IP Library Granted Patent US 9,516,948
Granted Patent B2
US 9,516,948 · App. 14/005,807 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Touch-latch device for opening and holding a furniture opening component in a closed position

Inventor: Carlo Migli (Lecco, IT)
Assignee: Titus d.o.o. Dekani
A47B88/0477E05C19/022E05C19/165
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Patent No.
US 9,516,948
App. No.
14/005,807
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, comprising a housing with an axially arranged groove, in which a push element is slidingly arranged, said element being actuated by a helical spring and controllable by a dual-position guide mechanism comprising a cam groove guide and an S-pin, wherein the device comprises a push element controlled by two dual-position guide mechanisms, wherein each cam groove guide of a dual-position guide mechanism is arranged on a lateral side of the push element and the S-pin is pivoted in the lateral wall of the groove of the housing, and that the push element is provided at its free end with a regulation plug arranged by means of a bolted joint, said plug being displaceable in axial direction, wherein the axial displacement of the regulation plug is limited by an arrester arranged therein.

Claims (19)

1. A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, such as drawers or doors, without handles, comprising

a housing with an axially arranged groove having lateral walls, in which groove a push element is slidingly arranged and actuated by a helical spring, said push element having two mutually parallel lateral surfaces and being controlled by two dual-position guide mechanisms, wherein each of the two dual-position guide mechanisms is disposed on one lateral surface of the push element and including a cam groove guide and an S-pin, wherein each of the cam groove guides is arranged on one lateral side of the push element, and

each of the S-pins is pivotally arranged within a recess of the lateral wall of the groove of the housing, wherein one leg of the S-pin is in a hole in said recess and the second leg of the S-pin extends into the interior of the groove of the housing and into the cam groove guide of the push element, and

the push element being provided at a free end with a regulation plug arranged by a bolted joint, said plug being displaceable in an axial direction, wherein the axial displacement of the regulation plug is limited by an arrester arranged therein.

2. Touch-latch device according to claim 1 , wherein the arrester is a double-sided riveted bolt of a predetermined length arranged in a through hole of a threaded extension and the regulation plug.

3. Touch-latch device according to claim 1 , wherein each S-pin is arranged within the hole in a way that the legs of both S-pins perpendicular thereto lie in a same plane that coincides with the axial plane of the device in an idle mode.

4. Touch-latch device according to claim 1 , wherein an additional element is arranged at a free end of the regulation plug, the additional element is a rubber plug to absorb noise upon impact.

5. Touch-latch device according to claim 1 , wherein an additional element is arranged at a free end of the regulation plug, the additional element is a magnet plug to prevent the furniture component from moving more than allowed by the touch-latch device.

6. A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, such as drawers or doors, without handles, comprising

a housing with an axially arranged groove having lateral walls, in which groove a push element is slidingly arranged and actuated by a helical spring,

said push element having two mutually parallel lateral surfaces and being controlled by two dual-position guide mechanisms wherein each of the dual-position guide mechanisms is disposed on one lateral surface of the push element and including a cam groove guide and an S-pin,

wherein each one of cam groove guides is arranged on one lateral side of the push element, and each of the S-pins is pivotally arranged within a recess of the lateral wall of the groove of the housing, wherein one leg of the S-pin is in a hole in said recess and the second leg of the S-pin extends into the interior of the groove of the housing and into the cam groove guide of the push element.

7. Touch-latch device according to claim 6 , wherein said push element is provided at a free end with a regulation plug displaceable in an axial direction by an arrester arranged therein.

8. Touch-latch device according to claim 6 , wherein the arrester is arranged in a through hole of a threaded extension of the push element and the regulation plug.

9. Touch-latch device according to claim 8 , wherein each S-pin is arranged within the hole in a way that the legs of both S-pins perpendicular thereto lie in a same plane that coincides with an axial plane of the device in an idle mode.

10. A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, such as drawers or doors, without handles, comprising

a housing with an axially arranged groove, in which groove a push element is slidingly arranged and actuated by a helical spring and controllable by two dual-position guide mechanisms including a cam groove guide and an S-pin,

wherein each cam groove guide of each of the two dual-position guide mechanisms is arranged on each lateral side of the push element and each S-pin is pivoted in each of the lateral walls of the groove of the housing, and the push element being provided at a free end with a regulation plug arranged by a bolted joint, said plug being displaceable in an axial direction, wherein the axial displacement of the regulation plug is limited by an arrester arranged therein,

the arrester being a double-sided riveted bolt of a predetermined length arranged in a through hole of a threaded extension and the regulation plug.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 30, 2016
From: LAMA D.D. DEKANI
To: TITUS D.O.O. DEKANI
Reel/Frame 039055/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2013
From: MIGLI, CARLO
To: LAMA D.D. DEKANI
Reel/Frame 031225/0994 →
Priority Claims (1)
SI 201100102 · Mar 22, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140001938A1 · Jan 2, 2014