EP0740917B1 - Device for mounting a drawer front panel in particular to double-walled drawer side walls - Google Patents

Abstract

The device comprises a holding part (7) on the front panel and a support part for the drawer rail having a movable locking part designed as a tilt lever (60) rotatable about a horizontal axis so that when the holding part is pushed in the lever engages automatically under spring action therewith to draw the holding part towards the support part. The lever has a side indent for the screw driver or similar through which it can be rotated against spring action out of its locking position to release the holding part. A locking bolt (61) can be provided having a stop flap (63) for the lever.

Description

The invention relates to a device for fastening the front panel Drawer on preferably double-walled drawer frames, with one on the Front panel attached and protruding from this holding part and one Drawer frame associated support part, which carries a movable locking part and with this is completely behind the front edge of the drawer frame, the Locking part, which couples the holding part to the supporting part, is acted upon by a spring.

Devices of this type are known for example from EP 0 267 477-B1 and EP 0 451 113-A1 known.

In these devices, the front panel can with the holding parts in the supporting parts be suspended, which is temporarily anchored to the drawer. The final However, the front panel is fixed by turning an eccentric or by Tighten a screw.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned above improve that the front panel is completely tool-free on the drawer frames can be assembled. Conversely, the front panel should be prevented from becoming too strong Force unintentionally when pulling out the drawer from its anchoring is torn.

The object of the invention is achieved in that the locking part as a horizontal axis rotatable rocker arm is formed when inserting the holding part automatically engages under spring action and pulls the holding part towards the supporting part, and that the rocker arm has a side receptacle for a screwdriver or the like, with which, contrary to the spring action, it can be rotated out of the locking position, the Holding part releases.

Further features of the invention are the subject of the dependent Claims 2 to 27.

Fig. 1

zeigt schaubildlich einen Möbelkorpus mit einer Schublade, wobei die Frontblende im Bereich einer Schubladenzarge abgeschnitten gezeichnet ist,

Fig. 2

zeigt schaubildlich und auseinandergezogen die Schubladenzarge, die Vorrichtung zur Befestigung der Frontblende und die Schienen einer Ausziehführungsgarnitur,

Fig. 3 bis 5

zeigen jeweils Seitenansichten eines weiteren Ausführungsbeispieles der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung in verschiedenen Stadien des Einhängens der Frontblende,

Fig. 6

zeigt schaubildlich die Teile der Vorrichtung vor dem Einhängen der Frontblende,

Fig. 7

zeigt schaubildlich die Teile der Vorrichtung bei in den Tragteil eingehängten Halteteil,

Fig. 8

zeigt eine Stirnansicht einer Schubladenzarge,

Fig. 9

zeigt eine weitere Seitenansicht der Vorrichtung bei eingehängter Frontblende,

Fig. 10

zeigt eine Draufsicht auf die Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 25,

Fig. 11

zeigt schaubildlich und auseinandergezogen die Teile der Vorrichtung und der Schubladenzarge,

Fig. 12

zeigt eine Draufsicht auf die Vorrichtung bei in den Tragteil eingehängtem Halteteil;

Fig. 13

zeigt eine gleiche Draufsicht während des Lösens des Sperriegels,

Fig. 14

zeigt schaubildlich die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung und schematisch das Drehen des Kipphebels, um den Halteteil vom Tragteil zu lösen,

Fig. 15 bis 18

zeigen Seitenansichten eines weiteren Ausführungsbeispiels der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung in den verschiedenen Stadien des Einhängens der Frontblende,

Fig. 19

zeigt ein Schaubild der Vorrichtung vor dem Einhängen der Frontblende,

Fig. 20

zeigt ein Schaubild der Vorrichtung bei eingehängter Frontblende,

Fig. 21

zeigt schaubildlich und auseinandergezogen die einzelnen Teile der Vorrichtung,

Fig. 22

zeigt eine Stirnansicht einer Schubladenzarge mit einer Vorrichtung gemäß den Fig. 15 bis 18,

