EP2929115A2 - Verschlussvorrichtung zum verbinden zweier teile - Google Patents
Verschlussvorrichtung zum verbinden zweier teileInfo
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
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- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a closure device for connecting two parts according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Such a closure device comprises a first closure part and a second closure part.
- the second closure part can be attached to the first closure part in a closing direction for closing the closure device, is held in a closed position on the first closure part, is movable to open the closure device in a direction different from the closing direction opening direction to the first closure part and can after opening the Closing device for separating the closure parts against the closing direction are removed from the first closure part.
- the opening direction is different from the closing direction
- the opening direction points in a direction other than the closing direction and in particular is also not directed opposite to the closing direction.
- the opening direction thus has an angle different to 0 ° and 180 ° to the closing direction.
- magnetic means are provided which act between the first closure member and the second closure member to assist closure of the closure device by providing a magnetic attractive force.
- a closure device is known for example from WO 2008/006357 A2.
- opening and separating the closure parts done in the manner of a circulation movement.
- To close the closure parts are attached in a closing direction to each other.
- To open the closure parts are moved along a different direction from the closing direction, for example, directed transversely to the closing direction opening direction to each other, so that a stop between the closure parts is released.
- the closure parts can then be separated from each other by being removed from each other in the opposite direction to the closing direction.
- For re-closing the closure parts can then be set again in the closing direction together.
- the individual actuation phases are present here as “closing” (corresponding to the attachment of the second closure part to the first closure part for closing the closure device), “opening” (corresponding to the opening of the closure device by moving the second closure part in the opening direction relative to the first closure part) and “Disconnect” (corresponding to the movement of the second closure member against the closing direction relative to the first closure member for removing the closure members from each other).
- Object of the present invention is to provide a closure device available in which the opening can be done in a haptic pleasant way and in particular a snap immediately after opening is not readily possible.
- locking means are provided in the closure device, which are designed to lock a back movement of the second closure part against the opening direction relative to the first closure part during separation of the closure parts.
- the present invention is based on the idea, when separating the closure parts from one another, that a return of the closure parts to one another, ie a return movement of the second closure part against the opening direction relative to the first closure part, can not take place directly and without further ado. Due to the fact that such a provision is blocked at least in sections when the closure parts are separated from each other, the second closure part can not directly reach a position relative to the first closure part, in which the second closure part is pulled again in the closing direction towards the first closure part. By means of the blocking means, snapping-on of the closure device immediately after opening during separation of the closure parts from one another is thus prevented, so that the closure parts can be reliably removed from each other and separated from each other at least over a predetermined path.
- the magnetic attraction is at least attenuated when opening the closure device.
- the magnetic means for example a magnet on the one closure part and a magnetic anchor of a ferromagnetic material on the other closure part or a magnet on each of the one and the other closure part - cause a magnetic attraction between the closure parts when the closure parts in a to be able to close suitable location.
- the magnetic means are advantageously dimensioned so that the closure of the closure device is largely automatic, so that a user must bring the closure parts only in a suitable positional relationship to each other and the Close then under the action of the magnetic means largely automatically goes on itself.
- the magnetic means are magnetically attractive and are approximated to each other, so that the magnetic attraction force is comparatively large.
- the magnetic means on the first closure part, on the one hand, and on the second closure part, on the other hand are then separated from each other, for example sheared off by a tangential sliding or twisting movement, so that the magnetic attraction of the magnetic means is weakened.
- a reversal of the magnetic force can be effected by the magnets repelling each other after opening. While in the closed position the magnets of the closure parts facing each other in pairs with unlike poles, the same poles of the magnets are approached when opening, so that the magnets act magnetically repulsive and thus magnetically support the separation of the closure parts after opening.
- means are provided which are designed to support the separation of the closure parts after opening the closure device magnetically or spring-mechanically.
- These means may be realized by the magnetic means themselves, as previously described, by the magnetic means acting magnetically repulsive after opening and thus magnetically assisting in the separation of the closure members.
