FASTENING FITTING FOR A DRAWER FRONT ON AN OPEN SIDE OF A DRAWER

Abstract

The invention relates to a fastening fitting for a facing (B) on an open side of a drawer, which fitting comprises two facing fittings (5) mounted on the back side of the facing (B) and two connection fitting parts mounted, in the vicinity of the open face end of the drawer, on the side walls (SW) of the drawer, and at least the vertical adjustment of the facing (B) connected to the connection fitting parts is variable and lockable; that the facing fittings (5) are provided with a horizontally oriented coupling bolt (11) spaced apart from the back side of the facing (B), which coupling bolts can be introduced into insertion receptacles (EFA) of front fixation units (FE) which are mounted on the end of the side walls (SW) of the drawer; and that the front fixation units (FE) have vertical adjustment elements (9) for varying the vertical adjustment of the insertion receptacles (EFA) of the front fixation units (FE) and lateral adjustment elements (10) for varying the horizontal lateral adjustment of the insertion receptacles (EFA) of the front fixation units (FE) relative to the coupling bolts (11) of the facing fittings (5). So that the facing, in its inserted position, can be adjusted exactly in height and laterally/horizontally in a furniture carcass, the invention provides that the front fixation units (FE) are connectable via wooden casing adapters (AD) to wooden casing portions (SWA), which in the connected state form the side walls of the drawer and are fixedly connected to the drawer bottom (SB); that the front fixation units (FE) are accommodated in a separate housing (G), and the housings (G) are coverable by means of masking caps (AK), which are flush with the outer cross sections of the wooden casing portions (SWA) and the open face end of the drawer; that the front fixation units (FE) are connected fixedly via the housings (G) to the side edges, facing toward one another, of the drawer bottom (SB), and that the vertical adjustment elements (9) and the lateral adjustment elements (10) are accessible via recesses (A) in the housings (G).

Claims

1. A fastening fitting for a facing (B) on an open side of a drawer, which fitting comprises two facing fittings (5) mounted on the back side of the facing (B) and two connection fitting parts mounted, in the vicinity of the open face end of the drawer, on the side walls (SW) of the drawer, and at least the vertical adjustment of the facing (B) connected to the connection fitting parts is variable and lockable; that the facing fittings (5) are provided with a horizontally oriented coupling bolt (11) spaced apart from the back side of the facing (B), which coupling bolts can be introduced into insertion receptacles (EFA) of front fixation units (FE) which are mounted on the end of the side walls (SW) of the drawer; and that the front fixation units (FE) have vertical adjustment elements (9) for varying the vertical adjustment of the insertion receptacles (EFA) of the front fixation units (FE) and lateral adjustment elements (10) for varying the horizontal lateral adjustment of the insertion receptacles (EFA) of the front fixation units (FE) relative to the coupling bolts (11) of the facing fittings (5), characterized in that the front fixation units (FE) are connectable via wooden casing adapters (AD) to wooden casing portions (SWA), which in the connected state form the side walls of the drawer and are fixedly connected to the drawer bottom (SB); the front fixation units (FE) are accommodated in a separate housing (G), and the housings (G) are coverable by means of masking caps (AK), which are flush with the outer cross sections of the wooden casing portions (SWA) and the open face end of the drawer; the front fixation units (FE) are connected fixedly via the housings (G) to the side edges, facing toward one another, of the drawer bottom (SB), and the vertical adjustment elements (9) and the lateral adjustment elements (10) are accessible via recesses (A) in the housings (G).

2. The fastening fitting of claim 1, characterized in that the connection fitting parts of the drawer have tuck bars (3), which are rotatable and limitedly displaceable and have a guide slot (3d) as an insertion receptacle (EFA) for the coupling bolts (11) of the facing fittings (5); when the facing (B) is attached, the coupling bolts (11) are aligned with the insertion receptacles (EFA) of the front fixation units (FE), that is, with the guide slots (3d) of the tuck bars (3), and upon further insertion of the coupling bolts (11) into the connection fitting parts, that is, into the front fixation units (FE), the tuck bars (3) can be put rotatably and horizontally displaceably into a final and connecting position; and in the connection position, the facing rests with its back side on the face end of the drawer, and the coupling bolts (11) of the facing fittings (5) are locked in captive fashion in the connection position in the connection fitting parts of the drawer, that is, the front fixation units (FE).

