WO2012159938A2 - Configuration d'une unité de commande activable sans contact dans un panneau frontal de meuble ou d'appareil ménager - Google Patents

Configuration d'une unité de commande activable sans contact dans un panneau frontal de meuble ou d'appareil ménager Download PDF

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WO2012159938A2
WO2012159938A2 PCT/EP2012/059021 EP2012059021W WO2012159938A2 WO 2012159938 A2 WO2012159938 A2 WO 2012159938A2 EP 2012059021 W EP2012059021 W EP 2012059021W WO 2012159938 A2 WO2012159938 A2 WO 2012159938A2
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furniture
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Dieter WÖRMANN
Thorsten Niedick
Alexander Hemminger
Horst Tünschel
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Hettich Holding Gmbh & Co. Ohg
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • 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
    • A47B97/00—Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • 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
    • A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
    • A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
    • A47B88/453—Actuated drawers
    • A47B88/457—Actuated drawers operated by electrically-powered actuation means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2700/00—Means for sensing or measuring; Sensors therefor
    • F25D2700/02—Sensors detecting door opening
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2700/00—Means for sensing or measuring; Sensors therefor
    • F25D2700/04—Sensors detecting the presence of a person

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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement of a non-contact activatable switching unit connected to a switching device in a front panel of a relative to a furniture body electromechanically driven furniture part of a piece of furniture, especially an office or kitchen furniture and a piece of furniture or household appliance.
  • a generic arrangement is known for example from DE 20 2005 015 150 U1.
  • a refrigerator door is disclosed which is automatically operable with a non-contact triggering mechanism, the triggering mechanism being described as a light barrier system or as a capacitive trigger.
  • Object of the present invention is an arrangement of a with a
  • Switching device connected contactless activatable switching unit in a front panel of a relative to a furniture body electromechanically drivable furniture part to provide an unintentional triggering of an intentional triggering can be distinguished and can be invisible to the user integrated into a furniture front.
  • the switching unit has a plurality of contactless activatable sensors which are arranged concealed in a cavity of the front panel, wherein the cavity of the front panel is sized larger than the volume of the sensors and the sensors are arranged freely positionable in the cavity of the front panel.
  • the sensors can be designed in particular as capacitive, inductive, optical or acoustic sensors.
  • the switching device itself has control electronics for receiving and evaluating the signals output by the individual sensors, the control electronics being adjustable so that a control signal can be triggered by a predetermined sequence of signals from the individual sensors to a drive moving the furniture part.
  • individual movement patterns can be set which a user has to carry out in order, for example, to open the door of a piece of furniture.
  • the position of at least one of the sensors in the cavity of the front panel is fixed with a closed cavity.
  • at least one of the sensors has a magnetically couplable component with which the sensor can be positioned within the closed cavity by a magnetic element displaceably arranged outside the cavity along the front or rear side of the front panel.
  • the sensors by rotating the front plate about an axis parallel to the normal of the front surface axis by gravity to a desired position within the cavity of the front panel and then the sensor by applying heat to the desired Adhere position inside the cavity of the front panel.
  • the inner wall of the cavity to which the sensor is to be fixed must be provided with an adhesive layer before closing the cavity.
  • control electronics is connected to an at least partially recessed in the front panel operating unit via which the control electronics is adjustable.
  • control units are often standard in the front panel of a piece of furniture, for example, in a refrigerator door, integrated, so that the connection of the control electronics to the control unit, the input of a movement pattern to open the door to accomplish in a simple manner.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a piece of furniture with a movable furniture part and sensors and switching devices arranged on the furniture part and the furniture body of the piece of furniture,
  • Figure 2 is a detailed perspective view of the furniture body
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic view of the switching unit and the switching device
  • top, bottom, left, right, front, back, etc. refer exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the furniture body, the furniture part, the sensors and the like chosen in the respective figures. These terms are not limiting that is, through different working positions or the mirror-symmetrical design or the like, these references may change.
  • FIG. 1 a total of furniture.
  • the furniture has a furniture body 3 as well as a front panel 2 attached to the furniture body via hinges (not shown), which serves as a door for closing the furniture body 3.
  • a piece of furniture 1 serves for example to receive a fitted kitchen appliance such as a refrigerator, a baking oven, a microwave or the like.
  • FIG. 2 shows the detail designated by I I in FIG.
  • the switching device 9 is connected to a contactless activatable switching unit in the front panel 2, wherein the switching unit has a plurality of contactless activatable sensors 4, 5, 6, 7, which are arranged concealed in a cavity of the front panel 2.
  • the cavity of the front panel 2 is sized larger than the volume or the Au
