EP3556977B1 - Frame member for a furniture frame and furniture - Google Patents

Description

State of the art

Frame elements of a furniture part frame of a furniture part such as a furniture flap or a furniture door are known, with the furniture part frame bordering a surface or inner area of the furniture part on the outside. U.S. 2008/042531 A1 discloses an example of such a frame member.

Object and advantages of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide frame elements of a furniture part frame which improve their connection to a device for moving the furniture part relative to a furniture body. In particular, this should be possible in a variable and advantageous manner with little additional effort.

This object is solved by the independent claims. The dependent claims relate to advantageous and expedient developments of the invention.

The invention is based on a frame element of a furniture part frame of a furniture part, the furniture part frame borders a surface area of the furniture part on the outside.

The furniture part frame consists of frame elements which are, for example, assembled hollow metal profiles. The furniture part includes, for example, a surface area consisting of glass or another material.

The furniture part is, for example, a door or flap, for example an aluminum frame door or an aluminum frame flap such as a top flap of a top flap cabinet. The furniture part is pivotably attached to a furniture body of the piece of furniture, for example with a corresponding device for pivoting, such as an upper flap fitting consisting of one or two fitting units.

The device for moving the furniture part comprises guide means with at least one swivel arm for swiveling the furniture part, with which the furniture part can be moved from a closed position to an open position of the furniture part relative to the furniture body and back when the device is installed.

The essence of the invention lies in the fact that the frame element has a connection section, with the connection section being able to be coupled to a swivel arm of a swiveling device with which the furniture part can be swiveled on a furniture body of a piece of furniture, and with the connection section being recessed towards an inside of the frame element formed receiving volume of the frame element is housed countersunk, with the inside of the frame element facing a front side of the furniture body when the furniture part is in a closed state, and with the receiving volume being accessible via an opening on the inside of the frame element, with the connection section having latching means which are equipped with a Pivoting arm of the pivoting device can be connected, the latching means (39, 40) being present on a section of the connection section (15) which extends through the opening (29) of the frame element (21), so that the latching means (39, 40) are present protruding outside on the inside of the frame element (21), the frame element being designed as a hollow profile element. In this way, the furniture part can be connected to a pivoting device in a simple and space-saving manner and with comparatively simple means.

The furniture part frame includes in the initial state z. B. several individual, preferably formed from an identical profile shape frame elements that form the furniture part frame connected to each other. The pivoting device is, for example, a furniture part pivoting device, in particular, for example, a top flap fitting. The locking means are used for the locking connection of the connection section with the swivel arm.

With the connection section or the latching means, the furniture part, like the furniture flap, can be easily attached to the piece of furniture or its furniture body with the pivoting device present thereon.

The latching means are preferably designed for a detachable, preferably manually settable, latching connection of the connection section to the swivel arm. The furniture part attached to the pivoting device by latching can simply be removed again from the rest of the furniture or the pivoting device on the furniture body.

The connection section is preferably part of the frame element and is preferably a separate component to the remaining part of the frame element. A connection section is preferably provided on each of two parallel, spaced-apart lateral frame elements of the furniture part frame, for the respective latching with a swivel arm arrangement.

The receiving volume is provided in particular by the hollow or inner volume of the hollow frame element. The receiving volume can be an indentation in an originally flat area of the frame element, so that the indentation provides the receiving volume, which extends in particular to the bottom of the indentation and is lower to adjacent non-indented sections. The receiving volume can, for example, be an indentation, embossing or a hole in a material or wall section such as e.g. B. be a sheet metal portion of the frame member.

According to the invention, the latching means are present on a section of the connection section that extends through the opening of the frame element, so that the latching means are present protruding outside on the inside of the frame element.

In this way, the precise approach of the furniture part with the latching means for latching with the swivel arm is clearly visible and can be checked by a fitter. Moving the furniture part up with the latching means projecting on the outside makes it possible without difficulty to bring the furniture part up to the pivoting device in a suitable manner and to connect it to it by latching.

It is also advantageous that the latching means on the connection section are completely sunk to the inside in the area of the receiving volume. In this way, an inconspicuous implementation of the latching means is achieved without protruding outwards on the frame element and a particularly space-saving arrangement.

The locking means are preferably countersunk below the opening or depression on the relevant inside of the frame element or do not protrude beyond the plane formed with the flat inside. The inside of the frame member means an outer surface of the material forming the inside. For example, in the case of a hollow square frame member, this is the outer surface of the wall which forms the inside of the frame member in question.

According to the invention, the frame element is designed as a hollow profile element. This is advantageous in terms of weight and material. At the same time, the hollow interior provides the predominant accommodation volume for the retractability of the connection section or parts of the connection section. The receiving volume can in particular be a hollow area of an interior of a frame element designed as a hollow profile. Additionally will a comparatively small proportion of the accommodation volume is provided by the recessed wall material of the wall of the hollow profile or the inside of the hollow profile.

