EP3666121B1 - Drawer front connecting device and drawer - Google Patents

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 can preferably be attached to the two drawer side parts in a detachable or exchangeable manner.

The attachment of the drawer front to the drawer side parts in the area of the front end faces of the two drawer side parts, especially when it comes to heavy or large fronts, 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 constructed in many parts and require a comparatively large installation space on the respective drawer side part, so that not all drawer designs have satisfactory solutions.

Such a drawer front connecting device is off EP 3 335 591 A famous.

Object and advantages of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a drawer front connecting device of the type described in the introduction in an improved manner, in particular with regard to an economically advantageous production and a simplified one Assembly situation when assembling a drawer front on an arbitrarily designed drawer side part.

This problem is solved by the independent claims.

Expedient and advantageous developments of the invention are shown in the dependent claims.

The invention is based on a drawer front connecting device for connecting a drawer front to a drawer side part, comprising a front connector which can be attached to the drawer side part and a hanging component which can be attached to the drawer front, wherein the hanging component can be fixed to the front connector, to a connection state of the drawer front with the drawer side part set up. The front connector is designed so that it can be accommodated at least partially sunk in a frontal area of the drawer side part. On the side of the drawer there is a matching receptacle with a receptacle area. The front connector and the suspension component are preferably each made of a metal material or are preferably each designed 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 suspension component preferably have at least approximately the same height, for example a height of approximately 50 millimeters. The width dimensions of the front connector and the hanging component are coordinated in particular so that in the fixed state of the hanging component and front connector, the front connector is present with its width over its entire height within a width of the hanging component or at any point in width or not over the side The width of the hanging component protrudes. A 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, e.g. B. between 12 and 17 millimeters.

Preferably, at least over part of a total height of the hanging component or z. B. in a vertically upper area and a vertically lower area of the hanging component each have two protruding side flanks or hanging component flanks. The hanging component flanks are at an angle to a component rear side of a base body of the hanging component spaced apart in the width direction or formed thereon opposite one another. In particular, the flanks protrude from the rear of the component in a direction towards the attached front connector.

In the space between the opposite upper and the 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 can be seen in the fact that the front connector has at least two connector plates aligned in parallel and connected to one another, which are spaced apart from one another in a width direction of the front connector, the front connector having an upper ramp and a lower ramp that extend in a height direction of the front connector are spaced from each other, wherein the upper ramp comprises an upper narrow side of a first connector plate and an upper narrow side of a second connector plate, wherein the two upper narrow sides lie in a common upper plane, and wherein the lower ramp comprises a lower narrow side of the first connector plate and a lower narrow side the second connector plate, wherein the two lower narrow sides lie in a common lower plane, so that the two upper narrow sides of the upper ramp provide a two-lane support surface for an upper one to fix the suspension component to the front connector Provide 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 attached to 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 are shifted along the respective ramp, the upper ramp being preceded by a ramp, the slope of which is oriented at an angle to the slope in the direction of the upper narrow sides is, the ramp leading to the beginning of the upper ramp, with opposite inclination to the slope of the ramp, the ramp and the ramp forming a saddle roof shape, the ramp forming one side of the roof and the ramp forming the other side of the roof, up to a highest Place in the contact area of the ramp with the ramp.

The upper support section is preferably displaceable along the upper ramp and the lower support section is displaceable along the lower ramp.

With 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 essential 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.

