WO2012156390A1

WO2012156390A1 - Side frame of a drawer

Info

Publication number: WO2012156390A1
Application number: PCT/EP2012/058981
Authority: WO
Inventors: Volker Ulrich PIETSCH; Michael Schubert; Ralf Müterthies
Original assignee: Paul Hettich Gmbh & Co. Kg
Priority date: 2011-05-17
Filing date: 2012-05-15
Publication date: 2012-11-22
Also published as: DE102011050442A1; TW201313163A

Abstract

A side frame (5) of a drawer (1) has an outer wall (7), which is directed away from the interior of the drawer, and an inner wall (6), which is directed towards the interior of the drawer, wherein the outer wall (7) and the inner wall (6) have arranged between them a fastening body (81) and a carrying body (82), which is mounted on the fastening body (81), it being possible for the outer wall (7) and/or the inner wall (6) to be mounted on the fastening body and carrying body, wherein protrusions (71, 72, 73) are arranged on the outer wall (7) and/or the inner wall (6) and, by means of these protrusions, the outer wall (7) and/or the inner wall (6) are retained in a force‑fitting and form‑fitting manner on mating contours of the carrying body (82) and/or of the fastening body (81), these mating contours conforming with the protrusions.

Description

Side frame of a drawer

The present invention relates to a side frame of a drawer according to the preamble of claim 1. Side frames of drawers are known from the prior art in numerous embodiments. Generic side frames consist essentially of an outer wall facing away from an interior of a drawer outer wall and facing the interior of the drawer

Inner wall, which together form a downwardly open cavity. In the intervening cavity are to be attached to the drawer parts of a drawer guide and mounting body for mounting the front panel of the drawer, the drawer bottom and the outer wall and the

Inner wall of the side frame housed. In order to secure Zargenwände of different materials to the mounting body and optionally mounted on this mounting body supporting body, always differently constructed adapter for supporting the side walls must be made in this built as a hollow profile drawer frames. This requires high tool and logistics costs, in particular by the storage of different adapters for the use of different Zargenwände.

Object of the present invention is to provide a side frame in which different materials can be used as Zargenau ßenwand- or Zargeninnenwandmaterial in a simple manner.

This object is achieved by a side frame with the features of claim 1. According to the invention on the outer wall and / or the inner wall of

Side frame projections adhered, with which the outer wall and / or the inner wall to the projections conforming counter contours of the support body and / or the fastening body are held non-positively and positively. By sticking such projections, it is also possible to use frame walls made of glass or a ceramic and so on the fastening body or supporting body of the side frame to keep that the fastening means are not visible from the outside.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of

Dependent claims.

According to one embodiment of the invention, at least one lower and one middle projection is provided on the outer wall of the side frame, wherein the lower projection is hooked to the fastening body and the central projection is designed as a spring element with a resiliently suitable for positive locking resilient web on an end face , the curved web corresponding shaped contour of the support body is clipped. Already with these brackets secure fixing of the outer wall on the mounting body and supporting body of the side frame is possible. In particular, in side frames in which the outer wall and inner wall are formed as a one-piece about U-shaped component which is überstülpbar on the holding part and the fastening part is by hooking the lower projection behind an edge of the fastening body and then clipping the central projection on the Support body ensures a secure hold of the side frame wall.

According to a further embodiment, at least one upper projection is provided on the outer wall, which can be hooked to a correspondingly shaped upper projection of the inner wall. In this way, the inner wall is hooked to the outer wall, so that the outer wall and the inner wall

together form an upper closed cover page.

According to a further embodiment variant, a luminous element is fastened between the outer wall and the inner wall above the end face of the support body facing away from the fastening body. The emitted light from this luminous element can, according to a variant of the side frame by an upper edge of the side frame above the mounting body

facing away from the end face of the support body, which is designed as a translucent cover strip, exit. According to a further embodiment, this upper edge is mirrored inside and can deflect the light toward the outer wall, wherein the outer wall at least partially consists of translucent material and thus the light generated by the light element can escape from the outer wall. Hereinafter, the embodiments of the invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Show it:

Fig. 1 a) to c) the assembly process in the assembly of a drawer with front panel, back, bottom and side frame in a perspective view, Fig. 2 a) and b) is a perspective and a front view of a

Side frame without outer and inner wall with drawer bottom and rear wall arranged thereon,

