Guiding system for guiding at least one door leaf, comprising at least one switch device and at least one sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12416190-B2
Application number	US-202318207395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2023
Priority date	Dec 17, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A guiding system includes a support on which a door leaf can be mounted; a support guide rail; and a guiding device by which the support is movably mounted or can be movably mounted on the support guide rail. The guiding system includes a switch device and/or a sensor or an interface for securing the switch device and/or sensor. The switch device and/or sensor is/are designed to generate a signal by which the power supply to an electric device can be interrupted and/or released. The switch device and/or sensor or interface is or can be positioned relative to the support guide rail such that the switch device and/or sensor can be switched and/or triggered in a specified position of the support, and thus the door leaf, relative to the support guide rail. The specified position is preferably an end position of the support relative to the support guide rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A guiding system for guiding a door leaf relative to a furniture carcass, comprising:
a support on which the door leaf is to be mounted;
a support-guiding rail; and
a guiding device configured to displaceably mount the support on the support-guiding rail,
wherein the guiding system comprises a switch device and/or a sensor or an interface for fastening the switch device and/or the sensor,
wherein the switch device and/or the sensor are/is configured to generate a signal to enable and/or interrupt the power supply to an electrical appliance,
wherein the switch device and/or the sensor or the interface is/are positioned relative to the support-guiding rail such that the switch device and/or the sensor is switchable and/or triggered in at least one predetermined position of the support and thus of the door leaf relative to the support-guiding rail, and
wherein the guiding system further comprises:
an installation device on which the switch device and/or the sensor or a component of the switch device and/or of the sensor is fixed relative to the support-guiding rail, and
an adapter configured to allow the switch device and/or the sensor or the component of the switch device to be installed with at least two different spacings relative to the installation device.

2. The guiding system according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter has a first fastening interface for fastening the adapter to the installation device, and a second fastening interface spaced apart therefrom in a height direction of the adapter for fastening the switch device and/or the sensor or the component of the switch device and/or of the sensor.

3. The guiding system according to claim 2 , wherein the first fastening interface is configured to detachably fasten the adapter to the installation device, and the second fastening interface is configured to detachably fasten the switch device and/or the sensor or the component of the switch device and/or of the, and
wherein the adaptor:
is one of at least two adapters, the first and second fastening interfaces of the at least two adaptors being spaced apart from one another in a height direction, and/or
has an adjustment device configured to adjust a position of the two fastening interfaces relative to one another in the height direction.

4. The guiding system according to claim 1 , wherein the installation device:
is formed substantially flat or substantially bridge-shaped in a cross-section, and/or
has a first installation interface for fastening the installation device to a first side wall of the furniture carcass and a second installation interface for fastening the installation device to a second side wall of the furniture carcass spaced apart from the first side wall.

5. The guiding system according to claim 4 , wherein the first installation interface is configured to detachably fasten the installation device to the first side wall of the furniture carcass, and the second installation interface is configured to detachably fasten the installation device to the second side wall of the furniture carcass.

6. The guiding system according to claim 1 , wherein the component of the switch device is a first component, and the switch device includes a second component.

7. The guiding system according to claim 6 , wherein the first component is a magnet, and the second component is a reed switch, or vice versa.

8. The guiding system according to claim 6 , wherein the first component is connected in a movement-coupled manner to the support, and the second component is to be fixed relative to the support-guiding rail.

9. The guiding system according to claim 1 , wherein the switch device is a light barrier.

10. The guiding system according to claim 9 , wherein the sensor is a light sensor.

11. The guiding system according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller connected to the switch device and/or the sensor, the electrical appliance, and a power source.

12. The guiding system according to claim 1 , further comprising a second guiding rail arranged substantially transverse to the support-guiding rail, wherein the door leaf is a first door leaf to be arranged on the support, the guiding system further comprising a carriage configured to mount a second door leaf on the second guiding rail, the second door leaf to be connected in an articulated manner to the first door leaf.

13. A guiding arrangement for guiding the door leaf relative to a furniture carcass, the guiding arrangement comprising at least two guiding systems each being configured according to claim 1 .

14. The guiding arrangement according to claim 13 , further comprising a common controller for controlling the at least two guiding systems.

15. The guiding arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the common controller is configured to interrupt and/or enable a power supply to the electrical appliance by:
by a signal from a guiding system, and/or
by a signal from each of the at least two guiding systems.

16. A piece of furniture comprising:
a furniture carcass;
a door leaf; and
the guiding system according to claim 1 to guide the door leaf relative to the furniture carcass,
wherein the furniture carcass has an interior to be at least partially coverable by the door leaf, the electrical appliance to be arranged within the interior.

17. The piece of furniture according to claim 16 , wherein the furniture carcass has a shaft-shaped cavity in which the door leaf is to be sunk.

18. The piece of furniture according to claim 17 , wherein the switch device and/or the sensor or the interface is positioned relative to the furniture carcass such that the switch device and/or the sensor switched and/or triggered in a completely sunken position of the door leaf in the cavity.

19. The guiding system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the door leaf is to be mounted on the support in an articulated manner;
the support-guiding rail is one of at least two support-guiding rails spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the support;
the support is to be mounted displaceably on the support-guiding rail via the guiding device in a direction substantially transverse to a longitudinal direction of the support,
wherein the guiding system comprises the interface configured to detachably fasten the switch device and/or the sensor, and
wherein the predetermined position is an end position of the support relative to the support-guiding rail.

20. A guiding system for guiding a door leaf relative to a furniture carcass, comprising:
a support on which the door leaf is to be mounted;
a support-guiding rail; and
a guiding device configured to displaceably mount the support on the at least one support-guiding rail,
wherein the guiding system comprises a switch device and/or a sensor or an interface for fastening the switch device and/or the sensor,
wherein the switch device and/or the sensor are/is configured to generate a signal to enable and/or interrupt the power supply to an electrical appliance,
wherein the switch device and/or the sensor or the interface is/are positioned relative to the support-guiding rail such that the switch device and/or the sensor is switchable and/or triggered in at least one predetermined position of the support and thus of the door leaf relative to the support-guiding rail,
wherein the support has a support head arranged in an end region in the longitudinal direction of the support, and the switch device and/or the sensor or a component of the switch device and/or of

Assignees

• Blum Gmbh Julius

Inventors

• Irgang Markus

Classifications

• E05Y2900/212

  Doors disappearing in pockets in the furniture body · CPC title

• E05D2015/586

  with travelling hinge parts · CPC title

• E05Y2400/65

  Power or signal transmission · CPC title

• E05Y2900/20

  for furniture, e.g. cabinets · CPC title

• E05Y2400/354

  End positions · CPC title