EP0405157A2 - Pied d'appui ajustable en hauteur pour pièces de mobilier - Google Patents

Pied d'appui ajustable en hauteur pour pièces de mobilier Download PDF

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EP0405157A2
EP0405157A2 EP90110200A EP90110200A EP0405157A2 EP 0405157 A2 EP0405157 A2 EP 0405157A2 EP 90110200 A EP90110200 A EP 90110200A EP 90110200 A EP90110200 A EP 90110200A EP 0405157 A2 EP0405157 A2 EP 0405157A2
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Helmuth Moll
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B9/00—Tables with tops of variable height
    • A47B9/14—Tables with tops of variable height with pins coacting with holes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B91/00—Feet for furniture in general
    • A47B91/02—Adjustable feet

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  • the invention relates to a height-adjustable leg of elongated shape for furniture or the like.
  • a lower part and an upper part one of which has an inner wall with a row of adjustment holes arranged in the longitudinal direction of the leg and the other has an outer wall adjacent to the inner wall with at least one locking hole , and with a locking device holding the upper part in its respective height on the lower part which contains at least one plug-in element which can be plugged through the associated locking hole and the corresponding adjusting hole in the respective height.
  • tables in particular desks or work tables for children and adolescents, can be adapted to the desired height or the size of the respective person, they can have height-adjustable legs.
  • Such pillars are also conceivable for other pieces of furniture, for example for shelves, etc.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a height-adjustable pillar of the type mentioned, in which the height adjustment is easy to use and the locking device provides a stable hold with a simple structure.
  • the locking device forms a contact surface on the outer wall of the outer wall opposite the contact surface and the plug-in member protrudes in the longitudinal direction of the leg, arranged at a distance from the contact surface and on its side facing the contact surface forming an inclined gripping projection has in the position of use, when under the weight of the upper part the plug-in member sits on the lower part and the upper part on the plug-in member, engages behind the hole edge region of the adjustment hole and holds the inner wall with its inclined surface against the outer wall supported on the contact surface.
  • the plug-in element With a slightly raised upper part, the plug-in element is inserted through the fixing hole and the relevant adjusting hole, after which the upper part is lowered.
  • the connector holds securely in place without any additional part and cannot be accidentally pulled out of the adjustment hole.
  • the table 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a table top 2 which is held by two legs 3 of the same design which are each arranged on a side end of the table. On each leg 3 a horizontal foot 4 is attached below, so that there is a stable table, although there are only two legs.
  • the legs 3 are adjustable in height so that the table top 2 can be brought to the desired height. Because of the same training, only one of the mainstays is below described. It is initially pointed out that the number of legs depends on the respective piece of furniture, which does not necessarily have to be a table but can also be a shelf, for example.
  • the elongated pillar 3 has a lower part 5 facing the floor and an upper part 6 which overlap and can be fixed to one another with different lengths of overlap.
  • One of the two parts in the case shown the upper part 6, forms an outer wall 7 facing the user when handling the locking device, while the other part, in the exemplary embodiment the lower part 5, is an inner wall adjacent to the outer wall 7 and parallel to it Wall 8 forms.
  • both the lower part 5 and the upper part 6 are a tube with a rectangular cross section, metal being provided as the production material.
  • the two tubes forming the lower part and the upper part are telescopically inserted into one another and, due to their rectangular cross-section, are non-rotatably guided together.
  • the upper part 6 forms the outer wall 7 and the lower part 5 forms the inner wall 8 facing away from the user of the locking device on the outer wall 7.
  • This variant is not shown separately. The conditions in this variant result from simply turning the figures over. Furthermore, it is already pointed out at this point that the same locking device can be used in this reverse arrangement, which in turn is readily apparent by simply turning around, in particular FIGS. 3, 4, 11 and 12.
  • the inner wall 8 has a row of adjustment holes 9 arranged in the longitudinal direction of the leg and the outer wall 7 has at least one locking hole 10.
  • there are three such fixing holes 10 which are arranged at a grid spacing or a multiple thereof of the adjusting hole row 9.
  • the upper part 6 is held in its respective height on the lower part 5 by means of a locking device which contains at least one plug-in element 11 which can be inserted through the associated locking hole 10 and which in the respective height position corresponds to the adjusting hole 9.
  • the number of plug-in links 11 corresponds to the number of locking holes 10. This number depends on the stability requirements, i.e. according to the weight that is taken up by the connector (s) from above.
  • the locking holes 10 have the same shape as the adjustment holes 9, so that, if the at least one plug-in member 11 has not yet been inserted, the locking hole 10 in question can be brought into an aligned position by lifting the upper part 6 into the adjustment hole 9 determining the height of the upper part which overlap the locking hole and the adjustment hole (Fig. 3). If you insert the at least one plug-in member 11, you can let go of the upper part 6, after which it sits on the at least one plug-in member 11, which in turn rests on the lower part 5, so that the height of the upper part 6 is fixed (FIG. 4).
  • the locking device forms a contact surface 12 on the outside of the outer wall 7 opposite the inner wall 8.
  • This contact surface 12 is expediently covered by a contact plate 13 or the like. formed, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the leg and from which the at least one plug-in member 11 protrudes, has the shape of a peg or hook, and expediently integrally or similarly on the contact plate 13. is molded, if it is a plastic part.
  • the plug-in members 11 each have a rear engagement projection 15 which projects in the longitudinal direction of the leg, is arranged at a distance from the contact surface 12 and forms an inclined surface 14 on its side facing the contact surface 12, which in the position of use shown in FIGS.
  • each locking hole 10 When the locking device is removed, the upper part 6 raised by hand until the locking holes 10 are each aligned with an adjusting hole 9. Each locking hole 10 then forms with the facing adjustment hole 9 a passage with the largest possible cross section, so that the relevant plug member 11 fits through. Then the or the like on the contact plate 13. seated plug-in members 11 inserted through the pairs of holes 9,10. In this case, the rear grip projection 15 of each plug-in member 11 comes behind the inside of the inner wall 8 opposite the outer wall 7. Then the upper part 6 is lowered so that the clear height of the passage formed by the respective fixing hole 10 with the associated adjusting hole 9 is reduced, so that the relevant plug member 11 is seen in the vertical direction between the opposite hole edge regions of the locking hole and the adjustment hole.
  • the rear gripping projection 15 is displaced in the height direction relative to the hole edge region of the adjustment hole 9, so that the inclined surface 14 engages behind it.