3. The fastening fitting of claim 2, characterized in that the facing, when the locking of the coupling bolts (11) of the facing fittings (5) and tuck bars (3) is undone can be removed out of the connected position from the face end of the drawer, and the tuck bars (3) can be retracted, rotated back into the insertion position, and in the insertion position can be locked again.

4. The fastening fitting of claim 3, characterized in that the tuck bar (3) is rotatably supported on a support plate (2), and the rotary bearing is formed by a gate bolt (8), which is limitedly horizontally adjustable in a horizontal slot (2f) of the support plate (2); and that the support plate (2) is limitedly vertically adjustable on a base sheet (1), which is nondisplaceably fixed on the outside of a side wall of the drawer, and the spacing of the support plate (2) from the face end of the drawer to the spacing of the coupling bolt (11) of the facing fitting (5) toward the back side of the facing (B) is selected such that the gate bolt (8) of the tuck bar (3), in its rotated and displaced position, assumes the connected position when the facing (B) rests on the face end of the drawer.

5. The fastening fitting of claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the tuck bar (3) in the connection position, with an upper part (3b) of the guide slot (3d), engages the coupling bolt (11) of the facing fitting (5) introduced into the connection fitting part of the drawer from behind; the gate bolt (8) of the tuck bar (3) is additionally guided in a curved guide slot (4a) of a gate plate (4), and the guide slot (4a) of the gate plate (4) leads to a limited vertical, upward-oriented adjustment of the gate plate (4) on the support plate (2), which locks the tuck bar (3) in the connection position; and a compression spring (7) on a guide bolt (6) firmly maintains the upper position of the gate plate (4) on the support plate (2), and the compression spring (7) is braced by the guide bolt (6) on angled parts (2k, 4b) of the support plate (2) and of the gate plate (4) and firmly holds the facing (B) with spring tension against the drawer.

6. The fastening fitting of claim 5, characterized in that the support plate (2) is limitedly vertically adjustable via two stamped-out and bent-out tabs (2a) into two elongated openings (1a) of the base sheet (1) that are located vertically one above the other.

7. The fastening fitting of claim 6, characterized in that the gate plate (4) is guided vertically adjustably on the support plate (2) by angled parts (4b, 4c), which engage elongated openings (2e, 2g) of the support plate (2), and the part (4b) engages the opening (2e) from behind and the part (4c), with a crossbar, engages the support plate (2) from behind and the parts (4b, 4c) firmly hold the gate plate (4) on the support plate (2).

8. The fastening fitting of claims 3 through 7, characterized in that the support plate (2) receives the lateral adjustment element (10), which is provided with a threaded end (10a), in a curved horizontal recess; the lateral adjustment element (10) is held by a fork (2d) of the recess that diametrically engages the threaded end (10a); and the lateral adjustment element (10), upon a rotation, varies the lateral position between the support plate (2) and the base sheet (1).

9. The fastening fitting of claims 3 through 8, characterized in that the base sheet (1) has an oval receptacle (1b) for the vertical adjustment element (9), which supports an eccentrically located bearing bolt (9a) that is introduced into a bore (2i) of the support plate (2); and upon a rotation of the vertical adjustment element (9), the vertical position between the support plate (2) and the base sheet (1) is varied.

10. The fastening fitting of claims 3 through 9, characterized in that the base sheet (1) is braced on the outside of the side wall of the drawer via angled side walls (1c) and thereby creates a free space for receiving the adjustable support plate (2), the rotatable and adjustable tuck bar (3), and the adjustable gate plate (4) between the base sheet (1) and the housing (G) of the front fixation unit (FE).

11. The fastening fitting of claims 3 through 10, characterized in that upon a manual adjustment of the gate plate (4) to the lower vertical final position, the fixation of the coupling bolt (11) of the facing fitting (5) in the connection fitting part of the drawer can be undone; and then the facing can be removed from the drawer, and the coupling bolt (11) of the facing fitting (5) can be pulled out from the guide slot (3d) of the pushed-back and rotated-back tuck bar (3), and the tuck bar (3) is fixed in the introduced position by the tensed compression spring (7) of the gate plate (4).

