Drive device for a moveable furniture part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10575637-B2
Application number	US-201815861139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2018
Priority date	Jul 7, 2015
Publication date	Mar 3, 2020
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020

Abstract

A drive device for a movable furniture part, in particular for a drawer, includes a push-out device for pushing the movable furniture part out of a closed position into an open position, and includes a locking device for locking the push-out device in a locked position. The locking device has a locking guide track, which is in particular cardioid, and a locking pin movable and lockable in the locking guide track. A control device is provided which is separate from the locking guide track and from the locking pin, and the movement of the locking pin in the locking guide track can be at least partially controlled by the control device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drive device for a movable furniture part, the drive device comprising:
an ejection device for ejecting the movable furniture part from a closed position into an open position;
a locking device for locking the ejection device in a locking position; and
a control device,
wherein:
the locking device comprises a locking guide track and a locking pin which is movable and lockable in the locking guide track;
the control device is separate from the locking guide track and the locking pin and movement of the locking pin in the locking guide track can be at least partially controlled by the control device;
the locking pin is on a carrier;
the control device comprises a coupling pin on the carrier and a coupling track;
the locking guide track comprises a tensioning section substantially oriented in a longitudinal direction, a curved section, a pre-locking section and a latching section; and
rotational movement of the carrier about a rotational axis can be triggered via the locking pin when leaving the tensioning section by the coupling pin simultaneously situated in an inclined section of the coupling track and being deflected by the inclined section and, due to the rotational movement of the carrier, movement of the locking pin along the curved section into the pre-locking section can be controlled.

2. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein movement of the carrier can be controlled by the control device.

3. The drive device according to claim 2 , wherein the rotational axis is oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the ejection device.

4. The drive device according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling track is in a coupling element.

5. The drive device according to claim 4 , wherein the coupling track comprises a holding surface for holding the coupling pin and the inclined section for deflecting the coupling pin into a guiding section of the coupling track.

6. The drive device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the control device comprises a control track, and a control pin which is configured to engage the control track and is on the coupling element, and
wherein rotational movement of the coupling element about the rotational axis can be triggered by movement of the control pin along an inclined deflection control track section of the control track so that the coupling pin travels from the holding surface into the inclined section of the coupling track in the coupling element.

7. The drive device according to claim 4 , wherein the control device comprises a control track, and a control pin which is configured to engage the control track and is on the coupling element.

8. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein a housing of the drive device, a coupling element and the carrier are at least partly sleeve-shaped or cylindrical.

9. The drive device according to claim 8 ,
wherein an ejection housing together with the locking guide track therein, the coupling element together with the coupling track therein and the housing together with a control track therein are cylindrical, and
wherein each of the locking guide track, the coupling track and the control track is on a cylinder jacket surface vaulted about the rotational axis.

10. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking position can be unlocked by over-pressing the movable furniture part into an over-pressing position located behind the closed position.

11. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the ejection device comprises an ejection force storage member and an ejection slider configured to be force-actuated by the ejection force storage member.

12. The drive device according to claim 11 , wherein the ejection slider forms the carrier.

13. The drive device according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing, wherein the ejection device and a retraction device for retracting the movable furniture part from the open position into the closed position are in the housing.

14. The drive device according to claim 13 ,
wherein the retraction device comprises a retraction force storage member held on the housing, a retraction locking track in the housing and a lockable retraction slider, and
wherein the lockable retraction slider is configured to be force-actuated by the retraction force storage member and is movable in the retraction locking track.

15. The drive device according to claim 13 , wherein the ejection device can be coupled to the retraction device by a push element and a coupling element.

16. An item of furniture comprising:
a furniture carcass;
a movable furniture part; and
the drive device according to claim 1 for the movable furniture part.

17. The item of furniture according to claim 16 , wherein the drive device is on the movable furniture part.

18. The drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the movable furniture part is a drawer.

19. The item of furniture according to claim 17 , wherein the drive device is on a drawer rail of an extension guide for the movable furniture part.

20. A drive device for a movable furniture part, the drive device comprising:
an ejection device for ejecting the movable furniture part from a closed position into an open position;
a locking device for locking the ejection device in a locking position; and
a control device,
wherein:
the locking device comprises a locking guide track and a locking pin which is movable and lockable in the locking guide track;
the control device is separate from the locking guide track and the locking pin and movement of the locking pin in the locking guide track can be at least partially controlled by the control device;
the control device comprises a coupling track, a coupling pin, a control track, and a control pin which is configured to engage the control track and is on a coupling element;
rotational movement of the coupling element about a rotational axis can be triggered by movement of the control pin along an inclined latching control track section of the control track; and
the coupling pin is configured to engage a guiding section of the coupling track and participate in the rotational movement of the coupling element.

21. The drive device according to claim 20 , further comprising a carrier which is movable relative to the locking guide track by movement transmission of the rotational movement of the coupling element to the coupling pin,
wherein:
the locking guide track comprises a pre-locking section, a latching section, and a latch recess; and
the locking pin is on the carrier and is configured to travel in a controlled manner from the pre-locking section via the latching section into the latch recess.

22. A drive device for a movable furniture part, the drive device comprising:
an ejection device for ejecting the movable furniture part from a closed position into an open position;
a locking device for locking the ejection device in a locking position; and
a control device,
wherein:
the locking device comprises a locking guide track in an ejection housing and a locking pin which is movable and lockable in the locking guide track;
the control device is separate from the locking guide track and the locking pin, and movement of the locking pin in the locking guide track can be at least partially controlled by the control device;
the locking pin is on a carrier;
movement of the carrier can be controlled by the control device;
the control device comprises a control track, a coupling pin on the carrier and a coupling track in a c

Assignees

• Blum Gmbh Julius

Inventors

• Wohlgenannt Daniel

Classifications

• E05F1/16

  for sliding wings · CPC title

• A47B2088/4235

  having a latch mechanism coupling or disconnecting a drawer with drawer side slide from the rest of the slide members · CPC title

• A47B88/463 Primary

  self-opening · CPC title

• E05C19/063

  Released by pull or pressure on the wing (E05C19/022 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E05C19/022

  Released by pushing in the closing direction · CPC title