Pivot fitting and piece of furniture
11272787 · 2022-03-15
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
International classification
A47C1/026
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Abstract
A pivot fitting for moveable furniture parts on upholstered furniture has a first lever and a second lever that are mounted to as to pivot relative to each other about a common axis from a basic position through a predetermined angle. The pivot fitting also includes a clamping mechanism with which the two levers can be fixed relative to each other at different angular positions within the predetermined angle, the clamping mechanism has a toothing attached in a rotationally fixed manner on the second lever, at least one catch that is pivotally mounted on the first lever and loaded in the direction of the toothing, the catch engaging with the toothing in a detent position. A first control disc is mounted so as to pivot about the common axis, with which the at least one catch is disengageable from the toothing when the predetermined angle has been passed from the basic position into an adjusting direction, such that when the catch is disengaged from the toothing, the two levers can be pivoted back into the basic position when the predetermined angle is passed in a resetting direction. The first control disc can be carried by the toothing, resting thereon with a friction fit, and is mounted so as to pivot about a switching angle relative to the first lever and wherein a second control disc mounted so as to pivot about the common axis can be carried by the toothing and is mounted so as to pivot about a switching angle relative to the toothing.
Claims
1. A pivot fitting for movable furniture parts on pieces of seating or reclining furniture, the pivot fitting comprising: a first lever and a second lever, wherein the first and second levers are mounted so they are pivotable in relation to one another around a common axis out of a base position by a predetermined angle; a clamping mechanism configured to fix the first and second levers in relation to one another in different angle positions within the predetermined angle, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a toothing secured in a rotationally-fixed manner on the second lever; a pawl, which is mounted so it is pivotable on the first lever and is loaded in a direction of the toothing, and which is engaged with the toothing in a catch position; a first control disk mounted so it is rotatable around the common axis, wherein the first control disk is used to disengage the pawl from the toothing after running over the predetermined angle from the base position in an adjustment direction, so that if the pawl is disengaged from the toothing by running over the predetermined angle in a reset direction, the first and second levers are pivotable back into the base position; and a second control disk, which is mounted so it is rotatable around the common axis, is configured to be carried along by the toothing and is mounted so it is rotatable by a switching angle in relation to the toothing.
2. The pivot fitting of claim 1, wherein the toothing is an at least partially-circular toothed pulley having an outer toothing formed on a partially-circular outer border, which is coupled via a force shaft forming the common axis to the second lever, and the pawl comprises a pivot arm having teeth facing toward the common axis.
3. The pivot fitting of claim 1, wherein the first control disk comprises an opening, in which a control bolt fastened on the first lever is accommodated, wherein the opening is dimensioned such that the control bolt is displaceable by the switching angle in relation to the first control disk.
4. The pivot fitting of claim 1, wherein the first control disk is a disk spring or spring plate.
5. The pivot fitting of claim 1, wherein the first control disk is configured to be carried along by bearing in a friction-locked manner on the toothing and is mounted so it is rotatable by a switching angle in relation to the first lever.
6. The pivot fitting of claim 2, wherein the first control disk comprises a switchover contour on an outer circumference, using which the pawl is pivotable out of a catch position with the toothing into a non-catch position.
7. The pivot fitting of claim 6, wherein the pawl, adjacent to the teeth forming an inner toothing, comprises a recess, into which the switchover contour is inserted in the catch position of the pawl with the toothing.
8. The pivot fitting of claim 7, wherein edges of the pawl framing the recess are support surfaces configured to support the pawl on the switchover contour of the first control disk.
9. The pivot fitting of claim 2, wherein the second control disk is a ring disk having an oblong hole accommodating the common axis.
10. The pivot fitting of claim 9, wherein the second control disk comprises a switching arm extending radially outward in a direction of the longitudinal extension of the oblong hole, the switching arm is accommodated in a recess formed on a circumferential border of the toothed pulley, wherein the recess is delimited in the adjustment direction by a first stop in a region of the outer toothing and in the reset direction by a second stop in a region of a protrusion adjoining the outer toothing.
11. The pivot fitting of claim 10, wherein a first contact surface of the switching arm facing toward the first stop and an outer flank of a border tooth formed on a free end of the pawl are configured in such a way that upon relative movement of the first and second levers in the reset direction, the pawl is pressed away from the outer toothing by the switching arm.
