EP2001326B1 - Assembly comprising electric drive units for drawers - Google Patents

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EP2001326B1
EP2001326B1 EP07701336.5A EP07701336A EP2001326B1 EP 2001326 B1 EP2001326 B1 EP 2001326B1 EP 07701336 A EP07701336 A EP 07701336A EP 2001326 B1 EP2001326 B1 EP 2001326B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
    • E05B17/0025—Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing
    • E05B17/0029—Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing motor-operated
    • 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
    • A47B67/00—Chests; Dressing-tables; Medicine cabinets or the like; Cabinets characterised by the arrangement of drawers
    • A47B67/04—Chests of drawers; Cabinets characterised by the arrangement of drawers
    • 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
    • A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
    • A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
    • A47B88/453—Actuated drawers
    • A47B88/457—Actuated drawers operated by electrically-powered actuation means
    • 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
    • A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
    • A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
    • A47B88/453—Actuated drawers
    • A47B88/46—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs
    • A47B88/463—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs self-opening
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
    • E05B65/46—Locks or fastenings for special use for drawers
    • E05B65/462—Locks or fastenings for special use for drawers for two or more drawers
    • E05B65/463—Drawer interlock or anti-tilt mechanisms, i.e. when one drawer is open, at least one of the remaining drawers is locked
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B47/00—Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means
    • E05B47/06—Controlling mechanically-operated bolts by electro-magnetically-operated detents
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/40—Motors; Magnets; Springs; Weights; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/404—Function thereof
    • E05Y2201/422—Function thereof for opening
    • E05Y2201/426—Function thereof for opening for the initial opening movement

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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement with at least two electric drive units for driving one of at least two movably mounted in a common furniture body drawers, each drive unit is associated with a measuring device for detecting a force exerted by a user on the respective drawer force action and at least one control - or control device for controlling or regulating the drive units, wherein the measuring signals of the measuring device of the control or regulating device can be fed and wherein the control or regulating device can trigger the associated drive unit after receiving a predetermined measurement signal from one of the measuring devices.
  • the problem often occurs that it comes after triggering one of the drive units due to the vibrations caused by this drive unit to unintentional release of other drive units.
  • the reason for this is that the vibrations generated by the deliberately triggered drive unit are detected by the measuring devices of other drive units and are erroneously interpreted by the control or regulating device as an actuation request with respect to the other drive units.
  • the electric drive units are fastened either directly to a rear wall of the furniture carcass or to a common carrier element.
  • a common carrier element To avoid the problem of unintentional triggering, it has gone over to form the rear wall of the furniture body or the common support element as rigid as possible.
  • this is due to the increased weight and the fact that special rear walls or support elements must be used, for economic and technical reasons disadvantageous.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an arrangement which can be secured while avoiding unintentional triggering on conventional rear walls or support elements.
  • the control unit blocks the other electric drive units so to speak electronically, so that they can not be triggered by the resulting in operation of intentionally triggered drive unit vibrations.
  • the detection of a force exerted by a user on the respective drawer force effected such that at least one of the measuring devices comprises a position measuring device which is arranged so that a movement of the associated drawer from the storage position in the furniture body can be detected.
  • the movement of the drawer out of the storage position may be either a movement into the furniture body or a movement out of the furniture body.
  • the arrangement has both functionalities, so that the triggering of the drive unit can equally be effected by pushing the drawer into the furniture carcass or moving the drawer out by a predetermined distance.
  • the position-measuring device can detect the movement of a part of the drive unit that is in contact with the associated drawer.
  • This part may, for example, be an ejection lever of the drive unit, which is biased by suitable means (for example a spring) in the direction of the rear wall of the drawer. If you press the drawer into the furniture body, the ejection lever is pushed through the rear wall of the drawer in the direction of the rear wall of the furniture body. If you pull the drawer slightly out of the furniture body, so the standing under mechanical bias discharge lever can move a little further away from the rear wall of the furniture body. Both movements can be detected by the position measuring device and reported to the control or regulating device.
  • each of the drive units has a control or regulating device preferably integrated in the housing.
  • each of the control devices is configurable as a master.
  • the other control devices act as slaves, which receive their commands from the master.
  • the invention also relates to a piece of furniture with a furniture body and at least two drawers movably mounted in the furniture body, wherein the furniture has an arrangement according to one of the embodiments described above.
  • Fig. 1 a is a piece of furniture 1 shown with a furniture body 3, in which three drawers 2 are movably mounted.
  • Four drive units 4 are fastened to a common carrier element 5.
  • One of the drive units is in Fig. 1b shown.
  • a user 8 wants to trigger the second uppermost drawer 2 by pressing it into the furniture body 3. He exerts the force F 'on the drawer 2 from. Due to the third Newton's law, the ejection lever 7 of the drive unit 4 exerts an equally large opposing force F on the rear wall 6 of the drawer 2.
  • Carrier element 5 comes, which moves the ejection lever 7 of the uppermost drive unit 4 by a distance X from the rear wall 6 of the top drawer 2. This is from one in the Fig. 1 and 2 not shown control or regulating device incorrectly interpreted as an actuation request, so that it to the in Fig. 3 shown situation comes. In addition to the intentionally triggered second-highest drawer 2 unintentionally, the drive unit 4 of the top drawer 2 was triggered.
  • FIG. 4 schematically is shown a particularly preferred embodiment of an inventive arrangement with a modular design.
  • Each drive unit 4 has a control or regulating device 9, an electric motor 11 and a measuring device 10.
  • the control or regulating devices 9 of the different drive units 4 communicate via a common data bus 12.
  • the electrical lines for supplying the individual units are not shown.
  • One of the control units 9 is configured as a master and blocks the remaining drive units 4 for a predetermined time when a drive unit 4 is triggered.
  • Fig. 5a shows a perspective view of a drive unit 4, which for ejecting a drawer 2 has an electric motor driven ejection lever 7.
  • Fig. 5b shows a piece of furniture 1, on whose furniture body 3 a plurality of drive units 4 are arranged with ejection levers 7.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Anordnung mit wenigstens zwei elektrischen Antriebseinheiten zum Antreiben von je einer von wenigstens zwei in einem gemeinsamen Möbelkorpus bewegbar gelagerten Schubladen, wobei jeder Antriebseinheit eine Messeinrichtung zur Detektion einer von einem Benutzer auf die jeweilige Schublade ausgeübten Krafteinwirkung zugeordnet ist und wenigstens einer Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung zum Steuern bzw. Regeln der Antriebseinheiten, wobei die Messsignale der Messeinrichtung der Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung zuführbar sind und wobei die Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung nach Erhalt eines vorbestimmten Messsignals von einer der Messeinrichtungen die zugeordnete Antriebseinheit auslösen kann.The present invention relates to an arrangement with at least two electric drive units for driving one of at least two movably mounted in a common furniture body drawers, each drive unit is associated with a measuring device for detecting a force exerted by a user on the respective drawer force action and at least one control - or control device for controlling or regulating the drive units, wherein the measuring signals of the measuring device of the control or regulating device can be fed and wherein the control or regulating device can trigger the associated drive unit after receiving a predetermined measurement signal from one of the measuring devices.

