Connecting device and drawer having a connecting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9554647-B2
Application number	US-201213688612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2012
Priority date	May 31, 2010
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

The invention proposes a device for connecting wall elements of a drawer, wherein the wall elements, in the connected state, form at least part of a wall of the drawer, and wherein the drawer wall comprises a front wall, a rear wall and/or at least one side wall. According to the invention, a plate-like connecting adapter with engagement means is provided for connecting the wall elements which are to be connected, the engagement means interacting, for connecting purposes, both with an end side of a first wall element which is to be connected and with a main side of a second wall element which is to be connected, wherein the connecting adapter, in its main direction of extent, butts against the end side and the main side.

First claim

We claim:

1. A drawer wall element connecting device comprising:
a substantially plate shaped connecting adapter configured to connect drawer wall elements comprising:
a base plate comprising at least a front surface and an opposing back surface;
engagement means on the back surface of the base plate configured to connect the base plate to the drawer wall elements which are to be connected, the back surface of the base plate in a main direction of extent is configured to abut against and be directly connected to an end surface of a side drawer wall element and an outer main surface of one of a front wall and a rear wall of the drawer in a single plane; and
an adjustment mechanism attached to the front surface of the base plate so as to be fixed in a lateral direction and displaceable in at least one of a transverse direction and a vertical direction relative to the base plate of the substantially plate shaped connecting adapter;
wherein the adjustment mechanism further comprises a mount on a bottom portion of the adjustment mechanism that is configured to engage a movement rail; and
wherein the engagement means extend from the back surface of the base plate in a direction perpendicular to the main direction of extent of the back surface of the base plate.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment mechanism adjusts a position of the drawer relative to a guide unit in a state in which the drawer is accommodated on a basic structure in a movable manner via the guide unit.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the substantially plate shaped connecting adapter is designed for connecting the drawer wall elements consisting of profile material.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the substantially plate shaped connecting adapter is designed for connecting the drawer wall elements in a drawer corner region formed by the drawer wall elements which are to be connected.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engagement means are accommodated on the substantially plate shaped connecting adapter in a shiftable manner in order for it to be possible to fix the substantially plate shaped connecting adapter in different fitting positions on the drawer wall elements which are to be connected.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engagement means comprise plug-on means for loosely retaining the substantially plate shaped connecting adapter on counterpart portions of the drawer wall elements which are to be connected.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the substantially plate shaped connecting adapter is configured as a separate part and the adjustment mechanism further comprises an actuator, which can be moved linearly on the base plate.

8. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the adjustment mechanism has an eccentric arrangement by means of which different adjustment positions of the adjustment mechanism can be established.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjustment mechanism further comprises an actuator that is adjusted by manually actuating a movably mounted actuating element.

10. The device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein manually actuating the movably mounted actuating element does not use any tools.

11. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjustment mechanism further comprises a self-locking mechanism for securing an adjusted position of the actuator.

12. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a prepared anchoring portion with an engagement portion, in which the engagement means can be anchored, is present in each case on the drawer wall elements which are to be connected, wherein, with the drawer wall elements oriented correctly for connection, the engagement portions extend in a common direction.

13. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the back surface of the base plate further comprises at least one abutment crosspiece that extends one of along an edge of the back surface and across a portion of the back surface of the base plate.

14. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the front surface of the base plate further comprises at least one accommodating crosspiece for attaching the adjustment mechanism to the base plate.

15. The device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the base plate further comprises a slot extending through the base plate that is positioned to enable a pin of the adjustment mechanism to pass through when the adjustment mechanism is attached to the at least one accommodating crosspiece, the pin being secured in the slot by a locking device on the back surface of the base plate to secure the adjustment mechanism to the front surface of the base plate.

16. The drawer wall element connecting device in claim 15 , wherein the base plate further comprises a plurality of double holes at positions offset from one another to enable the connecting device to be adjusted in the vertical direction when connected to the wall elements.

17. The drawer wall element connecting device in claim 15 , wherein the pin secured in the slot enables the connecting device to be adjustable in a horizontal direction when connected to the wall element.

18. The drawer wall element connecting device in claim 16 , wherein each screw inserted into one of the plurality of double holes engages in an anchoring portion on one of the connected wall elements.

Assignees

• Grass Gmbh

Inventors

• Henscheid Heinz-Josef
• Hirtsiefer Artur
• Rodder Bernd
• Schnell Jurgen
• Schmidt Klaus-Dieter

Classifications

• A47B88/0014 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A47B2088/0037

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• Y10T403/42

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• A47B88/0422

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A47B88/427 Primary

  at drawer side · CPC title