EP2001330B1 - Device for influencing the displacement of several furniture parts and method for configuring said type of device and associated furniture - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a method according to claim 1, a device according to claim 8 and a furniture according to claim 12.

Devices for influencing the movements of a plurality of furniture parts movable relative to a stationary furniture part are known from the prior art. The movable furniture parts can be moved by means of a control unit for controlling the movement of the movable furniture parts and a drive unit driven.

Particular requirements with regard to the movement control occur in furniture, which have interior furniture parts, in which in the closed position of the respective movable furniture parts outside at least partially covered by an outdoor furniture part. In the closed state relative to the stationary furniture part, in particular a front part of the movable exterior furniture part covers a front part of the movable interior furniture part.

Purpose and advantages of the invention

The object of the invention is a simple and relatively uncomplicated assignment with regard to influencing the movement between at least one interior furniture part and provide an associated outdoor furniture part. This object is solved by the claims 1, 8 and 12.

In the dependent claims advantageous embodiments of the invention are shown.

The invention is initially based on a method for configuring a device for influencing the movement of a plurality of movable furniture parts, which are driven by a drive unit via a control unit for controlling movement of the movable furniture parts relative to a fixed furniture part movable, wherein at least in relation to the stationary furniture part closed state the relevant furniture parts, a front end of a movable outdoor furniture part, a front part of a movable interior furniture part at least partially covered outside. An essential aspect of the invention resides in the fact that, for the coordination of the movement of the movable furniture parts, an assignment of at least one inner furniture part to an associated outer furniture part takes place such that in an activated configuration mode the assignment of the at least one inner furniture part to the outer part Furniture part takes place by a sequence of opening and / or closing movements of the mutually associated movable furniture parts. This can be done in a simple way or without special knowledge of a configuration of the device for the movement of the movement of several movable furniture parts. It must first be ensured that a configuration mode is activated, wherein only in the activated configuration mode, the configuration of the device is possible. To enter the activated configuration mode, a variety of different possibilities are conceivable.

If a configuration mode is activated, the assignment of at least one interior furniture part to an associated exterior furniture part can be carried out by a person, in particular by the end user himself. For the assignment, only a sequence of movements of the relevant movable furniture parts is necessary, in particular by opening or closing movement of the relevant mutually associated movable furniture parts. The movements may be the movements provided by default in the operating mode and / or different movements of the respective movable furniture parts, e.g. In particular, only be used for the configuration.

Interior and / or exterior furniture parts may be drawers, doors, flaps, folding elements, tray drawers, wire baskets, pharmacy cabinets, carousels or the like.

Advantageously, no additional devices or special complex configuration steps are necessary, which would otherwise complicate the assignment or would increase the effort to set up appropriate precautions.

It is further proposed that the assignment be effected by a sequence of triggering commands for the opening and / or closing movements of the movable furniture parts to be associated with each other. Thus, advantageously, the assignment of the at least one inner furniture part to the associated outer furniture part can be shortened and, in particular, made easier. For example, it may already suffice that only one input command for an opening or closing movement or a sequence of several input commands for an opening - Or closing movement of the mutually associated movable furniture parts sufficient to achieve a clear assignment of the respective movable furniture parts. This procedure is special for the frequently occurring case advantageous if a separate triggering command is provided for each opening or closing movement of a movable furniture part. However, it is also conceivable that an opening or closing movement and at least one further opening or closing movement is coupled with a triggering command.

It is preferred if, after an opening movement for the outer furniture part, first an opening movement and then a closing movement for the inner furniture part and then a closing movement for the outer furniture part is effected, wherein the Bewegungsbeeinflussungs device information about the assignment of the movable furniture parts to be provided. This procedure relates in particular to the comparatively simple case in which exactly one interior furniture part is assigned to an outside furniture part. The proposed configuration or the sequence of movements to be processed in this case is based on circumstances to be observed by a person, with interior and exterior furniture parts that are exclusively manually movable. In these cases, for structural or spatial reasons with closed furniture parts first the exterior furniture part must be at least partially opened before the corresponding interior furniture part can be grasped and opened. Conversely, with the interior and exterior furniture part open, the interior furniture part must first be closed again, so that the exterior furniture part can easily return to a closed position. The so specified in practice sequence of movements in not movable with a drive unit interior or exterior furniture parts is advantageously also used for the configuration of the invention. This procedure makes the configuration process particularly uncomplicated in systems with a drive unit. Even laymen can make the configuration themselves without prejudice or without skepticism about unfamiliar configuration modalities.

