ROTATING ELEMENT, FURNITURE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A TRANSLATIONAL-ROTATIONAL FITTING OF A ROTATING ELEMENT

Abstract

A rotating element with a cuboid body has a base, a ceiling, support elements connecting the base to the ceiling, and a translational-rotational fitting with a base plate and a rotating plate, with which the rotating element can be moved in a combined translational-rotational movement from an initial position into an open end position and back into the initial position. A positioning plate is arranged between the rotating plate and the base or the ceiling of the body. The positioning plate is fastenable to the rotating plate in different predetermined positions from one another, the predetermined positions being selected such that adjacent outer edges of the rotating element, which are located opposite the outer edges of the body and aligned at right angles to one another, lie on the imaginary boundary lines in the open end position of the rotating element.

Claims

1-12. (canceled)

13. A rotating element comprising: a cuboid body with a base, a ceiling, and supporting elements or at least one side wall connecting the base to the ceiling; a translational-rotational fitting arranged on an underside of the base or on an upper side of the ceiling, wherein the translational-rotational fitting is configured to move the rotating element in a combined translational-rotational movement from an initial position into an open end position and back into the initial position, wherein the translational-rotational fitting has a base plate and a rotating plate positively guided in translation and simultaneously in rotation relative to the base plate and is fastenable to the base or the ceiling, and wherein the rotating plate is movable relative to the base plate in such a way that the cuboid body does not cross two imaginary boundary lines formed by adjacent outer edges of the cuboid body aligned at right angles to one another in the initial position during the translational-rotational movement in a predetermined angular range of 90 or 180; and a positioning plate arranged between the rotating plate and the base or the ceiling of the cuboid body, wherein the positioning plate is fastenable to the rotating plate in different predetermined positions, wherein the different predetermined positions are selected such that, with or without a panel attached to the body, adjacent outer edges of the rotating element lying opposite the adjacent outer edges of the body and aligned at right angles to one another lie on the imaginary boundary lines in the open end position of the rotating element, wherein the panel is selected from a set of panels with predetermined material thicknesses such that a width or depth of the rotating element is changed by the panel selected from the set of panels.

14. The rotating element of claim 13, wherein the positioning plate or the rotating plate has a plurality of holes configured to receive bolts or screws to fix the positioning plate relative to the rotating plate to one another in a particular position depending on presence of the panel or depending on the predetermined material thickness of the panel.

15. The rotating element of claim 13, wherein the positioning plate or the rotating plate has a plurality of latching receptacles configured to receive at least one bolt in one of the plurality of latching receptacles to fix the positioning plate relative to the rotating plate to one another in a matching position depending on the material thickness of the panel.

16. The rotating element of claim 13, wherein the positioning plate is integrated in the body.

17. The rotating element of claim 13, wherein the positioning plate has at least one mounting groove into which a bolt projecting from the base or the ceiling is insertable or latchable.

18. The rotating element of claim 13, wherein at least one side edge of the rotating plate, the positioning plate and the base or the ceiling lying one on top of the other is enclosed by a profile.

19. The rotating element of claim 18, wherein the profile has a receptacle on an inner side of a middle wall, into which a latching lug formed on a lateral elevation of the positioning plate projects.

20. The rotating element of claim 13, wherein a rotational component of the movement between the initial position and the open end position is 90 or 180.

21. A piece of furniture comprising: a furniture body; and a rotating furniture element rotatably mounted in the furniture body, wherein the furniture element comprises a cuboid body with a base, a ceiling, and supporting elements or at least one side wall connecting the base to the ceiling; a translational-rotational fitting arranged on an underside of the base or on an upper side of the ceiling, wherein the translational-rotational fitting is configured to move the rotating element in a combined translational-rotational movement from an initial position into an open end position and back into the initial position, wherein the translational-rotational fitting has a base plate and a rotating plate positively guided in translation and simultaneously in rotation relative to the base plate and is fastenable to the base or the ceiling, and wherein the rotating plate is movable relative to the base plate in such a way that the cuboid body does not cross two imaginary boundary lines formed by adjacent outer edges of the cuboid body aligned at right angles to one another in the initial position during the translational-rotational movement in a predetermined angular range of 90 or 180; and a positioning plate arranged between the rotating plate and the base or the ceiling of the cuboid body, wherein the positioning plate is fastenable to the rotating plate in different predetermined positions, wherein the different predetermined positions are selected such that, with or without a panel attached to the body, adjacent outer edges of the rotating element lying opposite the adjacent outer edges of the body and aligned at right angles to one another lie on the imaginary boundary lines in the open end position of the rotating element, wherein the panel is selected from a set of panels with predetermined material thicknesses such that a width or depth of the rotating element is changed by the panel selected from the set of panels.

