Cabinet

Abstract

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

Description

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

[0002] The wall space available for the installation of cabinetry is increasingly limited by the use of televisions with a large-format flat screen that has to be hung on the wall and therefore takes up a considerable amount of wall space.

[0003] The object of the invention is to create a cabinet that allows better use of the available wall space.

[0004] This object is achieved according to the invention in that the cabinet furniture has a sliding fitting with a guide rail which extends at least with part of its length in 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, whereby the ability of the flat screen to be moved 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 subclaims.

[0007] In one embodiment, the guide rail extends across the width of the compartment, and the screen holder can be moved 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 closes the compartment opening, to one side or the other, to a position where it exposes almost half of the compartment opening.

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

[0009] Optionally, the guide rail can feature an integrated drive, such as a toothed belt drive, that allows 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] Optionally, an electronic image display device can be housed in the compartment, controlling the screen wirelessly or via a cable. If a cable is used, a cable guide chain can be provided, which rests on the floor of the compartment to ensure orderly cable routing.

[0011] The screen holder can have rollers that engage and are guided in the guide rail. The running surface formed in the guide rail can be in the shape of a bead, while the peripheral surfaces of the rollers have grooves that overlap the bead. A second bead on the guide rail, located above the rollers, can form a safety feature that prevents the rollers from escaping from the guide rail.

[0012] Optionally, a support rail can be provided in addition to the guide rail, on which the holder rests so that the tilting moment of the screen can be absorbed. For example, the guide rail can then be arranged under the ceiling of the compartment, while the support rail is located on or at the floor of the compartment. Alternatively, the support rail can also be arranged in a separate compartment. This separate compartment can then also accommodate the aforementioned cable chain. For this purpose, the compartment only needs to be very low, 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 should then be at least half the screen's dimensions in this direction.

[0015] The wide sliding range allows the screen with the sliding door to be moved far enough to provide access to the carcass elements that are adjacent to the carcass element with the sliding door in the second dimension and are therefore concealed by the protruding parts of the screen in the closed position. At the same time, the sliding door also allows access to part of the compartment of the carcass element that can be closed with the sliding door.

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

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

[0018] The body elements which are adjacent to the body element provided with the sliding door in the direction transverse to the sliding direction and which are partially covered by the screen when the sliding door is in the closed position can be closed by flaps or pivoting doors which can be opened after the screen has been pushed to the side.

[0019] The sliding path of the sliding door can be so large that in an open position a part of the sliding door protrudes 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] In the following, exemplary embodiments are explained in more detail using the drawings.

[0022] They show: Fig. 1 is a front view of a cabinet with a sliding screen arranged in front of the front; Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the cabinet and the screen in plan view; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the cabinet; Fig. 4 is an enlarged section through a guide rail arranged in one compartment of the cabinet; Fig. 5 is an enlarged section through a support rail arranged in another compartment of the cabinet; Fig. 6 is a front view of the cabinet according to another embodiment in a closed position; Fig. 7 is a front view of the cabinet according to Fig. 6 in a first opening position; and Fig. 8 shows a front view of the cabinet in a second opening position.

[0023] In Fig. 1 As an example of a cabinet 10, a so-called lowboard is shown, 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 guide rail 16 is arranged below the ceiling 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. Fig. 1 In the state shown, the openings of the compartments 12 and 14 are more than half covered by the screen 20, so that users only have access to the left part of the compartments.

[0024] On the floor of the lower compartment 14, a support rail 22 is arranged, 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, concealed by the screen 20, there is a motor drive 24 for the holder 18 and an electronic image display device 26 connected to the screen 20 via a cable. A cable guide chain 28 is housed in the lower compartment 14, which allows for orderly tracking of the cable during the sliding movement of the holder 18.

[0026] In Fig. 2 The cabinet 20 and the screen 20 are shown in plan view. It can be seen here 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 device 26, and the cable guide chain 28 are shown in dashed lines.

[0027] Fig. 3 shows a vertical section through the cabinet 10, the guide rail 16 and the support rail 22. The holder 18 and the screen 20 are also shown schematically in section. One of two vertical beams 32 of the holder ( Fig. 1 ), which are connected by two cross braces 34. The part of the sliding door 30 which is in Fig. 3 behind the holder 18, is covered by the beam 32.

[0028] In Fig. 4 the running rail 16 is shown enlarged in cross-section. The compartment 12 is closed at the top by a ceiling 36, to the underside of which the running rail 16 is attached. The running 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 holder 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 bars 32 of the holder 18, on which axle a roller 42, which engages in the slot of the running rail, is rotatably mounted. The peripheral surface of the roller 42 forms a groove that overlaps the bead 38. The holder 18 and the screen 20 attached to it are thus supported via the rollers 42 on the bead 38 of the running rail. This creates a tilting moment that is absorbed by the support rail 22 arranged further down.The upper bead 40 of the guide rail engages the groove of the roller 42 without touching it. This reliably prevents the rollers 42 from escaping from 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 is guided out of the hollow profile of the guide rail 16 in the center of the guide rail 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 middle position in which the sliding door 30 closes the compartments.