12. The pivot fitting of claim 11, wherein an angle of attack of the first contact surface of the switching arm and the outer flank of the border tooth formed at the free end of the pawl in relation to the radial of the rotational axis is between 8° and 12°.
13. The pivot fitting of claim 11, wherein a front edge of the switching arm located on a radial outside protrudes radially outward beyond the outer toothing in a switchover position.
14. The pivot fitting of claim 11, wherein a ramp interacting with a control bolt is formed on a portion of the second control disk remote from the switching arm.
15. The pivot fitting of claim 11, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a spring element configured to press the pawl against the toothing.
16. The pivot fitting of claim 15, wherein the first lever comprises a first cover and a second cover, wherein the toothing and the first control disk are accommodated between lever heads of the covers, wherein the spring element is arranged between the lever heads, circumferentially enclosing the toothing and the first control disk.
17. A piece of furniture, comprising: a first furniture part; a second furniture part; and a pivot fitting coupled to the first and second furniture parts, the pivot fitting comprising a first lever and a second lever, wherein the first and second levers are mounted so they are pivotable in relation to one another around a common axis out of a base position by a predetermined angle; a clamping mechanism configured to fix the first and second levers in relation to one another in different angle positions within the predetermined angle, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a toothing secured in a rotationally-fixed manner on the second lever; a pawl, which is mounted so it is pivotable on the first lever and is loaded in a direction of the toothing, and which is engaged with the toothing in a catch position; a first control disk mounted so it is rotatable around the common axis, wherein the first control disk is used to disengage the pawl from the toothing after running over the predetermined angle from the base position in an adjustment direction, so that if the pawl is disengaged from the toothing by running over the predetermined angle in a reset direction, the first and second levers are pivotable back into the base position; and a second control disk, which is mounted so it is rotatable around the common axis, is configured to be carried along by the toothing and is mounted so it is rotatable by a switching angle in relation to the toothing.
18. The piece of furniture of claim 17, wherein the first furniture part is furniture body and the second furniture part is an armrest or other adjustable furniture part, and wherein the pivot fitting adjustably fixes the second furniture part.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES
(1) Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained hereafter on the basis of the appended drawings. In the figures:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(23) In the following description of the figures, terms such as upper, lower, left, right, front, rear, etc. relate exclusively to the exemplary illustration and position of the pivot fitting, the levers, the toothing, the pawl, the control disk, and the like selected in the respective figures. These terms are not to be understood as restrictive, i.e., these references can change due to different operating positions or mirror-symmetrical design or the like.
(24) A piece of furniture, designed by way of example here as a piece of upholstered furniture, which is designed here as a piece of seating furniture, in particular as an armchair, is identified in
(25) A pivot fitting, which is provided here with the reference sign 1, is used in this case for the adjustment, using which it is made possible to adjust the armrest or headrest 103 from the base position shown in
(26) Using the pivot fitting 1, for which various embodiment variants of pivot fittings are described hereafter, it is additionally made possible to adjust this armrest or headrest 103 from the position shown in
(27) Embodiment variants of a pivot fitting suitable for such an adjustment are described hereafter on the basis of
(28) The pivot fitting 1 comprises a first lever 2 and a second lever 3, which are mounted so they are pivotable in relation to one another around a common axis D out of a base position by a predetermined angle α.
(29) The pivot fitting 1 furthermore comprises a clamping mechanism, using which the two levers 2, 3 are fixable in relation to one another in different angular positions within the predetermined angle α.
(30) The clamping mechanism comprises a toothing 4 secured in a rotationally-fixed manner on the second lever 3 and also at least one pawl 5, which is mounted so it is pivotable on the first lever 2 and is loaded in the direction of the toothing 4, and which is engaged with the toothing 4 in a catch position.
(31) The clamping mechanism additionally comprises a first control disk 7 mounted so it is rotatable around the common axis D, using which the at least one pawl 5, after running over the predetermined angle α from the base position in an adjustment direction V, can be disengaged from the toothing 4, so that that if the pawl 5 is disengaged from the toothing 4 by running over the predetermined angle α in a reset direction R, the two levers 2, 3 are pivotable back into the base position.
