EP3424366B1 - Device for the support and moveable guidance of a chair - Google Patents

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EP3424366B1
EP3424366B1 EP18000576.1A EP18000576A EP3424366B1 EP 3424366 B1 EP3424366 B1 EP 3424366B1 EP 18000576 A EP18000576 A EP 18000576A EP 3424366 B1 EP3424366 B1 EP 3424366B1
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Ralf Hermanns
Gerd Fischer
Alejandro Medina Martin
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C9/00Stools for specified purposes
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  • the invention relates to a device for supporting and movably guiding a chair in a guide slot provided in a housing and with a carriage that can be moved in the guide slot and supports a chair receptacle of the chair, the carriage being movable along the guide slot.
  • Device for supporting and movably guiding a chair of the aforementioned type are used, for example, in boardrooms of public buildings, the device being recessed into the floor of the building to enable the chair position to be changed to a fixed table.
  • a device of this type is for example from EP 2 687 129 B1 known. This device makes it possible to let the guide link with guide rails in the floor of a building and to assemble it in such a way that when the chair is not occupied it automatically moves into a rest position via the carriage and the guide link.
  • Such guide links are primarily to be provided in newly built buildings, so that the corresponding chair guide devices are inserted into the floors of the building during the construction of such a building can be let in on site.
  • chair guides In buildings from an old stock, however, it is time-consuming to retrofit such chair guides.
  • It is the object of the present invention to provide a device for supporting and movably guiding a chair which can also be used in e.g. B. meeting rooms of buildings from the old stock or can be used for other purposes.
  • the device for supporting and movably guiding a chair of the type mentioned at the beginning is characterized by the features of claim 1.
  • a device is thus created which makes it possible that, by designing the housing as a support bracket that can be supported on the floor of a building, this device can also be used as an independent unit like a chair with chair legs as a piece of furniture.
  • the support bracket and thus the housing of this device is suitable for being set into the floor of a building as well as being placed on the floor of a building, so that this device can be used as a chair guide in newly constructed buildings as well as in buildings from the old stock.
  • the device is also suitable not only to be used in large meeting rooms, but also as a chair guide with a movable chair holder for use in conference rooms, dining rooms, restaurants and the like. Like. To be able to use a changeable chair in such a way that it can be transferred from a rest position to a variable, user-oriented position of use.
  • the housing and thus the support bracket is designed in such a way that the housing together with the guide link, the chair holder, any support feet and other connecting parts is designed as a kit so that the user can choose how he wants to use this device. He can equip them with support feet in order to use the housing unit, which is designed as a support bracket, in the manner of a normal chair that can be placed on the floor, but with a movable chair holder. In addition, he can use the support bracket without feet, which in turn presents such a housing-side standing surface that this support bracket is suitable for supporting this chair with a movable chair holder on a building floor. If necessary, the support bracket can also be attached to the housing base using connecting means.
  • this support bracket z. B. with other parts, e.g. B. to connect with arms of a table, a desk, a conference table in the manner of an extended support rail to make varied furnishings.
  • the chair holder together with the support bracket is designed in such a way that the carriage over a certain Is to be moved away, but this support bracket can be connected independently or in connection with other objects from other devices so that a movable chair guide device is created.
