SUPPORT PART, CONSTRUCTION KIT FOR PIECE OF FURNITURE, PIECE OF FURNITURE, AND CORRESPONDING USE

Abstract

A support part (1) is provided in which a liquid outlet (9) is disposed on an outer face (4, 5) of the support part (1), with the liquid outlet (9) preferably opening outwards on the lower face (5) of the support part (1).

Claims

1. A support assembly for a piece of furniture (3), the support assembly comprising: a support part (1), and a liquid outlet (9) arranged at least indirectly on an outer face (4, 5) of the support part (1).

2. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of a) the liquid outlet (9) is arranged by a holder (10) on the outer face (4, 5) of the support part (1) or b) the liquid outlet (9) is arranged entirely outside an imaginary envelope of the support part (1).

3. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a connection line (12) to the liquid outlet (9) or a liquid outlet, which at least in some portions is arranged on the outer face (4, 5) of the support part (1) or protrudes therefrom.

4. The support assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein a line conduit is configured in the support part (1), with a portion of the connection line (12) being arranged therein.

5. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of a) the support part (1) is plate-shaped, b) the support part (1) is releasably connected to a body (17) of a piece of furniture (3), or c) the support part (1) is arranged movably on the body (17).

6. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support part (1) is configured as part of a body (17) of a piece of furniture (3).

7. The support assembly as claimed in claim 6, further comprising an actuating mechanism (18) for a valve (19) blocking or opening the at least one connection line (12) arranged on the piece of furniture (3).

8. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of a) a valve (19) is fastened to the support part (1), or b) the valve is connected to the liquid outlet (9) via a flexible hose (20).

9. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support part (1) is produced from at least one of wood or wood fibers or is at least laminated on the outer face with wood or contains wood.

10. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a valve (19) in fluid communication with the liquid outlet, and an actuating mechanism (18) that has a pilot valve (24), with the valve (19) being able to be controlled thereby as a principal valve (25).

11. The support assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein at least one control line (26) of the pilot valve (24) is arranged on the outer face (4, 5).

12. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a valve (19) in fluid communication with the liquid outlet, and actuating element (28) of the valve (19) or a pilot valve (24) is guided outwardly in the support part (1), on a side edge (31) of the support part (1).

13. The support assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the liquid outlet is a water outlet.

14. A construction kit for a piece of furniture having at least one said support assembly as claimed in claim 1.

15. A piece of furniture (3) having at least one said support assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein wherein the support part (1) is arranged horizontally.

16. The piece of furniture (3) as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a wash basin (32) arranged below the support part (1).

17. The piece of furniture (3) as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a valve (19) connected to a water removal point via a line (35) laid in or behind a wall (33) of the piece of furniture (3).

18. The piece of furniture (3) as claimed in claim 15, wherein the support part (1) comprises a shelf.

19. The piece of furniture (3) as claimed in claim 15, further comprising the support part (1) being arranged in a height adjustable manner on the piece of furniture (3).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0044] The invention is now described in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiments, but is not limited to these exemplary embodiments. Further exemplary embodiments emerge from the combination of the features of individual or a plurality of protected claims with one another and/or with individual or a plurality of features of the exemplary embodiments.

[0045] In the drawings:

[0046] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a piece of furniture with a support part according to the invention, a first embodiment of a liquid conducting arrangement with a liquid outlet, a connection line and a valve being fastened to the lower face thereof,

[0047] FIG. 2 shows the detail marked in FIG. 1 with the circle K in enlarged view,

[0048] FIG. 3 shows a first perspective detailed view of the liquid outlet illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 with the connected connection line and a valve,

[0049] FIG. 4 shows the view shown in FIG. 3 from a perspective obliquely from above, wherein a mounting plate of the valve can be identified by which the valve in FIGS. 1 and 2 is fastened to an outer face of the support part, namely to a lower face of the support part, and

[0050] FIG. 5 shows an alternative liquid-conducting arrangement comprising a liquid outlet, a valve, a connection line and an actuating element which is connected to the valve via a mechanical coupling for actuating the valve.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0051] A support part 1 according to the invention, designed here by way of example as a shelf 2, is configured as part of a piece of furniture 3 (see FIG. 1).