(32) The first control disk 7 is drivable by a bearing in a friction-locked manner on the toothing 4 in this case and is mounted so it is rotatable by a pivot angle β in relation to the first lever 2.
(33) The first lever 2 consists of two substantially structurally-equivalent covers here, namely a first cover 2a and a second cover 2b.
(34) Each of these covers 2a, 2b comprises a lever arm 21, which merges via a bent region 22 into a lever head 23. A circular receptacle 25, which is used to guide through a force shaft 6 having polygonal lateral surface, is provided in the lever head 23.
(35) The toothing 4 and also the first control disk 7 and a second control disk 9 are accommodated between the lever heads 23 of the first cover 2a and the second cover 2b. In this embodiment variant, the toothing 4 comprises a toothed pulley 41 integrally formed with the force shaft 6, in particular as a sintered part.
(36) The force shaft 6 is formed here for the rotationally-fixed connection to the second lever 3 using, for example, a polygonal outer contour 61.
(37) The force shaft 6 furthermore comprises a receptacle 62, in which a central bolt 12 is accommodated, using which the two levers 2, 3 are axially fixed on one another.
(38) The toothed pulley 41 has, as shown in
(39) The pawl 5 used for latching with the toothing 4 is, as can be seen in
(40) It is also conceivable to form the pawl bolt as a separate component, which would then be accommodated in a bearing borehole 53 of the pawl 5. The pawl bolt 59 extends in this case between the two lever heads 23 of the first cover 2a and the second cover 2b.
(41) The first control disk 7, as shown in
(42) A ring disk 10 pushed onto a part of the force shaft 6 presses the first control disk 7 with pre-tension against the toothed pulley 41 of the toothing 4. To fasten this ring disk 10 on the part of the force shaft 6, the ring disk 10 is pressed, for example, like a shaft retainer with a press fit onto the outer contour 61 of the force shaft 6. Other types of fastening the ring disk 10 on the force shaft 6 are also conceivable, for example, welding, pressing on, or the like. The ring disk 10 comprises tongues extending radially inward from a ring-shaped base body for the rotation lock in relation to the force shaft 6, as shown in
(43) A top view of an embodiment variant of the first control disk 7 is shown in
(44) The control disk 7 comprises an opening 73 on an outer circumference, in which a control bolt 8 extending on the first lever 2, here between the lever heads 23 of the first cover 2a and the second cover 2b, is accommodated. The opening 73 is dimensioned in this case in such a way that the control bolt 8 is displaceable by the switching angle β in relation to the control disk 7.
(45) In the embodiment variant shown here, the width of the opening 73 in the circumferential direction is accordingly greater than the diameter of the control bolt 8. The width of this opening 73 is dimensioned in this case in such a way that the control disk 7 is displaceable by the switching angle β in relation to the control bolt 8.
(46) In order to always press the pawl 5 in the direction of the outer toothing 42 of the toothing 4, a spring element 11 is provided, which is arranged between the lever heads 23 of the first cover 2a and the second cover 2b and circumferentially encloses the intermediate space.
(47) The two lower ends of this second spring element 11, which is formed here as a leaf spring and is also used to cover the intermediate space between the lever heads 23 of the first cover 2a and the second cover 2b, are bent over in this case in the direction of the pawl 5 and thus continuously press the pawl 5 in the direction of the outer toothing 42 of the toothed pulley 41.
(48) The second control disk 9 is preferably arranged on the side of the toothed pulley 41 opposite to the first control disk 7.
(49) As shown in
(50) The outer toothing 42 of the toothed pulley 41 protrudes axially slightly beyond the lateral surface of the toothed pulley 41 on this side of the toothed pulley 41. The second control disk 9 is inserted into this depression in the installed position in this case.
(51) The width of the ring of the ring disk 91 varies in this case over the circumference, so that by way of contact of the ring disk on the control bolt 8 during a pivot procedure of the pivot fitting 1, a radial displacement of the second control disk occurs depending on the width of the ring disk.
(52) A protrusion 43, which extends radially beyond the outer toothing 42, having a recess 44 for accommodating a switching arm 92 of the second control disk 9 extending radially outward in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the oblong hole 93, is formed on a first end of the outer toothing 42.
