EP1057963B1 - Guiding device for elements of a sliding door for furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

The guide rail (4) has a C-shaped fastening groove (10) in the middle of its cross section to receive fasteners. Guide grooves (11) are provided above and below the fastening groove to receive rollers (6) or sliders. Fasteners may comprise plugs (12) and eccentric fittings (13) or screws.

Description

The present invention relates to a guide device for sliding door elements of a piece of furniture, comprising a guide rail which can be fixed on the furniture side and at least one guide part which can be fastened on the sliding door side, preferably in the form of a roller.

Guide devices of the generic type are known in many embodiments. In practice, a guide means in the lower and another guide means in the upper end of the sliding door member is required prior to assembly of a sliding door element. To determine the sliding door element relative to the guide rails and at least two guide parts are required in the lower and in the upper region in the rule.

A guide device of the generic type is known for example from US-PS 27 84 444.

The invention has for its object to provide a guide device of the generic type, which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and fixable in many ways on the front of a furniture body.

This object is achieved in that the guide rail is provided in its central cross-sectional area with a C-shaped undercut mounting groove for receiving fasteners in the form of dowels or screws and both below and above the mounting groove with guide grooves for guiding parts such as rollers or Sliders is equipped, wherein each of the head of the fastener engages in the mounting groove.

The guide rail of such a guide device can be fixed in many ways on the front side of a furniture body, as in the middle cross-sectional area arranged, C-shaped undercut mounting groove this ideal conditions forms.

Thus, the guide rail can be fastened by means of dowels and Exzenterbeschlägen to a furniture body, the dowels are provided with an engaging in the C-shaped mounting groove head. In this type of attachment, the C-shaped mounting groove point with its open side to the furniture body.

If the guide rail mounted in the reverse position to the furniture body, so this simple mounting screws can be used, which then pass through the mounting groove bottom side limiting web area.

The open side of the C-shaped mounting groove can then be arbitrarily closed by a cover rail.

Since the guide rail is provided above and below the mounting groove with guide grooves, this can be used both in the lower and in the upper region of a sliding door element to guide this sliding door element. In addition, a further sliding door element can be provided below a sliding door element, which can then be guided in its upper region in the lower guide groove of the guide rail also used to guide the upper sliding door element.

Further features of the invention are the subject of further subclaims.

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be described in more detail below.

Figur 1

einen vertikalen Teilschnitt durch ein Möbel mit einem Schiebetürelement mit erfindungsgemäßer Führungseinrichtung,

Figur 2

einen Vertikalschnitt durch eine möbelkorpusseitig festgelegte Führungsschiene nach einem weiteren Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung,

Figur 3

eine Teilansicht in Richtung des Pfeiles III in Figur 1, gezeigt ohne den in Figur 1 dargestellten Zwischenboden des Möbelkorpus,

Figur 4

einen schematisch dargestellten, vertikalen Teilschnitt durch ein Möbel mit übereinanderliegenden Schiebetürelementen mit einer erfindungsgsemäßen Führungseinrichtung,

Figur 5

eine Ansicht in Richtung des Pfeiles V in Figur 4, dargestellt ohne den Zwischenboden gemäß Figur 4,

Figur 6

einen Vertikalschnitt durch ein Möbel mit zwei einander überlappenden Schiebetürelementen, die an erfindungsgemäßen Führungseinrichtungen geführt sind,

Figur 7

eine schematische, perspektivische Sprengbild-Darstellung einer besonders vorteilhaften Befestigungsmöglichkeit der Führungsschiene einer erfindungsgemäßen Führungseinrichtung,

Figur 8

einen Vertikalschnitt durch eine korpusseitig befestigte Führungsschiene gemäß Figur 7.

Show it:

FIG. 1

a vertical partial section through a piece of furniture with a sliding door element with guide device according to the invention,

FIG. 2

2 a vertical section through a furniture rail side fixed guide rail according to a further exemplary embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 3

3 is a partial view in the direction of arrow III in FIG. 1, without the intermediate bottom of the furniture body shown in FIG.

FIG. 4

a schematically illustrated, vertical partial section through a piece of furniture with superimposed sliding door elements with a guide device according to the invention,

FIG. 5

3 is a view in the direction of the arrow V in FIG. 4, without the intermediate bottom according to FIG. 4,

FIG. 6

a vertical section through a piece of furniture with two overlapping sliding door elements which are guided on guide means according to the invention,

FIG. 7

a schematic, perspective exploded view of a particularly advantageous mounting possibility of the guide rail of a guide device according to the invention,

FIG. 8

a vertical section through a body side mounted guide rail according to Figure 7.

