Method for connecting a front panel to a drawer lateral wall

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025143461-A1
Application number	US-202519018651-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 13, 2025
Priority date	Jul 21, 2022
Publication date	May 8, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a method of mounting a front panel on a drawer side wall for a drawer, the drawer side wall has a connecting device for connecting a front panel to the drawer side wall, an end face facing the front panel to be connected, and a marking device for marking a position for a drill hole in the front panel, and the marking device projects beyond the end face of the drawer side wall. The method includes: marking a position for a drill hole on the front panel by the one marking device of the drawer side wall, making a drill hole in the front panel at the marked position, and mounting a front panel holding device on the front panel via the drilled hole. The front panel is then connected to the drawer side wall by connecting the front panel holding device to the connecting device.

First claim

1 . A method of mounting at least one front panel on at least one drawer side wall for a drawer, wherein the drawer side wall has at least one connecting device for, preferably detachably, connecting a front panel to the drawer side wall, an end face facing the front panel to be connected, and at least one marking device for marking at least one position for a drill hole in the front panel, wherein the marking device projects beyond the end face of the drawer side wall, the method comprising:
marking at least one position for a drill hole on the front panel by the at least one marking device of the drawer side wall, preferably wherein at least one marker of the marking device comes into contact with the front panel at the position to be marked, making at least one drill hole in the front panel at the at least one marked position, and mounting at least one front panel holding device, formed as the at least one marking device, on the front panel via at least one fastening element, preferably in the form of a screw, via the at least one drilled hole, and then connecting the front panel to the at least one drawer side wall by connecting the front panel holding device to the at least one connecting device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one marking device is detached from the at least one drawer side wall in a further step.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one drawer bottom support device, preferably the at least one marking device, is connected to the front panel, preferably centrally, in a further step and at least one drawer bottom is supported on the drawer bottom support device.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the marking device has at least one marker projecting beyond the front side of the drawer side wall, wherein the marker has at least one, preferably substantially conical, tip which penetrates into a material of the front panel to be connected at the position to be marked.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the marking device has at least two markers projecting beyond the front side of the drawer side wall, preferably wherein the markers are spaced apart from one another in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the drawer side wall, wherein at least two positions for a drill hole in the front panel are marked simultaneously.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting device has at least one fastening device via which the marking device is fastened in a further step, preferably detachably, to and/or in the connecting device.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one adjustment device is provided, with which the marking device is adjusted in a further step at least in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the drawer side wall relative to the drawer side wall.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one front panel is connected to the at least one drawer side wall via the at least one connecting device in such a way that the front side of the drawer side wall contacts at least in portions an inner side of the front panel facing the drawer side wall.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising providing at least one drawer extraction guide, preferably wherein at least one coupling device is provided with which the drawer side wall is coupled, preferably detachably, to the drawer extraction guide.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising providing at least one drawer bottom connected to the drawer side wall and/or the front panel.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising providing at least one rear wall and arranging the rear wall parallel to the front panel, preferably wherein the drawer side wall comprises at least one rear wall holder via which the rear wall is connected to the drawer side wall, preferably detachably.

Assignees

• Blum Gmbh Julius

Inventors

• Sperger Gerald
• Gmeiner Claudio
• Von Der Wellen Benjamin
• Raffeiner Michael

Classifications

• B23B47/287

  Jigs for drilling plate-like workpieces (templates for marking the position of fittings on wings or frames E05D11/0009) · CPC title

• A47B88/407

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

• A47B2088/952

  having two parts and using a screw · CPC title

• A47B88/956

  for enabling adjustment of the front panel · CPC title

• A47B2088/953

  fastening the front panel to a metal sheet side wall · CPC title