CH635737A5 - Club table - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a club table with an inner table top part that can be raised and lowered and an edge-side table top part that is firmly supported on a table base.

Club tables, the inner table top part of which can be raised and lowered, are used in conjunction with upholstered seating groups and serve to store various objects. The table top section, which can be raised and lowered, is used primarily for storing bottles and dishes, e.g. Glasses.

In the simplest known embodiment, the table top part that can be raised and lowered can be raised and lowered manually. So that the internal tabletop part can be lifted without too much effort, it is known to use force transmissions, e.g. Gear or envelope gear, to be provided. However, this increases the design effort to a relatively large extent, so that tables of this type are relatively expensive.

The design effort becomes even more complex if instead of manual actuation a motor drive, e.g. an electric motor is used, which takes over the raising and lowering of the inner table top part. Even if the comfort is greatest in this known solution, it cannot be overlooked that this comfort is realized at a relatively high cost.

The invention is therefore based on the object of designing a club table of the type described at the outset in such a way that, with a reduced design outlay, an almost equivalent comfort is offered as in the solution with the motor drive.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the inner table top part is guided on at least one telescopic support within which a spring member is arranged which presses against the weight of the inner table top part, with a tube of the telescopic support locking means for holding the table top part in a lowered position Location are assigned.

This ensures that the inner table top part moves automatically into its raised position and only a relatively small force is required to lower the table top part, but no additional space is required outside the telescopic support required for other reasons, so that the entire remaining interior of the table base for accommodating a storage rack for storing devices, e.g. Loads, glasses, mugs and other dishes are available.

The invention is shown in the drawing using an exemplary embodiment and described below. The drawing shows a vertical section through a club table according to the invention, the inner table top part of which is raised and the underlying storage rack is released.

The club table 1 has a container-shaped table base 2, on the bottom 3 of which a support plate 4 is arranged. The table base has at its upward open end a support flange 5, on which a table top part 6 is firmly supported, which forms the edge-side table top part of the club table 1. In the edge-side table top part 6, an opening 7 is provided which is large enough to accommodate an inner table top part 8. The inner tabletop part 8 and the opening 7 can have different shapes and e.g. be circular, square or rectangular. The inner tabletop part fits into the opening 7 with little play. On the underside of the inner tabletop part 8, a tube 9 is attached, which forms part of a telescopic support 10 and on an inner tube 11 attached to the support plate 4 the telescope - Support 10 is guided.

In the interior of the inner tube 11, a cylindrical spring member 12, preferably a gas spring, is inserted, which has a support rod protruding upward from the inner tube 11, the support head 16 of which presses against a plate 17 arranged at the base of the tube 9. This arrangement of the support head 16 enables z. B. in the case of a circular inner tabletop part 8, the turning thereof without any special measures.

Under the inside tabletop part 8, a storage rack 20 is attached to the tube 9, on the storage surface devices 21, e.g. Bottles, glasses or dishes can be arranged. The arrangement of the storage rack 20 is such that the edge-side storage area is approximately aligned with the edge-side tabletop part 6.

The spring member 12 can preferably be a gas spring. This usually has a space sealed by a bellows or an elastic bladder and under pressure, the volume of which is transmitted to the support rod 15 via a piston connected to the support rod 15. A suitable dimensioning of the gas spring ensures that when the volume of the gas-tight pressure chamber is increased, it raises the inner tabletop part 8 into the position shown in the figure, in which the devices 21 on the storage rack 20 are accessible.

The inner table top part 8 is brought manually into the lowered position against the force of the spring member 12. This is possible without difficulty, since the operator can rest on the tabletop part 8 with the weight of his upper body.

So that the inner tabletop part 8 remains in its lowered position, a holding flange 22 is arranged on the free edge of the tube 9. In the lowered position of the in2

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NEN lying tabletop part 8, the retaining flange 22 engages in a spring-loaded pawl 23 and can only be released by actuating a handle 24 arranged on the underside of the room-side tabletop part 6, by means of which the pawl 23 is released into a position releasing the holding flange 22 s via a cable 25 can be pivoted.

The described club table is simple in its structure. The gas spring is protected inside the telescopic support and is completely maintenance-free. The inner tabletop part 8 is raised automatically after the latch 22 has been released, while the lowering of the latter is possible with little effort.

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Claims (4)

635 737 PATENT CLAIMS 1. club table with a liftable and lowerable, inner table top part and a fixed on a table base, edge-side table top part, characterized in that the inner table top part (8) is guided on at least one telescopic support (10), within which a spring member (12) is arranged, which presses against the weight of the inner table top part (8), with a tube (9) of the telescopic support (10) locking means (22, 23) are assigned to hold the table top part (8) in a lowered position. 2. Club table according to claim 1, characterized in that the spring member (12) is a gas spring, e.g. is an air spring, on the support rod (15) of which the inner tabletop part (8) is supported. 3. Club table according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the tube (9) is the part of the telescopic support (10) connected to the inner table top part (8) and on a base (3) of the table base (2) on a support plate (4) supported inner tube (11), the latching means having a holding flange (22) arranged at the free end of the tube (9), with which the depressed, inner table top part (8) can be snapped into a spring-loaded pawl (23) . 4. Club table according to claim 3, characterized in that the inner table top part (8) by a handle (24) ending cable (25) from the spring-loaded pawl (23) can be disengaged.