  • a device for supporting and moving a chair is created, which can be placed on the floor of a building with or without support legs or can be embedded in it, but which nevertheless allows a chair to be placed between two via the carriage and the guide link End positions can be moved translationally.
  • the housing with any housing feet is designed such that the housing extends elongated between the feet with the corresponding link guide.
  • the guide link is preferably designed in such a way that one or more travel grooves are provided. These are particularly preferably provided on side walls of a substantially rectangular housing design.
  • the guide slot has a guide rail which is arranged in the interior of the housing.
  • a carriage can engage in these, which has lateral legs with corresponding connecting parts which engage in the movement grooves and are connected to the guide link.
  • the carriage has an upper transverse leg between the lateral legs so that the carriage engages over the housing or the support bracket and can be moved on the housing.
  • a device for supporting and moving a chair 2 is numbered generally with 1.
  • This device has according to the embodiment Fig. 1 a total of four support feet 3, which can be anchored to the floor of a building or which has screw-in adjustable feet 4 in order to be able to adjust the height of the support feet 3.
  • a chair holder 5 is provided, which is fastened to a carriage 6.
  • This carriage 6 engages over a housing 7 of the device, which is elongated and has travel grooves 8.
  • These traversing grooves 8, which are formed on both longitudinal sides of the housing, are part of a guide slot 9 which has a guide rail 10, end buffer 11 and a carriage body 6.1, which can be moved within the housing.
  • This carriage body 6.1 is connected to the side legs 13 of the carriage 6. These reach through the travel grooves 8.
  • the support feet 3 are releasably attached to both end regions 7.1 and 7.2 of the housing 7, as shown in more detail below Fig. 8 emerges, in which it is shown that the housing 7 is designed in the form of a support bracket as a kit.
  • an eddy current brake 16 with magnets 17 is integrated in the carriage 6.
  • the carriage 6 and the housing 7 or the inner guide slot 9 consist of a metallic material, in particular an aluminum material, so that these magnets and therefore the eddy current brake ensure is that the chair 2 is braked in an end position during a movement.
  • an eddy current brake can be used to preset a predetermined maximum travel speed.
  • Such an eddy current brake can be used with the same effect and with the same advantages in chair guides of any type, that is to say also in those of a conventional type.
  • the housing 7 is designed as a support bracket without support feet.
  • This housing 7 as a support bracket can also be placed on a floor of a building, secured to it, or integrated into it, in particular with the eddy current brake.
  • the housing parts of the housing 7 are again designed as a kit, like this Fig. 13 shows.
  • the housing 7 consists of an upper shell 7.3 and a lower housing shell 7.4.
  • the embodiment according to Figures 11 to 13 can be placed on a table 20.
  • the table has 15 table leg extensions 14, which are connected to the housing 7.
  • the housing 7 is again designed as a kit, so that the table leg extensions 14 are to be mounted instead of the support feet 3.
  • a device is created for the most varied of connection and design options, which can be used in a variety of ways, but in every installation position and for a wide variety of uses enables a chair guide to be created in which different chair displacement positions can be taken in a stable manner.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles in einer in einem Gehäuse vorgesehenen Führungskulisse und mit einem in der Führungskulisse verfahrbaren, eine Stuhlaufnahme des Stuhles abstützenden Laufwagen, wobei der Laufwagen entlang der Führungskulisse bewegbar ist.The invention relates to a device for supporting and movably guiding a chair in a guide slot provided in a housing and with a carriage that can be moved in the guide slot and supports a chair receptacle of the chair, the carriage being movable along the guide slot.

Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles der vorgenannten Art werden beispielsweise in Sitzungssälen von öffentlichen Gebäuden benutzt, wobei die Vorrichtung in den Boden des Gebäudes eingelassen ist, um es zu ermöglichen, dass die Stuhlposition zu einem festmontierten Tisch verändert werden kann.Device for supporting and movably guiding a chair of the aforementioned type are used, for example, in boardrooms of public buildings, the device being recessed into the floor of the building to enable the chair position to be changed to a fixed table.

Eine Vorrichtung dieser Art ist beispielsweise aus der EP 2 687 129 B1 bekannt.
Diese Vorrichtung erlaubt es, die Führungskulisse mit Führungsschienen in den Boden eines Gebäudes einzulassen und diese so zu montieren, dass bei Nichtbesetzung des Stuhles dieser über den Laufwagen und die Führungskulisse selbsttätig in eine Ruheposition verfährt.
A device of this type is for example from EP 2 687 129 B1 known.
This device makes it possible to let the guide link with guide rails in the floor of a building and to assemble it in such a way that when the chair is not occupied it automatically moves into a rest position via the carriage and the guide link.

Derartige Führungskulissen, auch als Stuhlführungen bezeichnet, sind vornehmlich bei neu gebauten Gebäuden vorzusehen, so dass während der Erstellung eines derartigen Gebäudes in die Böden des Gebäudes die entsprechenden Stuhlführungsvorrichtungen bauseits eingelassen werden können. Bei Gebäuden aus einem Altbestand ist es jedoch aufwendig, derartige Stuhlführungen nachzurüsten.
Darüber hinaus ist jedoch in gewünscht, Stuhlführungen der eingangs genannten Art in Gebäudealtbeständen mit vertretbarem Aufwand vorsehen zu können. Dies ist mit den herkömmlichen Vorrichtungen der eingangs genannten Art nicht zu bewerkstelligen.
Es ist Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, eine Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles zu schaffen, die auch in z. B. Sitzungssälen von Gebäuden aus dem Altbestand oder auch für sonstige Einsatzzwecke eingesetzt werden kann.
Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe zeichnet sich die Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles der eingangs genannten Art mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1.
Such guide links, also referred to as chair guides, are primarily to be provided in newly built buildings, so that the corresponding chair guide devices are inserted into the floors of the building during the construction of such a building can be let in on site. In buildings from an old stock, however, it is time-consuming to retrofit such chair guides.
In addition, however, it is desirable to be able to provide chair guides of the type mentioned at the outset in old buildings with reasonable effort. This cannot be achieved with the conventional devices of the type mentioned at the beginning.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a device for supporting and movably guiding a chair, which can also be used in e.g. B. meeting rooms of buildings from the old stock or can be used for other purposes.
To achieve this object, the device for supporting and movably guiding a chair of the type mentioned at the beginning is characterized by the features of claim 1.

Damit ist eine Vorrichtung geschaffen, die es ermöglicht, dass durch die Ausbildung des Gehäuses als auf dem Boden eines Gebäudes abstützbare Stützkonsole diese Vorrichtung als autarke Einheit auch wie ein Stuhl mit Stuhlbeinen als Einrichtungsgegenstand benutzt werden kann. Die Stützkonsole und damit das Gehäuse dieser Vorrichtung ist geeignet, sowohl in den Boden eines Gebäudes eingelassen aber auch auf den Boden eines Gebäudes aufgestellt zu werden, so dass diese Vorrichtung sowohl als Stuhlführung in neu erstellten Gebäuden als auch in Gebäuden aus dem Altbestand Verwendung finden kann. Darüber hinaus ist die Vorrichtung ebenfalls geeignet, nicht nur in großen Sitzungssälen Verwendung zu finden, sondern auch als Stuhlführung mit einer beweglichen Stuhlaufnahme zur Verwendung in Konferenzzimmern, in Esszimmern, in Restaurants u. dgl., um einen lageveränderlichen Stuhl derart nutzen zu können, dass er aus einer Ruheposition in eine variable benutzerorientierte Gebrauchsstellung zu überführen ist.A device is thus created which makes it possible that, by designing the housing as a support bracket that can be supported on the floor of a building, this device can also be used as an independent unit like a chair with chair legs as a piece of furniture. The support bracket and thus the housing of this device is suitable for being set into the floor of a building as well as being placed on the floor of a building, so that this device can be used as a chair guide in newly constructed buildings as well as in buildings from the old stock. In addition, the device is also suitable not only to be used in large meeting rooms, but also as a chair guide with a movable chair holder for use in conference rooms, dining rooms, restaurants and the like. Like. To be able to use a changeable chair in such a way that it can be transferred from a rest position to a variable, user-oriented position of use.