3 is a front view of a side frame with outer wall and inner wall before the locking of the outer wall,

4 a) to c) is a schematic representation of the attachment of the outer wall shown in Fig. 3 with projections attached thereto, Fig. 5 a) and b) an alternative embodiment of a side frame with a one-piece frame wall,

Fig. 6, the side frame of Fig. 3 in the assembled state, Fig. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of a side frame with

Lighting element,

8 shows an outer wall or inner wall of a side frame with projections glued thereto;

9a) and b) an outer or inner wall of a side frame with alternatively formed upper and lower projections,

Fig. 10 is a front view of a trained as a front drawer

side frame, Fig. 1 1 and 12 front views of further embodiments of a

Side frame with different interlocking Au ßen- and inner walls, Fig. 1 3 a further embodiment of a side frame in

Front view with one-piece frame wall,

Fig. 14 shows a further embodiment of a front extract

trained one-piece side frame,

Fig. 1 5 and 16 are perspective views of another embodiment of a side frame in which the Au ßenseite or the inside is designed as a support member, Fig. 1 7a) and b) a front view and a perspective view of an attacking on the inside of the side frame retaining clip as a separate component and

Fig. 1 8a) and b) is a front view and a perspective view of an attacking on the inside of the side frame retaining clip as

Part of the fastening body.

In the following description of the figures, terms top, bottom, left, right, front, back etc. refer exclusively to the selected in the respective figures exemplary representation and position of the side frame, Au ßenwand, inner wall, mounting body, support body and other components. These terms are not meant to be limiting, i. through different working positions or the like, these references may change. In Fig. 1 C is the reference numeral 1 a total of a drawer

designated, consisting of a front panel 2, a rear wall 3, a

Drawer bottom 4 and side frames 5 consists. The side frame 5 has essentially adjusting and fastening elements 8, with a

Fixing body 81 and a mounted on the mounting body 81 support body 82 to which an interior of the drawer 1 facing inner wall 6 and a the interior of the drawer l facing away

Au ßenwand 7 are fastened. Furthermore, a plurality of floor brackets 83 and a front panel bracket 84, which is preferably adjustably fixed to the adjusting and fastening element A in order to be able to adjust the alignment of the front panel 2, can be attached to the adjusting and fastening element.

The Fig. 1 A to 1 C show the assembly process when assembling a drawer. As by the arrows contained in Figs. 1 A and 1 B.

illustrates the bottom 4 of the drawer is pushed onto the bottom bracket 83 of the adjusting and fastening element 8, and then the front panel 2, the rear wall 3 and the Au ßenwand 7 and the inner wall 6 of the side frame 5 are placed on the adjusting and fastening element 8 ,

Figs. 2A and B show once again the adjusting and fastening element 8 without showing the Au ßenwand 7 and inner wall 6 of the side frame. As can be seen here, the attachment body 81 is formed as a substantially U-shaped bent sheet metal part in which a running rail is attached. The associated guide rail 1 0 is mounted on a wall bracket 9, wherein the wall bracket to a (not shown) inner wall of a furniture body can be fastened. The running rail is mounted on rolling elements (not shown) on a raceway of a middle rail (see FIG. 7), which in turn is also mounted to the guide rail via rolling elements (not shown).

On a side facing the interior of the drawer of the

Fixing body 81, the sheet metal part extends into a bottom bracket 83 on which a drawer bottom 4 is placed when assembling the drawer. On the parallel to the bottom support 83 extending end face 85 of the mounting body 81, a support body 82 is mounted, which serves primarily to stabilize the Au ßenwand 7 and the inner wall 6 of the side frame. Furthermore, a front panel holder 84 is mounted on this end face 85 of the fastening body 81.

8 and 9A and 9B show a Au ßenwand 7 a side frame to which a plurality of projections 71, 72, 73 are glued, with which the Au ßenwand 7 and / or the inner wall 6 to conform to these projections mating contours of the support body 82 and / or the fastening body 81 can be held positively and positively. By sticking these projections 71, 72, 73, it is possible for the Au ßenwand 7 or the inner wall 6 of the side frame also use materials that are difficult either to edit, such as For example, glass or a ceramic material or in which it is provided for aesthetic reasons, holding elements for fixing the

Au ßenwand 7 or the inner wall 6 does not make outward Shen visible. The lower projections 71 are preferably designed so that they, as shown for example in Figs. 3 and 4A to 4C, the leg end of the downwardly open fastening body 81 to engage behind. The middle projection 72 is preferably designed as a spring element with a suitable form-fitting bent resilient web which can be clipped onto a frontal, the curved web shaped contour 821 of the support body 83, wherein the Au ßenwand 7 after hooking the lower projection 71 in the direction of the fastening body 81 is pivoted. As a result, the outer wall 7 is securely fastened to the adjusting and fastening element 8 of the side frame 5

held positively.