In particular, in the presence of several interior furniture parts and an associated outdoor furniture part, the invention allows alternative approaches. It is proposed that after an opening movement for the exterior furniture part for an interior furniture part of several interior furniture parts first an opening movement and then a closing movement takes place and then proceed for each other interior furniture part in a corresponding manner and then a closing movement for the Outside furniture part is effected, wherein the movement influencing device information about the assignment of the movable furniture parts are provided. The proposed approach is particularly time-saving, since the exterior furniture part for the configuration of the interior furniture parts only once at the beginning of the sequence of several opening or closing movements once opened and must be brought once before the end of the configuration process in the closed position. The order in which the several interior furniture parts are opened and closed one after the other is irrelevant for the assignment. For example, the topmost, all interior furniture parts or the bottom of the interior furniture parts may be started with the opening or closing movement, or it may be arbitrarily determined that the plurality of interior furniture parts are moved one after another.

Furthermore, it is advantageous that in the activated configuration mode, a plurality of respectively separate allocations of at least one interior furniture to a corresponding exterior furniture part takes place. This can also be done for several outdoor furniture parts, which in particular belong to a device for the movement control, in an activated configuration mode, the assignment of the respective associated interior furniture parts. This can be advantageous in particular for larger systems or, for example, for rooms in which a plurality of exterior furniture parts are present.

It is also proposed that the activation and / or deactivation of the configuration mode take place via an externally applied input command. For activating or deactivating the configuration mode, it is particularly advantageous if the mode for configuring can be started by a person or closed again after completion. This ensures that the person who carries out the configuration always knows clearly when the configuration mode is active or is switched to passive or defines its beginning and end. This can be excluded in particular a misconfiguration by an unwanted or knowingly activated or deactivated configuration mode.

Moreover, it is advantageous that, for a successful assignment in the activated configuration mode after the triggering command of the opening and / or closing movement for a movable furniture part, the subsequent movement is canceled or alternatively can run to the end. Thus, the configuration can optionally be performed with standard executed movement processes of the movable furniture parts, whereby a person only relatively little intervention in the process itself, so a minimum effort is needed. Alternatively, the sequence of motions can be influenced individually, e.g. by acting on the furniture parts or their movement, in particular to prevent or cancel a triggered and possibly otherwise completely expiring movement, whereby a time saving is made possible e.g. the next configuration step or, if necessary, the configurator can be reached faster.

This can be particularly advantageous when a plurality of corresponding furniture parts is to be assigned by the sequence of opening or closing movements. Regardless of the procedure selected, the system will issue tripping commands or the thereby triggered closing or opening movements detected and registered for the assignment, regardless of whether a movement was only triggered or only partially completed or whether it was completed.

The invention also relates to a device for influencing the movement of a plurality of movable furniture parts, which are driven by a drive unit via a control unit for controlling movement of the movable furniture parts relative to a fixed furniture part movable, wherein at least in relation to the stationary furniture part completely closed state of the relevant furniture parts a front end a movable outer furniture part, a front part of a movable interior furniture part at least partially covered outside. The invention extends in particular to a device with which one of the aforementioned methods can be carried out. A key aspect is that the control unit is designed such that for the coordination of the movement of the movable furniture parts in an activated configuration mode assignment of at least one interior furniture part to a corresponding outdoor furniture by a sequence of opening and / or closing movements of each other attributable movable furniture parts done. Thus, the device is designed to achieve the advantages discussed above. The configuration is therefore particularly simple or possibly without additional equipment or with little effort feasible. There must be only means for activating or deactivating the configuration mode, wherein only in the activated configuration mode, the configuration of the device is possible. The configuration mode can be set up via a plurality of different activation or deactivation means.

Preferably, the control unit is constructed so that the assignment by a sequence of tripping commands for Opening and / or closing movements of the furniture parts to be assigned to each other can be fixed. In this way, the configuration can advantageously be done without special knowledge or by the furniture parts themselves.

Another advantage of an assignment of interior and exterior furniture parts can also be seen in that the position of two mutually associated furniture parts is detected by the control unit, whereby their movement advantageously coordinated or a collision or risk of trapping between the associated furniture parts can be avoided.

