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
  • A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
  • A47B88/453—Actuated drawers
  • A47B88/46—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs
  • A47B88/467—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs self-closing
• • 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
  • A47B49/00—Revolving cabinets or racks; Cabinets or racks with revolving parts
  • A47B49/004—Cabinets with compartments provided with trays revolving on a vertical axis
• • 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
  • A47B88/46—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs
  • A47B88/463—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs self-opening

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a guide fitting for guiding a body part that is mounted in a translationally and rotationally movable manner according to the preamble of claim 1.
• the invention further relates to a furniture or household appliance element according to the preamble of claim 12.
• Such furniture or household appliance elements such as shelves or shelves, in which a body part that is mounted in a support body in a rotationally and translationally movable manner at the same time, are known, for example, from DE 10 2019 109 866 A1.
• a translation-rotation bearing is used to carry out the translation-rotation movement of the body part.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a guide fitting and a furniture or household appliance element with which the body part can be moved into a predetermined end position as gently as possible.
• the guide fitting according to the invention for guiding the movement of a body part that is simultaneously mounted in a translational and rotational manner relative to a stationary base has a guide cam track and a guide element guided in the guide cam track.
• the guide fitting further has a linear guide with at least a first connecting part and a second connecting part movable relative thereto, one of which is coupled in a stationary manner to the guide element and the other is coupled to the guide cam track by means of a pivot bearing.
• the guide cam track or the guide element can be fixed in place on the body part.
• the guide cam track is movable relative to the first connecting part from a starting position to an intermediate position and further into an opening position and back. In an intermediate position, the guide cam track is rotated in a direction of rotation relative to the first connecting part and displaced in a predetermined direction. In this case, the starting position and the opening position each represent an end position.
• the guide fitting is characterized by at least one self-closing device that is coupled at least in sections to the linear guide or to the guide cam track.
• the self-closing device also ensures that the body part is moved into a defined end position and does not come to a standstill shortly before reaching the end position.
• the guide cam track has a guide groove that accommodates the guide element.
• the guide fitting has a support plate on which the first connecting part of the linear guide and the guide element are fixed.
• the at least one self-closing device is arranged in a stationary manner relative to the guide cam track or one of the connecting parts of the linear guide.
• the arrangement of the at least one self-closing device on the component responsible for the rotational component or the translational component of the movement at a suitable location on the component represents a preferred attachment point on the guide fitting .
• a first embodiment variant of such a self-closing device has a housing with a guide track and a catch element which is guided in the guide track in a spring-loaded and/or damped manner and which catches the guide element in a predetermined position.
• the guide track can be designed, for example, as a so-called crucible curve, with which the catching element can be moved into a position in which the guide element is released from the catching element and by subsequently abutting the catching element at a suitable point on the catching element, the catching element receives the guide element and is spring-loaded and / or dampened leads to the end position.
• one such self-closing device is arranged at mutually spaced ends of the guide cam track.
• the carrier plate has a central area on which two first connecting parts of the linear guide aligned parallel to one another are attached and two edge areas on which a self-closing device is each fixed.
• the guide cam track has an arm which extends outside the guide groove and on which two activators which interact with the self-closing device are arranged, in particular integrally formed.
• the self-closing device is coupled to the second connecting part of the at least one linear guide.
• the self-closing device is designed here in such a way that it has a toggle lever pivotably mounted on the carrier plate with a first lever pivotably attached to the second connecting part and a second lever pivotably coupled to the first lever and pivotally attached to the carrier plate.
• the second lever is pivotally attached to the second connecting part of the linear guide and is pivotally coupled to the first lever, which is here pivotally attached to the carrier plate.
• the guide fitting also has at least one energy storage device coupled to the first lever or the second lever.
• the energy storage is preferably held directly or indirectly on the carrier plate or on the second connecting part of the at least one linear guide.
• At least one damping element is arranged between the carrier plate and the first lever or the second lever.