In besonders bevorzugter Weise ist das Gehäuse und damit die Stützkonsole derart ausgebildet, dass das Gehäuse mitsamt der Führungskulisse, der Stuhlaufnahme, etwaigen Stützfüßen und sonstigen Anschlussteilen als Bausatz ausgebildet ist, so dass es sich der Benutzer aussuchen kann, wie er diese Vorrichtung nutzen möchte. So kann er diese mit Stützfüßen ausrüsten, um die als Stützkonsole ausgebildete Gehäuseeinheit nach Art eines auf dem Boden abstellbaren normalen Stuhles, jedoch mit verfahrbarer Stuhlaufnahme zu nutzen. Darüber hinaus kann er die Stützkonsole ohne Füße nutzen, die ihrerseits eine derartige gehäuseseitige Standfläche darbietet, dass diese Stützkonsole geeignet ist, um diesen Stuhl mit verfahrbarer Stuhlaufnahme auf einem Gebäudeboden abzustützen. Im Bedarfsfall kann die Stützkonsole noch zusätzlich über Verbindungsmittel an dem Gehäuseboden befestigt werden. Darüber hinaus ist es möglich, diese Stützkonsole z. B. mit sonstigen Teilen, z. B. mit Auslegern eines Tisches, eines Pultes, eines Konferenztisches zu verbinden nach Art einer verlängerten Abstützschiene, um variationsreich Einrichtungsgegenstände zu gestalten. Entscheidend ist, dass die Stuhlaufnahme mitsamt der Stützkonsole derart ausgebildet ist, dass der Laufwagen über einen bestimmten Weg zu verschieben ist, gleichwohl jedoch diese Stützkonsole autark oder in Verbindung mit weiteren Gegenständen von anderen Einrichtungen so verbunden werden kann, dass eine verfahrbare Stuhlführungsvorrichtung geschaffen ist.
Damit ist insgesamt eine Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles geschaffen, die mit Stützfüßen oder ohne Stützfüße auf dem Boden eines Gebäudes abstellbar oder in diesem einzulassen ist, die es aber gleichwohl ermöglicht, dass ein Stuhl über den Laufwagen und der Führungskulisse zwischen zwei Endpositionen translatorisch bewegt werden kann.
Das Gehäuse mit etwaigen Gehäusefüßen ist derart ausgebildet, dass sich das Gehäuse langgestreckt zwischen den Füßen erstreckt mit der entsprechenden Kulissenführung. Bevorzugtermaßen ist die Führungskulisse derart ausgebildet, dass eine oder mehrere Verfahrnuten vorgesehen sind. Diese sind insbesondere bevorzugt an Seitenwänden einer im Wesentlichen rechteckigen Gehäusegestaltung vorgesehen. Darüber hinaus weist die Führungskulisse eine Führungsschiene auf, die im Inneren des Gehäuses angeordnet ist. Bei seitlichen Verfahrnuten in Seitenflächen des Gehäuses kann ein Laufwagen in diese eingreifen, der seitliche Schenkel aufweist mit entsprechenden Verbindungsteilen, die in die Verfahrnuten eingreifen und mit der Führungskulisse verbunden sind. Zwischen den seitlichen Schenkeln hat der Laufwagen einen oberen Querschenkel, so dass der Laufwagen das Gehäuse bzw. die Stützkonsole übergreift und auf dem Gehäuse verfahrbar ist.
In a particularly preferred way, the housing and thus the support bracket is designed in such a way that the housing together with the guide link, the chair holder, any support feet and other connecting parts is designed as a kit so that the user can choose how he wants to use this device. He can equip them with support feet in order to use the housing unit, which is designed as a support bracket, in the manner of a normal chair that can be placed on the floor, but with a movable chair holder. In addition, he can use the support bracket without feet, which in turn presents such a housing-side standing surface that this support bracket is suitable for supporting this chair with a movable chair holder on a building floor. If necessary, the support bracket can also be attached to the housing base using connecting means. In addition, it is possible to use this support bracket z. B. with other parts, e.g. B. to connect with arms of a table, a desk, a conference table in the manner of an extended support rail to make varied furnishings. It is decisive that the chair holder together with the support bracket is designed in such a way that the carriage over a certain Is to be moved away, but this support bracket can be connected independently or in connection with other objects from other devices so that a movable chair guide device is created.
Overall, a device for supporting and moving a chair is created, which can be placed on the floor of a building with or without support legs or can be embedded in it, but which nevertheless allows a chair to be placed between two via the carriage and the guide link End positions can be moved translationally.
The housing with any housing feet is designed such that the housing extends elongated between the feet with the corresponding link guide. The guide link is preferably designed in such a way that one or more travel grooves are provided. These are particularly preferably provided on side walls of a substantially rectangular housing design. In addition, the guide slot has a guide rail which is arranged in the interior of the housing. In the case of lateral movement grooves in side surfaces of the housing, a carriage can engage in these, which has lateral legs with corresponding connecting parts which engage in the movement grooves and are connected to the guide link. The carriage has an upper transverse leg between the lateral legs so that the carriage engages over the housing or the support bracket and can be moved on the housing.

