EP1717166B1 - Cupboard unit with a supporting structure for the receipt of receptacles - Google Patents

Abstract

The cabinet (10) has a holding fixture (6) that has a lever mechanism for setting the holding fixture in preferred position when the door (5) of the cabinet is opened to ensure easy access to the container placed on the holding fixture. The holding fixture includes guide rollers (18,19) that move along guide rails (20,21) fastened to the cabinet. The holding fixture also includes upper and lower frames (11,12) that are connected together by connecting rods (13,14) and transverse bars (15,16).

Description

The present invention relates according to the preamble of independent claim 1 on a cabinet element with a holding device for receiving containers, in particular rubbish container, which cabinet element is closed by a door, and which mounting device is equipped with a lever mechanism, by means of which when opening the door the holding device can be brought from a rear, fully housed in the cabinet element position in a preferred position and the accommodated in the holder device containers are accessible. Such a cabinet element is for example from the DE-C-33 04 159 known.

Cabinet elements with a holding device for receiving in particular rubbish containers are known per se. In this case, one solution is that this mounting device is arranged in a drawer-shaped drawer, in which this extract must be pulled out so far together with the front cover until the openings of the garbage containers are fully accessible.

There are also known devices in which, for example, for reasons of space, the drawer-shaped extracts can not be used. Here, the door is mounted as a side swing-door, the support means may then for example consist of a movable carriage, which is extended when the door is opened, so that the openings of these containers are also accessible. Here, the extension path is very large.

Furthermore, brackets are also known, which are attached directly to the door and in which the refuse container is inserted and which pivot when swinging the door. In particular, in this embodiment, the movement of the holding device with container inserted therein, especially when it is filled and has a large weight, not optimal.

Furthermore, systems are known which tilt when opening the door about a front axis of rotation, which is mounted on the container to the front. However, the accessibility to the opening of this container is affected by the existing lid.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet element with a support device for receiving in particular rubbish containers, in which make the access to the openings of these containers when pivoting the door is achieved by an optimal movement, and in which the applied force For this process, even in heavily loaded containers is practically no bigger.

According to the invention, the solution of this object is achieved in that the mounting device is laterally equipped with two spaced apart guide elements, of which the first guide element along a first guideway is movable, while the second guide element along a first guideway inclined second guideway is movable, which two guideways attached to the cabinet element.

By this configuration it is achieved that the mounting device at the same time tends to forward in the ancestor against the opening of the cabinet element, thereby smaller travel paths are required, which improves the usability and accessibility.

Advantageously, the mounting device is formed of an upper frame and a lower frame, which two frames are arranged one above the other via brackets are connected to each other, the transverse webs also form the bottom support for the insertable container. As a result, a simple construction of this mounting device is achieved.

A further advantageous embodiment of the invention is that the first guide element consists of a roller which is arranged in the central region of the side part of the lower frame and that the second Guide means consists of a roller which is arranged in the rear region of the side part of the lower frame. With this configuration, an optimal guidance is achieved, which is smooth.

Advantageously, the guideways are formed from a substantially triangular plate, on each of which an angled portion is attached along two sides, which angled regions form the respective guideway, which two guideways are arranged at an angle to one another. This results in a simple production of these guideways.

Advantageously, an additional guide piece is inserted between the guideways, which is aligned parallel to the second guideway, whereby the second guide means is guided between the second guideway and the guide piece. This results in an exact guidance of this guide means, whereby the tilting movement of the mounting device is ensured.

Advantageously, the two triangular plates are each attached to the legs of two brackets, wherein the cross braces of these brackets are fastened to the bottom of the cabinet element. By this construction, the support device can be factory-assembled, the attachment and attachment of this support device in the cabinet element is thereby very simple.

On a mounted on the cross member of a bracket vertical axle piece a control cam of the lever mechanism is pivotally mounted, on which at the pivot point remote from one end of a coupling rod is articulated, the other end is coupled to the door. This control cam can thus be pivoted by opening and closing the door.

