EP3666121A1 - Drawer front connecting device and drawer - Google Patents

Abstract

A drawer front connecting device (9) for connecting a drawer front (15) to a drawer side part (17, 18) is proposed, comprising a front connector (22) and a hanging component (25). According to the invention, the front connector (22) has at least two connector plates, the front connector (22) having an upper ramp and a lower ramp, the upper ramp (33) comprising an upper narrow side of a first connector plate and an upper narrow side of a second connector plate, and wherein the lower ramp comprises a lower narrow side of the first connector plate and a lower narrow side of the second connector plate, the two upper narrow sides of the upper ramp having a two-lane support surface for an upper support section on the hanging component for fixing the hanging component (25) to the front connector (22) (25) and the two lower narrow sides of the lower ramp provide a two-lane support surface for a lower support section on the hanging component (25), so that when the drawer front (15) is connected to the drawer side part (18) there is a displacement of the upper support section and the lower one Support section s takes place along the respective ramp.

Description

State of the art

In the furniture sector, furniture with a drawer is known, the drawer being movable relative to a body and a drawer front component being attached to the drawer side parts via a drawer front connecting device. The drawer front is preferably detachably or interchangeably attachable to the two drawer side parts.

Fastening the drawer front to the drawer side parts in the area of the front end faces of the two drawer side parts, in particular if the fronts are heavy or large, requires skill or is often difficult. In addition, high forces must be absorbed by the connecting device in the connected state.

Previous drawer front connecting devices are also complicated to manufacture or have many parts and require a comparatively large installation space on the respective drawer side part, so that satisfactory solutions are not available for all drawer designs.

Object and advantages of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved drawer front connecting device of the type described in the introduction, in particular with regard to an economically advantageous production and an easier one Installation situation when installing a drawer front on any drawer side part.

This task is solved by the independent claims.

In the dependent claims, expedient and advantageous developments of the invention are shown.

The invention is based on a drawer front connecting device for connecting a drawer front to a drawer side part, comprising a front connector that can be attached to the drawer side part and a hanging component that can be attached to the drawer front, the hanging component being attachable to the front connector, in order to establish a connection state of the drawer front with the drawer side part to set up. The front connector is coordinated in such a way that it can be at least partially recessed in a front area of the drawer side part. A matching receptacle with a receptacle area is available on the drawer side part. The front connector and the hanging component preferably each consist of a metal material or are preferably each formed as a sheet metal component. The front connector is designed in particular for attachment to a drawer side part designed as a hollow chamber frame. The front connector and the hanging component preferably have an at least approximately the same height, for example a height of approximately 50 millimeters. The width dimensions of the front connector and the hook-in component are in particular coordinated so that when the hook-in component and front connector are in the specified state, the width of the front connector with its width over its entire height is present within a width of the hook-in component or at no point in width or laterally not over the The width of the hanging component protrudes. The width of the hanging component is, for example, approximately 15 to 20 millimeters and the width of the front connector is only a few millimeters less, for example. B. between 12 and 17 millimeters.

Preferably, at least part of a total height of the hanging component or z. B. in a vertically upper region and a vertically lower region of the hanging component, two projecting side flanks or hanging component flanks are present. The hook-in component flanks are spaced apart at an angle to a component rear side of a base body of the hook-in component or are formed opposite one another thereon. The flanks project in particular from the back of the component in one direction to the attached front connector.

In the space between the opposite upper and opposite lower side flanks and above the height of the hanging component, the front connector can be accommodated or is present in the fixed state of the hanging component and front connector.

The essence of the invention is that the front connector has at least two parallel aligned and interconnected connector plates that are spaced apart in a width direction of the front connector, the front connector having an upper ramp and a lower ramp that in a height direction of the front connector are spaced apart from one another, the upper ramp comprising an upper narrow side of a first connector plate and an upper narrow side of a second connector plate, the two upper narrow sides lying in a common upper plane, and the lower ramp comprising a lower narrow side of the first connector plate and a lower narrow side of the second connector plate, the two lower narrow sides lying in a common lower plane, so that for fixing the hanging component to the front connector, the two upper narrow sides of the upper ramp have a two-lane support surface for an upper one Provide the support section on the suspension component and the two lower narrow sides of the lower ramp provide a two-lane support surface for a lower support section on the suspension component when the suspension component is on the front connector is arranged in the correct position so that when the drawer front is connected to the drawer side part, the upper support section and the lower support section move along the respective ramp or the upper support section can be moved along the upper ramp and the lower support section can be moved along the lower ramp. If there are exactly two connector plates, the respective outer surface sides of the two connector plates form the outer sides of the front connector in the width direction.

Connector plates aligned in parallel means that they are aligned parallel to one another over their substantial or predominant extent and in particular small areas such as edge areas can deviate therefrom, for example a bent edge area of the connector plate.

Exactly one upper support section and exactly one lower support section are preferably present on the hanging component. Accordingly, exactly two ramps or the upper ramp and the lower ramp are preferably present on the front connector.

The two connector plates are preferably firmly connected to one another, for example by means of a rivet or clinch connection, or screwed or welded to one another.

The displacement of the support sections is advantageously a downward slide, which is advantageously carried out with the aid of gravity or automatically if no counterforce acting to prevent the slide movement acts. The sliding takes place, for example, as soon as a fitter releases the drawer front with the hanging components, which is positioned correctly on the drawer sides with the front connectors, so that the support sections slide down or on the associated ramp. Due to the weight of the drawer front, to which the hanging component is firmly attached, the upper support section slides down along the upper ramp and the lower support section along the lower ramp. The support sections slide down simultaneously or identically. The hanging component preferably experiences a purely linear movement when it slides along, and thus during assembly on the front connector, from the point at which slippage begins when the support sections have previously reached a respective starting point on the associated ramp.