Furthermore, it is advantageous that the control unit is designed such that the assignment is determined by the fact that after an opening movement for the outer furniture part, first an opening movement and then a closing movement for an inner furniture part and then a closing movement for the outer furniture part.

Furthermore, it is proposed that the control unit is designed in such a way that the allocation is determined by first performing an opening movement and then a closing movement for an interior furniture part of several interior furniture parts after an opening movement for the exterior furniture part and then for each additional interior Furniture part is proceeded in a corresponding manner and then carried out a closing movement for the exterior furniture part. The control unit is advantageously used in particular for outdoor furniture parts, which are associated with a plurality of interior furniture parts, in particular, the plurality of interior furniture parts of the exterior furniture part, at least in the closed position of all interior or one outside furniture part of the front of the Exterior furniture part outside covered.

The invention also relates to a piece of furniture with a plurality of movable furniture parts which are driven by a drive unit via a control unit for controlling movement of the movable furniture parts relative to a fixed furniture part, wherein at least in relation to the stationary furniture part closed state of the relevant furniture parts a front end of a movable outer Furniture part covers a front part of a movable interior furniture part at least partially outside. The furniture is characterized in that one of the above devices is present. This can realize the advantages already explained above for a correspondingly equipped furniture.

figure description

Figur 1

zeigt ein schematisiertes Möbel in perspektivischer Frontansicht schräg von oben.

A highly schematically illustrated embodiment of the invention is shown in the single figure and described in more detail with further advantages and details.

FIG. 1

shows a schematic furniture in a front perspective view obliquely from above.

In FIG. 1 is a piece of furniture 1 with a fixed furniture part or a furniture body 2 and on this movably guided furniture drawers 3 with several drawers 4 to 14 shown. An outer drawer 11 can cover the front part 9a of an inner drawer 9 and the front part 10a of an inner drawer 10 with its front part 11a. In the closed state of the furniture drawers 3, the furniture 1 shows a cuboid shape. The furniture body 2 comprises two outer side walls 2a and 2b, an upper part 2c, a bottom part 2d and also an in FIG. 1 unrecognizable back wall. The furniture body 2 also has in the interior of the furniture body parallel to the inner walls 2e and 2f extending the side walls 2a, 2b.

In the furniture body 2 are not shown drawer guides the furniture drawer 3 on the side walls 2a, 2b and the inner walls 2e, 2f moved, for example, on known full extension. The furniture drawers 3 can be inserted or extended according to the double arrow P relative to the furniture body 2. The drawers 4 to 9 and 12 to 14 are each in the closed position, whereas the inner drawer 10 is approximately half or the outer drawer 11 is completely open relative to the furniture body 2.

The arrangement of the drawers facing the front of the furniture 1 according to FIG. 1 consists of three columns each with several drawers positioned one above the other. The left column, seen from the front, comprises between the side wall 2b and the inner wall 2f the similar drawers 4 to 7 and the middle gaps between the inner walls 2e and 2f the drawers 8 to 11 and the right column between the inner wall 2e and the side wall 2a Drawers 12 to 14.

For the driven movement in particular of each furniture push 4 to 14 relative to the furniture body 2 is a device, not shown, for example according to the in the WO 2006/029 894 A1 described device, provided for influencing the movement of the furniture drawers 3, wherein the driven movement takes place with a drive unit or a control unit for controlling movement of the furniture drawers 3. Also not shown are connecting lines or the like for supplying the device for influencing movement.

The drawers 4 to 6 are provided at their drawer fronts each with a handle element 15 to 17 and the drawer 7 with an unrecognizable further handle element to grab the drawer in question manually and in particular to be able to pull on the drawer. Therefore, it is basically possible that the drawers 4 to 7 are not driven by the drive unit but only manually operated are movable. It is also conceivable that the drawers 4 to 7 are driven by the drive unit and are manually movable in order, for example, to assist them with the drive unit in their manual movement by a person, in particular when opening.

The other drawers are in particular movable with the drive unit, it being conceivable that a driven movable drawer can also be moved manually, e.g. if an electrical supply is interrupted. The drive unit can be designed in many ways and can be connected to electrical means, e.g. work with the help of an electric motor or not electrically by mechanical means or work with a combination of these means. The opening and / or closing movement can be wholly or partially driven, e.g. when ejection means are provided for ejecting the movable furniture part from a closed position to an at least partially open position.