The control cam is advantageously formed from a plate in which a curved track is mounted in the form of a slot. In this slot projects into one end of a bolt, the other end is attached to a web of the support device. About this configuration tion, the mounting device can be moved from a rear position to a front position, while at the same time tilting is achieved via the guide tracks.

Advantageously, the curved path has a first region, which has a constant distance to the pivot point of the control curve, and which opens into a further region, which extends radially towards the pivot point. With this embodiment of the trajectory can be achieved that in a first pivoting range of the door attached to the mounting device bolt is stationary and is only moved when the door is opened wide enough, and so space is created for the ancestor and tilting the mounting device.

• Fig. 1 in räumlicher Darstellung die erfindungsgemässe Halterungsvorrichtung, eingesetzt in einem Schrankelement, in ausgefahrener und ausgekippter Position;
• Fig. 2 in räumlicher Darstellung die erfindungsgemässe Halterungsvorrichtung im Schrankelement bei leicht geöffneter Türe, wobei die Behälter weggelassen sind;
• Fig. 3 in schematischer Darstellung eine seitliche Ansicht auf die Halterungsvorrichtung bei geschlossener Tür und in der hinteren Position;
• Fig. 4 in schematischer Darstellung einer Seitenansicht auf die Halterungsvorrichtung bei voll geöffneter Tür, wobei die Halterungsvorrichtung voll ausgefahren und ausgekippt ist;
• Fig. 5 bis Fig. 9 in schematischer Darstellung eine Draufsicht auf die Steuerkurve in mehreren Öffnungspositionen der Türe.

An embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detail by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows

• Figure 1 in a three-dimensional view of the inventive holding device, used in a cabinet element, in the extended and dumped position.
• Fig. 2 in a spatial representation of the inventive holding device in the cabinet element with slightly open door, the containers are omitted;
• Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of a side view of the mounting device with the door closed and in the rear position;
• 4 is a schematic representation of a side view of the mounting device with the door fully open, wherein the mounting device is fully extended and dumped;
• Fig. 5 to Fig. 9 in schematic representation a plan view of the control cam in a plurality of opening positions of the door.

Fig. 1 shows a simplified representation of a cabinet element 1, in which for reasons of clarity, the upper part with the cover and the front side wall are omitted. This cabinet element consists of a bottom 2, a rear wall 3, side walls, of which only the rear side wall 4 is shown and a pivotable about a vertical axis door 5. In this cabinet element 1 is a mounting device 6, in which refuse containers 7, 8 are used , As can be seen from this illustration, the holder device 6 is with the door open 5 in a position extended towards the door, wherein it is additionally tilted against the door, whereby the openings 9 and 10 of the refuse containers 7 and 8 are optimally accessible.

In Fig. 2, the holding device 6 is shown without the used refuse containers 7 and 8. The door 5 is in an almost closed state, the mounting device 6 is thus in the retracted position, in untilted position.

The mounting device 6 is composed of an upper closed frame 11 and a corresponding lower closed frame 12. These two frames 11 and 12 are arranged one above the other and connected to each other via two brackets 13 and 14. The transverse webs 15 and 16 of these brackets 13 and 14 form the ground support for the usable waste container 7 (Fig. 1).

In the central region of the side part 17 of the lower frame 12, a roller 18 is mounted. In the rear region of the side part 17, a further roller 19 is attached. On the opposite side of the lower frame 12 rollers are mounted on the corresponding side part in an identical manner, which are not visible in Fig. 2. These rollers 18 and 19 form the guide elements which are movable along a first guide track 20 and a first guide track 20 inclined second guide track 21, as will be described later in detail. The two guideways 20 and 21 are each mounted in a triangular plate 22, as will be described in detail later. These two triangular plates 22 are respectively attached to the legs 23 of two brackets 24, wherein the cross braces 25 of these brackets 24 are secured to the bottom 2 of the cabinet element 1.