According to an advantageous variant of the invention, the inside is formed by a hollow profile wall of the hollow profile element. The connection section can thus advantageously be accommodated countersunk on this side, which faces the pivoting device when the furniture part is in use.

The frame element is preferably designed as a square hollow profile element. A square hollow profile element is a frequently used construction element for furniture parts in frame construction technology, which is advantageously suitable for the countersunk arrangement of the connection section.

The frame element is preferably formed from a metal material, preferably from an aluminum material, which is produced, for example, as an extruded profile.

According to another advantage of the invention, the frame element has an elongate opening in a hollow profile wall of the hollow profile element. This enables the connection section to be arranged in a simple and retractable manner. In addition, an opening in a hollow profile wall of the hollow profile can be introduced without any problems, in particular also subsequently and in a predeterminable shape and size.

The opening is advantageously on the inside of the frame member. The dimensions or width and length and/or shape of the opening can be specified individually, e.g. B. slit-shaped or strip-shaped, with an opening longitudinal direction, which coincides with the longitudinal direction of the frame member. The opening is compact z. B. a few millimeters wide, without changing the mechanical stability of the frame element in practice adversely.

A further advantage lies in the fact that the frame element is designed in such a way that the connection section can be detachably attached to the remaining part of the frame element. The frame element can thus be provided either with or without a connection section. In addition, the production of the frame element is advantageously possible in this way.

According to the invention, there is a fastening opening on the inside, the fastening opening being adjacent to the opening to the receiving volume on the inside of the frame element, and the fastening opening being used to pass through a fastening element with which the connection section can be attached to the remaining frame element. The connection section can thus advantageously be detachably fastened. The fastening element is preferably a screw element. When the connection section is attached to the frame element, the screw element is advantageously present inconspicuously or can be countersunk flush in the inside of the frame element and engages in a section of the connection section. The connection section is fitted completely countersunk on the inside of the frame element, with only the latching means protruding from the connection section to a desired extent on the inside of the frame element.

A further advantage can be achieved in that adjusting means are provided for adjusting the position of the connection section relative to the remaining part of the frame element. In this way, the position of the furniture part relative to the furniture body can be determined or changed when the furniture part is fully assembled. The adjustment means are designed in particular for stepless position adjustment. The adjustment means are z. B. designed as an eccentric arrangement.

The advantage here is that the setting a Have adjusting portion such as a slot and a cross through the adjusting portion adjusting screw. This is an easy-to-use and space-saving type of setting means. The adjusting screw is preferably an eccentric screw.

The adjustment means advantageously include a height adjustment and/or a lateral adjustment. The position of the furniture part can thus be adjusted in two mutually perpendicular directions.

In addition, it is advantageous that the connection section is designed as an angle element with a first arm and a second arm aligned at an angle to the first arm, the first arm being designed for connection to the remaining part of the frame element and the second arm comprising the latching means. This represents a compact design. In particular, it is advantageous if the connection section is formed from a bent sheet metal section. The angle element is preferably designed as a two-layer sheet metal component.

The invention also relates to a furniture part with a furniture part frame, which has a frame element, with the furniture part frame bordering a surface area of the furniture part, with a frame element being present according to one of the configurations described above.

Figure description:

Fig. 1

eine perspektivische Ansicht auf ein Möbel mit einem Möbelteil, das einen Möbelteil-Rahmen mit einem erfindungsgemäßen Rahmenelement aufweist,

Fig. 2

den in Fig. 1 umrandeten Bereich A in vergrößerter Darstellung,

Fig. 3

ein erfindungsgemäßes Rahmenelement in einer Stirnansicht ausschnittsweise geschnitten dargestellt,

Fig. 4

das Rahmenelement gemäß Fig. 3 mit seiner Innenseite nach oben ausgerichtet in perspektivischer Ansicht schräg von oben und

Fig. 5

das Rahmenelement aus Fig. 3 in einer Seitenansicht.

Further features and advantages of the invention are explained in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiments shown schematically in the figures. In detail shows:

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a perspective view of a piece of furniture with a furniture part that has a furniture part frame with a frame element according to the invention,

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the in 1 bordered area A in an enlarged view,

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a frame element according to the invention shown in section in a front view,

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the frame element according to 3 with its inside oriented upwards in a perspective view obliquely from above and

figure 5

the frame element 3 in a side view.

In some cases, the same reference symbols are used below for corresponding elements of different exemplary embodiments.

