Underfloor Furniture Guide Rail Synchronization Through Bearing Bases
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing underfloor guides for pull-out furniture, particularly in full extension systems, face challenges in synchronization due to spatial constraints and design complexities, leading to inefficiencies and reliability issues.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a guide unit with load-transmitting bearing means and synchronization elements that interact with the base bodies of these bearing means, allowing for synchronized movement of the guide rails via recesses and rolling elements, which can be detachably attached, providing a compact and reliable synchronization solution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional synchronization solutions are used in underfloor guides, then synchronization function is achieved, but device complexity and design effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the synchronization function directly into the bearing means by having the synchronization element interact with the base body of the bearing means. This integration eliminates separate synchronization mechanisms and reduces overall device complexity while maintaining synchronization reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The bearing means serves dual functions: supporting loads and providing synchronization. The base body of the bearing means acts as both a structural support element and a synchronization interface, allowing the same component to perform multiple functions and reduce the need for additional dedicated synchronization parts.
2Reliability
If synchronization elements are added to synchronize guide rails, then synchronization is improved, but space requirements and design complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The synchronization element is nested within the structure of the center rail, reaching through a recess in the rail to interact with the base body of the bearing means. This nesting approach allows the synchronization mechanism to be accommodated within the existing rail structure without requiring additional external space.
Solution Approach 2:
The synchronization element interacts with the base body of the bearing means in a dimension perpendicular to the rail movement direction. By utilizing this alternative dimension, the patent achieves synchronization without requiring additional space in the direction of rail movement.
3Productivity
If base bodies of bearing means are synchronized, then guide unit synchronization is achieved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The synchronization element automatically synchronizes the base bodies of the bearing means through its interaction with their surfaces. The design allows the synchronization to occur through the natural contact and movement of the base bodies, reducing the need for high-precision manufacturing while maintaining synchronization efficiency.
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 enhances the synchronization of underfloor guides by allowing synchronized movement of the body rail, center rail, and extension rail, improving reliability and compactness, while reducing the need for additional design effort and free space, resulting in a more economical and effective synchronization mechanism.
Implementation Method 1
first load-transmitting bearing means between the center rail and the cabinet rail and second load-transmitting bearing means between the center rail and the extension rail, each with a base body and rolling means accommodated thereon or therein for the movable mounting of the rails relative to one another
Implementation Method 2
Synchronization means for synchronizing the management unit are present. A first essential aspect of the invention lies in the fact that the synchronization means comprise at least one synchronization element which interacts with the base body of the respective bearing means
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a device having a guide unit for guiding an extractable furniture part that is movable relative to a corpus, wherein the guide device comprises a corpus rail, an extraction rail, and a central rail acting between the corpus rail and the extraction rail, wherein the guide unit comprises first bearing means between the central rail and the corpus rail and second bearing means between the central rail and the extraction rail, each comprising a base body and rolling means incorporated thereon or therein for mounting the rails in a movable fashion relative to one another, and synchronization means are present for synchronizing the guide unit. According to the invention, the synchronization means comprise at least one synchronization element (8) that cooperates with the base body of the respective bearing means.