Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B2220/00—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings
  • A47B2220/0061—Accessories
  • A47B2220/0069—Hinges
  • A47B2220/0072—Hinges for furniture
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B2220/00—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings
  • A47B2220/0075—Lighting
  • A47B2220/0077—Lighting for furniture, e.g. cupboards and racks
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F21V33/00—Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
  • F21V33/0004—Personal or domestic articles
  • F21V33/0012—Furniture

Definitions

• an object of the present invention is to improve a generic box-like furniture by comprising an interior room, which is as uniformly illuminated as possible with the least possible constructive and economic effort.
• the present invention concerns a box-like furniture, comprising a body, which preferably comprises a base, a cover and two side walls, wherein the side walls each comprise an outer side facing away from the opposite side wall, an inner side facing the opposite side wall and a front edge.
• the box-like furniture comprises a front door, which is arranged close to the front edges of the side walls and is pivotably mounted to one of the two side walls by means of at least one hinge.
• the box-like furniture comprises an illuminating strip, which is arranged in the interior of the body, extends upright and emits light.
• the illuminating strip extends on the inner side of the side wall, which is provided with the hinge, close to the front edge of this side wall in front of the hinge.
• the term “extends upright” means that the illuminating strip extends predominantly in a vertical direction, i.e. in a direction parallel to the front edges of the side walls of the box-like furniture.
• the expression "close to the front edge” means that the illuminating strip is arranged at a small distance from the front edge of the side wall, such that the distance is significantly smaller than the depth of the body of the box-like furniture.
• the distance between the illuminating strip and the front edge is at most approximately 3 cm, even more preferably at most approximately 1 cm.
• the expression "in front of the hinge” means that the illuminating strip is positioned, in the view of a user standing in front of the box-like furniture, on the side of the hinge that is closer to the front edge of the side wall.
• the illuminating strip comprises a screen, which attenuates or blocks light emitted towards the front and allows a light emission towards the rear.
• the illuminating strip comprises a screen which attenuates or blocks light emitted in the direction towards the front edge of the side wall and the front door, and allows a light emission in the direction towards the rear wall of the box-like furniture.
• the aforementioned screen is formed by an extruded profile, which comprises a cross-section that is essentially J- or U-shaped.
• One side cheek of this cross-section enables the screen to be mounted at the side wall of the body, and the opposite side cheek of this cross-section of the extruded profile enables the illuminating strip to be shielded to the front and to the side and light to be emitted to the rear when the illuminating strip is arranged, between the two side cheeks of the extruded profile.
• the extruded profile comprises an outer surface that is flat and self-adhesive.
• the illuminating strip together with the screen can be mounted on the inner side of the side wall without requiring any pre-treatment of the side wall, for example in the form of a clamping groove or in the form of screw holes, which would first have to be made in the side wall. It is also possible to mount the illuminating strip in this way without having to handle additional elements such as screws, nails or the like, so that a quick, uncomplicated and particularly economical mounting of the illuminating strip is possible.
• the box-like furniture comprises a hinge, which is constructed in a known multi-part manner and firstly comprises a base element, which is fixed to the side wall, e.g. is received in a cup hole in the side wall.
• the hinge comprises a connecting element, which provides the connection to the front door by being connected to the base element on the one hand and pivotably connected to the front door on the other hand.
• Such hinges have been known and widely used in the furniture industry for decades.
• the base element is located at a distance to the rear from the front edge of the side wall, and the connecting element is supported by the base element in such a way that it extends at a distance from the inner side of the side wall.
• a space which extends in a direction backwards from the front edge of the side wall to the base element, and which extends in a direction transverse thereto from the inner side of the side wall to the connecting element, and which defines a mounting space, through which the illuminating strip can extend.
• the hinge comprises the base element, fixed to the side wall, and the connecting element, fixed on the one hand to the base element and on the other hand connected pivotably to the front door.
• the base element is attached to the side wall at a distance to the rear from the front edge of the side wall, and the connecting element extends between the base element and the front edge of the side wall at a distance from the inner side of the side wall.
• the illuminating strip extends on the inner side of the side wall and through the space which is defined by the front edge of the side wall, the inner side of the side wall, the base element and the connection element.
• the illuminating strip comprises a cross-section.
• cross-section of the illuminating strip refers to a cross-section taken in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the strip.
• the space comprises a cross-section.
• said cross-section is configured to have a larger area than the cross-section of the illuminating strip.
• cross-section of the space refers to a section taken in a plane perpendicular to the inner side of the side wall.
• This configuration is particularly advantageous when retrofitting the illuminating strip into existing box-like furniture, as the larger cross-section of the space prevents deformation or damage to the illuminating strip during installation, and allows easy insertion without requiring precise alignment or modification of the side wall.
• such a space comprises a cross-section of a maximum of 4 x 8 mm.
• Illuminating strips with sufficiently small cross-sectional dimensions are commercially available, so that such an illuminating strip can be easily mounted in the body according to the invention and can extend without interruption over such a height that it passes a hinge.
• the space comprises a cross-section which is maximally 4 x 8 mm in size.
• the box-like furniture comprises only a single front door, so that only a single side wall is provided with one or more hinges.
• the arrangement of the illuminating strip according to the invention results in that box-like furniture comprising a double-leaf front door and, accordingly, hinges on both side walls can be illuminated from the inside without any problems.
• the front door is designed double-leaf and each of the two door wings is pivotably mounted to a respective side wall by means of at least one hinge.
• the illuminating strip extends essentially over the entire height of the inner side of the side wall. As a result, the most uniform possible illumination of the interior room is achieved. If one or more compartment shelves are arranged in the box-like furniture, all compartments of the box-like furniture can be illuminated in this way.
• a dashed space 21 As a free space, which represents the mounting space 21, through which an illuminating strip 12 can extend.
• the illuminating strip 12 extends on the inner side of the first side wall 5 in this way between the side wall 5 and the connecting elements 19 of the two hinges 10.

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• Cabinets, Racks, Or The Like Of Rigid Construction (AREA)
• Freezers Or Refrigerated Showcases (AREA)

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