EP1050242B1 - Dispositif de réglage en hauteur pour pièces d'ameublement en particulier pour tables élévatrices - Google Patents

Dispositif de réglage en hauteur pour pièces d'ameublement en particulier pour tables élévatrices Download PDF

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EP1050242B1
EP1050242B1 EP00109607A EP00109607A EP1050242B1 EP 1050242 B1 EP1050242 B1 EP 1050242B1 EP 00109607 A EP00109607 A EP 00109607A EP 00109607 A EP00109607 A EP 00109607A EP 1050242 B1 EP1050242 B1 EP 1050242B1
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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
    • A47B9/12—Tables with tops of variable height with flexible height-adjusting means, e.g. rope, chain

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  • the invention relates to a device for height adjustment of furniture according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • German utility model 84 11 361 is a height-adjustable work table has become known in which a cable guide each from the lower end of a Telescopic inner tube via a deflection roller into the interior of the Connection frame is guided between two feet.
  • the Cable pull is via two further pulleys in the opposite pillar and there on Table top frame attached to the worktop connected is.
  • the two symmetrical to each other arranged cables results in a synchronism with the Height adjustment, which is a tilting of the inner tubes of the two Avoids telescopic feet.
  • a drive for the height adjustment is a spindle drive inside as a cross connection existing frame provided between the two feet. On the one hand, this requires a cable guide, that does not come into contact with the spindle drive. To the others remain the same with this type of height adjustment mentioned disadvantage that due to the spindle drive can only perform a very slow height adjustment.
  • German utility model 298 22 188 was continued a height-adjustable work table known, in which the Inner tubes of two feet roller-mounted on one The outer tube of the attached pull rope is designed to be height-adjustable are.
  • the traction ropes are fed into the inside of a pulley led cross-connecting frame.
  • DE 1 429 534 is a height-adjustable table known, using a lifting cylinder and pulleys the height adjustment is realized.
  • the object of the invention is a device for Propose height adjustment of furniture, the one quick height adjustment with precise synchronization of the two Telescopic feet enables.
  • the invention proceeds from the height adjustment a piece of furniture with two feet and one die Stand connecting connecting frame from, one Deflection device for deflecting the substantially vertical lifting force used to shift the two Telescopic tubes are needed in the transverse direction along the Connection frame is provided, the drive source for the drive is arranged in the area of the connecting frame and at least two with their axis transverse to Connection frame for standing rotatable drive elements are provided and each of the two rotatable drive elements with the upper end area of an inner tube of a pedestal and with the lower end portion of an inner tube Stand is connected tensile.
  • the drive of the invention is characterized in that Drive element with both the upper and the lower End portion of the same inner tube is connected.
  • the Drive element is designed so that when inserted of the inner tube in the lower area of the inner tube Length of the corresponding tension element from the drive element released and the top of the same inner tube released length of the corresponding tension element becomes. The length compensation takes place accordingly Extend the inner tube in the opposite direction.
  • a Coupling of the two drive elements is also without direct diagonal connection of the two feet, e.g. of upper end of the inner tube of a stand with the lower end of the inner tube of the other pedestal precise synchronization possible. This coupling is preferred mechanical, e.g. via a gearbox or the assembly of both Drive elements on a common drive axis, realized.
  • a Cable for redirecting the lifting force and thus the Power transmission from the rotatable drive element to Inner tube provided.
  • a cable the Simply redirect the lifting force.
  • one continuous, tensile connection of the lower end of the Inner tube of a stand with the upper end of the Inner tube of the other stand are provided.
  • the drive element inside the connecting frame can, for example, a friction roller, a rope pulley or a Be chain sprocket.
  • a friction roller for example, a friction roller, a rope pulley or a Be chain sprocket.
  • the latter embodiment are preferably two deflection and drive elements in Interior of the connecting frame is provided mechanically be coupled, so that also in this embodiment Synchronization of the height adjustment is achieved Tilting the table with different strokes in the prevented both legs.
  • a friction wheel is used as a rotatable drive element to that a cable is wound around.
  • This embodiment is particularly simple insofar as, for example, a continuous cable pull from one inner tube to the other can be used.
