EP0004875B1 - Height adjusting device for a piece of furniture, in particular a table - Google Patents

Height adjusting device for a piece of furniture, in particular a table Download PDF

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EP0004875B1
EP0004875B1 EP79100844A EP79100844A EP0004875B1 EP 0004875 B1 EP0004875 B1 EP 0004875B1 EP 79100844 A EP79100844 A EP 79100844A EP 79100844 A EP79100844 A EP 79100844A EP 0004875 B1 EP0004875 B1 EP 0004875B1
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Rudolf Ing. Schmeykal
Hermann Ing. Döinghaus
Rolf Paland
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B9/00Tables with tops of variable height
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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    • A47B2200/0056Leg adjustment with a motor, e.g. an electric motor

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  • the invention relates to a lifting and lowering device for a piece of furniture, in particular a table, with a spindle drive which acts on a part of the piece of furniture which is guided in a manner such that it can be raised and lowered relative to a fixed part, the part which can be raised and lowered in a parallel guide by means of spaced vertical ones Racks is guided by pinions fixed on a common, fixed shaft.
  • Lifting and lowering devices of this type enable furniture to be adjusted to different heights. This is of particular importance for work tables, the height of which has to be adapted to the seat height or body size of a working person.
  • lifting and lowering devices are known which work according to various possible principles, but have the disadvantage that they have to be complicated and thus expensive to guide the lifting and lowering part of the piece of furniture on the fixed part without tilting.
  • tension elements for example wire cables.
  • lever and hinge devices are also of relatively complicated construction and, particularly when arranged at spaced locations, cause a great deal of effort.
  • a device of the type mentioned is designed to solve this problem according to the invention in such a way that the spindle drive has a push rod which acts via an elastic pressure plunger from below on the liftable and lowerable part of the piece of furniture directly, without coupling to the parallel guide.
  • This device is extremely simple and, as will be shown, can be constructed so that it can also be retrofitted to furniture.
  • a spindle drive acting directly on the liftable and lowerable part and on the other hand a guide of the liftable and lowerable part on the fixed part is provided, which ensures a non-positive connection of the racks with each other via the fixed shaft, canting at the Lifting and lowering movements excluded.
  • the spindle drive ensures a very fine mode of operation, and only a small amount of force is required to actuate it, so that, for example, a comparatively small electric motor can be used for this purpose.
  • the device can advantageously be further developed in such a way that a guide frame is provided, each of which has a rack-containing telescopic devices, the fixed telescopic parts of which are connected by a horizontal and parallel to the shaft arranged transverse rail.
  • This design results in a very rigid guide structure, which can be retrofitted as a unit to a piece of furniture, for example on the underside of a table.
  • the two telescopic devices can form table legs or can also be attached to side surfaces or table legs.
  • the cross rail increases the stability of the piece of furniture significantly, so that the tilt-free guidance of the liftable and lowerable part is also improved.
  • the spindle drive can be attached to the cross rail in a simple manner in the last-described development, so that it is included in the lifting and lowering unit.
  • a work table 10 for example a laboratory table or other equipment table, is shown in a front view, which essentially comprises a table plate 11 which can be raised and lowered, and fixed side parts 12 and 13 which are rigidly connected to one another, for example, by a vertical back plate 14 are.
  • the work table 10 contains below the table top 11 a lifting and lowering device which comprises a spindle drive 15, a stationary shaft 16 and two telescopic devices 17 and 18 which are non-positively coupled to this shaft 16.
  • the telescopic devices 17 and 18 are connected to the side parts 12 and 13 or fastened to lower cross members 19 and 20 mounted on the side parts 12 and 13.
  • the movable elements 21 and 22 of the telescopic devices 17 and 18 are attached to the underside of the table top 11, so that they guide the table top 11 during its lifting and lowering movement in the fixed parts of the telescopic devices 17 and 18. During this movement, tilting of the movable elements 21 and 22 in the telescopic devices 17 and 18 is avoided in that the movable elements 21 and 22 are provided with toothed racks, not shown, which are each guided by a pinion, which is fixed on the shaft 16 . In this way, there is a non-positive coupling of the two movable elements 21 and 22, which in each case ensures corresponding movement lengths during the telescopic movement and thereby makes canting impossible.
  • the spindle drive 15 comprises an electric motor 25 which can be reversed with respect to its direction of rotation and which actuates a vertically arranged rotating spindle. This is guided in a sleeve 26 provided in the spindle drive 15 and, by means of its rotary movement, causes a pressure stamp 27 on a push rod 28 to be moved more or less far out of the spindle drive 15 or into it.
  • the plunger 27 can be made of rubber or an elastic plastic, for example, and acts on the table top 11 from below, so that it lifts it or, when inserted into the spindle drive 15, causes it to lower due to its own weight.
