Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a furniture or household appliance element.
Such furniture or household appliance elements, such as shelves or racks, in which a body part mounted in a carrier body so that it can rotate and move in translation at the same time, are known, for example, from DE 10 2019 109 866 A1.
A translation-rotation bearing is used to perform the translation-rotation movement of the body part.
For stability reasons, it is necessary to provide additional support for the movement of the translational-rotationally movable body section, particularly in the case of larger and/or taller furniture elements.
For this purpose, it is known from DE 10 2019 132 207 A1, for example, to arrange a guide bearing between the top plates of the carrier body and the body part, with which the translational-rotational movement is additionally supported.
Particularly when arranging a translationally and rotationally movable body next to another furniture or household appliance element or close to a wall, it is desirable to precisely define the end positions of the translationally and rotationally movable body part in order to keep the desired distances, in particular the distances between adjacent front surfaces that form joints, constant.
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to maintaining a predetermined joint pattern with respect to the adjacent body, in particular when a first and second body part are arranged side by side in a furniture or household appliance element in the open and closed position of the translationally and rotationally movable body part.
The furniture or household appliance element according to the invention has a carrier body with a base support plate and a top support plate as well as a body part which is mounted so as to be movable in translation and rotation relative to the carrier body at the same time and has a base plate, a top plate and at least one side wall.
A guide bearing is arranged between the top support plate and the top plate and/or between the base support plate and the base plate.
The guide bearing has at least one guide cam track and a guide element guided in the guide cam track, which are arranged on facing surfaces of the top support plate and the top plate or the base support plate and the base plate.
Furthermore, the guide bearing has a linear guide with connecting parts which can be displaced relative to one another in a direction of translation, one of which is arranged on the top support plate or the top plate and the other of which is mounted on the other of the top support plate or the top plate by means of a pivot bearing and/or one connecting part is arranged on the base support plate or the base plate and the other is mounted on the other of the base support plate or the base plate by means of a pivot bearing.
At least one end stop is arranged between the top support plate or the top plate and/or between the base support plate or the base plate.
By providing such an end stop, the two end positions of the translationally and rotationally movable body part can be precisely defined.
According to an advantageous embodiment, the at least one end stop is arranged on the guide cam track and/or the linear guide.
The assembly of the guide bearing is simplified by the arrangement of such an end stop in the guide cam track and/or linear guide.
According to a further advantageous design variant, the linear guide is formed from a pull-out guide, with a guide rail arranged on the top support plate or the top plates and at least one running rail displaceably mounted thereon, wherein the end stop is arranged on the guide rail, which in one end position of the body part bears against a counter stop on the other of the top support plate or the top plates.
The end stop can be arranged on the linear guide in a simple manner.
The guide rail of the linear guide is preferably mounted on a housing section of the guide cam track so that it can rotate about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the top support plate or the top plate.
This facilitates the assembly of the guide bearing as a whole by predetermining the position of the axis of rotation on the housing section of the guide cam track.
According to a further advantageous further development, the guide cam track is connected to the top plate of the body part and the at least one running rail of the linear guide is connected to the top support plate of the carrier body.
In a further embodiment, a connecting plate is attached to the at least one running rail of the linear guide, on which the guide element projecting into the guide cam track and the counter stop are arranged.
This makes it easy to fix the guide element and the counter stop, which are coupled together via the connecting plate.
According to an advantageous further development, the counter stop is designed as a bent web projecting from the connecting plate in a guide track formed from the guide rail.
In an advantageous embodiment, the end stop is designed as a spring plate strip with a stop surface projecting into the guide track.
The design of the end stop as a spring plate strip also enables the translationally and rotationally movable second body to be moved to a respective overclosing angle and thus enables, for example, the use of a push-to-open function, which requires such a movement to such an overclosing angle to be triggered.
According to a further alternative embodiment, the end stop or a further end stop is arranged at one end of the guide cam track, which rests against the guide element in an end position of the second body.
In a further embodiment, the end stop can be resilient or damped. Alternatively, the end stop can also be designed as a rigid stop.
Furthermore, in an advantageous further development, the end stop has an adjusting element for adjusting the stop position.
According to a preferred design variant, the end stop has a pivoting stop body with a stop head and an actuator holder as well as an adjusting element pivotably arranged on the guide cam track for easy adjustment of the stop body.
Preferably, the end stop also has a securing element attached to the stop body and the guide cam track for even more stable mounting.
According to a further alternative embodiment, the end stop has a stop body that can rotate about an axis of rotation and has an outer contour with at least two stop sections with unequal radial spacing from the axis of rotation in the circumferential direction.
This also makes it easy to adjust the stop position in at least two different stop positions.
