EP1500350B1 - Locking device - Google Patents

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EP1500350B1
EP1500350B1 EP04013678A EP04013678A EP1500350B1 EP 1500350 B1 EP1500350 B1 EP 1500350B1 EP 04013678 A EP04013678 A EP 04013678A EP 04013678 A EP04013678 A EP 04013678A EP 1500350 B1 EP1500350 B1 EP 1500350B1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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    • A47B87/007Linkable independent elements with the same or similar cross-section
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B87/00Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/02Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
    • A47B87/0276Stackable modular units, each consisting of a closed periphery

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  • the invention relates to a locking device for fixing two pieces of furniture together according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Extension walls in their most varied embodiment are well known.
  • Box-shaped office or shelf walls are also very popular. These can be assembled, for example, from individual container-shaped or generally box-shaped basic units, which are also sometimes referred to as modules, with high variability.
  • the modules can be left open, for example, but can also be provided on the front with a variety of flaps. Likewise, drawer elements can be installed etc.
  • a modular furniture system is e.g. from document US-A-4903451.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide an improved locking system for furniture pieces, in particular for box-shaped modular or basic units, in order to fasten or fix such individual parts to each other.
  • a highly efficient connection system is provided with which the individual pieces of furniture to be joined can be provided from home.
  • the basic principle is such that any pieces of furniture provided with corresponding connecting and locking means, for example box-shaped or container-shaped basic or modular units, can be placed on top of each other in order then to actuate the locking or locking device provided there, for example only on the attached modular unit both pieces of furniture are firmly connected.
  • the structure is preferably such that not only similar or functionally identical, but in particular identical locking base portions are provided on each piece of furniture, which are positioned so that with appropriate structure, the provided on the two pieces of furniture locking elements each come to lie congruent to each other. With the same structure can then alternately, depending on which locking base portion is more easily accessible, at this the locking with the other locking portion are made.
  • the locking is effected only by pressing and twisting an actuating member alone.
  • a bayonet-type locking mechanism is provided.
  • certain projections or recesses may be formed on the individual, mutually interacting sections and elements in order to realize the desired bayonet-type locking mechanism.
  • Preferably provided locking arms may consist of a central central portion of the rotatable locking member radially outwardly projecting arms.
  • two locking arms aligned in diagonal extension are preferably provided.
  • the locking element is provided with cross-shaped locking arms.
  • the individual locking portions are formed such that they correspond to the shape of a passage opening in a pot-shaped bottom portion of the respective locking element and in a basic position in height of this Passage opening to come to rest.
  • the entire locking base portion is rotationally mounted in a furniture part. Therefore, the equipped with such a locking element furniture part is quasi closed in a continuous outer surface, since the locking arms of a locking element come to rest at the level of the passage opening, this opening is thereby virtually covered.
  • a spring device which acts on the adjustable locking or rotating part in its unlocked basic or initial position. This ensures that the locking arms come to rest in their basic or initial position exactly in the plane of the passage opening in the cup-shaped bottom of a locking base portion.
  • This also has the advantage that in an unlocking then - when the locking arms are rotated in the release position, wherein they come to rest in this position congruent to the passage opening in the cup-shaped bottom portion of a locking base - is raised by the spring action, the corresponding locking element in its unlocked position. In this position, yet another clamping mechanism is provided, which then holds the rotary member in this axial position.
  • FIG. 1 three box-shaped or container-shaped pieces of furniture 1 built on one another and fixed together are shown in accordance with the schematic perspective illustration.
  • locking means 9 are installed in the lower floor board 1c with the overhead deck board 1d, and, since the floor board 1c and the cover board 1d are twice as large as the end-side side walls 1a and 1b, there are two locking devices 9 are provided, which are arranged centrally in the transverse direction of the rectangular bottom and top board and thereby have a longitudinal distance corresponding to half the length of these board-shaped wall elements, wherein the distance from Center of a locking device 9 to the front end of the rectangular bottom is a quarter of the total length of the board.
  • all mentioned locking devices 9 are functionally identical and preferably even identical, with two mirror-inverted locking devices 9 cooperating in each case and forming the locking device according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 wherein in FIG. 2, in schematic perspective representation, a locking device 9 is shown with a view of the upper side and FIG. 3 shows a corresponding locking device 9 with a view rather on the underside, namely two locking devices 9 cooperate, for example, at the point marked "A" in Figure 1, to connect an overhead floor board 1c with an underlying deck board 1d two furniture containers 1 firmly.
  • two locking devices 9 cooperate, for example, at the point marked "A" in Figure 1, to connect an overhead floor board 1c with an underlying deck board 1d two furniture containers 1 firmly.
  • the two locking devices according to Figure 3 and Figure 4 touch with their bottom surfaces or are positioned only at a small distance.
  • the respectively cooperating locking devices 9 are of cup-shaped design, that is to say comprise a pot-shaped fixed part, housing part or base part 15 which has a pot-shaped or cylindrical bounding wall 15a and a bottom 15b.
  • each locking device 9 also comprises a peripheral edge or flange 15c, which comes to lie in the embodiment shown in the amount of the overhead pot opening 17, ie opposite the lower bottom 15b.
  • Each of the locking devices 9 has a total of a shape deviating from a circular shape in order ultimately to be installed against rotation in a shelf or floor board can.
  • the cylindrical boundary wall 15a of the cup-shaped lock 9 is not against rotation per se.
  • the upper flange-shaped edge 15c is elliptical. According to the material thickness of this edge, an elliptical recess in the respective furniture board 1c and 1d is incorporated in addition to a total of the board passing through cylindrical bore 19, so that after inserted locking device 9, a rotation is not possible. Otherwise, however, for example, one or two screws 21 penetrating the flange-shaped edge 15c could also be screwed into the respective board 1c or 1d in order to prevent twisting even in the case of a circular edge or flange 15c.
  • cup-shaped design of the base or fixed part 15 could also be used, for example. have on the outer circumference deviating from a cylindrical cross-section shape to ensure in a correspondingly elaborate bore 19 through a shelf through a twist-proof seat. However, this is more complicated.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic axial plan view and in FIG. 5 a schematic axial bottom view of the illustrated locking device 9.
  • the disc-shaped bottom 15b of the locking device 9 has a cross-shaped recess 23.
  • this recess 23 is in the illustrated embodiment formed symmetrically, so that the radially extending from the central axis 25 arm-shaped opening portions 23 'have the same radial length and the same transverse to the radial direction extending width.
  • an adjusting member 29 is arranged, which is hereinafter also partially referred to as a rotary member 29.
  • This rotating part 29 comprises a cover cap-shaped actuating part 29a, a driver 29b located below it and axially adjoining the actuating part 29a and a locking element 29c arranged on the underside of the driver 29b.
  • the above-mentioned portions 29a to 29c of the cut member or rotary member 29 thus formed are rotatably fixed to each other.
  • the thus formed rotary member 29 may also be integrally formed. But it is also possible that the driver 29b to a small extent axially, i. telescopically retractable and extendable, in other words, the axial length of the driver is adjustable.
  • the locking element 29c comprises in the illustrated embodiment, starting from the central axis 25, four locking arms 31, which are also designed by their shape and their arrangement again cross-shaped, so far correspond to the cross-shaped recess 23.
  • the width and length of these locking arms 31 are designed so that they are dimensioned correspondingly smaller, so that even in the normal position shown in Figure 3 or 5, these locking arms 31 are surrounded by a circumferential gap 33, even if they are in height of the bottom 15b in the im Floor located recess 23 are arranged.
  • a total game is achieved, which will be discussed below.
  • a spring device 35 is provided in the interior space 34, which is on the one hand on the cup-shaped housing, ie on the bottom 15 b of the base or fixed part 15, and on the other side on the underside of the cover cap-shaped Operating parts 29a supported. Since the rotary member 29 captive in the cup-shaped housing part (hereinafter partially referred to as fixed part 5) is held, the rotary member 29 can not be pushed out of the cup-shaped receiving space 34 or fall out.
  • the axial longitudinal extension of the rotatable adjusting member or rotary member 29 is such that in the basic position shown in FIG 6, the arm-shaped and radially projecting locking arms 31 come to lie exactly at the level of the cross-shaped recess 23 in the bottom 15b.
  • the aforementioned spring device 35 is adjusted so that the biasing force of the spring exerts on the rotary member 29 in the direction of the overhead flange-shaped edge 15c adjusting forces, but only so far until the cover cap-shaped actuating member 29a reaches the basic position shown in Figure 6. In this basic position, another axial displacement path still remains until the cover-cap-shaped actuating part 29a abuts the upper edge 37. In the position shown in Figure 6 occur However, the formed on the peripheral edge of the cover cap-shaped actuating member 29a one or more (indicated in Figure 9) projections 38 with the introduced in the inner wall of the cup-shaped central portion of the fixed part 15 at corresponding points recesses in interaction.
  • FIG. 7 essentially corresponds to the illustration according to FIG. 6, but with the difference that in FIG. 7 the rotary part or adjusting element 29 is pressed against the force of the spring-type storage device 35 in the direction of the bottom 15b, so that the locking element 29c is in contact with the opposite one Arresting arms 31 is pushed over the surface of the bottom 15b down, in that position in which then the actual locking is made. Since the sectional view according to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 is diagonally represented by the cross-shaped locking element 29c, the total length of the locking elements 31 can only be seen in FIG. 7, but not in FIG.
  • two containers according to FIG. 1 are placed on top of one another in the correct position and are to be fixed to one another, then two explained locking devices 9 are to lie directly congruent to one another in accordance with the illustration according to FIG.
  • the two adjoining arresting devices 9 are aligned mirror-inverted to their central mounting plane 11, i. with their two floors lying on top of each other.
  • the side on which the bottoms come to lie in each case represents the respective outer side of a corresponding container, so that in each case the cover cap-shaped actuating part 29a is freely accessible from the inside of a container.
  • the recess 23 is dimensioned larger than the locking elements 29c movable therethrough, and also in other twisting or locking position, the front ends of the locking elements 29b at the radial distance in front of the cooperating boundary wall 15a of the base or fixed part 15 ends , Sufficient clearance is guaranteed, for example, to compensate for tolerance errors in the fixed connection of two containers to each other.
  • these locking projections 41 of the bottom 15b and / or the adjacent contact surface of the locking arms 31 is preferably roof-shaped in cross-section designed so that with increasing rotational movement of the neutral starting position from an increasingly larger Verspanni setting between the adjusting member 29 of a locking device 9 and the corresponding locking projections 41 in the bottom 15b of each cooperating second locking device 9 sets.
  • Figure 10 is a plan view of the empty cup-shaped housing or fixed part 15 is shown without inserted adjusting member or rotary member 29, so that the corresponding slightly groove-shaped recess 43 can be seen here particularly well.
  • the embodiment has been explained for the case that the recess 23 in the bottom 15c is cross-shaped and also the locking arms 31 are designed in a corresponding cross-shaped. In principle, however, it would also be conceivable that the recesses, such as the locking arms, are designed only in the form of a diagnosis or a bar.
  • a release can be made as easy as the lock again. Exactly that rotary member 29, which has been used for locking, is now turn back so turned or further rotated until the locking arms 31 come to rest in the correct position to the cross-shaped passage opening 23 in the two superposed bottoms 15b. Due to the support of the spring force memory, the pressed-in rotary part is then moved back into its raised position in FIG.
  • Run-up surfaces can be generated with increasing rotational movement an increasingly stronger, axially mutually directed clamping force between the two cooperating locking devices 9.
  • Each of the two locking devices 9 is firmly anchored to the associated piece of furniture, for example on a floor board 1c and a cover board 1c located underneath. Since in each case the flange-shaped peripheral edge 15c comes to rest on the opposite inner side of the container, neither of the two locking devices can be pulled out of its bore in the associated shelf even with increasingly larger mutually facing locking forces.
  • Each of the two locking devices 9 is held by the flange-shaped edge on the associated shelf.