  • the spindle drive 15 is mounted on a cross rail 30 which rigidly connects the two telescopic devices 17 and 18 to one another.
  • the spindle drive, the telescopic devices 17 and 18 and the cross rail 30 form a unit that can be mounted on the table 10 in a very simple manner from below.
  • the telescopic devices 17 and 18 are only to be connected to the side parts 12 and 13 of the work table 10, and the movable elements 21 and 22 must be attached to the table top 11.
  • comparatively weak fastening elements are sufficient, because there is no significant power transmission via the movable elements 21 and 22, but rather they serve above all for tilt-free guidance by means of the non-positive coupling realized via the shaft 16.
  • the driving force for the lifting movement is transmitted primarily via the pressure stamp 27 to the table top 11.
  • Fig. 1 is also a connecting cable 40 with a connector 41 for the power supply of the electric motor 25 is shown.
  • an actuation switch 42 can be seen, which is connected to the electric motor 25 via a connecting cable 43 and, with two different switching positions, enables actuation of the electric motor 25 as a function of the direction of rotation.
  • FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the lifting and lowering device according to the viewing direction II indicated in FIG. 1.
  • the work table 10 is shown for an uppermost position of the table top 11, the lowest limit position is indicated by dash-dotted lines.
  • the view of the side part 13 shows the telescopic device 17 attached to it and the fastening of the spindle drive 15 by means of two holding elements 31 and 32, which can be, for example, extended tabs of an assembly support 33.
  • the tab 31 surrounds the Zluerscniene 30, which has a U-profile and surrounds the shaft 16. It can also be seen that the telescopic device 17 is connected to the side part 13 of the work table 10 on a lower cross member 19.
  • the actuation switch 42 for the electric motor 25 of the spindle drive 15 is arranged on the underside of the table top 11 facing a working person near the front edge and is designed as a rocker switch. It enables the spindle drive 15 to be conveniently switched on and off in one or the other possible direction of rotation and thus a very precise adjustment of the height of the table top 11 to the respective requirements.
  • the telescopic devices 17 and 18 can be designed in the form of square tubes which are guided into one another. This brings a further improvement in the tilt-free guidance of the table top 11 on the fixed side parts 12 and 13 of the table 10.
  • FIG. 3 shows a detail of the lifting and lowering device in accordance with the dash-dotted line in FIG. 1 for better illustration of the guidance of the toothed racks already mentioned, each on a pinion which is fastened on the shaft 16.
  • the corresponding part of the lifting device shown in FIG. and the lowering device is shown partially broken, so that the coupling of a pinion 35 arranged on the shaft 16 with a rack 36 can be seen, which is firmly connected to the movable element 21 of the telescopic device 17.
  • This is the arrangement provided on the side part 13 of the work table 10.
  • Fig. 1 shows that a similar unit G is also provided on the side part 12 of the work table 10.
  • the pinion 35 is fixed to the shaft 16. This is arranged in a bearing 37, which is shown in FIG. 3 as a simple sleeve and is firmly connected to the cross rail 30.
  • the movable element 21 is displaceably guided in the telescopic device 17 in the vertical direction and is provided on its side facing the shaft 16 with a slot, not shown in FIG. 3, which enables movement relative to the shaft 16.
  • an arrangement G is provided which is analogous to the arrangement of pinions 35 and.
  • Rack 36 is formed, the two with the movable elements 21 and 22 of the telescopic devices 17 and 18 racks firmly connected to each other via the shaft 16 so that exactly matching lifting and lowering movements of the movable elements 21 and 22 are ensured when the Stamp 27 acts on the push rod 28 on the table top 11 or is removed from its underside.
  • the result is a completely trouble-free, low-noise and extremely precise operation of the lifting and lowering device, which is also extremely simple. There are no special requirements with regard to precise installation to be taken into account, and the location at which the pressure stamp 27 acts on the table top 11 is completely uncritical.
  • the pressure stamp 27 it is possible to arrange the pressure stamp 27 not on the middle but on one side of the piece of furniture, so that, for example, the legroom underneath the table top is not disturbed on a table.
  • the lifting and lowering device according to the invention thus enables trouble-free guidance of the part moved relative to the fixed part despite the asymmetrical force.
  • a device according to the invention can be used wherever the most precise and sensitive way of working is important. For example, use in height-adjustable chairs is also conceivable.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Hebe- und Senkvorrichtung für ein Möbelstück, insbesondere einen Tisch, mit einem Spindeltrieb, der auf einen relativ zu einem feststehenden Teil hebund senkbar geführten Teil des Möbelstücks einwirkt, wobei der heb- und senkbare Teil in einer Parallelführung mittels zueinander beabstandeter vertikaler Zahnstangen durch auf einer gemeinsamen, ortsfest gelagerten Welle befestigte Ritzel geführt ist.The invention relates to a lifting and lowering device for a piece of furniture, in particular a table, with a spindle drive which acts on a part of the piece of furniture which is guided in a manner such that it can be raised and lowered relative to a fixed part, the part which can be raised and lowered in a parallel guide by means of spaced vertical ones Racks is guided by pinions fixed on a common, fixed shaft.

