TWI803269B - Method for illumination of a furniture and furniture illuminated with the method - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for illuminating furniture (1), the furniture (1) comprising a furniture main body (2), a drawer (3) movably arranged on the furniture main body (2), an illuminating member (4) and a switchgear ( 6), wherein the drawer (3) is movable between a closed position and an open position, in which the drawer (3) is at least partially arranged outside the furniture body (2), the lighting member (4) It is arranged above the drawer (3), so that the inner space (5) of the drawer (3) can be illuminated, the position change of the drawer (3) can be detected by the switch device (6), and the A switching device (6) switches the lighting member (4), wherein the method comprises the following method steps: the drawer (3) is moved from the closed position to the open position; the switching device (6) detects that the drawer (3) ); the switching device (6) turns on the lighting member (4) or switches the lighting member (4) from a first lighting stage to a second lighting stage brighter than the first lighting stage; and the A lighting member (4) illuminates the interior space (5) of the drawer (3).

Description

Method for illuminating furniture and furniture illuminated by the method

The invention relates to a method for lighting furniture comprising at least one furniture body, at least one drawer movably arranged on the furniture body, wherein the at least one drawer is movable between a closed position and an open position, In the open position the at least one drawer is arranged at least partially outside the furniture body. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture that can be illuminated according to such a method.

Furniture having the following characteristics, for example for a kitchen: comprising at least one furniture body, at least one drawer movably arranged on the furniture body, wherein the at least one drawer is movable between a closed position and an open position, in which The at least one drawer is at least partially configured outside the furniture body. The kitchen is also usually equipped with lighting components, and the kitchen and the furniture arranged in the kitchen are illuminated by these lighting components. When at least one drawer is open, insufficient drawer lighting can occur, for example when the user is between a central light source in the kitchen and the drawer, casting a shadow on the drawer.

The object of the present invention is to provide a method for illuminating furniture which is improved compared to the prior art, wherein in particular the ease of use is increased, and to provide furniture which can be illuminated according to this method.

This object is achieved by the features of claims 1 and 10 .

The piece of furniture comprises at least one lighting element and at least one switchgear, the at least one lighting element is arranged above the at least one drawer so that the interior of the at least one drawer can be illuminated, in particular in the open position, by means of The at least one switching device detects a position change of the at least one drawer, and the at least one lighting member can be switched on and off using the at least one switching device.

The at least one lighting member can be arranged, for example, on the top panel or the connecting strip of the furniture body, or on the bottom surface of an additional drawer arranged above the at least one drawer.

The method according to the invention comprises the following method steps: moving the at least one drawer from the closed position to the open position; detecting this position change of the at least one drawer by the at least one switch device; opening the at least one drawer by the at least one switch device a lighting member or switching the at least one lighting member from a first lighting stage to a second lighting stage brighter than the first lighting stage; and the at least one lighting member illuminates the interior space of the at least one drawer.

In this way, a specific functional lighting of at least one drawer can be achieved independently of the central lighting of the room in which the illuminable furniture can be arranged.

The at least one switching device turns on the at least one lighting member or switches the at least one lighting member from a first lighting stage to a second lighting stage brighter than the first lighting stage. In the second case, at least one lighting element can be used for soft background lighting of the furniture and/or the interior of the furniture if it is illuminated in the first lighting phase, while at least one drawer is moved to the open position At this time, the at least one lighting component can be used to illuminate the interior space of at least one drawer in a targeted manner, wherein the at least one lighting component switches from the first lighting stage to the second lighting stage.

The at least one lighting element may be a commercially available light strip which is glued, screwed and/or arranged in a milled groove.

If at least one lighting component is arranged on the top board or the connecting narrow piece of the furniture body, the top board or the connecting narrow piece can be folded or retracted so as to leave a space for the arrangement of the at least one lighting component.

A remote control with buttons can be provided, by means of which the lighting system mounted on the furniture can be switched on and/or switched off.

Alternatively or additionally, it is possible to provide a computer program product, preferably an APP application program, which can run, for example, on a mobile computer, and which can be used to configure the lighting system, such as the light of at least one lighting member. Intensity and light color.

