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
  • A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
  • A47B88/90—Constructional details of drawers
  • A47B88/944—Drawers characterised by the front panel
  • A47B88/95—Drawers characterised by the front panel characterised by connection means for the front panel
  • A47B88/956—Drawers characterised by the front panel characterised by connection means for the front panel for enabling adjustment of the front panel
• • 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
  • A47B88/90—Constructional details of drawers
  • A47B88/944—Drawers characterised by the front panel
  • A47B88/95—Drawers characterised by the front panel characterised by connection means for the front panel
  • A47B2088/954—Drawers characterised by the front panel characterised by connection means for the front panel fastening the front panel by a sprung bolt, latch or lock-bolt

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a fastening device for fastening a panel of a drawer to a frame according to the preamble of claim 1.
• the invention further relates to a method for fastening and a method for releasing a panel of a drawer on or from a frame.
• a fastening device for fastening the front panel of a drawer to drawer frames is known from DE 20 2010 007 430 U1, in which a multi-part panel carrier is attached to the front panel of the drawer.
• the panel support can be inserted perpendicularly to the front surface of the panel into an open-face receptacle of a side frame of the drawer.
• one or two wedges are fixed vertically displaceably on the panel carrier, which are spring-loaded on the panel carrier and, when the panel carrier is pushed into the recess in the side frame, are pressed into recesses provided in the side frame, and so on keep the front panel in its functional position.
• This solution requires a stable, in particular metallic side frame with a sufficiently large wall thickness in order to be able to absorb the forces that are present.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a fastening device for a panel of a drawer, which is distinguished by a simple and compact structure and can be arranged within a side frame. This object is achieved by a fastening device for fastening a panel of a drawer of a frame with the features of claim 1.
• the further object of the present invention is to simplify a method for attaching and detaching a panel to or from a frame.
• This object is achieved by a method for fastening a panel to a frame with the features of claim 10 and by a method for detaching a panel from a frame with the features of claim 11.
• the frame is preferably designed as a hollow chamber frame and has an inner and an outer wall which are connected to one another in the upper region.
• the adapter has at least two catching devices with a respective first and second wedge slide, with which a respective connecting element arranged on the panel carrier can be fixed in an assembly position on the adapter.
• the fastening device furthermore has an unlocking device for the catching devices with which the wedge slides can be moved between a fixing position and a release position.
• the wedge slides are held linearly displaceable on the adapter vertically to the panel mounting direction, the at least one second wedge slide being supported in the release position on the first wedge slide indirectly or directly with spring loading.
• Such a fastening device is characterized, on the one hand, by its small number of components and also enables it to be installed in narrow, existing hollow chamber frames.
• Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.
• the wedge slides are spring-loaded in a fixing position, which on the one hand ensures a safe positioning and on the other hand enables installation and removal in a simple manner.
• a first of the wedge slides is directly or indirectly coupled to the unlocking device and the at least one second wedge slide is also unlockable depending on the first wedge slide.
• the first wedge slide coupled to the unlocking device can be locked in a release position in the release position and can be released from it again by a pivoting movement.
• a side wall of the adapter has a latching point in which a latching element, preferably integrally formed or arranged on the first of the wedge slides, can be latched.
• the wedge slides have at least one guide cam or pin which can be guided in a guide groove in at least one side wall of the adapter.
• the guide cam or pin of the first of the wedge slides is designed as a pivot bearing.
• the adapter has at least two holding grooves which are open towards the panel support and in which the connecting elements, in particular holding bolts or transverse pins, lie in the fixing position.
• the adapter preferably has two side walls, a first of the side walls being attached to the frame wall or frame base and the second of the side walls, in particular at a distance, being fastened to the first of the side walls.
• the unlocking device is designed as a rack and pinion gear.
• the inventive method for attaching a panel to a frame with an attachment device described above is characterized by the method steps listed in claim 11.
• the method according to the invention for releasing a panel from a frame with a fastening device as described above is characterized by the following method steps: a. Unlocking a first connecting element of a panel support by moving a first wedge slide vertically to the longitudinal direction of the frame by actuating an unlocking device, b. Unlocking a second connecting element by moving a second wedge slide vertically to the frame longitudinal direction by moving the first wedge slide and c. Remove the panel holder with the panel attached to it from the adapter in the release direction.
• Such a method is distinguished by its process steps which are simple to carry out.