[0031] In Fig. 5 , an enlarged section shows 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. At the same time, the support rail 22 serves as a holder for a brush 54 that 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 prevents the cable chain accommodated in the compartment 14 from being viewed, but without hindering the movement of the cable during the sliding movement of the holder 18.

[0032] Another example will now be shown using the Figuren 6-8 be explained.

[0033] The Fig. 6 The cabinet shown has a cuboid body 110, which is divided into four superimposed rows 112, 114, 116, 118 of body elements. In the second highest row 114, a body element 120 is arranged centrally, which has a compartment which, in the Fig. 6 shown state is closed by a sliding door 122 which can be moved horizontally. In front of the sliding door 122, a screen 124 is mounted centrally, which projects beyond the sliding door 122 in the vertical direction both upwards and downwards, while in the horizontal direction the sliding door 122 projects beyond the screen 124 on both sides.

[0034] The body elements in the top row 112 and in both lower rows 116, 118 of the cabinet are closed in the example shown by flaps 126 or pivoting doors 128 or designed as open compartments (e.g., in the bottom row 118). Fig. 6 In the state shown, the flaps 126 and some of the pivoting doors 128 are covered by parts of the screen 124, these flaps and pivoting doors cannot be opened. However, the sliding door 122 is displaceable 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 wide displacement path of the sliding door 122 and the screen 124. In the example shown, the sliding door 122 is movable in both directions from the Fig. 6 can be moved out of the closed position shown.

[0035] Fig. 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 protrudes beyond the lateral boundary of the body 110. In this position, the screen 124 is shifted far enough to the right that it exposes the left flap 126 and the previously concealed pivoting door 128 on the left side of the body, so that both the flap and the pivoting door can be opened. The flap 126 is in Fig. 7 shown in an unfolded position, so that the objects contained in the corresponding body element are accessible. At the same time, in this position, the sliding door 122 also makes a left-hand portion of the compartment 130 of the body element 120 accessible, so that the objects stored there are also visible. Optionally, the sliding path of the sliding door 122 can be so large that, in the fully open position, it exposes the entire left half of the body element 120.

[0036] Fig. 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 pivoting doors 128 on the right side of the body can be opened and a right part of the body element 120 is accessible.

Claims

1. 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 guide rail (16) which extends at least with part of its length in 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, in which the guide rail (16) is displaceable across the width of the compartment (12), and the holder (18) for the screen (20) is displaceable 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 beyond the cabinet furniture (10).

4. Cabinet furniture according to one of the preceding claims, in which the guide rail (16) has an integrated drive (24, 44) which enables a motor-driven displacement of the screen (20).

5. Cabinet furniture according to claim 4, wherein the drive (24, 44) is arranged in a central region of the compartment (12) in such a way that it is concealed by the screen (20) in any position thereof.

6. Cabinet furniture according to one of the preceding claims, in which an electronic image display device (26) is accommodated 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 an orderly tracking of the cable.

8. Cabinet furniture according to one of the preceding claims, in which the holder (18) has rollers (42) which engage in the guide rail (16) and are guided therein.

9. Cabinet furniture according to claim 8, wherein the guide rail (16) has a running surface in the form of a bead (38) and the peripheral surfaces of the rollers (42) have grooves which overlap the bead.

10. Cabinet furniture according to claim 9, wherein a second bead (40) of the guide rail (16) located above the rollers (42) can form a safety device which prevents the rollers from emerging from the guide rail.

11. Cabinet furniture according to one of the preceding claims, in which, in addition to the guide 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, in which 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 in thatthe cabinet has a body element (120) which can be closed by a sliding door (122) and forms the compartment (130), that the screen (124) is mounted 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 displacement, and that the displacement path 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) projects beyond the screen (124) in the sliding direction.

16. Cabinet furniture according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the direction of displacement is the horizontal direction.

17. Cabinet furniture according to one of claims 14 - 16, in which at least some body elements which are adjacent to the body element (120) which can be closed by the sliding door (122) can be closed by flaps (126) or pivoting doors (128) and in which the displacement path of the sliding door (122) is so large that the screen (124) releases a part of the flaps (126) and pivoting doors (128) in an open position.

18. Cabinet furniture according to one of claims 14 to 17, in which the sliding door (122) can be moved into an open position in which it projects beyond the outer boundary of the body of the cabinet furniture.

19. Cabinet furniture according to one of claims 14 - 18, in which the sliding door (22) can be moved in both directions out of its closed position.

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