1 shows a perspective view of a piece of furniture or a wall cabinet 1 in a use position with a box-shaped furniture body 2 and a furniture part according to the invention accommodated thereon, which is designed as a top flap 3 , which is shown in an open position relative to the furniture body 2 . The furniture part or the top flap 3 has a furniture part frame 16 made up of four frame elements, for example made of aluminum, which are preferably formed with an identical profile shape to one another. The furniture part frame 16 is assembled in frame technology or its frame elements are assembled in frame construction. The top flap 3 also has an inner element 17 , for example a glass plate, accommodated on the furniture part frame 16 , the inner element 17 being edged or enclosed by the furniture part frame 16 .

The furniture body 2 comprises two opposing upright side walls 4 and 5, which are connected to a bottom panel 6 at the bottom and to a top panel 7 at the top. The furniture body 2 is closed by a rear wall 8 at the rear.

To move the top flap 3 about a horizontal pivot axis relative to the furniture body 2 from the 1 shown open position in a closed position (not shown) moved towards the front of the furniture carcass 2 and back into the open position there is a movement device which is designed as a top flap fitting 9 . The upper flap fitting 9 has a first fitting unit 10 on the side wall 4 and a second fitting unit 11 on the side wall 5, which are constructed in the same way but for the functionally correct arrangement on the respective side wall 4 or 5 in relation to the side.

Each fitting unit 10 and 11 comprises a base unit 12, guide means 13 with a swivel arm arrangement 14. The swivel arm arrangement 14 is connected to a side frame element 21 of the furniture part frame 16 via a connection section, which is embodied, for example, as a mounting unit 15 inner side, which faces the narrow end faces of the side walls 4, 5, the underbody 6 and the top floor 7 when the upper flap 3 is closed. A corresponding arrangement for connecting the fitting unit 11 to a further lateral frame element 22 of the furniture part frame 16 is provided on the other side of the furniture flap 3 .

The connection section or the assembly unit 15 is present on the frame element 21, which is explained in detail further below. The base unit 12 is connected to the mounting unit 15 via a plurality of articulated pivoting arms of the pivoting arm arrangement 14 . The assembly unit 15 is firmly but detachably attached to the inside of the top flap 3 or the furniture part frame 16 .

The base unit 12 is preferably formed from a sheet metal component and comprises a planar, flat or thin base plate and a flat, thin housing element opposite the base plate. The housing element is covered with a cover element 18 or a cover plate.

In addition, on the face side of the base unit 12 there is a face section 19, the outside of which is aligned transversely to the plane of the base plate. The relevant pivoting arms of the pivoting arm arrangement 14 reach through a rectangular recess 20 in the end section 19. B. 16 millimeters. The overall width or thickness of the fitting units 10 and 11 is approximately 12 millimeters, so that a respective material cutout, which is rectangular in the base area, in the side walls 4 and 5 has a depth of approximately 12 millimeters, which means that the remaining base thickness of the side walls 4, 5 is in the range of the respective material recess is about 4 millimeters.

The furniture part frame 16 is assembled from four square hollow profiles with an identical cross section, for example aluminum hollow profiles. In addition to the two lateral frame elements 21 and 22, an upper frame element and a lower frame element of the furniture part frame 16 are present. The upper frame element and the lower frame element connect the two lateral frame elements 21, 22. The frame element is connected, for example, with corner connectors (not shown), which engage in abutting end areas or miter areas of the respective frame parts.

The frame element 21 , which is rectangular in cross-section in its basic form, has four walls 23 , 24 , 25 and 26 , the side 26 protruding with an edge 27 somewhat beyond an outer side of the adjacent side 24 .

When the top flap 3 is in use, with the top flap 3 closed, the wall 23 is directed inwards towards the end faces of the furniture body 2 and forms an inside of the frame element 21. The wall 23 has an outside surface 23a.

The connection section or the assembly unit 15 is in housed in a receiving volume 28 of the frame element 21 which is recessed towards the inside or towards the surface 23a. For this purpose, the wall 23 has a material-free window-shaped or strip-shaped opening 29 to an inner volume 30 of the frame element 21 enclosed by the walls 23-26. Thus, the deepened receiving volume 28 largely consists of a part of the inner volume 30 with a volume fraction that corresponds to the volume of material that is removed from the wall 23 with the opening 29 .

The connection section or the assembly unit 15 is formed in the basic shape of an L from two sheet metal angles 31 and 32 which are firmly connected to one another with two rivets 33 .

The connection section or the assembly unit 15 or the sheet metal angles 31 and 32 form a first leg 34 and a second leg 35. The first leg 34 is used to firmly attach the connection section to the wall 23 with a screw connection, for example. The screw connection is formed in the first leg 34 by two screw holes 36 with internal threads in the sheet metal bracket 32 and two fastening screws 37 that can be screwed into them. Round holes 38 that match the screw holes 36 are also prepared in the wall 23 . The screw hole 36 is present in a sleeve or collar-like section in the sheet metal angle 32, the collar-like section extending through a hole in the other sheet metal angle and being present on the outside of a bore wall of the bore.

