The invention relates to a method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part, which comprises either precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, on a furniture wall of a stationary furniture part. The invention furthermore relates to a method for installing a piece of furniture in which the method for installing a guide assembly is used.
Methods are already known from the state of the art. Different guide assemblies are used there depending on whether the movable furniture part to be guided by means of the guide assembly comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.
A disadvantage is that the installer has to keep both versions of the guide assembly in stock, unless handling only guide assemblies for one type of the movable furniture part to be guided. Furthermore, the production of the guide assemblies is associated with high costs, as the guide assemblies are formed differently and therefore two production lines are needed.
The object of the present invention is to avoid these disadvantages at least in part and to specify a method that is improved compared with the state of the art for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part, which movable furniture part comprises either precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, on a furniture wall of a stationary furniture part. The method gives an installer in particular a greater flexibility in the production of pieces of furniture and is associated with lower production costs on the manufacturer's part. Furthermore, a method for installing a piece of furniture in which the improved method for installing a guide assembly is used is to be specified.
In the method according to the invention for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part, which comprises either precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, on a furniture wall of a stationary furniture part, the method steps are therefore provided, preferably chronological in the specified sequence:
It is thereby possible to assemble the guide assembly from a type of kit, wherein as many common parts as possible are used, which are used both in the case of a guide assembly for a movable furniture part which comprises precisely one door leaf and in the case of a guide assembly for a movable furniture part which comprises at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.
The common parts can be manufactured in larger quantities and on the same production line, as a result of which the costs of the production of the guide assembly are lowered.
According to a preferred embodiment of the method, the same first guide rail and/or the same drive device is involved irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner. As a result, the number of common parts can be increased.
It has proved to be advantageous that, in the case that the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf, in a further method step at least one holding device for holding the movable furniture part in an end position relative to the first guide rail on the furniture wall is arranged on the second elongated side of the first guide rail, preferably wherein the first guide rail and the at least one holding device are connected to each other, particularly preferably in a positive-locking manner and/or displaceably. It is thereby possible to move the movable furniture part into a defined end position relative to the first guide rail by means of the guide assembly, as a result of which the risk of damage originating from a faulty operation of the furniture part is reduced.
As an alternative or supplement, in a further method step a third guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall is arranged at a distance from the first guide rail. Preferably, the same third guide rail is involved irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner. The movable furniture part can thereby be guided particularly stably on the furniture wall by means of the guide assembly.
A particularly harmonic movement of the movable furniture part to be guided by means of the guide assembly can be produced in that in a further method step at least one damping device for damping a movement of the movable furniture part, preferably into an end position relative to the first guide rail, on the furniture wall is arranged at a distance from the first guide rail. Preferably, the same damping device is involved irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.
It is favorably suitable that in a further method step at least one carrier for the articulated mounting of the movable furniture part is mounted displaceably on the guide rails provided, preferably wherein the same carrier is involved irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner. The installation is thereby made easier, as the carrier can first be installed on the guide rails provided and then the movable furniture part only has to be connected to the carrier.
In this connection, it has proved to be advantageous that at least one compensation device for compensating for a tilt moment of the at least one carrier or of the movable furniture part arranged thereon about a tilt axis by a restoring moment is arranged on the at least one carrier and in a further method step the at least one compensation device is connected to the furniture wall, preferably to the at least one drive device arranged on the furniture wall. As a result, the risk of a canting of the movable furniture part to be guided by means of the guide assembly can be reduced.
Protection is also sought for a method for installing a piece of furniture with at least one stationary furniture part, at least one movable furniture part, which comprises either precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, and at least one guide assembly for the movable furniture part. First, the at least one guide assembly is mounted according to the method according to the invention on a furniture wall of the at least one stationary furniture part, and then the movable furniture part is mounted displaceably at least on the first guide rail, preferably indirectly via at least one carrier.
In an advantageous embodiment, in the case that the movable furniture part comprises at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, in a further method step the at least two door leaves are connected to each other in an articulated manner via at least two door hinges.