  • the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 are preferably designed as capacitive or inductive sensors. However, it is also conceivable to form the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 as optical, but here is a translucent design of the layer from the sensor to the furniture surface required, or acoustic sensors, the type of a photoelectric sensor or even after the reflection principle, for example as Radar or ultrasonic sensors are formed. With these multiple sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 in the front panel 2, it is possible to detect a movement pattern of a body part placed in the area of the sensors, for example a hand of a user or an object.
  • the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 are connected according to the first embodiment of the inventive arrangement shown in Figures 1 to 3 via a cable connection 1 0 with a housed in the front panel 2 signal conditioning unit 8, the threshold value detection unit 81 and a downstream signal amplifier unit 82nd having. If the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 generate analog signals, the signals generated after the signal amplifier can still be converted into digital signals in an analog / digital converter 83. The thus processed signals are then forwarded via a cable connection 1 0 in a switching device 9, which preferably has a timer 91, an electronic control unit 92 and possibly a signal conditioning unit 93.
  • the control electronics 92 is adjusted so that a control signal to a furniture part, here designed as a door front panel 2 driving, in particular opening drive is output by a predetermined sequence of signals of the individual sensors 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 formed here as a capacitive sensors are connected via a cable connection 10 with the switching device 9, wherein the cable 1 0 out of the front panel 2 in the hinge as the Door trained front panel are guided in the furniture body 3.
  • capacitive sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 are likewise preferably embedded in the respective cavities or the cavity in the front panel 2.
  • the detected by the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 signals are conducted via a cable connection 10 to transmission elements 1 1, which are arranged in the closed state of the door designed as a front panel 2 on the furniture body 3 opposite receiving elements 1 2, which the Sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 triggered signals to the circuit unit 9 transmitted.
  • the flexible cable connections 1 0 still required in the first embodiment variant can be omitted between the sensors and the switching device 9.
  • the signals generated by the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 are transmitted via inductive transmission units 1 3, 14, which likewise at opposite positions in the furniture carcass 3 and the front panel 2 are arranged in the closed position of the furniture 1.
  • the position of at least one sensor of the sensors can be fixed in the cavity of the front panel 2 with the cavity closed.
  • the sensors can be arranged such that they are positioned for a user to open a front panel 2, which is designed as a door for example, such that the user in front of the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 displays a sign such as a plus or a letter or a letter geometric figure such as a circle or a triangle must be performed with his hand so that the door opens. This prevents, for example, during cleaning of the front panel 2 unconsciously activation of the drive is triggered.
  • the signal ensemble triggered by such a movement is evaluated in the control electronics 92 and, if it matches a predetermined value, a signal for activating the drive is forwarded by the switching device 9 to the drive.
  • a temporal resolution can also be set in the circuit device, so that the user is given a time window within which the opening movement must be carried out.
  • An alternative possibility for generating signals in connection with the time window is to simultaneously or almost simultaneously detect the approach of the body part of the operator by means of the plurality of sensors and in conjunction with the predetermined order of leaving the sensor areas in the permissible time window, the permissible signal ensemble for To generate control electronics.
  • the sensors can be arranged with a smaller distance, which can mean cost savings and the operating movement requires less time.
  • the front panel 2 at the positions at which the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 are positioned formed translucent.
  • a light source for example in the form of an LED can be used, so that the location of the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 can be displayed by the light transmitted through the transparent area of the front panel 2. It is also conceivable to use opaque but translucent material at these locations.
  • the invention is not limited to the described embodiments, it is also conceivable to design the sensors 4, 5, 6, 7 so that, for example, in the case of a furniture 1 designed as a refrigerator, they recognize refrigerated goods based on the RFID accommodated in the refrigerated goods and then the Opening the refrigerator door is caused.

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L'invention concerne une configuration d'une unité de commande activable sans contact, reliée à un dispositif de commande (9) et disposée dans un panneau frontal (2) d'une partie d'un meuble (1) qui peut être entraînée de manière électromécanique relativement au corps du meuble, s'agissant notamment d'un meuble de bureau ou de cuisine ou bien d'un appareil ménager. Selon l'invention, l'unité de commande comporte plusieurs capteurs (4, 5, 6, 7) activables sans contact qui sont cachés dans une cavité du panneau frontal (2), la cavité du panneau frontal (2) présentant des dimensions supérieures au volume des capteurs (4, 5, 6, 7) et les capteurs (4, 5, 6, 7) pouvant être librement positionnés dans la cavité du panneau frontal (2).
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