  • the weight of the upper part 6 presses the inclined surface 14 firmly against the inside edge of the adjustment hole wall area, so that it and thus the inner wall 8 are pressed outwards against the outer wall 7 and this against the contact surface 12.
  • the weight force is converted into a transverse force, by means of which the contact surface 12, the two walls 7, 8 and the inclined surface 14 are firmly clamped together.
  • the inner wall 8 is formed by the lower part 5.
  • the rear gripping projection 14 projects downward from the plug-in member 11, so that it engages behind the lower edge region of the adjustment hole 9 concerned.
  • the rear gripping projection protrudes upwards and then engages behind with its inclined surface the upper edge area of the respective adjustment hole.
  • the plug-in member 11a has a rear-engaging shoulder 16 which is opposite the rear-engaging projection 15 in the vertical direction and which, in the position of use, is arranged within the adjustment hole 9 and bears against the hole edge region of the locking hole 10 .
  • This rear gripping heel 16 is not required per se for the solid cohesion of the various individual parts, but it additionally stabilizes the plug-in member 11a on the outer wall 7.
  • the plug-in member 11a is supported on it on the side opposite the rear gripping projection 15, which may result in slight bending counteracts the plug member 11a by the force exerted on the inclined surface 14.
  • the rear gripping shoulder 16 can form an inclined surface 17 engaging the hole edge region of the fixing hole 10 and holding the outer wall 7 against the contact surface 12.
  • the adjustment holes 9 and the at least one locking hole 10 are expediently elongated holes with rounded hole ends, as can be seen above all from FIG. 5.
  • the at least one connector 11; 11a has a width essentially corresponding to the hole width, at least the plug-in part sitting on the inner wall 8 and the plug-in part on which the outer wall 7 is seated being rounded off in accordance with the elongated hole ends. In such a case, a large and therefore stable force absorption is obtained.
  • the end region of the plug-in members facing away from the contact surface 12 can have a shape that tapers towards the end.
  • This tapered shape can be obtained by a circumferential, essentially conical peripheral surface 18.
  • the weight of the upper part 6 is used to the respective connector 11; 11a to keep in the position of use.
  • the upper part 6 is displaced relative to the lower part 5 so far that the respective fixing hole 10 and the adjacent adjusting hole 9 get into such a relative position to one another that the plug-in member 11; 11a fits through both, so that the locking device can accidentally fall off the mainstay.
  • the outer wall 7 can be an in Use position with an adjustment hole 9 corresponding securing hole 19; 19a, wherein a securing piece 20; 20a is present, which between one through the securing hole 19; 19a can be moved into the active position engaging the adjustment hole 9 and an inactive position removed from the adjustment hole 9.
  • the relevant securing piece 20; 20a thus engages in its effective position through the securing hole 19; 19a into the adjacent adjustment hole 9, the arrangement being such that the securing piece 20; 20a prevents the upper part 6 from being raised.
  • the securing piece 20 extends through the contact plate 13 or the like.
  • the contact plate 13 or the like. a keyhole-like opening 21.
  • the securing piece 20 has a hook-like end 22 which projects radially from a cylindrical securing piece section 23 which is divided into an area 24 of smaller diameter facing the hook end 22 and into an area 25 of larger diameter facing away from the hook end 22.
  • This locking piece 20 is through the opening 21 of the contact plate 13 or the like. pluggable.
  • the part 23 passes through the cylindrical extension 26 of the keyhole-shaped opening 21, while the hook end 22 passes through the elongated hole region 27 of the opening 21.
  • the cylindrical extension 26 of the opening 21 is stepped in such a way that there is an area 28 of larger diameter on the outside and an area 29 of smaller diameter on the inside.
  • the area 28 receives the area 25 and the area 29 the area 24 of the securing piece section 23.
  • the ring shoulder 30 of the securing piece section 23 present between the two areas 24 and 25 abuts against the step surface 31 of the opening 21.
  • the insertion takes place only when the upper part 6 is drained and the plug-in members 11 are in their locking position the securing piece 20 thus through the securing hole 19 and the facing adjustment hole 9, so that it assumes its effective position in which it is between a release position fitting through the opening 21 and the two holes 19.9 (corresponds to that in FIG. 4 with solid lines drawn rotational position) and a locking position (indicated by dashed lines in Fig. 4) in which the hook end 22 engages behind the inner wall 8.
  • a turning handle 33 is attached, which plate in the embodiment has a similar shape.
  • the rotational position of the release position and the locking position of the securing piece 20 can be predetermined by a stop.
  • a stop For this purpose, or the like from the outside of the contact plate 13. project a stop pin 34 against which the rotary handle 33 runs both in the release position and in the locking position.
  • the rotary handle 33 can have a can-shaped configuration with the can side open towards the stop body 34, the radial bars 35 to 39 (the other radial bars were not assigned a reference number for reasons of clarity) can run in the rotary handle 33, of which the radial bars 35 and 39, the approximately are offset from each other by 180 o , each form a stop for the stop pin in the release position or in the locking position.
  • the stop pin is shown in dash-dot lines at the bottom left of the radial web 35, the rotary handle and thus the securing piece 20 being in the release position in which it can be pulled out or inserted. If you turn the rotary handle 33 in the direction of arrow 40, the rotary handle 30 passes over the stop pin 34 until its radial web 39 comes to rest against the stop pin.
  • the radial webs 36, 37, 38 between them each have a recess 41 for the passage of the stop pin when the twist grip is turned.
  • the securing piece 20a passes through the contact plate 13 or the like, which is a threaded bolt that can be screwed back and forth.
  • the contact plate 13 In his or the like in the contact plate 13. pre-screwed, effective position, it penetrates through the securing hole 19a of the outer wall 7 and through the facing adjustment hole 9. If the upper part 6 is raised, the securing piece 20a strikes the edge of the hole in the adjusting hole 9 before the upper part 6 is raised so far that the Plug-in members 11 can emerge from the adjustment holes. If you screw the locking piece 20a outwards, it releases the associated adjustment hole 9, so that the contact plate 13 with the plug-in members 11 can be removed and the new height adjustment of the supporting leg can be carried out.
  • the contact plate 13 or the like. has a threaded hole for the threaded bolt 20a or the like from a rotationally fixed in the contact plate 13. inserted nut 42 can be formed. Again, the securing piece 20a protrudes from a plate-shaped rotary handle 33a.
  • each adjustment hole 9 of this row of holes can be used.
  • the securing piece 20; 20a on the contact plate 13 or the like. stored in the appropriate place.
  • the securing hole 19; 19a of the outer wall 6, on the other hand is an additional hole whose distance to the fixing holes 10 does not correspond to the grid spacing of the adjusting holes 9. This is due to the fact that the locking holes 10 are aligned with the adjustment holes 9 before the insertion of the plug-in members 11 (FIG. 3) and are offset in height with the upper part 6 fixed via the plug-in links to the adjustment holes (FIG. 4), while the locking hole 19 ; 19a at through the plug-in links fixed altitude with the facing adjustment hole 9 must be aligned.