According to a preferred embodiment, it is provided that the at least one drawer is moved from the open position to the closed position in a further method step, wherein the at least one switching device switches off the at least one lighting element or switches off from the second lighting phase Switch to this first lighting stage.

It has proven to be advantageous that at least one additional lighting member is arranged on the at least one drawer, preferably on the side facing downwards of the drawer bottom, wherein when the at least one drawer is moved from the closed position to the open position, the at least one switching device turns off the at least one additional lighting member. In this case, two state changes can take place: on the one hand, the lighting elements arranged above at least one drawer are switched on or switched from the first lighting phase to the second lighting phase, and on the other hand, the additional lighting elements arranged on the drawer The lighting widget is turned off.

Alternatively or additionally it is provided that at least one additional lighting member is arranged on the at least one drawer, preferably on the side facing downwards of the drawer bottom, at least one additional drawer and at least one additional switchgear It is arranged under the at least one drawer, and when the at least one additional drawer is moved from the closed position to the open position, the at least one additional switching device turns on the at least one additional lighting member, or the at least one additional lighting The component switches from a first lighting phase to a second lighting phase that is brighter than the first lighting phase. That is, the lighting member arranged on at least one drawer may be used to illuminate an inner space of an additional drawer arranged below the at least one drawer. The provided switching device can also be integrated in a higher-level switching device.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment, it is provided that the piece of furniture comprises at least one furniture door which is preferably pivotable about a vertical axis, the drawer front of the at least one drawer being at least movable by means of the at least one furniture door in the door closed position Partially covered and at least partially open in the door open position, wherein at least one door switching device is provided, the at least one door switching device detects movement of the at least one furniture door from the door closed position to the door open position , and turn on at least one, preferably all of the provided lighting components, preferably to the first lighting stage. In this case, at least one door switching device and at least one switching device interacting with at least one drawer can also be combined in a higher-level switching device.

Usually used as storage cabinets in kitchens is a piece of furniture comprising on the one hand at least one, preferably a plurality of drawers, and on the other hand at least one furniture door which can cover at least one drawer. Such a piece of furniture allows for particularly efficient lighting, ie the provided lighting elements are switched on when the furniture door is opened, whereby for example a soft background lighting of the interior of a cabinet can be achieved. If the user then opens one of the provided drawers, the interior of this drawer is illuminated in a targeted manner.

It has proven to be advantageous for the at least one door switching device to switch off at least one, preferably all, of the provided lighting components when the at least one furniture door is moved from the door open position to the door closed position.

The at least one switching device may for example comprise a key switch or a contact switch, which is actuated by a position change of the at least one drawer.

Alternatively or additionally, at least a part of the at least one switchgear is adapted to be arranged on the at least one drawer, preferably on the rear wall of the drawer, and is adapted to move together with the at least one drawer, and (or ) The at least one switching device and the at least one lighting member communicate with each other wirelessly, for example via Bluetooth.

According to an advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that the furniture comprises at least one power supply, by means of which at least one power supply can provide electrical energy to the arranged lighting elements, wherein when the at least one drawer is moved, the at least one switching device is connected to the The at least one power supply is coupled to and disconnected from the at least one power supply, preferably wherein the at least one power supply contains at least one conductor track.

As mentioned above, it is also intended to claim protection for a piece of furniture comprising at least one furniture body, at least one drawer movably arranged on the furniture body, at least one lighting member and at least one switchgear, wherein the at least one drawer can be moving between a closed position and an open position in which the at least one drawer is at least partially disposed outside the furniture body and the at least one lighting member is disposed above the at least one drawer such that the interior space of the at least one drawer can be illuminated, in particular in the open position, a position change of the at least one drawer can be detected by means of the at least one switching device, and the at least one lighting element can be switched on and off by means of the at least one switching device, wherein the furniture can be Illuminated by the method according to the invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the piece of furniture, it is provided that at least one additional lighting element is arranged on the at least one drawer, preferably on the downwardly facing side of the drawer bottom.

In this case, it has proven to be advantageous that at least one additional drawer and at least one additional switching device are arranged below the at least one drawer, by means of which at least one additional switching device can be used to switch on and off the The at least one additional lighting member of the at least one drawer.