Hebe- und Senkvorrichtungen dieser Art ermöglichen eine Einstellung von Möbelstücken in unterschiedliche Höhen. Dies ist von besonderer Bedeutung bei Arbeitstischen, deren Höhe der Sitzhöhe bzw. Körpergröße einer arbeitenden Person anzupassen ist. Es sind hierzu Hebe- und Senkvorrichtungen bekannt, die nach verschiedenen möglichen Prinzipien arbeiten, jedoch den Nachteil haben, daß sie zur verkantungsfreien Führung des heb- und senkbaren Teils des Möbelstücks an dem feststehenden Teil kompliziert und damit kostspielig aufgebaut sein müssen. So ist es beispielsweise bekannt, die vier Beine eines Tisches teleskopartig auszuführen und diese Teleskopvorrichtungen über einen gemeinsamen, auf Zugelemente, beispielsweise Drahtseile, gleichzeitig einwirkenden Kurbeltrieb zu betätigen. Andererseits ist es bekannt, Hebel-und Gelenkvorrichtungen vorzusehen, die direkt auf den heb- und senkbaren Teil einwirken. Solche Vorrichtungen müssen aber entweder an möglichst weit beabstandeten Stellen symmetrisch auf den heb- und senkbaren Teil einwirken oder es müssen besondere aufwendige Führungen für den heb- und senkbaren Teil vorgesehen sein, um während der Hebe- und Senkbewegung eine Verkantung der zueinander bewegten Teile zu vermeiden. Auch derartige Hebel- und Gelenkvorrichtungen sind relativ kompliziert aufgebaut und verursachen insbesondere bei Anordnung an zueinander beabstandeten Stellen einen hohen Aufwand.Lifting and lowering devices of this type enable furniture to be adjusted to different heights. This is of particular importance for work tables, the height of which has to be adapted to the seat height or body size of a working person. For this purpose, lifting and lowering devices are known which work according to various possible principles, but have the disadvantage that they have to be complicated and thus expensive to guide the lifting and lowering part of the piece of furniture on the fixed part without tilting. For example, it is known to design the four legs of a table in a telescopic manner and to actuate these telescopic devices via a common crank mechanism that acts simultaneously on tension elements, for example wire cables. On the other hand, it is known to provide lever and joint devices which act directly on the part which can be raised and lowered. However, such devices either have to act symmetrically on the parts that can be raised and lowered at as far apart as possible, or special complex guides must be provided for the parts that can be raised and lowered in order to avoid tilting of the parts that are moving relative to one another during the lifting and lowering movement . Such lever and hinge devices are also of relatively complicated construction and, particularly when arranged at spaced locations, cause a great deal of effort.

Aus der DE-C 508 600 ist bereits eine Vorrichtung ähnlich der eingangs genannten bekannt, die als Antrieb einen Schneckentrieb aufweist, dessen Schnecke direkt auf eines von zwei Ritzeln einwirkt, die auf einer ortsfest gelagerten Welle sitzen und zwei zueinander beabstandete vertikale Zahnstangen führen, auf denen die Tischplatte gehalten ist. Auch bei dieser Vorrichtung wird eine Verkantung von Teilen der Parallelführung nicht vollständig vermieden, da der Schneckentrieb mit dem einen Ritzel direkt, mit dem anderen über das erste und die ortsfest gelagerte Welle gekoppelt ist.From DE-C 508 600 a device similar to the one mentioned is known, which has a worm drive as its drive, the worm acting directly on one of two pinions, which are seated on a stationary shaft and guide two spaced-apart vertical racks which the table top is held. In this device, too, tilting of parts of the parallel guide is not completely avoided, since the worm drive is coupled directly to one pinion and to the other via the first and the stationary shaft.

