FURNITURE ELEMENT

Abstract

A furniture element has an outer structure and an inner structure that is movable relative to the outer structure by a translatory/rotary bearing. Each structure has a bottom panel, a top panel and at least one side wall, which connects the bottom panel and the top panel to one another. A guide bearing is arranged between the top panels and/or between the bottom panels of the structures. The guide bearing has a curved guide path, a guide element guided in the guide path and a linear guide with connection parts which can be displaced relative to one another. The translatory/rotary bearing is positioned between the bottom panels when the guide bearing is arranged between the top panels, and is positioned between the top panels when the guide bearing is arranged between the bottom panels.

Claims

1. A furniture element comprising: an outer body and an inner body which is mounted such that the inner body can move relative to the outer body by means of a translational-rotational bearing (20) having two plates with raceways provided therein in which rolling bodies are guided, wherein the rolling bodies each have a bottom panel and a top panel, and in each case at least one side wall (1) which connects the bottom panel (2, 5) and the top panel (4, 6) to one another, and a guide bearing arranged between the top panel (4) of the outer body and the top panel (6) of the inner body or between the bottom panel (2) of the outer body and the bottom panel (5) of the inner body, the guide bearing having at least one guide path (8) which extends in a curved manner and is provided in one of the top panels (4, 6) and/or the bottom panels (2, 5) and a guide element (18) which is guided in the guide path (8) and is arranged on the other top panel (4, 6) and/or other bottom panel (2, 5), the guide bearing further comprises a linear guide (9) with connecting parts displaceable relative to one another, one of the connecting parts being arranged on the one top panel (4) and the other is mounted on the other top panel (6) and/or one of the connecting parts is arranged on the one bottom panel (2) and the other is mounted on the other bottom panel (5), wherein the translational-rotational bearing (20) is positioned between the bottom panels (2, 5) when the guide bearing is arranged between the top panels (4, 6) and between the top panels (4, 6) when the guide bearing is arranged between the bottom panels (2, 5).

2. The furniture element according to claim 1, wherein the linear guide (9) is formed from at least one pull-out guide (12), having a guide rail (13) and a running rail (14) displaceably mounted thereon.

3. The furniture element according to claim 2, wherein the pull-out guide (12) has rolling bodies in the form of balls, rollers or barrels.

4. Furniture The furniture element according to claim 2, wherein the guide rail (13) is connected to the top panel (4) of the outer body and the running rail (14) is connected to the top panel (6) of the inner body by means of a pivot bearing (15).

5. The furniture element according to claim 2, wherein two pull-out guides (12) are provided which are arranged parallel to and spaced apart from one another and are firmly connected to one another by the pivot bearing (15).

6. The furniture element according to claim 4, wherein a pivot pin (16) connected to the top panel (6) is mounted in the pivot bearing (15).

7. The furniture element according to claim 2, wherein the top panel (4) of the outer body has, on a side facing the top panel (6) of the inner body, a carrier plate (10) to which the at least one pull-out guide (12) is fastened.

8. The furniture element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one guide path (8) is provided in the top panel (6) of the inner body.

9. The furniture element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one guide path (8) extends approximately diagonally across a plane of the top panel (6).

10. The furniture element according to claim 1, wherein the guide element (18) is designed as a pin, bolt, wheel or ball bearing.

11. The furniture element according to claim 1, wherein the inner body is configured to be moved relative to the outer body from a first functional position into a second functional position rotated through a predetermined angle with respect to the starting position, wherein the bottom panels (2, 5) and the top panels (4, 6) of the inner body and of the outer body are aligned in matching geometries with respect to one another in both functional positions.

12. The furniture element according to claim 1, wherein the linear guide (9) is designed as a linear rolling bearing (25).

Description

[0041] In the following figure description, terms such as top, bottom, left, right, front, rear, etc. refer exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the furniture element, outer body, inner body, top panel, bottom panel, guide path, guide elements and the like selected in the respective figures. These terms are not to be understood restrictively, i.e., due to different working positions or the mirror-symmetrical design or the like, these references may change.

[0042] FIG. 1 shows a furniture element which has an outer body and an inner body movably mounted therein, which is designed as a shelf with side walls 1, 3 lying across corners and shelves 7.

[0043] The top of the inner body is closed by a top panel 6 and the bottom by a bottom panel 5.

[0044] In principle, the outer body also has side panels, but only a base panel 2 and a top panel 4 of the outer body are shown in the example.

[0045] Between the top panels 4, 6 a translational-rotational bearing is arranged, by means of which the inner body can be moved relative to the outer body.

