EP2740870B1 - Guide device for sliding and rotatable partition elements and functional unit - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a guide device for displaceable and rotatable partition elements and a functional unit with foldable partition elements which are connected to such a guide device.

For separating and locking functional units, rotatable and displaceable separating elements are often used, which can be rotated or folded to open the functional unit and sunk into a door compartment. The dividing elements no longer appear disruptive within the door compartment, which is why the functional unit can be accessed unhindered. After access to the functional unit, it can be locked again by pulling the dividing elements out of the door compartment and sliding or unfolding them along the front of the functional unit. Functional units can, for example, be cabinets in which material is stored. Furthermore, functional units can also be work areas, such as kitchens, which are to be locked after use in order to prevent further access to the functional unit or to present an aesthetically advantageous front instead of the work area.

Out EP2246509A1 a piece of furniture with a displacement device is known, by means of which a door rotatably held on a stop profile can be lowered from a position of use into a door compartment. The stop profile is held in a vertical position by a scissor cross, which has two hingedly connected scissor elements, when entering the door compartment and when extending. The stop profile is on the underside and the Top also connected to drives, which are guided along rails which run inside the door compartment.

Out EP2032791A1 a cabinet with a cabinet door is known which can be folded and slid into a door compartment. The cabinet door has a first door leaf which, on the one hand, is pivotably connected to a stop profile that can be retracted into the door compartment and, on the other hand, to a second door leaf. The second door leaf is guided by two guide devices which are rotatably attached above the upper and below the lower edge of the second door leaf and are displaceable along guide paths which extend along the front of the cabinet and into the door compartment. An intermediate panel is provided between the two door leaves and is connected to the first and second door leaves by means of hinges.

The arrangement of guide ways on the bottom and the top of the cabinet and of drives on the bottom and the top of the second door not only requires a corresponding amount of space, but also a special design of the cabinet. This device can therefore not be used universally and is limited to use in cabinets which are provided with said device parts on the underside and on the top.

The DE20108229U1 discloses a guide device for a folding sliding door, consisting of a guide carriage which is guided displaceably on a web part of a running rail and which surrounds the web part with rollers, a rear running roller located behind the web part in relation to the door being mounted on an arm pivotably connected to the guide carriage, which can be pivoted between its pivoted-out assembly position and a pivoted-in position of use.

The EP0433726A1 discloses a guide device for a folding sliding door with a guide drive, which is provided with support rollers on both sides, and with a running rail in the form of a downwardly open U-profile, at the lower ends of which mutually directed rail feet are provided on which the support rollers of the guide drive are supported .

The US5085262A discloses a guide device for a folding sliding door, with guide drives on each door element, which are provided with support rollers only on one side, and with a running rail in the form of a downwardly open U-profile, at the lower ends of which mutually directed rail feet are provided on which the support rollers the guide drives are supported.

The WO2007148366A1 discloses a cabinet having a door which is collapsible and slidable into a hidden position within a door receptacle of the cabinet.

The present invention is therefore based on the object of creating an improved guide device by means of which displaceable and rotatable separating elements can advantageously be held and operated.

Furthermore, an improved functional unit with foldable separating elements is to be created, which is equipped with the guide device according to the invention. The dividers should can be operated with one hand with minimal effort. The aim is to ensure that the process of folding the separating elements runs smoothly. Noises when operating the device and mechanical loads should be largely avoided.

By means of the guide device according to the invention, any functional units, such as cupboards and work areas, in particular kitchens, should advantageously be able to be closed off with one or more separating elements, in particular several separating elements that can be folded against one another.

The guide device according to the invention should not appear disruptive and should only take up little space. After opening the wall elements, preferably no elements of the running technique should be recognizable. It should be possible to dispense with panels by means of which device parts are usually covered.

Furthermore, the separating elements should be kept stable so that adjustments can be largely avoided. However, it should be possible to carry out necessary adjustments easily. This object is achieved with a guide device and with a functional unit provided with this guide device, which have the features specified in claims 1 and 10, respectively. Advantageous configurations of the invention, in particular an advantageously configured hinge, are specified in further claims.

The guide device comprises a guide carriage which can be displaced along a running rail and which can be rotatably connected to a first separating element.

According to the invention, the guide drive has a drive body with a drive head and a drive foot, which are connected to one another by a drive web. The drive head holds at least one carrying wheel and at least two guide wheels. The drive foot is rotatably connected to a first end piece of a hinge lever, the second end piece of which is rotatably held at the level or below the running rail by a hinge shaft which is arranged in a guide hinge which can be connected to a side wall of the first separating element.

The hinge lever is designed and connected to the drive foot in such a way that the guide hinge is held by the hinge lever on the first side or on the second side of the rail plate.

By means of the guide device according to the invention, a separating element, for example a sliding door made of wood or glass, can be held in a stable manner and moved along a running rail and rotated at the same time. In preferred embodiments, the separating element can be rotated by 180 ° so that it can be aligned with the front side or the rear side parallel to the running rail. The front side of the separating element can therefore be guided in one or the other direction along the running rail, the separating element executing the required rotation.

The guide device takes up little space and does not intervene in the space above the functional unit. The functional unit, for example a cabinet, can therefore be fitted precisely into a space provided for it, without additional space having to be made available for the guide device. The guide device can therefore be used in a conventional functional unit that can be installed in a room without restrictions.

