TWI690282B - Assemblable drawer for furniture and method for assembling the drawer - Google Patents

Abstract

An assemblable drawer (1) for furniture, comprising a pair of side walls (2,3), a rear wall (4), a bottom (5), and a front panel (6); the side walls (2,3) and the rear wall (4) are provided with end openings (7) which are adapted to allow the coupling of coupling means (10,11) which in tum are adapted to be locked within the end openings (7) by engagement means (25,26,27,28) which can move for forced or shape coupling of the moveable engagement means in the end openings (7) of the side walls (2,3) and of the rear wall (4).

Description

Assemblable drawer for furniture and method for assembling drawer

The invention relates to an assemblable drawer for furniture and its assembling method.

It is well known that assembleable drawers are available in the furniture industry, and are of the type that includes molded back walls and side walls made of metal materials and bottom and front panels made of wood or other materials.

In order to connect the side wall to the front panel and the rear wall of the drawer, a front connector and a corner connector are usually used, respectively, which have coupling parts that can be inserted into the corresponding end openings of the rear wall and the side wall to form a drawer Simple and fast assembly of the parts.

The connection between the connector and the wall of the drawer can occur by simple forced coupling of the parts. However, in the case of high stress, especially when the drawer is full, this type of forced coupling or engagement may not be sufficient to keep the drawer assembled stably.

In essence, what has happened is the possible decoupling of several elements that make up the drawer.

In order to overcome the problems mentioned above, the connector may be provided with tabs or other elastic holding members, which can engage the adjusted openings provided on the sides of the side wall and the rear wall of the drawer by a buckle effect.

However, although the above solution is based on the view of keeping the drawer in the assembled condition The points are effective, but the above solution requires many machining operations on the side and rear walls of the drawer to define the lateral opening. Furthermore, the presence of these lateral openings is undesirable in terms of aesthetics.

The object of the present invention is to design an assemblable drawer with walls and side walls made of metal materials but without lateral openings, so there is no need to perform additional machining operations on these walls so as not to further negatively affect the overall drawer Aesthetic appearance, while ensuring stable assembly of the drawer even under high stress.

Within this aim, an object of the present invention is to design an assemblable drawer for furniture that can be assembled in a simple and quick manner.

Another object of the present invention is to design an assemblable drawer for furniture that is highly reliable, easily and practically implemented, and low cost.

This object, which will become more obvious in the following, and these and other objects are achieved by an assemblable drawer for furniture, the assemblable drawer comprising a pair of side walls, a rear wall, a bottom and a front panel, which It is characterized in that the side walls and the rear wall are provided with end openings, the end openings are adapted to allow coupling of the coupling member, and the coupling members are adapted to be locked in the end openings by the engagement member, the The engaging members are movable for forced or shape coupling of the movable engaging members in the end openings of the side walls and the rear wall.

1: Assemblable drawer

2, 3: side wall

4: rear wall

5: bottom

6: front wall

7: open end

8: end cavity

10: corner element

11: Front connector

11': Internal protrusion

11": horizontal ribs

12: First front coupling member

12': lateral groove

12": retainer teeth

15: Groove

16: corner element

18: end cavity

20: Center groove

20': upper surface

25: Eccentric meshing element

25': screw member

26: head

26': mouth

27, 28: base

30: Eccentric engagement surface

Additional features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of the preferred but non-exclusive embodiment of the assembleable drawer according to the present invention, which is given as a non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings Note that in these drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of an assemblable drawer according to the present invention; 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the assembleable drawer of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the drawer of FIGS. 1 and 2; FIG. 4 is a detailed perspective view of a corner coupling element of the drawer according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is A detailed perspective view of another front coupling element of the drawer according to the present invention; FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the coupling of two corner elements of the drawer according to the present invention; FIG. 7 is a coupling of two front elements of the drawer according to the present invention FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the two elements shown in FIG. 7 in the first insertion position; FIG. 9 is another perspective view of the two elements shown in FIG. 7 in the second coupling position; 10 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the drawer according to the present invention; FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the side wall of the drawer according to the present invention, with the movable engaging member in the disengaged position; FIG. 12 is a rear wall of the drawer according to the present invention Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view of Fig. 11 in which the engaging member is in the rotational coupling position.

With reference to the figures, a drawer according to the present invention, generally designated by reference numeral 1, includes a pair of side walls 2 and 3, a rear wall 4, a bottom 5, and a front wall 6.