• the guide fitting additionally has an ejection device.
• the furniture or household appliance element according to the invention in particular a shelf or shelf with at least one storage level, has a stationary body and a body part which is mounted so that it can move in translation and rotation relative to the body and has at least one storage area.
• the furniture or household appliance element further has at least one guide fitting to enable a translational-rotational movement of the body part relative to a support plate of the body from a starting position to an intermediate position and further into an opening position and back.
• the guide fitting has at least one guide cam track and a guide element guided in the guide cam track, which are arranged on mutually facing surfaces of the body part and the carrier plate.
• the guide fitting further has at least one linear guide, with a first connecting part and a second connecting part which is displaceable relative thereto, one of which is coupled in a stationary manner to the guide element and the other is coupled to the guide cam track by means of a pivot bearing.
• the furniture or household appliance element is characterized by at least one self-closing device which is coupled at least in sections to the linear guide or to the guide cam track and is arranged between the body part and the carrier plate.
• the guide cam track is fixed to the base plate or the cover plate of the body part and the guide element is fixed in place to the base support plate or the cover support plate of the support body.
• a first guide fitting is arranged between the base support plate and the base plate and a second guide fitting is arranged between the cover support plate and the cover plate of the body part.
• the body part can be moved relative to the carrier body from a first functional position into a second functional position rotated by a predetermined angle relative to the starting position, the base (support) plates and the cover (support) plates of the body part and the carrier body being in both functional positions are aligned with each other in matching geometries.
• FIG. 1 shows an embodiment variant of a furniture element according to the invention with a support element and body part, with a body part positioned in a starting position corresponding to a closed position
• Figure 2 is an isometric view of the furniture element corresponding to Figure 1 in an intermediate position of the body part relative to the support body
• FIG. 3 shows an isometric view of the furniture element corresponding to FIG. 1 in an end position of the body part with access to shelves of the body part
• FIG. 4 shows an isometric view of the furniture element corresponding to FIG. 2 with the cover support plate hidden to show a guide fitting arranged between the cover support plate and the cover plate,
• FIG. 5 shows a further isometric view of the furniture element shown in FIG. 1 in a partial exploded view with an embodiment variant of two guide fittings, arranged between the base support plate and base plate and cover support plate and cover plate,
• 6 to 8 isometric individual representation of a first embodiment of a guide fitting with self-closing devices attached to the ends of the guide cam track,
• FIGS. 6 to 8 shows an isometric individual representation of the guide element according to FIGS. 6 to 8 and a first end of the guide cam track and the self-closing device attached there,
• Figures 10a) to d) isometric individual representation of the self-closing device and the guide element to show the movement sequence of a self-closing device
• FIG. 11 shows an isometric enlarged view of the second embodiment variant of a guide fitting shown in FIG. 5,
• Figures 12 and 13 isometric individual representation of a third embodiment variant of a guide fitting with an alternative embodiment variant of a self-closing device attached to one of the running rails of the linear guide
• Figure 14 is an isometric exploded view of the guide fitting according to Figures 12 and 13,
• Figures 15 and 16 are isometric representations of the guide fitting according to Figures 12 and 13 in different positions and
• Figures 17 and 18 isometric individual representation of a fourth embodiment variant of a guide fitting with an alternative embodiment variant of a self-closing device attached to one of the running rails of the linear guide from different perspectives.
• top, bottom, left, right, front, back, etc. refer exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the guide fitting, the furniture or household appliance element, the self-closing device, activator, guide fitting, guide curve track selected in the respective figures , linear guide and the like. These terms are not to be understood as restrictive, i.e. these relationships can change due to different working positions or the mirror-symmetrical design or the like.
• reference number 1 denotes an overall embodiment variant of a furniture element according to the invention.
