Cabinet furniture

Abstract

Cabinet furniture with at least one body element (10; 120) forming a compartment (12; 130), characterized in that the cabinet furniture has a sliding fitting, with a running rail (16) which extends at least with part of its length into the opening of the compartment (12) and on which a holder (18) for a screen (20; 124) is guided.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a cabinet furniture with at least one body element forming a compartment.

[0002] The wall space available for setting up cabinet furniture is increasingly limited by the use of televisions with a large flat screen that is mounted on the wall and therefore occupies a considerable amount of wall space.

[0003] The purpose of the invention is to create a cabinet furniture that allows for better utilization of the available wall space.

[0004] This problem is solved according to the invention by the fact that the cabinet furniture has a sliding fitting with a running rail which extends at least with part of its length into the opening of the compartment and on which a holder for a screen is guided.

[0005] The invention makes it possible to mount a large-format flat screen in front of the front surface of the cabinet furniture, whereby the movable nature of the flat screen makes it possible to make at least parts of the compartment behind the screen accessible.

[0006] Advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

[0007] In one embodiment, the guide rail extends across the width of the compartment, and the screen holder is movable from one side of the compartment to the other. Even if the screen has the same dimensions as the compartment opening, the screen can then be moved from a central position, where it covers the opening, to one side or the other, to a position where it exposes almost half of the compartment opening.

[0008] With relatively low cabinet furniture such as sideboards or lowboards, the screen can extend significantly above the top of the cabinet furniture.

[0009] Optionally, the track can have an integrated drive, for example a toothed belt drive, which enables motorized movement of the screen. The drive can be conveniently positioned in the central area of ​​the compartment so that it is concealed by the screen in any position.

[0010] Alternatively, the compartment can also house an electronic display device that controls the screen wirelessly or via a cable. If a cable is used, a cable management chain can be provided, resting on the bottom of the compartment to ensure tidy cable routing.

[0011] The screen holder can have rollers that engage with and are guided in the track. The running surface formed in the track can be shaped like a bead, while the circumferential surfaces of the rollers have grooves that overlap the bead. A second bead on the track, located above the rollers, can act as a retainer to prevent the rollers from slipping out of the track.

[0012] Optionally, in addition to the guide rail, a support rail can be provided against which the mount rests, thus absorbing the tilting moment of the screen. For example, the guide rail can then be positioned under the ceiling of the compartment, while the support rail is located on or at the bottom of the compartment. Alternatively, the support rail can also be located in a separate compartment. This separate compartment can then also accommodate the aforementioned cable chain. For this purpose, the compartment only needs to be shallow, so that its opening can be covered with a brush that conceals the cable chain but allows the cable to be connected to the screen.

[0013] In another embodiment, the compartment is formed in a body element that can be closed by a sliding door, and the screen is mounted in front of the sliding door and can be moved with the sliding door.

[0014] The sliding door can extend beyond the cabinet element in the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction. The sliding door's travel distance should then be at least half the screen's dimension in this direction.

[0015] The wide sliding range allows the screen to be moved along with the sliding door far enough to create access to the cabinet elements that border the cabinet element with the sliding door in the second dimension and are therefore obscured by the protruding parts of the screen when closed. At the same time, moving the sliding door also provides access to part of the compartment of the cabinet element that can be closed by the sliding door.

[0016] The sliding door can extend beyond the screen in the direction of movement. This allows the use of a sliding door fitting that permits a particularly wide sliding range.

[0017] The direction of movement can be the horizontal direction or, optionally, the vertical direction.

[0018] The cabinet elements that border the cabinet element with the sliding door in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement and that are partially covered by the screen when the sliding door is closed can be closed by flaps or hinged doors that can be opened after the screen has been pushed to the side.

[0019] The sliding door's travel distance can be so large that, in an open position, part of the sliding door extends beyond the outer boundary of the cabinet body.

[0020] In an advantageous embodiment, the sliding door can be moved in both directions from the closed position.

[0021] The following are examples of implementation explained in more detail with reference to the drawings.

[0022] They show: Fig. 1 a front view of a cabinet furniture, in front of which a sliding screen is arranged; Fig. 2 an exploded view of the cabinet and the screen in top view; Fig. 3. a vertical section through the cabinet furniture; Fig. 4 an enlarged section through a running rail arranged in a compartment of the cabinet furniture; Fig. 5 an enlarged section through a support rail arranged in another compartment of the cabinet furniture; Fig. 6 a front view of the cabinet furniture according to another embodiment in a closed position; Fig. 7 a front view of the cabinet furniture according to Fig. 6 in a first open position; and Fig. 8 A front view of the cabinet furniture in a second open position.