- mechanical means for example a mechanical spring, can be provided which are mechanically biased during closing and / or opening and then cause an ejection force against the closing direction for mechanically assisted separation of the closure parts from each other after opening.
- means can be provided which bring about a return of the closure parts against the opening direction to a position in which the second closure part can be attached in the closing direction to the first closure part for closing the closure device, after the second closure part for separating the closure parts over a predetermined path against the closing direction has been moved relative to the first closure member.
- the return means can be realized, for example, by the magnetic means of the closure parts themselves, which, when the second closure part is re-attached to the first closure part, bring the closure parts into a position in which closure of the closure device is possible.
- the first closure part and the second closure part are mechanically locked together in the closed position. Due to the mechanical locking, the second closure part can not be moved counter to the closing direction from the closed position relative to the first closure part. Due to the mechanical latching the two closure parts are thus held together in the closed position, so that the closure device produces a secure, reliable, heavy-duty connection between the closure parts when the force is applied against the closing direction.
- the mechanical latching can be achieved by moving the second closure member in the opening direction relative to the first closure member by the mechanically latched parts in the opening direction, for example transversely to the closing direction, are moved towards each other, so that the second closure part au engagement from the first closure member arrives.
- one of the closure parts can, for example, have a detent spring element and the other of the closure parts can have at least one latching projection.
- the detent spring element and the at least one latching projection engage with one another in a mechanically latching manner, so that movement of the second closure part against the closed position is blocked relative to the first closure part.
- To open the second closure part can then be moved or rotated to the first closure part, so that the latching projection slides out of engagement with the detent spring element and the mechanical latching is thus canceled.
- the blocking means may be formed, for example, by a slide guide track for guiding the second closure part at least in sections during opening of the closure device and / or during separation of the closure parts.
- the Sliding guide track has at least one contact section, which blocks a back movement of the second closure part against the opening direction relative to the first closure part during separation of the closure parts.
- the slide guide track is arranged on one of the closure parts and is engaged, for example, with a pin or another suitable positive locking element on the other of the closure parts. As a result of the engagement, the closure parts are guided relative to one another during opening and / or during separation, wherein the pin or the form-locking element is in contact with the contact section during separation and thus prevents backward movement of the second closure part against the opening direction.
- the gate guide track has a first gate section for guiding the second shutter part relative to the first shutter part in the closing direction when closing and a second gate guide section for guiding the second shutter part relative to the first shutter part in the opening direction when opening.
- a third slide guide section may be provided, which guides the second closure part relative to the first closure part against the closing direction during separation (after opening the closure device). The sliding guide track thus indicates the movement of the second closure part relative to the first closure part during closing, opening and optionally also during separation and thus describes the circulation movement that the second closure part relative to the first closure part first when closing, then when opening and finally during separation performs.
- the blocking means may also be formed by a latching guide which, when opened, establishes a mechanical latching connection of the closure parts for blocking a return movement of the second closure part against the opening direction relative to the first closure part.
- the latching guide engages at one of the closure parts, for example, with a latching hook on the other of the closure parts into engagement, wherein the engagement is such that the second closure part can not be moved back against the opening direction.
- the latching guide provides a guide against the closing direction for separating the closure parts from one another, so that after opening the closure parts can be separated from one another in a guided manner and thus removed from one another.
- the locking guide in this case provides a guide against the closing direction over a predetermined path. After the predetermined separation, the closure parts can be moved freely back to each other and thus be placed in a position to each other in which they can be put back to each other to close the closure device.
- the second closure part is connected to an actuating element and guided on the actuating element such that for opening the closure device, the actuating element is to move in an actuating direction different from the opening direction relative to the second closure part and the movement of the actuating element in a movement of the second closure part is converted in the opening direction.
- the actuating element By means of the actuating element, the second closure part can in this case be moved in the opening direction, wherein the actuating movement of the actuating element is different from the movement of the second closure part when opening.
