Sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or of a domestic appliance, piece of furniture, and domestic appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9993072-B2
Application number	US-201515315545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2015
Priority date	Jun 5, 2014
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf includes a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm. The pivot arms are arranged attached to sidewalls of a body and parallel to each other at a distance from each other. A guide rail is fastened to second ends of the pivot arms in such a way that the guide rail can be pivoted parallel to the plane of the side walls and that the guide rail can be pivoted from a lower position space to a raised, upper position. The mechanism also includes at least one running rail, which can be moved linearly in the guide rail and to which the shelf is fastened. The sliding-pivoting mechanism includes a locking mechanism for preventing a pivoting motion of the sliding-pivoting mechanism in a raised and a lowered end position. The locking mechanism is arranged on the guide rail and on one of the pivot arms and can be actuated by means of an activator fastened to the running rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or domestic appliance for pulling out and lifting the shelf ( 34 ) from a body of the piece of furniture or a useful space of the domestic appliance, comprising:
a first pivot arm which is rotatably fixed to at least one of the side walls of the furniture body or the useful space with a first end parallel to the plane of the side walls,
a second pivot arm which is rotatably fixed to at least one of the side walls of the furniture body or the useful space with a first end parallel to the plane of the side walls,
wherein the pivot arms are arranged in parallel and at a distance from each other,
wherein a guide rail is pivotably fastened to the respective second ends of the pivot arms parallel to the plane of the side walls in such a way that the guide rail can be pivoted from a bottom position within the furniture body or the useful space to a lifted, upper position at least partly outside of the furniture body or the useful space,
at least one running rail which is linearly displaceable in the guide rail and on which the shelf is fixed,
wherein the sliding-pivoting mechanism comprises a locking mechanism, which is arranged on the guide rail and on one of the pivot arms and can be actuated by an activator fixed to the running rail, for preventing a pivoting movement of the sliding-pivoting mechanism in a lifted end position and a lowered end position,
wherein the locking mechanism comprises a web, which is resiliently and pivotably held on the first pivot arm, with a pin protruding in the direction of the guide rail, which pin can be guided along a guide element fixed to the guide rail from the locking position securing the lowered end position at least to the locking position securing the lifted end position, wherein
the activator fixed to the running rail comprises a curved guide, with which the pin, during the lifting and lowering of the shelf, can be guided from the locking position securing the lowered end position to the locking position securing the lifted end position and vice versa, and wherein
the curved guide is formed in such a way that the locking mechanism can be unlocked by a push-in movement against a pull-out direction.

2. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the guide element comprises respective locking grooves in which the pin rests in the respective locking position, and wherein the locking grooves delimit a guide track of the guide element, along which the pin can be guided from one of the locking positions to the second one of the locking positions.

3. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the curved guide is formed in such a way that the locking mechanism is automatically locked by a pivoting movement to the lifted end position.

4. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the curved guide is formed on inner edges which delimit a cavity of the activator, having an inlet region through which the pin can be guided into the cavity.

5. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein a first limit stop extending downwardly in the direction of the running rail is arranged in the region of the inlet region, with which the pin can be moved out from a position blocking a pivoting movement of the pivot arms in the first locking groove when pulling out the running rail in the pull-out direction, and wherein the pin can be guided along the limit stop into the cavity during a subsequent pivoting movement of the pivot arms.

6. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein the pin, during the pivoting movement of the pivot arms, does not rest on any of the inner edges that delimit the cavity of the activator.

7. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein on an edge on the pull-out side the cavity comprises an inner edge ascending obliquely from the inlet region to a vertically extending inner edge, with which the pin can be moved out of a position in the second locking groove which blocks a pivoting movement of the pivot arms-by pushing in the running rail against the pull-out direction.

8. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the curved guide is formed in such a way that the locking mechanism can be unlocked by a pull-out movement of the running rail in the pull-out direction from the locking position securing the lifted end position.

9. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein the curved guide is formed as a cardioid.

10. A sliding-pivoting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein an end stop for limiting the path of the running rail is formed on an end of the guide rail which is situated at the front in the pull-out direction.

11. A piece of furniture with a furniture body and at least one shelf fixed in the furniture body with a sliding-pivoting mechanism, with which the shelf can be pulled out of and lifted from the furniture body, wherein the sliding-pivoting mechanism is formed according to claim 1 .

12. A domestic appliance having at least one shelf fixed to the inner sides of a useful space by a sliding-pivoting mechanism, with which the shelf can be pulled out of and lifted from the useful space, wherein the sliding-pivoting mechanism is formed according to claim 1 .

13. A sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf of a piece of furniture or domestic appliance for pulling out and lifting the shelf from a body of the piece of furniture or a useful space of the domestic appliance, comprising:
a first pivot arm which is rotatably fixed to at least one of the side walls of the furniture body or the useful space with a first end parallel to the plane of the side walls,
a second pivot arm which is rotatably fixed to at least one of the side walls of the furniture body or the useful space with a first end parallel to the plane of the side walls,
wherein the pivot arms are arranged in parallel and at a distance from each other,
wherein a guide rail is pivotably fastened to the respective second ends of the pivot arms parallel to the plane of the side walls in such a way that the guide rail can be pivoted from a bottom position within the furniture body or the useful space to a lifted, upper position at least partly outside of the furniture body or the useful space,
at least one running rail which is linearly displaceable in the guide rail and on which the shelf is fixed,
wherein the sliding-pivoting mechanism comprises a locking mechanism, which is arranged on the guide rail and on one of the pivot arms and can be actuated by an activator fixed to the running rail, for preventing a pivoting movement of the sliding-pivoting mechanism in a lifted end position and a lowered end position,
wherein the locking mechanism comprises a web, which is resiliently and pivotably held on the first pivot arm, with a pin protruding in the direction of the guide rail, which pin can be guided along a guide element fixed to the guide rail from the locking position securing the lowered end position at least to the locking position securing the lifted end position, wherein
the activator fixed to the running rail comprises a curved guide, with which the pin, during the lifting and lowering of the shelf, can be guided from the locking position securing the lowered end position to the locking position securing the lifted end position and vice versa,

wherein the curved guide is formed in such a way that the locking mechanism can be unlocked by a pull-out movement of the running rail in a pull-out direction from the locking position securing the lifted end position, and
wherein the curved guide is formed as a cardioid.

Assignees

• Hettich Paul Gmbh & Co Kg
• Hettich Paul Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Azkue Mikel
• Garcia Oscar
• Arriaga Eñaut
• Lopetegi Iker
• Laskibar Unai

Classifications

• A47B46/005 Primary

  by displacement in a vertical plane; by rotating about a horizontal axis · CPC title

• A47B96/07

  adjustable in themselves · CPC title

• F24C15/168

  with telescopic rail systems · CPC title

• A47L15/507

  Arrangements for extracting racks, e.g. roller supports · CPC title

• A47L15/506

  Arrangements for lifting racks for loading or unloading purposes · CPC title