The upper projection 73, which may be formed in one embodiment as extending over the length of the side frame down web or, as shown in Fig. 9B, in the form of several at predetermined intervals along the

Side frame glued projections 73 may be formed with vertically standing pin, which serves as a rear engagement for a hook-shaped upper end 63 of the inner wall 6 of the side frame 5, which, as in the embodiments shown in Fig. 3, 6 or 7 is formed as a sheet metal part, in particular from a stainless steel sheet. In the embodiment variants of the side frame 5 shown in FIGS. 5A and B, the outer wall 7 and the inner wall 6 are in the form of an integral U-shaped wall

Sheet metal piece formed in which a bent end 71 engages behind the leg end of the fastening body 81 and a projection 72, as shown in Fig. 4A to C, on the contour 821 of the support body 82 can be clipped.

Fig. 6 shows yet another embodiment of a side frame 5, in which the Au ßenwand 7 is preferably made of glass or a ceramic, are adhered to the lower projections 71, middle projections 72 and upper projections 73, wherein the lower projections 71 and the middle Projection 72 the

Au ßenwand 7 hold on the adjusting and fastening element 8 of the side frame 5 and the inner wall 6 with a hook-like bent upper end 63 of the upper projection 73 of the Au ßenwand 7 engages behind. The inner wall 6 lies with its lower end 61 on the drawer bottom 4 and is of one or more resilient retaining clips 86 on a projection 61 1, which is remote from the lower end 61 formed to the interior of the drawer, engaged behind and thus fixed, as shown in Figures 1 7a) and b) and 1 8a) and b) is. The retaining clip 86 may be attached to the underside of the drawer bottom with fastening means, such as screws, wherein the resilient

Leg grips the drawer bottom at the side edge. It is also conceivable to design one or more retaining clips 86 for an arrangement on the fastening body 81 or to carry out the retaining clips integrally with the fastening body 81.

In the embodiment variant of the side frame shown in FIG. 7, the inner wall 6 is shaped such that the upper end piece serves as a recess for receiving a preferably prismatically shaped translucent cover strip 1 2. Below this cover strip 1 2, a lighting element 1 1, preferably in the form of a LED strip, attached, wherein the light generated by the light element can escape through the translucent cover strip 1 2. The cover strip 1 2 is preferably made of glass or a translucent plastic, in particular also colored. In an alternative (not shown) embodiment variant, the light of the luminous element 1 1 is not passed through the translucent cover strip 1 2, but the edge of the side frame 5 is above the attachment body 81 facing away from the end face of the support body 82 as a mirrored cover strip

formed, from the light generated by the light emitting element 1 1 to the Au ßenwand 7 is deflected and can escape from this, wherein the Au ßenwand 7 at least partially consists of a translucent material.

In the embodiment variant of the side frame 5 shown in FIG. 10, this is for a front extension, i. a drawer with much higher storage space, formed with an existing example of glass high Au ßenwand 7. The inner wall 6 here again consists of a metal sheet which engages behind the upper projection 73 of the outer wall 7 with its upper end 63. Above the inner wall 6, a stabilizing element 74 is still mounted in order to additionally secure the high front panel 2 in the upper area can.

1 and 12 show embodiments of the side frame, in which either only the Au ßenwand 7 (Fig. 1 2) or both the Au ßenwand 7 and the inner wall 6 made of wood. The connection between Au ßenwand 7 and inner wall 6 takes place in the variant shown in Fig. 1 1, preferably by gluing the upper ends 75, 65 of the Au ßenwand 7 and inner wall 6. In the In Fig. 1 2 embodiment shown in the Au ßenwandkopf 75 is provided a groove into which the bent end 63 of the inner wall 6 engages.