(53) The recess 44 extends in this case over a partial angle range of the protrusion 43 and a part of the outer toothing 42. The recess is delimited in this case in the adjustment direction V by a first stop 47 in the region of the outer toothing 42. In the reset direction R, the recess 44 is delimited by a second stop 45 in the region of the protrusion 43 adjoining the outer toothing 42.
(54) This enables a limited pivot movement of the second control disk 9 in relation to the toothing 4 over a switching angle γ.
(55) The oblong hole 93 of the second control disk 9 thus enables the second control disk 9 to be radially displaced in relation to the force shaft.
(56) On a portion remote from the switching arm 92, a ramp 94 is formed on the outer border of the ring disk 91, so that when traveling down the ramp 94 due to the contact of the control bolt 8, a radial displacement of the ring disk 91 occurs, whereby a front edge located on the radial outside of the switching arm 92 is moved from a position radially inside the outer toothing 42 into a position protruding radially outside the outer toothing 42.
(57) The function of the pivot fitting 1 will be described hereafter on the basis of
(58) A base position of the pivot fitting 1 having exposed clamping mechanism is shown in this case in
(59) In the movement sequence shown in
(60) A movement of the first lever 2 in relation to the second lever 3 opposite to the adjustment direction V is denoted as the reset direction R.
(61) As shown in
(62) In this position, the control bolt 8 bears on a right lateral border of the opening 73 of the control disk 7.
(63) If the first lever 2 is now pivoted in the adjustment direction V in relation to the second lever 3, the control bolt 8 is thus moved in the opening 73 of the control disk 7 away from the right lateral border in the direction of the left lateral border.
(64) At the same time, the pawl 5, which is fastened via the fixing bolt 59 so it is fixed in place but is pivotable on the first lever 2, is moved in the adjustment direction V. The switchover contour 74 thus slips down from the second support surface 56 of the pawl 5 and plunges into the recess 54 of the pawl 5.
(65) In this case, the pawl 5 is pressed by means of the second spring element 11 into the outer toothing 42 of the toothing 4 in a first catch position. Reaching this first catch position is audible due to the striking of the pawl 5 on the toothing 4. This first catch position preferably occurs in this case upon a pivot of the first lever 2 in relation to the second lever 3 by 5°.
(66) The control disk 7 is held during this first pivot movement in a friction-locked manner on the toothed pulley 41.
(67) If the first lever 2 is moved further in the adjustment direction V, the control bolt 8 finally comes into contact on the left lateral border of the opening 73 of the control disk 7.
(68) From a predetermined adjustment angle γ, according to an embodiment variant shown in
(69) To assume a catch position, the second lever 2 is moved slightly, preferably by an angle of approximately 2°, in the reset direction R because of the preferred formation of the teeth of the toothing 4 and the teeth 52 of the pawl 5.
(70) In this case, the switchover contour 74 slides the control disk 7 back into the recess 54 of the pawl 5 again, so that the teeth 52 of the pawl 5 latch with the outer toothing 42 of the toothed pulley 41. Such an angular position of the pivot fitting 1 is illustrated by way of example in
(71) In the alternative embodiment variant shown in
(72) This variant of the switchover contour shown in
(73) The geometry of the teeth 52 of the pawl 5 and the outer toothing 42 of the toothing 4 is selected in this case so that a displacement in the adjustment direction is enabled and a displacement in the reset direction is obstructed.
(74) A switchover position is illustrated in
(75) During a subsequent pivot of the first lever 2 in relation to the second lever 3 in the reset direction R, the control disk 7, again because of the friction-locked holding, remains fixed in place in its position until the control bolt 8 reaches the left border of the opening 73 of the control disk 7 in
(76) During this pivot movement up into the position shown in
(77) If, during the pivot of the first lever 2 in the reset direction R, the pivot fitting 1 is now latched again in such an intermediate position before reaching the base position, for example, in the position shown in
(78) Since the control bolt 8 moves inside the opening 73 of the control disk 7 during this pivot movement, the control disk 7 remains fixed in place at its location because of friction during this pivot movement.
