EP1721548B1 - Leveller device for furniture - Google Patents

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EP1721548B1
EP1721548B1 EP06009793A EP06009793A EP1721548B1 EP 1721548 B1 EP1721548 B1 EP 1721548B1 EP 06009793 A EP06009793 A EP 06009793A EP 06009793 A EP06009793 A EP 06009793A EP 1721548 B1 EP1721548 B1 EP 1721548B1
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Filippo Cerofolini
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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
    • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
    • A47B95/008—Suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls
    • 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
    • A47B2230/00—Furniture jointing; Furniture with such jointing
    • A47B2230/0003—Adjustable furniture jointing
    • A47B2230/0014—Height or width adjustment using eccenter mechanisms

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  • the present invention relates to a levelling device for furniture.
  • the present invention relates to a levelling device for suspended furniture, that is to say, a levelling device of the type adapted for positioning a piece of furniture hung on hooks provided on a wall in a secure and horizontal manner.
  • levelling devices have therefore been developed in the prior art to be associated to the furniture that cooperate with corresponding hooks fastened to a wall so as to bring said furniture to a horizontal position.
  • Such levelling devices generally comprise a pair of brackets fastened into predetermined portions of a rear panel or back of a piece of furniture that engages with respective hooks fastened to a wall on which such piece of furniture is to be located.
  • the above levelling devices have certain overall dimensions, so that after assembly, visible portions are left that negatively affect the aesthetic effect of the piece of furniture said devices are associated to.
  • the technical problem at the basis of the present invention is therefore that of providing a levelling device for suspended furniture which overcomes the disadvantages mentioned above with reference to the prior art.
  • a levelling device in particular for furniture intended for being hung on a plurality of hooks provided in a wall comprising a support intended for being recessed in a predetermined portion of a piece of furniture and a box-shaped body turnably inserted in said support so as to be angularly movable about an axis, said box-shaped body having an aperture facing outwards of said piece of furniture for receiving a hook in said seat inside said box-shaped body and said aperture having a substantially spiral cam-shaped profile.
  • reference numeral 1 globally denotes a levelling device for furniture according to the present invention.
  • the levelling device 1 comprises a support globally indicated with reference numeral 2 and a box-shaped body globally indicated with reference numeral 3.
  • the box-shaped body 3 is turnably inserted in support 2 so as to be angularly movable about an axis Y as will be better explained hereinafter.
  • the support 2 comprises a substantially cylindrical sleeve 4 provided with a flange 5 having a substantially central aperture 6 and two opposite peripheral slots 7 for the passage of fastening screws 38 as better explained hereinafter.
  • the box-shaped body 3 comprises a substantially cylindrical cup 8 and a cover 9.
  • the cup 8 exhibits a wall 10 having an aperture 11 and a skirt 12.
  • the skirt 12 exhibits a first portion 13 that extends from said wall 10 and is externally provided with axial knurls 14 and a second portion 15 or end portion free of knurls 14 at which a plurality of slots 16 is formed.
  • a collar 17 is further provided on the outer side of the skirt 12 between said first portion 13 and said second portion 15.
  • the aperture 11 of the cup 8 exhibits a substantially spiral cam-shaped profile 19.
  • said spiral cam profile 19 exhibits a portion 19a with variable radius between a maximum radius R1 and a minimum radius R2 for an angular movement of predetermined width smaller than a round angle.
  • the portion 19a is joined to a step profile 19b that completes said spiral cam profile 19.
  • the maximum radius R1 is comprised within the range of 8-12 mm
  • the minimum radius R2 is comprised within the range of 2-6 mm
  • the angle of said predetermined angular with is of about 300°.
  • the cover 9 comprises a cut 21 in a substantially central position, in the example shown in the figures it is a cross cut, for the introduction of a tool for manoeuvring the box-shaped body 3, in the example a bit of a screwdriver.
  • the cover 9 further comprises a plurality of teeth 22 protruding from the edge thereof and formed in the same number as that of slots 16 of the cup 8.
  • the cup 8 and the cover 9 are constrained together by engagement of teeth 22 of the cover 9 in the corresponding slots 16 of the cup 8, thus obtaining the above box-shaped body 3.
  • the box-shaped body 3 is inserted into the sleeve 4 of the support 2 with the aperture 11 of the cup 8 facing the central aperture 6 of the flange 5.
  • the box-shaped body 3 and the related support 2 are made axially integral with one another by engagement of the collar 17 of the box-shaped body 3 in an annular recess 23 internally formed on the sleeve 4 of the support 2 in the proximity of the edge of said sleeve 4.
  • the box-shaped body 3 is angularly movable in the sleeve 4 of the support 2 when said box-shaped body 3 is actuated by said manoeuvring tool overcoming the friction existing between the inner walls of the sleeve 4 and the knurl 14 on the skirt 12. Said friction also allows keeping the box-shaped body 3 firmly in position 3 into the sleeve 4 of the support as soon as the rotation of the box-shaped body 3 exerted through the manoeuvring tool is interrupted.
  • the support 2 is preferably made of a plastic material that offers the advantage of a good deformability, facilitating the introduction of the box-shaped body 3 into the sleeve 4.
  • the cup 8 and the related cover 9 that together form the box-shaped body 3 are preferably made of a metal material that offers advantages of higher sturdiness.