22. The piece of furniture of claim 21, wherein at least one further furniture element is arranged adjacent to the furniture element, wherein one of outer edges of the rotating furniture element lying opposite outer edges of the cuboid body is aligned with a front surface of the further furniture element in the initial position of the rotating furniture element.

23. The piece of furniture of claim 22, wherein when the panel is arranged on a front side of the rotating furniture element and another panel is arranged on a front side of the body of the further furniture element, the predetermined material thickness of the panel of the rotating furniture element corresponds to a material thickness of the another panel of the further furniture element.

24. A method for positioning a translational-rotational fitting of a rotating element, which comprises a cuboid body with a base, a ceiling, and supporting elements or at least one side wall connecting the base to the ceiling, and a translational-rotational fitting arranged on an underside of the base or on an upper side of the ceiling, wherein the translational-rotational fitting is configured to move the rotating element in a combined translational-rotational movement from an initial position into an open end position and back into the initial position, wherein the translational-rotational fitting has a base plate and a rotating plate positively guided in translation and simultaneously in rotation relative to the base plate and is fastenable to the base or the ceiling, and wherein the rotating plate is movable relative to the base plate in such a way that the cuboid body does not cross two imaginary boundary lines formed by adjacent outer edges of the cuboid body aligned at right angles to one another in the initial position during the translational-rotational movement in a predetermined angular range of 90 or 180, on the base or the ceiling of the body, wherein a width and depth of the cuboid body is equal to a width and depth of the base and the ceiling, the method comprising: selecting one or more panel with predetermined material thickness; entering the width and depth of the cuboid body and the material thickness of the one or more panels in a computer program; checking whether the selected one or more panels for the cuboid body are within a predetermined material thickness range; calculating coordinates of holes to be drilled in the base or ceiling responsive to the checking being positive; inserting the holes at the calculated coordinates of the base or the ceiling; and attaching the translational-rotational fitting to the base or ceiling of the cuboid body at the calculated coordinates.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES

[0041] In the following, preferred embodiments are explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

[0042] FIG. 1 shows a schematic isometric representation of a piece of furniture with a rotating element arranged therein in a closed position,

[0043] FIG. 2 shows a representation of the furniture with rotating element in an open end position corresponding to FIG. 1,

[0044] FIG. 3 shows a representation of a piece of furniture corresponding to FIG. 1 before the rotating element is mounted with the base of the rotating element fixed to the piece of furniture,

[0045] FIG. 4 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 3 with fully assembled rotating element before it is attached to the furniture,

[0046] FIG. 5 shows a front view of the furniture according to FIG. 3 or 4 after inserting the rotating element into the holder provided for this purpose on the furniture,

[0047] FIG. 6 shows a partial exploded view of the rotating element with body and positioning plates to be attached to the bottom and top of the body,

[0048] FIGS. 7 and 8 show detailed views of the mounting groove of the positioning plate and a bolt to be latched in it,

[0049] FIG. 9 shows an isometric view of the body of the rotating element with the positioning plate attached to it,

[0050] FIG. 10 shows a representation of the body of the rotating element corresponding to FIG. 9 with covers attached to it,

[0051] FIGS. 11 and 12 show a top view of a side of the positioning plate facing the rotating plate of the translational-rotational fitting with a hole pattern and bolts inserted in different holes,

[0052] FIG. 13 shows a top view of a piece of furniture with a rotating element with panels attached to it and, depending on the material thickness of the panels, schematically marked centers of the cross-sectional areas of the rotating elements,

[0053] FIG. 14 shows an isometric representation of a positioning plate and a rotating plate with latching receptacles provided in the positioning plate for receiving bolts fastened in the rotating plate,