Die Vorrichtung weist Stellfüße auf, über die das Gehäuse höhenverstellbar ist, z. B. um eine Schrägstellung des Gehäuses derart realisieren zu können, dass ein Stuhl in Folge des Eigengewichtes aus einer Benutzerbetriebsstellung in eine Ruhestellung, beispielsweise unter einen Tisch in einem Sitzungssaal oder in einem Konferenzraum, selbsttätig verfahrbar ist. Zudem können Gummipuffer als Endanschläge vorgesehen sein. Zusätzlich oder alternativ können derartige Stellfüße dazu genutzt werden, Unebenheiten im Gebäudeboden auszugleichen.
Bevorzugt wird, wenn die Vorrichtung mit einer Wirbelstrombremse ausgestattet ist. Diese Wirbelstrombremse kann in jedweder Gestaltung der Vorrichtung vorgesehen sein, sei es, dass die Stützkonsole mit Stützfüßen oder ohne Stützfüße ausgestattet ist. Dazu können beispielsweise in seitlichen Schenkeln des Laufwagens Magnete vorgesehen sein, die mit metallischen Teilen des Gehäuses oder der Führungskulisse korrespondieren, indem solche beispielsweise aus einem Aluminiummaterial bestehen. Durch die Bewegung der Magnete entlang dieser metallischen Korrespondenzgegenstände ergibt sich eine entsprechende Bremswirkung, so dass auf sonstige Bremseinrichtungsgegenstände verzichtet werden kann.
Weitere Einzelheiten und Gestaltungen ergeben sich aus den weiteren Unteransprüchen, der nachfolgenden Beschreibung und der Zeichnung. In der Zeichnung zeigen:

Fig. 1:
in einer perspektivischen Darstellung ein Ausführungsbeispiel einer Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles mit einem montierten Stuhl;
Fig. 2:
das Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 1, ebenfalls in einer perspektivischen Darstellung, jedoch schräg seitlich von unten;
Fig. 3:
perspektivisch das Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 1 ohne montierten Stuhl;
Fig. 4:
das Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 3, perspektivisch schräg von unten;
Fig. 5:
vergrößert als Ausschnitt den rechten unteren Bereich des Gehäuses nach Fig. 1 mit innerer Führungsschiene;
Fig. 6:
in einer perspektivischen Darstellung ein alternatives Ausführungsbeispiel einer Darstellung analog zu Fig. 1;
Fig. 7:
eine Ansicht schräg von unten auf das Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 6;
Fig. 8:
einen Bausatz des Gehäuses mit V-förmigen Stützfüßen sowie einer Stuhlaufnahme des Ausführungsbeispiels nach den Fig. 6 und 7;
Fig. 9:
das Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 6 in einer anderen perspektivischen Darstellung;
Fig. 10:
das Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 8 mit montierten Stützfüßen und mit dem Laufwagen mit Magneten als Teil einer Wirbelstrombremse;
Fig. 11:
eine zu Fig. 6 analoge Darstellung eines alternativen Ausführungsbeispiels mit einem Gehäuse als Stützkonsole, jedoch ohne Stützfüße;
Fig. 12:
eine perspektivische Ansicht auf das Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 11, schräg von unten;
Fig. 13:
einen Bausatz des Gehäuses als Stützkonsole mit einer unteren Gehäuseschale, einem Gehäuseschaleneinsatzteil mit Verfahrnuten und einem Laufwagen;
Fig. 14:
eine Darstellung eines Tisches als Einrichtungsgegenstand mit einer Vorrichtung gemäß dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 11;
Fig. 15:
eine zur Fig. 14 analoge Darstellung mit einer Vorrichtung, ähnlich zur Fig. 11 jedoch mit Auslegern eines Tischbeines eines Tisches, an denen die Vorrichtung montiert ist;
Fig. 16:
eine analoge Darstellung zur Fig. 15, jedoch nur mit einer einseitigen Stuhlreihe bei einem Tisch;
Fig. 17:
eine analoge Darstellung zu den Ausführungsbeispielen nach den Fig. 15 und 16, dargestellt an einem Tischpult;
Fig. 18:
eine zur Fig. 17 analoge Darstellung eines alternativen Ausführungsbeispiels, dargestellt an einem Rundtisch;