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Shoe (1) comprises a sole (4) consisting of an outsole (2) connected to an insole (3), an upper part (5), and a ventilation device for the shoe interior (6). A foot bed insert (7) formed by at least one molded layer (8) and arranged in the shoe interior has in a heel region (16) a pump chamber (17) opening into the insole and in a front region (25) a ventilation zone (27) connected via at least one flow channel (30). The pump chamber is fluidically connected via an inlet opening (20) to the atmosphere surrounding the shoe. Preferred Features: The molded layer is made of a closed-cell plastic, especially polyurethane, or bound cork, leather or plastic recycling granulate.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Arretiervorrichtung zur Fixierung zweier Möbelstücke aneinander nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruches 1.The invention relates to a locking device for fixing two pieces of furniture together according to the preamble of claim 1.

Anbauwände in ihrer unterschiedlichsten Ausgestaltung sind hinlänglich bekannt. Großer Beliebtheit erfreuen sich auch kastenförmige Büro- oder Regalwände. Diese können beispielsweise aus einzelnen container- oder allgemein boxenförmigen Grundeinheiten, die nachfolgend zum Teil auch als Module bezeichnet werden, mit hoher Variabilität zusammengebaut werden. Die Module können beispielsweise offen gelassen werden, können aber auch frontseitig mit unterschiedlichsten Klappen versehen sein. Ebenso können Schubladenelemente eingebaut sein etc.Extension walls in their most varied embodiment are well known. Box-shaped office or shelf walls are also very popular. These can be assembled, for example, from individual container-shaped or generally box-shaped basic units, which are also sometimes referred to as modules, with high variability. The modules can be left open, for example, but can also be provided on the front with a variety of flaps. Likewise, drawer elements can be installed etc.

Ein modulares Möbelsystem ist z.B. aus Dokument US-A-4903451 bekannt.A modular furniture system is e.g. from document US-A-4903451.

Bei einer derartigen, in Modulbauweise zusammenstellbaren Regalwand stellt sich beispielsweise dann das Problem, die einzelnen Module möglichst einfach, aber doch wirksam aneinander so zu fixieren, dass sich insgesamt eine stabile Gesamtkonstruktion ergibt.In such a modular wall-mounted shelf wall, for example, the problem then arises, the individual modules as simple as possible, but effective to fix each other so that overall results in a stable overall construction.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es von daher, ein verbessertes Verriegelungssystem für Möbelstücke zu schaffen, insbesondere für boxenförmige Modul- oder Grundeinheiten, um derartige Einzelteile aneinander zu befestigen bzw. zu fixieren.The object of the present invention is therefore to provide an improved locking system for furniture pieces, in particular for box-shaped modular or basic units, in order to fasten or fix such individual parts to each other.

Die Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß entsprechend den im Anspruch 1 angegebenen Merkmalen gelöst. Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen angegeben.The object is achieved according to the features specified in claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

Gemäß der vorliegenden Erfindung wird ein höchst effizientes Verbindungssystem geschaffen, mit dem die einzelnen zu verbindenden Möbelstücke von Hause aus versehen sein können. Das Grundprinzip ist derart, dass beliebige mit entsprechenden Verbindungs- und Arretiereinrichtung versehene Möbelstücke, beispielsweise boxen- oder containerförmige Grund- oder Moduleinheiten, aufeinander gesetzt werden können, um dann lediglich beispielsweise an der aufgesetzten Moduleinheit die dort vorgesehene Arretier- oder Verriegelungseinrichtung zu betätigen, wodurch beide Möbelstücke fest miteinander verbunden werden.According to the present invention, a highly efficient connection system is provided with which the individual pieces of furniture to be joined can be provided from home. The basic principle is such that any pieces of furniture provided with corresponding connecting and locking means, for example box-shaped or container-shaped basic or modular units, can be placed on top of each other in order then to actuate the locking or locking device provided there, for example only on the attached modular unit both pieces of furniture are firmly connected.