• the furniture element 1 shown here essentially consists of a support body 2 with a base support plate 21 and a cover support plate 22 and the base support plate 21 with the cover support plate 22 connecting side walls 23 and a relative to the support body 2 at the same time translationally in a translation direction A and rotationally in one of two possible Rotation directions R1, R2 movable body part 3.
• an embodiment variant of the support element 2 without a side wall 23 is also conceivable, for example when attaching the floor support plate 21 and the cover support plate 22 to a building wall.
• the body part 3 also has a base plate 31, a cover plate 32 and a connecting element connecting the base plate 31 to the cover plate 32, in the exemplary embodiment shown in the form of at least one side wall 33.
• the shelf-like body part 3 has a square base area, with two side walls 33, which close an interior in a closed position shown in Figure 1 and two open vertical sides, shown in Figures 2 and 3, which have one Allow access to the interior.
• the interior of the body part 3 has several shelves 35 in the embodiment variant shown here. In principle, other configurations or subdivisions of the interior of the body part 3 are also conceivable.
• the body part 3 which is provided here with a square base area, can be moved relative to the carrier body 2 from a first functional position into a second functional position rotated by a predetermined angle relative to the starting position, the base (support) plates 21, 31 and the deck (support) being in both functional positions.
• plates 22, 32 of the body part 3 and the support body 2 are aligned with one another in matching geometries.
• FIG. 6 A first embodiment variant of such a guide fitting 4 is shown in Figures 6 to 9.
• the guide fitting 4 further has a linear guide 6 with at least one first connecting part, designed here as a guide rail 61, and a second connecting part, designed here as a running rail 62, which is displaceable relative to this, one of which is mounted in a stationary manner with the guide element 11 and the other by means of a pivot bearing 9 is coupled to the guide cam track 5.
• a linear guide for example a guide rail with a movable roller carriage, can also be used.
• the pivot bearing 9 fastened to the two running rails 62 consists of a first and second fastening plate 91, 93, the second fastening plate 93 being fastened to the running rails 62 and the first fastening plate 91 correspondingly to the cover plate 32 or the base plate 31 of the Body part 3 can be attached.
• a turntable 92 is additionally attached to the first fastening plate 91.
• the fastening plates 91, 93 are mounted rotatably relative to one another.
• the turntable 92 and the first fastening plate 91 are preferably attached to the base plate 31 or the cover plate 32 of the body part 3, just like the guide cam track 5.
• Both the guide rails 61 of the linear guide 6 and the guide element 11 are fixed to a support plate 7 in the preferred embodiment variant of the guide fitting 4 shown here.
• the guide rails 61, the guide element 11 and/or the self-closing devices 8 can be arranged directly on the cover support plate 22 and/or floor support plate 21.
• 7 fixing elements 73, 74 are provided on the carrier plate, with which a fixing area of the guide rails 61 can be fixed to the carrier plate 7 in a form-fitting manner.
• the guide element 11 has a wheel 111 which can be guided in the guide groove 51 of the guide cam track 5 and which is connected via a guide neck 113 to a foot 112 which is stationary in a recess provided for this purpose in the carrier plate 7 is fixed.
• the guide neck 113 is accommodated in a hole in the carrier plate 7.
• annular stop 114 provided, which, as shown in Figure 7, represents an additional horizontal guide for a catching element 82 of a self-closing device 8, which is described in more detail below.
• a self-closing device 8 is attached to the side facing the support plate 7 (open side of the guide groove 51 of the guide cam track 5).
• the self-closing device 8 has a housing 81 with a guide track 83 and a spring-loaded and / or damped guide in the guide track 83, catching the guide element 11 in a predetermined position.
• the guide track 83 of the self-closing device 8 is here preferably designed as a so-called cane curve, with a straight linear region 831 and an angled region 832 adjoining one end of the linear region 831.
• the catching element 82 of the self-closing device 8 has a substantially U-shaped shape with two legs 821, 822 protruding from the guide track 83 and two guide pins 823, 824 which are guided in the guide track 83.