- the actuator for actuating in an actuating direction is different from the opening direction to move, and due to the positive guidance, the actuating movement is converted into a movement of the second closure member in the opening direction.
- the direction of actuation should be different from the opening direction, is to be understood in the present case that the actuation direction and the opening direction are not rectified to each other, so describe an angle different 0 degrees to each other.
- the actuating direction - unlike the opening direction with respect to the closing direction - may also be directed opposite to the opening direction.
- the actuation direction may be the same or opposite to the closing direction, so that the actuating element for opening the closure device is to be moved in or counter to the closing direction relative to the second closure part.
- Such an actuating element can be used in an advantageous manner, for example when using the closure device on a piece of furniture, for example on a drawer, a sliding door or a swing door use.
- the actuating element can be connected, for example, integrally with a drawer, wherein by pressure on the drawer (in the closing direction) a movement of the second closure part in the opening direction (for example, transversely to the closing direction) is effected, so that by pressing the drawer, the closure device can be solved.
- this may look like a sliding door.
- the actuating element is for example formed integrally with the sliding door, so that the second closure part is moved in the opening direction (for example transversely to the closing direction) by movement of the sliding door in the closing direction.
- the second closure part may for example be forcibly guided on the actuating element via a guide device such that upon movement of the actuating element in the actuating direction the second closure part is moved in the opening direction relative to the first closure part.
- the guide device thus the movement of the actuating element in the actuating direction is converted into a movement of the second closure member in the opening direction
- the guide means may be formed, for example, as a slanted guide with at least one oblique guideway or as a thread guide with at least one thread groove.
- An oblique guide can be used in particular when the second closure part is to be displaced linearly (in a straight line) relative to the first closure part for opening.
- a thread guide can be used, for example, when the second closure part is to be moved to open in rotation relative to the first closure part.
- a forced operation or forced coupling for example, a gearbox using gears, a cable guide using a suitable cable drive, a parallelogram or a pivoting guide using a lever mechanism.
- damping means may be provided in an advantageous development, which are designed to damp a transmission of force from the actuating element to the second closure part upon movement of the actuating element in the actuating direction.
- a power transmission is thus not directly in a rigid manner, but in a damped manner via the damping means, which may be configured, for example, that between the actuating element and the second closure member elastically resilient (damping) elements are arranged.
- the damping means By means of the damping means can be prevented, for example, that in a shock or another Force on the actuator, which is not related to a conscious operation, no unwanted opening takes place.
- the damping means may be formed, for example, as a pneumatic or hydraulic damper, which acts at pulsed load damping between the actuating element and the second closure member and blocks a pulse-like force or at least brakes. This can ensure that e.g. when used on a sliding door in a vehicle actuation of the closure device can not be done in a vehicle braking or a crash or other impulsive load.
- a second closure member adapted for closing the closure device in a closing device to the first closure member, held in a closed position to the first closure member for opening the closure device in a direction different from the closing direction opening direction to the first closure member and after opening the closure device for Separating the closure parts against the closing direction of the first closure part is removable, and
- magnetic means acting between the first closure member and the second closure member to assist closure of the closure device by providing a magnetic attractive force.
- the second closure part is connected to an actuating element and guided on the actuating element, that for opening the closure device, the actuating element is to be moved in an actuating direction different from the opening direction relative to the second closure part and the movement of the actuating element in a movement the second closure part is converted in the opening direction.
- closure device may also comprise blocking means, which are designed to lock a retraction of the second closure part against the opening direction relative to the first closure part during separation of the closure parts.
- a closure device of the type described above can be used, in particular, on furniture elements, for example sliding door devices or drawer devices. Accordingly, a furniture element, in particular a sliding door device or a drawer device, advantageously comprise a closure device of the type described above.