Fig. 23

zeigt eine Seitenansicht eines weiteren Ausführungsbeispiels der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung vor dem Einhängen der Frontblende,

Fig. 24

zeigt eine gleiche Seitenansicht bei eingehängter Frontblende,

Fig. 25

zeigt einen Vertikalschnitt durch den Tragteil im Bereich des Kipphebels,

Fig. 26

zeigt eine Stirnansicht der Frontblende,

Fig. 27

zeigt einen Horizontalschnitt durch die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung,

Fig. 28

zeigt ein Schaubild der Vorrichtung vor dem Einhängen der Frontblende,

Fig. 29

zeigt ein Schaubild der Vorrichtung bei eingehängter Frontblende und

Fig. 30

zeigt schaubildlich und auseinandergezogen die einzelnen Teile der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung.

Various exemplary embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to the figures of the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1

shows a furniture body with a drawer, the front panel in the area of a drawer frame being cut off,

Fig. 2

shows the drawer frame, the device for attaching the front panel and the rails of a pull-out guide set,

3 to 5

each show side views of a further exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention in various stages of attaching the front panel,

Fig. 6

shows the parts of the device before the front panel is attached,

Fig. 7

shows graphically the parts of the device with the holding part suspended in the supporting part,

Fig. 8

shows an end view of a drawer frame,

Fig. 9

shows a further side view of the device with the front panel attached,

Fig. 10

shows a plan view of the device according to FIG. 25,

Fig. 11

shows a graphical and exploded view of the parts of the device and the drawer frame,

Fig. 12

shows a plan view of the device with the holding part suspended in the supporting part;

Fig. 13

shows a same plan view while releasing the locking bolt,

Fig. 14

shows diagrammatically the device according to the invention and schematically the turning of the rocker arm in order to detach the holding part from the supporting part,

15 to 18

show side views of another embodiment of the device according to the invention in the various stages of hanging the front panel,

Fig. 19

shows a diagram of the device before hanging the front panel,

Fig. 20

shows a diagram of the device with the front panel attached,

Fig. 21

shows a graphical and exploded view of the individual parts of the device,

Fig. 22

shows an end view of a drawer frame with a device according to FIGS. 15 to 18,

Fig. 23

1 shows a side view of a further exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention before the front panel is hung in,

Fig. 24

shows a same side view with the front panel attached,

Fig. 25

shows a vertical section through the support part in the region of the rocker arm,

Fig. 26

shows a front view of the front panel,

Fig. 27

shows a horizontal section through the device according to the invention,

Fig. 28

shows a diagram of the device before hanging the front panel,

Fig. 29

shows a diagram of the device with attached front panel and

Fig. 30

shows diagrammatically and pulled apart the individual parts of the device according to the invention.

1 shows a furniture body with side walls 11 and an upper floor 2, in which is a drawer. The front panel 4 of the drawer is by means of the invention Devices 20 attached to the drawer frames 17. Each Drawer frame 17 has at its front end a recess 18 in the outer Cover web on giving access to a tool, especially a screwdriver allowed to the device 20.

A mounting rail 10 is fastened to the furniture side wall 11. The drawer base 5 supports on two horizontal rails 12 extending rails. Between the mounting rail 10 and the pull-out rail 12 is a central rail 13 on each side of the drawer arranged.

The drawer frame 17, which, as can be seen in particular from FIGS. 2 and 3, as Double-walled frame is executed, covers the rails 10, 12, 13 of Pull-out guide set and the device 20 according to the invention for fastening the Front panel 4 off. With regard to the function of the device 20, the pull-out rail 12 Part of the drawer frame 17. The device 20 can advantageously both via an adapter be mounted on the drawer frame 17 or on the pull-out rail 12.