Bei derartigen Anordnungen tritt häufig das Problem auf, dass es nach erfolgter Auslösung einer der Antriebseinheiten aufgrund der durch diese Antriebseinheit ausgelösten Erschütterungen zu einer unbeabsichtigten Auslösung anderer Antriebseinheiten kommt. Der Grund dafür liegt darin, dass die von der absichtlich ausgelösten Antriebseinheit erzeugten Erschütterungen von den Messeinrichtungen anderer Antriebseinheiten detektiert und von der Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung fälschlicherweise als Betätigungswunsch in Bezug auf die anderen Antriebseinheiten interpretiert wird.In such arrangements, the problem often occurs that it comes after triggering one of the drive units due to the vibrations caused by this drive unit to unintentional release of other drive units. The reason for this is that the vibrations generated by the deliberately triggered drive unit are detected by the measuring devices of other drive units and are erroneously interpreted by the control or regulating device as an actuation request with respect to the other drive units.

Die elektrischen Antriebseinheiten werden im Betrieb entweder direkt an einer Rückwand des Möbelkorpus oder an einem gemeinsamen Trägerelement befestigt. Um das Problem der unbeabsichtigten Auslösung zu vermeiden, ist man dazu übergegangen, die Rückwand des Möbelkorpus bzw. das gemeinsame Trägerelement so starr wie möglich auszubilden. Dies ist jedoch aufgrund des vergrößerten Gewichtes und der Tatsache, dass spezielle Rückwände bzw. Trägerelemente zum Einsatz kommen müssen, aus wirtschaftlichen und technischen Gründen nachteilig.During operation, the electric drive units are fastened either directly to a rear wall of the furniture carcass or to a common carrier element. To avoid the problem of unintentional triggering, it has gone over to form the rear wall of the furniture body or the common support element as rigid as possible. However, this is due to the increased weight and the fact that special rear walls or support elements must be used, for economic and technical reasons disadvantageous.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, eine Anordnung bereitzustellen, welche unter Vermeidung unbeabsichtigter Auslösungen an herkömmlichen Rückwänden bzw. Trägerelementen befestigt werden können.The object of the invention is to provide an arrangement which can be secured while avoiding unintentional triggering on conventional rear walls or support elements.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch eine Anordnung mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 gelöst.This object is achieved by an arrangement having the features of claim 1.