In preferred embodiments it is provided that the at least one support wheel and the guide wheels are arranged on one side and the guide hinge and thus the separating element are arranged on the other side of the rail plate. Although the guide device is not arranged outside the functional unit, it can therefore be arranged in such a way that it does not appear disruptive inside the functional unit either. The assembly of covers can therefore be dispensed with.

The guide device according to the invention can advantageously be used in any functional units. If only one separating element is held by means of the guide device, this is preferably also guided on the underside. Guide drives are used, each of which preferably has two support rollers in order to keep the separating element in a vertical orientation. The functional unit can also have several separate separating elements which can be moved individually using guide devices according to the invention. After opening the separating elements, they can, for example, be moved side by side against one another and stacked on the edge of the rail in a space-saving stacking area.

The guide device according to the invention can be used particularly advantageously in a functional unit which has at least two articulated first and second separating elements which can be stored within a door compartment when the functional unit is opened. The guide device is attached to the side of the front of the leading first separating element and can move this along a first rail section of the running rail, which runs along the front side of the functional unit, and lead along a second rail section of the running rail, which runs inside the door compartment. During the displacement along the running rail, the hinge lever can rotate through 180 ° within the guide hinge, so that the separating element always follows the guide device and pushes it or is pulled by the guide device.

In further preferred refinements, the guide device is provided with a drive which drives, for example, a wheel of the guide carriage or a gearwheel which engages in a toothed belt which runs parallel to the running rail and is preferably held within the running rail. Drive devices of this type are for example from EP1552096A1 known. With the motorized guide device, both separating elements can be pulled into the door compartment or pushed out of the door compartment. As a result, the motorized guide device can unfold the two separating elements and then fold them back together. The two separating elements are preferably connected to one another by a hinge which holds the two separating elements in a symmetrical orientation. In other words, the two separating elements are always inclined to one another by the same amount. The dividing elements can therefore be equipped with a single drive device which extends the interconnected dividing elements from the door compartment, unfolds, folds them and moves them back into the door compartment.

In particular when heavy partition elements are used, motorized drives are preferably provided on both sides of the partition elements facing away from one another. The motorized guide drive connected to the first separating element can be used for unfolding and folding the separating elements can be used, while the motorized auxiliary drive connected to the second partition element can retract and extend the partition elements in the door compartment. Furthermore, the guide device according to the invention can also be used advantageously if the separating elements are not moved into a door compartment, but are only stacked in an end position or in an intermediate position along the running rail.

Functional units equipped with the guide device according to the invention can also advantageously only be operated by hand, since the running technique according to the invention only requires a small amount of force. The joint which connects the two separating elements to one another is preferably provided with a retaining bracket which is operated manually. The two separating elements can be pulled out of the door compartment by pulling on the bracket, after which the first separating element is continued along the first rail section of the running rail in that the handle is now pressed against the functional unit.

In preferred embodiments, the guide hinge comprises a hinge cup which is sunk into the front edge of the first separating element and which preferably has a cup recess through which the hinge lever can be rotated outward. This configuration ensures that the hinge lever can be rotated through 180 ° with respect to the hinge cup and thus also the held first separating element with respect to the running rail.

The use of a concealed hinge let into the separating element makes it possible to arrange the hinge shaft inside the separating element, which results in a space-saving solution. On the other hand, the use of a top hinge can be dispensed with if the hinge shaft is inside of the separator is held in another way. For example, a recess can be provided in the separating element, into which shaft bearings are inserted, by means of which the hinge shaft is held. Furthermore, the hinge shaft can also be held outside the separating element in order to be able to dispense with the use of a concealed hinge.

The hinge lever comprises, for example, a receiving sleeve which is held displaceably by the hinge shaft. In a preferred embodiment, parts of the hinge lever and parts of the hinge cup are provided which, after the hinge lever is completely screwed into the hinge cup, lie against one another without play. This can be achieved, for example, by appropriately shaping the hinge cup. For example, a recess is embossed in the hinge cup, which is used to accommodate the hinge lever in the end position without play. Alternatively, a pot insert that can be inserted into the hinge cup is provided with a recess into which the hinge lever can be rotated and within which the hinge lever is held free of play in the end position. In these preferred embodiments of the guide hinge, before the partition elements are unfolded, play is provided between the hinge lever and the hinge cup, which compensates for frictional resistances that can occur with minimal differences in the alignment of the partition elements. After unfolding, however, the dividing elements are held precisely and free of play, so that the dividing elements are aligned flush with the other elements of the functional unit, for example with the cover of the cabinet.

According to the invention, the hinge lever is connected to the drive body in such a way that it is vertically displaceable and / or rotatable. By moving the hinge lever vertically, the dividing elements can be lifted and aligned flush with the upper edge of the cabinet. By turning the hinge lever, on the other hand, the guide hinge can be pulled against the guide drive until the separating elements are in contact with the cabinet walls.

For this purpose, the carriage body or the carriage foot is preferably provided with a bolt chamber. The hinge lever is provided with a lever block which has a threaded hole into which the bolt shank of a mounting bolt is screwed, which is mounted in the bolt chamber aligned vertically or perpendicular to the running direction of the guide carriage.

The assembly bolt preferably comprises a bolt head mounted in a bearing seat of the bolt chamber and a cylindrical bolt base mounted in a receiving opening of the bolt chamber. The bolt foot protruding downward from the bolt chamber is preferably provided with a coupling element, for example a hexagonal opening, into which a tool can be inserted in order to rotate the assembly bolt and move the hinge lever to a desired height.

