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EP0699405B1
EP0699405B1 EP95113282A EP95113282A EP0699405B1 EP 0699405 B1 EP0699405 B1 EP 0699405B1 EP 95113282 A EP95113282 A EP 95113282A EP 95113282 A EP95113282 A EP 95113282A EP 0699405 B1 EP0699405 B1 EP 0699405B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
    • A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
    • A47B88/453—Actuated drawers
    • A47B88/46—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs
    • A47B88/467—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs self-closing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2210/00—General construction of drawers, guides and guide devices
    • A47B2210/02—Drawers with hollow lateral walls in two parts

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  • the invention relates to a pull-out guide for drawers with a cabinet-side mounting rail, a drawer-side pull-out rail and one between these two rails arranged middle rail on each side of the drawer, with rollers arranged between the rails, which are in separate Carriages are stored and the load of the drawer between the rails transferred and on the middle rail based on its length in the middle Control roller bearings whose diameter is larger than the diameter of the rollers in the carriage and on the catwalks of the mounting rail and the pull-out rail expires, a run-in slope for this control roller on the catwalk of the mounting rail is trained.
  • Drawers with a so-called inlet are known. H. not one
  • the drawer is fully inserted into the furniture body in the rear area automatically drawn into the furniture body.
  • the automatic in the The drawer runs through a bevel in the catwalk Carrier rail or the pull-out rail reached.
  • These pull-out guide sets are the rollers with axes on the mounting rails and the pull-out rails stored.
  • DE-A-26 13 775 describes a pull-out guide set of the type mentioned at the beginning Art.
  • the control role has a certain holding effect when fully inserted Drawer. To move the middle rail relative to the mounting rail, the Control roller are pulled over the inlet slope.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a simplified storage for the control roller.
  • control roller on the Center rail is axleless, with the center rail on both sides of the Control roller drive tabs are punched out.
  • An embodiment of the invention provides that the driver tabs in the Upper half of the control roller are arranged and tilted so that they are after converge at the top, resulting in a particularly good bearing of the control roller becomes.
  • the central rail has a Z-profile and in cross section through the rails in each case half is included in the profile of the mounting rail and the pull-out rail.
  • Adapter 7 used, which has a support web 3, on the the drawer bottom 4 rests.
  • the mounting rail is on adapter 7 2 attached.
  • the mounting rail 2 has an upper horizontal web 5 and a lower horizontal web 6, the Width is slightly less than half the width of the horizontal web 5.
  • the body-side mounting rail 8 is a mirror image of the pull-out rail 2 with a lower wide catwalk 9 and one upper narrow catwalk 10 formed.
  • the middle rail 11 has a Z-profile and is each for Half in the profile of the pull-out rail 2 and the mounting rail 8 added.
  • carriages 12 In the pull-out rail 2 and the mounting rail 8 are carriages 12 arranged in which rollers 13 and lateral compensating rollers 14 are stored.
  • the control roller is located in the middle of the middle rail 11 15. It is held by two driver tabs 16.
  • the Driving tabs 16 are, as can be seen from FIG. 4, slanted and converge upwards. You are above the center of the control roller 15. Through the driver tabs 16, the control roller 15 is axleless on the central rail 11 stored.
  • the bevel 17 In the middle of the mounting rail 8 and in the middle of the lower one Catwalk 9 of the mounting rail 8 is the bevel 17, which forms the inlet.
  • the bevel 17 is through simple deformation of the catwalk 9 achieved.
  • control roller 15 comes into the area of the bevel 17, the middle rail 11 and the pull-out rail 2 through the weight of the drawer pressed into the furniture body.
  • the inlet slope 17 is at a distance from the rear End of the mounting rail 8, the at least a quarter corresponds to the length of the mounting rail 8.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Ausziehführungsgarnitur für Schubladen mit einer korpusseitigen Tragschiene, einer ladenseitigen Ausziehschiene und einer zwischen diesen beiden Schienen angeordneten Mittelschiene an jeder Seite der Schublade, wobei zwischen den Schienen Laufrollen angeordnet sind, die in separaten Laufwagen gelagert sind und die die Last der Schublade zwischen den Schienen übertragen und an der Mittelschiene bezogen auf ihre Länge in deren Mitte eine Steuerrolle lagert, deren Durchmesser größer ist als der Durchmesser der Laufrollen in den Laufwagen und die an Laufstegen der Tragschiene und der Ausziehschiene abläuft, wobei am Laufsteg der Tragschiene eine Einlaufschräge für diese Steuerrolle ausgebildet ist.The invention relates to a pull-out guide for drawers with a cabinet-side mounting rail, a drawer-side pull-out rail and one between these two rails arranged middle rail on each side of the drawer, with rollers arranged between the rails, which are in separate Carriages are stored and the load of the drawer between the rails transferred and on the middle rail based on its length in the middle Control roller bearings whose diameter is larger than the diameter of the rollers in the carriage and on the catwalks of the mounting rail and the pull-out rail expires, a run-in slope for this control roller on the catwalk of the mounting rail is trained.