Der Aufbau ist bevorzugt derart, dass nicht nur ähnliche oder funktionsgleiche, sondern insbesondere identische Verriegelungs-Basisabschnitte an jedem Möbelstück vorgesehen sind, die so positioniert sind, dass bei entsprechendem Aufbau die an den beiden Möbelstücken vorgesehenen Verriegelungselemente jeweils deckungsgleich zueinander zu liegen kommen. Bei gleichem Aufbau kann dann wechselweise, je nachdem, welcher Verriegelungs-Basisabschnitt leichter zugänglich ist, an diesem die Verriegelung mit dem jeweils anderen Verriegelungsabschnitt vorgenommen werden. Bevorzugt wird die Verriegelung alleine nur durch Eindrücken und Verdrehen eines Betätigungsteiles bewirkt.The structure is preferably such that not only similar or functionally identical, but in particular identical locking base portions are provided on each piece of furniture, which are positioned so that with appropriate structure, the provided on the two pieces of furniture locking elements each come to lie congruent to each other. With the same structure can then alternately, depending on which locking base portion is more easily accessible, at this the locking with the other locking portion are made. Preferably, the locking is effected only by pressing and twisting an actuating member alone.

Bevorzugt ist ein bajonettartiger Verriegelungsmechanismus vorgesehen. Dazu können bestimmte Vorsprünge bzw. Vertiefungen an den einzelnen, miteinander wechselwirkenden Abschnitten und Elementen ausgebildet sein, um den gewünschten bajonettartigen Verschlussmechanismus zu realisieren. Bevorzugt vorgesehene Verriegelungsarme können aus von einem zentralen Mittelabschnitt des verdrehbaren Verriegelungselements radial nach außen vorstehenden Armen bestehen. Bei der Grundeinheit sind bevorzugt zwei in diagonaler Verlängerung ausgerichtete Verriegelungsarme vorgesehen. In einer bevorzugten Weiterbildung ist das Verriegelungselement jedoch mit kreuzförmig angeordneten Verriegelungsarmen versehen. Dies bietet beispielsweise die Möglichkeit, dass die aufeinander aufzubauenden Container auch in einer um 90° verdrehten Lage aufeinander montiert werden können, so dass bei einem boxenförmigen Container beispielsweise die Öffnungsseite nicht nur nach vorne, sondern auch nach links, nach rechts oder nach hinten beliebig ausgerichtet werden kann. Einen nachteiliger Effekt auf die Wirksamkeit der Verriegelungseinrichtung hat dies nicht.Preferably, a bayonet-type locking mechanism is provided. For this purpose, certain projections or recesses may be formed on the individual, mutually interacting sections and elements in order to realize the desired bayonet-type locking mechanism. Preferably provided locking arms may consist of a central central portion of the rotatable locking member radially outwardly projecting arms. In the base unit, two locking arms aligned in diagonal extension are preferably provided. In a preferred embodiment, however, the locking element is provided with cross-shaped locking arms. This offers, for example, the possibility that the container to be built on each other can be mounted on each other in a rotated position by 90 °, so that in a box-shaped container, for example, the opening side aligned not only forward, but also to the left, to the right or to the rear can be. This does not have an adverse effect on the effectiveness of the locking device.

In einer besonders bevorzugten Ausführungsform sind die einzelnen Verriegelungsabschnitte derart ausgebildet, dass sie der Form einer Durchtrittsöffnung in einem topfförmigen Bodenabschnitt des jeweiligen Verriegelungselementes entsprechen und in einer Grundposition in Höhe dieser Durchtrittsöffnung zu liegen kommen. Der gesamte Verriegelungs-Basisabschnitt ist dabei verdrehfest in einem Möbelteil eingebaut. Von daher ist das mit einem derartigen Verriegelungselement ausgestattete Möbelteil quasi in einer durchgängigen Außenfläche verschlossen, da die Verriegelungsarme eines Verriegelungselementes in Höhe der Durchtrittsöffnung zu liegen kommen, diese Öffnung dadurch quasi abgedeckt ist.In a particularly preferred embodiment, the individual locking portions are formed such that they correspond to the shape of a passage opening in a pot-shaped bottom portion of the respective locking element and in a basic position in height of this Passage opening to come to rest. The entire locking base portion is rotationally mounted in a furniture part. Therefore, the equipped with such a locking element furniture part is quasi closed in a continuous outer surface, since the locking arms of a locking element come to rest at the level of the passage opening, this opening is thereby virtually covered.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung ist auch noch eine Federeinrichtung vorgesehen, die das einstellbare Verriegelungs- oder Drehteil in seine entriegelte Grund- oder Ausgangsstellung kraftbeaufschlagt. Dadurch ist gewährleistet, dass die Verriegelungsarme in ihrer Grund- oder Ausgangsposition genau in der Ebene der Durchtrittsöffnung im topfförmigen Boden eines Verriegelungs-Basisabschnittes zu liegen kommen. Dies hat auch den Vorteil, dass bei einem Entriegelungsvorgang dann - wenn die Verriegelungsarme in Freigabestellung verdreht werden, wobei sie in dieser Position deckungsgleich zur Durchtrittsöffnung im topfförmigen Bodenabschnitt einer Verriegelungsbasis zu liegen kommen - durch die Federwirkung das entsprechende Verriegelungselement in seine entriegelte Position angehoben wird. In dieser Stellung ist noch ein weiterer Klemmmechanismus vorgesehen, der das Drehteil dann in dieser axialen Position hält.In a further development of the invention, a spring device is also provided, which acts on the adjustable locking or rotating part in its unlocked basic or initial position. This ensures that the locking arms come to rest in their basic or initial position exactly in the plane of the passage opening in the cup-shaped bottom of a locking base portion. This also has the advantage that in an unlocking then - when the locking arms are rotated in the release position, wherein they come to rest in this position congruent to the passage opening in the cup-shaped bottom portion of a locking base - is raised by the spring action, the corresponding locking element in its unlocked position. In this position, yet another clamping mechanism is provided, which then holds the rotary member in this axial position.

Weitere Vorteile, Einzelheiten und Merkmale der Erfindung ergeben sich nachfolgend aus dem anhand von Zeichnungen beschriebenem Ausführungsbeispiel. Dabei zeigen im Einzelnen

Figur 1 :
eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung einer Möbelwand, die aus mehreren Containerelementen zusammengesetzt wird;
Figur 2 :
eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung eines in einem Containerboden eingebauten ersten Verriegelungselementes;
Figur 3 :
eine entsprechende perspektivische Darstellung einer zweiten identischen Arretiereinrichtung, die in einer Deckwand eines Containermöbel eingebaut ist und im arretierten Zustand mit der in Figur 2 wiedergegebenen ersten Arretiereinrichtung zusammenwirkt.
Figur 4 :
eine schematische Draufsicht auf eine erfindungsgemäße Arretiereinrichtung;
Figur 5 :
eine Unteransicht auf eine erfindungsgemäße Arretiereinrichtung;
Figur 6 :
eine schematische Querschnittsdarstellung durch eine erfindungsgemäße Arretiereinrichtung;
Figur 7 :
eine zu Figur 6 entsprechende Querschnittsdarstellung, bei der der Querschnitt jedoch diagonalförmig durch ein kreuzförmiges Arretierelement läut;
Figur 8 :
eine entsprechende Querschnittdarstellung zu Figur 7, jedoch in Arretierstellung, bei der zwei spiegelbildlich zueinander liegende Arretiereinrichtungen und damit zwei Böden zweiter Möbelstücke aneinander fixiert sind;
Figur 9:
eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung des erfindungsgemäßen Drehteils mit im Querschnitt leicht dachförmig gestalteten Arretierarmen;
Figur 10:
eine schematische Draufsicht auf ein leeres topf- oder gehäuseförmiges Festteil mit Arretiervertiefungen in den verbleibenden Arretiervorsprüngen zur Erzielung eines bajonettartigen Verriegelungsmechanismuses.
Further advantages, details and features of the invention will become apparent from the described with reference to drawings embodiment. This shows in detail
FIG. 1:
a schematic perspective view of a furniture wall, which is composed of several container elements;
FIG. 2:
a schematic perspective view of a built-in a container floor first locking element;
FIG. 3:
a corresponding perspective view of a second identical locking device, which is installed in a top wall of a container furniture and cooperates in the locked state with the reproduced in Figure 2 first locking device.
FIG. 4:
a schematic plan view of an inventive locking device;
FIG. 5:
a bottom view of a locking device according to the invention;
FIG. 6:
a schematic cross-sectional view through a locking device according to the invention;
FIG. 7:
a corresponding to Figure 6 cross-sectional view, in which the cross section but diagonally ringing by a cross-shaped locking element;
FIG. 8:
a corresponding cross-sectional view of Figure 7, but in the locked position, in the two mirror-image locking means and thus two floors second furniture pieces are fixed together;
FIG. 9:
a schematic perspective view of the rotary member according to the invention with slightly roof-shaped in cross-section locking arms;
FIG. 10:
a schematic plan view of an empty pot- or box-shaped fixed part with locking recesses in the remaining locking projections to achieve a bayonet-type locking mechanism.