On the transverse strut 25 of the front bracket 24, a vertical axle 26 is attached to which a control cam 27 is pivotally mounted. At the remote from the pivot point formed by the vertical axis 26 portion of the control cam 27 which is hinged one end of a coupling rod 28, the other end is coupled to the door 5. By opening and closing the door 5, this control cam 27 is pivoted about the coupling rod 28, on this pivotable cam 27, the support device 6 along the guideways 20 and 21 is moved, as will be described in detail below.

From Fig. 3, the two brackets 24 can be seen, on which the triangular plates 22 are held, which contain the first guide track 20 and the second guide track 21. These two guideways 20 and 21 are formed by bends of the triangular plate 22, which are respectively mounted along two sides of this triangle. By this arrangement, the second guide track 21 is inclined relative to the first guide track 20, these two guide tracks thus include an angle which opens against the door 5 out.

The attached in the central region of the side part 17 of the lower frame 12 roller 18 is supported on the first guide track 20 from. The attached in the rear region of the side part 17 of the lower frame 12 roller 18 is supported on the second guide track 21 from. Between the two guide tracks 20 and 21, an additional guide piece 29 is used, which serves to ensure that the roller 19 runs along the second guide track 21. The roller 19 is thus guided between this additional guide piece 29 and the second guide track 21.

Approximately in the center of the lower frame 12, a headband 30 is attached to which a bolt 31 is attached. The headband 30 facing away from the end of the pin 31 projects into the control region of the cam 27th in, when moving this control cam 27 thus the support device 6 is also moved, as will be described below.

In the state shown in FIG. 3, the door 5 of the cabinet element 1 is closed. The holding device 6 is in the retracted position, this means that the roller 19 is in the rear region of the second guide track 21 and the additional guide piece 29, the roller 18 is also located in a rear region of the first guide track 20th

The opening of the door 5, as shown in Fig. 4, causes the bolt 31 is pulled over the cam 27 against the door side. About this bolt 31, the mounting device 6 moves against the door. In this case follows the roller 18 of the first guide track 20, the roller 19 is initially guided between the additional guide piece 29 and the second guide track 21 and then follows the guide track 21. Due to the mutually inclined arrangement of the guide tracks 20 and 21 in addition to the displacement of the holding device. 6 towards the door 5 towards a tilting this mounting device 6 also reached against the door. This results in a superimposed movement of the holding device 6 of the process and tilting, whereby the openings of the refuse containers are optimally accessible. The travel can be kept small here, by the superposition of tilting still good accessibility to the refuse containers is achieved.

As is apparent from FIGS. 5 to 9, the cam 27 consists of a plate 32, in which a curved track in the form of a slot 33 is mounted. The plate 32 is in this case pivotable about the vertical axle piece 26. On the plate 32, the coupling rod 28 is articulated, which in turn is hinged to a fixed to the door 5 tab 34. In the slot 33 projects into the bolt 31, which, as already mentioned, is attached to the mounting device 6.

The cam track forming slot 33 has a first portion 35 which is at a constant distance from the vertical axis piece 26th having formed pivot point of the control cam 27. This first region 35 of the curved path 33 opens into a further region 36, which extends radially against the pivot point 26 of the control cam 27.

In Fig. 5, the door 5 is closed, the control cam 27 is in a position such that the bolt 31 is located in the first region 35 of the cam track 33. The mounting device 6 is in the retracted rear position.

During a first opening region of the door 5, as shown in Fig. 6, initially effected, effected by the arrangement of the coupling rod 28 and the tab 34, a pivoting of the control cam 27 in the clockwise direction about the vertical axle piece 26. The bolt 31 is located Here, in the first region 35 of the cam track 33, this means that the pin 31 and thus the mounting device 6 is not moved. A movement of the support device 6 in the slightly open state of the door 5 must not be done because the door opening is not yet released and thus there would be a collision.