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

The two connector plates are preferably firmly connected to one another, for example by a rivet or clinch connection, or screwed or welded to one another. The displacement of the support sections is advantageously a downward slide, this advantageously taking place with the aid of gravity or automatically when no counterforce is acting to prevent the sliding movement. The slide takes place for example instead, as soon as a fitter lets go of the drawer front, which is correctly positioned on the drawer sides with the front connectors, with the hanging components, so that the support sections slide down on or on the associated ramp. Due to the inherent 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 sliding along or thus when mounting on the front connector, from the time at which the sliding along 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 suspension component and the front connector. Overall, this makes front mounting easier. In addition, the weight of the drawer front creates and maintains a stable connection. In addition, at the end of the downward slide, the connection state can be secured by, for example, a locking device of the hook-in component on the front connector. The locking mechanism preferably acts on the lower support section and is provided by z. B. set up or supported a spring force. If necessary, the fitter can support the downward slide from the outside, so that a latching state between the two hanging 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 sliding down further. Rather, the support sections remain free of a stop in the slip direction. In other words, the two-lane support surfaces of the ramp extend so far in the sliding direction that they go 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, the front sides of the two drawer side parts are located on an inside of the drawer front, a front section of each of the narrow sides of the connector plates being somewhat spaced from the rear of the component. This means that the suspension component cannot get any closer to the front connector move closer or the support sections cannot slide further down along the respective ramp, although the respective two-lane support surface is also present further in the direction of the slide or continues behind the support sections. This is advantageous with regard to 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 present in between according to the thickness of the plates, including the upper and lower narrow sides. It is not excluded that, in particular, smaller edge sections of the connector plates are oriented at an angle or curved to the surface side.

The lower and upper ramps are open in the longitudinal direction of the support surfaces for inserting or attaching the upper support section to the upper ramp and for inserting or attaching the lower support section to 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.

Preferably, when the suspension component is aligned vertically, both support sections are vertically aligned with one another or the upper support section is provided exactly above the lower support section. Accordingly, both support sections have the same horizontal distance from a component rear side of the suspension component. The back of the component can be connected to an inside of the drawer front, the connection by z. B. Screwing is done on the drawer front.

The axes of the two support sections are preferably parallel. With the parallel planes of the upper and lower ramp, this results in the parallel displacement of the hanging 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, is not excluded.

As a rule, two identical hanging components and an associated front connector are provided on the respective right and left side part of the drawer on a corresponding drawer 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 of the hanging component when sliding along the ramps and thus the final assembly position is precisely specified. Accordingly, the support surfaces are each designed flat, and in particular strip-shaped or rectangular.

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

This means that the slope of the upper level z. B. to the horizontal is identical to 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 sliding direction of the support sections, which face the suspension component in the fixed state, the planes incline from the top front to the bottom rearward. The support sections slide accordingly back and down when assembling the drawer front.

Another 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 suspension component. A support section is preferably formed entirely by a rod. The hanging component can thus be easily designed. In addition, the support sections stabilize the suspension 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 smooth or jolt-free sliding down. The support section is preferably, for example, a separate pin or bolt with a convex or z. B. cylindrical outer shape. The support section is inserted axially, for example, and fixed at both 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, bent at right angles, reach up to or are accommodated on a component rear side of the base body of the suspension component.

A free width of the respective support section is matched to a width of the ramp or to a width which is predetermined by the two narrow sides of the ramp. In this way, when sliding downwards, the respective support section is supported in a stable and tilt-free manner on the two support surfaces of the associated ramp.

According to a preferred modification of the invention, the upper ramp is free upwards and forms a portion 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 makes it easier for the upper support section to be brought up to and supported 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 cutout provides a space-saving receiving and guiding of the lower support section on the front connector that is particularly easy to manufacture.

The slot width is preferably somewhat larger than an external or thickness dimension of the lower support section. The slot cutout preferably points towards its open side, that is to say where the lower support section is brought up, a somewhat widening inlet area. In this way, the lower support section can be better threaded or attached to the lower ramp, which facilitates the assembly of the drawer front.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the front connector has a hook-in contour in the area of the lower ramp for self-retaining hooking of the hook-in component on the front connector. In this way, the support section and any further sections on the suspension component that may be present in the area of the lower support section can be attached to the suspension contour in such a way that the suspension component with the drawer front present on it can be supported on the front connector or the associated drawer side parts without a fitter having to hold the drawer front. The hook-in contour is coordinated so that in the self-retaining state the hook-in component or thus the drawer front is held freely supported on the drawer side parts, aligned obliquely to the vertical. This is helpful for assembly 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 stationary and supported on the remaining drawer on the furniture body. The upper part of the drawer front or thus the hanging component with the upper support section is spaced apart from the upper ramp on the front connector. Then you have to connect the drawer front with the Drawer side parts with their front connectors only swivel the upper part of the drawer front towards the upper support section until the upper support section of the two hanging components on the drawer front reaches the respective associated upper ramp and can slide down along it, at the same time as the lower support sections slide downwards 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 production technology. The two connector plates of a front connector are preferably symmetrical, in particular mirror-symmetrical with respect to a mirror plane lying between the two connector plates. The preferably exactly two or more than two connector plates can be simply connected with, in particular, a plurality of mutually offset connecting elements or, for example, connecting pins. The two connector plates preferably have mutually aligned outer contours.