  • the levelling device 1 is recessed into a piece of furniture with the aperture 11 facing outwards of the piece of furniture so as to receive a hook 40 fastened to a wall in a seat 30 inside the box-shaped body 3 wherein said hook 40 supports the levelling device 1 and said piece of furniture.
  • the levelling device 1 further comprises stopping means for limiting the angular movement of the box-shaped body 3 relative to the hook 40 associated thereto along the variable radius portion 19a between the maximum radius R1 and the minimum radius R2.
  • the above stopping means is a tooth 33 formed on the cover 9 and integral in rotation with the box-shaped body 3 and a fixed counter tooth 32 formed on the sleeve 4 as extension thereof and having a predetermined angular width, said tooth 33 and said counter tooth 32 being placed in phase with one another so as to be opposed to each other in a first stopping position 50 wherein the hook 40 interacts with the portion 19a of the cam profile 19 in the maximum radius R1 zone and in a second stopping position 51 that can be reached from said first stopping position 50 by angularly moving the box-shaped body 3 relative to the hook 40 along the variable radius portion 19a wherein the hook 40 interacts with the portion 19a of the cam profile 19 in the minimum radius R2 zone.
  • the first stopping position 50 will correspond to a maximum vertical distance D between the hook 40 and the rotation axis Y of the box-shaped body 3 and thus the lowest adjustment position of the piece of furniture which the levelling device 1 is associated to.
  • the second stopping position 51 achieved after angularly moving the box-shaped body 3 from the first stopping position 50 by an angle ⁇ 3 smaller than the round angle (in the example, ⁇ 3 is about 300°) will correspond to a minimum vertical distance G between the hook 40 and the rotation axis Y of the box-shaped body 3 and thus the highest adjustment position of the piece of furniture the levelling device 1 is associated to.
  • FIGS 17 and 18 there are shown two intermediate adjustment positions of levelling device 1 obtained by angularly moving the box-shaped body 3 from the first stopping position by a predetermined angle ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2, both smaller than ⁇ 3.
  • ⁇ 1 is about 100° and ⁇ 2 is about 200°.
  • the levelling device 1 further comprises a small-sized tooth 41 formed on the sleeve 4 in the proximity of the above stopping position of the tooth 33 of the cover 9 against the counter tooth 32 of the sleeve 4.
  • Such tooth 41 essentially has a function of a reference mark in the assembly of the box-shaped body 3 into the sleeve 4 so that the tooth 33 is brought in the above first stopping position 50.
  • Such tooth 41 is easily surmounted by the tooth 33 of the cover 9 during the angular movement of box-shaped body 3 from said first stopping position 50 towards said second stopping position 51.
  • the cup 8 and the cover 9 are constrained to one another by engagement of the teeth 22 of the cover 9 into the corresponding slots 16 of the cup 8, thus obtaining the above box-shaped body 3.
  • the box-shaped body 3 and the related support 2 are axially constrained to one another by engaging the collar 17 of the box-shaped body 3 into the inner annular recess 23 of the sleeve 4 while moving the tooth 33 of the cover 9 to the first stopping position 50.
  • a pair of levelling devices 1 is applied to predetermined zones of a portion 34 of a piece of furniture so as to cooperate with a corresponding pair of hooks 40 previously fastened to a wall 35.
  • the portion 34 of the piece of furniture normally is a rear panel or back thereof.
  • the hooks 40 are normally fastened to wall 35 in a conventional manner, for example by a screw anchor 36.
  • the figures 13 to 15 show the application of a single levelling device according to the invention on said portion 34 of the piece of furniture.
  • Such levelling device 1 previously assembled with the box-shaped body 3 already inserted in the sleeve 4 of the support 2 as described above, is recessed into a hole 37 previously made on said portion 34 of the piece of furniture so as to have the flange 5 facing outwards of the piece of furniture.
  • the levelling device 1 is then fastened to the piece of furniture by a pair of screws 38 passing through the slots 7 of the flange 5.
  • the piece of furniture is hung on hooks 40 making them pass through apertures 11 of the levelling devices 1 so as to locate into the respective seats 30 of box-shaped body 3. Since the box-shaped body 3 of the levelling devices 1 is with the tooth 33 in the above first stopping position 50, the hooks 40 will support the piece of furniture interacting with the portion 19a of the cam profile in the maximum radius zone R1. As a consequence, the piece of furniture will be in the lowest adjustment position.
  • the main advantages of the levelling device according to the invention lie in the easiness of assembly, in the simplicity of adjustment and reliability. In fact, the assembly requires few operations totally within the reach of non-specialised personnel, too.
  • the adjustment can be made simply with a manoeuvring tool, such as a screwdriver acting on the box-shaped body of the device according to the invention.
  • the friction between the knurls 14 of the skirt 12 with the inner walls of the sleeve 4 allows keeping the box-shaped body 3 firmly in position, to the advantage of the reliability of device 1 according to the invention.
  • a further advantage of the levelling device lies in its simplicity and easiness of construction which implies limited costs as a limited number of components is required for each device.
  • Another advantage of the levelling device according to the invention lies in its reduced overall dimensions, limited to few centimetres.
  • a suitable thickness of the piece of furniture back it is possible to form a hole opened outwards of suitable dimensions for the recess of the levelling device according to the invention and a hole opened inwards of the piece of furniture of very small dimensions, that is, as needed to access the adjustment with a manoeuvring tool (such as a screwdriver).
  • a manoeuvring tool such as a screwdriver
  • the portions of the levelling device according to the invention left visible will be minimal to the advantage of the aesthetic effect of the piece of furniture.

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