Andererseits ist es aus der DE-C 930 542 bekannt, zum Heben einer Tischplatte an möglichst zentraler Stelle unter ihr einen Spindeltrieb vorzusehen, dessen Spindel auf die Tischplatte einwirkt. Dabei sind aber aufwendige Führungen an allen vier Beinen des Tisches erforderlich, und der Spindeltrieb darf nicht wesentlich aus seiner zentralen Anordnung versetzt werden, wenn eine möglichst störungsfreie Führung erreicht werden soll.On the other hand, it is known from DE-C 930 542 to provide a spindle drive for lifting a table top at a location as central as possible, the spindle of which acts on the table top. However, elaborate guides are required on all four legs of the table, and the spindle drive must not be significantly displaced from its central arrangement if the most trouble-free guide possible.

Es ist Aufgabe der Erfindung, eine Hebe- und Senkvorrichtung anzugeben, die möglichst bequem und ohne hohen Kraftaufwand zu bedienen ist, eine sehr feine Höheneinstellung ermöglicht und dabei eine glatte und möglichst geräuschlose Arbeitsweise gewährleistet.It is an object of the invention to provide a lifting and lowering device that can be operated as conveniently and without great effort, enables a very fine height adjustment and thereby ensures a smooth and as silent operation as possible.

Eine Vorrichtung eingangs genannter Art ist zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe erfindungsgemäß derart ausgebildet, daß der Spindeltrieb eine Schubstange aufweist, die über einen elastischen Druckstempel von unten her auf den heb- und senkbaren Teil des Möbelstücks direkt, und zwar ohne Kopplung mit der Parallelführung einwirkt.A device of the type mentioned is designed to solve this problem according to the invention in such a way that the spindle drive has a push rod which acts via an elastic pressure plunger from below on the liftable and lowerable part of the piece of furniture directly, without coupling to the parallel guide.

Diese Vorrichtung ist außerordentlich einfach aufgebaut und läßt sich, wie noch gezeigt wird, so konstruieren, daß sie auch nachträglich an Möbelstücken angebracht werden kann. Dadurch, daß einerseits ein direkt auf den heb- und senkbaren Teil einwirkender Spindeltrieb und andererseits eine Führung des heb- und senkbaren Teils an dem feststehenden Teil vorgesehen ist, die über die ortsfest gelagerte Welle eine kraftschlüssige Verbindung der Zahnstangen miteinander gewährleistet, sind Verkantungen bei der Hebe- und Senkbewegung ausgeschlossen. Der Spindeltrieb gewährleistet dabei eine sehr feine Arbeitsweise, und zu seiner Betätigung ist ein nur geringer Kraftaufwand erforderlich, so daß beispielsweise hierzu ein vergleichsweise kleiner Elektromotor verwendet werden kann.This device is extremely simple and, as will be shown, can be constructed so that it can also be retrofitted to furniture. Characterized in that on the one hand a spindle drive acting directly on the liftable and lowerable part and on the other hand a guide of the liftable and lowerable part on the fixed part is provided, which ensures a non-positive connection of the racks with each other via the fixed shaft, canting at the Lifting and lowering movements excluded. The spindle drive ensures a very fine mode of operation, and only a small amount of force is required to actuate it, so that, for example, a comparatively small electric motor can be used for this purpose.

Die Vorrichtung kann vorteilhaft derart weiter ausgebildet sein, daß ein Führungsrahmen vorgesehen ist, der jeweils eine Zahnstange enthaltende Teleskopvorrichtungen aufweist, deren ortsfeste Teleskopteile durch eine horizontale und parallel zur Welle angeordnete Querschiene verbunden sind. Durch diese Ausbildung ergibt sich eine sehr starre Führungskonstruktion, die als eine Einheit nachträglich an einem Möbelstück, beispielsweise an der Unterseite eines Tisches, angebracht werden kann. Die beiden Teleskopvorrichtungen können dabei Tischbeine bilden oder auch an Seitenflächen bzw. Tischbeinen angebracht sein. Die Querschiene erhöht dabei die Stabilität des Möbelstücks wesentlich, so daß auch dadurch die verkantungsfreie Führung des heb- und senkbaren Teils verbessert wird.The device can advantageously be further developed in such a way that a guide frame is provided, each of which has a rack-containing telescopic devices, the fixed telescopic parts of which are connected by a horizontal and parallel to the shaft arranged transverse rail. This design results in a very rigid guide structure, which can be retrofitted as a unit to a piece of furniture, for example on the underside of a table. The two telescopic devices can form table legs or can also be attached to side surfaces or table legs. The cross rail increases the stability of the piece of furniture significantly, so that the tilt-free guidance of the liftable and lowerable part is also improved.