[0052] The support part 1 has an upper face 4 and a lower face 5 which can be defined by the use position of the support part 1 on the piece of furniture 3. A liquid outlet 9 is arranged on the lower face 5, said liquid outlet being oriented downwardly so that a liquid, for example water, can flow out from the liquid outlet 9 transversely or perpendicular to the lower face 5 of the support part 1. The liquid outlet 9 is fastened by means of a holder 10 to the lower face 5 of the support part 1. The holder 10 has a fastening interface and a receiver 11. The holder 10 is fastened via its fastening interface to the lower face 5 of the support part 1 in order to fasten the liquid outlet 9 at least indirectly to the support part 1 in this manner. In the use position, the liquid outlet 9 is arranged in the receiver 11 of the holder 10.

[0053] A connection line 12 is fastened to the lower face 5 of the support part 1. Both the connection line 12 and the liquid outlet 9 are arranged entirely outside an imaginary envelope of the support part 1. The liquid outlet 9 is connected to the connection line 12 for the supply of liquid, in this case water. The liquid outlet 9 and the connection line 12 form together with a valve 19, described in further detail below, a liquid-conducting arrangement 8.

[0054] The liquid outlet 9 in the exemplary embodiment is configured as an angled piece 13. The angled piece 13 diverts an inflow direction, which runs between the upper face 4 and the lower face 5 parallel thereto, into a outflow direction.

[0055] FIGS. 1 and 2 show a possible use of the support part 1 on a piece of furniture 3.

[0056] The support part 1 is configured as a fitted shelf 16 which is inserted into a body 17 of the piece of furniture 3. In further exemplary embodiments, the support part 1 is configured as part of the body 17, for example as part of a side wall or an upper face or a lower face or a stabilizing wall between the upper face and the lower face.

[0057] In FIGS. 1 to 5 it can be seen that an actuating mechanism 18, by which a valve 19 can be actuated, is arranged on the support part 1.

[0058] The valve 19 can be connected via a flexible hose to the liquid outlet 9. In the exemplary embodiment shown in the figures, a portion of the connection line is formed between the valve 19 and the liquid outlet 9 by a pipe 38 which leads at its other end into the liquid outlet 9.

[0059] The liquid outlet 9 and the valve 19 are fastened to the lower face 5 of the support part 1. In order to fasten, for example to screw, the valve 19 to the lower face 5 of the support part 1, the valve has on its upper face a fastening interface 20.

[0060] A further portion of the connection line 12 is also configured as a rigid pipe 38. This portion connects the valve 19 to a line 35 which runs on a rear face of a rear wall 34 of the piece of furniture 3. In further exemplary embodiments, the at least one connection line 12 is configured as a flexible hose.

[0061] The valve 19 has a pilot valve 24, a principal valve 25 of the valve 19 being able to be controlled thereby. To this end, the principal valve 25 has a membrane which can be controlled by a water pressure which is applied to the principal valve 25 as a function of a switching position of the pilot valve 24.

[0062] To this end, a control line 26 is configured in the interior of the valve 19, water being able to be conducted thereby into or out of a pressure chamber 27 which is defined by the membrane. The control line 26 in this case can be configured in the aforementioned membrane as a pressure relief opening. In further exemplary embodiments, the at least one control line is configured as a separate control line.

[0063] The pilot valve 24 is able to be actuated via an actuating element 28 of the actuating mechanism 18.

[0064] FIGS. 1 to 4 show the case where the actuating element 28 is directly configured on the pilot valve 24.

[0065] FIG. 5 shows the case where the actuating element 28 is mechanically coupled to the pilot valve 24 via a mechanical coupling 29 which comprises a control rod 30.

[0066] In further exemplary embodiments, the actuating element 28 is coupled in a different manner to the valve 19, for example via a Bowden cable or a gear mechanism.

[0067] According to the exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the actuating element 28 is configured below a front outer face 31 of the support part 1. In further exemplary embodiments, the actuating element 28 is arranged on the upper face, the lower face and/or a different side edge.

[0068] The support part 1 which is described and shown forms a part of a construction kit for a piece of furniture, the piece of furniture 3 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 for example being able to be assembled thereby.

[0069] FIG. 1 illustrates that a wash basin 32 is arranged below the liquid outlet 9.

