EP0849475A2 - Dispositif d'assemblage pour accessoires de meubles modulaires - Google Patents

Dispositif d'assemblage pour accessoires de meubles modulaires Download PDF

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EP0849475A2
EP0849475A2 EP97122044A EP97122044A EP0849475A2 EP 0849475 A2 EP0849475 A2 EP 0849475A2 EP 97122044 A EP97122044 A EP 97122044A EP 97122044 A EP97122044 A EP 97122044A EP 0849475 A2 EP0849475 A2 EP 0849475A2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/12—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy detachment of the hinge from the wing or the frame
    • E05D7/123—Hinges or pivots of special construction to allow easy detachment of the hinge from the wing or the frame specially adapted for cabinets or furniture
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B95/00—Fittings for furniture
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D5/00—Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment
    • E05D5/02—Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps
    • E05D5/06—Bent flaps
    • E05D5/065—Bent flaps specially adapted for cabinets or furniture
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D7/00—Hinges or pivots of special construction
    • E05D7/08—Hinges or pivots of special construction for use in suspensions comprising two spigots placed at opposite edges of the wing, especially at the top and the bottom, e.g. trunnions
    • E05D7/081—Hinges or pivots of special construction for use in suspensions comprising two spigots placed at opposite edges of the wing, especially at the top and the bottom, e.g. trunnions the pivot axis of the wing being situated near one edge of the wing, especially at the top and bottom, e.g. trunnions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets

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  • This invention concerns a device to assemble accessories for modular furniture as set forth in the main claim.
  • the invention is applied in the furniture industry to assemble accessories such as doors, shelves, drawers or similar, for furniture of the shelf or cupboard type, particularly but not exclusively of modular and mass-produced furniture.
  • the invention is also applied in assembling strips to finish and close the spaces between pieces of furniture and the walls and/or ceiling.
  • attachment means usually screws, are used to attach the hinges of the doors to the frame of the furniture.
  • the furniture which has anchoring seatings for the hinges in correspondence with each compartment therefore has anti-aesthetic holes or shapings in correspondence with the compartments left open.
  • a further problem is that caused by the finishing strips to cover the spaces between the side upright of the furniture and an adjacent wall, or between the ceiling and the upper panel covering the furniture.
  • the purpose of the invention is to obtain a device to assemble accessories such as doors, shelves, drawers and/or finishing strips for furniture which will make it possible to vary the connection of these elements with the frame of the furniture without creating permanent modifications on the frame.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to obtain a device which will not need a specific and prior location, for example by holes made in advance, of the anchoring seatings for the hinges of the doors or strips, or seatings and guides for shelves and drawers.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to obtain a device which will reduce the overall production times of the furniture and facilitate the different ways of assembling it, allowing the desired modifications to be made to the configuration without anti-aesthetic holes or unused guides remaining visible.
  • the device according to the invention uses removable hinges which are inserted at the front and then clamped against the uprights or the upper or lower panel of the frame of the furniture.
  • the hinges are clamped to the uprights or the panels under pressure.
  • the hinges have a coupling hollow mating with the thickness of the uprights or panels and cooperate with pressure clamping elements which allow them to be stably attached to, although easily removable from, the frame of the furniture.
  • the clamping elements are of the eccentric or cam type.
  • the clamping elements are screws.
  • a protection element which prevents the clamping elements from cutting or scratching the frame.
  • the components of the frame are made during the production step without including any anchoring seating for the hinges; this considerably reduces the manufacturing times.
  • the hinges are constrained simply and quickly during the assembly step of the furniture, when the desired composition, the location and the type of use allow the position of the doors, shelves or possible drawers to be identified precisely.
  • the invention allows the size of the strips to be standardised.
  • the removable hinges used in the device according to the invention can have a different form of embodiment according to the type of connection adopted (abutment, with a gap, with a retractable pin, single or double type) or also according to the material in which the door or strip to be assembled is made.
  • the number 10 denotes generally the device to assemble accessories for furniture according to the invention.
  • the attached Figures show the application for doors 11 and/or finishing strips 12 for furniture 13 but the invention can be applied equally well to assemble shelves, drawers, mirrors and every other type of accessory which can be connected to the furniture 13 in a non-permanent manner or in such a way as to allow the article to be dis-assembled at any moment without leaving any modifications visible or permanent damage to the structure of the furniture.
  • the device 10 is used to attach, to the uprights 14a or the panels 14b of the frame 14 of a piece of furniture 13, doors 11 to close the compartments 13a, 13b, 13c of the furniture 13 and/or finishing strips 12 used to cover the spaces 15 between the furniture 13 and the wall 16 or ceiling (Fig. 1).
  • the device 10 substantially consists of one or more removable hinges 17 inserted at the front of the uprights 14a or panels 14b at the step when the furniture 13 is assembled.
  • the removable hinges 17 are of the type for a door 11 fitted to include a gap, with the pin 18 in a lateral position with respect to the upright 14a.
  • Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show removable hinges 17 for doors 11 coupled in abutment with a pin 18 arranged at the front of the upright 14a.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 show assemblies adopting respectively removable hinges 17 for doors 11 made of glass and removable hinges 17 with a retractable pin.
  • Fig. 10 shows a removable hinge 17 of the double type which allows two adjacent doors 11 to be assembled.
  • Fig. 11 shows a universal hinge 17 which allows any kind of door 11 whatsoever of the type mentioned above to be assembled.
  • the hinge 17 shown in Fig. 11 has three threaded holes 22, one for each side, onto which the threaded shank 24 of a supporting dowel 23 is screwed; the supporting dowel 23 has a pin 18 on which the relative door 11, shelf or otherwise may be assembled.
  • the door 11 assembled can therefore be fitted with a gap, in abutment, or retractable, or even two adjacent doors can be assembled, either of the same type or different.
  • the removable hinges 17 have a main body 17a, in this case U-shaped, defining a coupling hollow 19 cooperating with the front part of the upright 14a or the panel 14b onto which the removable hinge 17 is anchored.
  • the coupling hollow 19 has an opening "l” mating with the thickness "s" of the upright 14a or the panel 14b.
  • the removable hinge 17 cooperates with pressure clamping means 20 which clamp it on the frame 14 once it has been inserted, either removably or in a non-permanent manner and in such a way as to allow it to be removed without leaving permanent marks or damage.
  • the clamping means 20 consist of flat-headed screw elements 120 constrained to the main body 17a and acting in abutment on the upright 14a to cancel the lateral play between the removable hinge 17 and the upright 14a.
  • the removable hinge 17 is respectively clamped to or unclamped from the frame 14, and fine adjustments can be made during assembly.
  • the clamping means 20 consist of eccentric elements 220 pinned in correspondence with a thicker part 17b on the main body 17a.
  • the eccentric elements 220 have at least a first position "I” wherein they do not come into contact with the upright 14a, and thus cause the removable hinge 17 to be unclamped from the frame 14, and a second position "II", rotated with respect to the first "I”, wherein they put pressure on the upright 14a and clamp the hinge 17 onto the frame 14 (Fig. 5).
  • the hinge 17 is attached to the frame 14 by tightening the supporting dowel 23 by means of pressing the threaded shank 24 against the part of the upright 14a or panel 14b on which the hinge 17 is applied.
  • the clamping means 20 do not therefore act directly on the frame 14, but press against the protection element 21.
  • the protection element 21 is made for example of rubber or plastic and prevents the clamping means 20 from cutting or scratching the frame 14.
  • the invention therefore allows the doors 11 or finishing strips 12 of the furniture 13, or any other accessory to be connected in a non-permanent manner to the frame 14, to be assembled rapidly and simply.
  • the assembly-worker only has to insert the removable hinges 17 on the uprights 14a and/or the panels 14b in correspondence with which the doors 11, shelves, etc., or finishing strips 12 have to be anchored, subsequently clamping them and possibly fine adjusting them by means of the clamping means 20.
  • the invention also allows the doors 11 and/or the finishing strips 12 to be moved at will, without any trace of the previous assembly being visible.
  • the production of the finishing strips 12 may be standardised.