In Figur 1 sind in entsprechend der schematischen perspektivischen Darstellung drei aufeinander aufgebaute und aneinander fixierte boxen- oder containerförmige Möbelstücke 1 gezeigt.In FIG. 1, three box-shaped or container-shaped pieces of furniture 1 built on one another and fixed together are shown in accordance with the schematic perspective illustration.

In Figur 1 sind aufeinander aufbauend zwei größer dimensionierte Möbelstücke 1 gezeigt, deren Tiefe und Höhe gleich dimensioniert ist, die entsprechende Stirnfläche also quadratisch gebildet ist. Die Länge ist doppelt so lang wie die Höhe oder Tiefe. In den vertikalen Seitenwänden 1a ist mittig jeweils eine nachfolgend noch im Einzelnen erörterte Arretiereinrichtung 9 eingebaut. Das gleiche gilt für die gegenüberliegende vertikale Seitenwand 1b. Ebenso sind in dem unteren Bodenbrett 1c mit dem oben liegenden Deckbrett 1d ebenfalls Arretiereinrichtungen 9 eingebaut, und, da das Bodenbrett 1c und das Deckbrett 1d doppelt so groß sind wie die stirnseitigen Seitenwände 1a und 1b, sind dort jeweils zwei Arretiereinrichtungen 9 vorgesehen, die in Querrichtung des rechteckförmigen Boden- und Deckbrettes mittig angeordnet sind und dabei einen Längsabstand entsprechend der halben Länge dieser brettförmigen Wandelemente aufweisen, wobei der Abstand vom Zentrum einer Arretiereinrichtung 9 zum stirnseitigen Ende des rechteckförmigen Bodens ein Viertel der Gesamtlänge des Brettes beträgt.In Figure 1, two larger-sized pieces of furniture 1 are shown building on each other, whose depth and height is the same size, the corresponding end face is thus formed square. The length is twice as long as the height or depth. In the vertical side walls 1a, a locking device 9, which will be discussed in more detail below, is installed in the center. The same applies to the opposite vertical side wall 1b. Similarly, in the lower floor board 1c with the overhead deck board 1d also locking means 9 are installed, and, since the floor board 1c and the cover board 1d are twice as large as the end-side side walls 1a and 1b, there are two locking devices 9 are provided, which are arranged centrally in the transverse direction of the rectangular bottom and top board and thereby have a longitudinal distance corresponding to half the length of these board-shaped wall elements, wherein the distance from Center of a locking device 9 to the front end of the rectangular bottom is a quarter of the total length of the board.

Nur zur Verdeutlichung unterschiedlicher möglicher Aufbauvarianten ist ferner gezeigt, dass in Figur 1 oben aufliegend ein weiteres Containerelement 1' aufgebaut ist, das nur die halbe Länge zu den tiefer liegenden Containerelementen 1 aufweist und im Bodenbrett 1c wie dem Deckbrett 1d jeweils nur eine mittig angeordnete Arretiereinrichtung 9 aufweist.Only to illustrate different possible design variants is further shown that in Figure 1 above another container element 1 'is constructed, which has only half the length to the lower lying container elements 1 and in the bottom board 1c as the deck board 1d only one centrally arranged locking device 9 has.

Bereits durch diesen Aufbau ist ersichtlich, dass jeweils die in einem Bodenbrett 1d eingebaute Arretiereinrichtung 9 in Draufsicht unmittelbar benachbart und deckungsgleich zu einer jeweiligen Arretiereinrichtung 9 zu liegen kommt, die in einem darunter befindlichen Deckbrett 1d eines nächsten boxen- oder containerförmigen Möbelstückes 1 vorgesehen ist.Already by this structure it can be seen that in each case the built in a floor board 1 d locking device 9 in plan view immediately adjacent and congruent to a respective locking device 9 comes to rest, which is provided in an underlying deck board 1 d a next box- or container-shaped piece of furniture 1.

Gemäß dem erläuterten Ausführungsbeispiel sind alle erwähnten Arretiereinrichtungen 9 funktionsgleich und dabei bevorzugt sogar identisch ausgebildet, wobei jeweils zwei spiegelbildlich zueinander liegende Arretiereinrichtungen 9 zusammenwirken und die erfindungsgemäße Arretiervorrichtung bilden.According to the illustrated embodiment, all mentioned locking devices 9 are functionally identical and preferably even identical, with two mirror-inverted locking devices 9 cooperating in each case and forming the locking device according to the invention.

Nachfolgend wird auf die Figuren 2 und 3 Bezug genommen, wobei in Figur 2 in schematischer perspektivscher Darstellung eine Arretiereinrichtung 9 eher mit Blick auf die Oberseite und in Figur 3 eine entsprechende Arretiereinrichtung 9 mit Blick eher auf die Unterseite wiedergegeben ist, und zwar so, wie zwei Arretiereinrichtungen 9 beispielsweise an der mit "A" gekennzeichneten Stelle in Figur 1 zusammenwirken, um ein obenliegendes Bodenbrett 1c mit einem darunterliegenden Deckbrett 1d zweier Möbelcontainer 1 fest zu verbinden. Wie nachfolgend noch erörtert wird, liegen im Einsatz dann nicht nur die beiden Bretter 1c und 1d längs einer gemeinsamen Anbauebene 11 aneinander an, sondern auch die beiden Arretiereinrichtungen gemäß Figur 3 und Figur 4 berühren sich mit ihren Bodenflächen oder sind nur im geringen Abstand positioniert. Die beiden in Figuren 3 und 4 gezeigten Arretiereinrichtungen 9 werden mit anderen Worten gemäß der Pfeildarstellung 13 in der dadurch gekennzeichneten Anbaurichtung in Kontakt oder unmittelbaren Kontakt gebracht. Die genannte Anbauebene 11 entspricht beispielsweise einer Horizontalebene. Bereits aus Figur 2 und 3 ist also ersichtlich, dass die jeweils zusammenwirkenden Arretiereinrichtungen 9 vom Grundaufbau topfförmig gestaltet sind, also ein topfförmiges Festteil, Gehäuseteil oder Basisteil 15 umfassen, welches eine topf- oder zylinderförmige Umgrenzungswand 15a und einen Boden 15b aufweist.In the following, reference is made to FIGS. 2 and 3, wherein in FIG. 2, in schematic perspective representation, a locking device 9 is shown with a view of the upper side and FIG. 3 shows a corresponding locking device 9 with a view rather on the underside, namely two locking devices 9 cooperate, for example, at the point marked "A" in Figure 1, to connect an overhead floor board 1c with an underlying deck board 1d two furniture containers 1 firmly. As will be discussed below, then not only the two boards 1c and 1d are in use along a common mounting plane 11 in use, but also the two locking devices according to Figure 3 and Figure 4 touch with their bottom surfaces or are positioned only at a small distance. In other words, the two locking devices 9 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are brought into contact or in direct contact in the attachment direction characterized by the arrow. The said cultivation level 11 corresponds for example to a horizontal plane. It is therefore already apparent from FIGS. 2 and 3 that the respectively cooperating locking devices 9 are of cup-shaped design, that is to say comprise a pot-shaped fixed part, housing part or base part 15 which has a pot-shaped or cylindrical bounding wall 15a and a bottom 15b.