Description

[0020] The invention will be described in further detail in conjunction with an exemplary embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings. The drawings show:

[0021] FIG. 1, in partial perspective, the left part of an open face end of a drawer with the front fixation unit, a wooden casing adapter and a wooden casing portion in the assembly position;

[0022] FIG. 2, in partial perspective, the same part of the open face end of the drawer, in which the housing, with the front fixation unit accommodated in it, is connected to the side edge, oriented toward, of the drawer bottom;

[0023] FIG. 3, in partial perspective, the same part of the open face end of the drawer, in which the housing of the front fixation unit is connected to the wooden casing portion and fixedly mounted on the drawer bottom; the masking cap and facing are shown in the assembly position;

[0024] FIG. 4, in partial perspective, the same part of the drawer with a fixedly mounted facing; the housing with the front fixation unit is covered by the masking cap;

[0025] FIG. 5, in a perspective view, the facing fittings for the facing and the drawer, viewed on the fastening side;

[0026] FIG. 6, in a perspective view, the facing fittings for the facing and the drawer, viewed from the side that is visible after assembly;

[0027] FIG. 7, the individual parts of the facing fittings in an exploded assembly position, viewed in the direction of FIG. 6;

[0028] FIG. 7a, the facing assembly part and the fitting part for the drawer, in the alignment position before insertion, viewed in the direction of FIG. 5;

[0029] FIG. 7b, the facing assembly part and the fitting part for the drawer, viewed in the direction of FIG. 6;

[0030] FIG. 8, the individual parts of the facing fittings in an exploded assembly position, viewed in the direction of FIG. 5;

[0031] FIG. 8a, the facing assembly part and the fitting part for the drawer when the facing assembly part is placed against the fitting part of the drawer, viewed in the direction of FIG. 5;

[0032] FIG. 8b, the facing assembly part and the fitting part for the drawer when the facing assembly part is placed against the connection fitting part of the drawer, viewed in the direction of FIG. 6;

[0033] FIG. 9a, the facing fitting and the connection fitting part for the drawer with the motions of the tuck bar upon further insertion, viewed in the direction of FIG. 5;

[0034] FIG. 9b, the facing fitting and the fitting part for the drawer with the motions of the tuck bar upon further insertion, viewed in the direction of FIG. 6;

[0035] FIG. 10a, the assembly part and the fitting part for the drawer after reaching the final position and fixation by the gate plate, viewed in the direction of FIG. 5;

[0036] FIG. 10b, the assembly part and the fitting part for the drawer after reaching the final position and fixation by the gate plate, viewed in the direction of FIG. 6;

[0037] FIG. 11, the manually raised facing fittings fixed in the final position, viewed in the direction of FIG. 6;

[0038] FIG. 12, the manually raised facing fittings fixed in the final position, viewed in the direction of FIG. 5;

[0039] FIG. 13, the facing fittings when the facing assembly part is pulled out from the fitting part of the drawer, viewed in the direction of FIG. 5; and

[0040] FIG. 14, the facing fittings after the removal of the facing from the face end of the drawer, viewed in the direction of FIG. 6.

[0041] FIG. 1 shows in partial perspective how a side wall of the drawer is embodied. It includes a front fixation unit FE with an insertion receptacle EFA for the coupling bolt 11 on the back side of the facing B. The front fixation unit FE is accommodated in a housing G, which can be fastened with a tab L that has fastening bores c to the side edge, facing toward it, of the drawer bottom SB. A wooden casing adapter AD is introduced with bolts a into bores b of the wooden casing portion SWA and firmly connected, for instance glued, firmly to it.

[0042] The drawer thus prepared is shown in FIG. 2; the housing G with the front fixation unit FE and the wooden casing portion SWA form the side wall of the drawer, which is firmly connected to the drawer bottom SB, for instance being glued or screwed to it, as FIG. 3 shows. The housing G with the front fixation unit FE is flush with the open face end of the drawer. The facing B now needs only to be aligned, with its coupling bolts 11, with the insertion receptacles EFA of the front fixation units FE and pushed in. All the other functions are taken on by the front fixation units FE, as will be shown hereinafter. Since the other side wall is constructed similarly but laterally reversed, the vertical adjustment elements 9 and the lateral adjustment elements 10 are accessible in the housing G via the recesses A. In the final inserted position of the drawer, the facing can thus be aligned exactly, so that in the furniture carcass it presents a visually clean image for the front side of the piece of furniture.

