EP3878313A1 - Furniture and furniture movement control device - Google Patents

Abstract

A furniture part movement control device (10) is proposed for mounting on a furniture body (2, 12) of a piece of furniture (1, 11) and / or for mounting on a movable furniture part (4) of the piece of furniture (2, 12), the movable Furniture part (4) is guided on the furniture body (2, 12) of the furniture (1, 11) via guide means (3, 25), with a furniture movement unit ( 14) is arranged, wherein a movement of the movable furniture part (4) can be influenced by the furniture movement unit (14). According to the invention, the furniture part movement control device (10) is set up to be connected to an activation unit (13), a connection (21) between the furniture part movement control device (10) and the activation unit (13) taking place wirelessly, the activation unit (13) is arranged outside the furniture, wherein the furniture part movement control device (10) can be coupled to the furniture movement unit (14) in order to be able to control the furniture movement unit (14) directly by means of the furniture part movement control device (10) so that the movement of the movable furniture part (4 ) takes place.

Description

The invention relates to a furniture part movement control device, a system with a furniture part movement control device and a piece of furniture with such a furniture part movement control device

State of the art

Modern furniture has, for example, several movable furniture parts, in particular drawers or drawers.

It is known that the movable furniture part is movably supported on a furniture body by means of guide means, e.g. pull-outs or guide rails. The movable furniture part also has a front panel, two side components, a rear wall and a drawer base.

For easier operation of large and / or heavily loaded movable furniture parts, it is possible to provide force support for an opening movement. In the known furniture, an electromechanical drive device is attached to the furniture body or to the movable furniture part.

The opening movement is initiated by pressing against an opening direction of the front panel of the movable furniture part. Pressing in releases a spring which triggers the power-assisted opening movement. In the case of the known furniture, manual actuation of the movable furniture part by a user is necessary in order to trigger the opening movement.

Object and advantages of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved control of a movable furniture part.

The object is achieved by the independent claims; advantageous and expedient variants and developments of the invention are set out in the dependent claims.

The invention is based on a furniture part motion control device for mounting on a furniture body of a piece of furniture and / or for mounting on a movable furniture part of the furniture, the movable furniture part being guided on the furniture body of the furniture via guide means, with the furniture body and / or the movable furniture part a furniture movement unit is arranged, wherein a movement of the movable furniture part can be influenced by the furniture movement unit.

For example, the piece of furniture comprises one or more movable furniture parts. In particular, the movable furniture part is designed as a drawer, a door, a flap or the like. The drawer or flap is movably guided on the furniture body via guide means, for example pull-out rails, designed as partial or full extensions, and / or via a hinge and / or via a flap fitting on the furniture body. For example, the movable furniture part comprises a front panel, in particular on a front side.

The furniture part movement control device can be arranged on the furniture body of the furniture and / or on the movable furniture part of the furniture. The furniture part movement control device has, for example, a housing, it being possible for passages to be formed on the housing for, for example, screws for mounting on the furniture body and / or the movable furniture part.

The furniture includes the furniture body and a movable furniture part. The movable furniture part is preferably as a drawer or a drawer formed. In an advantageous embodiment, the movable furniture part is guided so as to be movable relative to the furniture body via guide means, for example pull-outs and / or drawer pull-outs. For example, the movable furniture part has the front panel, two side components, a rear wall and a drawer base.

A furniture movement unit, e.g. in the form of an ejector unit, is present on the furniture body and / or on the movable furniture part. A movement of the movable furniture part can be influenced by means of the furniture movement unit. The furniture movement unit advantageously facilitates and / or supports an opening and / or closing movement of the movable furniture part. For example, the furniture movement unit is designed as an electromechanical unit, e.g. as an, in particular electromechanical, ejector unit and / or retraction unit.

The essence of the invention is that the furniture part movement control device is set up to be connected to an activation unit, a connection between the furniture part movement control device and the activation unit being wireless, the activation unit being arranged outside the furniture, the furniture part movement control device can be coupled to the furniture movement unit in order to be able to control the furniture movement unit directly by means of the furniture part movement control device so that the movement of the movable furniture part takes place.

For example, the furniture part movement control device is designed to be connected to the activation unit.

The activation unit and the furniture part movement control device are preferably connected to one another wirelessly, in particular by radio. The activation unit is advantageously designed to generate a signal and / or a To send and / or receive information to and / or from the furniture part movement control device. For example, the furniture part movement control device is designed to forward the signal and / or the information from the furniture part movement control device to the furniture movement unit. In particular, the information or the signal is passed on by radio and / or by means of a cable-based transmission. For example, the information contains and / or consists of, for example, an opening command and / or status information and / or a closing command for the movable furniture part. It is also possible that the furniture part movement control device and / or the furniture movement unit is designed to pass on information from a unit connected to it, e.g. a light source and / or a thermometer and / or a hygrometer and / or a scale, e.g. a kitchen scale, in particular to be transmitted to the activation unit. For example, the information includes a temperature, a humidity value, a weight, an operating state, for example light source on and / or light source off.