Fig. 1 3 and 14 show variants of the side frame, in which the Au ßenwand and the inner wall are made in one piece, wherein in the embodiment shown in Fig. 14, which is designed as a front drawer, above the U-shaped part of the side frame 76 the

Side frame wall continues to extend upwards. FIGS. 1 5 and 16 show further alternative embodiments of the invention

Side frame, in which once (Fig. 1 5) the Au ßenwand 7 of the side frame firmly fixed to the adjustment and fastening part 8 and the inner wall 6 is set interchangeable and the other (Fig. 1 6) the Au ßenwand 7 at a fixed with the adjusting and fastening element 8 connected inner wall 6 can be fixed.

Figures 1 7a) and b) show a variant of the retaining clip 86 in its functional position. The retaining clip 86 is formed here as a separate component which is fixed to the drawer bottom 4 and the

Side frame 5 facing edge of the drawer bottom 4 surrounds. At its upper end, the retaining clip 86 engages behind the lower end 61 of the inner wall 6 bent over to the fastening body 81 and thus fixes the inner wall on the upper side of the drawer bottom 4.

In one shown in Figures 1 8a) and b) alternative embodiment of the retaining clip 86 is formed as part of the mounting body 81, wherein the mounting body 81 is fixed from below to the drawer bottom 4, for example by screwing and with its upper end to the mounting body 81st bent lower end 61 of the inner wall 6 engages behind and so fixes the inner wall on the top of the drawer bottom 4. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 drawer

2 front panel

3 rear wall

4 drawer bottom

5 side frames

6 inner wall

7 outer wall

8 fasteners

9 wall holder

10 guide rail

1 1 light element

12 cover strip

13 middle rail

61 lower end

63 upper end

65 upper end

71 lead

72 advantage

73 ahead

74 stabilizing element

75 outer wall head

76 side cuffs

81 mounting body

82 supporting body

83 floor mounts

84 front panel mount

85 face

86 retaining clip

61 1 lead

821 contour

Claims

claims

1. side frame (5) of a drawer (1), comprising an interior wall of the drawer facing away from the outer wall (7) facing the interior of the drawer inner wall (6), wherein between the outer wall (7) and the inner wall (6) has a fastening body (81) and a mounted on the mounting body (81) supporting body (82) is arranged, on which the outer wall (7) and / or the inner wall (6) can be mounted, characterized in that on the outer wall (7) and / or the inner wall (6) protrusions (71, 72, 73) are arranged, with which the outer wall (7) and / or the inner wall (6) conform to the projections

Contour contours of the support body (82) and / or the fastening body (81) are held positively and positively.

2. side frame (5) according to claim 1, characterized in that at the

Outer wall (7) at least one lower and a middle projection (71, 72) is provided, wherein the lower projection (71) on the fastening body (81) can be hooked and the middle projection (72) as a spring element with a suitable form-fitting bent resilient Web is formed, which on a frontal, the curved web correspondingly shaped contour (821) of the support body (82) is clipped.

3. side frame (5) according to claim 2, characterized in that at the

Outer wall (7) at least one upper projection (73) is provided, which can be hooked to a correspondingly shaped upper projection (63) of the inner wall (6).

4. side frame (5) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized

characterized in that the outer wall (7) and the inner wall (6) are formed as one piece over the fastening body (81) and the supporting body (82) superscribable body.

5. side frame (5) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized

characterized in that the projections (71, 72, 73) with the outer wall (7) are integrally connected.

6. side frame (5) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner wall (6) at the lower end

arranged projection 61 1 is engaged behind by a spring element.

7. side frame (5) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized

in that a luminous element (11) is fastened between the outer wall (7) and the inner wall (6) above the end face of the support body (82) facing away from the fastening body (81).

8. side frame (5) according to claim 7, characterized in that the

Luminous element (1 1) is designed as an LED strip.

9. side frame (5) according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that an upper edge of the side frame (5) above the attachment body (81) facing away from the end face of the support body (82) as a translucent

Cover strip (12) is formed, through which the light generated by the luminous element (1 1) can escape.

10. side frame (5) according to claim 9, characterized in that the

Cover strip (12) has a prismatic cross-section.

11. side frame (5) according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that an upper edge of the side frame (5) above the mounting body (81) facing away from the end face of the support body (82) is designed as a mirrored cover strip, of which the light element ( 1 1) generated light to the outer wall (7) and / or inner wall (6) is deflected out and can escape from this, wherein the outer wall (7) and / or inner wall (6) at least partially consists of a translucent material.