Fig. 19:
eine Zusammenbaudarstellung des Ausführungsbeispiels nach Fig. 16;
Fig. 20:
eine Zusammenbaudarstellung des Ausführungsbeispiels nach Fig. 18, und
Fig. 21:
eine zu Fig. 15 analoge Darstellung, jedoch mit Stühlen einer Vorrichtung gemäß dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 9.
The device has adjustable feet through which the housing is adjustable in height, for. B. in order to be able to realize an inclined position of the housing in such a way that a chair can automatically be moved from a user operating position to a rest position, for example under a table in a meeting room or in a conference room, due to its own weight. In addition, rubber buffers can be provided as end stops. Additionally or alternatively, such adjustable feet can be used to compensate for unevenness in the building floor.
It is preferred if the device is equipped with an eddy current brake. This eddy current brake can be provided in any design of the device, be it that the support bracket is equipped with support feet or without support feet. For this purpose, magnets can be provided in the side legs of the carriage, for example, which correspond to metallic parts of the housing or the guide link, in that such magnets consist, for example, of an aluminum material. The movement of the magnets along these metallic correspondence objects results in a corresponding braking effect, so that other braking devices can be dispensed with.
Further details and designs emerge from the further subclaims, the following description and the drawing. In the drawing show:
Fig. 1:
in a perspective view an embodiment of a device for supporting and movably guiding a chair with a mounted chair;
Fig. 2:
the embodiment according to Fig. 1 , also in a perspective view, but obliquely from the side from below;
Fig. 3:
the embodiment according to perspective Fig. 1 without assembled chair;
Fig. 4:
the embodiment according to Fig. 3 , perspective diagonally from below;
Fig. 5:
enlarges the lower right area of the case as a detail Fig. 1 with inner guide rail;
Fig. 6:
in a perspective illustration an alternative embodiment of a representation analogous to FIG Fig. 1 ;
Fig. 7:
a view obliquely from below of the embodiment Fig. 6 ;
Fig. 8:
a kit of the housing with V-shaped support feet and a chair mount of the embodiment according to the Figures 6 and 7 ;
Fig. 9:
the embodiment according to Fig. 6 in another perspective view;
Fig. 10:
the embodiment according to Fig. 8 with mounted support feet and with the carriage with magnets as part of an eddy current brake;
Fig. 11:
one to Fig. 6 analogous representation of an alternative embodiment with a housing as a support bracket, but without support feet;
Fig. 12:
a perspective view of the embodiment according to Fig. 11 , diagonally from below;
Fig. 13:
a kit of the housing as a support bracket with a lower housing shell, a housing shell insert part with travel grooves and a carriage;
Fig. 14:
a representation of a table as a piece of furniture with a device according to the embodiment Fig. 11 ;
Fig. 15:
one to Fig. 14 analog representation with a device similar to Fig. 11 but with outriggers of a table leg of a table on which the device is mounted;
Fig. 16:
a representation analogous to the Fig. 15 , but only with one row of chairs at one table;
Fig. 17:
a representation analogous to the embodiments according to Figures 15 and 16 , shown on a desk;
Fig. 18:
one to Fig. 17 analog representation of an alternative embodiment, shown on a rotary table;
Fig. 19:
an assembly view of the embodiment according to Fig. 16 ;
Fig. 20:
an assembly view of the embodiment according to Fig. 18 , and
Fig. 21:
one to Fig. 15 analog representation, but with chairs of a device according to the embodiment Fig. 9 .