Conveniently, the side wall is a shaped wall made of metal material, which has a hollow cross-section defining an end opening or cavity; however, it is not excluded that these walls may instead be made of other materials (e.g., plastic materials, wood or The possibility of making it).

End openings are provided in the side walls 2, 3 and the rear wall 4.

In the figures, the end opening of the side wall is designated by reference numeral 7, and the end opening of the rear wall is designated by reference numeral 8.

The side walls 2, 3 and the rear wall 4 have lateral surfaces that extend according to respective longitudinal axes, and according to the invention, these surfaces do not have openings and/or machining; in particular, there is no axis and these walls An opening or protrusion extending at a right angle to the longitudinal axis.

In order to couple the side wall with the rear wall 4 and the front wall 6 to each other, a corner element 10 provided at the coupling place between the side walls 2 and 3 and the rear wall 4 and provided for coupling the side walls 2 and 3 with the front are provided The wall 6 is coupled to the coupling member constituted by the connector 11 before.

The front connector 11 is engaged by the front coupling member 12 configured to be integral with the wall of the front panel 6.

Conveniently, the side walls 2 and 3 have grooves 15 adapted to allow coupling to the bottom 5 of the drawer.

Preferably, when the walls 2, 3 and 4 are extremely high, the rear corner connector 10 is coupled to the corner element 16, which is inserted into the end cavity 8 of the rear wall 4 and the end cavity 18 of the side walls 2 and 3 in.

In contrast, the corner connector 10 is inserted into the end opening 7 of the side walls 2 and 3 of the drawer according to the invention on one side and into the central groove 20 of the rear wall 4 of the drawer according to the invention.

In order to lock the coupling members (ie the corner element 10 and the front element 11), the drawer according to the invention has a movable engagement member with a control element in the form of a slotted head of a screwdriver, for example.

The movable engagement member with the control element preferably includes an eccentric engagement element 25 which is rotatably movable and connected to the corner of the front connector 11 and the opening 7 to be inserted in the opening 7 of the side walls 2, 3 The parts of the device 10, the eccentric engaging element 25 has a screw structure In the form of a piece 25' (e.g., a trilobular screw), the screw member 25' especially pulls when tightened for a stronger coupling of these parts; the head 26 is adjusted to fit the adjusted base Medium rotation, the base is defined in the corner connector 10 (in this case designated by reference numeral 27) and in the front connector 11 (in this case, the base is designated by reference numeral 28), and the head 26 is conveniently shaped, for example, with radial protrusions or mouths 26' to define a stroke limiting stop for the rotation of the engagement members.

The head 26 is adapted to rotate in these bases 27 and 28, and the screw member 25' uses its shape to engage the internal shape of the end opening 7 with respect to the corner connector 10 and the front connector 11.

For the parts of the corner connector 10 to be engaged with the rear wall 4, the movable engagement member 25 preferably includes an eccentric engagement surface 30 with or without threads, the eccentric engagement surface 30 can engage the central groove of the rear wall 4 20 upper surface 20'; in this case, the head 26 is also conveniently contoured (for example) with a radial protrusion or mouth 26' to define a stroke limiting stop for the rotation of these engaging members .

The coupling member 12 of the front panel 6 (for example, in the form of an element that can be pre-installed on the front panel 6) is adapted to allow the coupling member 12 to be coupled once the front connector 11 has been coupled to the side walls 2 and 3 In this front connector 11.

Preferably, for holding in the longitudinal direction, the coupling element 12 has a vertical extension to engage with the internal protrusion 11' of the front connector 11 by sliding movement from the top downward as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 Lateral groove 12'; in addition, the coupling element 12 has elastic retainer teeth 12" on the rear side, which can engage lateral ribs 11" in the front connector 11 in order to firmly hold the part and Only when a predetermined and significant upward stress is applied to the front panel 6 is the part allowed to go Coupling.

Essentially, the assemblable drawer according to the present invention is assembled as follows: First, the operator configures the side wall 2, 3, rear panel or rear wall 4, and front panel 6, and bottom 5 of the drawer. At this time, the operator couples the coupling members in the form of the rear corner connector 10 and the front connector 11 into the side walls 2 and 3, which are coupled by using movable engaging members 25' and 30 The components are tightened in these walls.

The movable engagement member uses forced and/or shape coupling in the end openings of the side walls 2, 3 and in the central groove 20 of the rear wall 4 to cause engagement.