Im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel umfasst jede Arretiereinrichtung 9 zudem einen umlaufenden Rand oder Flansch 15c, der im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel in Höhe der oben liegenden Topföffnung 17, also gegenüberliegend zum unteren Boden 15b, zu liegen kommt.In the illustrated embodiment, each locking device 9 also comprises a peripheral edge or flange 15c, which comes to lie in the embodiment shown in the amount of the overhead pot opening 17, ie opposite the lower bottom 15b.

Jede der Arretiereinrichtungen 9 weist insgesamt eine von einer Kreisform abweichende Formgebung auf, um in einem Regal- oder Bodenbrett letztlich verdrehsicher eingebaut werden zu können. Im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel ist die zylinderförmige Umgrenzungswand 15a der topfförmigen Arretierung 9 an sich nicht verdrehsicher. Allerdings ist der oben aufliegende flanschförmige Rand 15c elliptisch gebildet. Entsprechend der Materialdicke dieses Randes ist eine elliptische Vertiefung in dem jeweiligen Möbelbrett 1c bzw. 1d neben einer das Brett insgesamt durchsetzenden zylindrischen Bohrung 19 eingearbeitet, so dass nach eingesetzter Arretiereinrichtung 9 eine Verdrehung nicht möglich ist. Ansonsten könnten aber beispielsweise ebenso ein oder zwei den flanschförmigen Rand 15c durchsetztende Schrauben 21 in das jeweilige Brett 1c bzw. 1d eingedreht werden, um selbst bei kreisförmigem Rand oder Flansch 15c ein Verdrehen zu unterbinden.Each of the locking devices 9 has a total of a shape deviating from a circular shape in order ultimately to be installed against rotation in a shelf or floor board can. In the illustrated embodiment, the cylindrical boundary wall 15a of the cup-shaped lock 9 is not against rotation per se. However, the upper flange-shaped edge 15c is elliptical. According to the material thickness of this edge, an elliptical recess in the respective furniture board 1c and 1d is incorporated in addition to a total of the board passing through cylindrical bore 19, so that after inserted locking device 9, a rotation is not possible. Otherwise, however, for example, one or two screws 21 penetrating the flange-shaped edge 15c could also be screwed into the respective board 1c or 1d in order to prevent twisting even in the case of a circular edge or flange 15c.

Im Übrigen könnte aber auch die topfförmige Gestaltung des Basis- oder Festteiles 15 z.B. am Außenumfang eine von einem zylinderförmigen Querschnitt abweichende Formgebung aufweisen, um in einer entsprechend ausgearbeiteten Bohrung 19 durch ein Regalbrett hindurch einen verdrehsicheren Sitz zu gewährleisten. Allerdings ist dies aufwendiger.Incidentally, however, the cup-shaped design of the base or fixed part 15 could also be used, for example. have on the outer circumference deviating from a cylindrical cross-section shape to ensure in a correspondingly elaborate bore 19 through a shelf through a twist-proof seat. However, this is more complicated.

In Figur 4 ist eine schematische axiale Draufsicht und in Figur 5 eine schematische axiale Unteransicht der erläuterten Arretiereinrichtung 9 gezeigt. Aus Figur 5 ist ersichtlich, dass der scheibenförmige Boden 15b der Arretiereinrichtung 9 eine kreuzförmige Ausnehmung 23 aufweist. Von einer mittleren Zentralachslinie 25 ausgehend, ist diese Ausnehmung 23 im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel symmetrisch ausgebildet, so dass die radialförmig von der Zentralachse 25 ausgehenden armförmigen Öffnungsbereiche 23' gleiche radiale Länge sowie gleiche quer zur Radialrichtung verlaufende Breite aufweisen.FIG. 4 shows a schematic axial plan view and in FIG. 5 a schematic axial bottom view of the illustrated locking device 9. From Figure 5 it can be seen that the disc-shaped bottom 15b of the locking device 9 has a cross-shaped recess 23. Starting from a central central axis line 25, this recess 23 is in the illustrated embodiment formed symmetrically, so that the radially extending from the central axis 25 arm-shaped opening portions 23 'have the same radial length and the same transverse to the radial direction extending width.

In dem topfförmigen Innenraum 27 einer jeden Arretiereinrichtung 9, d.h. in dem topfförmigen Innenraum 27 des Basis- oder Festteils 15 einer jeweiligen Arretiereinrichtung 9 ist ein Einstellglied 29 angeordnet, welches nachfolgend teilweise auch als Drehteil 29 bezeichnet wird. Dieses Drehteil 29 umfasst ein abdeckkappenförmiges Betätigungsteil 29a, einen darunter befindlichen und sich an das Betätigungsteil 29a axial anschließenden Mitnehmer 29b und ein an der Unterseite des Mitnehmers 29b angeordnetes Arretierelement 29c. Die vorstehend genannten Abschnitte 29a bis 29c des so gebildeten Einschnittgliedes oder Drehteils 29 sind drehfest zueinander befestigt. Das so gebildete Drehteil 29 kann zudem einstückig ausgebildet sein. Möglich ist aber auch, dass der Mitnehmer 29b im geringen Maße axial, d.h. teleskopartig ein- und ausfahrbar ist, mit anderen Worten die axiale Länge des Mitnehmers verstellbar ist.In the cup-shaped interior 27 of each locking device 9, i. in the pot-shaped interior 27 of the base or fixed part 15 of a respective locking device 9, an adjusting member 29 is arranged, which is hereinafter also partially referred to as a rotary member 29. This rotating part 29 comprises a cover cap-shaped actuating part 29a, a driver 29b located below it and axially adjoining the actuating part 29a and a locking element 29c arranged on the underside of the driver 29b. The above-mentioned portions 29a to 29c of the cut member or rotary member 29 thus formed are rotatably fixed to each other. The thus formed rotary member 29 may also be integrally formed. But it is also possible that the driver 29b to a small extent axially, i. telescopically retractable and extendable, in other words, the axial length of the driver is adjustable.

Das Arretierelement 29c umfasst im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel von der Zentralachse 25 ausgehend vier Arretierarme 31, die von ihrer Formgebung und ihrer Anordnung ebenfalls wieder kreuzförmig gestaltet sind, also insoweit der kreuzförmigen Ausnehmung 23 entsprechen. Allerdings ist die Breite und Länge dieser Arretierarme 31 so gestaltet, dass sie entsprechend kleiner dimensioniert sind, so dass selbst in der Grundstellung gemäß Figur 3 oder 5 diese Arretierarme 31 von einem umlaufenden Spalt 33 umgeben sind, selbst wenn sie in Höhe des Bodens 15b in der im Boden befindlichen Ausnehmung 23 angeordnet sind. Dadurch wird insgesamt ein Spiel erzielt, auf das nachfolgend noch eingegangen wird.The locking element 29c comprises in the illustrated embodiment, starting from the central axis 25, four locking arms 31, which are also designed by their shape and their arrangement again cross-shaped, so far correspond to the cross-shaped recess 23. However, the width and length of these locking arms 31 are designed so that they are dimensioned correspondingly smaller, so that even in the normal position shown in Figure 3 or 5, these locking arms 31 are surrounded by a circumferential gap 33, even if they are in height of the bottom 15b in the im Floor located recess 23 are arranged. As a result, a total game is achieved, which will be discussed below.