Der Spindeltrieb kann bei der zuletzt beschriebenen Weiterbildung in einfacher Weise an der Querschiene befestigt sein, so daß er in die Hebe- und Senkeinheit einbezogen ist.The spindle drive can be attached to the cross rail in a simple manner in the last-described development, so that it is included in the lifting and lowering unit.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel einer Vorrichtung nach der Erfindung wird im folgenden anhand der Figuren beschrieben. Es zeigen

  • Fig. 1 die Vorderansicht eines Arbeitstisches mit einer gegenüber einem feststehenden Teil heb- und senkbaren Tischplatte,
  • Fig. 2 eine Schnittansicht der Hebe- und Senkvorrichtung des in Fig. 1 gezeigten Arbeitstisches gemäß der dort angedeuteten Blichrichrichtung II und
  • Fig. 3 eine vergrößert dargestellte Einzelheit der Führungsvorrichtung.
An embodiment of a device according to the invention is described below with reference to the figures. Show it
  • Fig. 1 is the front view of a work table with a table top that can be raised and lowered compared to a fixed part,
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the lifting and lowering device of the work table shown in Fig. 1 according to the direction of bleaching II and indicated
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the guide device.

In Fig. 1 ist ein Arbeitstisch 10, beispielsweise ein Labortisch oder ein sonstiger Gerätetisch, in einer Vorderansicht dargestellt, der im wesentlichen eine heb- und senkbare Tischplatte 11 sowie feststehende Seitenteile 12 und 13 umfaßt, die beispielsweise durch eine vertikale Rückplatte 14 miteinander starr verbunden sind. Der Arbeitstisch 10 enthält unterhalb der Tischplatte 11 eine Hebe- und Senkvorrichtung, die einen Spindeltrieb 15, eine ortsfest gelagerte Welle 16 und zwei mit dieser Welle 16 kraftschlüssig gekoppelte Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 umfaßt. Die Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 sind mit den Seitenteilen 12 und 13 verbunden bzw. auf unteren, an den Seitenteilen 12 und 13 montierten Querträgern 19 und 20 befestigt. Die beweglichen Elemente 21 und 22 der Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 sind an der Unterseite der Tischplatte 11 befestigt, so daß sie die Tischplatte 11 bei ihrer Hebe- und Senkbewegung in den feststehenden Teilen der Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 führen. Während dieser Bewegung wird eine Verkantung der beweglichen Elemente 21 und 22 in den Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 dadurch vermieden, daß die beweglichen Elemente 21 und 22 mit nicht dargestellten Zahnstangen versehen sind, die an jeweils einem Ritzel geführt sind, welches auf der Welle 16 befestigt ist. Auf diese Weise ergibt sich eine kraftschlüssige Kopplung der beiden beweglichen Elemente 21 und 22, die jeweils übereinstimmende Bewegungslängen während der Teleskopbewegung gewährleistet und dadurch eine Verkantung unmöglich macht.In Fig. 1, a work table 10, for example a laboratory table or other equipment table, is shown in a front view, which essentially comprises a table plate 11 which can be raised and lowered, and fixed side parts 12 and 13 which are rigidly connected to one another, for example, by a vertical back plate 14 are. The work table 10 contains below the table top 11 a lifting and lowering device which comprises a spindle drive 15, a stationary shaft 16 and two telescopic devices 17 and 18 which are non-positively coupled to this shaft 16. The telescopic devices 17 and 18 are connected to the side parts 12 and 13 or fastened to lower cross members 19 and 20 mounted on the side parts 12 and 13. The movable elements 21 and 22 of the telescopic devices 17 and 18 are attached to the underside of the table top 11, so that they guide the table top 11 during its lifting and lowering movement in the fixed parts of the telescopic devices 17 and 18. During this movement, tilting of the movable elements 21 and 22 in the telescopic devices 17 and 18 is avoided in that the movable elements 21 and 22 are provided with toothed racks, not shown, which are each guided by a pinion, which is fixed on the shaft 16 . In this way, there is a non-positive coupling of the two movable elements 21 and 22, which in each case ensures corresponding movement lengths during the telescopic movement and thereby makes canting impossible.