The device 20 according to the invention has a holding part 7, which with dowels 19 on the Front panel 4 is attached. A supporting part is provided on the drawer side, which consists of a Base plate 8, which is directly on an adapter 1 inserted into the drawer frame 17 is attached and a mounting plate 3, there. The receiving plate 3 is by means of a Height adjustment screw 9, which protrudes through an elongated hole 21, height adjustable on the Base plate 8 attached. The receiving plate 3 has a front, wider tab 22 and a rear narrower tab 23.

The holding part 7 is provided with an L-shaped recess 24 which is an upper one narrower area 24 'and a lower longer area 24' '. Another is a recess 25 is provided which, when the fitting is mounted, provides access to a Screwdriver for height adjustment screw 9 allows. In the holding part 7 there is still an adjustment screw 16 stored for the side adjustment of the front panel 4.

In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 3 to 14, the supporting part has a receiving plate 3, which is attached directly to the adapter 1 inserted into the drawer frame 17. Of the Adapter 1 is preferably welded or riveted to the pull-out rail 12. Of the Adapter 1 and the mounting plate 3 thus form the supporting part.

The holding part 7 consists of a stop part 51, which is directly on the front panel 4th can be fastened, and an insertion part 52. The stop part 51 and the insertion part 52 are connected by the height adjustment screw 9, which through an elongated hole in the insertion part 52nd protrudes and can be screwed into a flange 54 of the stop part 51. In the insert 52 furthermore supports the side adjustment screw 16. The mounting plate 3 has a housing 55 on, into which the insertion part 52 can be inserted during assembly of the front panel 4.

On the vertical web 3 'of the mounting plate 3, the rocker arm 60 is supported on a pin 56 Rocker arm 60 is articulated a rod 57 which with its free end through a hole 58 in A flange 59 of the mounting plate 3 protrudes and on which the spring 6, which is a compression spring is stored.

The locking bar 61 is also mounted on the vertical web 3 'of the mounting plate 3. The locking bar 61 is designed as a two-armed lever and also rests on pin 56. The lower one Lever arm 61 'is Z-shaped and projects through a slot 62 in the web 3' of the mounting plate 3. The upper arm 61 ″ has an angled stop tab 63.

The locking bolt 61 is designed to be resilient, so that before the front panel 4 or of the holding part 7 in the receiving plate 3, the upper arm 61 '' is pushed back and laterally rests on the rocker arm 60.

The rocker arm 60 is provided with a notch 64. The holding part 7 or the insertion part 52 has a web 65 bent upwards.

Before the front panel 4 is attached, the rocker arm 60 is in the position shown in FIG. 3 position shown, i.e. the spring 6 acts on the rocker arm 60 clockwise until it strikes with its nose 66 on the upper web 67 of the housing 55.

If the front panel 4 is mounted and the holding part 7 with the insert part 52 in the housing 55 of the receiving plate 3 inserted, the upper edge of the arcuate web strikes 65 at the notch 64 on the rocker arm 60 and rotates the rocker arm 60 against Clockwise and counter to the action of the spring 6. However, the spring 6 has its in the Fig. 4 shown dead center position overcome, the rocker arm 60 is further by the spring 6 rotated counterclockwise and the holding part 7 over the horizontal web 65, which engages in the notch 64, taken and in the receiving plate 3 or that Housing 55 drawn in. The rocker arm 60 is over the stop tab 63 of the Locking bolt 61 rotated, which now protrudes behind the rocker arm 60 and turning back the Rocker arm 60 prevented.

The stop tab 63 is, however, at a distance from a rear stop edge 68 of the rocker arm 60. As a result, the rocker arm 60 can counteract the action of the spring 6 the short distance between the stop edge 68 and the stop tab 63 be turned back. In this way, the spring 6 acts as a shock absorber for the holding part 7. For example, if the drawer is pushed into the furniture body with too much momentum, and the front panel 4 abuts the front end faces of the side walls 11, so can the mounting plate 3 against the spring pressure of the spring 6 over the distance between the stop edge 68 and the stop tab 63 of the locking bolt 61 from the holding part 7 move away, whereupon it is then pulled back by the spring 6. On this type acts less force on the dowels 19 with which the stop part 51 in the Front panel 4 is anchored.