The ramps and the support sections preferably form the sole contact points of the contact between the hanging component and the front connector. Overall, this makes front mounting easier. In addition, the stable weight of the drawer front ensures that the connection is stable. In addition, the connection status can be secured at the end of the downward slide by, for example, securing the hanging component on the front connector. The detent preferably acts on the lower support section and is by z. B. established or supported a spring force. Sliding downwards can, if necessary, be supported by the fitter from the outside, so that a latching state between the two suspension components on the respective front connector is reliably achieved.

The final end or assembly position of the hanging component and front connector is not predetermined by a stop on the drawer front connecting device, which acts on the support sections or prevents them from slipping downward. Rather, the support sections remain free of a stop in the sliding direction. In other words, the two-lane support surfaces of the ramp extend so far in the sliding direction that they extend beyond the possibly secured end position of the support section on the ramp when the drawer front is fully assembled.

In practice, when the drawer front is fully assembled, end faces of the two drawer side parts are in contact with an inner side of the drawer front, with an end section of the narrow sides of the connector plates being somewhat spaced apart from the component rear side of the hanging component. This means that the hanging component cannot get any closer to the front connector The support sections cannot move closer or slide down further along the respective ramp, although the respective two-lane support surface is also still present in the sliding direction or continues beyond the support sections. This is advantageous in terms of component and assembly tolerances.

The connector plates are preferably mirror-symmetrical to an intermediate vertical mirror plane. Each connector plate has parallel surface sides and narrow sides therebetween, including the upper and lower narrow sides, according to the thickness of the plates. It is not excluded that, in particular, smaller edge sections of the connector plates are angled or curved to the surface side.

The lower and the upper ramp are open in the longitudinal direction of the support surfaces for inserting the upper support section on the upper ramp and for inserting the lower support section on the lower ramp.

The width of the front connector is preferably identical throughout its height and is preferably 5 millimeters or more up to a value of 15 millimeters.

A vertical distance between the two ramps or levels on the front connector is matched to a vertical distance between the two support sections on the hanging component.

When the suspension component is oriented vertically, both support sections are preferably vertically aligned with one another or the upper support section is present exactly above the lower support section. Accordingly, both support sections have the same horizontal distance from a component rear side of the hanging component. The back of the component is connectable to an inside of the drawer front, the connection by z. B. screwing on the drawer front.

The axes of the two support sections are preferably parallel. The parallel planes of the upper and lower ramps result in the parallel displacement of the suspension component along the two ramps. A further or vertically offset third ramp on the front connector corresponding to the two ramps and an associated third support section on the hanging component, for example for comparatively high drawer fronts, are not excluded.

On a corresponding drawer, two identical hanging components and one associated front connector are generally provided on the right and left drawer side part for each drawer front.

It is advantageous if the upper level and the lower level are aligned in parallel. The upper two-lane support surfaces are thus aligned parallel to the lower two-lane support surfaces. In this way, a parallel displacement of the two support sections and thus the suspension component when slipping along the ramps and thus the final assembly position is precisely specified. Accordingly, the support surfaces are each flat, and in particular strip or rectangular.

The respective inclination of the two upper narrow sides is identical to the incline of the lower narrow sides.

This means that the inclination of the upper level e.g. B. is identical to the horizontal with the inclination of the lower level to the horizontal. The angle of inclination associated with the two planes is preferably between 20 degrees and 70 degrees to the horizontal, preferably between 30 and 60 degrees, preferably approximately 45 degrees to the horizontal. Viewed from the front or in the direction of sliding of the support sections, which faces the hanging component in the fixed state, the levels incline from the top up to the back down. The support sections slide backwards accordingly when mounting the drawer front.

A further advantage results from the fact that the upper support section and / or the lower support section comprises a rod-shaped component section which extends in the width dimension of the hanging component. A support section is preferably formed entirely by a rod. This makes the hanging component easy to train. The support sections also stabilize the hanging component.

Both support sections are preferably designed identically. It is also advantageous if the side of the support sections, which slides along the respective ramp, is designed accordingly for a smooth or jerk-free sliding down. The support section is preferably a separate pin or bolt with a convex or z. B. cylindrical outer shape. The support section is, for example, inserted axially and fixed at its two ends to the hanging component side flanks of the hanging component. Alternatively, the support section is designed as a U-shaped or bow-shaped pin section, the ends of which are bent at right angles to reach or are received on a component rear side of the base body of the hanging component.

A free width of the respective support section is matched to a width of the ramp or to a width that is predetermined by the two narrow sides of the ramp. The respective support section is thus supported in a stable and tilt-free manner on the two support surfaces of the associated ramp when it slides downward.

According to a preferred modification of the invention, the upper ramp is free upwards and forms a section of an upper side of the front connector. Accordingly, the upper ramp or the upper narrow sides are formed above without being covered by sections of the front connector. This facilitates the approach and support of the upper support section on the upper ramp.

It is also advantageous that the lower ramp forms an underside of a slot-shaped cutout, the cutout being formed in the connector plates. The slot-shaped cut-out provides a particularly easy to manufacture and space-saving mounting and guiding of the lower support section on the front connector.