Der Spindeltrieb 15 umfaßt einen hinsichtlich seiner Drehrichtung umsteuerbaren Elektromotor 25, der eine senkrecht angeordnete Drehspindel betätigt. Diese ist in einer im Spindeltrieb 15 vorgesehenen Hülse 26 geführt und bewirkt durch ihre Drehbewegung, daß ein Druckstempel 27 an einer Schubstange 28 mehr oder weniger weit aus dem Spindeltrieb 15 heraus- bzw. in ihn hineinbewegt wird. Der Druckstempel 27 kann beispielsweise aus Gummi oder einem elastischen Kunststoff bestehen und wirkt von unten her auf die Tischplatte 11 ein, so daß er sie anhebt bzw. beim Einschieben in den Spindeltrieb 15 ihr Absenken infolge ihres Eigengewichts bewirkt. Der Spindeltrieb 15 ist an einer Querschiene 30 montiert, die die beiden Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 starr miteinander verbindet. Somit bilden der Spindeltrieb, die Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 und die Querschiene 30 eine Einheit, die an dem Tisch 10 in sehr einfacher Weise von unten her montiert werden kann. Hierzu sind die Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 lediglich mit den Seitenteilen 12 und 13 des Arbeitstisches 10 zu verbinden, und die beweglichen Elemente 21 und 22 müssen an der Tischplatte 11 befestigt werden. Hierzu genügen vergleichsweise schwache Befestigungs elemente, denn über die beweglichen Elemente 21 und 22 erfolgt keine wesentliche Kraftübertragung, sondern sie dienen vor allem der verkantungsfreien Führung mittels der über die Welle 16 verwirklichten kraftschlüssigen Kopplung. Die Antriebskraft für die Hebebewegung wird primär über den Druckstempel 27 auf die Tischplatte 11 übertragen.The spindle drive 15 comprises an electric motor 25 which can be reversed with respect to its direction of rotation and which actuates a vertically arranged rotating spindle. This is guided in a sleeve 26 provided in the spindle drive 15 and, by means of its rotary movement, causes a pressure stamp 27 on a push rod 28 to be moved more or less far out of the spindle drive 15 or into it. The plunger 27 can be made of rubber or an elastic plastic, for example, and acts on the table top 11 from below, so that it lifts it or, when inserted into the spindle drive 15, causes it to lower due to its own weight. The spindle drive 15 is mounted on a cross rail 30 which rigidly connects the two telescopic devices 17 and 18 to one another. Thus, the spindle drive, the telescopic devices 17 and 18 and the cross rail 30 form a unit that can be mounted on the table 10 in a very simple manner from below. For this purpose, the telescopic devices 17 and 18 are only to be connected to the side parts 12 and 13 of the work table 10, and the movable elements 21 and 22 must be attached to the table top 11. For this purpose, comparatively weak fastening elements are sufficient, because there is no significant power transmission via the movable elements 21 and 22, but rather they serve above all for tilt-free guidance by means of the non-positive coupling realized via the shaft 16. The driving force for the lifting movement is transmitted primarily via the pressure stamp 27 to the table top 11.

In. Fig. 1 ist ferner ein Anschlußkabel 40 mit einem Anschlußstecker 41 für die Stromversorgung des Elektromotors 25 dargestellt. Außerdem ist ein Betätigungsschalter 42 zu erkennen, der über ein Verbindungskabel 43 mit dem Elektromotor 25 verbunden ist und mit zwei verschiedenen Schaltstellungen eine drehrichtungsabhängige Betätigung des Elektromotors 25 ermöglicht.In. Fig. 1 is also a connecting cable 40 with a connector 41 for the power supply of the electric motor 25 is shown. In addition, an actuation switch 42 can be seen, which is connected to the electric motor 25 via a connecting cable 43 and, with two different switching positions, enables actuation of the electric motor 25 as a function of the direction of rotation.

Fig. 2 zeigt eine Schnittdarstellung der Hebe-und Senkvorrichtung gemäß der in Fig. 1 angedeuteten Blickrichtung II. Der Arbeitstisch 10 ist für eine oberste Stellung der Tischplatte 11 dargestellt, die unterste Grenzstellung ist strichpunktiert angedeutet. Die Ansicht des Seitenteils 13 zeigt die daran befestigte Teleskopvorrichtung 17 sowie die Befestigung des Spindeltriebs 15 mittels zweier Halteelemente 31 und 32, die beispielsweise verlängerte Laschen eines Montageträgers 33 sein können. Die Lasche 31 umgibt die Zluerscniene 30, die ein U-Profil aufweist und die Welle 16 umgibt. Es ist ferner zu erkennen, daß die Teleskopvorrichtung 17 an einem unteren Querträger 19 mit dem Seitenteil 13 des Arbeitstisches 10 verbunden ist.FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the lifting and lowering device according to the viewing direction II indicated in FIG. 1. The work table 10 is shown for an uppermost position of the table top 11, the lowest limit position is indicated by dash-dotted lines. The view of the side part 13 shows the telescopic device 17 attached to it and the fastening of the spindle drive 15 by means of two holding elements 31 and 32, which can be, for example, extended tabs of an assembly support 33. The tab 31 surrounds the Zluerscniene 30, which has a U-profile and surrounds the shaft 16. It can also be seen that the telescopic device 17 is connected to the side part 13 of the work table 10 on a lower cross member 19.