In the case of the furniture 1, the operating plane, which is formed in particular by the closed drawer fronts, is ideally located in one plane, but according to the invention also includes furniture whose operating sides or the front sides of the closed movable furniture parts lie in two or more different planes, for example in arrangements with over-positioned or opposite closed front sides. Arrangements with folding flaps or doors are also included, which are positioned one above the other, for example in an upper cabinet and a lower cabinet, wherein at least one folding flap or door can be moved upwards and another downwards. In such movements, an occurring Einklemmrisiko can be avoided.

The drawers 8 to 14 are provided at their front parts 8a to 14a without contour or without a handle element or other assistance for pulling on the respective furniture part. The drawers 4 to 14 may be with or without e.g. be provided in particular ejector or touch-latch functionality. The drawers 8 to 14 can be triggered, for example, by tapping on the front of a drawer or open or close.

In addition, the control unit may be designed so that for the inner drawers 9, 10 and the outer drawer 11, a collision in the driven movement of one of the drawers 9 to 11 can not take place. Provided that only driven movements of all drawers 4 to 14 are desired and, for example, a like in FIG. 1 shown state and the outer drawer 11 shown fully open should be driven to be closed, different possibilities for collision avoidance can be provided. For example, first the half-opened inner drawer 10 must be fully closed before the outer drawer 11 moves from the fully open to the fully closed position. This can be done so that is controlled at a closing command, for example, by a person for the outer drawer 11 from the system or the control unit that first moves the inner drawer 10 in the closed position and then the outer drawer 11 is completely closed in an uninterrupted movement.

When the outer drawer 11 is closed, it may also be possible for all of the associated inner drawers 9 and 10 to close in the open state simultaneously with the outer drawer 11, in such a way that no collision or risk of jamming occurs.

Movement states where a collision of two could occur simultaneously movable furniture parts are excluded by the control unit from the outset in particular by higher-level stored control mechanisms. In the example according to FIG. 1 are therefore simultaneously running opposite movements of the drawers 9 and 11 or 10 and 11 at least not possible such that the front part 11a collides with one of the front parts 9a and 10a.

It can also be deposited more complex votes of movements of the drawers 9, 10 and 11 in the control unit. For example, when the outer drawer 11 is open and the inner drawers 9 and 10 are closed. Now, the inner drawer is driven open and is still in motion, so it is not yet, for example. fully open. Meanwhile, an input command for closing the outer drawer 11. Now, a possible risk of collision or crushing would occur if the inner drawer 10 and the outer drawer 11 without control mechanism would move opposite to each other. To avoid this, different processes can be specified. For example: 1.) both drawers 10 and 11 stop and remain at rest before collision or crushing occurs; 2.) inner drawer 10 stops and returns to the closed position and the outer drawer moves driven to the closed position; 3.) outer drawer 11 stops and returns to the open position and the inner drawer 10 opens further. In the last possibility, the inner drawer 10 can stop briefly in the driven movement in the open position and then move in the same direction or at least braked continue to move or move without interruption or without braking driven.

For example, an intelligent solution can define a group of assigned drawers for each individual drawer can also be stored in the control unit. For example, for the outer drawer 11, for which, as explained above, control mechanisms for avoiding collisions with the drawers 9 and 10 are valid, the drawers 5, 6, 7, 8, 13 and 14 could be assigned.

In principle, the control unit can be designed so that movable furniture parts are taken into account by other fixed furniture carcasses in the association for a considered driven movable furniture part, including opposite or corner arranged furniture parts such as drawers, flaps or doors. Here too, superordinate control mechanisms are possibly valid in order to avoid collisions, that is to say that relative velocities for these furniture parts are not or only to be defined via limited permissible movement phases of the entire possible movement.

The embodiment according to FIG. 1 shows a furniture with several drawers. However, the invention also relates to other furniture with driven movable exterior and interior furniture parts, which may be formed, for example, as doors, flaps, tray drawer, wire baskets, pharmacy cabinets, bogies, carousels or the like.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Furniture

2

furniture body

2a

Side wall

2 B

Side wall

2c

top

2d

the bottom part

2e

inner wall

2f

inner wall

3

furniture drawer

4

drawer

5

drawer

6

drawer

7

drawer

8th

drawer

8a

front section

9

inner drawer

9a

front section

10

inner drawer

10a

front section

11

exterior drawer

11a

front section

12

drawer

12a

front section

13

drawer

13a

front section

14

drawer

14a

front section

15

handle element

16

handle element

17

handle element

Claims (12)