The connector plates of the front connector are advantageously connected to one another via a joining process. The front connector can thereby advantageously be made into a rigid and mechanically stable component from which z. B. two individually prefabricated, for example punched or laser-cut connector plates. A welding, riveting or clinching process is particularly suitable as a joining process. 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 elongated component which is received with its two longitudinal ends in protruding side flanks of the suspension component. So that the hanging component can be easily made from a base body made of, for. B. a bent sheet metal component and the two elongated support sections. There are prepared, opposite openings in the side flanks.

Another advantage of the invention is based on the fact that a contour section of the suspension contour is formed on the front connector in the area of the lower ramp to support the lower support section on the underside. Thus, without the lower support section coming into contact with the lower ramp, the drawer front provided with the hanging components can advantageously be supported on the two drawer side parts with front connectors attached to them.

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

The contour section is matched to the lower support section or its size and / or shape, preferably designed as an upwardly open recess. A part of the receiving contour with the contour section is preferably formed on each of 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 swivel mounting for the lower support section for pivoting the hanging 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 section for supporting the hanging component on the front connector is formed on the hanging component in the area of the lower support section. The raised portion and a matching hook-in contour on the front connector facilitate the assembly of the drawer front on the drawer side parts.

In this way, the hanging component with the lower support section and the raised section can be brought into a stationary pre-assembly position on the front connector with two or more contact points or, based on the assembly situation, the drawer front can be hooked into the remaining part of the drawer with the two drawer side parts. The hanging component or the drawer front is inclined to the vertical and inclined away from the vertically aligned front connector or from the upper sections of the front face of the two drawer side parts. The upper part of each of the two hanging components or the drawer front is spaced from the upper ramps of the two front connectors. In the preassembly position or with the drawer front attached, the fitter can let go of the possibly comparatively heavy drawer front, so that the drawer front is freely suspended and stationary or automatically held on the remaining drawer. Preferably, in the assembly described, the drawer is already mounted on the furniture body, for. B. horizontally displaceable but firmly added to a furniture body via rail guides.

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

For this purpose, the front connector preferably has the suspension contour with a contour section for fitting and supporting the raised section and the lower support section in a suitable manner.

The raised portion is preferably formed in one piece on the hanging component, in particular on the inside on one or both side flanks of the hanging component. The raised portion is in particular raised to adjacent portions or to a flat, flat inner side of the side flank of the hanging component. The foregoing Elevation section is, for example, an embossing section z. B. a bolt stub or a knob or the like. With a vertical alignment of the longitudinal axis of the suspension component, the raised section is preferably provided vertically offset and horizontally offset 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 an external dimension that is comparable or the same as that of the lower support section.

It is also advantageous if the elevation section comprises two elevation subsections which are separated over a distance in the width direction of the hanging component. This means that the pre-assembly or hanging position of the drawer front can be set up even more easily and stably.

The two raised portions 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 subsections 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.

According to the invention, the upper ramp is preceded by a run-up slope, the inclination of which in the course direction is oriented at an angle to the inclination in the course direction of the upper narrow sides. In this way, at the end of the pivoting movement, the drawer front is guided out of the hanging or preassembled position in an exactly supported manner and at the same time displaced upwards to an upper end of the upper ramp. For this purpose, the ramp leads to the beginning of the upper ramp, with an inclination in the opposite direction to the incline of the ramp.