Der Betätigungsschalter 42 für den Elektromotor 25 des Spindeltriebs 15 ist an der einer arbeitenden Person zugewandten Unterseite der Tischplatte 11 nahe der Vorderkante angeordnet und als Wippschalter ausgebildet. Er ermöglicht eine bequeme Ein- und Ausschaltung des Spindeltriebs 15 in der einen oder anderen möglichen Drehrichtung und damit eine sehr genaue Anpassung der Höhe der Tischplatte 11 an die jeweiligen Erfordernisse.The actuation switch 42 for the electric motor 25 of the spindle drive 15 is arranged on the underside of the table top 11 facing a working person near the front edge and is designed as a rocker switch. It enables the spindle drive 15 to be conveniently switched on and off in one or the other possible direction of rotation and thus a very precise adjustment of the height of the table top 11 to the respective requirements.

Wie aus Fig. 1 in Verbindung mit Fig. 2 hervorgeht, können die Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 in Form ineinander geführter Vierkantrohre ausgebildet sein. Dies bringt eine weitere Verbesserung der verkantungsfreien Führung der Tischplatte 11 an den feststehenden Seitenteilen 12 und 13 des Tisches 10.As can be seen from FIG. 1 in connection with FIG. 2, the telescopic devices 17 and 18 can be designed in the form of square tubes which are guided into one another. This brings a further improvement in the tilt-free guidance of the table top 11 on the fixed side parts 12 and 13 of the table 10.

Fig. 3 zeigt gemäß der entsprechend bezeichneten strichpunktierten Linie in Fig. 1 eine Einzelheit der Hebe- und Senkvorrichtung zur besseren Darstellung der Führung der bereits genannten Zahnstangen an jeweils einem Ritzel, das auf der Welle 16 befestigt ist. Der entsprechende, in Fig. 3 gezeigte Teil der Hebe-und Senkvorrichtung ist teilweise gebrochen dargestellt, so daß die Kopplung eines auf der Welle 16 angeordneten Ritzels 35 mit einer Zahnstange 36 zu erkennen ist, die mit dem beweglichen Element 21 der Teleskopvorrichtung 17 fest verbunden ist. Es handelt sich hierbei um die am Seitenteil 13 des Arbeitstisches 10 vorgesehene Anordnung. Diese ist in Fig. 3 durch die strichpunktierte Linie G umgeben. Fig. 1 zeigt, daß eine gleichartige Einheit G auch an dem Seitenteil 12 des Arbeitstisches 10 vorgesehen ist.FIG. 3 shows a detail of the lifting and lowering device in accordance with the dash-dotted line in FIG. 1 for better illustration of the guidance of the toothed racks already mentioned, each on a pinion which is fastened on the shaft 16. The corresponding part of the lifting device shown in FIG. and the lowering device is shown partially broken, so that the coupling of a pinion 35 arranged on the shaft 16 with a rack 36 can be seen, which is firmly connected to the movable element 21 of the telescopic device 17. This is the arrangement provided on the side part 13 of the work table 10. This is surrounded by the dash-dotted line G in FIG. 3. Fig. 1 shows that a similar unit G is also provided on the side part 12 of the work table 10.

Das Ritzel 35 ist mit der Welle 16 fest verbunden. Diese ist in einem Lager 37 angeordnet, das in Fig. 3 als einfache Hülse dargestellt ist und mit der Querschiene 30 fest verbunden ist. Das bewegliche Element 21 ist in der Teleskopvorrichtung 17 in vertikaler Richtung verschiebbar geführt und auf seiner der Welle 16 zugewandten Seite mit einem in Fig. 3 nicht dargestellten Schlitz versehen, der die Bewegung relativ zur Welle 16 ermöglicht.The pinion 35 is fixed to the shaft 16. This is arranged in a bearing 37, which is shown in FIG. 3 as a simple sleeve and is firmly connected to the cross rail 30. The movable element 21 is displaceably guided in the telescopic device 17 in the vertical direction and is provided on its side facing the shaft 16 with a slot, not shown in FIG. 3, which enables movement relative to the shaft 16.

