Device and method for fixing a movable furniture part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299587-B2
Application number	US-201615569151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	May 4, 2015
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

A device for fixing a push element, in particular a drawer box to a rail of a pull-out guide, the device comprising a clamping mechanism with a receptacle, into which a web-shaped holding part can be inserted, wherein a self-locking clamping element is provided at the receptacle, by means of which the holding part is secured in a clamping manner against being pulled out. As a result, a particularly stable fixation of the drawer box to a pull-out guide can be achieved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for fixing a movable furniture part on a component ( 5 ) of a fitting ( 3 ), comprising a clamping mechanism having a receptacle ( 20 , 120 , 220 , 320 ), and a web-shaped holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ) having flat side surfaces, the web-shaped holding part being insertable into said receptacle, wherein a self-locking rotatable clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) is provided on the receptacle ( 20 , 120 , 220 , 320 ), and wherein the holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ) is secured against pulling out by the clamping lever and a side wall of the receptacle gripping the flat side surfaces of the web-shaped holding part in a friction-locked manner.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) is pre-tensioned in the locked position.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein devices for unlocking ( 28 , 128 , 228 , 328 ) the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) are provided, by which the friction-locked connection of the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) can be disengaged from the holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ).

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the device for unlocking the clamping lever comprises a linearly movable slide ( 17 ).

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) is designed as a two-armed lever and a first arm presses with a contact surface ( 26 , 126 , 226 , 326 ) against the holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ) and a second arm is movable via a device ( 28 ) for unlocking the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ).

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) presses via a linear contact surface ( 26 , 126 , 226 , 326 ) against the holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ), which extends in parallel to a rotational axis ( 24 ) of the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ).

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ) is continuously fixable on the clamping mechanism.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the clamping lever ( 23 ) pressing against the holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ) and the holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ) are produced from metal.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a rotational axis ( 24 ) of the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) is arranged in front of a contact surface ( 26 , 126 , 226 , 326 ) of the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) on the holding part ( 12 , 112 , 212 , 312 ) in an insertion direction.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the receptacle ( 20 , 120 , 220 , 320 ) is formed on a fastening part ( 23 ), on which the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) is mounted so it is rotatable.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the fastening part ( 23 ) is mounted so it is displaceable on or in a housing ( 15 ).

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the fastening part ( 23 ) is moved via ( 19 ) a device for lateral adjustment in relation to the housing ( 15 ).

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping lever ( 325 ) has bendable clamping elements.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a fastening part ( 23 , 123 , 223 , 323 ) is provided, on which the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) is indirectly or directly arranged, or the clamping lever ( 25 , 125 , 225 , 325 ) is embodied in one piece with the fastening part ( 23 , 123 , 223 , 323 ).

15. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising the movable furniture part and the fitting, wherein at least one adjustment device is provided, which adjusts the movable furniture part ( 4 ) in relation to the fitting ( 3 ) in at least one spatial direction.

16. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising the movable furniture part, wherein multiple clamping mechanisms are provided, to align the movable furniture part in an alignment position.

17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein a stop of an adjustment unit limits an insertion depth of the clamping mechanism.

18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the relative location of the movable furniture part in relation to the fitting is settable by the adjustment unit.

19. An item of furniture ( 1 ) comprising a furniture body ( 2 ) and at least one movable furniture part ( 4 ), which is held so it is movable on the furniture body ( 2 ) via at least two fittings ( 3 ), and at least one fitting ( 3 ) is connected via the device according to claim 1 to the movable furniture part ( 4 ).

20. A method for aligning a movable furniture part on a component ( 5 ) of a fitting ( 3 ) in a furniture part, the movable furniture part comprising at least one clamping mechanism having a receptacle ( 20 ) and at least one web-shaped holding part ( 12 ) on the component ( 5 ), the web shaped holding part having flat side surfaces and at least one adjustment unit for the movable furniture part ( 4 ), the method comprising the steps of placing the movable furniture part on the fitting, pushing the movable furniture part up a setting position on the furniture part such that the flat side surfaces of the at least one web-shaped holding part are clamped in a friction locked manner between a side wall of the receptacle and a clamping lever of the clamping mechanism, and setting the adjustment unit so that the clamping mechanism cannot be pushed further onto the holding part.

21. The method according claim 20 , wherein the pushing-on direction is used for alignment of at least one spatial direction.

Assignees

• Hettich Paul Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Stuffel Andreas
• Buhmeier Marvin

Classifications

• A47B2088/4278

  Quick-release clip · CPC title

• A47B2210/0056

  Guide located at the bottom of the drawer · CPC title

• A47B88/407

  Adjustably or detachably mounted drawers (A47B88/423 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47B2088/4272

  ensuring a correct connection at the moment when the drawer is coupled to the drawer rail · CPC title

• A47B2230/0014

  Height or width adjustment using eccenter mechanisms · CPC title