As an alternative or supplement, in the case that the movable furniture part comprises at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, in a further method step at least one transverse guide rail is arranged transverse to the first guide rail on the at least one stationary furniture part and one of the at least two door leaves of the movable furniture part is connected to the at least one transverse guide rail via at least one carriage. The movable furniture part can thereby be guided securely by means of the guide assembly in any position.
In this connection, it has proved to be advantageous that in a further method step the at least one transverse guide rail is covered at least in regions by at least one screen element. An esthetically advantageous appearance of the piece of furniture to be installed can thereby be achieved.
Further details and advantages of the invention are explained in more detail below by means of the description of the figures with reference to the drawings. There are shown in:
Unlike what is represented in
The piece of furniture 24 comprises cavities 28, which extend in a depth direction 22 of the piece of furniture 24, are preferably formed shaft-shaped and in which the movable furniture parts 3, 4 can be arranged.
In each case, a guide assembly 1 arranged on a furniture wall 7 of a stationary furniture part 8 is installed for guiding the movable furniture parts 3, 4 in the cavities 28.
A transverse guide rail 26 is arranged on a top panel 29 of the piece of furniture 24, wherein one of the two door leaves 5, 6 of the movable furniture part 3 is mounted displaceably on the transverse guide rail 26 via a carriage 50 (cf. also
In addition to the pieces of furniture 24 represented in
The present invention relates, according to a first aspect, to a method for installing a guide assembly 1 for a movable furniture part 2, 3, which comprises either precisely one door leaf 4 or at least two door leaves 5, 6 connected to each other in an articulated manner, on a furniture wall 7 of a stationary furniture part 8, comprising the following method steps (preferably chronological in the specified sequence).
A first guide rail 9 for guiding the movable furniture part 2, 3 is arranged on the furniture wall 7, and at least one drive device 11 for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part 2, 3 on the furniture wall 7 is arranged on a first elongated side 10 of the first guide rail 9. Preferably, the first guide rail 9 and the at least one drive device 11 are connected to each other, particularly preferably in a positive-locking manner. If the movable furniture part 3 comprises at least two door leaves 5, 6 connected to each other in an articulated manner, a second guide rail 13 for guiding the movable furniture part 3 on the furniture wall 7 is arranged on a second elongated side 12 of the first guide rail 9. Preferably, the first guide rail 9 and the second guide rail 13 are connected to each other, particularly preferably in a positive-locking manner and/or displaceably.
A preferred embodiment of this method for installing a guide assembly 1 for a movable furniture part 3, which comprises at least two door leaves 5, 6 connected to each other in an articulated manner, on a furniture wall 7 of a stationary furniture part 8 is described below with reference to
The third (lower) guide rail 16 is arranged at a distance 15 from the first (upper) guide rail 9.
The first guide rail 9 has an adjusting device 31, with which a second (upper) guide rail 13 arranged on the second elongated side 12 of the first guide rail 9 (cf.
The first (upper) guide rail 9 and the second (upper) guide rail 13 are connected to each other in a positive-locking manner and displaceably (cf. also
The drive device 11 for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part 3 is arranged on the first elongated side 10 (cf.
Different embodiments of the drive device 11 are possible. The drive device 11 can be formed in such a way that it speeds up, slows down, and/or uniformly moves the movable furniture part 3. The movement can be influenced over the entire route between an arrangement of the movable furniture part 3 outside a cavity 28 formed with the furniture wall 7 (cf.
In the case represented specifically, the drive device 11 comprises an ejection device 33 for ejecting the movable furniture part 3 from an end position of the movable furniture part 3 relative to the furniture wall 7. Furthermore, a cable pull 34 is provided, with which the movable furniture part 3 is movable along the first guide rail 9 from a first end position into a second end position. The application of force by the ejection device 33 and the cable pull 34 overlap each other in such a way that the movable furniture part 3 is movable from the first end position into the second end position without power assistance by a user. During a movement in the opposite direction, the ejection device 33 and the cable pull 34 are loaded again.
A holder 35 is arranged in an end-side region of the drive device 11. The function of this holder 35 is described in connection with
The damping device 18 for damping a movement of the movable furniture part 3 is arranged at a distance 17 from the first guide rail 9 on the furniture wall 7.
In the case represented specifically, the damping device 18 is arranged on the furniture wall 7 in such a way that a movement of the movable furniture part 3 into an end position relative to the first guide rail 9 can be damped.