The assembly unit 15 is inserted through the open front end of the frame element 21 into the inner volume 30 for screwing with the second leg 35 in the direction of the wall 23.

When the screw holes 36 are aligned with the round holes 38 and the leg 34 reaches through the opening 29, the fastening screws 37 are introduced from the outside through the round holes 38 and with a screwdriver into the screw holes 36 screwed until the mounting screws 37 are sunk flush with their screw heads in the wall 23, what the Figures 3-5 demonstrate.

In this case, two spaced-apart protruding contact sections 39 and 40 on the second leg 35 protrude through the opening 29 to the outside. Because the contact sections 39 and 40 protrude from the surface 23a of the wall 23, they are advantageously accessible for connection to the respective swivel arm arrangement 14. For this purpose, the contact sections 39 and 40 are designed for releasable latching with matching mating sections (not shown) on the end of the associated swivel arm arrangement 14 on the furniture part side. The two contact sections 39, 40 each have a latching contour such as an undercut contour or a hook contour for releasable locking. Reference list: 1 Wall unit 22 frame element 2 furniture body 23 Wall 3 top flap 23a surface 4 Side wall 24 Wall 5 Side wall 25 Wall 6 underbody 26 Wall 7 topsoil 27 edge 8th back panel 28 recording volume 9 top flap fitting 29 opening 10 fitting unit 30 internal volume 11 fitting unit 31 sheet metal angle 12 base unit 32 sheet metal angle 13 means of guidance 33 rivet 14 Swing arm arrangement 34 leg 15 assembly unit 35 leg 16 furniture part frame 36 screw hole 17 interior element 37 mounting screw 18 cover element 38 round hole 19 forehead section 39 contact section 20 recess 40 contact section 21 frame element

Claims (10)

1. Frame element (21) for a furniture part frame (16) of a furniture part (3), wherein the furniture part frame (16) outwardly surrounds a surface region (17) of the furniture part (3), wherein the frame element (21) has a connecting portion (15), wherein the connecting portion (15) can be coupled to a pivoting arm of a pivoting device (9) by means of which the furniture part (3) can be pivotably received on a furniture carcass (2) of a furniture item (1), and wherein the connecting portion (15) is accommodated sunk in a receiving volume (28) of the frame element (21) that is recessed with respect to an inner side of the frame element (21), wherein, in a closed state of the furniture part (3), the inner side of the frame element (21) faces an end side of the furniture carcass (2), and wherein the receiving volume (28) is accessible via an opening (29) on the inner side of the frame element (21), wherein the connecting portion (15) has latching means (39, 40) which can be connected to a pivoting arm of the pivoting device, wherein the latching means (39, 40) are present on a portion of the connecting portion (15) that reaches through the opening (29) of the frame element (21) such that the latching means (39, 40) project outwardly on the inner side of the frame element (21), wherein the frame element (21) takes the form of a hollow profile element, wherein a fastening opening (38) is present in the inner side, wherein the fastening opening (38) is adjacent to the opening (29) towards the receiving volume (28) in the inner side of the frame element (21), and wherein the fastening opening (38) serves for passing through a fastening element (37) by means of which the connecting portion (15) can be mounted on the remaining frame element (21), wherein the connecting portion is mounted completely sunk with respect to the inner side of the frame element, wherein only the latching means of the connecting portion project to a desired degree on the inner side of the frame element.
2. Frame element according to Claim 1, characterized in that the inner side is formed by a hollow profile wall (23) of the hollow profile element.
3. Frame element according to either of the preceding claims, characterized in that the frame element (21) takes the form of a square hollow profile element.
4. Frame element according to Claim 1, characterized in that the frame element (21) has an elongate opening (29) in a hollow profile wall (23) of the hollow profile element.
5. Frame element according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the frame element (21) is designed in such a way that the connecting portion (15) can be releasably mounted on the remaining part of the frame element (21).
6. Frame element according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that adjusting means for adjusting the position of the connecting portion (15) relative to the remaining part of the frame element (21) are provided.
7. Frame element according to Claim 6, characterized in that the adjusting means have an adjusting portion on the connecting portion (15) and an adjusting screw (37) engaging through the adjusting portion.
8. Frame element according to Claim 6, characterized in that the adjusting means comprise a height adjustment means and/or a side adjustment means.
9. Frame element according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting portion (15) is configured as an angle element having a first arm (34) and a second arm (35) oriented at an angle to the first arm (34), wherein the first arm (34) is designed for connecting to the remaining part of the frame element (21) and the second arm (35) comprises the latching means (39, 40).
10. Furniture part (3) having a furniture part frame (16) which has a frame element (21) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the furniture part frame (16) surrounds a surface region (17) of the furniture part (3).

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