Mit einer derartigen Ausziehführungsgarnitur kann die Schublade vollständig aus dem Möbelkorpus herausgezogen werden, während sie über die Schienen noch im Möbelkorpus gehalten ist. Die Anordnung der Laufrollen in separaten Laufkäfigen macht die Ausziehführungsgarnitur sehr leichtgängig und bewirkt auch einen ruhigen Lauf.With such a pull-out guide, the drawer can be completely removed from the Furniture body are pulled out while they are still in the rails Furniture body is held. The arrangement of the rollers in separate cages makes the pull-out guide set very smooth and also ensures a quiet Run.

Es sind Schubladen mit einem sogenannten Einlauf bekannt, d. h. eine nicht vollständig in den Möbelkorpus eingeschobene Schublade wird im hinteren Bereich ihres Einlaufweges selbsttätig in den Möbelkorpus gezogen. Das selbsttätige in den Korpus Laufen der Schublade wird durch eine Abschrägung im Laufsteg der Tragschiene oder der Ausziehschiene erreicht. Bei diesen Ausziehführungsgarnituren sind die Laufrollen mittels Achsen an den Tragschienen und den Ausziehschienen gelagert.Drawers with a so-called inlet are known. H. not one The drawer is fully inserted into the furniture body in the rear area automatically drawn into the furniture body. The automatic in the The drawer runs through a bevel in the catwalk Carrier rail or the pull-out rail reached. With these pull-out guide sets are the rollers with axes on the mounting rails and the pull-out rails stored.

Die DE-A-26 13 775 beschreibt eine Ausziehführungsgarnitur der eingangs erwähnten Art. Die Steuerrolle bewirkt eine gewisse Festhaltewirkung bei voll eingeschobener Schublade. Um die Mittelschiene relativ zur Tragschiene zu bewegen, muß die Steuerrolle über die Einlaufschräge gezogen werden.DE-A-26 13 775 describes a pull-out guide set of the type mentioned at the beginning Art. The control role has a certain holding effect when fully inserted Drawer. To move the middle rail relative to the mounting rail, the Control roller are pulled over the inlet slope.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, eine vereinfachte Lagerung für die Steuerrolle zu schaffen. The object of the invention is to provide a simplified storage for the control roller.

Die erfindungsgemäße Aufgabe wird dadurch gelöst, daß die Steuerrolle an der Mittelschiene achslos gelagert ist, wobei aus der Mittelschiene beiderseits der Steuerrolle Mitnehmerlappen ausgestanzt sind.The object of the invention is achieved in that the control roller on the Center rail is axleless, with the center rail on both sides of the Control roller drive tabs are punched out.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung sieht vor, daß die Mitnehmerlappen in der oberen Hälfte der Steuerrolle angeordnet und schräg gestellt sind, sodaß sie nach oben konvergieren, wodurch eine besonders gute Lagerung der Steuerrolle erreicht wird.An embodiment of the invention provides that the driver tabs in the Upper half of the control roller are arranged and tilted so that they are after converge at the top, resulting in a particularly good bearing of the control roller becomes.