The rotatably mounted lever block can preferably be fixed in a desired rotational position within the bolt chamber by means of at least one adjusting screw, preferably two, for example, coaxially aligned adjusting screws. The at least one adjusting screw is arranged eccentrically to the axis of rotation of the mounting bolt, so that a lever results, by means of which the hinge lever can be rotated and fixed. In the selected position, the lever block is held firmly on both sides by the adjusting screw or screws.

The guide device is preferably guided in the running rail in such a way that after opening the functional unit, or the cabinet or the kitchen, no elements of the guide device and the running technology can be seen. In particular, it is provided that the at least one support wheel and the at least one guide wheel engage on the rear side in the running rail, which is designed asymmetrically and comprises a rail plate which is oriented towards the outside of the functional unit. The running rail comprises a rail foot and a rail head, which connect to the rear of the rail plate and are used to mount the support wheels and the guide wheels. The drive body is connected to the hinge lever in such a way that the hinge cup and thus the mounted first separating element are held in front of the front side of the rail plate. When opening the separating elements and after moving the separating elements, for example into the door compartment, only the front side of the rail plate is therefore visible, behind which the guide drive with the running wheel and the guide wheels is hidden. The running rail thus simultaneously serves as a closing element or panel, which is why a separate closing element and assembly means are not required for this. Overall, the result is a simple, compact and inexpensive construction of the device that takes up little space. The use of the running rail and the guide device according to the invention also results in a stable structure of the device which ensures that even heavier separating elements, in particular foldable separating elements connected to one another, are precisely held and guided. A guide on the underside of the separating elements can therefore be dispensed with. Alternatively, a simplified guide device or a closure device can be provided on the underside of the separating elements, which the Separating elements, for example, only hold and secure in the end position.

Fig. 1a-c

eine erfindungsgemässe Ausführungsform einer Führungsvorrichtung 1 mit einem in einer Laufschiene 4 geführten Führungslaufwerk 2, welches über einen Scharnierhebel 32 mit einem Führungsscharnier 3 verbunden ist, das peripher in die Seitenwand eines Trennelements 5A eingelassen ist, welches in drei verschiedenen Positionen gezeigt ist;

Fig. 2a

die Führungsvorrichtung 1 von Figur 1a mit der asymmetrischen Laufschiene 4, die eine Schienenplatte 41 mit einem Schienenkopf 43 und einem Schienenfuss 42 aufweist, in denen das Tragrad 26 und die Führungsräder 29 auf der einen Seite 412 der Schienenplatte 41 geführt sind, deren andere Seite 411 dem Trennelement 5A zugewandt ist;

Fig. 2b

die Führungsvorrichtung 1 von Figur 2a in einer Ausgestaltung, in der das Trennelement 5A sowie das Tragrad 26 und die Führungsräder 29 auf derselben Seite 411 der Schienenplatte 41 angeordnet sind;

Fig. 3a

die Führungsvorrichtung 1 von Figur 1a ohne Trennelement in räumlicher Darstellung;

Fig. 3b

die Führungsvorrichtung 1 von Figur 3a aus einem anderen Blickwinkel;

Fig. 4

die Führungsvorrichtung 1 von Figur 1a mit dem Führungslaufwerk 2 und dem Führungsscharnier 3 in einer Explosionsdarstellung;

Fig. 5

das Führungslaufwerk 2 von Figur 4 mit einem Laufwerkskörper 20, der einen Laufwerksfuss 22 mit einer Bolzenkammer 220 umfasst, aus der zwei koaxial zueinander verlaufende Justierschrauben 91, 92 und ein Montagebolzen 8 entnommen wurden, welche dem Justieren und dem Halten des Scharnierhebels 32 dienen;

Fig. 5a

der vom Montagebolzen 8 und den Justierschrauben 91, 92 gehaltene Scharnierhebel 32 in gerader Ausrichtung;

Fig. 5b

der vom Montagebolzen 8 und den Justierschrauben 91, 92 gehaltene Scharnierhebel 32 in geneigter Ausrichtung

Fig. 6a

das Führungsscharnier 3 von Figur 4 mit einem Scharniertopf 31, in dem eine Topfeinlage 36 gehalten ist, in die der von einer Scharnierwelle 35 gehaltene Scharnierhebel 32 eindrehbar ist;

Fig. 6b

die Topfeinlage 36 von Figur 6a, die eine sich nach innen verjüngende Einlageausnehmung 360 mit geneigten Seitenwänden 361 aufweist;

Fig. 6c

den von der Topfeinlage 36 gelösten Scharnierhebel 32, der entlang der Scharnierwelle 35 von Figur 6a vertikal verschiebbar ist;

Fig. 6d

den Scharnierhebel 32 beim Eindrehen in die Einlageausnehmung 360;

Fig. 6e

den in der Topfeinlage 36 spielfrei gehaltenen Scharnierhebel 32;

Fig. 7

eine Funktionseinheit bzw. ein Schrank 5 mit zwei gegeneinander faltbaren Trennelementen 5A, 5B, von denen das erste Trennelement 5A, wie in Figur 1a gezeigt, frontseitig von einer entlang einer Laufschiene 4 geführten Führungsvorrichtung 1 und das zweite Trennelement 5B rückseitig von einem Anschlagprofil 61 und einem Scherenkreuz 62 in vertikaler Ausrichtung gehalten ist;