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DE9213927U1 (de) * 1992-10-15 1994-02-17 Grahl GmbH, 31595 Steyerberg Höhenverstellbarer Tisch

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DE3342169A1 (de) * 1983-11-22 1985-05-30 Reinhard 2864 Hambergen Hertel Tisch
DE3438862A1 (de) * 1984-10-24 1986-04-24 Hellmuth 7341 Mühlhausen Moll Hoehenverstellbarer tisch- oder regalaufbau
FR2590780A1 (fr) * 1985-11-29 1987-06-05 Mullca Table a usage scolaire a hauteur reglable et plan de travail inclinable
DE3904510A1 (de) * 1989-02-15 1989-11-30 Moll Gmbh & Co Fabrik Fuer Spe Einstellvorrichtung

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US3027209A (en) * 1959-07-28 1962-03-27 Harold R Nielsen Adjustable leg units
DE3342169A1 (de) * 1983-11-22 1985-05-30 Reinhard 2864 Hambergen Hertel Tisch
DE3438862A1 (de) * 1984-10-24 1986-04-24 Hellmuth 7341 Mühlhausen Moll Hoehenverstellbarer tisch- oder regalaufbau
FR2590780A1 (fr) * 1985-11-29 1987-06-05 Mullca Table a usage scolaire a hauteur reglable et plan de travail inclinable
DE3904510A1 (de) * 1989-02-15 1989-11-30 Moll Gmbh & Co Fabrik Fuer Spe Einstellvorrichtung

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