In the embodiment of the invention according to Figures 1 and 3, the reference numeral 1 generally denotes a furniture body, which is equipped with a sliding door element 2 in the form of a glass door.

This sliding door element 2 is supported and guided by a guide device 3, which consists essentially of a guide rail 4 and a guide member 5, here in the form of a roller 6.

This intermediate floor 7 jumps back slightly relative to the front surface 8 of the furniture body 1, so that to compensate for the difference between the front edge of the intermediate bottom 7 and the front surface 8 of the furniture body 1 a Spacer 9 is provided between the intermediate bottom 7 and the guide rail 4.

The guide rail 4 is equipped in its central cross-sectional area with an approximately C-shaped mounting groove 10.

Above and below this fastening groove 10, the guide rail 4 is provided with guide grooves 11.

In the embodiment according to Figures 1 and 3, only the upper guide groove 11 is used to guide the roller 6 of the sliding door element second

The attachment of the guide rail 4 on the furniture body 1 - here specifically on the intermediate bottom 7 - via a dowel 12 and an eccentric fitting 13, wherein the dowel 12 is provided with a held in the mounting groove 10 of the guide rail 4 head 14. By turning the Exzenterbeschlages 13 of the Dowel 12 attracted in a conventional manner in the direction of arrow A in Figure 1 and thus the guide rail 4 firmly against the spacer 9 and thus the intermediate bottom 7 are tightened.

Figure 2 shows another mounting option for a guide rail 4 of a guide device according to the invention.

As Figure 2 makes clear, a spacer 9 is also provided here between the intermediate bottom 7 of the furniture body 1 and the guide rail 4. This spacer 9 is equipped with a metric internal thread. In the front side of the intermediate bottom 7 a with its head 14 is engaged with the fastening groove 10 of the guide rail 4 fastening screw 15 is screwed, which is partially provided with a metric threaded portion 16. On this metric threaded portion 16, the spacer 9 is screwed and can be screwed after fixing the fixing screw 15 relative to the intermediate bottom 7 in the direction of the guide rail 4, so that here a proper determination of the mounting rail 4 is achieved.

Both in the possibility of fastening the guide rail 4 of Figure 1 as well as in Figure 2, the guide rail 4 with its open side of the mounting groove 10 in the direction of the furniture body. 1

As FIG. 4 makes clear, the guide rail 4 can also be fixed on the furniture side by a simple fastening screw 15a, which then pass through the web region delimiting the fastening groove 10 at the bottom. As Figure 4 clearly shows, while the open side of the mounting groove 10 to the front of the furniture body 1 and is suitably closed by a cover rail 17 after installation.

In addition, FIG. 4 shows by way of example that a guide rail 4 can be used to guide two sliding door elements 2 lying one above the other, wherein then the roller 6 of the upper sliding door element 2 in the upper guide groove 11 and the roller 6 of the lower sliding door element 2 corresponding to the lower guide groove 11 of the guide rail 4 engages.

In addition, Figure 4 exemplifies that the sliding door elements 2 can be made of different materials, so in the embodiment of Figure 4, the upper sliding door element 2 is made of wood, while the lower sliding door element 2 consists essentially of a glass plate in a running frame 18 is held.

FIG. 5 shows brackets 19 which, on the one hand, support the rollers 6 of the guide device and, on the other hand, are fastened to the rear of the sliding door elements 2. The screws 20 for fixing these brackets 19 are passed to the sliding door elements 2 through slots 21 of the bracket 19 so that after loosening the screws 20 by moving the bracket 19 easy and easy disassembly of the sliding door elements 2 is possible.

FIG. 6 shows an exemplary embodiment in which two sliding door elements 2 are guided overlapping on the guide devices 4 according to the invention.

Here, the furniture body 1 directly facing sliding door element 2 is guided in the lower guide grooves 11 of the respective guide rail 4 and the furniture body 1 further away sliding door element 2 is guided with its rollers 6 in the respective upper or lower guide groove 11 of the respective guide rail 4 ,

The furniture body 1 facing away from the sliding door element 2 can s in a lower region with a simple slide 22 engage in the lower guide groove 4 of the lower guide rail 4, as shown in Figure 6 clearly.