As apparent from the enlarged sections of
The fastening of the drive device 11 on the one hand on the first guide rail 9 and on the other hand on the furniture wall 7 via holding elements 32 can be effected analogously, wherein a relative displaceability of the drive device 11 and the first guide rail 9 is, however, not provided.
As apparent from
The carrier 19 for the articulated mounting of the movable furniture part 3 is mounted displaceably on the guide rails 9, 13, 16 provided. A compensation device 20 for compensating for a tilt moment 21 of the at least one carrier 19 or of the movable furniture part 3 arranged thereon about a tilt axis by applying a restoring moment 23 is arranged on the carrier 19.
In
Different embodiments of the compensation device 20 are possible. In the case represented specifically, the compensation device 20 comprises a scissor mechanism 39 formed Y-shaped and a cable device 40 with a pulling cable running in the shape of a Z.
The chronological sequence during the installation of the guide assembly 1 on the furniture wall 7 can be defined as follows:
The preferred embodiment, illustrated with reference to
As a comparison shows, common parts can be used here. Thus, the same first guide rail 9, the same drive device 11, the same damping device 18, and the same carrier 19 are involved irrespective of whether the movable furniture part 2, 3 comprises precisely one door leaf 4 or at least two door leaves 5, 6 connected to each other in an articulated manner.
A difference between the two embodiments is that in a further method step, at least one holding device 14 for holding the movable furniture part 2 in an end position relative to the first guide rail 9 on the furniture wall 7 is arranged on the second elongated side 12 of the first guide rail 9 (instead of the second guide rail 13). Preferably, the first guide rail 9 and the at least one holding device 14 are connected to each other, particularly preferably in a positive-locking manner and/or displaceably.
The holding device 14 can likewise be adjustable in the depth direction 22 of the furniture wall 7 relative to the first guide rail 9 via an adjusting device 31.
Different embodiments of the holding device 14 are possible. A preferred embodiment is shown in
The holding device 14 comprises a pivot lever mechanism 42 with a pivot lever 44 mounted rotatably about a pivot pin 47 on a base body 48. The pivot lever 44 is pushed into the two end positions shown in
The pivot lever 44 has a receiver 45, into which a bolt or the like can be inserted, and the bolt is or can be connected to the movable furniture part 2 in a movement-coupled manner. In the end position according to
On the base body 48, a coupling element 46 is provided which is in or can be brought into engagement with the adjusting device 31, as a result of which the base body 48, and thus the entire holding device 14, is displaceable relative to the first guide rail 9.
It may still be pointed out that the compensation device 20 arranged on the carrier 19 is connected to the furniture wall 7 or the drive device 11 in exactly the same way as in the preferred embodiment in
The method for installing a guide assembly 1 can be incorporated in a method for installing a piece of furniture 24, with which the pieces of furniture 24 represented in
Specifically, it is a method for installing a piece of furniture 24 with at least one stationary furniture part 8, at least one movable furniture part 2, 3, which comprises either precisely one door leaf 4 or at least two door leaves 5, 6 connected to each other in an articulated manner, and at least one guide assembly 1 for the movable furniture part 2, 3. First, the at least one guide assembly 1 is mounted according to the method according to the invention on a furniture wall 7 of the at least one stationary furniture part 8, and then the movable furniture part 2, 3 is mounted displaceably at least on the first guide rail 9, preferably indirectly via at least one carrier 19.
In the case that the movable furniture part 3 comprises at least two door leaves 5, 6 connected to each other in an articulated manner, in a further method step the at least two door leaves 5, 6 are connected to each other in an articulated manner via at least two door hinges 25 (cf.
In the case that the movable furniture part 3 comprises at least two door leaves 5, 6 connected to each other in an articulated manner, in a further method step at least one transverse guide rail 26 is arranged transverse to the first guide rail 9 on the at least one stationary furniture part 8, and one of the at least two door leaves 5, 6 of the movable furniture part 3 is connected to the at least one transverse guide rail 26 via at least one carriage 50 (cf.
In a further method step, the at least one transverse guide rail 26 is covered at least in regions (at least partially) by at least one screen (fascia) element 27.
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