FITTING

Abstract

A fitting, in particular a fitting for furniture, includes perforations for screwing the fitting to a component. Self-tapping screws are premounted on the fitting and inserted and retained in the perforations in such a way that screw tips of the screws protruding from the fitting can be inserted into bores of the component.

Claims

1. A fitting or furniture fitting, comprising: perforations formed in the fitting for screwing the fitting to a component; and self-tapping screws having screw tips; said self-tapping screws being inserted, retained and premounted in said perforations causing said screw tips to protrude from the fitting for insertion into bores formed in the component.

2. The fitting according to claim 1, wherein one of said self-tapping screws has a tapping thread, and one of said perforations has a circular basic shape and segments or fingers protruding from said circular basic shape, facing radially inward and retaining said tapping thread.

3. The fitting according to claim 2, wherein said segments or fingers include three segments or fingers being mutually spaced apart by 120°.

4. The fitting according to claim 2, wherein said basic shape has a diameter, said self-tapping screw has a head and a screw section between said head and said tapping thread, and said screw section has a diameter corresponding to said diameter of said basic shape.

5. The fitting according to claim 4, which further comprises a material thickness of the fitting around said perforation, said screw section having an axial length corresponding to said material thickness.

6. The fitting according to claim 4, wherein said screw head has an underside, and a ring protrudes from the fitting around said perforation and forms a bearing surface for said underside of said screw head.

7. The fitting according to claim 1, wherein the fitting is a drawer guide profile having ends, said perforations include pairs of perforations, each pair being disposed at a respective one of said ends, and said self-tapping screws are each premounted in a respective one of said perforations.

8. The fitting according to claim 7, wherein said perforations are disposed along a line in a longitudinal extent of the fitting.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0017] FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic, exploded, perspective view of the fitting;

[0018] FIG. 2 is a perspective view according to FIG. 1 with inserted screws;

[0019] FIG. 3 is an enlarged illustration of an inserted screw;

[0020] FIG. 4 is a plan view of a pair of perforations; and

[0021] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view through a perforation with a screw inserted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0022] Referring now to the figures of the drawings in detail and first, particularly, to FIG. 1 thereof, there is seen a drawer guide profile which is reproduced by way of example for a fitting 1 according to the invention. A side wall 2 of the fitting 1 is to be fixed to a component (not illustrated) of an item of furniture. It is fixed with screws 3, 4 which pass through perforations 5, 6 and enter into corresponding bores of the component of the item of furniture.

[0023] In the exemplary embodiment of the fitting 1, a pair of perforations 5, 7; 6, 8 is provided at each end along a line in the longitudinal extent of the fitting 1. A wide range of fastening options for the fitting 1 is thus possible.

[0024] FIG. 2 shows the fitting 1 with the screws 3, 4 inserted into the perforations 5, 6. The self-tapping screws 3, 4 are premounted and inserted and retained in the perforations 5, 6 so far that screw tips 9 protrude from the longitudinal wall 2 of the fitting 1 (compare the enlarged illustration in FIG. 3).

[0025] FIG. 4 shows an enlarged plan view of the perforations 5, 7 in the longitudinal wall 2 of the fitting 1. It can readily be seen that these perforations 5, 7 have a non-round form. Although the perforation 7 has a circular basic shape 10, indicated in dashed lines, three segments 11 to 13 protrude radially inward from this basic shape 10. The diameter of the basic shape 10 corresponds to the diameter of a screw section 14 between a head 15 and a tapping thread 16 of a screw 17 reproduced in FIG. 5. The axial length x of this screw section 14 corresponds to the material thickness x in the region of a perforation 18.

[0026] This is ensured in the case of low material thicknesses, such as in the case of the side wall 2, by rings 19, 20 and 21 shown in FIG. 5, which protrude from the side wall 2 and form a bearing surface for the underside of the head 15 of the screw 17.

[0027] The following is a summary list of reference numerals and the corresponding structure used in the above description of the invention.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0028] 1 fitting [0029] 2 longitudinal wall [0030] 3 screw [0031] 4 screw [0032] 5 perforation [0033] 6 perforation [0034] 7 perforation [0035] 8 perforation [0036] 9 screw tip [0037] 10 basic shape [0038] 11 segment [0039] 12 segment [0040] 13 segment [0041] 14 screw section [0042] 15 head [0043] 16 tapping thread [0044] 17 screw [0045] 18 perforation [0046] 19 ring [0047] 20 ring [0048] 21 ring