DE102013102174A1 - Kitchen furniture with movable worktop - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a piece of furniture with a worktop and / or functional plate in which a hotplate is integrated. The furniture is characterized in particular by its adaptability to the needs of wheelchair users and short people, since a movement, in particular a horizontal and / or a vertical movement, of the worktop and / or functional plate is made possible.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a kitchen furniture with a working and / or functional surface, in which at least one stove top is integrated.

STATE OF THE ART

In the industrialized world, many goods can be produced at very reasonable prices because they are manufactured in large quantities. However, this has the disadvantage that the corresponding equipment has no individual character and are adapted to standard needs. However, this is detrimental to certain groups of the population because they are disadvantaged or handicapped under the appropriate standard conditions, such as physically disabled or short people. Wheelchair users, for example, find it difficult to use standardized equipment as it is tailored to people without physical disabilities.

This is especially true for furniture that is standardized in large quantities. Such furniture is also geared to the use of physically disabled people, so that physically disabled people, such as wheelchair users, this furniture or limited use.

Therefore, furniture is already known from the prior art, which are tailored to special needs for the disabled. An example is given by a cabinet, as it is for example in the DE 10 2010 005 024.5 is described, in which a cabinet is shown, in which the upper storage compartments by a mechanism from the cabinet extendable and lowerable in front of the front of the cabinet, so that wheelchair users can reach the storage compartments.

Although this already provides a suitable tool for people with physical disabilities, there is still a need to improve the quality of life of physically disabled people by providing suitable furniture.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a piece of furniture which is suitable for the physically handicapped and in particular wheelchair users and makes it possible for physically disabled people or wheelchair users to make full use of the furniture. At the same time the appropriate furniture should be simple and easy to use.

TECHNICAL SOLUTION

This object is achieved by a kitchen furniture with a working or functional surface according to claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the respective dependent claims.

The invention is based on the recognition that for the independent life of physically disabled people, the independent preparation of food is very significant. However, especially kitchen furniture are designed so that they are difficult to use by physically disabled people, such as short or wheelchair users. Here is mainly the design and arrangement of hobs to call, which are usually integrated in a working or functional surface of a kitchen cabinet. Under stoves here are all devices understood that are suitable for food preparation in a working or functional area, such as electric heating panels, induction heating, Gasheizfelder, roasting surfaces, grill surfaces and the like. Short-lived people or wheelchair users here have the difficulty to reach remote areas of the working and / or functional area, since it is usually accessible from one side only. This problem is inventively solved in that the working or functional surface, such as a stove plate is designed to be movable, in particular extendable and lowerable.

Preferably, the working and / or functional surface with the integrated stove plate is horizontally and / or vertically movable. In this way, the work and / or functional surface can be arranged so that it is easily accessible to anyone in all areas.

The kitchen furniture according to the invention thus makes it possible to extend the working and / or functional area horizontally from, for example, a kitchenette and / or lower it to a height suitable for the user. For this purpose, a holding and driving device is provided with which the working and / or functional surface is held and moved.

The movement of the working and / or functional surface can take place in such a way that the working and / or functional surface is aligned substantially horizontally in every position of the holding and driving device.

The horizontal movement preferably corresponds to a movement in a horizontal Plane perpendicular to an access side of the working and / or functional surface or the furniture. The vertical movement is advantageously a movement transversely, in particular perpendicular to the horizontal plane, in particular along the access side of the working and / or functional surface or of the furniture.

The kitchen furniture has a front side, which usually corresponds to the access side.

The front side is formed by the front of the kitchen cabinet or in the simplest case by the edge of the working and / or functional area on the primary access side, on which, for example, the controls of a stove top are aligned. The horizontal movement of the working and / or functional surface takes place in the direction of the access side and thus transversely, in particular perpendicular to the front, which can also be defined by the fact that there further openings, doors, drawers and the like can be arranged to operate from this side to become.

The working and / or functional surface can thus be arranged in particular protruding over the front side and / or in front of the front side.