The slot width is preferably somewhat larger than an outer or thickness dimension of the lower support section. The slot cutout preferably has a slightly widening inlet area on its open side, ie where the lower support section is brought up. This means that the lower support section can be better threaded or attached to the lower ramp, which simplifies the assembly of the drawer front.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the front connector has a hanging contour in the region of the lower ramp for the self-holding hanging of the hanging component on the front connector. This allows the support section and any other sections in the area of the lower support section on the hanging component to be attached to the hanging contour in such a way that the hanging component with the drawer front thereon can be supported on the front connector or the associated drawer side parts without a fitter having to hold the drawer front. The hanging contour is coordinated in such a way that in the self-holding state, the hanging component, and thus the drawer front, is held freely supported on the drawer side parts, aligned obliquely to the vertical. This is helpful for mounting on the rest of the drawer, which is attached to a furniture body via rail guides. When held, the fitter can let go of the drawer front and the drawer front remains resting and supported on the remaining drawer on the furniture body. The upper part of the drawer front and thus of the hanging component with the upper support section is spaced from the upper ramp on the front connector. Then the drawer front must be connected to the Drawer side parts with their front connectors only the upper part of the drawer front are pivoted towards the upper support section until the upper support section of the two hanging components on the drawer front reaches the respective upper ramp and can slide down along it, simultaneously with the downward sliding of the respective lower support sections the corresponding lower ramp.

Another advantage is given when the first connector plate and / or the second connector plate of the front connector are designed as a continuous plate component. This is advantageous in terms of manufacturing technology. The two connector plates of a front connector are preferably symmetrical, in particular mirror-symmetrical to a mirror plane lying between the two connector plates. The preferably exactly two or more than two connector plates can simply be connected with, in particular, a plurality of connecting elements or, for example, connecting pins offset from one another. The two connector plates preferably have outer contours aligned with one another.

The connector plates of the front connector are advantageously connected to one another via a joining process. The front connector can thus advantageously be made into a rigid and mechanically stable component from which, for. B. two individually prefabricated, for example punched or laser-cut connector plates. A welding, riveting or clinching method is particularly suitable as the joining method. Alternatively, the connector plates can also be screwed.

Another advantage is derived from the fact that the upper support section and / or the lower support section comprises an elongate component which is received with its two longitudinal ends in protruding side flanks of the hanging component. So that the hanging component can be easily manufactured from a base body made of z. B. a bent sheet metal component and two elongated support sections. There are prepared, opposite openings in the side flanks.

A further advantage of the invention is based on the fact that a contour section of the suspension contour for supporting the lower support section on the underside is formed on the front connector in the area of the lower ramp. Thus, without the lower support section coming into contact with the lower ramp, it is advantageously possible to support the drawer front provided with the hanging components on the two drawer side parts with attached front connectors.

The contour section preferably has a recess for the pre-positioning or for the pre-assembly position of the lower support section on the front connector. The contour section is preferably in front of the lower ramp in the attachment or sliding direction.

The contour section is matched to the lower support section or its size and / or shape, preferably designed as an upwardly open depression. A part of the receiving contour, each with the contour section, is preferably formed on the narrow sides of the two connector plates. The receiving contour is formed, for example, in such a way that when the lower support section is attached, the receiving contour provides a pivot bearing for the lower support section for pivoting the suspension component with the drawer front attached to the front connector, whereby the upper support section is pivoted towards the upper ramp.

An advantageous variant of the invention is characterized in that a raised portion for supporting the hanging component on the front connector is formed on the hanging component in the area of the lower supporting portion. The raised section and a matching contour on the front connector facilitate the assembly of the drawer front on the drawer side parts.

This allows the hanging component with the lower support section and the raised section to be brought into a stationary pre-assembly position on the front connector with two or more contact points or, based on the installation situation, the drawer front can be hung on the remaining part of the drawer with the two drawer side parts. The hanging component or the drawer front is inclined at an angle to the vertical from the vertically oriented front connector or from upper sections of the front end of the two drawer side parts. The upper part of the usually two hanging components or the drawer front is spaced from the upper ramps of the two front connectors. In the pre-assembly position or when the drawer front is suspended, the fitter can let go of the drawer front, which may be comparatively heavy, so that the drawer front is freely suspended and held to the remaining drawer in a resting or automatic manner. Preferably, the drawer is already mounted on the furniture body in the described assembly, z. B. horizontally displaceable but firmly added to a furniture body via rail guides.

From the pre-assembly position, the fitter can move the front section of the drawer front by pressing against the front of the drawer front in the direction of the upper ramp, so that the respective upper support section reaches the respective upper ramp of the respective front connector.

For this purpose, the front connector preferably has the hanging contour with a contour section for fitting and supporting the elevation section and the lower support section.

The elevation section is preferably formed in one piece on the suspension component, in particular on the inside on one or on both side flanks of the suspension component. The elevation section is in particular raised to adjacent sections or to a flat, flat inside of the side flank of the hanging component. The above Elevation section is, for example, an embossing section z. B. a stud stub or a knob or the like. In the case of a vertical alignment of the longitudinal axis of the suspension component, the elevation section is preferably offset vertically and offset horizontally to the lower support section or horizontally between a base side of the suspension component and the lower support section.

The elevation section preferably has a comparable or the same external dimension as the lower support section.

It is also advantageous if the elevation section comprises two elevation sections separated in the width direction of the hanging component by a distance. This makes the pre-assembly or hanging position of the drawer front even easier and more stable to set up.

