SETTING DEVICE FOR A LATCHING ARRANGEMENT FOR SETTING A MOVABLE FURNITURE PART WHICH IS RECEIVED ON A FURNITURE BODY

Abstract

A setting device for a latching arrangement for setting a movable furniture part which is received in a furniture body, the setting device comprising a receptacle, a spring member and an operating lever, it being possible for the setting device to be mounted on a holding member of the latching arrangement such that it can be pivoted via the receptacle, and a latching element being configured on the spring member. The invention is distinguished by the fact that the shape of the spring member, and therefore the position of the latching element, can be varied by means of the operating lever, without interaction with a further element.

Claims

1. A setting device for a latching arrangement for setting a movable furniture part which is received on a furniture body, the setting device comprising a receptacle, a spring member and an operating lever, wherein the setting device is adapted to be mounted on a holding member of the latching arrangement such that it can be pivoted via the receptacle, said setting device further comprising a latching element configured on the spring member, wherein the shape of the spring member, and therefore the position of the latching element, can be varied by means of the operating lever, without interaction with any other element.

2. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the setting device comprises two operating levers, and the operating levers are arranged on the receptacle symmetrically, so as to lie opposite one another.

3. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the spring member and the operating lever are configured on the receptacle in such a way that they are connected to one another exclusively via the receptacle in an installed position on the furniture part.

4. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the operating lever is configured as a spring element.

5. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the operating lever is configured as a leg of a leg spring.

6. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the operating lever has a spring action direction which lies perpendicularly with respect to a spring action direction of the spring member and/or a latching direction of the latching element of the spring member.

7. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the spring member is a leaf spring.

8. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the operating lever comprises an operating member.

9. The setting device according to claim 8, wherein the operating member is configured in such a way, so as to engage behind the spring member, that the latching element of the spring member can be moved in the opposite direction to the latching direction of the latching element.

10. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the operating lever has a gripping element.

11. The setting device according to claim 1, wherein the spring member, the operating lever and the receptacle are configured together integrally in one piece.

12. A latching arrangement having a setting device according to claim 1, the latching arrangement comprising a holding member and an adjusting element, wherein the latching arrangement is adapted to be mounted with the holding member on the movable furniture part and coupled via a coupler of the adjusting element to a guide device of the furniture body.

13. A furniture item having a latching arrangement according to claim 12.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0040] Exemplary embodiments will be described in greater detail, specifying further details and advantages, using the diagrammatic drawings below, in which:

[0041] FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a setting device according to the present invention;

[0042] FIG. 2 shows a side view of the setting device from FIG. 1;

[0043] FIG. 3 shows a further side view of the setting device from FIG. 1;

[0044] FIG. 4 shows a plan view of a latching arrangement having a setting device according to FIG. 1;

[0045] FIG. 5 shows a plan view of a drawer rear side having a latching arrangement according to FIG. 4 mounted thereon; and

[0046] FIG. 6 shows a drawer with the latching arrangement according to FIG. 5 mounted thereon, which latching arrangement is mounted on a furniture body such that it can be moved on guide rails.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0047] A setting device 1 comprises a receptacle 2, a spring member 3 and two operating levers 4, 5 (FIGS. 1 to 3).

[0048] The receptacle 2 of the setting device 1 is configured as a flat, disk-shaped member, on which the spring member 3 and the operating levers 4, 5 are arranged so as to project in a direction parallel to one another. The receptacle 2 comprises two holes 27, 28, via which the receptacle 2 is attached rotatably on a holding member 12 by means of a pin 26. To this end, the pin 26 is configured so as to be widened in a disk-like manner at its upper end, and the widened disk is embedded into a corresponding recess on an upper side 29 of the receptacle 2 in such a way that the upper side 29 terminates approximately flush with the outer pin disk. By way of the disk-like widened portion of the pin 26, the receptacle 2 is fixed rotatably on the holding member 12, in a parallel direction to the rotational axis on the pin 26.

[0049] The operating levers 4, 5 are formed, for example, as elongate or rod-shaped, flat, sprung elements, and have gripping elements 6, 7 on their narrow outer side face. To this end, the narrow, outer side face of the operating lever 4, 5 is advantageously curved or bent inward in a circular manner, and a structure 8, 9 which is, in particular, grooved is configured on the surface of the gripping element 6, 7 or the side face.