When the front of the drawer is pivoted, the upper support section slides slightly upwards along the run-up slope to the apex line and then automatically slides or slides downwards along the upper ramp. Simultaneously with the sliding of the upper support section downwards, the lower support section also slides downwards along the lower ramp until it reaches the final assembly position of the hanging component on the front connector or the drawer front 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 embodiments described above being present. The aforementioned advantages can thus 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, that is to say they are comparatively narrow. Accordingly, the width of the drawer front connecting device is in particular the respective width of the front connector and the hanging component within the width dimension of a drawer side part, ie below 10 to below 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 bent sheet metal component which is open at the front or front and 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 more detail on the basis of exemplary embodiments of the invention shown schematically in the figures. In detail shows:

Fig. 1

a perspective view obliquely from above of a piece of furniture according to the invention with a drawer held thereon and shown open, 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 Fig. 2 with a drawer front connecting device according to the invention in an exploded view,

Fig. 4

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

Fig. 5

the assembled front connector according to Fig. 4 perspective,

Fig. 6

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

Fig. 7

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

Fig. 8

one to in Fig. 6 and 7th illustrated assembly situation the following final assembly situation in a perspective view according to Fig. 7 with the drawer front attached to the front connector,

Fig. 9

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

Fig. 10

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

Fig. 11

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

Fig. 1 shows a piece of furniture 1 with a drawer 2 according to the invention protruding on the front side of the piece of furniture 1 or moved out to the maximum extent on the piece of furniture 1. The furniture 1 is a box furniture with opposite side walls 5, 6, a floor 7, a rear wall 8 and two transverse boards 10, 11 present on the top. The transverse board 10 is horizontal above between the two side walls 5, 6 in the front area of the furniture 1 and Cross board 11 is present horizontally at the top between the two side walls 5, 6 in the rear area of the furniture 1, with which the two side walls 5, 6 are stably connected to the floor 7, the rear wall 8 and the cross boards 10, 11 or with one another. A cover plate to be provided to cover above the two transverse boards 10, 11 on the piece of furniture 1 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 with three mutually telescopic rails. The right rail guide 14 mirrored on the furniture 1 for the rail guide 12 is shown in FIG Fig. 1 completely covered.

Drawer 2 is in Fig. 2 shown in isolation without a drawer front 15. Other elements of 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 from a folded sheet metal material. The drawer side parts 17 and 18 are open at their front end 17a and 18a, respectively, 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 to the respective drawer side part 17 or 18 is set up identically or is made with an identical drawer front connecting device 9, the connection is described below for a drawer side part as an example.

In Fig. 3 the drawer front 15 is not shown, but only indicated in a partial outline or schematically with dashed lines.

The drawer front connecting device 9 configured 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, fixed but detachable. The suspension component 25 is designed to be fixed, for example screwed, to an inside 15a of the drawer front 15. The connection of the drawer front 15 with the drawer side parts 17 and 18 takes place via the respective interaction of a hanging component 25 with an associated one Front connector 22. For this purpose, the component from the combined elements 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 is accommodated on the front side of each drawer side part 17, 18. For the connection state, these components interact with a respectively assigned hanging component 25. For this purpose, exactly two hook-in components 25 are fixed on the inside 15a of the drawer front 15 at a location specifically designed for this purpose.

The connection is then made by hanging the drawer front 15 via the two hanging components 25 present thereon 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 are used for height adjustment and for lateral 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 it on the drawer side parts 17, 18 is described below, which is why the elements 20, 21, 23 and 24 will not be discussed below or in the others Fig. 4-10 the interaction of the suspension 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 flexible 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 latching member 29 can be deflected or pivoted somewhat about the longitudinal axis of the bearing element 30 and is pretensioned in a pivoting direction R1. The locking member 29 can be deflected into the pivoting direction R2, which is opposite to the pivoting direction R1. The evasive ability serves to cancel a latching, which can be set up automatically by the latching element 29, with which the hanging component 25 can be latched on the front connector 22. The lifting of the latching takes place by manually pressing from the outside against an operating section 29a on the latching member 29 against the force or spring action of the spring 28.