In particular, the various possibilities of movement can be combined with one another, so that both horizontal and vertical movement is possible, both simultaneously and one behind the other. Thus, the working and / or functional area can be moved in front of the front and moved up and down there.

The furniture according to the invention thus allows work and / or functional surfaces, which are preferably arranged on an upper side of a furniture block and in use are oriented substantially horizontally, extend in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the access side of the furniture and then on the access side of the furniture, especially lower in front of the furniture block. This makes it possible to realize a lower work surface, in which all areas of the work or functional area for a physically disabled person can be reached and which is also accessible.

Through the combination of pulling or pulling forward of the access side of the piece of furniture and lowering along the piece of furniture, the working and / or functional surface can also be made accessible from three sides, so that even compared to a pure lowering an advantage in terms of usability of the work or Function surface is given.

In addition, the furniture body can be used below the work and / or functional area as a cabinet or the like, without restricting the access of the user to the work surface.

To carry out the horizontal movement, the drive device may have at least one horizontal linear guide. Alternatively or additionally, the drive device for carrying out the vertical movement of the at least one retaining element further comprise at least one vertical linear guide. For example, the drive device may be composed of a combination of a plurality of linear guides, wherein at least one, preferably a plurality of linear guides allow the horizontal movement of the holding element, while at least one, preferably two or more linear guides for vertical guidance of the working and / or functional surface are responsible ,

The linear guides may have rail arrangements with rolling, sliding or sliding elements which can be moved therein and may preferably be designed in the form of roller, sliding or slide extensions. In addition, the linear guides, in particular the vertical linear guides, for fixing the working and / or functional surface in at least one, preferably any position or the drive device may have suitable counterweights and / or detents and / or locking devices. This makes it possible, in particular, to adjust the height of the work surface individually to the needs and requirements of the user, in particular a handicapped person or a short human being.

For carrying out the horizontal movement and / or the vertical movement, the drive device may alternatively or additionally comprise at least one support arm, which may be formed, for example, telescopically and / or articulated. Preferably, the support arm is arranged rotatably regardless of its design. In particular, the support arm is designed so that a horizontal displacement and / or a vertical height adjustment or a combined movement of the working and / or functional surface is made possible.

The drive device may further include a combination of at least one support arm and at least one linear guide. For example, the linear guide can be used for horizontal movement, while the support arm is responsible for the vertical movement.

The drive device of the furniture can be operated both manually and by motor. Also conceivable is a partially manual and partially motor-driven drive, wherein the Movement in horizontal direction, for example, can be done manually, while the movement in the vertical direction can be carried out advantageously motorized due to the increased force.

The motor-driven drive is advantageously carried out via at least one motor, in particular an electric motor, and at least one spindle or other linear drives. Alternatively or additionally, the drive device may also have a pneumatic and / or hydraulic drive. During engine operation, a desired position fixation can be achieved simultaneously with the change in position.

The drive device of the furniture, in particular if it is motor-operated, may have a control unit or a control box. This can be actuated via a switch and / or via a remote control, the movement of the working and / or functional surface in the horizontal direction and the movement in the vertical direction advantageously being separately controllable. Particularly advantageous is a remote control that contains a lever or button for horizontal movement and a lever or button for the vertical movement or a corresponding joystick.

The furniture may comprise a holder or a frame, by means of which the working and / or functional surface can advantageously be fastened via the drive device to a floor, to a wall and / or between two furniture. Thus, for example, a rail of a linear guide, which forms part of the drive device, attached to the furniture, in particular on the furniture block, in particular screwed or glued be. If the drive device has one or more support arms, then the support arms can be fastened to the floor or to a wall and / or to and / or between adjacent furniture blocks via a holder, which in extreme cases can form the furniture.

In addition, it may be advantageous to form the drive device as a stable motor-driven telescopic support arm, which is arranged between two adjacent furniture blocks, so that the working and / or functional surface e.g. overlapped in the retracted state in the form of a kitchen panel section with the adjacent furniture blocks or forms a common work surface with these.