[0023] In Fig. Figure 1 shows, as an example of a cabinet 10, a so-called lowboard, i.e., a piece of furniture whose body has a relatively low height. The body forms an upper compartment 12 and a lower compartment 14, which has a significantly lower height. A running rail 16 is arranged under the top of the upper compartment 12, which runs approximately in the plane of the compartment opening and in which a holder 18 for a screen 20 is guided. In the Fig. In the state shown in Figure 1, the openings of compartments 12 and 14 are more than half covered by screen 20, so that users only have access to the left part of the compartments.

[0024] A support rail 22 is arranged on the floor of the lower compartment 14, on which the holder 18 is additionally supported, so that the screen 20 is held stably in a vertical orientation.

[0025] In the central part of the upper compartment 12, which is concealed by the screen 20, a motorized drive 24 for the holder 18 and an electronic image display device 26 are housed, which is connected to the screen 20 via a cable. A cable guide chain 28 is located in the lower compartment 14, which allows for orderly routing of the cable during the sliding movement of the holder 18.

[0026] In Fig. Figure 2 shows the cabinet 20 and the screen 20 in a top view. It can be seen that the holder 18 is integrated into a sliding door 30, which completely closes the opening of the compartments 12, 14 when the holder 18 is in a position in the middle of the cabinet. The drive 24, the image display unit 26, and the cable management chain 28 are shown with dashed lines.

[0027] Fig. Figure 3 shows a vertical section through the cabinet 10, the running rail 16, and the support rail 22. The holder 18 and the screen 20 are also shown schematically in section. One of the two vertical supports 32 of the holder can be seen ( Fig. 1), which are connected by two crossbars 34. The part of the sliding door 30 that is in Fig. The part 3 behind the holder 18 is concealed by the spar 32.

[0028] In Fig. Figure 4 shows an enlarged cross-section of the guide rail 16. The compartment 12 is closed at the top by a ceiling 36, to the underside of which the guide rail 16 is attached. The guide rail forms a hollow profile with two chambers. One of these chambers forms a slot on the side facing the sliding door 30 and the bracket 18, the lower edge of which is formed by a bead 38 and the upper edge by a bead 40. An axle projects from each of the stiles 32 of the bracket 18, on which a roller 42, which engages in the slot of the guide rail, is rotatably mounted. The contact surface of the roller 42 forms a concave groove that overlaps the bead 38. The bracket 18 and the screen 20 attached to it are thus supported on the bead 38 of the guide rail via the rollers 42. This creates a tilting moment, which is absorbed by the support rail 22 located further down.The upper bead 40 of the guide rail engages in the groove of the roller 42 without touching it. This reliably prevents the rollers 42 from slipping out of the slot in the guide rail.

[0029] The second chamber of the guide rail 16 accommodates a toothed belt drive 44, which controls the sliding movement of the holder 18 via a driver 46 projecting from the holder 18. The toothed belt of the toothed belt drive 44 exits the hollow profile of the guide rail 16 in its center and is driven by a motor 46 in the housing of the drive 24.

[0030] In another embodiment, instead of the toothed belt drive 44 and the drive 24, a self-closing mechanism can be provided which, when the holder 18 approaches the position in the middle of the compartment 12, catches the driver 46 and elastically pulls it into the central position in which the sliding door 30 closes the compartments.

[0031] In Fig. Figure 5 shows an enlarged section of the support rail 22, which is attached to the front edge of a base 48. The holder 18 has at least one L-shaped support arm 50, which carries a roller 52 that rolls along a vertical guide surface of the support rail 22 and is held in contact with this guide surface by the aforementioned tilting moment. The support rail 22 also serves as a holder for a brush 54, which closes the opening of the compartment 14. At the point where the cable chain 28, or the cable guided therein, is connected to the screen 20, the cable deflects the bristles of the brush 54 locally. The brush 54 thus obscures the view of the cable chain contained in the compartment 14, without, however, hindering the movement of the cable during the sliding movement of the holder 18.

[0032] Another example of implementation will now be presented using the Fig. 6-8 will be explained.

[0033] The in Fig. The cabinet shown in section 6 has a cuboid body 110, which is divided into four superimposed rows 112, 114, 116, 118 of cabinet elements. In the second-to-last row 114, a cabinet element 120 is arranged centrally, which has a compartment that is located in the Fig. The state shown in Figure 6 is closed by a sliding door 122 that can be moved horizontally. A screen 124 is mounted centrally in front of the sliding door 122, projecting vertically above and below the sliding door 122, while horizontally the sliding door 122 projects beyond the screen 124 on both sides.