  • two rope ends on one Fixed pulley so that during the rotation of the pulley one rope is wound and the other rope is unwound.
  • the rope ends are accordingly on the top and bottom of an inner tube Fixed feet. In this embodiment, it can winding rope to be wound onto the area, from which the other pull rope was unwound shortly before. This results in a space-saving, compact design.
  • both an execution can be provided at that these two ropes are guided diagonally, d. H. that this Inner tube of a stand in the upper area and that Inner tube of the other base in the lower area one of these cables is connected, as well as one Rope guide can be selected, in which the one cable pull Rope pulley in the upper end area and the other rope pull this Rope pulley in the lower end area of the same inner tube is attached.
  • each pulley with the corresponding cables one of the two feet actuated the two pulleys in turn mechanically are positively coupled, so that there is a synchronization between results in both feet.
  • An electric motor is preferably used as the drive source provided, which is mainly for use in the office area suitable because it works cleanly and quietly.
  • Such a mechanical and / or pneumatic spring can for example, also in the area of the connecting frame to be ordered.
  • a spring is preferred attached inside the feet, because that the other drive comprehensive connecting frame narrower can be designed so that a more elegant design is possible.
  • a locking device for the Height adjustment provided.
  • Such Locking device can for example in the Drive unit integrated through appropriate self-locking be, for example, when using a Stepper motor is the case.
  • the locking device can however, also be formed as a separate unit and for example as a brake on the cable, on a drive pinion or on one of the drive elements such as drive chain, Attack the toothed belt or rack.
  • the Feet 2, 3 each comprise an outer tube 5a, b in which an inner tube 6a, b is slidably guided.
  • On the Inner tubes 6a, b are each a rope compression sleeve 7a, b put on, which in turn connected to the table top 8 are.
  • On the underside of the inner tubes 6a, b there is one further rope compression sleeve 9a, b attached.
  • In the rope compression sleeves 7a, b, 9a, b are two traction cables 10, 11 by means of corresponding ones Nipples 12a, b, 13a, b connected tensile.
  • the pull ropes 10, 11 are deflected via three pulleys 14, 15, 16 and in their position shown held.
  • a drive source 17 which in the present case is an electric motor 18 with a friction wheel 19 comprises.
  • the pull rope 10 is on the top of the inner tube 6a in the Cable press sleeve 7a attached, runs from there down to to the pulley 14 on which it is deflected and then to Deflection roller 15, on the top of which it rests.
  • the traction cable 10 follows the connecting frame 4 and is wrapped around the friction wheel 19. It extends from the friction wheel 19 towards the pulley 16, from which it is down to the bottom Cable press sleeve 9b is deflected.
  • the pull rope 11 runs from the upper one Cable compression sleeve 7b, to which it is attached with the nipple 12b, down to the pulley 16 and from there along the Connecting frame 4 to the friction wheel 19. Then extends the pull rope 11 to the underside of the guide roller 15 and from there on the top of the pulley 14, from which it is after is deflected down to the rope compression sleeve 9a, where it with the Nipple 13a is attached.
  • the deflection roller 15 enables the substantially parallel Guiding the pull cables 10, 11 inside the connecting frame 4.
  • the drive source 17 in the Connecting frame 4 is a very large constructive Freedom in the design of the drive source 17.
  • a much larger one Gear ratio can be selected than with conventional, spindle drives located inside the tubes 5a, b, 6a, b.
  • each with a chain 21, 22, each with a cable 23a / b, 24a / b are connected.
  • the cable 23a connected to the chain 21 is with the upper end portion 25a of the left inner tube 27 connected.
  • the cable connected to the same chain 21 23b is the same with the lower end portion 25b Inner tube 27 connected.
  • the chain is the same 22 connected cable 24b via corresponding pulleys deflected with the lower end region 26b of the inner tube 28 and the cable 24a also connected to the chain 22 the upper end portion 26a of the same inner tube 28 connected.
  • the two chains 21, 22 are over two in the axial direction arranged one behind the other on a drive axle 29 Chain sprockets 30, 31 placed. Since the chain sprocket 30 thus same sense of rotation as the chain sprocket 31 when operating the Drive device 20 has two Deflection rollers 32, 33 provided for the cables 24a / b to the Reverse direction of action, so that when pressing the Drive device 20 in one direction of rotation both inner tubes 27, 28 raised and lowered together in the other direction become.