Dadurch, daß auf der anderen Seite des Arbeitstisches, d.h. an dem Seitenteil 12, eine Anordnung G vorgesehen ist, die analog der in Fig. 3 gezeigten Anordnung aus Ritzel 35 und. Zahnstange 36 ausgebildet ist, sind die beiden mit den beweglichen Elementen 21 und 22 der Teleskopvorrichtungen 17 und 18 fest verbundenen Zahnstangen über die Welle 16 kraftschlüssig miteinander verbunden, so daß exakt übereinstimmende Hebe- und Senkbewegungen der beweglichen Elemente 21 und 22 gewährleistet sind, wenn der Druckstempel 27 über die Schubstange 28 auf die Tischplatte 11 einwirkt bzw. von ihrer Unterseite entfernt wird. Es ergibt sich somit eine völlig störungsfreie, geräuscharme und überaus genaue Arbeitsweise der Hebe- und Senkvorrichtung, die darüber hinaus noch außerordentlich einfach aufgebaut ist. Es sind keine besonderen Erfordernisse hinsichtlich eines genauen Einbaus zu berücksichtigen, und der Ort, an dem der Druckstempel 27 auf die Tischplatte 11 einwirkt, ist völlig unkritisch. Insbesondere ist es möglich, den Druckstempel 27 nicht in der Mitte, sondern auf der einen Seite des Möbelstücks anzuordnen, so daß beispielsweise bei einem Tisch die Beinfreiheit unterhalb der Tischplatte nicht gestört wird. Die Hebe- und Senkvorrichtung nach der Erfindung ermöglicht also trotz asymmetrischer Krafteinwirkung eine störungsfreie Führung des relativ zum feststehenden Teil bewegten Teils.Because on the other side of the work table, i.e. on the side part 12, an arrangement G is provided which is analogous to the arrangement of pinions 35 and. Rack 36 is formed, the two with the movable elements 21 and 22 of the telescopic devices 17 and 18 racks firmly connected to each other via the shaft 16 so that exactly matching lifting and lowering movements of the movable elements 21 and 22 are ensured when the Stamp 27 acts on the push rod 28 on the table top 11 or is removed from its underside. The result is a completely trouble-free, low-noise and extremely precise operation of the lifting and lowering device, which is also extremely simple. There are no special requirements with regard to precise installation to be taken into account, and the location at which the pressure stamp 27 acts on the table top 11 is completely uncritical. In particular, it is possible to arrange the pressure stamp 27 not on the middle but on one side of the piece of furniture, so that, for example, the legroom underneath the table top is not disturbed on a table. The lifting and lowering device according to the invention thus enables trouble-free guidance of the part moved relative to the fixed part despite the asymmetrical force.

Eine Vorrichtung nach der Erfindung kann überall dort eingesetzt werden, wo es auf möglichst genaue und feinfühlige Arbeitsweise ankommt. Beispielsweise ist auch die Verwendung bei höhenverstellbaren Stühlen denkbar.A device according to the invention can be used wherever the most precise and sensitive way of working is important. For example, use in height-adjustable chairs is also conceivable.

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1. Raising and lowering device for a piece of furniture, in particular a table, with a spindle drive (15) which acts on a part (11) of the piece of furniture, which part is raisably and lowerably guided relative to a stationary part (12, 13), in which case the raisable and lowerable part (11) is guided in a parallel guideway means (17, 21; 18, 22) by means of spaced apart vertical racks (36) through pinions (35) secured on a common, stationarily mounted shaft (16), characterised in that the spindle drive (15) has a push rod (28) which via a resilient thrust ram (27) acts from below directly on to the raisable and lowerable part (11) of the piece of furniture (10), that is without coupling with the parallel guideway means (17, 21; 18, 22).
2. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that frame (17, 18, 30) is provided which has telescopic devices (17, 21; 18, 22) each including a rack 36 and the fixed telescopic parts (17, 18) of which devices are connected by a transverse rail (30) arranged horizontally and parallel to the shaft (16).
3. Device according to claim 2, characterised in that the spindle drive (15) is fastened to the transverse rail (30)
4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the spindle drive (15) has a reversible electric motor (25) as driving means.
5. Device according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterised in that the transverse rail (30) is of U-section and surrounds the shaft (16).
6. Device according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the pressure ram (27) acts on the underside of a table top (11) of a work-table or bench (10) raisable and lowerable relative to the stationary side parts (12, 13).
7. Device according to claim 6, characterised in that the stationary parts (17, 18) of the telescopic devices (17, 18, 21, 22) are mounted on the side parts (12, 13) of the work-table (10).
8. Device according to claim 7, characterised in that the spindle drive (15) is mounted near the side part (13) under the table top (11) . of the work-table (10).
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