Grundsätzlich sind übereinstimmende Teile mit übereinstimmenden Bezugsziffern versehen.
Allgemein mit 1 ist eine Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles 2 beziffert. Diese Vorrichtung hat nach dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 1 insgesamt vier Stützfüße 3, die mit dem Boden eines Gebäudes verankert werden können oder die einschraubbare Stellfüße 4 aufweist, um die Stützfüße 3 höhenveränderlich ausrichten zu können.
In principle, matching parts are provided with matching reference numbers.
A device for supporting and moving a chair 2 is numbered generally with 1. This device has according to the embodiment Fig. 1 a total of four support feet 3, which can be anchored to the floor of a building or which has screw-in adjustable feet 4 in order to be able to adjust the height of the support feet 3.

Des Weiteren ist eine Stuhlaufnahme 5 vorgesehen, die an einem Laufwagen 6 befestigt ist. Dieser Laufwagen 6 übergreift ein Gehäuse 7 der Vorrichtung, das langausgestreckt ausgebildet ist und Verfahrnuten 8 aufweist. Diese Verfahrnuten 8, die an beiden Längsseiten des Gehäuses ausgebildet sind, sind Teil einer Führungskulisse 9, die eine Führungsschiene 10, Endpuffer 11 sowie einen Laufwagenkörper 6.1 aufweist, der innerhalb des Gehäuses verfahrbar ist. Dieser Laufwagenkörper 6.1 ist mit den Seitenschenkeln 13 des Laufwagens 6 verbunden. Diese durchgreifen die Verfahrnuten 8. An beiden Endbereichen 7.1 und 7.2 des Gehäuses 7 sind lösbar befestigt die Stützfüße 3, wie dieses näher aus Fig. 8 hervorgeht, in der dargestellt ist, dass das Gehäuse 7 in Gestalt einer Stützkonsole als Bausatz ausgebildet ist.Furthermore, a chair holder 5 is provided, which is fastened to a carriage 6. This carriage 6 engages over a housing 7 of the device, which is elongated and has travel grooves 8. These traversing grooves 8, which are formed on both longitudinal sides of the housing, are part of a guide slot 9 which has a guide rail 10, end buffer 11 and a carriage body 6.1, which can be moved within the housing. This carriage body 6.1 is connected to the side legs 13 of the carriage 6. These reach through the travel grooves 8. The support feet 3 are releasably attached to both end regions 7.1 and 7.2 of the housing 7, as shown in more detail below Fig. 8 emerges, in which it is shown that the housing 7 is designed in the form of a support bracket as a kit.

Wie näher aus Fig. 10 hervorgeht, ist in dem Laufwagen 6 eine Wirbelstrombremse 16 integriert mit Magneten 17. Der Laufwagen 6 und des Gehäuse 7 bzw. die innere Führungskulisse 9 bestehen aus einem metallischen Material, insbesondere aus einem Aluminiummaterial ist, so dass durch diese Magneten und mithin die Wirbelstrombremse sicherzustellen ist, dass während einer Verfahrbewegung der Stuhl 2 in einer Endlagenposition abgebremst wird. Des Weiteren kann durch eine derartige Wirbelstrombremse eine vorbestimmte maximale Verfahrgeschwindigkeit voreingestellt sein. Eine derartige Wirbelstrombremse kann mit gleicher Wirkung und mit gleichen Vorteilen bei Stuhlführungen jeglicher Bauart Verwendung finden, also auch bei solchen herkömmlicher Bauart.How closer out Fig. 10 As can be seen, an eddy current brake 16 with magnets 17 is integrated in the carriage 6. The carriage 6 and the housing 7 or the inner guide slot 9 consist of a metallic material, in particular an aluminum material, so that these magnets and therefore the eddy current brake ensure is that the chair 2 is braked in an end position during a movement. Furthermore, such an eddy current brake can be used to preset a predetermined maximum travel speed. Such an eddy current brake can be used with the same effect and with the same advantages in chair guides of any type, that is to say also in those of a conventional type.

In dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach den Fig. 11 bis 13 ist bei ansonstem gleichen Aufbau eine Vorrichtung gezeigt, bei der das Gehäuse 7 als Stützkonsole ohne Stützfüße ausgebildet ist. Auch dieses Gehäuse 7 als Stützkonsole kann kippsicher auf einem Boden eines Gebäudes abgestellt sein, an diesem befestigt sein oder aber auch in diesen integriert werden, insbesondere auch mit der Wirbelstrombremse. Ansonsten sind auch hier wiederum die Gehäuseteile des Gehäuses 7 als Bausatz ausgebildet, wie dies Fig. 13 zeigt. Dazu besteht das Gehäuse 7 aus einer oberen Schale 7.3 und einer unteren Gehäuseschale 7.4.In the embodiment according to Figures 11 to 13 with otherwise the same structure, a device is shown in which the housing 7 is designed as a support bracket without support feet. This housing 7 as a support bracket can also be placed on a floor of a building, secured to it, or integrated into it, in particular with the eddy current brake. Otherwise, the housing parts of the housing 7 are again designed as a kit, like this Fig. 13 shows. For this purpose, the housing 7 consists of an upper shell 7.3 and a lower housing shell 7.4.

In dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 14 ist gezeigt, dass das Ausführungsbeispiel nach den Fig. 11 bis 13 an einem Tisch 20 platziert werden kann. In dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach den Fig. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 und 20 hat der Tisch 15 Tischbeinausleger 14, die mit dem Gehäuse 7 verbunden sind. Dazu ist auch wiederum das Gehäuse 7 als Bausatz ausgebildet, so dass anstelle der Stützfüße 3 die Tischbeinausleger 14 zu montieren sind.In the embodiment according to Fig. 14 it is shown that the embodiment according to Figures 11 to 13 can be placed on a table 20. In the embodiment according to Figures 15, 16 , 17, 18 , 19 and 20 the table has 15 table leg extensions 14, which are connected to the housing 7. For this purpose, the housing 7 is again designed as a kit, so that the table leg extensions 14 are to be mounted instead of the support feet 3.