Fig. 8

den Schrank 5 von Figur 7 von oben mit der Laufschiene 4, die sich entlang der Front des Schrankes 5 und weiter in ein Türfach 55 erstreckt, in das die beiden gegeneinander gefalteten Trennelemente 5A, 5B einführbar sind;

Fig. 9

einen Teil des Schranks 5 von Figur 8, ohne Trennelemente 5A, 5B und Seitenwände mit Blick auf das freigelegte Türfach 55, in das hinein die Laufschiene 4 verläuft und in dem eine untere und eine obere Hilfsschiene 40 angeordnet sind, entlang denen das von Hilfslaufwerken 63 geführte und vom Scherenkreuz 62 gehaltene (nicht gezeigt) Anschlagprofil 61 verschiebbar ist, welches mittels Scharnieren 30 mit dem zweiten Trennelement 5B verbindbar ist;

Fig. 10a

ausschnittsweise die beiden Trennelemente 5A, 5B, die mittels Scharnieren 30 und Gelenkwellen 73 miteinander verbunden sind, welche zudem ein Zwischenprofil 71 halten;

Fig. 10b

die beiden in Figur 10a gezeigten Scharniere 30 und die Gelenkwelle 73, die eine Klammer 72 hält, welche in das Zwischenprofil 71 eingreift, und

Fig. 10c

die beiden in Figur 10a gezeigten Scharniere 30 und die Gelenkwelle 73, die in eine Lagerhülse 720 eingreift, die in eine Klammer 72 einsetzbar ist, die keilförmig ausgestaltet und mittels eines Arretierelements 74 an Zwischenprofil 71 fixierbar ist.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to drawings. It shows:

Figures 1a-c

an embodiment according to the invention of a guide device 1 with a guide drive 2 guided in a running rail 4, which is connected via a hinge lever 32 to a guide hinge 3 which is embedded peripherally in the side wall of a separating element 5A, which is shown in three different positions;

Fig. 2a

the guide device 1 of Figure 1a with the asymmetrical running rail 4, which has a rail plate 41 with a rail head 43 and a rail foot 42, in which the support wheel 26 and the guide wheels 29 are guided on one side 412 of the rail plate 41, the other side 411 of which faces the separating element 5A;

Figure 2b

the guide device 1 of Figure 2a in an embodiment in which the separating element 5A and the carrying wheel 26 and the guide wheels 29 are arranged on the same side 411 of the rail plate 41;

Fig. 3a

the guide device 1 of Figure 1a without separating element in three-dimensional representation;

Figure 3b

the guide device 1 of Figure 3a from a different angle;

Fig. 4

the guide device 1 of Figure 1a with the guide drive 2 and the guide hinge 3 in an exploded view;

Fig. 5

the guide drive 2 of Figure 4 with a carriage body 20, which comprises a carriage foot 22 with a bolt chamber 220, from which two coaxially extending adjusting screws 91, 92 and a mounting bolt 8 were removed, which are used to adjust and hold the hinge lever 32;

Figure 5a

the hinge lever 32 held by the mounting bolt 8 and the adjusting screws 91, 92 in straight alignment;

Figure 5b

the hinge lever 32 held by the mounting bolt 8 and the adjusting screws 91, 92 in an inclined orientation

Figure 6a

the guide hinge 3 of Figure 4 with a hinge cup 31, in which a cup insert 36 is held, into which the hinge lever 32 held by a hinge shaft 35 can be rotated;

Figure 6b

the pot insert 36 of Figure 6a having an inwardly tapered insert recess 360 with sloping side walls 361;

Figure 6c

the hinge lever 32 released from the pot insert 36, which extends along the hinge shaft 35 of Figure 6a can be moved vertically;

Fig. 6d

the hinge lever 32 when screwed into the insert recess 360;

Figure 6e

the hinge lever 32 held free of play in the pot insert 36;

Fig. 7

a functional unit or a cabinet 5 with two separating elements 5A, 5B which can be folded against one another, of which the first separating element 5A, as in FIG Figure 1a shown, is held on the front side by a guide device 1 guided along a running rail 4 and the second separating element 5B on the rear side by a stop profile 61 and a scissors cross 62 in a vertical orientation;

Fig. 8

the cabinet 5 of Figure 7 from above with the running rail 4, which extends along the front of the cabinet 5 and further into a door compartment 55 into which the two dividing elements 5A, 5B, which are folded against one another, can be inserted;

Fig. 9

part of the cabinet 5 of Figure 8 , without partition elements 5A, 5B and side walls with a view of the exposed door compartment 55, into which the running rail 4 runs and in which a lower and an upper auxiliary rail 40 are arranged, along which the auxiliary drives 63 guided and held by the scissors cross 62 (not shown) stop profile 61 is displaceable, which can be connected to the second separating element 5B by means of hinges 30;

Figure 10a

a section of the two separating elements 5A, 5B, which are connected to one another by means of hinges 30 and cardan shafts 73, which also hold an intermediate profile 71;

Figure 10b

the two in Figure 10a hinges 30 shown and the articulated shaft 73, which holds a bracket 72 which engages in the intermediate profile 71, and

Figure 10c

the two in Figure 10a shown hinges 30 and the articulated shaft 73, which engages in a bearing sleeve 720, which can be inserted into a clamp 72, which is wedge-shaped and can be fixed to the intermediate profile 71 by means of a locking element 74.

The Figures 1a, 1b and 1c show an embodiment according to the invention of a guide device 1 which has a guide carriage 2 guided in a running rail 4 and a guide hinge 3 connected to a first separating element 5A.

