Sliding/pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or of a domestic appliance, domestic, appliance, and piece of furniture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10051963-B2
Application number	US-201515300416-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2015
Priority date	Apr 3, 2014
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a sliding/pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or of a domestic appliance for pulling out and raising the shelf from a body of the piece of furniture or of the domestic appliance, which sliding/pivoting mechanism has at least two pivoting arms, which are fastened by means of a first end to at least one of the side walls of the body in such a way that said pivoting arms can be rotated parallel to the plane of the side walls and which are arranged parallel to each other at a distance from each other, wherein at respective second ends of the pivoting arms, a guide rail is fastened in such a way that the guide rail can be pivoted parallel to the plane of the side walls and in such a way that the guide rail can be pivoted from a lower position inside the body to a raised upper position at least partially outside the body, and at least one running rail, which is linearly displacable in the guide rail and to which the shelf is fastened, wherein a damping unit that damps the traveling motion of the shelf in an end position is arranged on the sliding/pivoting mechanism. The invention further relates to a piece of furniture and to a domestic appliance having a sliding/pivoting mechanism and a domestic appliance having a damping unit, which is arranged on the pull-out guide, for damping the shelf in an end position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sliding/pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or of a domestic appliance for pulling out and raising the shelf from a body of the piece of furniture or of the domestic appliance, the sliding/pivoting mechanism having
at least two swivelling arms which are pivotally fastened at respective first ends to a side wall of the body in such a way that the swivelling arms can be rotated parallel to the plane of the side wall, and which are arranged parallel to each other at a distance from each other,
a runner comprising a guide rail and at least one running rail, wherein the guide rail is pivotally fastened to respective second ends of the swivelling arms in such a way that the guide rail can be displaced parallel to the plane of the side wall and in such a way that the guide rail can be displaced from a lower position inside the body to a raised upper position at least partially outside the body, and wherein the at least one running rail is linearly displaceable in the guide rail,
an activator assembly attached to the running rail, the activator assembly comprising an activator arranged on the running rail and fixing elements configured to attach the shelf to the at least one running rail, and
a damping unit which damps the travelling motion of the shelf at an end position, the damping unit having a damper arranged on the guide rail and configured for actuation by the activator.

2. The sliding/pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the damping unit is part of a retraction system.

3. The sliding/pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the running rail is in one piece with at least one support, wherein the activator is arranged on the at least one support.

4. The sliding/pivoting mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein the activator is in one piece with the at least one support.

5. A piece of furniture with a furniture body and at least one shelf mounted in the furniture body with a sliding/pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 with which the shelf can be pulled out of the furniture body and raised.

6. A domestic appliance with at least one shelf attached to the inner side of a useable space, the at least one shelf using a sliding/pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 with which the shelf can be pulled out of the useable space and raised.

7. A domestic appliance having a body defining a useable space, the body including a side wall, the domestic appliance comprising:
a shelf,
a sliding/pivoting mechanism for pulling and raising the shelf, the sliding/pivoting mechanism having at least two swivelling arms which are pivotally fastened at respective first ends to a side wall of the body in such a way that the swivelling arms can be rotated parallel to the plane of the side wall, and which are arranged parallel to each other at a distance from each other,
a runner comprising a guide rail and at least one running ran, wherein the guide rail is pivotally fastened to respective second ends of the swivelling arms in such a way that the guide rail can be displaced parallel to the plane of the side wall and in such a way that the guide rail can be displaced from a lower position inside the body to a raised upper position at least partially outside the body, and wherein the at least one running rail is linearly displaceable in the guide rail,
an activator assembly attached to the running rail, the activator assembly comprising an activator arranged on the running rail and fixing elements configured to attach the shelf to the at least one running rail, and
a damping unit which damps the travelling motion of the shelf at an end position, the damping unit having a damper arranged on the guide rail and configured for actuation by the activator.

8. The sliding/pivoting mechanism according to claim 7 , wherein the damping unit is part of a retraction system.

9. The sliding/pivoting mechanism according to claim 7 , wherein the running rail is in one piece with at least one support, wherein the activator is arranged on the at least one support.

10. The sliding/pivoting mechanism according to claim 9 , wherein the activator is in one piece with the at least one support.

Assignees

• Hettich Paul Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Azkue Mikel
• Garcia Oscar
• Arriaga Eñaut
• Lopetegi Iker
• Laskibar Unai

Classifications

• A47B46/005 Primary

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• A47B88/467

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• A47B2088/901

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• A47B88/45

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• F24C15/168

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