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Granted Patent B2
US 11,060,337 · App. 16/605,563 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Pivot drive and piece of furniture

Inventors: Uwe Sobolewski (Buende, DE); Michael Tasche (Bielefeld, DE); Gerhard Goetz (Buende, DE)
Assignee: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG
E05F1/10E05F3/00E05Y2900/20
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Patent No.
US 11,060,337
App. No.
16/605,563
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pivot drive for a movable piece of furniture has an actuating arm which is mounted so that it can be pivoted about an axis of rotation, a spring assembly having at least one spring guided linearly in one working direction and a pressure-exerting component connected to the spring assembly and movable along a control curve, and a housing on or in which the pivot drive is mounted and a piece of furniture.

Claims (23)

1. A piece of furniture comprising a furniture body connected to a movable furniture part having a pivot drive ( 30 ), the pivot drive having:

an actuating arm ( 32 ) mounted so as to be pivotable about an axis of rotation ( 31 );

a spring assembly ( 33 ) having at least one spring guided linearly in one operating direction,

a pressure-exerting component ( 34 , 34 ′) connected to the spring assembly ( 33 ) and movable along a control curve ( 35 , 35 ′),

a housing ( 21 ) on or in which the pivot drive is mounted, wherein the actuating arm ( 32 ) is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the spring assembly ( 33 ) and is pivotable therewith about the axis of rotation ( 31 ), wherein the actuating arm ( 32 ) is connected to the movable furniture part via a multi-joint connection, wherein the control curve is immovable relative to the housing during an opening and/or closing movement of the movable furniture part, so that the furniture body, the control curve and the housing are stationary while the movable furniture part and the spring assembly are moving.

2. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the spring assembly ( 33 ) pretensions the actuating arm ( 32 ) in a closing region in a closing direction, and in an opening region next to the closing region, the spring assembly ( 33 ) pretensions the actuating arm ( 32 ) in an opening direction.

3. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the movable furniture part is a flap ( 3 ) or a door.

4. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the control curve ( 35 , 35 ′) has a guide track consisting of metal.

5. The piece of furniture according to claim 2 , wherein the movable furniture part is kept in balance at least over part of the opening region by the spring assembly ( 33 ) and the control curve ( 35 , 41 ).

6. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure-exerting component ( 34 , 34 ′) is designed as a roller.

7. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the spring assembly ( 30 ) comprises a plurality of springs which are arranged next to one another and which are guided linearly in a direction of action of the spring assembly.

8. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot drive is designed as a flap fitting.

9. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot drive has a damper for braking the actuating arm ( 32 ) before a closed position and/or a maximum opening position.

10. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the axis of rotation ( 31 ) about which the spring assembly ( 33 ) rotates with the actuating arm ( 32 ) is arranged in a fixed manner in the housing ( 21 ), so that the spring assembly ( 33 ) with the actuating arm ( 32 ) pivots about the axis of rotation ( 31 ).

11. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein a lever ( 37 ) of the multi-joint connection has two axes of rotation (A 1 , A 3 ) for moving the movable furniture part and has a further joint ( 40 ) or a curve guide ( 41 ) for indirect coupling to the actuating arm ( 32 ).

12. The piece of furniture according to claim 11 , wherein the actuating arm ( 32 ) is connected to the lever ( 37 ) of the multi-joint connection by a joint lever ( 36 ).

13. The piece of furniture according to claim 11 , wherein a pressure-exerting component ( 45 ) is arranged on the actuating arm ( 32 ) and cooperates with the curve guide of the lever ( 37 ).

14. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the total pivot angle of the spring assembly ( 33 ) about the axis of rotation ( 31 ) from the closed position into the fully open position of the movable furniture part is greater than 10°.

15. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot drive ( 30 ) is arranged in a side wall ( 10 ) of the piece of furniture ( 1 ).

16. The piece of furniture according to claim 15 , wherein the side wall ( 10 ) has a plate-shaped core ( 11 ) which has a first end face and further end faces, and wherein a recess ( 12 ) is arranged in the core ( 11 ), which recess extends at least along a section of the first end face of the side wall and serves to receive a flap fitting ( 4 ) which guides the movable furniture part.

17. The piece of furniture according to claim 16 , wherein the plate-shaped core ( 11 ) of the side wall ( 10 ) is arranged between two laterally applied cover layers ( 13 ).

18. The piece of furniture according to claim 17 , wherein the core ( 11 ) has two core halves which lie one on top of the other with their side faces opposite the respective cover layers ( 13 ) and have recesses which complement one another to form the recess ( 12 ).

19. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot drive ( 30 ) is arranged on a side wall ( 10 ) of the furniture ( 1 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2019
From: SOBOLEWSKI, UWE; TASCHE, MICHAEL; GOETZ, GERHARD
To: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 108 197.6 · Apr 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200123827A1 · Apr 23, 2020
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