The guide drive 2 has a drive body 20, which comprises a drive head 23 and a drive foot 22, which are connected to one another by a drive web 21. The drive head 23 is provided with a horizontally aligned wheel axle 260, which is used to hold a support wheel 26, and with two vertically aligned wheel axles 290, which are used to hold guide wheels 29A, 29B (see FIG Figure 3a ).

The asymmetrically configured running rail 4 has a vertically aligned rail plate 41 which connects a rail head 43 and a rail foot 42 to one another. A horizontally running running surface 420 is provided on the upper side of the rail foot 42, on which the carrying wheel 26 is supported. The two guide wheels 29A and 29B, which hold the guide carriage 2 in an alignment parallel to the running rail 4, are guided in the rail head 43, which forms a U-profile that is open downwards.

The guide drive 2 and the guide hinge 3 embedded in a side wall of the separating element 5A are connected to one another by a hinge lever 32 which is guided through below the running rail 4. The space above the separating element 5A and above the running rail 4 is therefore kept free, which is why the guide device 1 and the Running rail 4 can be used in any functional units without requiring additional space.

The separating element 5A can be moved along the running rail 4 and optionally rotated by up to 180 °. In Figure 1a the separating element 5A is aligned parallel to the running rail 4. In Figure 1b the separating element 5A is open or aligned perpendicular to the running rail 4. In Figure 1c the separating element 5A is again aligned parallel to the running rail 4, but opposite the position of Figure 1a rotated by 180 °.

Figure 1a shows that the guide hinge 3 has a hinge cup 31 which is embedded peripherally in a side wall of the separating element 5A and which has an outwardly exposed cup recess 312 against the front face into which the hinge lever 32 can be rotated, as shown in FIG Figure 1c is shown.

Figure 1b shows that after opening and moving the separating element 5A, only the front side 411 of the rail plate 41 of the running rail 4 is visible, which at the same time serves as a cover panel. A separate panel and corresponding assembly devices are not required. The carrying wheel 26 and the two guide wheels 29 as well as the functional parts of the rail head 43 and the rail foot 42 are covered in an aesthetically advantageous manner by the rail plate 41 and are located within the functional unit. After the partition element 5A has been moved into a door compartment, for example, only the rail plate 41 is therefore visible, which does not appear disruptive and can also be provided with a design if the user wishes.

The Figures 2a , 3a , 3b , 4th and 5 show the guide device 1 of Figure 1a in different representations. Figure 2a shows the guide device 1 from the side. It is shown that the drive foot 22 has a bolt chamber 220 in which a mounting bolt 8 is mounted. A hinge shaft 35 is mounted in bores 311 in the hinge cup 31. The hinge lever 32 is rotatably held on the one hand in the bolt chamber 220 by the mounting bolt 8 and on the other hand in the hinge cup 31 by the hinge shaft 35. The distance a or a * between the longitudinal axes x8, x35 of the mounting bolt 8 and the hinge shaft 35 can be adjusted by rotating the hinge lever 32, which is shown below with reference to FIG Figures 5a and 5b will be shown. The hinge lever 32 can then be fixed in a desired position using adjusting screws 91, 92, which can be screwed into threaded bores 2291, 2292 in the bolt chamber 220 (see FIG Figure 4 ).

The rail head 43 of the running rail 4 thus has a downwardly open guide channel for the guide wheels 29A. If further stabilization of the guide carriage 2 is desired, the rail foot 42 is preferably also provided with a guide channel which can accommodate two further guide wheels. For example, a downwardly open U-profile is provided, on the upper side of which the running surface for the carrying wheel 26 runs. The guide device 1 according to the invention can thus interact with differently configured running rails 4, wherein Figure 2a shows a particularly compact running rail 4.

Figure 2b FIG. 1 shows the guide device 1 from FIG Figure 2a in an embodiment in which the separating element 5A as well as the carrying wheel 26 and the guide wheels 29 are arranged on the same side 411 of the rail plate 41.

The Figures 3a and 3b show the guide device 1 of Figures 1a and 1b without separator. The bolt chamber 220 with the assembly bolt 8 inserted therein is shown from two sides.

Figure 4 FIG. 1 shows the guide device 1 from FIG Figure 1a with the guide drive 2 and the guide hinge 3 in an exploded view. The assembly bolt 8, which has a bolt head 81, a bolt shank 82 provided with a thread and a cylindrical bolt base 83, was removed from the bolt chamber 220.

In Figure 5 it is shown that the bolt chamber 220 at the top has a bearing seat 2281 with a front-side recess 22810, a front-side chamber opening 2201 and at the bottom a chamber bottom 2202 with a receiving opening 2283. The assembly bolt 8 can be inserted into the bolt chamber 220 through the chamber opening 2201 and through the recess 22810 in the bearing seat 2281 in such a way that the bolt base 83 enters the receiving opening 2283 and the bolt head 81 enters the bearing seat 2281. The bolt shank 82 serving to hold the hinge lever 32 is exposed in the bolt chamber 220 and can be rotated by means of a tool which can be coupled to the bolt foot 83 protruding from the bolt chamber 220. With the hanging of the hinge lever 32 held by the assembly bolt 8 in the bolt chamber 220, an unhooking safeguard results at the same time. In other words, the separating element 5A connected to the guide hinge 3 can no longer detach itself from the guide drive 2. The separating element 5A can thus be temporarily suspended in the guide carriage 2 and then conveniently adjusted.