[0043] As FIG. 4 shows, the front fixation units FE, after the alignment of the facing B, are covered with masking caps AK, which are flush with the outer cross sections of the wooden casing portions SWA and the open face end of the drawer. The housing G of the front fixation unit FE has stamped-out tabs L, which when the housing G has been thrust onto the wooden casing adapter AD are bent into receptacles d of the wooden casing adapter AD and thus establish a firm connection of the housing G with the front fixation unit FE and the wooden casing portion SWA (FIG. 2).

[0044] In FIG. 5, a fitting part for the drawer is shown in perspective; the view is directed to the fastening side, facing toward the side wall of the drawer. The facing fitting 5 is screwed via the bores 5b to the back side of the facing. The coupling bolt 11 connects the two legs of the facing fitting 5, embodied in bracket-like form, in a predetermined spacing from the back side of the facing. The facing of the drawer has two such facing fittings at a spacing which is adapted to the size of the face ends of the two side walls of the open face end of the drawer having the front fixation units FE.

[0045] FIG. 6 shows the two fitting parts in a top view in the opposite direction. The connection fitting part for the drawer, as a front fixation unit FE, comprises a base sheet 1, a support plate 2, a rotatably supported tuck bar 3, and a gate plate 4. The base sheet 1 has angled side walls 1c, which are braced on the outside of the side wall of the drawer and creates sufficient free space between the base sheet 1 and the outside of the side wall of the drawer that the limitedly vertically adjustable support plate 2, the rotatable and displaceable tuck bar 3, and the limitedly vertically adjustable gate plate 4 on the support plate 2 can be accommodated in this free space.

[0046] In FIGS. 7 and 8, in viewing directions corresponding to FIGS. 6 and 5, the individual parts of the facing fitting 5 and the connection fitting part for the drawer are shown in an exploded assembly position. In both FIGS. 7 and 8, the individual parts of the facing fitting 5 and of the connection fitting part for the drawer can be seen. The base sheet 1, on its underside and the two vertical sides, has angled side walls 1c, which create a free space on the back side of the base sheet 1. On the right-hand vertical side, the base sheet 1 has two elongated openings 1a, located one above the other, which stamped-out and outward-bent tabs 2a of the support plate 2 engage and in which the tabs are limitedly vertically adjustable. The base sheet 1 furthermore has an oval opening 1b, in which the vertical adjustment element 9 can be introduced and guided rotatably; the vertical adjustment element terminates in an eccentrically located guide bolt 9a, which is introduced into a bore 2i of the support plate 2. With this vertical adjustment element 9, the vertical position between the support plate 2 and the base sheet 1 can be varied by means of rotation. The support plate 2 has a curved, horizontal recess, in which a fork 2d is secured that diametrically surrounds a threaded end 10a of the lateral adjustment element 10 and is guided adjustably therein. In this way, by rotation of the lateral adjustment element 10, the lateral position between the base sheet 1 and the support plate 2 can be varied.

[0047] A gate bolt 8 of the tuck bar 3 is introduced through a curved guide slot 4a of a gate plate 4 and a horizontal elongated opening 2f of the support plate 2 into the bearing bore 3c of the tuck bar 3. This tuck bar 3 is thus rotatable on the support plate 2 and is horizontally displaceable in the opening 2f. The tuck bar 3 has a guide slot 3d, which is formed by a lower part 3a and an upper part 3b of the tuck bar 3. The tuck bar 3 is rotatable and displaceable on the side of the support plate 2 oriented toward the base sheet 1. On the side of the support plate 2 facing away from the base sheet 1, a gate plate 4 is limitedly adjustable vertically. It is guided with angled ends 4b and 4c through openings 2e and 2g of the support plate 2, and by means of a crossbar the end 4c engages the opening 2g from behind and the angled end 4b engages the opening 2e from behind. In this way, the gate plate 4 is firmly held on the support plate 2. The gate plate 4 furthermore has an angled end 4d on the outside that receives a compression spring 7 with a guide pin 6. The compression spring 7 is braced on a shoulder 2k of the support plate 2. The support plate 2 has a horizontally extending guide slot 2b, which is bounded at the bottom by a part 2b and at the top by a part 2c of the support plate 2.

[0048] Before the facing is attached to the drawer, the facing fitting 5 and the drawer are aligned with the connection fitting part in the manner shown in FIGS. 7a and 7b (in the drawings, only one connection point is ever shown).