Wie aus den Querschnittsdarstellungen gemäß den Figuren 6 ff. zu ersehen ist, ist im Innenraum 34 noch eine Federeinrichtung 35 vorgesehen, die sich einerseits an dem topfförmigen Gehäuse, d.h. am Boden 15b des Basis- oder Festteils 15, und andererseits an der Unterseite des abdeckkappenförmigen Betätigungsteiles 29a abstützt. Da das Drehteil 29 verliersicher in dem topfförmigen Gehäuseteil (nachfolgend teilweise auch als Festteil 5 bezeichnet) gehalten ist, kann das Drehteil 29 nicht aus dem topfförmigen Aufnahmeraum 34 herausgedrückt werden oder herausfallen. Dazu sind beispielsweise in Höhe des flanschförmigen Randes 15c zumindest zwei, vorzugsweise mehrere in Umfangsrichtung versetzt liegend Vorsprünge oder ein umlaufender geschlossener Anschlagsrand 37 ausgebildet, an welchem das abdeckkappenförmige Betätigungsteil 29a anschlagen würde. Die axiale Längserstreckung des drehbaren Einstellgliedes oder Drehteiles 29 ist dabei derart, dass in der Grundstellung gemäß Figur 6 die armförmig und radial vorstehenden Arretierarme 31 genau in Höhe der kreuzförmigen Ausnehmung 23 im Boden 15b zu liegen kommen. Die erwähnte Federeinrichtung 35 ist dabei so abgestimmt, dass die Vorspannkraft der Feder auf das Drehteil 29 in Richtung des obenliegenden flanschförmigen Rands 15c Verstellkräfte ausübt, aber nur soweit, bis das abdeckkappenförmige Betätigungsteil 29a die in Figur 6 gezeigte Grundstellung erreicht. In dieser Grundstellung verbleibt an sich noch ein weiterer axialer Verstellweg, bis das abdeckkappenförmige Betätigungsteil 29a an dem oben liegenden Rand 37 anschlägt. In der in Figur 6 gezeigten Stellung treten jedoch die am Umfangsrand des abdeckkappenförmigen Betätigungsteiles 29a ausgebildeten einen oder mehreren (in Figur 9 angedeuteten) Vorsprünge 38 mit den in der Innenwandung des topfförmigen Mittelabschnittes des Festteiles 15 an entsprechenden Stellen eingebrachten Vertiefungen in Wechselwirkung. Dadurch ist auch eine Vorjustierung und Ausrichtung der kreuzförmigen Arretierarme 31 gegeben, da genau in jener Stellung die Arretierarme 31 in gleiche kreuzförmige Ausrichtung gebracht werden können, in der auch die kreuzförmige Ausnehmung 23 ausgerichtet ist. Die in die Vertiefung 43 in die Umfangswand 15a des Festteiles 15 eingreifenden Vorsprünge 38 erzeugen dabei zusätzlich noch einen gewissen Reibschluss. Auch dadurch kann durch die Federkraft der Federeinrichtung 35 an sich das Einsteck- oder Drehteil 29 durch die Kraft der Feder alleine nicht weiter verstellt werden, wie dies in Figur 6 gezeigt ist.As can be seen from the cross-sectional representations according to FIGS. 6 et seq., A spring device 35 is provided in the interior space 34, which is on the one hand on the cup-shaped housing, ie on the bottom 15 b of the base or fixed part 15, and on the other side on the underside of the cover cap-shaped Operating parts 29a supported. Since the rotary member 29 captive in the cup-shaped housing part (hereinafter partially referred to as fixed part 5) is held, the rotary member 29 can not be pushed out of the cup-shaped receiving space 34 or fall out. For this purpose, for example, in the amount of the flange-shaped edge 15c at least two, preferably a plurality of circumferentially offset projections or a circumferential closed stop edge 37 is formed, on which the cover cap-shaped actuating member 29a would strike. The axial longitudinal extension of the rotatable adjusting member or rotary member 29 is such that in the basic position shown in FIG 6, the arm-shaped and radially projecting locking arms 31 come to lie exactly at the level of the cross-shaped recess 23 in the bottom 15b. The aforementioned spring device 35 is adjusted so that the biasing force of the spring exerts on the rotary member 29 in the direction of the overhead flange-shaped edge 15c adjusting forces, but only so far until the cover cap-shaped actuating member 29a reaches the basic position shown in Figure 6. In this basic position, another axial displacement path still remains until the cover-cap-shaped actuating part 29a abuts the upper edge 37. In the position shown in Figure 6 occur However, the formed on the peripheral edge of the cover cap-shaped actuating member 29a one or more (indicated in Figure 9) projections 38 with the introduced in the inner wall of the cup-shaped central portion of the fixed part 15 at corresponding points recesses in interaction. As a result, a pre-adjustment and alignment of the cross-shaped locking arms 31 is given because exactly in that position, the locking arms 31 can be brought into the same cross-shaped orientation, in which the cross-shaped recess 23 is aligned. The engaging in the recess 43 in the peripheral wall 15a of the fixed part 15 projections 38 additionally generate a certain frictional engagement. Also by the spring force of the spring means 35 per se, the male or rotary member 29 can not be adjusted by the force of the spring alone, as shown in Figure 6.

Der vorstehend erläutere Aufbau hat auch zur Folge, dass bei Anlieferung entsprechend gestalteter Container sich der abdeckkappenförmige Deckel 29 quasi im geringen Abstand unterhalb der Niveaufläche der äußeren Begrenzungsebene le einer entsprechenden Wand des boxenförmigen Containers befindet und auch die gegenüberliegende Niveaufläche 1f durch den Boden und das in der Ausnehmung 23 im Boden 15b sitzende Arretierelement 29c quasi vollflächig verschlossen ist.The above-described structure also has the consequence that upon delivery correspondingly shaped container, the cover cap-shaped cover 29 quasi at a small distance below the Niveaufläche the outer boundary plane le a corresponding wall of the box-shaped container and the opposing level surface 1 f through the floor and in the recess 23 in the bottom 15b seated locking element 29c is virtually closed over the entire surface.

Figur 7 entspricht im Wesentlichen der Darstellung gemäß Figur 6, jedoch mit dem Unterschied, dass bei Figur 7 das Drehteil oder Einstellglied 29 entgegen der Kraft der Federspeichereinrichtung 35 in Richtung Boden 15b gedrückt ist, so dass das Arretierelement 29c mit den gegenüberliegenden Arretierarmen 31 über die Fläche des Bodens 15b nach unten hinausgedrückt wird, in jene Position, in der dann die eigentliche Verriegelung vorgenommen wird. Da die Schnittdarstellung gemäß Figur 6 und Figur 7 diagonalförmig durch das kreuzförmige Arretierelement 29c dargestellt ist, ist die Gesamtlänge der Arretierelemente 31 nur in Figur 7, nicht aber in Figur 6, zu ersehen.FIG. 7 essentially corresponds to the illustration according to FIG. 6, but with the difference that in FIG. 7 the rotary part or adjusting element 29 is pressed against the force of the spring-type storage device 35 in the direction of the bottom 15b, so that the locking element 29c is in contact with the opposite one Arresting arms 31 is pushed over the surface of the bottom 15b down, in that position in which then the actual locking is made. Since the sectional view according to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 is diagonally represented by the cross-shaped locking element 29c, the total length of the locking elements 31 can only be seen in FIG. 7, but not in FIG.

Sind zwei Container entsprechend Figur 1 lagerichtig aufeinander gesetzt und sollen aneinander fixiert werden, so kommen entsprechend der Darstellung nach Figur 8 zwei erläuterte Arretiereinrichtungen 9 unmittelbar deckungsgleich zueinander zu liegen. Dabei sind die beiden benachbart zu liegen kommenden Arretiereinrichtungen 9 spiegelbildlich zu ihrer mittleren Anbauebene 11 ausgerichtet, d.h. mit ihren beiden Böden aufeinander liegend. Die Seite, an der die Böden jeweils zu liegen kommen, stellt die jeweilige Außenseite eines entsprechenden Containers dar, so dass jeweils von der Innenseite eines Containers her das abdeckkappenförmige Betätigungsteil 29a frei zugänglich liegt.If two containers according to FIG. 1 are placed on top of one another in the correct position and are to be fixed to one another, then two explained locking devices 9 are to lie directly congruent to one another in accordance with the illustration according to FIG. In this case, the two adjoining arresting devices 9 are aligned mirror-inverted to their central mounting plane 11, i. with their two floors lying on top of each other. The side on which the bottoms come to lie in each case represents the respective outer side of a corresponding container, so that in each case the cover cap-shaped actuating part 29a is freely accessible from the inside of a container.