- the idea underlying the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the figures. Show it:
- Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a first embodiment of a
- FIG. 2A is a view of the shutter device before closing
- FIG. 2B is a view of the closure device in a closed position
- FIG. 2C is a view of the closure device when opening
- FIG. 2D shows a view of the closure device during the separation of the closure parts
- FIG. 2E shows a view of the closure device with separate closure parts
- 3A is an exploded view of a second embodiment of a
- 3B is a partial sectional view of the closure device before closing
- FIG. 8 shows a separate view of a closure part of the closure device according to FIG. 7;
- 9A-9D are views of the closure device in different states
- 10A is a first exploded view of another embodiment of a
- FIG. 10B shows the exploded view according to FIG. 10A from a different perspective
- Fig. 1 1 is a side view of the closure device when closing
- 12A-12D are side views of the closure device in different
- FIGS. 2A to 2E show a first exemplary embodiment of a closure device 1 in which a first closure part 2 ("female” part) can be brought into engagement with a second closure part 3 ("male” part) in a latching manner in order to produce a mechanically strong, load-bearing connection between the closure parts 2, 3 in a closed position.
- a first closure part 2 female
- a second closure part 3 male
- the first closure part 2 has a housing 20 and a detent spring element 21 arranged in a receiving opening 200 of the housing 20. At receiving openings 212, 213 of the detent spring element 21 magnets 22, 23 are arranged with the have different poles towards the second closure part 3.
- the detent spring element 21 furthermore has two pairs of detent spring arms 210, 21 1 offset from one another along an opening direction Y, which also differ in their height along a closing direction X, as is apparent, for example, from FIG. 2A.
- the second closure part 3 has a plug 31 1, on which two pairs of latching projections, 312, 313 are arranged, which are each associated with a pair of latching spring arms 210, 21 1 of the latching spring element 21.
- the pairs of latching projections 312, 313 are, according to the offset in height of the latch spring arms 210, 21 1, along the closing direction X offset from each other, so that the pair of latching projections 312 along the closing direction X below the pair of latching projections 313 is arranged.
- the second closure part 3 is guided via a guide part 31 on a guide device 300 of an actuating element 30.
- the guide member 31 is in this case with webs 310 in the guide track 301 of the guide means 300 and is guided over the guide track 301 along an oblique direction S to the actuating element 30.
- a slide guide track 32 is formed on the plug 31 1, which has a first slide section 320 and a second slide section 321 as well as a contact section 322.
- the first link section 320 extends substantially along the closing direction X, while the second link section 321 extends along the opening direction Y.
- the plug 31 1 has two slide guide tracks 32, which extend on both sides of the plug 31 1, namely on different sides of the plug 31 1 relative to a plane spanned by the closing direction X and the opening direction Y.
- the closure device 1 is used for releasably connecting two parts from each other.
- the closure device 1 may be part of a piece of furniture and serve for locking a sliding door, a drawer, a cabinet door or the like.
- One of the closure parts 2, 3, for example the first closure part 2 is in this case attached to a furniture body, while the other of the closure parts 2, 3, for example the second closure part 3, on the element to be adjusted, for example, the sliding door or the drawer is attached.
- the element to be adjusted for example, the drawer or the sliding door, held by the closure device 1 in a locking manner.
- the closure device 1 can then be opened, that is unlocked, to separate the closure parts 2, 3 from each other and open the element to be adjusted.
- the mode of operation of the closure device results from the views according to FIGS. 2A to 2E.
- Fig. 2A shows first the closure device 1 in a state before closing, in which the closure parts 2, 3 are present separately.
- the first closure part 2 (female part) and the actuating element 30 are in each case shown in a partial sectional view, in order to release the view into the inner receiving opening 200 of the housing 20 and the guide device 300.
- the second closure part 3 is attached to the first closure part 2 in the closing direction X (irrelevant is whether the first closure part 2 is stationary and the second closure part 3 is movable or conversely the second closure part 3 is stationary and the first closure part 2 is movable).