In Figure 4 the hinge lever 32 is also shown in isolation, the one receiving sleeve 322 and one lever block 323 which are connected to one another by an L-shaped lever plate 321. The receiving sleeve 332 has a cylindrical opening 3221 into which the hinge shaft 35 can be inserted. The lever block 323 has a threaded bore 3231 into which the bolt shank 82 of the assembly bolt 8 can be screwed. When the assembly bolt 8 is rotated, the lever block 323 held within the bolt chamber 220 and thus the separating element 5A held by the hinge lever 32 migrates upwards or downwards. The height of the partition member 5A can therefore be adjusted. It is also shown that the opposing side walls of the bolt chamber 220 are provided with coaxially aligned threaded bores 2291, 2292, into which threaded pins or adjusting screws 91, 92 can be screwed. So that the adjusting screws 91, 92 can be grasped by means of a tool, they are provided with a coupling element 911, namely a hexagonal opening.

In Figure 4 it is also shown that a pot insert 36 can be inserted into the hinge pot 31, the function of which is with reference to the Figures 6a-6e will be described below.

Figure 5 shows the bolt chamber 220 with the adjusting screws 91, 92 from a different perspective. It can be seen that the assembly bolt 8 with the lever block 323 of the hinge lever 32 connected to it can be inserted into the bolt chamber 220 from the front. The chamber opening 2201 provided at the front is designed in such a way that the hinge lever 32 held by the mounting bolt 8 can be deflected to the left and to the right at the front.

Figure 5a shows the hinge lever 32 held by the mounting bolt 8 and the adjusting screws 91, 92 in a straight line. Figure 5b shows the hinge lever 32 held by the mounting bolt 8 and the adjusting screws 91, 92 in an inclined orientation. It is it can be seen that the longitudinal axis x8 of the mounting bolt 8 and the longitudinal axis x9 of the adjusting screws 91, 92 are spaced apart from one another by the lever distance h. The hinge lever 32 can be rotated by turning the adjusting screws 91, 92, as a result of which the distance a between a straight line, which runs parallel to the running rail 4 and intersects the longitudinal axis x8 of the mounting bolt 8, and the receiving sleeve 322 changes. A clockwise rotation of the hinge lever 32 results in a smaller distance a * and a counterclockwise rotation of the hinge lever 32 results in a greater distance a *. Overall, an adjustment range r is achieved which allows the distance between the separating element 5A and the running rail 4 to be set appropriately. The lever block 321 can be fixed in the selected position by tightening the two adjusting screws 91, 92.

Figure 6a shows the guide hinge 3 of Figure 4 with the hinge cup 31 into which the cup insert 36 is inserted. The hinge cup 36, made for example of plastic, has an inwardly tapering insert recess 360 with inclined side walls 361, as shown in FIG Figure 6b is shown. The hinge lever 32 adapted to the insert recess 360 can therefore be screwed into the hinge cup 31 or into the insert recess 360 in the cup insert 36 until it is held free of play by the side walls 361 in the end position. The inwardly inclined side walls 361 serve as ramps which grasp and center the hinge lever 32 during the rotation into the end position. The rotation of the separating element 5A held by the hinge lever 32 into the end position therefore takes place in a sliding manner without obstacles.

In the in the Figures 6a and 6c The position of the hinge lever 32 shown here is detached from the pot insert 36 and held only by the hinge shaft 35 and can therefore be displaced up or down along the hinge shaft 35. During the rotation of the separating element 5A or the in Figure 8 As shown in the folding process of two articulated separating elements 5A, 5B, the hinge levers 32 are released from the pot insert 36, which is why the hinge levers 32 have mechanical play and can be moved to compensate for any misalignments that may occur under load or after prolonged use . The guide device 1 according to the invention therefore always ensures optimal running properties.

Figure 6d shows the hinge lever 32 being screwed into the recess 360 in the pot insert 36. Figure 6e shows the hinge lever 32 held free of play in the pot insert 36 in the end position.

The guide device 1 according to the invention can advantageously be used in various functional units, in particular also conventional and standardized functional units. In particular, the guide device according to the invention can be used in building parts, such as kitchens or cupboards, which can be closed by separating elements which can be folded against one another and which, after opening and against one another, can be moved into a door compartment.

The Figures 7 and 8th show a cabinet 5 with side walls 5C, 5D, a cover plate 5E and with a first and a second partition element 5A, 5B, which are connected to one another by hinges 70 and can be folded against one another and moved into a door compartment 55. The leading first separating element 5A is held at the front by a guide device 1 according to the invention and along a running rail 4 moveable, like this in Figure 1a is shown. The two separating elements 5A, 5B are provided on the mutually facing sides with hinges 30, the hinge levers 320 of which are each articulated to one another by an articulated shaft 73, as shown in FIG Figures 10a and 10b is shown. Two hinges 30 each and the articulated shaft 73 connected to the hinge levers 120 form one of the joints 70.

The second separating element 5B is connected on the other side with hinges 30 which are fastened to a stop profile 61, which is held in a vertical orientation by a scissor cross 62 and, in this preferred embodiment, can be moved within the door compartment 55 by means of auxiliary drives 63.