• the first wedge slide latches at the end of the vertical displacement movement in the unlocking position with the aid of a locking element arranged on the first wedge slide slide at a locking point on the adapter.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a drawer with side frames and a front panel attached to the side frames
• FIG. 2 is a side view of the drawer shown in FIG. 1,
• Fig. 3 is a side view of the panel support with attached
• Front panel as well as an adapter and a drawer bottom in the assembled position
• FIG. 4 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 3 with the first side wall of the adapter removed to show the wedge slides in the latched position of the panel carrier
• 5 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 4 with the wedge slides positioned in the release position immediately before the panel carrier is removed
• FIG. 6 shows a detailed view of the latching element of the first wedge slide, snapped into a latching point of the adapter
• FIG. 7 is a side view of the adapter and the panel support with the front panel arranged thereon in a separate state
• FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the adapter and the panel support with a portion of a front panel arranged thereon.
• top, bottom, left, right, front, rear, etc. relate exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the fastening device, panel, frame, panel carrier, adapter, connecting elements, wedge, selected in the respective figures. slide and the like. These terms are not to be understood as restrictive, i.e. these references can change due to different working positions or the mirror-symmetrical design or the like.
• the reference numeral 1 designates a drawer overall.
• the drawer 1 has two side frames 4, a rear wall 3 and a front panel 2 fixed to the side frames 4.
• the front panel 2 is fixed to the side frames 4 with the aid of a fastening device in such a way that the front panel 2 is height-adjustable in a direction Z relative to the side frames 4 and also side-adjustable in a direction X.
• cutouts 41, 42 are provided in the outer wall of the side frame 4 on the side frames 4 immediately behind the front panel 2 which covers the front side frames 4 and through which a tool for corresponding adjustment devices for height or side adjustment are accessible.
• An unlocking device 66 can also be seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 through the lower cutout 41.
• the unlocking device 66 and preferably also the height adjustment element 73 and the side adjustment element 74 are part of a fastening device 10, as will be described in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8, and with the aid of which the front panel 2 on a respective side frame 4 the drawer 1 can be fixed.
• the fastening device 10 has a panel support 7 which can be arranged on the panel 2 and an adapter 6 which can be arranged on the frame 4 and on which the panel carrier 7 can be fixed.
• the panel support 7 is designed as a U-shaped sheet metal piece, on the closed end side of which openings are provided for carrying out connecting elements such as screws for fixing the panel 2.
• the opposite open end face of the panel support 7 serves to accommodate the adapter 6, onto which the panel support 7 together with the panel 2 can be pushed when the panel 2 is mounted on the frame 4 of the drawer 1.
• the panel support 7 also has two connecting elements, such as retaining bolts or cross pins 72, which are accommodated between the spaced side walls 71 of the panel support 7 which are arranged parallel to one another and which extend in the X direction in receiving openings provided in the side walls 71 of the panel support 7 are fixed in place.
• two connecting elements such as retaining bolts or cross pins 72
• the adapter 6 has at least one side wall 61 with a mounting foot 618 formed thereon for attachment to the frame 4.
• the mounting foot 618 preferably extends into a floor channel of the frame 4, on which a floor 5 of the drawer 1 can be fixed
• the adapter 6 has a second side wall 62 which is fastened to the first side wall 61, for example screwed or riveted.
• the shape of the second side wall 62 corresponds to the shape of the first side wall 61 of the adapter 6 in mirror image except for the non-existent mounting foot 618. It is also conceivable to design the adapter 6 with only one side wall.
• two catch devices with a respective wedge slide 63, 64 are arranged, with which a respective connecting element 72 arranged on the panel support 7 can be fixed in a mounting position on the adapter 6.
• FIG. 4 shows the adapter 6 with the front side wall 61 omitted to show the arrangement of the wedge slides 63, 64 and their shape.
• Each of the side walls 61, 62 of the adapter 6 has two retaining grooves 611, 612, 621, 622, in which the connecting element 72 of the panel carrier 7 lies in the mounting position of the adapter 6 and the panel carrier 7.
• the fixing position of the connecting elements 72 in the holding grooves 611, 612, 621, 622 is shown in FIG. 4.
• the wedge slides 63, 64 are coupled to an unlocking device 66 for the catching device, with which the wedge slides 63, 64 between the fixing position shown in FIG. 4 and one shown in FIG. 5 Release position are movable.
• each of the wedge slides 63, 64 is held on the adapter 6 in a linearly displaceable manner.