- the second closure member 3 is inserted into the receiving opening 200, wherein an inwardly projecting pin 24 dips into an associated gate guide track 32 of the plug 31 1 and first in the first link portion 320 of the slide guide track 32 passes (the receiving opening 200 has two opposing pins 24, wherein each slide guide track 32 is assigned a pin 24, shown in Fig. 2A and also in the following views 2B to 2E is only one pin 24).
- two magnets 22, 23 are arranged, which are associated with two magnets 314, 315 on the plug 31 1.
- the magnets 22, 23 of the detent spring element 21 have different poles toward the associated magnets 314, 315 such that, for example, the magnet 22 has a north pole toward a south pole of the magnet 314 and the magnet 23 with a south pole toward a north pole of the magnet 315 points. Accordingly, the magnets 22, 23, 314, 315 magnetically attract, so that the closing of the closure device 1 magnetic supports and according to the plug 31 1 is pulled in the closing direction X in the receiving opening 200 of the housing 20. The closing is thus at least largely self-contained and thus in a haptic pleasant way for a user.
- Fig. 2B shows the closure device 1 in its closed position, in which the plug 31 1 is inserted into the receiving opening 200 and the pairs of locking projections 312, 313 of the plug 31 1 latching in engagement with the Rastfederarmen 210, 21 1 of the detent spring element 21.
- the pins 24 have passed through the first link section 320 of the respectively associated slide guide track 32 when closing and are now located at the break point between the first slide section 320 and the second slide section 321.
- the closure parts 2, 3 In the closed position, the closure parts 2, 3 thus detent connected to each other via the detent spring element 21 and the locking projections 312, 313 of the plug 31, so that the plug 31 1 can not be removed from the receiving opening 200 of the housing 20 against the closing direction X and the Closure parts 2, 3 are thus held together in a solid, resilient manner. If the precompression device 1 is to be opened from the closed position according to FIG. 2B, the second closure part 3 is to be moved in the opening direction Y relative to the first closure part 2 in order to disengage the latching projections 312, 313 in the opening direction Y from the associated latching spring arms 312 To bring 313.
- the actuation of the second closure part 3 takes place here in the illustrated embodiment via the actuating element 30, on which the second closure part 3 is guided along the oblique guiding direction S. If the actuating element 30 is moved in an actuating direction B, then the second closure part 3 moves into the guide device 300 with its guide part 11 and is accordingly moved in the opening direction Y due to the oblique guide provided by the guide device 300, so that the latching projections 312 , 313 are moved relative to the latching spring arms 210, 21 1 and brought tangentially out of engagement with them.
- Fig. 2C shows the closure device 1 in an open position.
- the pins 24 have been moved simultaneously in the respective associated guide slot track 32, wherein the pins 24 have each passed through the opening direction Y extending gate section 321.
- a reset of the closure parts 2, 3 to each other, ie a return movement of the second closure member 3 against the opening direction Y in a position in which the closure parts 2, 3 again can be brought together with closing, is only possible if the second closure part 3 with his plug 31 1 has been moved out of the receiving opening 200 of the housing 20 of the first closure part 2 so far that the pin 24 au bers contact with the abutment portions 322 of the plug 31 1 passes. This is shown in Fig. 2E.
- the plug 31 1 can once again be brought into a position in which the magnets 22, 23, 314, 315 are pairwise attracting and the pins 24 are located in the area of the link sections 320 of the guide track tracks 32, so that the second closure part 3 can again be attached in the closing direction X to the first closure part 2.
- This state corresponds to the state shown in FIG. 2A.
- biasing spring 305 may be formed, for example, as a compression spring which is stretched when retracting the guide member 31 in the open position shown in Fig. 2C of the closure device 1 to pressure and for extending the second closure member 3 in the position shown in FIG. 2A after opening and Separation of the closure device 1 acts on the guide member 31.
