Wall-mounted cabinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9375081-B2
Application number	US-201013514826-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2010
Priority date	Dec 17, 2009
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

Wall-mounted cabinet comprising a body ( 1 ) on each side of which is arranged a linear actuator ( 4 ). The linear actuator comprises a spindle ( 6 ) with a spindle nut, where the spindle is driven by a reversible electric motor via a transmission. The spindle nut is attached directly or indirectly to the side of the body ( 1 ), such that the body is lowered or raised in dependency of the direction of the revolution of the motor. The construction has the advantage that the internal of the body is completely clean for mechanical parts which lowers and raises the body. Moreover, the actuators only take up minimum space on the outer side of the body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wail-mounted cabinet assembly comprising:
a body having opposite side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a back wall,
an outer cover for said body, said outer cover including opposite side walls and a top wall,
separate first and second linear actuator assemblies for moving said body downwardly out of and upwardly into said outer cover, each of said first and second linear actuator assemblies being positioned within the outer cover and adjacent a respective side wall of the outer cover and each of said first and second linear actuator assemblies including a housing located within the outer cover and connected to said top wall of said outer cover for containing a motor and a transmission, a spindle which extends downwardly from the housing between a respective side wall of the body and an adjacent side wall of the outer cover, a tube-shaped rod positioned around the spindle, and separate spaced connection means connecting the tube-shaped rod to an adjacent side wall of said body to move said body relative to said outer cover with rotation of said spindle, each said connection means comprising a clamping bracket that includes a sideways-extending protruding flange and a screw which extends through the flange and into the adjacent side wall of said body, and
a control box connected to said first and second linear actuators to control operation of the motor in each of said first and second linear actuators.

2. The wall-mounted cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of each of said first and second linear actuators is also positioned between the top wall of the body and the top wall of the outer cover, and where each spindle extends perpendicularly out of an associated housing.

3. The wall-mounted cabinet according to claim 1 , including a linear guide rail positioned between each respective side wall of said body and the adjacent side wall of the outer cover.

Assignees

• Messing Christoph
• Basse Torben
• Linak As

Inventors

• Messing Christoph
• Basse Torben

Classifications

• A47B51/00 Primary

  Cabinets with means for moving compartments up and down {(for cabinets with parts rotating about a horizontal axis A47B46/005; for show or display A47F3/06)} · CPC title