Insgesamt ist daher eine Vorrichtung für die verschiedensten Verbindungs- und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten geschaffen, die sich variationsreich nutzen lässt, jedoch es in jeder Einbaulage und für die unterschiedlichsten Nutzungszwecke ermöglicht, dass eine Stuhlführung geschaffen ist, bei der sich kippstabil verschiedene Stuhlverfahrpositionen einnehmen lassen.Overall, therefore, a device is created for the most varied of connection and design options, which can be used in a variety of ways, but in every installation position and for a wide variety of uses enables a chair guide to be created in which different chair displacement positions can be taken in a stable manner.

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  1. Device (1) for supporting and movably guiding a chair (2), the device having a housing (7) and a guide slot (9) provided within the housing, the device having a carriage (6) which is displaceable in the guide slot (9) and supports a chair holder (5) of the chair (2), the carriage (6) being movable along the guide slot (9), the housing (7) being designed as a support bracket which can be supported on the bottom of a building and the guide slot (9) having a guide rail (10) formed on a housing (7), on which guide rail the carriage (6) having a chair leg holder (5) is displaceable, characterised in that the device comprises adjustable feet (4) and is displaceable by means of the adjustable feet (4) into a tilted position for an automatic return of an installed chair (2) into a resting position.
  2. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the housing is designed having support feet (3) which can be placed on the floor of a building.
  3. Device according to either claim 1 or claim 2, characterised in that the housing (7) is designed in an elongated manner and has a substantially rectangular shape and support feet (3) are provided at two narrow end regions (7.1, 7.2) of the housing.
  4. Device according to claim 3, characterised in that a pair of support feet having two support feet (3) is provided at each of the two narrow end regions (7.1, 7.2) of the housing (7).
  5. Device according to claim 4, characterised in that the two support feet (3) of each pair of support feet are aligned in a V-shaped manner or at an angle of 180° to one another.
  6. Device according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the support feet (3) are designed to be height-adjustable.
  7. Device according to claim 6, characterised in that the support feet (3) are designed to be height-adjustable via screwable and unscrewable adjustable feet (4).
  8. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that displacement grooves (8) are designed in side walls of the housing (7), in which displacement grooves side limbs (13) of the carriage (6) engage, the carriage (6) having a transverse limb between the side limbs (13), on which a part of the chair holder (5) is provided, the carriage (6) together with the chair holder (5) being displaceable above the housing (7).
  9. Device according to either claim 7 or claim 8, characterised in that the displacement grooves (8) are part of the guide slot (9) in which the side limbs (13) of the carriage (6) engage, in such a manner that the carriage (6) is designed in a displaceable manner along an upper surface of the housing (7) and the chair leg holder (5) extends above the housing (7).
  10. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the guide slot (9) extends on the upper side of the housing (7) and has at least one displacement groove (8) for the carriage (6) there.
  11. Device according to any of claims 7 to 10, characterised in that the displacement grooves (8) are designed in a closable manner.
  12. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the support feet (3) can be connected to the floor of a building.
  13. Device according to any of claims 2 to 12, characterised in that the housing (7) can be connected in a detachable manner to the support feet (3).
  14. Device according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the housing (7) can be connected in a detachable manner to a floor rail (14) of a fitment (15) of a building.
  15. Device according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the housing (7) can be connected in a detachable manner to a floor rail (14) or to table leg extensions (14) of a table (15).
  16. Device according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the housing (7), the chair holder (5), the support feet (3) and/or the guide slot (9) are part of an assembly kit.
  17. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the housing (7) or the guide slot (9) are provided with an eddy current brake (16).
  18. Device according to claim 17, characterised in that the eddy current brake (16) in the carriage (6) of the chair holder (5) of the chair (2) has magnets (17).
  19. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the carriage (6) and the housing (7) are at least partially made of a metal material, particularly of an aluminium material.
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