[0054] FIG. 15 shows an enlarged section of the positioning plate showing the latching receptacle and a lateral elevation with a latching lug formed on it,

[0055] FIGS. 16-18 show a sectional view through an edge area of the positioning plate, rotating plate and base components lying on top of each other with a profile laterally embracing the three components with the rotating plate positioned differently relative to the positioning plate and

[0056] FIGS. 19-21 show a sectional view through a base area of the rotating element showing the different positioning of the rotating plate to the positioning plate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0057] In the following description of the figures, terms such as top, bottom, left, right, front, rear, etc. refer exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the furniture, the rotating element, body, base, ceiling, rotating plate, positioning plate, panel and the like selected in the respective figures. These terms are not to be understood as restrictive, i.e. these references may change due to different working positions or the mirror-symmetrical design or the like.

[0058] In FIGS. 1 and 2, an exemplary piece of furniture is designated by the reference symbol 1.

[0059] The furniture 1 essentially consists of a furniture body 3 with one or more furniture elements 32, for example in the form of drawers or interior spaces closed by doors, as well as a ceiling 33 and a base (not provided here with a reference sign), which is supported, for example, by feet 35, which are covered at least on one front side and sides by a cover strip 36.

[0060] Furthermore, the furniture 1 has at least one cuboid rotating element 2 which, as a comparison of FIGS. 1 and 2 shows, can be moved from a closed position shown in FIG. 1, in which an inner space of the rotating element 2 is closed by panels 26, into an open position by a combined translational-rotational movement, as shown in FIG. 2. The rotating element 2 is arranged adjacent to a partition 31 of the furniture body 3.

[0061] The rotational component of the movement between the starting position and the open end position is preferably 90 (rotating element 2 with a square base) or 180 (rotating element 2 with a square or rectangular base).

[0062] As shown as an example in FIG. 2, the rotating element 2 can have, in addition to a base 22 and a ceiling 23 shown in FIG. 6, for example, one or more shelves 27, which are supported or carried by supporting elements, in this case in the form of two side walls 25 and a post 24.

[0063] The base 22, the ceiling 23 and the support elements together form a body 21 of the rotating element 2.

[0064] An exemplary translational-rotational fitting 4 is shown in FIG. 4. Such a translational-rotational fitting 4 is arranged on an underside of the base 22 and/or on an upper side of the ceiling 23.

[0065] Alternatively, a translational-rotational fitting according to WO 2020 212 373 A1 or in another embodiment can also be arranged on an underside of the base and/or on an upper side of the ceiling.

[0066] With the translational-rotational fitting 4, the rotating element 2 can be moved in a combined translational-rotational movement from an initial position shown in FIG. 1 to an open end position shown in FIG. 2 and back to the initial position.

[0067] The translational-rotational fitting 4 has a base plate 41 and a rotating plate 42 that can be moved in translation and rotation relative to the base plate 41. The rotating plate 42 is fixed to the base 22 and/or the ceiling 23 of the rotating element 2. The base plate 41 is fixed in rotation to the base element 29 and/or the ceiling 33.

[0068] The rotating plate 42 can be moved relative to the base plate 41 in such a way that during the translational-rotational movement the body 21 does not cross two imaginary boundary lines in a predetermined angular range of 90 or 180, which are formed by adjacent outer edges 2A of the body 21 aligned at right angles to one another in its starting position shown in FIG. 1.

[0069] The relevant outer edges 2A of the body 21 are shown in FIG. 2, but are already rotated by 180 into the open end position of the body 21.

[0070] In one embodiment, as shown for example in FIGS. 6 to 18, a positioning plate 5 is arranged between the rotating plate 42 and the base 22 and/or the ceiling 23 of the body 21, which can be fastened to the rotating plate 42 in different predetermined positions from one another.

[0071] These predetermined positions are selected in such a way that, with or without panel(s) attached to the body 21, selected from a set of panels with predetermined material thicknesses d.sub.1, d.sub.2, which change the width and/or depth of the rotating element 2, adjacent outer edges 2B of the rotating element 2, which are aligned at right angles to one another and opposite the outer edges 2A of the body, lie on the imaginary boundary lines in the end opening position of the rotating element 2.