  • the embodiment according to FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 comprises a drive device 36 with two axially parallel ones, juxtaposed rope pulleys 37, 38.
  • About each Rope pulley 37, 38 are two cables 39a / b, 40a / b wound, 39b each with the upper end region 25a of the left inner tube 27 and the other 39a with the lower End region 25b is connected. Accordingly, they are Cable 40a / b with the upper end portion 26a and the lower End portion 26b of the right inner tube 28 connected.
  • the two pulleys 37, 38 are over sprockets 40, 41 mutually rotationally engaged, so that when driving the one pulley 37, the other pulley 38 with is driven in the opposite direction. Accordingly the drive motor 43 acts with the aid of its drive pinion 44 only on the one pulley 38 by means of the Sprocket 42 a.
  • Limit switches 47, 48 instead of one over one on the Drive shaft 49 attached spindle driven Actuator 50 are activated.
  • the drive source 17 can be different be trained and is not on the use of the Electric motor in connection with one or more Friction wheels or chain sprockets or rope drums limited.

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  1. Dispositif de réglage en hauteur de pièces de mobilier, notamment de tables élévatrices, avec deux pieds de support (2, 3) espacés l'un de l'autre, chacun d'entre eux comportant un tube intérieur (6a,b) pouvant être déplacé de façon télescopique dans un tube extérieur (5a,b), avec une traverse de liaison (4) entre les pieds de support (2, 3), et avec un entraínement comportant une source d'entraínement (17) pour une partie au moins de la force de levage, l'entraínement comportant un dispositif de renvoi (10, 11, 14, 15, 16) de la force de levage à partir de la direction de levage (H) le long de la traverse de liaison (4), la source d'entraínement (17) étant disposée dans la zone de la traverse de liaison (4) au moins deux éléments d'entraínement rotatifs (19) étant prévus, qui sont positionnés transversalement à la traverse de liaison (4) par leurs axes, et chacun des deux éléments d'éntraínement rotatifs (30, 31, 37, 38) étant relié solidairement en traction à la zone d'extrémité supérieure d'un tube intérieur d'un pied de support, et à la zone d'extrémité inférieure d'un tube intérieur d'un pied de support,
    caractérisé en ce que, à chaque fois, une liaison d'une zone d'extrémité supérieure et d'une zone d'extrémité inférieure du même tube intérieur est prévue avec le même élément d'entraínement rotatif.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que les deux éléments d'entraínement (30, 31 ou 37, 38) sont couplés mécaniquement.
  3. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce qu'un tirant à câble est prévu pour la transmission de force entre au moins un tube intérieur et la traverse de liaison.
  4. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce qu'un pignon d'entraínement est prévu en tant qu'élément d'entraínement rotatif, qui s'engage dans au moins un élément de traction de transmission de force s'étendant le long de l'axe longitudinal de la traverse de liaison (4).
  5. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que, en tant qu'élément de traction de transmission de force, il est prévu une chaíne, une courroie crantée et/ou une crémaillère.
  6. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que, en tant qu'élément d'entraínement rotatif, il est prévu une roue de friction (19) autour de laquelle est enroulé le tirant à câble (10, 11) en tant qu'élément de traction.
  7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que, en tant qu'élément d'entraínement rotatif, il est prévu une poulie (37, 38), sur l'extrémité de laquelle sont fixés deux tirants à câble (39a/b, 40a/b) en tant qu'éléments de traction.
  8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce qu'un moteur électrique (18) est prévu en tant que source d'entraínement dans la zone de la traverse de liaison (4).
  9. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un ressort mécanique et/ou pneumatique est prévu dans la zone de la traverse de liaison.
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 8,
    caractérisé en ce que le ressort mécanique et/ou pneumatique est disposé dans les pieds de support.
  11. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce qu'un dispositif de blocage est prévu dans la zone de la traverse de liaison.
  12. Pièce de mobilier, notamment table élévatrice,
    caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu un dispositif de réglage en hauteur selon l'une des revendications précédentes.
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