Device for adjusting a position of a movable thrust element relative to a body of a piece of furniture or relative to a body of a household appliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for adjusting the position of a movable thrust element relative to furniture or household appliances are often separate structural units, not integrated with other movement or position influencing systems, limiting their functionality and design efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A device with mounting, moving, and adjusting means, featuring a rotatable adjusting lever with a guide element and a housing with a movement element, allowing for linear adjustment of the thrust element's position via a guide system, incorporating an energy storage device and automatic ejection/retraction system, enabling compact and cost-effective integration with furniture or appliances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a separate structural unit is used for position adjustment, then the adjustment function is independent and simple, but the device complexity increases and integration with other systems is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the position adjustment device with the guide system for the thrust element, merging previously separate structural units into an integrated assembly. The adjusting means are incorporated into the guide system structure, allowing the thrust element to be guided and positioned simultaneously without requiring separate adjustment mechanisms, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining integration capability.
2Manufacturing precision
If an adjusting lever with guide element is used, then the adjustment precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjusting lever incorporates an eccentric guide element with a curved or rounded geometry that engages with a corresponding cam surface or groove. This curved interaction enables precise positional adjustment through rotational movement of the lever, transforming a simple rotary motion into precise linear positioning of the thrust element without requiring complex multi-component adjustment mechanisms.
3Manufacturing precision
If the thrust element position is adjustable, then the front gap optimization is improved, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide system incorporates automatic ejection and retraction mechanisms that allow the thrust element to self-adjust its position relative to the furniture body. The system uses spring-loaded or cam-based mechanisms that automatically maintain optimal front gap distances without requiring manual intervention, thereby achieving precise gap optimization while maintaining ease of operation through automated functionality.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for precise adjustment of the thrust element's position, optimizing the front gap and visual appearance in closed positions, facilitating easy operation and integration with various appliances, while ensuring secure and efficient operation.
Implementation Method 1
the adjusting lever having a guide element, the guide element being present in particular eccentrically offset to the axis of rotation on the adjusting lever, wherein the movement means comprise a housing and a movement element... an adjustment of the adjusting lever, for example about the axis of rotation, causes a particularly linear change in position of the housing relative to the mounting means
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AI summary
A device for adjusting the position of a movable sliding element relative to the body of a piece of furniture or relative to the body of a household appliance, wherein the adjustment allows the sliding element to be positioned in a closed position on the body, wherein the sliding element can be movably attached to the body via a guide system, and wherein the device comprises mounting means, moving means, and adjusting means. The device is characterized in that the adjusting means comprise an adjusting lever, wherein the adjusting lever is rotatably mounted on the device about an axis of rotation, and wherein the adjusting lever has a guide element, the guide element being offset from the axis of rotation on the adjusting lever. The moving means comprise a housing and a moving element, wherein the moving element is movably mounted relative to the housing.wherein, in the arranged state of the device on the furniture or household appliance and in the closed state of the sliding element on the body, the movement element is coupled to the sliding element, wherein the housing has a guide element, wherein the guide element is coupled to the guide element of the adjusting lever, wherein an adjustment of the adjusting lever causes a change in the position of the housing relative to the mounting means, so that in the arranged state of the device in the closed position a change in the position of the sliding element relative to the body is realized.