The furniture movement unit is designed to move the movable furniture part, in particular to extend it out of the furniture body, and / or to eject and / or eject it.

The furniture part movement control device is preferably designed to control units connected to it, e.g. to control the furniture movement unit, in particular to send, query and / or receive information from the furniture part movement unit and / or the activation unit. The furniture part movement control device is furthermore preferably designed to store and / or process the information.

Advantageously, by connecting the furniture movement unit with the furniture part movement control device and the activation unit, a user of the furniture is achieved and / or the movable furniture part no longer has to touch the front panel and / or a handle arranged on the front panel in order to open the drawer. The furniture part movement control device is advantageously controlled via the activation unit. The furniture part movement control device is preferably designed to forward the, for example, opening command to the furniture movement unit. The furniture movement unit is preferably designed to allow the movable furniture part to move out of the furniture body on the basis, for example, of the information from the furniture part movement control device.

In an advantageous embodiment variant, the activation unit is designed to be arranged on the piece of furniture, e.g. to be placed on a surface of the piece of furniture and / or to be fixed on the surface. The activation unit can also be arranged on a further piece of furniture, in particular this further piece of furniture does not have a furniture part movement control device.

In an advantageous embodiment variant, the furniture part movement control device comprises a transmitting and receiving unit, the transmitting and receiving unit being designed to send and / or receive signals.

The transmitting and receiving unit preferably comprises a plurality of interfaces for signal processing and / or forwarding and / or information processing and / or forwarding.

In particular, a first interface of the transmitting and receiving unit is designed to wirelessly transmit and / or receive the information and / or the signal. The first interface is preferably designed as a radio interface of the transmitting and receiving unit. The radio interface is designed to wirelessly receive the information or the signal from the activation unit and / or wirelessly send the information or the signal to the activation unit. The radio interface of the transmitting and receiving unit is preferably designed to transmit and / or receive frequencies in the ISM band. In this embodiment, the transmitting and receiving unit advantageously comprises an antenna, for example a radio antenna. The radio interface is preferably designed as the antenna. In particular, the antenna is designed as an antenna which transmits frequencies in the ISM band. The ISM band is a frequency range that is available for high-frequency applications in industry, science and medicine. This includes, for example, frequencies from 2.3 GHz to 2.6 GHz, in particular 2.4 GHz and / or frequencies between 13.50 MHz and 13.60 MHz, preferably 13.56 MHz. The transmission protocol used is preferably zibBee, Z-wave, Bluetooth, NFC and / or another radio transmission protocol. For example, the information which is to be transmitted between the activation unit and the furniture part movement control device is inserted into the transmission protocol by the activation unit. The transmission protocol with the information is advantageously transmitted to the transmitting and receiving unit of the furniture part movement control device. The information from the transmission protocol can be taken and used by the transmitting and receiving unit of the furniture part movement control device. The furniture part movement control device is preferably designed to insert the information into the transmission protocol and to send it to the activation unit. The transmitted information can advantageously be taken from the transmission protocol and used by the activation unit. In particular, the furniture part movement control unit is designed to insert the information into the transmission protocol. For example, the information in the transmission protocol can be sent to a second furniture part movement control device and / or sent to the furniture movement unit. The furniture movement unit is preferably designed to extract and use the information, in particular from the transmission protocol.

A second interface is also preferably arranged on the transmitting and receiving unit. For example, the second interface is designed as a cable interface. The cable interface is designed, for example, for wired signal transmission. For example, there are several of the cable interfaces on the furniture part movement control device, in particular at least as many as the furniture movement units should be connectable to the furniture part movement control device by means of cables.

When the furniture part movement control device is positioned within the piece of furniture, comparatively short distances and thus short cables between the furniture part movement control device and the furniture movement unit are advantageously obtained.

In a further embodiment variant, the furniture part movement control device can be arranged outside the furniture. The connection between the furniture part movement control device and the at least one furniture movement unit is advantageously made via radio, in particular via the radio interface of the transmitting and receiving unit.

In a further embodiment variant, the furniture part movement control device can be arranged within a piece of furniture of an arrangement of furniture. The arrangement of furniture includes, for example, several pieces of furniture, the furniture being arranged, for example, in a kitchen and / or in a living room and / or in a bedroom and / or in a children's room. In particular, the furniture is present in a room and / or in an apartment or a house. The pieces of furniture are advantageously arranged adjacent to one another, for example as cupboards in the kitchen or as a wall unit or living room in the living room.