[0049] In this situation, the facing fitting 5 is aligned by the coupling bolt 11 with the insertion receptacle EFA of the guide slot 3d of the tuck bar 3. The horizontal slot 2b in the support plate 2 lengthens insertion receptacle EFA in the connection fitting part of the drawer toward the insertion side; the lower part 2h, dropping off at the front, of the support plate 2 further facilitates the insertion of the coupling bolt 11.

[0050] After the facing has been placed against the connection fitting parts of the drawer, the coupling bolt 11 of the facing fitting 5 places itself on the lower part 2a of the tuck bar 3. Before that, the exact vertical and lateral positioning of the facing relative to the drawer has been performed by calibration and rotation of the vertical adjustment element 9 and of the lateral adjustment element 10, so that the process of connection between the facing fitting 5 and the connection fitting part on the outside of the side wall of the drawer can begin at the positions that can be seen in FIGS. 8a and 8b.

[0051] As FIGS. 9a and 9b show, by further insertion of the facing fitting 5 into the connection fitting part on the outside of the side wall of the drawer, the tuck bar 3 is rotated about the gate bolt 8; the upper part 3b engages the coupling bolt 11 of the facing fitting 5 from behind. As can learned from FIG. 9a, until then the gate plate 4 remains in the lower vertical position; the compression spring 7 is compressed and tensed. The gate bolt 8 of the tuck bar 3 is still located in the upper region of the curved guide slot 4a of the gate plate 4 and still maintains the tensed position of the compression spring 7. The two facing fittings of the facing and drawer have almost reached their final position and thus are in the connection position.

[0052] As FIGS. 10a and 10b show, upon the adjustment of the facing for contact with the face end of the drawer, the final position and the connection position of the two individual parts of the fastening fitting is reached. The gate bolt 8 of the tuck bar 3 has been thrust horizontally in the horizontal slot 2b of the support plate 2, without undertaking any further rotation. Furthermore, the gate bolt 8 of the tuck bar 3 has been displaced downward in the guide slot 4a of the gate plate 4, which leads to the relaxation of the compression spring 7, as can be seen in FIG. 10a. The upwardly adjusted gate plate 4 prevents the coupling bolt 11 of the facing fitting 5 from being pulled out of the slot 2b of the support plate 2 and thus also prevents a reversal and rotation backward of the tuck bar 3.

[0053] If the facing is removed from the face end of the drawer, then on the accessible visible side of the connection fitting part of the drawer, a pressure downward is exerted, for instance by means of a screwdriver, on the part 4b guided by the support plate 2, as FIG. 11 shows.

[0054] Then, as FIG. 12 shows, the compression spring 7 is tensed again, and the gate bolt 8 of the tuck bar 3 is pushed somewhat out of the horizontal slot 2b of the support plate 2. The gate bolt 8 of the tuck bar 3 is held in the lower position by the upper horizontal end of the guide slot 4a and thus by the gate plate 4. The compression spring 7 is tensed, and the gate plate 4 enables the continued removal of the facing from the drawer.

[0055] As FIG. 13 shows, in the process the tuck bar 3 is rotated back into its insertion position and maintains that position when the facing fitting 5 is separated from the fitting part of the drawer, as FIG. 14 shows.

[0056] It must also be mentioned that the construction of the left side wall SW of the drawer is the same; however, the front fixation unit FE is introduced laterally reversed into the side wall of the drawer, so that the insertion receptacle EFA is again facing toward the back side of the facing B, and the housing G of the front fixation unit FE has the recess A on the outside of the side wall SW, in order to gain access to the vertical adjustment element 9 and the lateral adjustment element 10.

[0057] In particular, the side wall “SWA” comprises glass, metal, wood, stone, etc.

[0058] The connecting part “AD” can be inserted, as is done with wood. However, it could also be glued to SWA or snapped on, or it could take the form of any other mechanically releasable or nonreleasable connection.

[0059] The part “AD” can equally be integrated with the unit “X” in a releasable, glued, or nonreleasable manner. It could also be that no part “AD” is required; in that case, the connection in the unit “X” would already be a part of that unit.

[0060] In other words, the part “AD” is not necessarily required, but can be required. In that case, the details of the receptacle would simply already exist in the unit “X” (for example, as a plate, bent over double, with corresponding detail).

[0061] What is important overall is that the dresser drawer guide is separate and not necessarily connected to the side wall “SWA” and to the unit “X” and/or part “AD”.