In an advantageous further development, the end stop is held rotatably on a holder attached to the guide cam track, with latching elements being provided on the holder and the stop body for positioning the stop body in at least one defined stop position.
The latching elements make it easy to adjust the position of the stop body by touch.
Preferred embodiments are explained in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
In the following description of the figures, terms such as top, bottom, left, right, front, rear, etc. refer exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the furniture element, the carrier body, the body part, the top plate, the guide bearing, the guide cam track, the linear guide and the like selected in the respective figures. These terms are not to be understood restrictively, i.e. these references may change due to different working positions or the mirror-symmetrical design or the like.
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The carrier body 2 has at least one base support plate 21 and one top support plate 22, as well as at least one side wall 23 connected to the base support plate 21 and the top support plate 22.
The body part 3 has at least one base plate 31 and one top plate 32, as well as at least one side wall 33 connected to the base plate 31 and the top plate 32.
The base support plate 21 of the carrier body 2 extends over the entire surface of the furniture element 1. The same applies to the top support plate 22, which covers both the upper end of the carrier body 2 and the upper end of the body part 3, as shown in
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Furthermore, the guide bearing 4 has a linear guide 7 with connecting parts that can be displaced relative to one another, one of which is arranged on the top support plate 22 or the top plate 32 and the other of which is mounted on the other of the top support plate 22 or the top plate 32 by means of a pivot bearing.
When a guide bearing 4 with guide cam track 5 and linear guide 7 is arranged in the base area of the body part 3, as shown in
The guide cam track 5 and/or the linear guide 7 has at least one end stop 8, 9, 11.
In the embodiment of the guide bearing 4 shown in
The end stop 8 is arranged here on the guide rail 71 and, in an end position of the second body 3, for example shown in
In the embodiment shown here, a connecting plate 62 is attached to the running rails 72 of the linear guide 7, which in turn is attached to the top support plate 22 of the first body 2.
The connecting plate 62 of the guide bearing 4 arranged in the base area of the body part 3 is correspondingly attached to the base support plate 21 not shown in
Both the counter stop 63 and the guide element 61 are arranged on this connecting plate 62. In the embodiment shown here, the guide element 61 is designed as a wheel mounted to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation.
It is also conceivable that the guide element 61 could be designed as a pin, bolt or ball bearing.
The vertical axis extending in the z-direction is formed here by a bearing axis 64, which is fixed to the connecting plate 62.
The counter stop 63 is designed here as a web bent out in the z-direction from the connecting plate 62 extending in the x-y plane and projecting into a guide track 74 formed on the guide rail 71.
As shown in
The axis of rotation 53 is accommodated in a pivot bearing 55 provided for this purpose in a housing section 52 stabilizing the cam track 51 of the guide cam track 5.
On the underside of the guide rail 71 of the linear guide 7 facing the housing section 52, a pivot bearing 73 with a locating bore for the axis of rotation 53 to pass through is attached.
In the embodiment shown in
Due to its design as a spring plate strip 82, the stop surface 81 is elastically bendable and thus enables a defined stop in the end position of the closed position, which is defined as a rotation of 0° from the closed position of the body part 3 relative to the carrier body 2 shown in
If it is intended to be able to release the body part 3 via a so-called push-to-open mechanism, the end stop 8 provided with the spring plate strip 82 enables the body part 3 to be moved to a so-called overclosing angle, which, for example, enables the body part 3 to be moved to an angular position of −1° or 181°.
Such a position of the body part 3 in this overlap angle is shown as an example in
As shown here, the design of the end stop 8 as a spring plate strip 82 allows the stop surface 81 to be overstretched.
The spring plate strip 82 is preferably screwed through the guide rail 71 into the pivot bearing 73 or fixed to it via bolts 83, in particular screw bolts.
A further embodiment variant for the arrangement of an end stop 8, 9 is shown in
The structure of the guide bearing 4 here essentially corresponds to that of the embodiment example described with reference to
Here, an end stop 9 is additionally arranged at at least one end of the guide cam track 5, which rests against the guide element 61 in an end position of the body part 3, as shown in
The end stop 9 is designed here as a tongue projecting beyond the open end of the cam track 51.
In a preferred embodiment, this tongue can also be resilient.
It is also conceivable to attach a damping element to one of the top plates 22, 32 in the region of at least one end of the cam track 51, which preferably protrudes a little into the cam track 51 in order to enable a damped running-in of the second body 3 into its end positions.