The two raised sections are preferably configured on the inside of opposite side flanks of the hanging component, preferably in alignment with one another. It is also advantageous if the two elevation sections each have a flat or blunt end face. The longitudinal axes of the elevation sections are preferably parallel to the longitudinal axis of the lower support section.

Another advantage is realized in that the upper ramp is preceded by a run-up slope, the inclination of which is oriented at an angle to the inclination in the direction of the upper narrow sides. At the end of the swiveling-in movement, the drawer front is guided in a precisely supported manner from the hanging or preassembly position and at the same time displaced upwards to an upper end of the upper ramp. To do this, the run-up slope leads to the start of the upper ramp, with the opposite slope to the slope of the ramp. Viewed from the side, the ramp and the ramp slope form an angular shape or a saddle roof shape, with the ramp forming a roof side and the ramp slope forming the other roof side, up to a highest point or up to a crest line in the Contact area of the ramp with the ramp. When the drawer front is swung open, the upper support section slides somewhat along the run-up slope up to the apex line and then slides or slides automatically along the upper ramp. Simultaneously with the sliding of the upper support section down, the lower support section also slides down along the lower ramp until the final assembly position of the hanging component on the front connector or the drawer front is reached on the remaining part of the drawer.

The invention also extends to a drawer with a drawer front and a drawer side part, a drawer front connecting device according to one of the configurations described above being present. In this way, the aforementioned advantages can be achieved in connection with the drawer. It is particularly advantageous for large or heavy drawer fronts. The drawer side parts preferably have a width of 10 to 25 millimeters, ie are comparatively narrow. Accordingly, the width of the drawer front connecting device is in particular the respective width of the front connector and of the hanging component within the width dimension of a drawer side part, that is to say less than 10 to less than 25 millimeters, preferably between 5 and 15 millimeters. The drawer side parts are preferably designed in the same way as a sheet metal hollow chamber frame, in particular as a folded sheet metal component which is open at the front or front and in each case a front connector can be firmly positioned or inserted therein.

Figure description

Fig. 1

eine perspektivische Ansicht schräg von oben auf ein erfindungsgemäßes Möbel mit einer daran aufgenommenen und geöffnet dargestellten Schublade, wobei das Möbel ohne eine oberseitige Abdeckplatte gezeigt ist,

Fig. 2

die Schublade gemäß Fig. 1 ohne eine Schubladenfront der Schublade in perspektivischer Ansicht,

Fig. 3

ein vorderes Ende eines Schubladenseitenteils der Schublade gemäß Fig. 2 mit einer erfindungsgemäßen Schubladenfront-Verbindungsvorrichtung in Explosionsdarstellung,

Fig. 4

ein Frontverbinder der Schubladenfront-Verbindungsvorrichtung gemäß Fig. 3 in Explosionsdarstellung,

Fig. 5

der zusammengebaute Frontverbinder gemäß Fig. 4 perspektivisch,

Fig. 6

teils transparent, in Seitenansicht ein Frontverbinder gemäß Fig. 5 mit daran positionierter Schubladenfront, an welcher ein Einhängebauteil gemäß Fig. 3 angebracht ist in einer Montagesituation, ohne Schubladenseitenteil und daran aufgenommenen weiteren Elementen der Schubladenfront-Verbindungsvorrichtung,

Fig. 7

die Montagesituation gemäß Fig. 6 in perspektivischer Ansicht auf eine Innenseite der Schubladenfront, wobei ein seitlicher Ausschnitt der Schubladenfront mit genau einem Einhängebauteil und genau einem Frontverbinder dargestellt ist,

Fig. 8

eine zur in Fig. 6 und 7 dargestellten Montagesituation nachfolgende Endmontagesituation in perspektivischer Ansicht gemäß Fig. 7 bei fertig angebrachter Schubladenfront am Frontverbinder,

Fig. 9

die Endmontagesituation gemäß Fig. 8 in Seitenansicht,

Fig. 10

den in Fig. 9 umrandeten Bereich A, wobei ein verdeckter Abschnitt einer Rastanordnung gestrichelt angedeutet ist und

Fig. 11

einen unteren Ausschnitt des Einhängebauteils 25 in perspektivischer Ansicht.

Further features and advantages of the invention are explained in greater detail on the basis of exemplary embodiments of the invention shown schematically in the figures. In detail shows:

Fig. 1

3 shows a perspective view obliquely from above of a piece of furniture according to the invention with a drawer received and shown open there, the piece of furniture being shown without a cover plate on the top,

Fig. 2

the drawer according to Fig. 1 without a drawer front of the drawer in perspective view,

Fig. 3

a front end of a drawer side part of the drawer according to Fig. 2 with an inventive drawer front connecting device in an exploded view,

Fig. 4

a front connector of the drawer front connector according to Fig. 3 in exploded view,

Fig. 5

the assembled front connector according to Fig. 4 perspective,

Fig. 6

partly transparent, in side view a front connector according to Fig. 5 with drawer front positioned on it, on which a hanging component according to Fig. 3 is attached in an assembly situation, without a drawer side part and other elements of the drawer front connecting device accommodated thereon,

Fig. 7

the assembly situation according Fig. 6 a perspective view of an inside of the drawer front, a side cutout of the drawer front being shown with exactly one hanging component and exactly one front connector,

Fig. 8

one for in Fig. 6 and 7 shown assembly situation following final assembly situation in perspective view Fig. 7 with the drawer front already attached to the front connector,

Fig. 9

the final assembly situation according Fig. 8 in side view,

Fig. 10

the in Fig. 9 bordered area A, a hidden section of a locking arrangement being indicated by dashed lines and

Fig. 11

a lower section of the hanging component 25 in a perspective view.