Now is the front panel 4 of the drawer 17 and thus the holding parts 7 of the Recording plates 3 are released, a screwdriver 69, as in FIGS. 12 to 14th shown, inserted into the cross slot of the rocker arm 60, the tip of which Locking bolt 61 presses backwards and the stop tab 63 out of the rotation path of the rocker arm 60. The rocker arm 60 can now with the screwdriver 69 clockwise be rotated so that the notch 64 is rotated forward and the web 65 of the Insert part 52 releases. The stop tab 63 of the locking bolt 61 lies on the side Rocker arm 60 on.

15 to 21, the mounting plate 3 is by means of Height adjustment screw 9 screwed to the base plate 8, which in turn by means of rivets or screws are attached to adapter 1. The height adjustment screw 9 protrudes through Elongated hole in the mounting plate 3 and is held in the base plate 8, so that the housing 55 of the mounting plate is adjustable in height.

The rocker arm 60 is supported in a housing 55 and is thereby through a slot 70 in Housing 55 swiveling. The rocker arm 60 is in turn supported on a pin 56, which of Flanges 71 of the housing 55 is worn.

The side adjustment screw 16 is supported in the holding part 7 and is supported in the housing 55 inserted holding part 7 on at least one side wall of the housing 55.

The holding part 7 is made in one piece and housing-like. It has two support surfaces 72 on that are arched and arranged in mirror image, so that it at Fixing the holding part 7 on the front panel 4 does not matter which side of the holding part 7 points upwards.

The rocker arm 60 is acted upon by a spring 6, which is a leg spring and the Rocker arm 60 pressed down clockwise.

15 to 18 show the assembly process for the front panel 4. Before insertion of the holding part 7 in the housing 55, the rocker arm 60 is in the in FIG. 15th shown position in which it is pressed by the spring 6. By inserting the Holding part 7, the rocker arm 60 is pressed up until the upper support surface 72 at the notch 74 engages in the lower front corner of the rocker arm 60. This is the front panel 4, albeit with play, held on the mounting plate 3. In this Position, an exact positioning of the front panel 4 is possible.

If the front panel 4 is in the desired position, the front panel 4 becomes wider pressed on the drawer frame 17 and the holding part 7 further into the housing 55 until the Rocker arm 60 pivoted downward from the spring 6 in the position shown in FIG. 18 can be, whereby its front edge 75 presses on the support surface 72. now is the Front panel 4 fixed. The rocker arm 60 also has a stop 76 which prevents that the rocker arm 60 swings too far into the housing 55.

In this position, the rocker arm 60 is self-locking on the front edge corresponding supporting surface 72 of the holding part 7. The holding part 7 is with the support part rigidly connected. A resilient yielding of the rocker arm 60 and thus a resilient Lift off the front panel 4 from the drawer frames, as in the previously described Embodiment is not possible.

Furthermore, the rocker arm 60 is provided with a slot 77, the attack of a Screwdriver or similar tool allows to rocker arm 60 in To rotate counterclockwise and from its anchoring to the support surface 72 to solve. As a result, the holding part 7 can be removed from the housing 55 and from the mounting plate 3 pulled out and the front panel 4 are detached from the drawer frames 17.

In the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 23 to 30, the receiving plate 3 is in turn with a screwed directly to the adapter 1 base plate 8. On the mounting plate 3, the rocker arm 60 is in turn mounted. The receiving plate 3 has a back angled tab 59 on which the spring 6 is supported. The angled tab 59 is provided with a hole 58 through which the rod 57 which carries the spring 6 which Rocker arm 60 acts directly, protrudes.

The mounting plate 3 is by means of the height adjustment screw 9, which through an elongated hole in the Recording plate 3 protrudes and which can be screwed into the base plate 8.

