Assembly for adjusting mobile elements of furniture

• US 20030038605A1
• Filed: 09/13/2002
• Published: 02/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dewert OKIN GmbH
• Original Assignee: Okin Gesellschaft Fur Antriebstechnik Mbh (Phoenix Mecano AG)
• Inventors: Koch, Dietmar
• Granted Patent: US 6,690,132 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/445
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/12 responsive to underload or no-load for motors H02H7/0827

Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly for adjusting mobile elements of furniture, comprising a motor, a control circuit which is provided with push-button switches, a current supply circuit, a mains connection, a mains supply circuit, a mains isolating relay and an auxiliary current source. The aim of the invention is to construct said assembly in a more cost-effective manner whilst at the same time retaining a safety isolation from the mains. To achieve this, the first push-button switch forms a direct electric circuit with the motor and the control input of the isolating relay is connected in parallel to the motor, or is connected to the latter via a Graetz bridge.

Claims

1. Assembly for adjusting mobile elements of furniture, with a motor displaying a first and a second connection, a control circuit for controlling the motor, which is provided with at least a first push-button switch for controlling the motor, a power supply circuit with an operating voltage output, a mains connection located between a mains plug that can be connected to an alternating-current mains and the power supply circuit, a mains isolating relay displaying a relay switch and a control input controlling the relay switch, where the relay switch is located in the mains connection and is in OFF position when unexcited, and an auxiliary power source that is connected in parallel to the operating-voltage output, characterised in that

the first push-button switch (5) forms an electric circuit with the motor (1) and the operating voltage output (10) and

either the control input of the mains isolating relay (13) is connected in parallel to the motor (1)

or a rectifier bridge (25), known as a Graetz bridge, which has four diodes, of which two first diodes have their cathodes interconnected in a positive node, while their anodes are each interconnected with the cathodes of the two second diodes in an alternating-current node and the cathodes of the two second diodes are interconnected in a positive node, and where one alternating-current node each is connected to the first and second connection of the motor and the positive and negative node are each connected to the control input of the mains isolating relay (13).

2. Assembly according to claim 1, characterised in that the operating-voltage output (10) is designed as a DC output and the motor (1) as a DC motor.

3. Assembly according to claim 2, characterised in that a second push-button switch (6) is provided and in that the first (5) and the second push-button switch (6) are designed as changeover switches, one of whose changeover contacts (17) is connected to the operating-voltage output (10) of the one polarity, while the other changeover contact (18) is connected to the operating voltage output (10) of the other polarity and the centre contact (19) of the first push-button switch (5) is connected to the first connection (2) of the motor (1) and the centre contact (20) of the second push-button switch (6) is connected to the second connection (3) of the motor (1) and, when not operated, each push-button switch (5;

6) switch displays a connection between its centre contact (19;

20) and the operating-voltage output (10) with the same polarity as the other push-button switch (6;

5).

4. Assembly according to one of claims 1 to 3, charact erised in that the motor assembly, comprising the motor (1) and the first (5) or the first (5) and second push-button switch (6), is present at least in duplicate, where either each motor assembly is provided with a mains isolating relay (13;

27;

28), the control input of which is connected in parallel to the associated motor (1;

24;

26), while the relay switches of all mains isolating relays (13;

27;

28) are connected in parallel to each other, or each motor assembly is provided with a rectifier bridge (25), the alternating-current node of which is connected to the connections of the respective motor and whose positive and negative nodes are each jointly connected to the control input of one and the same mains isolating relay (13).

5. Assembly according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the auxiliary power source (16) consists of an alternating-current source.

6. Assembly according to claim 5, characterised in that the auxiliary power source (16) consists of a mains transformer connected to the alternating-current mains.

7. Assembly according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the auxiliary power source (16) consists of a direct-current source.

8. Assembly according to claim 7, characterised in that the auxiliary power source (16) consists of a capacitor (22).

9. Assembly according to claim 8, characterised in that a manual operating device is provided on the relay switch (14;

15) of the mains isolating relay (13).

10. Assembly according to claim 8, characterised in that a trigger circuit (23) is provided having a pulse output that is additionally connected to the mains isolating relay (13).

11. Assembly according to claim 7, characterised in that the auxiliary power source (16) consists of a battery (21).

12. Assembly according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the mains isolating relay (13;

27;

28) displays a second relay switch (15), or the mains isolating relays each display a second relay switch (15) and in that each relay switch (14;

15) is located in a separate line of the mains connection (11).