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ITUD960243 1996-12-20
IT96UD000243 IT1289043B1 (it) 1996-12-20 1996-12-20 Sistema di assemblaggio ante e/o fasce di completamento per mobili componibili

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ITMI20111723A1 (it) * 2011-09-23 2013-03-24 Ivo Pellegri Cerniera a incasso per porta reversibile
WO2021034294A1 (fr) * 2019-08-16 2021-02-25 Олександр Борысовыч ДУХОВНЫЙ Système de rayonnages
WO2023240323A1 (fr) * 2022-06-16 2023-12-21 Andrew Plim Système de support pour raccordement

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US4122581A (en) * 1976-05-27 1978-10-31 Richard Heinze Furniture hinge
US4141110A (en) * 1976-03-22 1979-02-27 Wanek Ronald G Hinge arrangement
FR2673665A3 (fr) * 1991-03-06 1992-09-11 Mobilac Spa Charniere pour porte de meuble a double reglage de position.
EP0791714A1 (fr) * 1996-02-14 1997-08-27 Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H. Charnière

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US4141110A (en) * 1976-03-22 1979-02-27 Wanek Ronald G Hinge arrangement
US4122581A (en) * 1976-05-27 1978-10-31 Richard Heinze Furniture hinge
FR2673665A3 (fr) * 1991-03-06 1992-09-11 Mobilac Spa Charniere pour porte de meuble a double reglage de position.
EP0791714A1 (fr) * 1996-02-14 1997-08-27 Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H. Charnière

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ITMI20111723A1 (it) * 2011-09-23 2013-03-24 Ivo Pellegri Cerniera a incasso per porta reversibile
WO2021034294A1 (fr) * 2019-08-16 2021-02-25 Олександр Борысовыч ДУХОВНЫЙ Système de rayonnages
WO2023240323A1 (fr) * 2022-06-16 2023-12-21 Andrew Plim Système de support pour raccordement

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