The sliding element 31 belonging to the lateral adjustment is received between the first connector plate 26 and the second connector plate 27. For this purpose, the adjusting element 24, which can be rotated from the outside about its longitudinal axis, is provided. For this purpose, the adjusting element 24 engages transversely through matching 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 (see FIG. Fig. 5 ) spaced from one another over the predominant extent and firmly connected to one another by elements not specifically shown, such as two cross bolts. The longitudinal axes 32 of the elements or 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 in 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 at a distance from one another in a height direction H of the front connector 22. The flat ramps 33, 34 are aligned obliquely in a depth direction T of the front connector 22 and sloping backwards or in the direction away from a front side 35 of the front connector 22 or sloping downwards 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. 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 spatial plane that is spanned.

Correspondingly, the lower ramp 34 has a lower narrow side 34 a of the first connector plate 26 and a lower narrow side 34 b 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 by the distance a 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 suspension component 25 and the two lower narrow sides 34a and 34b form a two-lane support 40 for a lower support section 38 of the suspension component 25.

The support sections 37 and 38 are preferably similar 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 forms such as B. a polygonal outer shape of the support sections 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. Correspondingly 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 steps that take place one after the other when assembling the drawer front 15 on the remaining part of the drawer 2 or the two drawer side parts 17, 18 are illustrated in FIG 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 attached 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 their own.

In the following, a procedure possible in practice when assembling the drawer front 15 on the remaining parts of the drawer 2 with the drawer front connecting device 19 is described, only a section of the drawer front 15 with exactly one hanging component 25 attached, without the rest of the Drawer front 15 with a second existing hanging component. The front connector 22 cooperating with the shown hanging component 25 is shown on its own for a better illustration of the interaction, without the other parts of the drawer front connecting device 9 and an associated drawer side part.

Also in the Figures 7 and 8th Connecting elements such. B. connecting screws with which the suspension 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 for reaching through the connecting elements are formed on the hanging component 25 on a component rear side 42 of a base body 41 of the hanging component 25 (see Fig. Fig. 3 ).

The base body 41 of the suspension component 25, which is preferably formed from a bent or canted sheet metal material, also comprises on opposite outer edges of the Component rear side 42 protruding forward upper side flanks 43, 44 and lower side flanks 45, 46. The upper support section 37 is accommodated between the upper side flanks 43, 44 and the lower support section 38 is accommodated between the lower side flanks 45, 46. Both support sections 37 and 38 or their respective central longitudinal axis 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 received on the furniture body 12 via the rail guides 13, 14 and moved out relative to the furniture body 12, according to Fig. 1 . The drawer front 15 can then advantageously be attached to the drawer side parts 17, 18, which can be done in various ways.

One possible below according to the Figures 6-9 The procedure described is that the fitter brings the drawer front 15 aligned vertically with the upright inside 15a in front and the hanging components 25 present 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, to which the front connector 22 is firmly attached, is only indicated with a plane E, within which a front end face 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.

During assembly, it is particularly important that the upper support section 37 is correctly positioned on the upper ramp 33 at the same time Contact comes and the lower support section 38 comes to rest properly on the lower ramp 34.

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

The lower ramp 34 is formed by a slot-shaped cutout 52 in each of the connector plates 26 and 27. The lower ramp 34 is thus open to the front side 35 of the front connector 22, so that the lower support section 38 can be threaded into the cutouts 52. When threading in, 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 the underside of both support surfaces 34a, 34b. Correct spatial alignment of the drawer front 15 on the drawer side parts 17, 18 is thus promoted. 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 comes into supporting contact with a recess 54 of the suspension contour 50 upstream of the lower ramp 34. The recess 54 is formed, for example, by a trough-like dent, preferably 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 against 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 at an angle. The lower support section reaches the lower ramp 34 and is supported on it. At the same time, the upper support section 37 reaches the upper ramp 33 and is also supported on it. Now the drawer front 15 can automatically slide obliquely downward in the direction of slide R due to the dead weight of the drawer front 15 and / or supported 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 guide track for the upper support section 37.