Fig. 1 1 shows a piece of furniture 1 with a drawer 2 according to the invention protruding from the front of the furniture 1 or moved as far as possible out of the furniture 1. The drawer 2 is movable or, in the furniture use state shown, can be moved linearly in the horizontal direction via guide means 4 on a furniture body 3 of the furniture 1. The furniture 1 is a box furniture with opposite side walls 5, 6, a bottom 7, a rear wall 8 and two cross boards 10, 11 provided on the top side. The cross board 10 is horizontally above between the two side walls 5, 6 in the front area of the furniture 1 and that Cross board 11 is present horizontally at the top between the two side walls 5, 6 in the rear area of the furniture 1, whereby the two side walls 5, 6 are stably connected to the floor 7, the rear wall 8 and the cross boards 10, 11 and to one another. A cover plate to be provided covering the furniture 1 above the two transverse boards 10, 11 is not shown.

The guide means 4 comprise a left rail guide 13 and a right rail guide 14, the rail guides 13, 14 acting between the furniture body 3 and the drawer 2 and being designed, for example, as a full extension 12, each with three telescopically displaceable rails. The right rail guide 14, which is mirrored to the rail guide 12 on the furniture 1, is shown in FIG Fig. 1 completely covered.

The drawer 2 is in Fig. 2 shown alone without a drawer front 15. Other elements of the drawer 2 are a drawer bottom 16, a left drawer side part 17, a right drawer side part 18 and a drawer back 19.

The two similar drawer side parts 17 and 18 are formed here as drawer frames or as hollow chamber frames made of a folded sheet metal material. The drawer side parts 17 and 18 are open at their front ends 17a and 18a and are designed for connection to the drawer front 15 by means of a drawer front connecting device 9 according to the invention. A first drawer front connecting device 9 is provided for connecting the drawer front 15 to the drawer side part 17 and a second drawer front connecting device 9 is provided for connecting the drawer front 15 to the drawer side part 18. Since the connection of the drawer front 15 with the respective drawer side part 17 or 18 is set up identically or with an identical drawer front connecting device 9, the connection is described below by way of example for a drawer side part.

In Fig. 3 The drawer front 15 is not shown, but is only indicated in sections in outline or schematically dashed lines.

The drawer front connecting device 9 designed as a multi-part structural unit comprises as elements an outer housing 20, an inner housing 21, a front connector 22, adjusting elements 23, 24 and a hanging component 25.

The elements 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 are combined in a recessed receiving area at the front end 18a of the drawer side part 18 so that they can be accommodated in a fixed but detachable manner. The hanging component 25 is designed to be screwed, for example, fixed to an inside 15a of the drawer front 15. The drawer front 15 is connected to the drawer side parts 17 and 18 via the respective interaction of a hanging component 25 with an associated one Front connector 22. For this purpose, the component comprising the combined elements 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 is accommodated on the front of each drawer side part 17, 18. For the connection state, these components cooperate with an associated suspension component 25. For this purpose, exactly two hanging components 25 are fixed on the inside 15a of the drawer front 15 at a point which is coordinated with them.

The connection is then made by hanging the drawer front 15 over the two hanging components 25 on the respective front connectors 22 on the two drawer side parts 17 and 18.

The elements 20, 21, 23, 24 and 31 and a sliding element 31 on the front connector 22 serve for height adjustment and for side adjustment of the drawer front 15 on the rest of the drawer or on the drawer side parts 17 and 18.

The connection of the drawer front 15 by hanging on the drawer side parts 17, 18 is described below, which is why the elements 20, 21, 23 and 24 will not be discussed further below or in the others Fig. 4-10 the interaction of the hanging component 25 and the front connector 22 is explained.

The front connector 22 has two narrow, preferably essentially plate-shaped connector plates 26 and 27, a spring 28, a latching member 29 and a bearing element 30 for the detachable mounting of the latching member 29 on the connector plates 26, 27. The spring 28 is on the two connector plates 26 , 27 and has the effect that the locking member 29 can be deflected or pivoted somewhat about the longitudinal axis of the bearing element 30 and is biased in a pivoting direction R1. The latching member 29 can be avoided in the pivoting direction R2 opposite to the pivoting direction R1. The evasibility is used to cancel a latching, which can be set up automatically by the latching member 29, with which the hanging component 25 can be latched on the front connector 22. Unlocking is carried out by manually pressing from the outside against an operating section 29a on the locking member 29 against the force or spring action of the spring 28.

Between the first connector plate 26 and the second connector plate 27, the displacement element 31 associated with the lateral adjustment is accommodated. For this purpose, the adjusting element 24, which is rotatable from the outside about its longitudinal axis, is provided. For this purpose, the actuating element 24 engages transversely through openings in the outer housing 20, the inner housing 21, the two connector plates 26, 27 and the displacement element 31.

The two connector plates 26, 27 are aligned parallel to one another and in a width direction B of the front connector 22 over the distance a (s. Fig. 5 ) spaced apart from one another over the predominant extent and firmly connected to one another by elements not shown in concrete terms, such as, for example, two transverse bolts. The longitudinal axes 32 of the elements or of the transverse bolts are shown in Fig. 4 indicated by dashed lines, each element being firmly connected with its two ends to the associated connector plate 26 and 27, respectively. The two elements are preferably aligned parallel to the width direction B or in particular parallel to the bearing element 30.