The connection between the furniture part movement control device and the furniture movement unit or several furniture movement units is preferably made via radio and / or via cable. For example, one furniture moving unit is wirelessly connected to the furniture part motion control device, and another furniture moving unit is connected to the furniture part motion control device by cables.

A power supply is preferably arranged on the furniture part movement control device.

For example, the energy supply of the furniture part movement control device comprises a power supply unit with, for example, a transformer. A battery, an accumulator and / or a solar module are also possible as an energy supply.

Another advantageous embodiment consists of a system which comprises a variant of the furniture part movement control device as described in the previous sections and at least one furniture movement unit.

For example, all furniture moving units in a piece of furniture are connected to the furniture part motion control device.

In an advantageous embodiment variant, the furniture part movement control device is designed to store information. For example, the information contains the state of the movable furniture part, in particular whether the movable furniture part is open and / or which movable furniture part is open. The furniture part movement control device is preferably designed to query the information from the furniture movement unit. In particular, the information is designed as an electrical signal.

The furniture movement unit is advantageously designed to receive and use information from the furniture part movement control device. Further The furniture movement unit is preferably designed to transmit information to the furniture part movement control device.

More preferably, the furniture part movement control device is connected to all furniture movement units in the furniture and / or the arrangement of furniture, e.g. the kitchen. The connection between the furniture part movement control device and the furniture movement unit, in particular all furniture movement units, is preferably made by radio.

In one variant, the system advantageously comprises an activation unit, as previously stated.

An advantageous embodiment is a system consisting of a variant of the furniture part movement control device, a furniture movement unit and an activation unit, the activation unit comprising a user interface. For example, the user interface is provided as a voice input and / or a touch-sensitive area, e.g. a touchpad and / or a button and / or a switch. The user interface can preferably be arranged outside and / or separately from the furniture or the furniture body.

In a preferred development, the activation unit has a voice input option.

For example, the user interface is designed as the voice input option. The voice input option is, for example, a smart speaker and / or an app for voice recognition and processing of voice commands. For example, the voice input option is designed as an Alexa unit, a Siri application, an echo loudspeaker, or another commercially available unit for voice recognition and processing of voice commands.

A further advantageous embodiment is a system which comprises two furniture part movement control devices in a variant as described above and several furniture movement units.

Preferably several, in particular all furniture part movement control devices in a piece of furniture, or also all furniture part movement control devices in an arrangement of several pieces of furniture, e.g. in a kitchen and / or several living room cupboards and / or bedroom and / or children's room furniture, can be connected to one another. Advantageously, by connecting e.g. movable furniture parts in the kitchen, it is prevented that movable furniture parts arranged at a corner are extended at the same time and that damage may occur.

In a further advantageous embodiment, in a variant as described above, the system comprises the activation unit.

Another preferred embodiment is a piece of furniture with a variant of the system as described.

The furniture preferably comprises at least one movable furniture part. The movable furniture part can preferably be moved by the furniture moving unit. In particular, the signal is transmitted from the activation unit to the furniture part movement control device. The furniture part movement control device forwards the information to the furniture movement unit, which e.g. supports and / or initiates the opening movement of the movable furniture part.

For example, the furniture part movement control device is designed to be connected to, for example, a light source and / or a loudspeaker, which are located on or in the movable furniture part. In particular, the light source and / or the loudspeaker can be controlled via the Activation unit possible. In a further advantageous embodiment variant, the furniture part movement control device is designed to transmit and / or store information, for example light on or light off. It is also possible to connect further electrical devices, for example scales, in particular kitchen scales, to the furniture part movement control device. More preferably, the furniture part movement control device forwards a value, for example a weight, which the scales has determined, to the activation unit. In this case, the weight is the information which is entered into the transmission protocol by the furniture part movement control device and which is transmitted to the activation unit. This information can be extracted and used by the activation unit from the transmission protocol.

Furthermore, for example, the light source, the scales, a temperature sensor, the thermometer, the hygrometer etc. can be connected and / or connected to the furniture movement unit and / or the furniture part movement control device.

Figure description

Further features and advantages of the furniture part moving device are explained below on the basis of several exemplary embodiments with the aid of schematic drawings.

• Figur 1: ein Möbel perspektivisch von schräg oben mit einem bewegbaren Möbelteil,
• Figur 2: ein weiteres Möbel in perspektivischer Ansicht von schräg vorne oben, ohne bewegbare Möbelteile.

Show it:

• Figure 1 : a piece of furniture in perspective from diagonally above with a movable furniture part,
• Figure 2 : Another piece of furniture in a perspective view from above at an angle, without movable furniture parts.