Correspondingly and at the same time, 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 guide track 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 shows that in the slip direction R of the upper support section 37 and the lower support section 38 behind the support sections 37 and 38, the respective associated ramp 33 and 34 extends 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 in that the inside 15a of the drawer front rests on the respective narrow strip-shaped end face according to the plane E of the drawer side parts 17 and 18. It is advantageous here that the narrow front face of the drawer side part 17 and the narrow front face of the drawer side part 18 lie in adjacent parallel spatial planes. 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 adjoins the inside 15a of the drawer front 15 in parallel.

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

When the connection state is reached 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 locking member 29 on the lower support section 38 comes into contact with the force of the spring 28, resiliently pressed, so that the lower support section 38 is not inadvertently movable or secured upwards along the ramp 34, i.e. in the direction against the inclined downward slip 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 elevation subsections 56 and 57 lying opposite one another in alignment (see Fig. Fig. 11 ). The two elevation subsections 56 and 57 are separated from one another in the width direction of the hanging 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 somewhat smaller 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 somewhat inwardly towards one another. The two elevation sections 56 and 57 are preferably identical and of the same length. The elevation sub-sections 56 protrude on the inside on the side flank 45 and the elevation sub-sections 57 protrude on the inside on the side flank 46. By way of example, the elevation subsections 56, 57 are designed as stub axles with a cylindrical outer shape and a flat, possibly slightly convex, end face.

The elevation sub-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 differ from the method shown in FIG Figures 6-9 procedure described differs. The drawer front 15 is not aligned vertically, but inclined at an angle to the vertical, with the lower area of the drawer front 15 in front of 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 elevation sections 56 and 57 in a resting pre-assembly position or self-holding or freely suspended can be supported on the drawer side parts 17, 18 or on their front connectors 22 50 or on the contour section 51. The upper area 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 Support section 38 by resting on the contour Section 50 provides a pivot axis, the upper area 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 on it, at the same time as the lower support section 38 slides down along the lower ramp 34.

So that the upper support section 37 is guided in a supported manner and precisely reaches the upper ramp 33 in this procedure for assembling the drawer front, the upper ramp 33 is preceded by a ramp 58. The ramp 58 is two-lane and comprises a first ramp 59 and a second ramp 60. The first ramp 59 is formed by a portion of the narrow side of the first connector plate 26 and the second ramp 60 is formed by a portion of the narrow side of the second connector plate 27. The inclination of the approach lane 59 is identical to the inclination of the approach lane 60 and against the inclination of the upper ramp 33.

When the drawer front 15 is pivoted towards the drawer side parts 17, 18, the upper support section 37 first reaches the run-up bevel 58 and is then guided obliquely upwards along the run-up bevel 58 when the drawer front 15 is pivoted further. At the same time, the drawer front 15 remains supported at the bottom on the contour section 50, which takes place via the lower support section 38 and the two raised sections 56 and 57.

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1 furniture 31 Sliding element 2 drawer 32 Longitudinal axis 3 Furniture body 33 ramp 4th Guide means 33a Narrow side 5, 6 Side wall 33b Narrow side 7th floor 34 ramp 8th Back wall 34a Narrow side 9 Drawer front connection device 34b Narrow side 35 front 10, 11 Cross board 36 back 12th Full extension 37, 38 Support section 13, 14 Rail guide 39, 40 Support 15th Drawer front 41 Base body 15a inside 42 Back of component 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 drawer 51 Contour section 20th Outer casing 52 Cutout 21 Inner casing 53 The End 22nd Front connector 54 deepening 23, 24 Control element 55 Survey section 25th Hanging component 56 Part of the survey section 26, 27 Connector plate 28 feather 57 Survey subsection 29 Locking organ 29a Operating section 58 Approach slope 29b head Start 59, 60 Approach track 30th Bearing element