An upper ramp 33 and a lower ramp 34 are provided on the front connector 22 in a vertical direction H of the front connector 22. The flat ramps 33, 34 are oriented obliquely in a depth direction T of the front connector 22 and or in the direction away from a front side 35 of the front connector 22 sloping backwards or in the direction of a rear side 36 of the front connector 22.

A plane E1 of the upper ramp 33 is parallel to a plane E2 of the lower ramp 34 (see. Fig. 6 ).

The upper ramp 33 has an upper narrow side 33a of the first connector plate 26 and an upper narrow side 33b of the Connector plate 27 on. The narrow sides 33a and 33b lie in a common spanned spatial plane.

Correspondingly, the lower ramp 34 has a lower narrow side 34a of the first connector plate 26 and a lower narrow side 34b of the connector plate 27. The narrow sides 34a and 34b lie in a common imaginary spanned spatial plane, which is parallel to the spatial plane of the upper narrow sides 33a, 33b.

The two upper narrow sides 33a and 33b are spaced apart from one another in the width direction B, as are the two lower narrow sides 34a and 34b.

The two upper narrow sides 33a, 33b form a two-lane support 39 for an upper support section 37 of the hanging component 25 and the two lower narrow sides 34a and 34b form a two-lane support 40 for a lower supporting section 38 of the hanging component 25.

The support sections 37 and 38 are preferably of the same type or identical. The support sections 37, 38 are preferably formed as pin-like or elongated components, here, for example, each as a pin or bolt with a concave or cylindrical outer shape. Other shapes such as B. a polygonal outer shape of the support portions 37, 38 are possible.

As explained in more detail below, the upper support section 37 slides along the two upper narrow sides 33a, 33b of the support 39 when the drawer front is connected to the drawer side parts 17, 18. Accordingly or simultaneously, the lower support section 38 slides along the two lower narrow sides 34a, 34b the support 40 when connecting the drawer front 15 to the drawer side parts 17, 18 obliquely downwards or somewhat in the depth direction T and downwards against the height direction H. The sliding movement is supported by the weight of the drawer front 15.

The successive steps in the assembly of the drawer front 15 on the remaining part of the drawer 2 or the two drawer side parts 17, 18 are based on the Figures 6 to 10 explained.

The interaction of a hanging component 25 with a front connector 22, as described below, takes place in a corresponding manner regardless of whether the hanging component 25 is fastened to a drawer front or whether the front connector 22 is received on a drawer side part or whether the hanging component 25 and the front connector 22 to be viewed on its own.

A procedure which is possible in practice for the assembly of the drawer front 15 on the remaining parts of the drawer 2 with the drawer front connecting device 19 is described below, only a section of the drawer front 15 with exactly one hanging component 25 being shown, without the rest of the figure Drawer front 15 with a second existing hanging component. The front connector 22 cooperating with the hanging component 25 shown is shown alone for better illustration of the interaction, without the other parts of the drawer front connecting device 9 and an associated drawer side part.

In addition, in the Figures 7 and 8th Fasteners such as B. connecting screws with which the hanging component 25 is attached to the inside 15a of the drawer front 15 by anchoring in the material of the drawer front 15, not shown. For this purpose, openings 47, 48 and 49 are formed on the mounting component 25 on a component rear side 42 of a base body 41 of the mounting component 25 for gripping through the connecting elements (see FIG. Fig. 3 ).

The base body 41 of the hanging component 25, which is preferably formed from a bent or edged sheet metal material, also comprises on opposite outer edges of the Component rear side 42 protrudes upper side flanks 43, 44 and lower side flanks 45, 46. Between the upper side flanks 43, 44 the upper support section 37 is received and between the lower side flanks 45, 46 the lower support section 38 is received. Both support sections 37 and 38 or their respective central longitudinal axes are at the same distance b from the rear side 42 of the component (see FIG. Fig. 9 ). In the height direction H, the two support sections 37, 38 are exactly one above the other or in alignment with one another.

For the assembly of the drawer front 15, it is preferred in practice if the remaining part of the drawer 2 consisting of the assembled components 16-19 is accommodated on the furniture body 12 via the rail guides 13, 14 and moved out relative to the furniture body 12, according to Fig. 1 . Then the drawer front 15 can advantageously be attached to the drawer side parts 17, 18, which can be done in different ways.

A possible below according to the Figures 6-9 The procedure described is that the fitter brings the drawer front 15 vertically aligned with the upright inner side 15a ahead and the hanging components 25 thereon in the horizontal direction or in the depth direction T to the front end faces of the drawer side parts 17, 18 with the front connectors 22 present thereon, What Fig. 6 represents.

In Fig. 6 the drawer side part 17, on which the front connector 22 is fixedly attached, is only indicated with a plane E, within which a front end front edge of the drawer side part 17 lies. The slightly recessed position of the front connector 22 within the hollow front section of the drawer side part 17 can be seen.

When assembling, it is particularly important that the upper support section 37 is simultaneously correct on the upper ramp 33 System comes and the lower support section 38 on the lower ramp 34 comes to rest properly.

Accordingly, the lower support section 38 in the region of the lower ramp 34 is attached to a suspension contour 50 with a contour section 51 (see FIG. Fig. 5 ) in the vicinity of the lower ramp 34 on the front connector 22. The upper support section 37 is still removed from the upper ramp 33 (see. Fig. 6 ).