Um die Ausziehführung möglichst kompakt zu gestalten, ist vorteilhaft vorgesehen, daß die Mittelschiene Z-Profil aufweist und im Querschnitt durch die Schienen jeweils zur Hälfte im Profil der Tragschiene und der Ausziehschiene aufgenommen ist.In order to make the pull-out guide as compact as possible, provision is advantageously made for that the central rail has a Z-profile and in cross section through the rails in each case half is included in the profile of the mounting rail and the pull-out rail.

Nachfolgend wird ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung anhand der Figuren der beiliegenden Zeichnungen eingehend beschrieben.

  • Die Fig. 1 zeigt eine Seitenansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Ausziehführungsgarnitur in der geschlossenen Stellung,
  • die Fig. 2 zeigt eine Seitenansicht der erfindungsgemäßen Ausziehführungsgarnitur in der voll ausgezogenen Stellung,
  • die Fig. 3 zeigt einen Querschnitt durch eine Schubladenzarge und eine erfindungsgemäße Ausziehführungsgarnitur, und
  • die Fig. 4 zeigt einen Längsschnitt durch die Schienen der Ausziehführungsgarnitur im Bereich der Steuerrolle.
    • An exemplary embodiment of the invention is described in detail below with reference to the figures in the accompanying drawings.
  • 1 shows a side view of a pull-out guide assembly according to the invention in the closed position,
  • 2 shows a side view of the pull-out guide assembly according to the invention in the fully extended position,
  • 3 shows a cross section through a drawer frame and a pull-out guide set according to the invention, and
  • 4 shows a longitudinal section through the rails of the pull-out guide set in the area of the control roller.

    • Die nachfolgende Beschreibung bezieht sich jeweils nur auf eine Seite der Schublade. Die andere Seite der Ausziehführungsgarnitur ist analog ausgebildet. The following description only refers to one side of the Drawer. The other side of the pull-out guide set is designed analogously.

    In die doppelwandige Schubladenzarge 1 ist mindestens ein Adapter 7 eingesetzt, der einen Tragsteg 3 aufweist, auf dem der Schubladenboden 4 aufliegt. Am Adapter 7 ist die Tragschiene 2 befestigt. Die Tragschiene 2 weist einen oberen Horizontalsteg 5 und einen unteren Horizontalsteg 6 auf, dessen Breite etwas geringer ist als die Hälfte der Breite des Horizontalsteges 5.In the double-walled drawer frame 1 is at least one Adapter 7 used, which has a support web 3, on the the drawer bottom 4 rests. The mounting rail is on adapter 7 2 attached. The mounting rail 2 has an upper horizontal web 5 and a lower horizontal web 6, the Width is slightly less than half the width of the horizontal web 5.

    Die korpusseitige Tragschiene 8 ist spiegelbildlich zur Ausziehschiene 2 mit einem unteren breiten Laufsteg 9 und einem oberen schmalen Laufsteg 10 ausgebildet.The body-side mounting rail 8 is a mirror image of the pull-out rail 2 with a lower wide catwalk 9 and one upper narrow catwalk 10 formed.

    Die Mittelschiene 11 weist Z-Profil auf und ist jeweils zur Hälfte im Profil der Ausziehschiene 2 und der Tragschiene 8 aufgenommen.The middle rail 11 has a Z-profile and is each for Half in the profile of the pull-out rail 2 and the mounting rail 8 added.

    In der Ausziehschiene 2 und der Tragschiene 8 sind Laufwägen 12 angeordnet, in denen Laufrollen 13 und seitliche Ausgleichsrollen 14 gelagert sind.In the pull-out rail 2 and the mounting rail 8 are carriages 12 arranged in which rollers 13 and lateral compensating rollers 14 are stored.