[0072] In other words, the rotating plate 42 can be variably positioned in predetermined positions relative to the body depending on the material thickness d.sub.1, d.sub.2 of the panel or panels 26 to be attached to the body 21 on the base 22 and/or the ceiling 23 such that, in a plane of the translational-rotational movement, a center point of the rotating element 2 with or without the panel 26 attached to the body 21 has the same surface coordinates in the starting position and the open end position.

[0073] This means that due to the variable positionability of the rotating plate 42 relative to the base 22 and/or the ceiling 23, panels of different material thicknesses can be attached to the body 21 of a rotating element 2 without having to use a special translational-rotational fitting 4 or having to provide a special body 21 depending on the material thickness of the panels 26.

[0074] For easy positioning of the positioning plate 5 on the rotating plate 42, the positioning plate 5 and/or the rotating plate 42 according to an exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 has a plurality of holes 51 for receiving bolts 6 or screws in order to fix the positioning plate 5 relative to the rotating plate 42 in a suitable position against one another depending on the material thickness d.sub.1, d.sub.2 (shown in FIG. 13) of the panels 26.

[0075] FIG. 13 shows a displacement of the center points M.sub.1, M.sub.2 of the rotating element 2 using the double cross drawn in the rotating element 2, which results from different material thicknesses d.sub.1, d.sub.2 of the panels 26 arranged on the rotating element 2.

[0076] In this way, the thicknesses of the panels 26 of the rotating element 2 can be easily adapted to the thicknesses of the panels 34 of the furniture elements 32 and at the same time an optimum movement of the rotating element 2 can be realized. The same also applies if the rotating element 2 and the furniture elements 32 do not have panels.

[0077] FIGS. 11 and 12 also show that the bolts 6, which in the example shown protrude from the rotating plate 42 in the direction of the positioning plate 5, are positioned in different holes.

[0078] The positioning plate 5 is preferably integrated into the body 21.

[0079] For easy mounting of the positioning plate 5 on the base 22 and/or the ceiling 23 (shown in FIGS. 6-10), the positioning plate 5 has at least one mounting groove 53, into which a bolt 7 projecting from the base 22 or the ceiling 23 can be inserted and latched. For easy positioning of the positioning plate 5 relative to the rotating plate 42, a mounting groove 53 can also be arranged in the rotating plate 42 and a bolt 7 in the positioning plate 5 or vice versa.

[0080] The bolt 7, shown in detail in FIG. 7, has a head 72, which is guided in the mounting groove 53 into a latching receptacle 54, which holds the head 72 of the bolt 7 in the vertical direction in an undercut. A shaft 71, which is fixed in the ceiling 23, extends from the bolt head 72.

[0081] A step 73 is formed at the transition between the shaft 71 and the bolt head 72, the diameter of which is adapted to the latching receptacle 54 in order to be able to detect the end position of the positioning plate 5 on the base 22 or the ceiling 23 by touch.

[0082] In the embodiment variant shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, instead of the hole pattern consisting of a plurality of holes 51 in the positioning plate 5, several latching receptacles 52 are provided for receiving at least one bolt 6 in one of the latching receptacles 52 in order to fix the positioning plate 5 relative to the rotating plate 42 to one another depending on the material thickness d.sub.1, d.sub.2 of the panels 26 and a matching position.

[0083] As can be seen in FIG. 15, the latching receptacles 52 are designed here in the form of merging holes. It is of course also conceivable to provide the latching receptacles 52 on the rotating plate 42 and to allow the bolts to protrude from the positioning plate 5 accordingly.

[0084] As shown in FIGS. 15-18, one side edge of the superimposed components of the rotating plate 42, positioning plate 5 and base 22 or ceiling 23 is bordered by a profile 8.

[0085] The profile 8 is designed, for example, as an aluminum profile. The profile 8 essentially has two parallel legs, a first leg 81 and a second leg 82, which are connected to each other at one end by a middle wall 83 and thus form a U-shaped receptacle for the above-mentioned components.

[0086] As further shown in FIGS. 16 to 18, the profile 8 has a receptacle 84 on an inner side of the middle wall 83, into which a latching lug 56 formed on a lateral elevation 55 of the positioning plate 5 projects.