Figure 8 shows the cabinet 5 of Figure 7 from above with the running rail 4, which extends with a first rail section 45 along the front of the cabinet 5 and further with a second rail section 455 into the door compartment 55, into which the two mutually folded dividing elements 5A, 5B can be inserted. The door compartment 55, which is laterally bounded by the cabinet wall 5D and an outer wall 5F, is dimensioned such that the two separating elements 5A, 5B can be accommodated. The one-piece or composite running rail 4 thus extends practically without interruption or transition area from a first end position to a second end position of the guide device 1. The guide hinge 3 allows the first separating element 5A to be rotated by 180 ° relative to the guide drive 2, so that the Guide drive 2 can run ahead when closing and opening the separating elements 5A, 5B.

It was already mentioned at the beginning that the guide carriage 2 can be provided with a drive unit A1 in preferred configurations. For this purpose, the two separating elements 5A, 5B connected to one another by a hinge 70 which holds the two separating elements in symmetrical alignment. In a further embodiment, the two sides of the separating elements 5A, 5B facing away from one another are connected with motorized drives. The motorized guide drive 2 connected to the first partition element 5A can be used to unfold and fold the partition elements 5A, 5B, while the motorized auxiliary drive 63 connected to the second partition element 5B can retract and extend the partition elements 5A, 5B into the door compartment 55. In the case of corresponding applications, it can also be provided that the guide carriage 2 and the auxiliary carriage 63 are first moved against one another and then with one another along the running rail 4, for example into a parking space or stacking room. A control unit C is provided to control the drive unit A1 or the drive units A1 and A2.

Figure 9 FIG. 10 shows part of the cabinet 5 of FIG Figure 8 , without separating elements 5A, 5B and without side walls with a view of the exposed door compartment 55, into which the running rail 4 runs and in which a lower (not shown) and an upper auxiliary rail 40 are arranged, along which the stop profile 61 guided by auxiliary drives 63 is movable. The stop profile 61 is preferably held in a vertical orientation by a scissors cross 62. However, other devices are also known by means of which the stop profile can be held in a vertical orientation.

Figure 10a shows a detail of the two separating elements 5A, 5B, which are connected to one another by means of hinges 30 and articulated shafts 73. The Figures 10a and 10b show that the hinge levers 320 of the hinges 30 are provided with hinge sleeves that are coaxially aligned and of a PTO shaft 73 are pierced. Brackets 72 are held by the articulated shafts 73 and engage in an intermediate profile 71 which covers the free space between the two separating elements 5A and 5B.

Figure 10c shows the two hinges 30 and the articulated shaft 73 of Figure 10a . Furthermore, a wedge-shaped clamp 72 is shown, which engages positively in the intermediate profile 71 and is held displaceably therein and can be locked by means of a bridge-shaped locking element 74. The wedge-shaped bracket 72 has an axially running bore 721 into which a bearing sleeve 720 can be inserted, which serves to accommodate the articulated shaft 73. The wedge-shaped clamp 72 also has a threaded bore 722 which is used to receive a locking screw 741, by means of which the wedge-shaped clamp 72 can be tightened against the locking element 74 supported on the intermediate profile 71, whereby the wedge-shaped clamp 72 is also non-positively connected to the intermediate profile 71 and is no longer axially displaceable.

In this way, the intermediate profile 71 is positively connected to the articulated shaft 73 and thus to the hinges 30. The intermediate profile 71 can therefore be accessed to move the separating elements 5A, 5B. For this purpose, it can preferably be connected to a holding element 700, as shown in FIG Figure 8 is shown. The intermediate profile 71 is subsequently held firmly by the hinges 30 even when the forces are exerted to a considerable extent.

If no electrical drive is provided, the two separating elements 5A, 5b can therefore be pulled out of the door compartment 55 by means of the holding element 700, unfolded, folded up again and pushed back into the door compartment 55.

List of reference symbols:

1

Guide device

2

Lead drive

20th

Drive body

21st

web

22nd

Drive foot

220

Bolt chamber

2201

Chamber opening (front)

2202

Chamber bottom

2281

Bearing seat

22810

Recess in the bearing seat (front)

2283

Receiving opening

2291, 2292

Threaded holes

23

Drive head

26th

Carrying wheel

260

Wheel axle for the carrying wheel 26

29, 29A

upper guide wheels

29U

lower guide wheels

290

Wheel axles for the guide wheels 29

3

Guide hinge

30th

Hinges

31

Hinge pot

311

Hinge hole

312

Pot recess

32, 320

Hinge lever

321

Lever plate

322

Receiving sleeve

3221

Sleeve bore

323

Lever block

3231

Block hole

35

Hinge shaft

36

Pot insert

360

Insert recess

361

inclined side walls of the insert recess 360

4, 4 '

Running track

40

Auxiliary rail

400

Adapter plate

41

Mounting bracket

411

Front of the mounting plate 41

412

Rear of the rail plate 41

42

Rail base

420

Tread

421

Foot canal

43

Rail head

45

first rail section

455

second rail section inside the door compartment

5

Functional unit, cabinet

5A

first separator

5B

second separator

5c, 5d

Wall units

5E

Headstock

5F

Door shelf wall

55

Door compartment

61

Stop profile

62

Scissor cross

63

Auxiliary drives

70

joint

700

Retaining element

71

Intermediate profile

72

Bracket

720

Bearing sleeve

721, 722

Holes in the wedge-shaped bracket 72

73

PTO shaft

74

Locking element

741

Locking screw

8th

Mounting bolts

81

Bolt head

82

Bolt shank

83

Bolt base

831

Coupling element

91, 92

Adjusting screws

911

Coupling element

A1, A2

Drive units for the lead drive and the auxiliary drive

C.