The lower ramp 34 is formed in each case by a slot-shaped cutout 52 in the connector plates 26 and 27. The lower ramp 34 is thus open to the front 35 of the front connector 22, so that the lower support section 38 can be threaded into the cutouts 52. When threading, the support section 38 is forcibly guided along the lower ramp 34 or both support surfaces 34a and 34b in such a way that the support section 38 rests on both support surfaces 34a, 34b on the underside. This favors a correct spatial alignment of the drawer front 15 on the drawer side parts 17, 18. The support section 38 is in particular aligned such that the longitudinal axis of the support section 38 runs horizontally.

When the drawer front 15 is moved further in the direction of an end 53 of the lower ramp 34, the lower support section 38 may come into supportive contact with a recess 54 of the hanging contour 50 in front of the lower ramp 34. The depression 54 is formed, for example, by a trough-like dent on the narrow sides of the two connector plates 26, 27.

When the drawer front 15 is moved further in the depth direction T, the lower support section 38 abuts the narrow sides of the cutout 52 opposite the lower ramp 34, the narrow sides being formed on the two connector plates 26, 27. As a result, the drawer front 15 is given a downward movement. The lower support section reaches the lower ramp 34 and is supported on this. At the same time, the upper support section 37 reaches the upper ramp 33 and is also supported on this. Now the drawer front 15 can automatically slide obliquely downwards in the sliding direction R, supported by the weight of the drawer front 15 and / or by the fitter. The upper support section 37 slides on the upper ramp 33 or on the two upper narrow sides 33a, 33b, which provide a two-lane upper support surface or two-lane guideway for the upper support section 37.

Correspondingly and simultaneously, the lower support section 38 slides on the lower ramp 34 or on the two lower narrow sides 34a, 34b, which provide a two-lane lower support surface or two-lane guideway for the lower support section 38.

The connecting movement of the hanging components 25 relative to the front connectors 22 and thus the drawer front 15 in the direction of the end faces of the two drawer side parts 17, 18 is not limited by a stop acting, for example, on the upper support section 37 and / or, for example, the lower support section 38, which in particular Fig. 9 illustrates that in the sliding direction R of the upper support section 37 and of the lower support section 38 behind the support sections 37 and 38 the associated ramps 33 and 34 respectively extend a little further or the respective upper narrow sides 33a, 33b and the respective lower narrow sides 34a, 34b. Rather, the aforementioned sliding or connecting movement is mechanically limited by the fact that the inside 15a of the drawer front bears against the respective narrow strip-shaped end face according to plane E of the drawer side parts 17 and 18. It is advantageous that the narrow front end of the drawer side part 17 and the narrow front end of the drawer side part 18 lie in adjacent parallel room levels. In the connected state with the drawer front 15 attached to the drawer side parts 17, 18 according to FIG Fig. 8 and 9 the plane E borders parallel to the inside 15a of the drawer front 15.

In the 4 to 9 the control element 24 on the front connector 22 is omitted.

Upon reaching the connection status according to the Fig. 8 and 9 a locking device for securing the drawer front 15 on the drawer side parts 17, 18 is set up with the locking member 29. In this case, a projection 29b of the latching member 29 comes into abutment against the lower support section 38 with the force of the spring 28, so that the lower support section 38 cannot be moved or secured unintentionally upwards along the ramp 34, that is to say in the direction toward the oblique one downward sliding direction R when the connection state is reached.

On the suspension component 25, in the area of the lower support section 38 there is an elevation section 55 with two mutually opposite elevation sections 56 and 57 (see FIG. Fig. 11 ). The two elevation sections 56 and 57 are separated from one another in the width direction of the suspension component 25 by a free space or a material-free distance c. The distance c is matched to a dimension of the contour section 51 of the front connector 22 in the width direction B. This width dimension is slightly less than the width of the front connector 22, which is predetermined by the flat outer sides of the two connector plates 26 and 27. For this purpose, the contour section 51 has two tooth-shaped sections on the respective connector plates 26 and 27 which are bent slightly towards one another. The two elevation sections 56 and 57 are preferably identical and of the same length. The elevation sections 56 are provided on the inside on the side flank 45 and the elevation sections 57 are provided on the inside on the side flank 46. As an example, the elevation sections 56, 57 are configured as stub axles with a cylindrical outer shape and a flat, if necessary slightly convex, end face.

The elevation sections 56 and 57 are particularly advantageous for an alternative procedure for attaching the drawer front 15 to the drawer side parts 17, 18, which differs from that according to FIG Figures 6-9 described procedure differs. The drawer front 15 is not aligned vertically, but is inclined at an angle to the vertical, with the lower region of the drawer front 15 leading to the drawer side parts 17, 18, so that the hanging component 25 on the front connector 22 with the lower support section 38 and the raised sections 56 and 57 can be supported in a stationary pre-assembly position or self-retaining or freely hanging on the drawer side parts 17, 18 or on their front connectors 22. For this purpose, in addition to the lower support section 38, the two elevation subsections 56 and 57 come into abutment against the hanging contour 50 or on the contour section 51. The upper region of the drawer front 15 is removed or spaced apart from the drawer side parts 17, 18 due to its inclined position in the pre-assembly position. When the drawer front 15 is subsequently pivoted into the vertical orientation by the fitter, with the lower one Support section 38 by contact with the contour section 50 provides a pivot axis, the upper region of the drawer front 15 approaches the upper ramp 33, so that the upper support section 37 then reaches the upper ramp 33 and can slide down there, at the same time as the lower support section 38 slides down along the lower ramp 34 .