[0070] The body 17 has in each case side walls 33 and the rear wall 34 already mentioned above. A line 35 is guided through the rear wall 34.

[0071] The valve 19 is thus able to be connected via the line 35 to a water removal point, not shown further, for example a fitting or an angle valve.

[0072] In an exemplary embodiment, not shown in the figures, the support part 1 can be fastened as a fitted shelf 16 at different heights on the body 17. According to FIG. 1, the piece of furniture 3 has a hole in its rear wall 34 at the appropriate position of the fitted shelf 16.

[0073] In a further exemplary embodiment, the rear wall 34 can be assembled from a plurality of individual parts, wherein for example an individual part is configured with a hole and other individual parts are configured without a hole. It is possible to achieve by a corresponding choice of dimensions of the individual parts that, when the individual parts are assembled differently, the hole can be provided at different positions.

[0074] In a further exemplary embodiment, the rear wall 34 can be configured in two parts with an upper and a lower part, wherein the upper part can be pushed upwardly in the manner of a roller shutter and the lower part can be pushed downwardly in the manner of a roller shutter. Thus a dividing line can be displaced vertically between the parts in order to permit the line 35 to be guided out at the dividing line in all positions of the support part 1.

[0075] In a further exemplary embodiment, the rear wall 34 can be configured in multiple parts, with at least two fixed parts which permit a window therebetween and a horizontally displaceable part covering the window and overlapping the fixed parts. If the hole is introduced into the horizontally movable part, the position of the hole can be adapted again to the position of the support part.

[0076] In further exemplary embodiments, combinations of these options can be implemented.

[0077] In a further exemplary embodiment, the actuating element 28 is not arranged on the support part 1 but remotely therefrom, for example in a vanity unit 36.

[0078] In this case, the actuating element 28 can be coupled via a mechanical coupling 29 or any other, for example electronic, coupling to the valve 19, in particular to the pilot valve 24. Alternatively, the pilot valve 24 can be separated from the principal valve 25 and connected thereto via a control line 26. The pilot valve 24 can be directly arranged in this case on the actuating element 28.

[0079] The control line can be arranged in this case in a control line conduit, for example on the rear face, which can be configured in a similar manner to the line conduit already described above.

[0080] Thus the valve 19 can be arranged on the support part 1 and coupled to the remote actuating element 28.

[0081] Alternatively, the valve 19 can be arranged in or on the vanity unit 36 or in or on the wash basin 32 and connected via a long connection line 12 to the liquid outlet 9.

[0082] Alternatively, the principal valve 25 can be arranged in the support part 1 and the pilot valve 24 can be arranged outside the support part 1, for example in or on the vanity unit 36 or in or on the wash basin 32. The pilot valve 24 is in this case operatively connected to the principal valve 25 via the control line 36.

[0083] In further exemplary embodiments, the support part 1 is configured as a floor of the body 17 and the piece of furniture 3 is arranged for use above a wash basin or a bath or shower tray.

[0084] In a support part 1 according to the invention, therefore, it is proposed to arrange a liquid outlet 9 on an outer face 4 or 5 of the support part 1, wherein the liquid outlet 9 preferably leads outwardly on the lower face 5 of the support part 1.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0085] 1 Support part

[0086] 2 Shelf

[0087] 3 Piece of furniture

[0088] 4 Upper face

[0089] 5 Lower face

[0090] 6 Upper part

[0091] 7 Lower part

[0092] 8 Liquid conduit arrangement

[0093] 9 Liquid outlet

[0094] 10 Holder of 9

[0095] 11 Receiver in 10 for 9

[0096] 12 Connection line

[0097] 13 Angled piece

[0098] 16 Fitted shelf

[0099] 17 Body

[0100] 18 Actuating mechanism

[0101] 19 Valve

[0102] 20 Fastening interface at 19

[0103] 24 Pilot valve

[0104] 25 Principal valve

[0105] 26 Control line

[0106] 27 Pressure chamber

[0107] 28 Actuating element

[0108] 29 Mechanical coupling

[0109] 30 Control rod

[0110] 31 Front outer face of 1

[0111] 32 Wash basin

[0112] 33 Wall

[0113] 34 Rear wall

[0114] 35 Line

[0115] 36 Vanity unit

[0116] 38 Pipe