Um eine Arretierung zweier Möbel durchzuführen, wird nunmehr bei einer der beiden Arretiereinrichtungen 9, beispielsweise bei der in Figur 8 oben liegenden Arretiereinrichtung 9, das dort frei zugängliche abdeckkappenförmige Betätigungsteil 29 entgegen der Kraft des Federspeichers 35 eingedrückt. Da die beiden kreuzförmigen Arretierelemente 29c der oberen und der unteren Arretiereinrichtung 9 aufeinander liegen, wird nunmehr durch Eindrücken des oben liegenden Drehteils 29 das unten liegende Arretierelemente 29c nach unten axial verschoben bzw. die zur unteren Arretiereinrichtung 9 gehörenden Arretierelemente 29C durch die teleskopartig ein- und ausfahrbare Mitnehmereinheit 29a so verstellt (falls ein derartiger Mechanismus vorgesehen ist), dass sich das mit dem oberen Betätigungsteil 29a drehfest verbundene Arretierelement 29c mit seinen vier radial vorstehenden Arretierarmen oder -fingern 31 im Innenraum 34 des im anderen Regalbrett, d.h. im unteren Regalbrett befindlichen Festteiles 15 befindet, und zwar unmittelbar benachbart zu dem topfförmigen Boden 15c der in Figur 8 unten liegenden zweiten Arretiereinrichtung 9. Wird danach das zur oberen Arretiereinrichtung 9 gehörende Betätigungsteil 29a axial verdreht, so befinden sich die zum oben liegenden Drehteil 29 gehörenden Arretierarme 31 hinter den verbleibenden Arretiervorsprüngen 41, die durch die verbleibenden Bodenabschnitte in dem Boden 15b der in Figur 8 unten liegenden Arretiereinrichtung 9 gebildet sind. Diese Arretiervorsprünge 41 sind die verbleibenden Materialabschnitte im Boden 15b, die jeweils in Rotationsrichtung um die Zentralachse 25 verdreht zu den kreuzförmigen Ausnehmungen 23 gebildet sind.In order to perform a locking of two furniture, now in one of the two locking devices 9, for example in the top in Figure 8 locking device 9, there freely accessible cover cap-shaped actuating member 29 is pressed against the force of the spring latch 35. Since the two cross-shaped locking elements 29c of the upper and lower locking device 9 are superimposed, the lower locking element 29c is now moved axially downward by pressing in the upper rotary part 29 or the locking elements 29C belonging to the lower locking device 9 adjusted by the telescopically extendable and retractable driver unit 29a (if such a mechanism is provided), that with the upper actuating member 29a rotatably connected locking member 29c with its four radially projecting locking arms or fingers 31 in the interior 34 of the other shelf, That is, located in the lower shelf fixed part 15, and immediately adjacent to the cup-shaped bottom 15c of the bottom lying in Figure 8 second locking device 9. Thereafter, the upper locking device 9 associated actuating part 29a axially rotated, so are the rotary part lying to the top 29th belonging locking arms 31 behind the remaining locking projections 41, which are formed by the remaining bottom portions in the bottom 15 b of the bottom in Figure 8 locking device 9. These locking projections 41 are the remaining material portions in the bottom 15 b, which are each formed in the direction of rotation about the central axis 25 twisted to the cross-shaped recesses 23.

Da, wie erwähnt, die Ausnehmung 23 größer dimensioniert ist, als die hier hindurch bewegbaren Arretierelemente 29c, und auch in sonstiger Verdreh- oder Arretierstellung die stirnseitigen Enden der Arretierelemente 29b im radialen Abstand vor der damit zusammenwirkenden Umgrenzungswand 15a des Basis- oder Festteiles 15 enden, ist ein ausreichender Ausgleichsspielraum gewährleistet, um beispielsweise Toleranzfehler bei der festen Verbindung von zwei Containern aufeinander auszugleichen.Since, as mentioned, the recess 23 is dimensioned larger than the locking elements 29c movable therethrough, and also in other twisting or locking position, the front ends of the locking elements 29b at the radial distance in front of the cooperating boundary wall 15a of the base or fixed part 15 ends , Sufficient clearance is guaranteed, for example, to compensate for tolerance errors in the fixed connection of two containers to each other.

Ferner ist bevorzugt die Unterseite dieser Arretiervorsprünge 41 des Bodens 15b und/oder die benachbart liegende Anlagefläche der Arretierarme 31 im Querschnitt dachförmig gestaltet, so dass sich mit zunehmender Verdrehbewegung von der neutralen Ausgangsstellung aus eine zunehmend größere Verspannwirkung zwischen dem Einstellglied 29 der einen Arretiereinrichtung 9 und den entsprechenden Arretiervorsprüngen 41 im Boden 15b der jeweils damit zusammenwirkenden zweiten Arretiereinrichtung 9 einstellt.Further, the underside of these locking projections 41 of the bottom 15b and / or the adjacent contact surface of the locking arms 31 is preferably roof-shaped in cross-section designed so that with increasing rotational movement of the neutral starting position from an increasingly larger Verspanni setting between the adjusting member 29 of a locking device 9 and the corresponding locking projections 41 in the bottom 15b of each cooperating second locking device 9 sets.

Aus Figur 9 sind die im Querschnitt leicht dachförmig gestalteten oder mit einer bevorzugt mittleren radial verlaufenden leicht rippenförmigen Erhebung 42 versehenen Arretierarme 31 ersichtlich, wobei in Figur 10 eine Draufsicht auf das leere topfförmige Gehäuse- oder Festteil 15 ohne eingesetztes Einstellglied oder Drehteil 29 wiedergegeben ist, so dass hier besonders gut die entsprechende leicht nutförmige Vertiefung 43 zu entnehmen ist. Dadurch ergibt sich ein bajonettartiger Verriegelungsmechanismus, wenn nämlich in der endgültigen Arretierstellung die beispielsweise leicht rippenförmigen oder giebelförmigen Erhebungen oder Vorsprünge 42 an einem jeweiligen Arretierarm 31 dann so in die entsprechenden Vertiefungen 43 auf der Innenseite des Bodens 15b des topfförmigen Gehäusedeckels 9a der jeweils zweiten Arretiereinrichtung eingreifen. Da das Drehteil mit einer die Drehbewegung unterstützenden Greifrippe 45 oder einem Greifvorsprung 45 versehen ist, kann durch die Ausrichtung dieses Greifvorsprunges 45 auch direkt abgelesen werden, ob eine Verriegelungseinstellung vorgenommen wurde oder nicht.9, the slightly roof-shaped in cross-section or provided with a preferably central radially extending slightly rib-shaped projection 42 locking arms 31 can be seen, in Figure 10 is a plan view of the empty cup-shaped housing or fixed part 15 is shown without inserted adjusting member or rotary member 29, so that the corresponding slightly groove-shaped recess 43 can be seen here particularly well. This results in a bayonet-type locking mechanism, namely, when in the final locking position, for example, slightly rib-shaped or gable projections or projections 42 on a respective Arretierarm 31 then engage in the corresponding recesses 43 on the inside of the bottom 15b of the cup-shaped housing cover 9a of each second locking device , Since the rotary member is provided with a rotational movement supporting gripping rib 45 or a gripping projection 45, can be read directly by the orientation of this gripping projection 45, whether a locking adjustment was made or not.

Schließlich können an der Innenseite der Umfangswand 15a des topfförmigen Gehäuseteiles 9a ebenfalls noch Vertikalvertiefungen oder Vertikalvorsprünge ausgebildet sein, die mit entsprechenden vertikalen Vorsprüngen bzw. vertikalen Vertiefungen am Außenumfang des abdeckkappenförmigen Drehteils 29 zusammenwirken und dadurch ebenfalls noch den bajonettartigen Verschlussmechanismus unterstützen. Dadurch wird auch für die die Verriegelung vornehmende Person unmittelbar spürbar, wann das Einstellglied 29 die endgültige Verriegelungsstellung erreicht hat.Finally, on the inside of the peripheral wall 15a of the pot-shaped housing part 9a also vertical recesses or vertical projections may be formed, which are provided with corresponding vertical projections or vertical recesses on the outer periphery of the cover cap-shaped rotary member 29 cooperate and thus also still support the bayonet-type locking mechanism. As a result, it is also immediately noticeable to the person undertaking the locking when the adjusting member 29 has reached the final locking position.