The embodiments described so far already show the enormous variety of mounting and guiding sliding door elements 2 using a guide device according to the invention 3. This diversity is not only seen in the possibility of attachment of the guide rail 4 on a furniture body, but also in the attachment of sliding door elements one above the other or overlapping.

In this case, only one type of guide rail 4 is required, as has been described in detail above.

FIGS. 3 and 5 make clear, by way of example, that the guide rail 4 can be closed on each end by cover caps 23, which can simultaneously form end stops for the sliding door elements 2.

As an alternative to the already mentioned fastening possibilities for the guide rail 4, these end caps 23 may also be used for fastening the guide rail 4 to a furniture carcass under certain circumstances. In this case, these end caps 23 can be pushed onto the guide rail 4 and fixed, for example by screws on furniture body, so that at the same time an attachment of the guide rail 4 is given. Such a solution is particularly to be considered when the guide rail 4 does not have too great overall length.

Figures 7 and 8 show a possibility, simultaneously with the fastening means for fixing the guide rail 4 of a guide device 3 according to the invention also perform an adjustment of this guide rail 4 in the horizontal direction. As FIGS. 7 and 8 show, here again a dowel 12 and an eccentric fitting 13 are provided for fastening the guide rail 4. The region of this plug 12 passing through the open side of the fastening groove 10 or the head 14 of this anchor 12 is eccentric with respect to the dowel longitudinal axis formed so that a height adjustment of the guide rail 4 can be achieved by a rotation of the anchor 12 by means of a tool 24.

In this case, the shaft of the anchor 12 is formed polygonal and duchtritt the polygonal recess 25 of a spacer 9, which on the outside, for example, formed as a hexagon and thus can be easily rotated by a corresponding tool 24. Thus, ultimately, the fastening means can be used simultaneously as an adjusting device for the guide rail 4.

The end caps 23 may be provided in the abutment region of the sliding door elements 2 for noise damping with a damping pad 26, as shown in Figure 3, wherein this damping pad 26 may consist of rubber, felt, plastic or the like. Alternatively, however, a resilient damping element may be integrally formed on the respective end cap 23.

Claims (10)

1. Guiding device (3) for elements of a sliding door (2) for furniture, comprising a guide rail (4) which can be fixed on the furniture, and at least one guide part (5), preferably in the form of a castor (6), which can be fastened on the sliding door, characterized in that the guide rail (4) is provided in its central cross-sectional region with a fastening groove (10) undercut in a C-shaped manner for receiving fastening means in the form of pins (12) or fastening screws (15, 15a) and is equipped below and also above the fastening groove (10) with guide grooves (11) for guiding guide parts, such as castors (6) or sliders, the head (14) in each case of the fastening means (12, 15, 15a) engaging in the fastening groove (10).
2. Guiding device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the pins (12) are provided at their end-side end which faces the head (14) with a clamping head which engages in an eccentric fitting (13) which can be fixed on the furniture.
3. Guiding device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the fastening screws (15, 15a) pass through the web region delimiting the bottom side of the fastening groove (10).
4. Guiding device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the screws can be screwed with a cutting-thread section directly into the material of the furniture, and in that a section (16) which is provided with a metric thread is provided in each case between the head (14) of the screws (15) and the cutting-thread section, onto which section a spacer (9) provided with a metric internal thread is screwed.
5. Guiding device according to Claim 2, characterized in that the head (14) or that region of the pin (12) which passes through the open side of the fastening groove (10) is arranged eccentrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the pin.
6. Guiding device according to Claim 5, characterized in that the stem of the pin (12) is of multi-edged design and passes through a corresponding multi-edged recess (25) of a spacer (9), which has a multi-edged boundary on the outside.
7. Guiding device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide rail (4) is closed on the end sides by end caps (23).
8. Guiding device according to Claim 7, characterized in that the end caps (23) are equipped with stop regions for an element of a sliding door (2).
9. Guiding device according to Claim 8, characterized in that a damping covering (26) of rubber, felt, plastic or the like is fastened in the stop region of the end caps (23).
10. Guiding device according to Claim 8, characterized in that a damping element in the form of a resilient section moulded integrally is provided in the stop region of the end caps (23).

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