Die Steuer- bzw. Regeleinheit sperrt die anderen elektrischen Antriebseinheiten sozusagen elektronisch, wodurch diese auch nicht mehr durch die im Betrieb der absichtlich ausgelösten Antriebseinheit entstehenden Vibrationen ausgelöst werden können.The control unit blocks the other electric drive units so to speak electronically, so that they can not be triggered by the resulting in operation of intentionally triggered drive unit vibrations.

Weitere vorteilhafte Ausführungsformen sind in den abhängigen Ansprüchen definiert.Further advantageous embodiments are defined in the dependent claims.

Beispielsweise kann die Detektion einer von einem Benutzer auf die jeweilige Schublade ausgeübten Krafteinwirkung derart erfolgen, dass wenigstens eine der Messeinrichtungen eine Positionsmesseinrichtung umfasst, die so angeordnet ist, dass durch sie eine Bewegung der zugeordneten Schublade aus der Lagerposition im Möbelkorpus detektierbar ist. Bei der Bewegung der Schublade aus der Lagerposition kann es sich dabei entweder um eine Bewegung in den Möbelkorpus hinein oder um eine Bewegung aus dem Möbelkorpus heraus handeln. Vorzugsweise weist die Anordnung beide Funktionalitäten auf, sodass die Auslösung der Antriebseinheit gleichermaßen durch ein Eindrücken der Schublade in den Möbelkorpus hinein oder ein Herausbewegen der Schublade um eine vorgegebene Strecke erfolgen kann.For example, the detection of a force exerted by a user on the respective drawer force effected such that at least one of the measuring devices comprises a position measuring device which is arranged so that a movement of the associated drawer from the storage position in the furniture body can be detected. The movement of the drawer out of the storage position may be either a movement into the furniture body or a movement out of the furniture body. Preferably, the arrangement has both functionalities, so that the triggering of the drive unit can equally be effected by pushing the drawer into the furniture carcass or moving the drawer out by a predetermined distance.

Es ist dabei nicht unbedingt notwendig, die Bewegung der Schublade direkt zu messen. Beispielsweise kann vorgesehen sein, dass die Positionsmesseinrichtung die Bewegung eines mit der zugeordneten Schublade in Kontakt stehenden Teils der Antriebseinheit detektieren kann. Bei diesem Teil kann es sich beispielsweise um einen Ausstoßhebel der Antriebseinheit handeln, welcher durch geeignete Mittel (beispielsweise eine Feder) in Richtung der Rückwand der Schublade vorgespannt ist. Drückt man die Schublade in den Möbelkorpus hinein, wird der Ausstoßhebel durch die Rückwand der Schublade in Richtung der Rückwand des Möbelkorpus gedrückt. Zieht man die Schublade etwas aus dem Möbelkorpus heraus, so kann der unter mechanischer Vorspannung stehende Ausstoßhebel sich etwas weiter von der Rückwand des Möbelkorpus fort bewegen. Beide Bewegungen können durch die Positionsmesseinrichtung erfasst und der Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung gemeldet werden.It is not absolutely necessary to directly measure the movement of the drawer. For example, it can be provided that the position-measuring device can detect the movement of a part of the drive unit that is in contact with the associated drawer. This part may, for example, be an ejection lever of the drive unit, which is biased by suitable means (for example a spring) in the direction of the rear wall of the drawer. If you press the drawer into the furniture body, the ejection lever is pushed through the rear wall of the drawer in the direction of the rear wall of the furniture body. If you pull the drawer slightly out of the furniture body, so the standing under mechanical bias discharge lever can move a little further away from the rear wall of the furniture body. Both movements can be detected by the position measuring device and reported to the control or regulating device.

Es kann zwar vorgesehen sein, dass pro Möbel eine einzige Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung für alle im Möbelkorpus angeordneten Antriebseinheiten zuständig ist. Besonders bevorzugt ist jedoch eine modulare Bauweise, bei welcher jede der Antriebseinheiten eine vorzugsweise im Gehäuse integrierte Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung aufweist. In diesem Fall ist vorgesehen, dass jede der Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtungen als Master konfigurierbar ist.Although it can be provided that per piece of furniture a single control or regulating device is responsible for all arranged in the furniture body drive units. However, a modular design is particularly preferred in which each of the drive units has a control or regulating device preferably integrated in the housing. In this case, it is provided that each of the control devices is configurable as a master.