(79) The pawl 5 itself is pushed down by the pivot movement from the second support surface of the switchover contour 74 of the control disk 7, so that the teeth 52 of the pawl 5 latch with the outer toothing 42 of the toothing 4. This position is shown in
(80) The functionality of the second control disk 9 is described hereafter on the basis of
(81) The functionality of the second control disk 9 is now described on the basis of
(82) In the illustration shown in
(83) In this position, the second control disk 9 reaches a position in which the ramp 94 engages with the control bolt 8.
(84) Upon further pivoting of the pivot fitting, the toothing 4 and/or the second lever 3 (not shown here), the control bolt 8 presses the second control disk into the position shown in
(85) The front edge located on the radial outside of the switching arm 92 is extended in this case at the same height as the protrusion 43, whereby the action diameter of the second control disk 9 enlarges.
(86) Upon further rotation of the toothing 4 in the adjustment direction V, the outer toothing 42 of the pawl 5 initially engages further with a region of the outer toothing 42 of the toothed pulley 41, which is located in the region of the recess 44, until a first lateral border 96 of the switching arm 92 of the second control disk 9 bears on an outer flank 57 of the outermost tooth of the pawl 5 used as an intake bevel.
(87) This first contact surface 96 of the switching arm 92 and the outer flank 57 of the border tooth formed at the free end of the pawl 5 are formed here in such a way that upon relative movement of the levers 2, 3 in the reset direction R, the pawl can be pressed away by the switching arm 92 from the outer toothing 42.
(88) The angle of attack of the outer flank 57 and the first contact surface 96 of the switching arm 92 is, in the embodiment variant shown here, preferably between 8° and 12°, in particular approximately 10° in relation to a radial of the rotational axis D.
(89) By slight further rotation out of this position shown in
(90) As shown in
(91) The second control disk 9 is clamped in this position between the pawl 5 and the control bolt 8 via the force of the spring element 11.
(92) Upon pivoting of the pivot fitting in the reset direction R, for example, by approximately 10°, the pivot position shown in
(93) As shown in
(94) The standstill of the second control disk 9 in this position enables, upon the pivot in the reset direction R, the first control disk 7 to now be pushed with its second support surface onto the second support surface 56 of the pawl 5 and thus the pawl 5 to now still be held disengaged by the first control disk 7 from the outer toothing 42 of the toothed pulley 41.
(95) During the further movement of the pivot fitting 1 in the direction of the base position, the second control disk 9 is pushed down from the teeth of the pawl 5 with the aid of the first fitting 47.
(96) At the same time, during the rotation of the second control disk 9, as shown in
(97) Although the invention has been illustrated and described in detail by way of preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited by the examples disclosed, and other variations can be derived from these by the person skilled in the art without leaving the scope of the invention. It is therefore clear that there is a plurality of possible variations. It is also clear that embodiments stated by way of example are only really examples that are not to be seen as limiting the scope, application possibilities or configuration of the invention in any way. In fact, the preceding description and the description of the figures enable the person skilled in the art to implement the exemplary embodiments in concrete manner, wherein, with the knowledge of the disclosed inventive concept, the person skilled in the art is able to undertake various changes, for example, with regard to the functioning or arrangement of individual elements stated in an exemplary embodiment without leaving the scope of the invention, which is defined by the claims and their legal equivalents, such as further explanations in the description.
LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS
(98) 1 pivot fitting 2 first lever 2a first cover 2b second cover 21 lever arm 22 bending range 23 lever head 24 borehole 25 receptacle 26 borehole 27 recess 28 reinforcement 3 second lever 31 lever arm 32 lever head 33 receptacle 4 toothing 41 toothed pulley 42 outer toothing 43 protrusion 44 recess 47 first stop 5 pawl 51 pawl arm 52 teeth 53 bearing borehole 54 recess 55 first support surface 56 second support surface 57 outer flank 59 fixing bolt/pawl bolt 6 force shaft 7 first control disk 71 ring 72 recess 73 opening 74 switchover contour 74′ switchover contour 75 first support surface 76 second support surface 8 control bolt 9 second control disk 91 ring disk 92 switching arm 93 oblong hole 94 ramp 96 lateral border/contact surface 10 first spring element 11 second spring element 12 central bolt 13 bearing ring 14 disk 100 piece of furniture 101 furniture body 102 backrest 103 armrest D axis V adjustment direction R reset direction α maximum adjustment angle β switching angle γ switching angle