the teeth 43 which are found in vis-à-vis the teeth 52. Then, the translational movement, that is to say the vertical displacement of the valve 1 is stopped by the outer face 27 of the support part 2 on the inner face 12 of the valve 1 .

According to this advantageous embodiment of the invention, when the user releases the pressure of the valve 1, the spring 7 relaxes, causing a push up of the pawl 5 on the control part 4, said control part 4 exerting it itself a pressure on the intermediate part 3, causing a rise of the valve 1. In going up, the lugs 53 slide on helical shapes or on inclined slopes 255 of the teeth 25, preferably six in number, of the support part 2 , shown in particular in Figure 3A, causing the rotation of the pawl 5, preferably in the clockwise direction, and the lugs 53 are placed in relation to the grooves 26. Thus, the intermediate piece 3 attached to the valve 1 will go up by sliding vertically in the support part 2, until the lugs 31, preferably two in number, located symmetrically on the intermediate part 3, come, meet the helical shapes or inclined slopes 22 located on the inner wall 21 of the support part 2, located in the central part of the support part of a retractable multiple gripping device according to the invention.

According to this advantageous embodiment of the invention, the sliding of the lugs 31 of the intermediate part 3, pushed upwards by the spring 7, on the helical shapes or inclined slopes 22 located on the inner wall 21 of the support part 2 causes a movement in rotation of the valve 1, preferably in the counterclockwise direction to an angle of 90 ° with respect to its starting position, thus freeing access to the connectors 29. The rotation of the valve 1 is advantageously stopped at 90 °, when the tips of the lugs 31 of the intermediate part 3 are housed in the angles 28 formed by the helical shapes or inclined slopes 22 located on the inner wall 21 of the support part 2.

Finally, according to this advantageous embodiment of the invention, when a user closes the valve 1 by pressing on it, the pawl 5 is pushed downwards by means of teeth 43, preferably twelve in number, on the teeth. 52, preferentially twelve in number. Insofar as the teeth 43 and 52 are not vis-à-vis, the pawl 5 rotates when the lugs 53 out of the grooves 26. When the faces 12 and 27 come into contact, the user can release its pressure on the valve 1 and the spring 7 pushes the pawl 5 whose lugs 53 slide on the inclined slopes of the teeth 25 to return to the initial position.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, advantageously, the valve 1 and the intermediate part 3 are held together by assembly means 11, 34. These assembly means are preferably: a part 11 of the valve 1 comprising a or several anchor points 18 located on the inner face 12 of the valve 1, and - one or more hooks 34 located on the upper part of the intermediate piece 3.

More advantageously still, as is illustrated in FIG. 1, the valve 1 comprises at least one polarizer 17 making it possible in particular to avoid assembly errors between the valve 1 and the intermediate part 3.

Advantageously, grooves 24 on the support part 2 serve to prevent the face 12 of the valve 1 from coming into contact with the upper face of the part 2 when the user pushes on the valve 1 to close it ( which would possibly cause the degradation of this visible outer face), forcing it to turn the valve 1 to put in opposite the key 17 of the flap 1 and the grooves 24, before finishing the movement of descent, translation vertical.

Advantageously, the various means of locking and translation / rotation of the device 10 are covered by a protective part, which is advantageously a cap 8. As is illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3A, the protective cap is fixed to the support piece 2 by fixing means 23, 81. Preferably, the support piece comprises one or more hooks 23 allowing their anchoring in one or more anchoring points 81 of a cap 8.

Moreover, as illustrated in FIGS. 4, 5, 6A and 6B, the device according to the invention advantageously comprises a cover 9, which makes it possible to protect the locking means of the device 10 in the closed position and / or the translation means /rotation. This cover 9 advantageously also allows easy positioning of the device 10 in the wall 15.

Claims (9)

1. Retractable multiple gripping device (10), comprising: - a support part (2) provided with at least two connectors (29), said support part being intended to be embedded in a cavity (14) of a wall ( 15); and - a substantially eight-shaped valve (1) retracting, in a closed position, the connectors (29) and giving access, in an open position, to said connectors (29), characterized in that said device (10) comprises: valve locking means (1) in the closed position; and means for translating and rotating the valve (1) for its automatic opening after pressure on the outer face (13) of said valve (1) in its closed position, and in that the wall (15 is a work surface of kitchen or facade of kitchen furniture. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the connectors are selected from a socket, a USB socket, an RJ45 socket or a TV socket. 3. Device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises two sockets. 4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the locking means of the valve (1) are provided by: - the support part (2) comprising teeth (25); - a control part (4) comprising lugs (42); and spring-elastic resilient means (7). 5. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the translation and rotation means for opening the valve (1) are provided by: - a support part (2); an intermediate piece (3); a control part (4); - a pawl (5); and spring-elastic resilient means (7). 6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the automatic opening of the valve (1) occurs after simple pressure on the central portion (16) of said valve in its closed position. 7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises fixing means (91). 8. Work plan comprising a device according to one of claims 1 to 7. 9. Cooking facade comprising a device according to one of claims 1 to 7.