Furniture drawer

• US 20020171335A1
• Filed: 05/15/2002
• Published: 11/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Julius BLUM GmbH (BLUM Verwaltung GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Julius BLUM GmbH (BLUM Verwaltung GmbH)
• Inventors: Held, Wolfgang
• Application Number:
  US10/144,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20020171335A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/223.6
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0083 Cable or current inlet for drawer or shelf
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/0077 Lighting for furniture, e.g. cupboards and racks
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 77/08 for incorporating apparatus operated by power, including water power; for incorporating apparatus for cooking, cooling, or laundry purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/90 Constructional details of drawers
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/037 the solar unit and the lighting unit being located within or on the same housing
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/02 the elements being transformers, impedances or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/04 the elements being switches safety devices F21V25/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0012 Furniture hospital beds F21V33/0072
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/301 for furniture

Abstract

Furniture drawer that can be mounted in a furniture carcass such that it can be pulled out, characterised by a device (12a, 12b; 12a′, 12b′) for transmitting electrical energy to at least one chargeable current storage means arranged in or respectively on the drawer (2).

Claims

1. Furniture drawer that can be mounted, in a manner such that it can be pulled out, characterized by a device for transmitting electrical energy to at least one chargeable current storage means arranged in or on the drawer.

2. Furniture drawer according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one chargeable current storage means is a chargeable battery.

3. Furniture drawer according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one chargeable current storage means is a capacitor.

4. Furniture drawer according to claim 1, characterized in that the device for transmitting electrical energy avoiding an electrical cable between the furniture carcass and furniture drawer is configured such that an electrical transmission to the chargeable current storage means arranged in or on the drawer is done when the drawer is closed.

5. Furniture drawer according to claim 4, characterized in that the device for transmitting electrical energy is provided with at least one contact-free transmitter arranged on the rear wall of the drawer.

6. Furniture drawer according to claim 5, wherein the contact-free transmitter is an inductive coupler or a plug-in contact.

7. Furniture drawer according to claim 6, characterized in that the chargeable current storage means is built into a wall of the drawer or base of the drawer.

9. Furniture drawer according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one electrical consumer is fixed therein or respectively thereon.

10. Furniture drawer according to claim 9, wherein the electrical consumer is a light source or a drive motor for the furniture drawer.

11. Furniture drawer according to claim 10, characterized in that the light source is arranged in or on the wall of the drawer configured transparent in sections.

12. Furniture drawer according to claim 11, characterized in that at least one light source is a low voltage lightning tube.

13. Furniture drawer according to claim 11, characterized in that at least one light source is a light emitting diode (LED).

14. Furniture drawer according to claim 1, characterized in that there is provided, on the front a panel, at least one solar cell for supplying consumers, or the chargeable current storage means, arranged in or on the drawer.

8. Furniture drawer that is mounted in a furniture carcass such that it can be pulled out, characterized by at least one holder arranged in or on the drawer, for an appliance provided with a chargeable battery, the chargeable battery of which is chargeable by means of the holder, wherein the device for transmitting electrical energy avoiding an electrical cable between the furniture carcass and furniture drawer is configured such that electrical transmission to the chargeable current storage means arranged in or on the drawer takes place only when the drawer is closed, in that the device for transmitting electrical energy is provided with at least one contact-free transmitter.

15. Piece of furniture with at least one furniture drawer that can be pulled out, characterized in that on the furniture carcass there is arranged at least one solar cell for supplying consumers, or chargeable current storage means arranged in or on the drawer.