Die anderen Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtungen fungieren als Slave, welche ihre Befehle vom Master entgegennehmen.The other control devices act as slaves, which receive their commands from the master.

Die Erfindung betrifft auch ein Möbel mit einem Möbelkorpus und wenigstens zwei im Möbelkorpus bewegbar gelagerten Schubladen, wobei das Möbel eine Anordnung nach einer der oben beschriebenen Ausführungsformen aufweist.The invention also relates to a piece of furniture with a furniture body and at least two drawers movably mounted in the furniture body, wherein the furniture has an arrangement according to one of the embodiments described above.

Weitere Vorteile und Einzelheiten der Erfindung ergeben sich anhand der Figuren sowie der dazugehörigen Figurenbeschreibung. Dabei zeigen:

Fig. 1a, 1b
eine Schnittdarstellung eines Möbels mit einer Anordnung nach dem Stand der Technik sowie eine Detailansicht dazu,
Fig. 2a, 2b
das in den Fig. 1a, 1b dargestellte Möbel nach erfolgter Auslösung einer Antriebseinheit,
Fig. 3
das in den Fig. 1a, 1b bund Fig. 2a, 2b dargestellte Möbel zu einer späteren Zeit, wobei die unbeabsichtigte Auslösung einer weiteren Antriebseinheit erkennbar ist,
Fig. 4
eine schematische Darstellung einer erfindungsgemäßen Anordnung und
Fig. 5a, 5b
eine perspektivische Ansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Antriebseinheit sowie deren Anordnung in einem Möbelkorpus.
Further advantages and details of the invention will become apparent from the figures and the associated description of the figures. Showing:
Fig. 1a, 1b
3 is a sectional view of a piece of furniture with a state-of-the-art arrangement and a detailed view thereupon;
Fig. 2a, 2b
that in the Fig. 1a, 1b shown furniture after the release of a drive unit,
Fig. 3
that in the Fig. 1a, 1b Federation Fig. 2a, 2b shown furniture at a later time, wherein the unintentional triggering of another drive unit is recognizable,
Fig. 4
a schematic representation of an inventive arrangement and
Fig. 5a, 5b
a perspective view of a drive unit according to the invention and their arrangement in a furniture body.

An den Fig. 1 bis 3 sei die Problematik der dem Stand der Technik angehörigen Anordnungen kurz erläutert.To the Fig. 1 to 3 let the problem of the prior art belonging arrangements are briefly explained.

In Fig. 1 a ist ein Möbel 1 mit einem Möbelkorpus 3 dargestellt, in welchem drei Schubladen 2 bewegbar gelagert sind. Vier Antriebseinheiten 4 sind an einem gemeinsamen Trägerelement 5 befestigt. Eine der Antriebseinheiten ist in Fig. 1b dargestellt. Ein Benutzer 8 möchte die zweitoberste Schublade 2 durch ein Eindrücken in den Möbelkorpus 3 hinein auslösen. Dabei übt er die Kraft F' auf die Schublade 2 aus. Aufgrund des dritten Newtonschen Gesetzes übt der Ausstoßhebel 7 der Antriebseinheit 4 eine gleich große entgegengerichtete Kraft F auf die Rückwand 6 der Schublade 2 aus.In Fig. 1 a is a piece of furniture 1 shown with a furniture body 3, in which three drawers 2 are movably mounted. Four drive units 4 are fastened to a common carrier element 5. One of the drive units is in Fig. 1b shown. A user 8 wants to trigger the second uppermost drawer 2 by pressing it into the furniture body 3. He exerts the force F 'on the drawer 2 from. Due to the third Newton's law, the ejection lever 7 of the drive unit 4 exerts an equally large opposing force F on the rear wall 6 of the drawer 2.