Claims (13)

1. Drawer front connecting device (9) for the connection of 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 mounting component (25) which can be attached to the drawer front (15), wherein the mounting component (25) can be fixed to the front connector (22) in order to establish a connected state of the drawer front (15) to the drawer side part (17, 18), characterized in that the front connector (22) has at least two connector plates (26, 27) which are oriented in a parallel manner and connected to one another and which are spaced apart from one another in a width direction of the front connector (22), wherein the front connector (22) has an upper ramp (33) and a lower ramp (34) which are spaced apart from one another in a height direction of the front connector (22), wherein the upper ramp (33) comprises an upper narrow side (33a) of a first connector plate (26) and an upper narrow side (33b) of a second connector plate (27), wherein the two upper narrow sides (33a, 33b) lie in a common upper plane, and wherein the lower ramp (34) comprises a lower narrow side (34a) of the first connector plate (26) and a lower narrow side (34b) of the second connector plate (27), wherein the two lower narrow sides (34a, 34b) lie in a common lower plane, such that, for a fixing of the mounting component (25) to the front connector (22), the two upper narrow sides (33a, 33b) of the upper ramp (33) provide a two-track support surface for an upper supporting portion (37) on the mounting component (25) and the two lower narrow sides (34a, 34b) of the lower ramp (34) provide a two-track support surface for a lower supporting portion (38) on the mounting component (25) if the mounting component (25) is arranged on the front connector (22) in a positionally correct manner, such that a displacement of the upper supporting portion (37) and of the lower supporting portion (38) along the respective ramp (33, 34) takes place during the connecting of the drawer front (15) to the drawer side part (17, 18), wherein a run-on bevel (58) is arranged upstream of the upper ramp (33), the inclination of said run-on bevel in a profile direction being oriented in an angular manner with respect to the inclination in the profile direction of the upper narrow sides (33a, 33b), wherein the run-on bevel (58) leads up to the beginning of the upper ramp, with an inverse inclination relative to the inclination of the ramp, wherein the ramp and the run-on bevel form a pitched roof form, wherein the ramp forms one roof side and the run-on bevel forms the other roof side, up to a highest point in the contact region of the ramp to the run-on bevel.
2. Drawer front connecting device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the upper plane and the lower plane are oriented in a parallel manner.
3. Drawer front connecting device according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterized in that the upper supporting portion (37) and/or the lower supporting portion (38) comprise/comprises a bar-like component portion which extends in a width dimension of the mounting component (25).
4. Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper ramp (33) is free towards the top and forms a portion of a top side of the front connector (22).
5. Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lower ramp (34) forms a bottom side of a slot-like cutout (52), wherein the cutout (52) is formed in the connector plates (26, 27).
6. 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 mounting contour (50) for self-retaining mounting of the mounting component (25) on the front connector (22).
7. 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/is configured in the form of a continuous plate component.
8. 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 by means of a joining process.
9. Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper supporting portion (37) and/or the lower supporting portion (38) comprise/comprises an elongate component which is received by way of its two longitudinal ends in protruding side flanks (43, 44; 45, 46) of the mounting component (25).
10. Drawer front connecting device according to Claim 6, characterized in that a contour portion (51) of the mounting contour (50) for the bottom-side support of the lower supporting portion (38) is formed on the front connector (22) in the region of the lower ramp (34).
11. Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an elevation portion (55) for the support of the mounting component (25) on the front connector (22) is formed on the mounting component (25) in the region of the lower supporting portion (38).
12. Drawer front connecting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the elevation portion (55) comprises two elevation sub-portions (56, 57) which are separated in the width direction of the mounting component (25) by way of a distance.
13. Drawer (2) having a drawer front (15) and a drawer side part (17, 18), wherein a drawer front connecting device (9) according to one of the preceding claims is present.

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