Furniture item having a furniture body

• US 20080265729A1
• Filed: 08/28/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Julius BLUM GmbH (BLUM Verwaltung GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Julius BLUM GmbH (BLUM Verwaltung GmbH)
• Inventors: Gasser, Ingo, Netzer, Emanuel, Bodingbauer, Markus
• Granted Patent: US 8,052,233 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/330.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2210/0018 Buffers, stop blocks or latches for single drawer slides
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2210/0094 Drawer damping device with 2 relatively movable parts to convert kinetic energy
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/40 Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/457 operated by electrically-powered actuation means
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/463 self-opening
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/467 self-closing
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/477 Buffers; End stops
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 95/043 Protecting rims, buffers or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/02 specially for preventing the slamming of swinging wings during final closing movement, e.g. jamb stops
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/08 with springs
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/474 Compression springs
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furniture, e.g. cabinets
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/128 with motion-limiting means, e.g. with a full-length guide element or ball joint connections; with protective outer cover F16F1/121 takes precedence

Abstract

A spring buffer (1) for a furniture item,

• • said furniture item comprising a furniture body (3) and a furniture part (4) being movable from a closed position in or on said furniture body (3),
  • said spring buffer (1) can be arranged relative to said furniture body (3) and said furniture part (4) such that said movable furniture part (4) in its closed end position can be moved against the force of said spring buffer (1) towards the direction of said furniture body (3),
  • said spring buffer (1) comprises a buffer element (6) for said movable furniture part (4), said buffer element (6) being acted upon by a spring (7),
    wherein said buffer element (6) is movably arranged such that the distance covered by said buffer element (6) against the force of said spring (7) can be changeably adjusted.

Claims

11. A spring buffer for a furniture item having a movable furniture part which is a drawer or an inner drawer, said drawer being movably arranged on a furniture body via a pull-out-guide and said spring buffer can be arranged on said pull-out-guide, wherein said spring buffer comprises a housing which can be inserted into a drawer rail of said pull-out-guide.

12. The spring buffer according to claim 11, wherein said spring buffer includes a slide on which a spring acts.

13. The spring buffer according to claim 12, wherein said housing is movable or displaceable relative to said slide.

14. The spring buffer according to claim 12, wherein an adjusting device is provided by means of which the relative position of said housing relative to said slide is adjustable.

15. The spring buffer according to claim 14, wherein said adjusting device comprises an actuating device with an actuating element which can be adjusted manually or by means of a tool.

16. The spring buffer according to claim 11, wherein said housing is rigidly connected with said drawer rail of said pull-out-guide.

17. A furniture item with a spring buffer according to claim 11.

18. The furniture item according to claim 17, wherein said furniture item has a pull-out-guide, said pull-out-guide comprises a body rail and a drawer rail, wherein said body rail comprises a stop for said slide.

19. The furniture item according to claim 18, wherein said slider is acted upon by a spring, said spring is in the form of a curved spring.

20. A spring buffer for a furniture item having a movable furniture part which is a drawer, said drawer can be releasably connected with a pull-out-guide by means of a coupling device, said pull-out-guide comprising a body rail and at least one drawer rail being displaceable relative to said body rail, wherein said spring buffer forms part of said coupling device.

1. A spring buffer for a furniture item,

said furniture item comprising a furniture body and a furniture part being movable from a closed position in or on said furniture body,

said spring buffer can be arranged relative to said furniture body and said furniture part such that said movable furniture part in its closed end position can be moved against the force of said spring buffer towards the direction of said furniture body,

said spring buffer comprises a buffer element for said movable furniture part,

said buffer element being acted upon by a spring,

wherein said buffer element is movably arranged such that the distance covered by said buffer element against the force of said spring can be changeably adjusted.

2. The spring buffer according to claim 1, wherein said buffer element is movably arranged in a pot.

3. The spring buffer according to claim 2, wherein protrusions corresponding with each other are formed on said buffer element as well as on said pot, said protrusions are designed such so as to limit the movement of said buffer element with respect to said pot.

4. The spring buffer according to claim 2, wherein said buffer element is supported in a sleeve, whereby said sleeve is located in said pot and that said sleeve and said pot have threads such that the position of said sleeve in said pot can be changed by turning said sleeve.

5. The spring buffer according to claim 4, wherein said sleeve has a recess into which an adjusting element such as a screwdriver can be inserted.

6. The spring buffer according to claim 2, wherein at least one stop is arranged on the buffer element which engages in a slot on said pot such that the motion of said stop in said slot allows motion of said buffer element relative to said pot.

7. A furniture item with a spring buffer according to claim 1.

8. The furniture item according to claim 7, wherein said spring buffer is arranged on said furniture body or on said movable furniture part (4) or in a hole thereof.

9. The furniture item according to claim 8, wherein said movable furniture part is a drawer and that said spring buffer is arranged on said furniture body such that said drawer in its closed end position rests with a front panel of said drawer on said spring buffer.

10. The furniture item according to claim 8, wherein said movable furniture part is a furniture door or a lid and that said spring buffer is arranged on said furniture body such that said door or said lid in its closed end position rests with its panel on said spring buffer.

21. The spring buffer according to claim 20, wherein said spring buffer is arranged on said coupling device such that in the closed position of said drawer said spring buffer rests on said body rail or on a part rigidly connected with a furniture body.

22. The spring buffer according to claim 21, wherein said spring buffer rests on a front face of said body rail in the closed position of said drawer.

23. The spring buffer according to 20, wherein an adjusting device is provided by means of which the position of said spring buffer relative to said body rail is adjustable.

24. The spring buffer according to claim 23, wherein said adjusting device comprises an actuating element, said adjusting device transforms a rotational movement of said actuating element into a linear movement of a buffer element of said spring buffer.

25. The spring buffer according to claim 20, wherein said coupling device has at least one spring-loaded latch piece which can latch into an opening of said body rail of said pull-out-guide.

26. The spring buffer according to claim 25, wherein said latch piece has at least one or more impact surface(s) which can engage with a latch edge of said opening.

24-1. The spring buffer according to claim 26, wherein said impact surfaces are inclined or staggered to a direction of sliding movement of said drawer.

25-2. A furniture item with a spring buffer according to claim 20.

26-3. The furniture item according to claim 25, wherein said coupling device is attached, in the assembled condition, on the underside of a drawer base of said drawer.