In den Fig. 2a und 2b ist dargestellt, dass es durch die Kraftausübung der Antriebseinheit 4 auf die absichtlich ausgelöste Schublade 2 zu einer Verbiegung des gemeinsamenIn the Fig. 2a and 2b It is shown that it is due to the exercise of force of the drive unit 4 on the intentionally triggered drawer 2 to a bending of the common

Trägerelementes 5 kommt, wodurch sich der Ausstoßhebel 7 der obersten Antriebseinheit 4 um eine Strecke X von der Rückwand 6 der obersten Schublade 2 wegbewegt. Dies wird von einer in den Fig. 1 und 2 nicht dargestellten Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung fälschlicherweise als Betätigungswunsch interpretiert, sodass es zu der in Fig. 3 dargestellten Situation kommt. Neben der absichtlich ausgelösten zweitobersten Schublade 2 wurde unabsichtlich auch die Antriebseinheit 4 der obersten Schublade 2 ausgelöst.Carrier element 5 comes, which moves the ejection lever 7 of the uppermost drive unit 4 by a distance X from the rear wall 6 of the top drawer 2. This is from one in the Fig. 1 and 2 not shown control or regulating device incorrectly interpreted as an actuation request, so that it to the in Fig. 3 shown situation comes. In addition to the intentionally triggered second-highest drawer 2 unintentionally, the drive unit 4 of the top drawer 2 was triggered.

In Fig. 4 ist schematisch eine besonders bevorzugte Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Anordnung mit einer modularen Bauweise dargestellt. Jede Antriebseinheit 4 weist dabei eine Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtung 9, einen Elektromotor 11 sowie eine Messeinrichtung 10 auf. Die Steuer- bzw. Regeleinrichtungen 9 der unterschiedlichen Antriebseinheiten 4 kommunizieren über einen gemeinsamen Datenbus 12. Nicht dargestellt sind die elektrischen Leitungen zur Versorgung der einzelnen Einheiten. Eine der Steuer- bzw. Regeleinheiten 9 ist als Master konfiguriert und sperrt bei Auslösung einer Antriebseinheit 4 die restlichen Antriebseinheiten 4 für eine vorbestimmte Zeit.In Fig. 4 schematically is shown a particularly preferred embodiment of an inventive arrangement with a modular design. Each drive unit 4 has a control or regulating device 9, an electric motor 11 and a measuring device 10. The control or regulating devices 9 of the different drive units 4 communicate via a common data bus 12. The electrical lines for supplying the individual units are not shown. One of the control units 9 is configured as a master and blocks the remaining drive units 4 for a predetermined time when a drive unit 4 is triggered.

Fig. 5a zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht einer Antriebseinheit 4, welche zum Ausstoßen einer Schublade 2 einen elektromotorisch angetriebenen Ausstoßhebel 7 aufweist. Fig. 5a shows a perspective view of a drive unit 4, which for ejecting a drawer 2 has an electric motor driven ejection lever 7.

Fig. 5b zeigt ein Möbel 1, an dessen Möbelkorpus 3 mehrere Antriebseinheiten 4 mit Ausstoßhebeln 7 angeordnet sind. Fig. 5b shows a piece of furniture 1, on whose furniture body 3 a plurality of drive units 4 are arranged with ejection levers 7.

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  1. An arrangement, including:
    - at least two electrical drive units for driving a respective one of at least two drawers mounted movably in a common body of an article of furniture, wherein associated with each drive unit is a measuring device for the detection of a force action exerted on the respective drawer by a user, and
    - at least one control or regulating device for controlling or regulating the drive units, wherein the measurement signals of the measuring device can be fed to the control or regulating device and wherein after receiving the predetermined measurement signal from one of the measuring devices, the control or regulating device can trigger the associated drawer,
    characterized in that the control or regulating device (9) has an operating mode in which after receiving the predetermined measurement signal from one of the measuring devices (10), it blocks triggering of the drive units (4) associated with the other measuring devices (10).
  2. The arrangement of claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the measuring devices (10) includes a position measuring device which is arranged such that a movement of the associated drawer (2) out of the storage position in the furniture body (3) can be detected by the position measuring device.
  3. The arrangement of claim 2, characterized in that the movement of a part of the drive unit (4), that is in contact with the associated drawer (2), can be detected by the position measuring device.
  4. The arrangement according to claim 3, characterized in that the part of the drive unit (4), that is in contact with the drawer (2), is in the form of an ejection lever (7).
  5. The arrangement according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the control or regulating device (9) is configured such that it triggers the drive unit (4) associated therewith upon an outward movement of the drawer (2) out of the storage position in the furniture body (3) by a predetermined distance (X).
  6. The arrangement according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the control or regulating device (9) is configured such that it triggers the drive unit (4) associated therewith upon an inward movement of the drawer (2) out of the storage position in the furniture body (3) by a predetermined distance (X).
  7. The arrangement according to one of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that each of the drive units (4) has a control or regulating device (9), preferably integrated in the housing, wherein each control or regulating device (9) can be configured as a master.
  8. An article of furniture comprising a furniture body and at least two drawers mounted movably in the furniture body, characterized by an arrangement according to one of the claims 1 to 7.
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