The furniture according to the invention may further comprise a furniture block. The furniture block may be formed, for example, as a cabinet with shelves and / or drawers. Regardless of the special shape of the furniture block this may have on its access side a recess to improve the ride-in.

In the furniture, a sensor may be provided which determines that if at least one of the hobs is turned on or with cookware, in particular hot cookware, is occupied, further movement of the drive device fails. Alternatively or additionally, a device may be set on the hobs, which prevents the slipping of cookware when moving the working and / or functional plate. Such a device may for example be a basket made of silicone or aluminum, which is attached to the working and / or functional surface.

The presented furniture makes it easier for wheelchair users and stunted people to work in the home and avoids accidents during housework. This is achieved in that in particular the height of the working and / or functional surface is adjustable, without losing storage space and at the same time the traversability of the working and / or functional surface is guaranteed, so that the user can easily reach all areas of the worktop.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

The present invention will be further explained with reference to figures and embodiments. The drawings show in a purely schematic way in

1 a first embodiment of a piece of furniture according to the invention;

2 a second embodiment of a furniture according to the invention with linear guides as a drive device;

3 a third embodiment of a furniture according to the invention with a support arm as a drive device;

4 a fourth embodiment of a furniture according to the invention with a combination of linear guide and carrier arm as a drive device; and in

5A and B is a fifth embodiment of a furniture according to the invention for attachment between two furniture blocks.

EMBODIMENTS

Further advantages, characteristics and features of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the Embodiments clear, but the invention is not limited to these embodiments.

1 shows a kitchenette of a plurality of conventional base cabinets (not shown), a cuboid furniture block 1 and one to the furniture block 1 adjacent fixed work surface 2 , The furniture block 1 has at its top a movable work and / or functional area 20 on, in a cuboid body 3 trained holding element is added. The cuboid body 3 can be towards the front or access side 10 of the furniture block 1 or the kitchen, so the side of the usually to the working and / or functional area 20 is approached, moved out and then along the front 10 of the furniture block 1 be lowered, as shown by the dashed line of the cuboid body 3 is shown. Accordingly, the body comprises 3 for example, at its edges 30 on the bottom 31 linear extracts 32 to take off the body 3 from the furniture block 1 as well as at the front 10 of the furniture block 1 linear guides 50 for a lowering. The working and / or functional area 20 can be fixed in any extended position and any height position.

2 shows another example. In the example of 2 is the work and / or functional panel 20 completely as a stove top 21 in a corpus 3 integrated, trained. The stove 21 forms in a retracted state of the working and / or functional surface a common plane with the kitchen top 2 out 1 , The stove 21 Can move in horizontal direction along arrow A from the kitchen block 10 forward from the access side or the front 10 of the furniture block 1 pulled out and then lowered in the vertical direction along arrow B, which is again shown by the dashed line. To remove the stove 21 in the direction of arrow A is a linear guide 40 provided at a perpendicular to the access side 10 of the furniture block 1 aligned side surface 11 of the furniture block 1 and one of the side surface 11 opposite side 34 of the body 3 is arranged. To lower the stove 21 as well as the body 3 are on both sides of the vertical edges 12 the access page 10 of the furniture block 1 linear guides 50 arranged.

To remove and retract the stove 21 from or into the kitchen unit is a motor M1, which is the horizontal linear guide 40 via a spindle drives provided. Accordingly, for lowering and raising the stove 21 the motors M2 and M3 provided the vertical linear guides 50 drive over spindles. The control of the motors M1, M2, M3 can be done via a remote control. Thanks to the motors M1, M2 and M3, the stove can 21 also be fixed in any position.