[0034] The cabinet elements in the top row 112 and in both lower rows 116, 118 of the cabinet furniture are, in the example shown, closed by flaps 126 or hinged doors 128 or designed as open compartments (e.g., in the bottom row 118). Since in the Fig. In the state shown in Figure 6, since the flaps 126 and some of the pivot doors 128 are obscured by parts of the screen 124, these flaps and pivot doors cannot be opened. However, the sliding door 122 can be moved in a known manner by means of a sliding door fitting (not shown in detail here), which can extend over the entire width of the body 110 or at least over half the width of the screen and therefore allows a considerable sliding range of motion for the sliding door 122 and the screen 124. In the example shown, the sliding door 122 can be opened in both directions from the position shown in Figure 6. Fig. Can be moved out of the 6 shown closed position.

[0035] Fig. Figure 7 shows the sliding door 122 and the screen 124 in an open position, in which they are shifted to the right. The right end of the sliding door 122 extends beyond the side boundary of the cabinet 110. In this position, the screen 124 is shifted to the right so far that it exposes the left flap 126 and the previously concealed swing door 128 on the left side of the cabinet, allowing both the flap and the swing door to be opened. The flap 126 is in Fig. Figure 7 shows the cabinet element in an open position, so that the items contained within it are accessible. In this position, the sliding door 122 also provides access to the left side of compartment 130 of the cabinet element 120, making the items stored there visible. Optionally, the sliding door 122 can have a greater travel distance than that of the fully opened door, which exposes the entire left half of the cabinet element 120.

[0036] Fig. Figure 8 shows the cabinet in a second opening position, in which the sliding door 122 and the screen 124 are shifted to the left, so that the flap 126 and all pivot doors 128 on the right side of the carcass can be opened and a right part of the carcass element 120 is accessible.

Claims

[1] Cabinet furniture with at least one carcass element (10; 120) forming a compartment (12; 130)), characterized by , that the cabinet furniture has a sliding fitting, with a running rail (16) which extends at least part of its length into the opening of the compartment (12) and on which a holder (18) for a screen (20; 124) is guided. [2] Cabinet furniture according to claim 1, wherein the running rail (16) is movable over the width of the compartment (12), and the holder (18) for the screen (20) is movable from one side of the compartment to the other. [3] Cabinet furniture according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the screen (20) extends in height above the cabinet furniture (10). [4] Cabinet furniture according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the running rail (16) has an integrated drive (24, 44) which enables motor-driven displacement of the screen (20). [5] Cabinet furniture according to claim 4, wherein the drive (24, 44) is arranged in a central area of ​​the compartment (12) such that it is concealed by the screen (20) in every position. [6] Cabinet furniture according to one of the preceding claims, wherein an electronic image display device (26) is housed in the compartment (12) which controls the screen (20) wirelessly or via a cable. [7] Cabinet furniture according to claim 6, with a cable guide chain (28) for orderly guidance of the cable. [8] Cabinet furniture according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the holder (18) has rollers (42) which engage in and are guided in the running rail (16). [9] Cabinet furniture according to claim 8, wherein the running rail (16) has a running surface in the form of a bead (38) and the circumferential surfaces of the rollers (42) have concave grooves that overlap the bead. [10] Cabinet furniture according to claim 9, in which a second bead (40) of the running rail (16) located above the rollers (42) can form a locking mechanism that prevents the rollers from leaving the running rail. [11] Cabinet furniture according to one of the preceding claims, in which, in addition to the running rail (16), a support rail (22) is provided on which the holder (18) is supported in such a way that the tilting moment of the screen (20) is absorbed. [12] Cabinet furniture according to claim 11, wherein the support rail (22) is arranged in a separate compartment (14). [13] Cabinet furniture according to claims 7 and 12, wherein the separate compartment (14) accommodates the cable chain (28) and a brush (54) covers the opening of the compartment (14). [14] Cabinet furniture with an integrated screen (124), characterized by, that the cabinet furniture has a body element (120) which can be closed by a sliding door (122) and forms the compartment (130), that the screen (124) is attached in front of the sliding door (122) and can be moved with the sliding door and projects beyond the sliding door in the direction perpendicular to the direction of movement, and that the movement distance of the sliding door (122) is at least half the dimension of the screen (124) in this direction. [15] Cabinet furniture according to claim 14, wherein the sliding door (122) extends beyond the screen (124) in the direction of movement. [16] Cabinet furniture according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the direction of movement is the horizontal direction. [17] Cabinet furniture according to one of claims 14-16, in which at least some carcass elements adjacent to the carcass element (120) which can be closed with the sliding door (122) can be closed by flaps (126) or swing doors (128) and in which the displacement path of the sliding door (122) is so large that the screen (124) in an open position releases a part of the flaps (126) and swing doors (128). [18] Cabinet furniture according to one of claims 14-17, wherein the sliding door (122) can be moved into an open position in which it extends beyond the outer boundary of the cabinet furniture body. [19] Cabinet furniture according to one of claims 14-18, wherein the sliding door (22) can be moved in both directions from its closed position.

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