Control unit for controlling the drive units A1, A2

Claims (14)

1. Guiding device (1) with a running rail (4) and a guide carriage (2) that is displaceable along the running rail (4) and is rotatably connectable to a first separation element (5A), and that comprises a carriage body (20) with a carriage head (23) and a carriage foot (22) that are connected with one another by a carriage beam (21), whereby the carriage head (23) holds at least one support wheel (26) and at least two guide wheels (29) and the carriage foot (22) is connected torque proof with a first end piece (323) of a hinge lever (32), whose second end piece (321) is rotatably held by a hinge shaft (35) at the level or below the running rail (4), which hinge shaft (35) is arranged in a guide hinge (3), which is attachable laterally at the front side of the first separation element (5A), characterized in that the carriage foot (22) comprises a bolt chamber (220), that is provided on the upper side with a bearing seat (2281) having a front sided recess (22810), with a front sided chamber opening (2201) and at the lower side with a chamber base (2202) having a receiving opening (2283) and that the first end piece of the hinge lever (32) comprises a lever block (323) with a threaded bore (3231) provided therein, in which a bolt shaft (82) of a mounting bolt (8) is pivotally held, which mounting bolt (8) is insertable through the chamber opening (2201) into the bolt chamber (220) and is held pivotally and adjustable in the bearing seat (2281) and is secured against automatic disconnection.
2. Guiding device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide hinge (3) comprises a hinge cup (31) that is mountable on the front sided edge of the first separation element (5A) and that is provided with a cup recess (312), through which the hinge lever (32) is turnable to the outside.
3. Guiding device (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that a the hinge lever (32) can be turnable by at least 180° relative to the hinge cup (31) that is recessed into the backside of the first separation element (5A), so that the first separation element (5A) can be aligned in parallel to the running rail (4) either with its front side or its backside facing the running rail (4).
4. Guiding device (1) according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the second end piece of the hinge lever (32) comprises a holding sleeve (322) that is held slidably by the hinge shaft (35), and that parts of the hinge lever (32) and parts of the hinge cup (31) or parts (361) of a cup insert (36) arranged in the hinge cup (31) are provided, which, when the hinge lever (32) is fully turned into the hinge cup (31), are seated near one another without play.
5. Guiding device (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the cup insert (36) comprises an insert recess (360) that is adjoining the cup recess (312) and that preferably comprises inclined sidewalls (361) that serve as receiving ramps for the hinge lever (32) and that hold the hinge lever (32) without play in the terminal position.
6. Guiding device (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the mounting bolt (8) comprises a bolt head (81) seated in the bearing seat (2281) of the bolt chamber (220) and a cylindrical bolt foot (83) that is pivotally held in the base opening (2283) of the bolt chamber (220) and that exhibits a coupling element (831) that is coupleable with a tool.
7. Guiding device (1) according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the lever block (323) is turnable within the bolt chamber (220) around the longitudinal axis (x8) of the mounting bolt (8) and is lockable in a selected angular position by at least one adjusting screw (91, 92), whose longitudinal axis (x9) is shifted and turned relative to the longitudinal axis (x8) of the mounting bolt (8).
8. Guiding device (1) according to one of the claims 1 - 7, characterized in that the running rail (4) comprises a rail foot (42) and a rail head (43), which adjoin the backside (412) of a rail plate (41), and that the support wheel (26) is seated on the horizontally aligned rail foot (42), and that the guide wheels (29A, 29B) are guided in the rail head (43), and that the carriage body (20) is holding the hinge lever (32) in such a way that the hinge lever (32) holds the guide hinge (3) on the front side (411) or the backside (412) of the rail plate (41).
9. Guiding device (1) according to one of the claims 1 - 8, characterized in that the running rail (4) comprises a first rail section (45) and a second rail section (455) that is inclined or aligned perpendicularly to the first rail section (45), and wherein the guide carriage (2) is always leading in front of the first separation element (5A) within the first rail section (45) and within the second rail section (455) in the direction towards the two ends of the running rail (4).
10. Functional entity (5) with a guiding device (1) according to one of the claims 1 - 9, comprising at least two first and second separation elements (5A, 5B) that are pivotally connected with one another, and of which the first separation element (5A) is connected on the front side with a guide carriage (2), which is displaceable along a running rail (4) having a first rail section (45) aligned in parallel to the front side of the functional entity (5) and having a second rail section (455) extending within a door compartment (55) into which the two separation elements (5A, 5B) are displaceable.
11. Functional entity (5) according to claim 10, characterized in that the second separation element (5B) is held by a mounting bracket (61), which along at least one auxiliary rail (40) and/or held vertically aligned by a scissor assembly (62) is displaceable into the door compartment (55) and that the running rail (4) is connected to a cover plate (5D) of the functional entity (5).
12. Functional entity (5) according to claim 11, characterized in that the two separation elements (5A, 5B) at the sides facing one another are provided with hinges (30), whose hinge levers (320) are connected by a joint shaft (73).
13. Functional entity (5) according to claim 12, characterized in that at least one clamp (72) is positively or non-positively connected to the joint shaft (73), which positively engages in an intermediate bracket (71), which is preferably provided with a retaining element (700).
14. Functional entity (5) according to one of the claims 10-13 in the embodiment of a wardrobe or a building unit, such as a kitchen, which building unit comprises a door compartment (55).

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