• Figure 10a shows a position of the guide element 11 before entering an end position in which the guide element 11 and the catch element 82 are still decoupled.
• the guide element 11 is in engagement with the catch element 82, which is still held in the angled region 832 of the guide track 83 with the second guide pin 824.
• the second guide pin 824 is pushed into the linear region 831 of the guide track 83 and then guided over the position shown in FIG. 10c to the end position shown in FIG.
• the self-closing device 8 is activated at the other end 54 of the guide cam track 5, which corresponds to the position shown in FIG. 3 with respect to the body part 3 moved with the guide fitting 4.
• Figure 11 shows an alternative embodiment of a guide fitting 4.
• an arm 52 is arranged here on the guide cam track 5, extending outside the guide groove 51, from which two activators 10 extend, which engage in self-closing devices 8, which are located on respective edge regions 72 of the carrier plate 7 are attached.
• the carrier plate 7 has, as in the first embodiment variant described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10, a central area 71, to which the two mutually parallel guide rails 61 are attached, and two edge areas 72 with self-closing devices 8.
• the self-closing devices 8 are of the same design as the self-closing devices 8, as described in the first exemplary embodiment with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10.
• Figures 12 to 18 show a further alternative embodiment of such a guide fitting 4.
• the self-closing device 12 can also be arranged in a central region 71 of the carrier plate 7, for example between the linear guides 6, as shown by way of example in FIGS. 17 and 18.
• the self-closing device 12 is coupled to the running rail 62 of the at least one linear guide 6.
• the self-closing device 8, 12 could be coupled, for example, to a roller carriage.
• the self-closing device 12 has, as shown in Figures 12 to 16, a toggle lever pivotally mounted on the support plate 7 with a first lever 121, preferably designed as a pendulum lever, which is pivotally attached to the running rail 62 and a pivotally coupled to the first lever 121, on which Carrier plate 7 is pivotably attached via a pivot bearing 125 to a second lever 122, preferably designed as a power lever.
• the self-closing device 12 is coupled to the running rail 62 as a movable connecting part of the linear guide 6 during the entire movement via a connecting piece 127.
• the levers 121, 122 are arranged in such a way that closing support is provided at least in the area of the end positions.
• the second lever 122 is pivotally attached to the running rail 62 and the first lever 121 pivotally coupled at one end to the second lever 122 and pivotally attached to the support plate 7 at its second end via a pivot bearing 125. It is also conceivable to arrange the levers 121, 122 in such a way that closing forces act from a position of the linear guide 6, which correspond to a rotation angle of preferably 45°. The closing forces caused by the self-closing device 12 increase as the movement continues into the end position. Also conceivable are embodiments in which the self-closing device 12 engages even at even smaller rotation angles.
• An energy storage device 123 which is arranged on the second lever 122 or the first lever 121, is also held on the carrier plate 7.
• the coupling of the self-closing device 12 via the linear guide 6 and thus via the translational movement of the body part 3 also enables analogous to the embodiment variant shown in Figures 6 to 11, in which the coupling of the self-closing device 8 via the guide cam track 5 and thus via the rotational movement of the body part 3 takes place, a secured retraction into a respective end position of the body part 3.
• a damping element 124 is additionally arranged between the carrier plate 7 and the first lever 121 or the second lever 122, with which the entry into the end position can be dampened.
• the energy storage 123 and the damping element 124 are fixed to the carrier plate 7 via a fastening bearing 126.
• Figures 12 and 13 show the positioning of the self-closing device 12 in an end position
• Figures 15, 17 and 18 show the guide fitting in an intermediate position, corresponding approximately to the position of the body part 3 relative to the carrier body 2 shown in Figure 2.
• Figure 16 shows the end position of the self-closing device 12, which has moved into the second position, corresponding to the position of the body part 3 relative to the carrier body 2 shown in Figure 3.
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