Das Ausführungsbeispiel ist für jenen Fall erläutert worden, dass die Ausnehmung 23 im Boden 15c kreuzförmig ist und auch die Arretierarme 31 entsprechend kreuzförmig gestaltet sind. Grundsätzlich wäre es aber auch denkbar, dass die Ausnehmungen wie die Arretierarme nur diagnonalförmig oder balkenförmig gestaltet sind.The embodiment has been explained for the case that the recess 23 in the bottom 15c is cross-shaped and also the locking arms 31 are designed in a corresponding cross-shaped. In principle, however, it would also be conceivable that the recesses, such as the locking arms, are designed only in the form of a diagnosis or a bar.

Ebenso können anstelle der erläuterten spiralförmigen Feder- einrichtung 35 und dem bevorzugt aus Kunststoff gebildeten topfförmigen Gehäuseteil 15 elastisch verformbare innen liegende Kunststoffarme angegossen sein, die die gewünschten Vorspannkräfte auf das Einstellglied 29 ausüben.Likewise, instead of the described spiral spring device 35 and the pot-shaped housing part 15, which is preferably made of plastic, elastically deformable internal plastic arms may be cast, which exert the desired biasing forces on the adjusting member 29.

Eine Entriegelung kann wieder genauso einfach vorgenommen werden wie die Verriegelung. Genau jenes Drehteil 29, welches für die Verriegelung verwendet worden ist, wird nunmehr wiederum so zurückgedreht oder weiterverdreht, bis die Arretierarme 31 lagerichtig zu der kreuzförmigen Durchtrittsöffnung 23 in den beiden aufeinanderliegenden Böden 15b zu liegen kommen. Durch die Unterstützung des Federkraftspeichers wird dann das eingedrückte Drehteil wieder in seine in Figur 6 angehobene Position zurückbewegt.A release can be made as easy as the lock again. Exactly that rotary member 29, which has been used for locking, is now turn back so turned or further rotated until the locking arms 31 come to rest in the correct position to the cross-shaped passage opening 23 in the two superposed bottoms 15b. Due to the support of the spring force memory, the pressed-in rotary part is then moved back into its raised position in FIG.

Durch die dachförmigen Auflaufflächen an den Arretierarmen 31 oder durch ansonsten schräg oder keilförmig ausgestaltete Auflaufflächen kann bei zunehmender Verdrehbewegung eine zunehmend stärkere, axial aufeinander gerichtete Verspannkraft zwischen den beiden zusammenwirkenden Verriegelungseinrichtungen 9 erzeugt werden. Jede der beiden Verriegelungseinrichtungen 9 ist dabei an dem zugehörigen Möbelstück, beispielsweise an einem Bodenbrett 1c und einem darunter befindlichen Deckbrett 1c fest verankert. Da jeweils der flanschförmig umlaufende Rand 15c an der gegenüberliegenden Innenseite des Containers zu liegen kommt, kann auch bei zunehmend größeren aufeinander zu gerichteten Arretierkräften keine der beiden Verriegelungseinrichtungen aus ihrer Bohrung im zugehörigen Regalbrett herausgezogen werden. Jede der beiden Verriegelungseinrichtungen 9 wird dabei durch den flanschförmigen Rand am zugehörigen Regalbrett gehalten.Through the roof-shaped ramp surfaces on the locking arms 31 or otherwise obliquely or wedge-shaped configured Run-up surfaces can be generated with increasing rotational movement an increasingly stronger, axially mutually directed clamping force between the two cooperating locking devices 9. Each of the two locking devices 9 is firmly anchored to the associated piece of furniture, for example on a floor board 1c and a cover board 1c located underneath. Since in each case the flange-shaped peripheral edge 15c comes to rest on the opposite inner side of the container, neither of the two locking devices can be pulled out of its bore in the associated shelf even with increasingly larger mutually facing locking forces. Each of the two locking devices 9 is held by the flange-shaped edge on the associated shelf.

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  1. Locking arrangement for fixing two items of furniture to one another, in particular by connecting two side walls (1c, 1d) in each of which a locking device (9) can be fitted, having the following features
    - the locking arrangement comprises two locking devices (9),
    - the two locking devices (9) are designed to be functionally identical,
    - each locking device (9) has a cup-shaped fixed part (15),
    - a cutout (23) is formed in the associated bottom (15b) of the cup-shaped fixed part (15),
    - the cutout (23) comprises cutout sections (23') extending radially outwards from a central axis (25) which passes axially through the fixed part (15),
    - at least two radially outwardly extending cutout sections (23') arranged at regular angular intervals from one another emanate from the central axis (25),
    - a rotating part (29) acting as an adjusting member (29) is provided in the interior (27) of the cup- or housing-shaped fixed part (15),
    - the rotating part (29) comprises an actuating part (29a) having a locking element (29c) situated axially offset in the direction of the bottom (15b),
    - the locking element (29c) has a configuration comprising radially outwardly projecting locking arms (31) so that the locking element (29c) thus formed can be guided axially through the cutout (23), and
    - in order to effect locking, two locking devices (9) facing one another by way of their bottom region can be fixed to one another by pressing in the adjusting member or rotating part (29) of one locking device (9) so that the associated locking element (29c) can be guided through the cutout (23) in the bottom (15b) of its own locking device (9) and through the corresponding cutout (23) in the bottom (15b) of the adjacent, second locking device (9) and, by means of a subsequent twisting movement, can be latched behind the locking projections (41) formed between the cutout sections (23') and belonging to the bottom (15b) of the other locking device (9).
  2. Locking arrangement according to Claim 1, characterized in that the locking element (29c) and the associated cutout (23) in the bottom (15b) of a locking device (9) are shaped and dimensioned so that the corresponding cutout (23) is made larger by the size of a gap (33) which extends around the locking element (29c).
  3. Locking arrangement according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cutout (23) in the bottom (15b) is cross-shaped.
  4. Locking arrangement according to Claim 3, characterized in that the locking element (29c) is cross-shaped.
  5. Locking arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the locking action is formed in the manner of a bayonet fastening.
  6. Locking arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the locking element (29c) comprises a plurality of radially projecting locking arms (31).
  7. Locking arrangement according to Claim 6, characterized in that the locking arms (31) are at least slightly roof-shaped in cross section parallel to the central axis (25) and/or are provided with a projection or an elevation (42), in particular a rib-like projection (42).
  8. Locking arrangement according to Claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the inner side of the housing is provided with respective depressions (40) or projections which, in order to achieve a bayonet-type locking action, interact, at least in the locking position, with a corresponding projection (38) or a corresponding depression on the locking arms (31) and/or on a cover cap-shaped actuating part (29), which is a rotating part (29).
  9. Locking arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the adjusting member (28) has a cover cap-shaped actuating part (29a).
  10. Locking arrangement according to Claim 9, characterized in that at least one projection (38) is provided on the peripheral edge of the cover cap-shaped actuating part (29a) and a corresponding depression (40) is provided on the cylindrical inner side of the surrounding wall (15a) of the cup-shaped fixed part (15), or vice versa, the locking projection (38) engaging in the depression (40) in the locking position and/or in the release position.
  11. Locking arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 10, characterized in that a spring device (35) is provided in the interior (34) of the cup- or housing-shaped fixed part (15), this spring device applying pressure to the adjusting member or rotating part (29) so as to move it away from the associated bottom (15b).
  12. Locking arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the adjusting member or rotating part (29) is held captively in the interior (34) of the cup- or housing-shaped fixed part (15).
  13. Locking arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 12, characterized in that each locking device (9) is anchored securely against rotation in an associated wall (1a-1d) of a furniture part, in particular a box- or container-shaped furniture part.
  14. Locking arrangement according to Claim 13, characterized in that overall the locking device (9) deviates from a rotational shape.
  15. Locking arrangement according to one of Claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the cup-shaped locking housing (9a) is provided, on the side situated opposite the associated bottom (15b), with a peripheral, flange-shaped edge (15c).
  16. Locking arrangement according to Claim 15, characterized in that the flange-shaped edge (15c) deviates from a circular shape, preferably being oval-shaped.
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