A piece of furniture 1 according to the invention with a box-shaped furniture body 2 and a drawer 4 guided movably via guide means 3 is shown in FIG Figure 1 shown. The drawer 4 is shown in an open position relative to the furniture body 2. The drawer 4 comprises, for example, a drawer bottom 5, a front component 6, two opposite side components 7 and a drawer rear wall 8. For guiding the drawer 4, two guide means 3 with the same effect are provided between each side component 7 of the drawer 4 and an associated body side wall 9. The drawer 4 is mounted displaceably in an opening direction M1 and in a closing direction M2 via the guide means 3 on the furniture body 2. The guide means 3 comprise, for example, two partial or full extensions of the same type. For example, a furniture part movement control device 10 according to the invention is arranged on the body side wall 9.

Figure 2 shows another piece of furniture 11 with a furniture body 12. The furniture body 12 is shown as transparent. The outlines of the furniture body 12 are indicated with dashed lines. For example, the furniture carcass 12 comprises a carcass rear wall 15, a carcass bottom 16 and a carcass side wall 17. Another Body side wall and a body top floor are not shown. An activation unit 13 can preferably be arranged outside of the piece of furniture 11. The furniture part movement control device 10 is arranged, for example, on the carcass floor 16 of the furniture carcass 12. For example, three furniture movement units 14 are arranged on the carcass rear wall 15. The furniture part movement control device 10 and the furniture movement unit 14 are advantageously connected by means of a data cable 19. In particular, each furniture movement unit 14 can be connected to the furniture part movement control device 10 with a single data cable 19 or with a respective data cable 19. The furniture part movement control device 10 preferably comprises a transmitting and receiving unit 24. The transmitting and receiving unit 24 preferably has, for example, a radio interface 22 and a cable interface 23. The furniture part movement control device 10 is advantageously connected to the power supply 18 by means of a power cable 20. In an advantageous embodiment variant, a further power cable 20a runs from the energy supply 18 to the furniture movement units 14. The furniture part movement control device 10 is preferably designed to supply the furniture movement unit 14 with energy. For example, a cable, for example the data cable 19, can also be designed to conduct current from the energy supply 18 via the furniture part movement control device 10 to the furniture movement unit 14.

Not shown in Figure 2 are movable furniture parts. The movable furniture parts can be attached to guide means 25 which are attached to the body side wall 17.

A wireless connection, in particular a radio connection 21, between the furniture part movement control device 10 and the activation unit 13 is indicated by means of a dashed line.

List of reference symbols

1

furniture

2

Furniture body

3rd

Guide means

4th

Movable furniture part

5

Drawer bottom

6th

Front component

7th

Side member

8th

Drawer back wall

9

Body side wall

10

Furniture part motion control device

11

furniture

12th

Furniture body

13th

Activation unit

14th

Furniture moving unit

15th

Carcass rear panel

16

Body base

17th

Body side wall

18th

power supply

19th

Data cable

20th

Power cord

20a

Power cord

21

Wireless connection

22nd

Radio interface

23

Cable interface

24

Transmitter and receiver unit

25th

Guide means

Claims (10)

Furniture part movement control device (10) for mounting on a furniture body (2, 12) of a piece of furniture (1, 11) and / or for mounting on a movable furniture part (4) of the furniture (2, 12), the movable furniture part (4) is guided via guide means (3, 25) on the furniture body (2, 12) of the furniture (1, 11), a furniture movement unit (14) being arranged on the furniture body (2, 12) and / or the movable furniture part (4) , wherein a movement of the movable furniture part (4) can be influenced by the furniture movement unit (14),
characterized in that
the furniture part movement control device (10) is set up to be connected to an activation unit (13), a connection (21) between the furniture part movement control device (10) and the activation unit (13) being wireless, the activation unit (13) being external of the furniture is arranged, wherein the furniture part movement control device (10) can be coupled to the furniture movement unit (14) in order to be able to control the furniture movement unit (14) directly by means of the furniture part movement control device (10) so that the movement of the movable furniture part (4) can be takes place. Furniture part movement control device (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the furniture part movement control unit (10) comprises a transmitting and receiving unit (24), wherein the transmitting and receiving unit (24) is designed to send signals and / or to recieve. Furniture part movement control device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the furniture part movement control device (10) is arranged on a power supply (18). System comprising a furniture part movement control device (10) according to one of the preceding claims and at least one furniture movement unit (14). System according to Claim 4, characterized in that an activation unit (13) is provided. System according to Claim 5, characterized in that the activation unit (13) comprises a user interface. System according to Claim 5, characterized in that the activation unit (13) has a voice input option. System comprising two furniture part movement control devices (10) according to one of Claims 1 to 3, as well as a plurality of furniture movement units (14). System according to Claim 8, characterized in that an activation unit (13) is provided. Furniture (1, 11) with a furniture part movement control device (10) according to one of Claims 1 to 3 or a system according to one of Claims 4 to 9.

Images