[0046] This translational-rotational bearing consists of a curved guide path 8, as can be seen very clearly in particular in FIG. 5, and a linear guide 9, which is firmly connected to the top panel 4 of the outer body, and on the other hand to the top panel 6 of the inner body, but here displaceable relative to the top panel 4 of the outer body.

[0047] The guide path 8, in which a guide element 18 connected to the carrier plate 10 is guided, has three sections, namely two outer sections 24 of larger radius and an inner section 23 of smaller radius connecting these two outer sections 24, wherein the guide path 8 is mirror-symmetrical with respect to an axis transverse to longitudinal extension.

[0048] As part of the top panel 4 of the outer body, a carrier plate 10 is attached to the side facing the top panel 6 of the inner body, preferably by screwing, for which purpose screw holes 17 (FIG. 7) are provided in the carrier plate 10.

[0049] The linear guide 9 consists of two pull-out guides 12, each with a guide rail 13 and a running rail 14. The guide rails 13 forming connecting parts are held in a stationary manner on the carrier plate 10, while the running rails 14, also as connecting parts, are firmly connected to one another by a pivot bearing 15, in which a pivot pin 16 engages, which is inserted in a bore 19 of the top panel 6 of the inner body. In this regard, the pull-out guides 12 may be releasably or non-releasably fixed to the carrier plate 10 and the top panel 6 by means of material bonding, form-fitting and/or force-fitting. In addition, the pull-out guides 12 may have functional elements for controlling movement, for damping, for retracting and/or for extending, thereby providing improved guidance. It may also be useful to arrange an additional center rail between the guide rail 13 and the running rail 14. In this exemplary embodiment, rolling bodies in the form of balls, which may be arranged in rolling body cages, are present within the pull-out guides 12.

[0050] FIGS. 2 to 4 show different pivoting positions of the inner body relative to the outer body, of which only the bottom panel 2 is shown in each case.

[0051] Depending on the pivoting position of the inner body, the carrier plate 10, which, as mentioned, is firmly connected to the top panel 4 of the outer body, is displaced relative to the inner body, with simultaneous rotation of the inner body, along the guide path 8.

[0052] For unhindered pivoting of the inner body relative to the linear guide 9, the top panel 6 has a recess 11, as can be seen in particular in FIGS. 6 to 8. The recess 11 also reduces the overall height.

[0053] FIG. 10 also shows a translational-rotational bearing 20 in the area of the bottom panel 2, wherein a bearing plate 21 with a slot 22 is provided for this purpose, via which a translational movement of the inner body relative to the outer body is possible.

[0054] For the basic design and mode of operation of such a translational-rotational bearing, reference is made by way of example to DE 10 2017 106 170 A1, in which such a translational-rotational bearing 20 is described in detail.

[0055] For the bearing of the inner body to the outer body, the device according to the invention consisting of the linear guides and the guide path can be used both above and below, as well as in combination with a known translational-rotational bearing.

[0056] In FIG. 11, as a further embodiment variant of the guide bearing, the linear guide 9 is shown as a linear rolling bearing 25, having a support strip 28 and a rolling bearing cage 26 guided axially displaceably thereon, on which the carrier plate 10 is mounted so as to be relatively displaceable.

[0057] The connection between the linear rolling bearing 25 and the carrier plate 10 is made by means of the rotary bearing 15, which is designed in the sense of an anti-lift device and is connected on the other hand to a retaining plate 30, wherein the rotary bearing 15 is guided in a slot 29 of the rolling bearing cage 26, as well as in a longitudinal slot 27 of the carrier plate 10, with the simultaneous possibility of pivoting in accordance with the guide path 8.

[0058] To prevent lifting, the pivot pin 16 of the pivot bearing 15 is provided with a head which is located in a circumferential recess of the longitudinal slot 27 of the carrier plate 10, but does not protrude.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0059] 1 Side wall [0060] 2 Bottom panel [0061] 3 Side wall [0062] 4 Top panel [0063] 5 Bottom panel [0064] 6 Top panel [0065] 7 Shelf [0066] 8 Guide path [0067] 9 Linear guide [0068] 10 Carrier plate [0069] 11 Recess [0070] 12 Pull-out guide [0071] 13 Guide rail [0072] 14 Running rail [0073] 15 Pivot bearing [0074] 16 Pivot pin [0075] 17 Screw hole [0076] 18 Guide element [0077] 19 Bore [0078] 29 Translational-rotational bearing [0079] 21 Bearing plate [0080] 22 Slot [0081] 24 Outer section [0082] 23 Inner section [0083] 25 Linear rolling bearing [0084] 26 Rolling bearing cage [0085] 27 Longitudinal slot [0086] 30 Retaining plate [0087] 28 Support strip [0088] 29 Slot