• each of the wedge slides 63, 64 has at least one guide cam 636, 646, which is guided in a respective guide groove 613, 614, 623, 624 of the side walls 61, 62 of the adapter.
• the guide grooves 613, 614, 623, 624 are designed as elongated holes which extend in the Z direction.
• the unlocking device 66 can be actuated with a tool from the outside of a frame 4, for example with a screwdriver.
• the unlocking device 66 has a toothed wheel which is arranged on the side walls 61, 62 of the adapter 6 so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation oriented perpendicular to the surfaces of the side walls 61, 62.
• the gearwheel engages with its teeth in a drive edge 631 of the first wedge slide 63, which is designed here as a toothed rack and thus causes the first wedge slide 63 to be displaced in the direction of the release position of the wedge slide 63 by turning the gearwheel counterclockwise in the exemplary embodiment shown. 64, in the exemplary embodiment shown here in the Z direction upwards.
• the first wedge slide 63 has a guide web 634 which touches a lower edge of the second wedge slide 64 in the course of the upward displacement and, when the first wedge slide 63 moves further upward moves the second wedge slide 64.
• spring elements 65 preferably in the form of helical compression springs, are placed on the guide webs 634, 644, which are supported on the side walls 61, 62 of the adapter 6, the wedge slides 63, 64 press into the fixing position.
• Each of the wedge slides 63, 64 also has a respective fixing groove 622, 632, in which the respective connecting element 72 of the panel support 7 is received in the fixing position and thus prevents the connecting element 72 from moving in the release direction L.
• the first wedge slide 63 coupled to the unlocking device 66 can be locked in the release position.
• a latching point 617 is provided on a side wall 61 of the adapter 6, in which a latching element 635 arranged on the first wedge slide 63 can be latched.
• the latched position is shown in FIG. 6 in an enlarged view of the section designated VI in FIG. 5.
• the guide cam 636 of the first wedge slide 63 is preferably designed as a pivot bearing of the first wedge slide 63.
• the wedge slide 63 can be pivoted slightly in the direction of the panel carrier 7 after being moved into the release position around the guide cam 636.
• the pivoting movement is effected on the one hand by the force component of the gear coupling between the teeth of the unlocking device 66 and those of the drive edge 631 of the first wedge slide 63.
• the wedge slide 63 is guided during its movement from the fixing position into the release position by the engagement of the latching element 635 on a wall of a recess which extends parallel to the guide grooves 613, 614, so that the wedge slide 63 only runs when Er - Range of the rest stop 617 in the direction of the aperture support 7 can pivot into the rest stop 617.
• the fastening of the panel 2 and the frame 4 enables the panel 2 to be fastened in a front face of the panel 2 by means of a single attachment movement parallel to the normal.
• the panel support 7 By attaching the panel support 7 to the adapter 6, the panel support 7 together with the panel 2 attached to it can be pushed onto the adapter 6 against the release direction L.
• the connecting elements 72 enter the retaining grooves 611, 612, 621, 622 in the front side of the side walls 61, 62 of the adapter 6 facing the panel support 7 until one of the connecting elements 72 touches a control edge 637 of the first wedge slide 63.
• the locking element 635 is pressed out of the locking point 617 of the adapter 6 by further advancing the panel carrier 7 and thus the connecting element 72 and the associated pivoting movement of the first wedge slide 63 around the guide cam 636 of the first wedge slide 63.
• a movement of the wedge slides 63, 64 downward into the fixing position is then triggered by the spring force of the spring elements 65.
• the wedge slides 63, 64 overlap the connecting elements 72, so that these are fixed in the respective fixing groove 622, 632 of the respective wedge slide 63, 64 and the respective flute groove 611, 612, 621, 622 of the side walls 61, 62 of the adapter 6 are.
• the panel support 7 is thus fixed to the adapter 6.
• the first connecting element 72 is first unlocked by moving the first wedge slide 63 by actuating the release element 66.
• the second connecting element 72 is then unlocked by moving the second wedge slide 64.
• the second wedge slide 64 is displaced by the continued displacement of the first wedge slide 63.
• the panel support 7 with the panel 2 attached to it can then be removed from the adapter 6.
• the wedge slides lock into the unlocking position at the end of the displacement movement with the aid of the locking element 635 arranged on the first wedge slide 63 at a locking point 617 of the adapter 6.

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