It is also conceivable to provide the end stop 8, 9, 11 with an adjusting element 112 for adjusting the stop position, as shown by way of example in
Such an adjusting element can, for example, be designed as an adjusting screw with a head designed as a stop, so that the end position can be precisely adjusted depending on the position of the head of the adjusting screw, which is screwed into a hole provided for this purpose in the end stop 9 designed as a tongue.
In the embodiment shown in
The adjusting element 112 is preferably also designed here as an adjusting screw, with a threaded part and a partially cylindrical head 116 adjoining it, which is accommodated in a pivot bearing 56 of the guide cam track 5 and forms the axis of rotation for the stop body 111 of the end stop 11.
The threaded part of the adjusting element 112 is accommodated in the internally threaded adjusting element receptacle 115 of the stop body 111. By turning the adjusting element 112 about its longitudinal axis, the stop body 111 can be pivoted relative to the pivot bearing 56 in a simple manner.
As can also be seen in
A further embodiment of an end stop 12 is shown in
In this embodiment, the end stop 12 has a stop body 121 that can be rotated about an axis of rotation 127. The outer contour of the stop body 121 has at least two stop sections with unequal radial spacing from the axis of rotation 127 in the circumferential direction.
In the embodiment shown here, the outer contour of the stop body 121 is shaped like a cylindrical shell in a first stop section, which merges into a second section designed as a flattened portion 122 while reducing the radius of curvature.
The axis of rotation 127 is aligned eccentrically to the cylindrical-shell-shaped contact section, so that by rotating the end stop 12 about the axis of rotation 127, the lateral surface of the stop body 121, which serves as a stop, causes the guide element 61 to protrude as far as possible from the cam track 51 of the guide cam track 5 in a rotational position shown by way of example in
The end stop 12 is preferably held rotatably on a holder 13 attached to the guide cam track 5. Latching elements for positioning the stop body 121 in at least one defined stop position are preferably provided on this holder 13 and on the stop body 121.
As shown in
Recesses 136 are provided in the base 131, through which screws 14 can be screwed into the guide cam track 5.
The end stop 12 has an axle mounting 124, in which the axis of rotation 127, which is designed here as a bolt, is accommodated, the bolt serving as axis of rotation 127 preferably being rotatably fixed, in particular riveted, in an axle mounting 135 in the base 131 of the holder 13.
The end stop 12 also has a cylindrical disk-shaped adjusting head 123. The adjusting head 123 is preferably provided with knurling on its lateral surface. This makes it easier to adjust the end stop 12.
In the assembled state, a segment of the adjusting head 123 protrudes under the bracket 132 of the holder 13 in the direction of the cam track 51, as shown in
On an end face of the stop body 121 facing away from the adjusting head 123, a groove 125 is formed between two lips 126 which, together with a web 134 projecting from the base 131 of the holder 13, enables the end stop 12 to be latched in a predetermined rotational position of the stop body 121.
Furthermore, below the section of the stop body 121 formed as a flattened portion 122, a web 128 projecting from the lower end face is formed on the stop body 121, which serves as a stop of respective rotational positions of the end stop 12 at an edge of the elevation 133 of the holder 13, as shown by way of example in
The carrier body 2 can be designed as a body with a top support plate 22, a base support plate 21, a rear wall, and at least one side wall 23. In this case, the top support plate 22 and/or the base support plate 21 can be designed in such a way that more than one body part 3 is arranged between them.
All body parts 3, some of the body parts 3, or only one body part 3 can be mounted so that it can be moved relative to the carrier body 2 via a translation-rotation fitting. Instead of several body parts 3, individual shelves, clothes rails, or drawers can be arranged on the carrier body 2 in parts of the furniture element 1 in addition to the one body part 3 that can be moved relative to the carrier body 2 via a translation/rotation fitting.
Alternatively, the carrier body 2 can also be designed as a wall bracket with a top plate and base plate, for example if the furniture or household appliance element 1 is arranged in a corner or niche of a room.
Although the invention has been illustrated and described in detail by way of preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited by the examples disclosed, and other variations can be derived from these by the person skilled in the art without leaving the scope of the invention. It is therefore clear that there is a plurality of possible variations. It is also clear that embodiments stated by way of example are only really examples that are not to be seen as limiting the scope, application possibilities or configuration of the invention in any way. In fact, the preceding description and the description of the figures enable the person skilled in the art to implement the exemplary embodiments in concrete manner, wherein, with the knowledge of the disclosed inventive concept, the person skilled in the art is able to undertake various changes, for example, with regard to the functioning or arrangement of individual elements stated in an exemplary embodiment without leaving the scope of the invention, which is defined by the claims and their legal equivalents, such as further explanations in the description.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10 2022 105 122.6 | Mar 2022 | DE | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/EP2023/055367 | 3/2/2023 | WO |