    Es ist jeweils ein Laufwagen 12 zwischen der Ausziehschiene 2 und der Mittelschiene 11 und Einlaufwagen 12 zwischen der Mittelschiene 11 und der Tragschiene 8 angeordnet.There is a carriage 12 between the pull-out rail 2 and the middle rail 11 and infeed carriage 12 between the Center rail 11 and the mounting rail 8 arranged.

    In der Mitte der Mittelschiene 11 befindet sich die Steuerrolle 15. Sie wird von zwei Mitnehmerlappen 16 gehalten. Die Mitnehmerlappen 16 sind, wie aus der Fig. 4 ersichtlich, schräg gestellt und konvergieren nach oben. Sie befinden sich oberhalb der Mitte der Steuerrolle 15. Durch die Mitnehmerlappen 16 ist die Steuerrolle 15 achslos an der Mittelschiene 11 gelagert.The control roller is located in the middle of the middle rail 11 15. It is held by two driver tabs 16. The Driving tabs 16 are, as can be seen from FIG. 4, slanted and converge upwards. You are above the center of the control roller 15. Through the driver tabs 16, the control roller 15 is axleless on the central rail 11 stored.

    In der Mitte der Tragschiene 8 und in der Mitte des unteren Laufsteges 9 der Tragschiene 8 befindet sich die Abschrägung 17, die den Einlauf bildet. Die Abschrägung 17 wird durch einfache Verformung des Laufsteges 9 erzielt. In the middle of the mounting rail 8 and in the middle of the lower one Catwalk 9 of the mounting rail 8 is the bevel 17, which forms the inlet. The bevel 17 is through simple deformation of the catwalk 9 achieved.

    Kommt die Steuerrolle 15 in den Bereich der Abschrägung 17, werden die Mittelschiene 11 und die Ausziehschiene 2 durch das Gewicht der Schublade in den Möbelkorpus hineingedrückt.If the control roller 15 comes into the area of the bevel 17, the middle rail 11 and the pull-out rail 2 through the weight of the drawer pressed into the furniture body.

    Die Einlaufschräge 17 befindet sich in einem Abstand vom hinteren Ende der Tragschiene 8, der mindestens einem Viertel der Länge der Tragschiene 8 entspricht.The inlet slope 17 is at a distance from the rear End of the mounting rail 8, the at least a quarter corresponds to the length of the mounting rail 8.

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    1. Set of pull-out guides for drawers having, on each side of the drawer, a carcass-side support rail (8), a drawer-side pull-out rail (2) and a central rail (11) arranged between these two rails, there being arranged between the rails (2,8,11) running rollers (13) which are mounted in separate running carriages (12) and which transmit the load of the drawer between the rails (2,8,11), and there being mounted on the central rail (11) in the centre thereof with regard to its length a controlling roller (15) whose diameter is greater than the diameter of the running rollers (13) in the running carriages (12) and which runs on running webs (6, 9) of the support rail (8) and of the pull-out rail (2), a run-in slope (17) for this controlling roller (15) being formed on the running web (9) of the support rail (8), characterized in that the controlling roller (15) is mounted on the central rail (11) without a spindle, driving tabs (16) being punched out of the central rail (11) on both sides of the controlling roller (15).
    2. Set of pull-out guides according to Claim 1, characterized in that the driving tabs (16) are arranged in the upper half of the controlling roller (15) and are inclined so that they converge upwardly.
    3. Set of pull-out guides according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the central rail (11) has a Z profile and, in cross-section, is received by the rails (8,11 [sic]) half in the profile of the support rail (8) and half in the profile of the pull-out rail (2).
    4. Set of pull-out guides according to Claim 1, characterized in that the run-in slope (17) is situated at a distance from the rear end of the support rail (8) corresponding to at least a quarter of the length of the support rail (8).
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