In order for the upper support section 37 to be guided in a manner supported by the drawer front assembly in a supported manner and to reach the upper ramp 33 precisely, an upward slope 58 is arranged in front of the upper ramp 33. The ramp slope 58 is two-lane and includes a first ramp track 59 and a second ramp track 60. The first ramp track 59 is formed by a section of the narrow side of the first connector plate 26 and the second ramp track 60 is formed by a section of the narrow side of the second connector plate 27. The slope of the run-up track is 59 identical to the inclination of the run-up track 60 and against the inclination of the upper ramp 33.

When pivoting the drawer front 15 against the drawer side parts 17, 18, the upper support section 37 first reaches the ramp slope 58 and is then guided obliquely upwards along the ramp slope 58 when the drawer front 15 is pivoted further. At the same time, the drawer front 15 remains supported on the contour section 50 at the bottom, which is done via the lower support section 38 and the two elevation sections 56 and 57. Reference symbol list: 1 Furniture 31 Sliding element 2nd drawer 32 Longitudinal axis 3rd Furniture body 33 ramp 4th Leadership resources 33a Narrow side 5, 6 Side wall 33b Narrow side 7 ground 34 ramp 8th Back wall 34a Narrow side 9 Drawer front connector 34b Narrow side 35 front 10, 11 Cross board 36 back 12 Full extension 37, 38 Support section 13, 14 Rail guide 39, 40 Support 15 Drawer front 41 Basic body 15a inside 42 Component rear 16 Drawer bottom 43-46 Side flank 17th Drawer side panel 47 opening 17a The End 48 opening 18th Drawer side panel 49 opening 18a The End 50 Hook-in contour 19th Back of the drawer 51 Contour section 20th Outer housing 52 Neckline 21st Inner casing 53 The End 22 Front connector 54 deepening 23, 24 Actuator 55 Survey section 25th Hanging component 56 Survey section 26, 27 Connector plate 28 feather 57 Survey section 29 Locking member 29a Operating section 58 Ramp 29b head Start 59, 60 Ascent track 30th Bearing element

Claims (14)

Drawer front connecting device (9) for connecting a drawer front (15) to a drawer side part (17, 18), comprising a front connector (22) which can be attached to the drawer side part (17, 18) and a hanging component (25) which can be attached to the drawer front (15) ), the hanging component (25) being fixable on the front connector (22) in order to establish a connection state of the drawer front (15) with the drawer side part (17, 18), characterized in that the front connector (22) has at least two parallel and mutually aligned having connected connector plates (26, 27) which are spaced apart in a width direction of the front connector (22), the front connector (22) having an upper ramp (33) and a lower ramp (34) which are arranged in a height direction of the front connector ( 22) are spaced from one another, the upper ramp (33) having an upper narrow side (33a) of a first connector plate (26) and an upper narrow side (33b) e in the second connector plate (27), the two upper narrow sides (33a, 33b) lying in a common upper plane, and the lower ramp (34) a lower narrow side (34a) of the first connector plate (26) and a lower narrow side ( 34b) of the second connector plate (27), the two lower narrow sides (34a, 34b) lying in a common lower plane, so that the two upper narrow sides (33a, 33a,) are fixed on the front connector (22) for fixing the hanging component (25). 33b) provide the upper ramp (33) with a two-lane support surface for an upper support section (37) on the suspension component (25) and the two lower narrow sides (34a, 34b) of the lower ramp (34) provide a two-lane support surface for a lower support section (38 ) on the hanging component (25) when the hanging component (25) is correctly positioned on the front connector (22) so that when the drawer front (15) is connected to the drawer side part ( 17, 18) there is a displacement of the upper support section (37) and the lower support section (38) along the respective ramp (33, 34). Drawer front connecting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper level and the lower level are aligned in parallel. Drawer front connecting device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the upper support section (37) and / or the lower support section (38) comprises a rod-shaped component section which extends in the width dimension of the hanging component '(25). Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper ramp (33) is free upwards and forms a section of an upper side of the front connector (22). Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lower ramp (34) forms an underside of a slot-shaped cutout (52), the cutout (52) being formed in the connector plates (26, 27). Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the front connector (22) in the region of the lower ramp (34) has a hanging contour (50) for the self-holding hanging of the hanging component (25) on the front connector (22). Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first connector plate (26) of the front connector (22) and / or the second connector plate (27) of the front connector (22) are designed as a continuous plate component. Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connector plates (26, 27) of the front connector (22) are connected to one another via a joining process. Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper support section (37) and / or the lower support section (38) comprises an elongate component which has two longitudinal ends in projecting side flanks (43, 44; 45, 46) of the hanging component (25) is received. Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a contour section (51) of the hanging contour (50) for supporting the lower support section (38) on the underside is formed on the front connector (22) in the region of the lower ramp (34). Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an elevation section (55) for supporting the hanging component (25) on the front connector (22) is formed on the hanging component (25) in the region of the lower support section (38). Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the elevation section (55) comprises two elevation sections (56, 57) separated by a distance in the width direction of the hanging component (25). Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper ramp (33) is preceded by a run-up slope (58), the inclination of which in the direction of the course is angled to the incline in the direction of the course of the upper narrow sides (33a, 33b). Drawer (2) with a drawer front (15) and a drawer side part (17, 18), a drawer front connecting device (9) according to one of the preceding claims being present.

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