Subsequently, the operator applies the bottom panel 5 to the side wall by inserting the bottom panel 5 into the groove 15, and finally, he/she applies the front by coupling the front coupling member 12 into the front connector 11 Panel 6.

In practice, it has been found that the drawer according to the invention fully achieves the set goals and objectives, in that it makes it possible to assemble it in a simple and fast manner, and it does not require lateral openings in the side walls of the drawer , So that the end opening that is not substantially visible to the user is used instead.

The assemblable drawer thus conceived allows many modifications and changes, all of which are within the scope of the attached patent application. Furthermore, all details can be replaced by other technically equivalent elements.

In practice, the materials used and the shape and size of the contingency can be any material and shape and size according to the requirements and current advanced technology.

2. 3‧‧‧Side wall

4‧‧‧back wall

5‧‧‧Bottom

6‧‧‧Front wall

7‧‧‧End opening

8‧‧‧End cavity

10‧‧‧Corner element

11‧‧‧Front connector

12‧‧‧First front coupling member

15‧‧‧groove

16‧‧‧Corner element

18‧‧‧End cavity

20‧‧‧Central groove

Claims (9)

An assemblable drawer (1) for furniture, which includes a pair of side walls (2, 3), a rear wall (4), a bottom (5) and a front panel (6), wherein the side walls (2, 3) 3) and the rear wall (4) is provided with end openings (7), the end openings (7) are adapted to allow coupling of the coupling members (10, 11), and the coupling members (10, 11) are Adapted to be locked in the end openings (7) by the engagement members (25, 26), the engagement members (25, 26) are movable for the movable engagement members at the side walls (2, 3) ) And the forced or shape coupling in the end openings (7) of the rear wall (4), wherein the side walls (2, 3) and the rear wall (4) are provided with a respective longitudinal extension axis Extended lateral surface, wherein the lateral surfaces of the side walls (2, 3) and the rear wall (4) do not have openings and/or machining, and wherein the movable engagement member (25, 26) includes A control element through which the engaging member (25, 26) can be moved. An assemblable drawer as claimed in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the coupling members (10, 11) include a pair of backs for coupling between the side walls (2, 3) and the rear wall (4) A corner connector (10), and a pair of front connectors (11) for the coupling of the front panel (6) to the side walls (2, 3). An assembleable drawer as claimed in item 2 of the patent scope, wherein the rear corner connectors (10) are provided with a base (29) for accommodating movable engaging members. An assembleable drawer as claimed in item 2 of the patent scope, wherein the front connectors (11) are provided with a base (28) for accommodating movable engaging members. An assembleable drawer as claimed in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the movable engagement member includes at least one eccentric engagement element (25, 30) for the movable engagement member at the rear wall and the The forced or shape coupling in the end openings (7) of the equal side walls. An assembleable drawer as claimed in item 2 of the patent scope, wherein the movable engagement members for the corner connectors and the front connectors include the side walls (2, 3) and/or the rear wall (4) The screw member (25). The assembleable drawer as claimed in item 1 of the patent scope further includes an additional connecting member (16) adapted to allow the coupling of the side walls (2, 3) of the drawer and the rear wall (4). The assembleable drawer as claimed in item 2 of the patent scope further includes a first front coupling member (12) that can be fixed to the front panel (6) and can mate with the front connectors (11). A method for assembling an assemblable drawer as in any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising the following steps: from one of the drawers to the side walls (2, 3), one rear Starting from the wall (4), a bottom (5) and a front panel (6), the coupling members (10, 11) are coupled in the end openings (7) of the side walls for the drawer The coupling of the side walls (2, 3) and the rear wall (4), wherein the side walls (2, 3) and the rear wall (4) have lateral directions extending according to their respective longitudinal extension axes Surface, and wherein the lateral surfaces of the side walls (2, 3) and the rear wall (4) do not have openings and/or machining; the equal coupling is achieved by movable engagement members (25, 26) The connecting members are locked in place and the movable engagement members (25, 26) are adapted to allow the coupling members (10, 11) and the side walls (2, 3) and the rear wall (4) A forced or shape coupling between the end openings (7), wherein the movable engagement member (25, 26) contains a control element, the engagement member (25, 26) can be moved by the control element; the bottom (5) Applied to the side walls (2, 3); The front panel (6) is fixed to the coupling members (10, 11) disposed at the ends of the side walls (2, 3), the ends are adapted to be directed to the front panel (6).

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