[0050] Operating members 18, 19 which are, for example, wedge-shaped are configured at an outer end 16, 17 of the operating lever 4, 5 so as to lie opposite one another on the operating lever 4, 5. The operating levers 4, 5 are configured on the holding member 12 in such a way that they can be deflected in a sprung manner in a plane E1 parallel to a surface 30 of the holding member 12.

[0051] The spring member 3 is likewise configured as an elongate or rod-shaped, flat, sprung element, and comprises a latching lug 13 on a broad, elongate side face 10 which faces the holding member 12 of the latching arrangement in the mounted state on the latching arrangement 11. The latching lug 13 is configured so as to project from the surface of the side face 10, and is shaped in a matching manner with respect to a depression 14 of an adjusting element 15.

[0052] The spring member 3 is arranged on the receptacle 2 in such a way that it can be deflected in a sprung manner in a direction R1 perpendicularly with respect to the surface 30 of the holding member 12 and perpendicularly with respect to a spring direction of the operating levers 4, 5.

[0053] In the mounted state of a latching arrangement 11 which comprises the setting device 1, the holding member 12 and the adjusting element 15, the adjusting element 15 is arranged such that it can be displaced between the holding member 12 and the setting device 1 (FIG. 4).

[0054] The setting of the adjusting element 15 on the latching arrangement 11 by way of a user can proceed as follows:

[0055] In a first step, a user grips the two operating levers 4, 5 at the gripping elements 6, 7, for example, using one hand, and presses or bends both operating levers 4, 5 out of their starting position on the receptacle 2 toward one another. As a result, the wedge-shaped operating members 18, 19 are pushed or pressed below the spring member 3. The spring member 3 yields with a sprung movement perpendicularly with respect to the bending movement of the operating levers 4, 5 and perpendicularly with respect to the surface 30 of the holding member 12 away from the surface 30 of the operating members 18, 19. The latching lug 13 of the spring member 3 is released as a result of the yielding movement out of its fixed or latched position, out of the depression 14 of the adjusting element 15. As a result, fixing of the adjusting element 15 is released.

[0056] It is also conceivable that, in a first step, a user actuates exclusively a single operating lever 4, 5, in order to achieve an adjustment of the spring member 3. Furthermore, it is correspondingly conceivable that the setting device comprises a single operating lever 4, 5 for adjusting the spring member 3 in a further variant.

[0057] In a next step, with the operating levers 4, 5 still being held or pressed together, the user can then vary a position H of the adjusting element 15 relative to the holding member 12.

[0058] In a further step, the user releases the operating levers 4, 5, and the latter move back as a result into their starting position relative to the receptacle 2, on account of their configuration as a spring element. As a result, the tensioned spring member 3 likewise pushes back into its starting position in the direction of the surface 30 (R2).

[0059] Finally, the user rotates the setting device 1 about the rotational axis of the pin 26 until the latching lug 13 latches into a depression 14 of the adjusting element 15. The latching arrangement 11 is therefore fixed and set in a new adjusting position (FIG. 5).

[0060] In the mounted state, the latching arrangement 11 on the drawer 20 is screwed to an outer side face 21 of the rear wall 22. Here, the latching arrangement is arranged on the rear wall 22 in such a way that it can interact with a guide rail 23 which is mounted on the furniture body 25 such that it can be moved with respect to a body rail 24 (FIGS. 5, 6).

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0061] 1 Setting device [0062] 2 Receptacle [0063] 3 Spring member [0064] 4 Operating lever [0065] 5 Operating lever [0066] 6 Gripping element [0067] 7 Gripping element [0068] 8 Structure [0069] 9 Structure [0070] 10 Side face [0071] 11 Latching arrangement [0072] 12 Holding member [0073] 13 Latching lug [0074] 14 Depression [0075] 15 Adjusting element [0076] 16 End [0077] 17 End [0078] 18 Operating member [0079] 19 Operating member [0080] 20 Drawer [0081] 21 Side face [0082] 22 Rear wall [0083] 23 Guide rail [0084] 24 Body rail [0085] 25 Furniture body [0086] 26 Pin [0087] 27 Hole [0088] 28 Hole [0089] 29 Upper side [0090] 30 Surface