- the result is a circulation movement, in which for closing the second closure part 3 in the closing direction X is attached to the first closure part 2, for opening the second closure part 3 is moved in the opening direction Y relative to the first closure part 2, for separating the second closure part 3 is moved counter to the closing direction X relative to the first closure part 2, and the second closure part 3 is again moved counter to the opening direction in its initial position for the purpose of re-dividing.
- the actuating element 30 is also coupled to the second closure part 3 via a positive guide, there is an operation of the second closure part 3 for opening, which can be used advantageously in combination with a piece of furniture, eg a drawer or a sliding door use.
- the actuating element 30 may be formed integrally with a drawer, wherein the actuation of the closure device 1 is effected by pressure on the drawer and, accordingly, a movement of the actuating element 30 in the direction of actuation B corresponding to the closing direction X.
- FIGS. 3A, 3B to 6A-6H show an exploded view and a partial sectional view of the closure device 1.
- Figures 4A-4H, 5A-5H and 6A-6H show the closure device 1 in different views and different states, wherein Figs. 4A-4H are perspective views, Figs.
- FIGS. 5A-5H are side views and Figs. 6A-6H are sectional views taken along the Represent line AA as shown in FIGS. 5A-5H.
- the closure device 1 has a first closure part 2 and a second closure part 3.
- the first closure part 2 comprises a housing 20, to which a semi-annular detent spring element 21 is attached in such a way that detent spring arms 210 engage through opposite recesses 201 and project into an inner receiving opening 200 of the housing 20.
- Magnets 22, 23 are arranged on a bottom of the housing 20, as can be seen, for example, from FIG. 2B.
- the second closure part 3 is guided on an actuating element 30 which is firmly connected to an actuating part 34.
- actuating element 30 On a cylindrical lateral surface of the actuating element 30, two webs 302 are arranged, which extend axially along a closing direction X au dated lake of the actuating element 30.
- a guide part 31 of the second closure part 3 is arranged and guided over two thread grooves 316 on threaded ridges 304 (see, for example, FIG. 3B).
- the guide member 31 are on both sides latching projections 312 radially outward before.
- a holding part 33 is connected to the holding openings 331, 332 magnets 314, 315 are held.
- the guide member 31 is connected to a bolt 35 in connection, which passes through a pin 340 of the actuating member 34 such that the guide member 31 along the closing direction X relative to the actuating member 34 is movable at least by a predetermined actuating travel. Due to the positive guidance provided via the thread grooves 316 and the thread ridges 304, this results in a relative movement of the guide member 31 to the actuating element 30 a Rotary movement of the guide member 31 relative to the actuator 30, as will be explained below.
- a sliding guide track 25 is arranged, which serves to guide a locking projection 312 and a web 302 and to different gate sections 250, 251, 252, 254 has.
- On the cylindrical inner wall of the receiving opening 200 are here (analogous to the two-sided slotted guide tracks 32 in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2) two slotted guide tracks 25 arranged offset by 180 ° to the closing direction X on the inner wall of the receiving opening 200 and guide each one Rastvorvones 312 or web 302 serve.
- closure device 1 The operation of the closure device 1 will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 4A-4H, 5A-5H and 6a-6H.
- the shutter parts 2, 3 are separated from each other.
- the guide member 31 is in this case extended out of the actuating element 30, as shown for example in FIG. 5A.
- the webs 302 and the latching projections 312 are aligned - as viewed along the closing direction X - in pairs with each other.
- a biasing spring 305 (see FIG. 3B) may be provided which acts between the actuator 30 and the guide member 31 and the second closure member 3 after opening and separation of the closure device 1 in the starting position shown in FIG. 3A traced.
- the biasing spring 305 may be formed in this embodiment, for example, as a compression spring which is extended around the bolt 305, the bolt 305 surrounds and is arranged in a recess within the guide member 31.