The tilting segment 60 has an upper notch 79 and a lower notch 64.

Above the rocker arm 60 is the locking bar 61, which is at its rear end by means of a punched hole on the rod 57 and which has a stop tab 63 at the front which, when the front panel 4 is fastened, engages in the notch 79 of the rocker arm 60.

The holding part 7 is attached directly to the front panel 4. The is stored in it Adjustment screw 16 for the side adjustment.

The receiving plate 3 has an upper and a lower horizontal web 67, 80, between which the holding part 7 can be inserted. A lateral one borders on the upper horizontal web 67 Limiting web 81, so that the holding part 7 between the webs 67, 80, 81 and the actual mounting plate 3 is. The mounting plate 3 and the limiting web 81 have punch holes through which the pin 56 protrudes, which is the axis of the tilting segment 60 forms.

The holding part 7 is provided with a hook 84.

Before the holding part 7 has been inserted into the receiving plate 3, there is Tilt segment 60 in the position shown in Figure 23, i.e. it is by the spring 6 in Turned clockwise and rotated until the nose 66 abuts the web 67.

If the holding part 7 is inserted into the receiving plate 3, the nose 84 engages in the Notch 64 and rotates the tilt segment 60 counterclockwise. If the Spring 6 has overcome the dead center position, the tilting segment 60 by the spring 6 also turned counterclockwise and thus the holding part 7 in the Receiving plate 3 pulled in and the front panel 4 pressed against the drawer frames 17.

The tilting segment 60 is provided with an opening 85 which is cylindrical in the front area is executed and cross-shaped in the rear area. This opening 85 forms the Holder for a screwdriver 29. The locking bolt 61 has a lateral web 63 on which laterally overlaps the tilting segment 60. Now the front panel 4 of the Drawer frame 17 are solved, a screwdriver 69 with a cross recess in the Opening 85 introduced. As a result, the locking bolt 61 is raised because the screwdriver 69 strikes at web 86. At the same time, the stop tab 63 becomes the notch 79 of the rocker arm 60 is raised and the rocker arm 60 is thus free. Now the rocker arm can 60, when the Phillips screwdriver 69 protrudes into the cross recess area of the opening 85, in To be rotated clockwise, whereby the holding part 7 is released.

In this case too, the stop flaps 63 are located when the front panel 4 is mounted Locking bolt 61 and the corresponding stop surface of the notch 79 of the rocker arm 60 at a distance from each other, so that if one is pushed too forcefully into the furniture body Drawer in turn the shock absorber effect occurs. If the front panel 4 on the Side walls 11 of the furniture abuts, the drawer frames 17 against the Lift the pressure of the spring 6 as far from the front panel 4 as the distance between allows the stop tab 63 and the stop surface of the notch 79. Then be the drawer frames 17 pressed by the spring 6 back onto the front panel 4.

Claims (27)