1. Method for configuring a device for influencing the movement of several displaceable furniture parts (3) which are driven in a displaceable manner by means of a drive unit with the aid of a control unit for controlling the movement of the displaceable furniture parts (3) in relation to a fixed furniture part (2), wherein a front part (11a) of a displaceable outer furniture part (11) at least partially covers the outside of a front part (9a, 10a) of a displaceable inner furniture part (9, 10) when the relevant furniture parts (9, 10, 11) are in the closed position at least in relation to the fixed furniture part (2), characterised in that in order to harmonise the displacement influence of the displaceable furniture parts (9, 10, 11) at least one inner furniture part (9, 10) is allocated to an associated outer furniture part (11) such that in an activated configuration mode the allocation of the at least one inner furniture part (9, 10) to the outer furniture part (11) occurs as a result of a sequence of opening and/or closing movements of the displaceable furniture parts (9, 10, 11) which are associated with each other.
2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the association is created by a sequence of initiation commands for the opening and/or closing movements of the movable furniture parts (9, 10, 11) that are associated with one another.
3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that after an opening movement for the outer furniture part (11) first an opening movement and then a closing movement for the inner furniture part (9, 10) is performed, and then a closing movement for the outer furniture part (11), wherein the movement influencing device is provided with information relating to the association of the movable furniture parts (9, 10,11).
4. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that after an opening movement for the outer furniture part (11), an opening movement and then a closing movement is performed for an inner furniture part of a plurality of inner furniture parts (910) and after this a corresponding procedure is followed for each further inner furniture part and then a closing movement is carried out for the outer furniture part (11), wherein the movement influencing device is provided with information relating to the association of the movable furniture parts (9, 10, 11).
5. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that when the configuration mode is activated, a plurality of respectively separate associations are created between at least one inner furniture part and an associated outer furniture part.
6. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the configuration mode is activated and/or deactivated via an externally applied input command.
7. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that for a successful association in the activated configuration mode after the initiation command for the opening and/or closing movement for a movable furniture part, subsequent movement is interrupted or alternatively can be carried out to the end.
8. Device for influencing the movement of several displaceable furniture parts (4 to 14) which are driven in a displaceable manner by means of a drive unit with the aid of a control unit for controlling the movement of the displaceable furniture parts (4 to 14) in relation to a fixed furniture part (2), wherein a front part (11a) of a displaceable outer furniture part (11) at least partially covers the outside of a front part (9a, 10a) of a displaceable inner furniture part (9, 10) when the relevant furniture parts (9, 10, 11) are in the closed position at least in relation to the fixed furniture part (2), a device by means of which one of the methods according to claims 1 to 7 can be carried out, characterised in that the control unit is configured such that in order to harmonise the displacement influence of the displaceable furniture parts in an activated configuration mode at least one inner furniture part (9, 10) is allocated to an associated outer furniture part (11) by a sequence of opening and/or closing movements of the displaceable furniture parts (9, 10, 11) which are associated with each other.
9. Device according to claim 8, characterised in that the control unit is designed such that the association can be defined by a sequence of initiation commands for opening and/or closing movements of the movable furniture parts (9, 10, 11) that are associated with one another.
10. Device according to any one of claims 8 or 9, characterised in that the control unit is designed to defined the association in that after an opening movement for the outer furniture part (11) an opening movement and then a closing movement for an inner furniture part (9, 10) is carried out first of all, followed by a closing movement for the outer furniture part (11).
11. Device according to any of claims 8 to 10, characterised in that the control unit is configured to determine the assignment in that after an opening movement for the outer furniture part (11) firstly an opening movement and then a closing movement is performed for an inner furniture part of a plurality of inner furniture parts (9, 10) and then the process is continued accordingly for each further inner furniture part and then a closing movement for the outer furniture part (11).
12. Piece of furniture (1) comprising a plurality of displaceable furniture parts (3) which can be driven by means of a drive unit with the aid of a control unit for controlling the movement of the displaceable furniture parts (3) in relation to a fixed furniture part (2), wherein a front part (11a) of a displaceable outer furniture part (11) at least partially covers the outside of a front part (9a, 10a) of a displaceable inner furniture part (9,10) when the relevant furniture parts (9, 10, 11) are in the closed position at least in relation to the fixed furniture part (2), characterised in that a device is provided according to any one of claims 8 to 11.

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