- the detent spring arms 210 can deflect radially outward, so that the detent projections 312 urge the detent spring arms 210 aside and latchingly engage the detent spring arms 210, as shown in FIGS. 4C, 5C and 6C.
- the latching projections 312 engage behind the latching spring arms 210 so that the first closure part 2 and the second closure part 3 are mechanically locked together and the second closure part 3 is thus not (anymore) counter to the closing direction X of FIG the first closure part 2 can be removed.
- Closing is largely automatic due to the magnetic attraction between the magnets 22, 23, 314, 315.
- the magnets are 22, 23, 314, 315 in pairs opposite with opposite poles, so that the closure parts 2, 3 and magnetic held in position to each other.
- the actuator 30 is pulled together with the guide member 31 in the receiving opening 200 of the housing 20 of the first closure member 2, so that in the closed position, as shown in FIG. 6C, the webs 302 are retracted into the entry points 255 of the two sliding guide tracks 25 and the actuating element 30 is thus held against rotation on the housing 20 of the first closure part 2.
- the actuating element 30 is pressed into the receiving opening 200 of the housing 20 of the first closure part 2 by pressing the actuating part 34 in an actuating direction B corresponding to the closing directions X, as shown in Figs. 4D, 5D and 6D. Due to the positive guidance between the actuating element 30 and the guide part 31 via the threaded guide realized by the thread grooves 316 and the thread legs 304, the guide part 31 is rotated in an opening direction Y (which is rotationally directed around the closing direction X), so that the latching projections 312 each move in a gate section 251 in a direction of movement V2 (see Fig. 3B).
- the Guide member 31 is in this case rotated by a little less than 180 °, so that each locking projection 312 is moved towards the opposite sliding guide track 25 (in Fig. 3B only one slide guide track 25 is shown). If each latching projection 312 has reached the assigned slide section 252, then the latching projection 312 moves into the slide section 252 and moves in a direction of movement V3 counter to the closing direction X, also caused by the now repulsive magnets 22, 23, 314, 315, which have been rotated together with the guide member 31 are such that poles of the same name of the magnets 22, 23, 314, 315 in pairs face each other and thus repel.
- the latching projections 312 thus pass along the link sections 252 past the latching spring arms 210 of the latching spring element 21, so that the second closure part 3 can be removed from the receiving opening 200 of the housing 20 of the first closure part 2. This is illustrated in FIGS. 4E, 5E and 6E.
- To unlock the guide member 31 is rotated by actuation of the actuator 30 in the direction of actuation B by slightly less than 180 °, so that the locking projections 312 can retract straight into the respective associated link section 252 of the opposite slide guide track 25.
- the latching projections 312 respectively come into abutment with a contact section 253 which laterally delimits the slotted section 252 and which causes the guide element 31 to not be pivoted back against the opening direction Y when the second closure part 3 is removed from the receiving opening 200.
- the abutment portions 253 of the two slide guide tracks 25 thus realize locking means for blocking a return movement of the guide member 31st
- the latching projections 312 continue to slide along the slide guide track 25 when the guide element 31 is removed, they enter the respectively assigned slide section 254 and are thus adjusted obliquely in a direction of movement V4 in the direction of the entry point 255 of the associated slide guide track 25. Because of this oblique guide, the guide member 31 is further rotated relative to the actuator 30, so that the guide member 31 is now rotated by exactly 180 ° relative to the actuator 30. In this position, the latching projections 312 and also the webs 302 emerge from the entry points 255 of the slot guide tracks 25, as shown in Fig. 4F, 5F and 6F.
- the Guide member 31 are extended again from the actuator 30, for which purpose, for example, a spring bias between the actuator 30 and the guide member 31 may be provided which causes an automatic reset in the initial state shown in Fig. 4H, 5H and 6H.
- Locking means are also realized in this embodiment by two slide guide tracks 25, the abutment portions 253, the separation of the closure parts 2, 3 before each other (shown in Fig. 4E, 5E, 6E and 4F, 5F, 6F) a return movement of the guide member 31 against the Lock opening direction Y.