1. A device for fixing the front panel (4) of a drawer to preferably double-walled drawer side frames (17), having a holding part (7) fixed to the front panel (4) and projecting therefrom, and a supporting part which is associated with a drawer side frame (17), supports a movable arresting part and, with the latter, is located in its entirety behind the front leading edge of the drawer side frame (17), the arresting part, which couples the holding part (7) to the supporting part, being acted upon by a spring (6), characterized in that the arresting part is constructed as a rocking lever (60) which is rotatable about a horizontal axis, latches automatically with the holding part (7) under spring action when said holding part is inserted, and pulls the holding part (7) towards the supporting part, and in that the rocking lever (60) has a lateral receiving means for a screwdriver or the like, by means of which latter it may be rotated out of the arrested position in opposition to the spring action, releasing the holding part (7).
2. A device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the spring (6) is a pressure spring.
3. A device according to Claim 1, characterized in that a blocking bar (61) is provided which has a stop tab (63) for the rocking lever (60), and in that the stop tab (63) of the blocking bar (61) is spaced from a counter-stop on the rocking lever (60) when the front panel (4) is mounted on the drawer side frames (17), and in that, by pressing the front panel (4) away from the drawer side frames (17), the rocking lever (60) is rotated towards the stop tab (63) of the blocking bar (61) in opposition to the force of the spring (6).
4. A device according to Claim 1, characterized in that a horizontal web (80) forming a guide for the holding part (7) is constructed on the supporting part, below the rocking lever (60).
5. A device according to Claim 4, characterized in that an upper and a lower horizontal web (68, 80) are constructed on the supporting part, and in that the holding part may be inserted between these two webs (68, 80).
6. A device according to Claim 5, characterized in that two vertically projecting brackets (53) forming the stops for the holding part (7) are in each case constructed at the front of the horizontal webs (68, 80).
7. A device according to Claim 1, characterized in that, on the rocking lever (60), the receiving means for the screwdriver is formed by a cross slot or longitudinal slot (77) which enable a Phillips screwdriver (69) to be applied.
8. A device according to Claim 3, characterized in that the blocking bar (61) borne on the axis of the rocking lever (60) is constructed as a two-armed lever and one of the arms (61') is held in a slot (62) in the receiving plate (3).
9. A device according to Claim 3, characterized in that the blocking bar (61) is resilient transversely to the direction of rotation of the rocking lever (60).
10. A device according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a rod (57) supporting the spring (6) is joined in articulated manner to the rocking lever (60).
11. A device according to Claim 3, characterized in that the rocking lever (60) has a notch (79) into which the stop tab (63) of the blocking bar (61) projects.
12. A device according to Claims 1, 4 or 5, characterized in that the rocking lever (60) is borne in a housing (55) into which the holding part (7) may be inserted.
13. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding part (7) has at least one arcuate supporting face (72) for the rocking lever (60).
14. A device according to one of Claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the rocking lever (60) has an arcuate supporting face which, in the arrested position, abuts against a corresponding supporting face (72) of the holding part (7) in self-locking manner.
15. A device according to Claim 14, characterized in that an upper and a lower supporting face (72) are arranged mutually symmetrically on the holding part (7).
16. A device according to Claim 13, characterized in that the supporting face (72) of the holding part (7) is arranged in a housing.
17. A device according to Claim 13, characterized in that the rocking lever (60) has a step-shaped notch (74) which latches at the edge of the supporting face (72) of the holding part (7).
18. A device according to Claim 3, characterized in that the rocking lever (60) has an upper and a lower notch (79, 64), a hook (84) of the holding part (7) latching into the lower notch (64) and a stop tab (63) of the blocking bar (52) latching into the upper notch (79).
19. A device according to Claim 10, characterized in that the blocking bar (52) lies with one end on the rod (9).
20. A device according to Claim 3, characterized in that the blocking bar (61), which lies on top of the rocking lever (60) and is aligned horizontally, has a lateral web (86) which reaches over the rocking lever (60).
21. A device according to Claim 12, characterized in that the rocking lever (60) projects through a slot (70) in the housing (55).
22. A device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the spring (6) is a leg spring.
23. A device according to one of Claims 1 to 22, characterized in that the rocking lever (60) is located above the holding part (7) when the front panel is arrested.
24. A device according to one of Claims 1 to 23, characterized in that the spring (6) presses the rocking lever (60) into two end positions which are located on either side of a dead centre position.
25. A device according to one of Claims 1 to 24, characterized in that the rocking lever (60) rotates clockwise on locking.
26. A device according to one of Claims 1 to 25, characterized in that the spring presses against the supporting part by way of the rocking lever (60) and the holding part (7).
27. A device according to one of Claims 1 to 26, characterized in that the supporting part has a receiving plate (3) and a base plate (8) which are connected to one another by way of a height-adjusting screw, the rocking lever (60) being borne on the receiving plate (3)* and the base plate (8) being fixed indirectly or directly to the drawer side frame (17).

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