[0087] As a result, the profile 8 is securely fixed to the components lying on top of each other. As a comparison of FIGS. 16 to 18 shows, the rotating plate 42 protrudes further or less far into the profile 8 with a lateral web 421, depending on the positioning of the rotating plate 42 relative to the positioning plate 5.

[0088] In an alternative embodiment, the rotating plate 42 is arranged directly on the base 22 or the ceiling 23 of the body 21.

[0089] To fix the rotating plate 42 to the base 22 or the ceiling 23 of the body 21, holes are drilled in the base 22 or the ceiling 23 in order to fix the rotating plate 42 to the base 22 or the ceiling 23 at the position provided for this purpose.

[0090] For example, a drilling template, a table of values, a computer program, or a mobile application can be used to determine the optimum arrangement of the rotating plate 42 in relation to the base 22 or ceiling 23 depending on the material thickness d.sub.1, d.sub.2 of the selectable panels 26.

[0091] Accordingly, a method for positioning a translational-rotational fitting 4 of the rotating element 2 has the following method specifications:

[0092] First, one or more panel(s) 26 is/are selected from a set of panels with predetermined material thicknesses d.sub.1, d.sub.2.

[0093] The selected material thickness d.sub.1, d.sub.2 of the panel(s) and the width and depth of the body 21 are then entered into a computer program input interface.

[0094] The computer program can be installed on a PC or a mobile device, for example as an application. The computer program can be suitable for displaying or visualizing the entered data to display the furniture in an interactive virtual environment (virtual reality) or a mixture of real and virtual environments (AR: augmented reality).

[0095] The system then checks whether the selected panel(s) for the selected body 21 are within a predetermined material thickness range.

[0096] The coordinates of the holes to be drilled in the base 22 and/or the ceiling 23 are then calculated if the result of the check is positive.

[0097] The calculated data is output via an output interface of the computer program so that the holes can then be inserted at the calculated coordinates of the base 22 and/or the ceiling 23 and the attachment of the translational-rotational fitting 4 to the base and/or ceiling 23 of the body 21 at the calculated coordinates can be carried out.

[0098] When using a computer program or a mobile application, all necessary parameters, such as dimensions of the base element 29, dimensions of the body 21, thickness of the side walls 25, thickness of the panels 26 etc. can be entered, and the position of the holes in the base 22 or in the ceiling 23 can be output after the calculation.

[0099] This makes it much easier to install the rotating element 2.

[0100] This computer program can also detect possible collisions caused by the use of unsuitable body dimensions and panel thicknesses in advance, thus preventing a malfunction on the mounted rotating element 2.

[0101] FIGS. 19 to 21 show the arrangement of the rotating plate 42 relative to the base 22 in different arrangements.

[0102] In this example, the base plate 41 is arranged on a base element 29 with feet 28 for placing the rotating element 2 on a room base. The bottom section of the rotating element 2 can be attached to the furniture body 3 or the other furniture elements 32 via the base element 29.

[0103] 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 SYMBOLS

[0104] 1 Furniture [0105] 2 Rotating element [0106] 21 Corpus [0107] 22 Base [0108] 23 Ceiling [0109] 24 Posts [0110] 25 Side wall [0111] 26 Panel [0112] 27 Shelf [0113] 28 Foot [0114] 29 Base element [0115] 2 First outer edge [0116] 2B second outer edge [0117] 3 Furniture body [0118] 31 Partition [0119] 32 Furniture element [0120] 33 Ceiling [0121] 34 Panel [0122] 35 Foot [0123] 36 Cover strip [0124] 3A Front surface [0125] 4 Translational-rotational fitting [0126] 41 Base plate [0127] 42 Rotating plate [0128] 421 Web [0129] 5 Positioning plate [0130] 51 Hole [0131] 52 Latching mount [0132] 53 Mounting groove [0133] 54 Latching receptacle [0134] 55 Elevation [0135] 56 Latching lug [0136] 6 Bolt [0137] 7 Bolt [0138] 71 Shaft [0139] 72 Head [0140] 73 Step [0141] 8 Profile [0142] 81 First leg [0143] 82 Second leg [0144] 83 Middle wall [0145] 84 Receptacle [0146] M.sub.1, M.sub.2 Center [0147] d.sub.1, d.sub.2 Material thickness