Upon further opening of the door 5, as shown in Fig. 7, carried by the arrangement of the tab 34 on the door 5 and the coupling rod 28, a reversal of the pivotal movement of the control cam 27 about the vertical axle piece 26. The control cam thus moves counter clockwise. Even during this phase, the bolt 31 is still in the first region 35, that is, the bolt 31 and thus the mounting device 6 are not yet moved. Only when the door 5 has reached an opening angle of about 70 °, as can be seen in Fig. 7, the bolt 31 passes from the first portion 35 of the cam 33 in the wider area 36. From this point, the displacement of the bolt 31 and begins Thus, the mounting device 6 against the now released through the door 5 door opening, with the method of the holder device 6 against the door opening out also takes place the additional tilting, as has been previously described.

When closing the door 5, the movement of the control cam and thus the support device 6 in the reverse order of the procedure described above takes place.

By means of this embodiment according to the invention, an optimum movement sequence of the holding device 6 is achieved when the door 5 is opened, the accessibility to the openings of the rubbish containers is ensured in an optimum manner.

As can be seen in particular from FIGS. 1 and 2, an additional frame 37 can be hung on the upper frame 11 of the holding device 6, which is provided with wire hangers 38. In these receiving part formed by the additional frame 37 and the wire bracket 38, the further refuse container 8 can be used. This provides an additional flexibility of this device, which can be adapted to the space and the needs.

Claims (10)

1. Cupboard unit (1) with a holding fixture (6) for receiving receptacles, in particular rubbish receptacles (7, 8), which cupboard unit (1) is closable by means of a door (5), and which holding fixture (6) is provided with a lever mechanism, by means of which, when opening the door (5), the holding fixture (6) is able to be brought out of a rear position completely accommodated in the cupboard unit (1) into a pulled-out position, and the receptacles (7, 8) accommodated in the holding fixture (6) are accessible, characterised in that die holding fixture (6) is provided laterally in each case with two guiding elements (18, 19) spaced apart from one another, of which the first guiding element (18) is drivable along a first guideway (20), while the second guiding element (19) is drivable along a second guideway (21) inclined with respect to the first guideway (20), which two guideways (20, 21) are mounted on the cupboard unit (1).
2. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to claim 1, characterised in that the holding fixture (6) is composed of an upper frame (11) and a lower frame (12), which two frames (11, 12) are connected to one another in a way disposed over one another via brackets (13, 14), whose transverse bars (15, 16) form at the same time the floor support for the insertable receptacle (7).
3. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to claim 2, characterised in that the first guiding element (18) consists of a roller, which is disposed in the middle region of the lateral part (17) of the lower frame (12), and in that the second guide means consists of a roller (19), which is disposed in the rear region of the lateral part (17) of the lower frame (12).
4. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the guideways (20, 21) are formed by a substantially triangular piece of sheet metal (22), on which a bend is made in each case along two sides, which bent regions form the respective guideway (20, 21), which two guideways (20, 21) are disposed at angles to one another.
5. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterised in that between the guideways (20, 21) an additional guide piece (29) is inserted, which is aligned parallel to the second guideway (21), and in that the second guiding means (19) is run between the second guideway (21) and the additional guide piece (29).
6. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to claim 4 or 5, characterised in that the two triangular pieces of sheet metal (22) are each fixed to the legs (23) of two brackets (24), and the cross members (25) of these brackets (24) are fixable to the floor (2) of the cupboard unit (1).
7. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to claim 6, characterised in that a cam (27) of the lever mechanism is pivotably borne on a vertical axial piece (26), mounted on the cross member (25) of the one bracket (24), coupled to which cam at the region remote from the pivot point is one end of a coupling rod (28), whose other end is coupled to the door (5).
8. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to claim 7, characterised in that cam (27) is made up of a plate (32), and a curved path is provided in the form of a slit (33).
9. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to claim 8, characterised in that the one end of a bolt (31) projects into this curved path (33), whose other end is mounted on a holding bracket (30) of the holding fixture (6).
10. Cupboard unit with a holding fixture according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that the curved path (33) has a first region (35), which has a constant spacing from the pivot point of the cam, and which comes out in a further region, which runs radially toward the pivot point.

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