Connecting device between components of a piece of furniture, method and apparatus for manufacturing said device

Abstract

A method for the production of a connecting device for the components of piece of furniture, characterized in that it includes the steps of preparation of a casing extending along a longitudinal axis and provided with a first and a second half-shell both concave and mutually rotatably connected in correspondence of a reciprocal connecting line defining an tilting axis, in which said half-shells are mutually put side by side with the respective concavities facing upwards, predisposition of at least one tie rod, predisposition of at least one eccentric element and at least one tie rod, tilting of the second half-shell around the axis from the open position to a closed position, in which the half-shells are mutually abutted in correspondence of respective peripheral edges and the respective concavities defining the housing space for the tie rod and the eccentric element.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a connecting device between components of a piece of furniture, a method and an apparatus for manufacturing said device.STATE OF THE ART[0002]In the production of furniture, and more generally of elements of furniture, it is known the use of connecting devices to connect the different components of furniture and tighten them, in particular via panels used as shelves or walls, in order to assemble the piece of furniture and / or to fix it in a room in the desired position.[0003]In particular, the known connecting devices are those comprising a rod-shaped pin, fixed to its first end to a first of component of the piece of furniture, and an eccentric element, generally cylindrical shaped, which is inserted in a seat formed in a first component of the piece of furniture to engage a head of the rod protruding from the first component. The eccentric element is provided with coupling means of the tie rod head, so that as a consequence of ...

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Benefits of technology

The solution provides a standardized, easy-to-assemble, and cost-effective connecting device that is universally applicable, reducing component loss and assembly difficulties while optimizing production efficiency and logistics.

Problems solved by technology

A first drawback is the fact that, with the completed assembly, the eccentric element is visible in the second component of the piece of furniture.

A second drawback of the connecting device according to the known technique is given by the fact that each connecting device is formed by at least two separate components, the eccentric element and the tie rod, which must be separately mounted on the respective components of the piece of furniture to be assembled.

This obviously involves a high possibility of loss of one of these components and a greater difficulty in their positioning in the assembly phase.

Moreover, the known devices have, by their nature, different structures and shapes depending on the thickness of the shutter of the piece of furniture, making impossible the standardization of the components impossible and thus considerably increasing the costs for the manufacturer.

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