- a further exemplary embodiment of a closure device 1 shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9A to 9D has two closure parts 2, 3, of which a second closure part 3 is at least partially enclosed by a first closure part 2 and engages with a handle 37 through an opening 26 ,
- the second closure part 3 can be brought into different positions relative to the first closure part 2, but can not be completely detached from the first closure part 2.
- the second closure part 3 is located with a pin 36 (see FIG. 8) in a gate guide track 25 of the first closure part 2 and is guided in this way on the first closure part 2.
- the second closure part 3 is brought closer to a bottom 22 of the first closure part 2 in a closing direction X.
- Magnets 314, 315 of the second closure part 3 have the magnets 22, 23 of the first closure part 2 with unlike names Tru and thus a magnetic attraction during closing of the closure device 1 is effected.
- FIG. 9A shows the closure device 1 in a closed position, in which the second closure part 3 is magnetically held on the bottom of the first closure part 2 which carries the magnets 22, 23.
- an actuating element 4 can be moved in an actuating direction B in order to move the second closure part 3 in the direction of actuation B relative to the first closure part 2.
- the second closure part 3 slides with its pin 36 in a gate section 251 of the sliding guide track 25 and moves in an opening direction Y relative to the magnets 22, 23 supporting bottom of the first closure part 2, so that the same name magnets 22, 315 of the first closure part.
- journal 36 enters a gate section 252, wherein a contact section 253 laterally delimiting the gate section 252 prevents a return movement of the second closure part 3 counter to the opening direction Y.
- a closure device 1 has two closure parts 2, 3. Before closing, the closure parts 2, 3 are present separately from one another (see FIGS. 10A, 10B and 11). Magnets 22, 23, 314, 315 are arranged on the closure parts 2, 3, which bring about a magnetic attraction force relative to one another, so that when the closure parts 2, 3 are attached to one another, a second closure part 3 automatically engages in that shown in FIGS. 12A, 13A Closed position is pulled. In the closed position, the magnets 22, 23, 314, 315 are magnetically attractive, so that the second closure part 3 is held on the first closure part 2.
- the second shutter member 3 is moved in an opening direction Y relative to the first shutter member 2 (see FIGS. 12B, 13B).
- the magnets 22, 23 are tangentially displaced ("sheared off") relative to the magnets 314, 315, so that the magnetic attraction force in the closed position reverses into a repulsive force (see FIG. 12B) second locking part 3 engages with a latching guide 27 of the first closure part 2, so that a return movement of the second closure part 3 is locked against the opening direction Y.
- the latching guide 27 realizes a blocking means Locking part 3 is locked against the opening direction Y, while the closure parts 2, 3 but can be separated from each other against the closing direction X. The separation is supported magnetically due to the repulsive force acting on separation, due to the load guide 27, the closure parts 2, 3 not directly back in their Schli can reach eßgna and the closure device 1 thus can not snap back immediately.
- FIG. 12C, 13C show the closure device 1 in the case of separate closure parts 2, 3, wherein the latching guide 27 releases the latching hook 38 after a separation movement by a distance H corresponding to the height of the latching guide 27 and the second experimental part 3 thus in the initial position Y against the opening direction Y. can be reset according to FIG. 12D, 13D.
- This provision can be effected due to the acting magnetic forces between the magnets 22, 23, 314, 315.
- additional means for example in the form of a mechanical spring, which is tensioned when the closure device 1 is opened.
- a closure device of the type described above is advantageously used as a closure for furniture.
- the closure device can serve as a closure for furniture doors, drawers, sliding doors or the like.
- a closure device of the type described above can also be used as a closure for a bag, as a closure for a safety belt or for any other closures in which two parts securely and resiliently connected are to be and in which an opening in a lighter, haptic pleasant way should be possible to find use.
- closure device 1 closure device 2 closure part (female part)
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