3 shows a further embodiment, wherein as a holding element in turn a body 3 serves in a stove top 21 is inserted. As a drive device used in the example of 3 a support arm 6 , the lower limb 60 and one over a joint 61 with the lower limb 60 connected upper link 62 contains. The support arm is by means of joints 63 . 64 at one to the access side 10 of the furniture block 1 vertically arranged side 11 of the furniture block 1 as well as on the side 34 of the body 3 is attached. As shown by the dashed line, the movement of the body takes place 3 in the horizontal direction (arrow A) and vertical direction (arrow B) by rotation of the support arm 6 around the joint 63 on the furniture block 1 and simultaneously changing the angle between the lower and upper members 60 . 62 of the support arm 6 ,

The 4 shows a further embodiment of the furniture according to the invention, wherein the drive device is a combination of linear guide 40 and support arm 7 contains. The linear guide 40 used for movement in horizontal direction (arrow 4 ) is provided according to the example of 2 side of the body 3 as well as the furniture block 10 arranged and is moved by means of the motor M1 in the direction of arrow A. For the lowering or lifting movement parallel to the direction of the arrow B is a telescopic support arm 7 provided, extending along the side edge 12 the access page 10 of the furniture block 1 extends. The telescopic support arm is motor driven.

The 5A shows a kitchenette with a variety of conventional furniture blocks 1' , where the furniture blocks 1' from a worktop 2 are covered. Between two neighboring furniture blocks 1' is a niche 0 provided in which there is a drive device. The drive device is in the form of a horizontal linear guide 40 at the top 13 at least one of the furniture blocks 1' is attached, and a vertical linear guide 50 on one side edge 12 at least one furniture block 1' is arranged, formed. The linear guide 40 is with a retaining element 8th provided on which a kitchen panel section 22 , the two neighboring furniture blocks 1' overlapped, is attached. With the help of linear motors M4 and M5, the kitchen panel section 22 be pulled out of the kitchenette and lowered, as in 5B is shown.

Instead of the linear guides and a carrier arm or a combination of linear guide and carrier arm can be used as a drive device. In particular, can also be a combined movement of horizontal and vertical movement be realized so that, if space permits so also oblique movements are possible.

As further illustrated by the figures, the present invention enables a simplification of the living conditions of wheelchair users and short people by the worktop or functional surface is suitably adapted to the size of the user and also below the work surface remains a free space that can be driven under without losing valuable storage space.

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• DE 102010005024 [0004]

Claims (10)

Kitchen furniture with a working and / or functional surface, in which at least one stove top is integrated, characterized in that the kitchen furniture comprises a holding and driving device in which the working and / or functional surface is mounted and with which the working and / or functional surface movable, in particular horizontally and / or vertically movable. Kitchen furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that wherein the working and / or functional surface is horizontally aligned in each position of the drive device. Kitchen furniture according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the kitchen furniture has a front side from which the working and / or functional surface is accessible and the holding and driving device is prepared so that the horizontal movement transverse movement, in particular perpendicular to the Front of the kitchen cabinet is, so that the working and / or functional area can be arranged from the front protruding and / or in front of the front. Kitchen furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and driving device is prepared so that the vertical movement is a vertical movement transversely, in particular perpendicular to the working and / or functional surface. Kitchen furniture according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the holding and driving device is prepared so that the working and / or functional surface is designed to be adjustable in height before the front. Kitchen furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and driving device for carrying out the horizontal movement and / or the vertical movement of the working and / or functional surface at least one linear guide for a linear movement, in particular in the form of a rail arrangement with roller Sliding or sliding elements, which are movable in the rail assembly, preferably in the form of a roller, sliding or Gleitauszugs having. Kitchen furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and driving device for carrying out the horizontal movement and / or the vertical movement of the working and / or functional surface has at least one movable support arm, which is in particular telescopically and / or articulated and / / or is arranged pivotably. Kitchen furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and driving device is prepared so that the working and / or functional surface can be fixed in several positions, in particular in each position along a travel path of the horizontal and / or vertical movement , Kitchen furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding and driving device for carrying out the horizontal and / or vertical movement of the working and / or functional surface a motor-driven drive, in particular a spindle drive, and / or a pneumatic drive and / or a hydraulic drive having. Kitchen furniture according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the holding and driving device comprises a remote control.

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