The piece of furniture may comprise at least one furniture door, preferably pivotable about a vertical axis, the drawer front of the at least one drawer being at least partially covered by the at least one furniture door in the door closed position and in the door open position is at least partially opened, wherein at least one door switching device is provided, by means of which at least one door switching device can detect the movement of the at least one furniture door from the door closed position to the door open position, and can open at least one, All such provided lighting components are preferred.

According to a preferred embodiment, it can be set as follows: at least a part of the at least one switchgear is configured on the at least one drawer, preferably on the rear wall of the drawer, and can move together with the at least one drawer, and (or ) the at least one switching device and the at least one lighting member are arranged to communicate wirelessly with each other.

It has been found to be advantageous that the piece of furniture comprises at least one power supply, by means of which at least one power supply can provide electrical energy to the provided lighting elements, wherein the at least one switching device can be connected to the at least one drawer when the at least one drawer is moved. A power source is coupled and disconnectable from the at least one power source, preferably wherein the at least one power source comprises at least one conductive rail.

Figures 1 to 4 illustrate a first preferred embodiment of illuminable furniture 1 in the form of a storage cabinet.

The furniture 1 comprises a furniture body 2 , a plurality of drawers 3 movably arranged on the furniture body 2 , wherein the drawers 3 are movable between a closed position and an open position in which the drawers 3 are at least partially arranged outside the furniture body 2 . In the concrete case, a total of five drawers 3 are provided. However, it is also possible to provide more or fewer drawers 3 but at least one drawer 3 .

A lighting member 4 is arranged above each drawer 3 such that the interior space 5 of the drawer 3 can be illuminated, in particular in the open position.

In the illustrated case, two lighting elements 4 designed as light strips are arranged on connecting webs of the top plate 14 . Furthermore, an additional lighting element 4 is arranged on the downward-facing side of the drawer bottom 7 of the drawer 3 .

The uppermost drawer 3 can be illuminated by means of lighting means 4 on the top panel 14 . The drawers 3 arranged below can be illuminated respectively by means of lighting elements 4 arranged on the drawer bottoms 7 of the drawers 3 located directly above the drawers 3 .

In each case at least one switching device 6 is provided, by means of which a change in the position of the drawer 3 can be detected and with which the lighting element 4 can be switched on and off.

The piece of furniture 1 comprises a furniture door 8 pivotable about a vertical axis, by means of which the drawer front 9 of the drawer 3 can be covered in the door closed position and at least partially opened in the door open position, wherein At least one door switching device 10, by means of which the movement of the furniture door 8 from the door closed position to the door open position can be detected and at least one provided lighting element 4, preferably all provided lighting elements 4 can be switched on and off Component 4.

In Fig. 1, the furniture door 8 is disposed at the door-closed position. The lighting means 4 are advantageously switched off.

In Fig. 3, the furniture door is arranged in the door open position. At least one door switching device 10 (schematically illustrated) detects the movement of the furniture door 8 from the door closed position to the door open position and switches on all provided lighting means 4 and in particular to the first lighting phase, Soft background lighting is thereby achieved in the interior of the furniture body 2 . The light emitted by the lighting member 4 is schematically illustrated by dashed lines.

For example, if the second drawer 3 from the top (see FIG. 4 ) is now moved from the closed position to the open position, at least one switching device 6 (schematically illustrated in FIG. 3 ) detects the opening of the drawer 3 . With this position change, at least one switch device 6 switches at least one lighting member 4 arranged above the drawer 3 from a first lighting stage to a second lighting stage brighter than the first lighting stage, and at least one lighting member 4 illuminates at least The interior 5 of a drawer 3 and is brighter than before, which is schematically illustrated by a thicker dashed line.

At the same time, as in the illustrated embodiment, at least one switching device 6 turns off the lighting means 4 provided on the drawer floor 7 of the drawer 3 when the drawer 3 is moved from the closed position to the open position.

If the drawer 3 is moved from the open position to the closed position again, at least one switch device 6 will switch off at least one lighting member 4 arranged above the drawer or switch from the second lighting phase to the first lighting phase. At the same time it can be provided that at least one switching device 6 switches on the other lighting elements 4 arranged around the drawer bottom 7 of the drawer 3, so that the lighting state shown schematically in FIG. 3 is restored.

If the furniture door 8 then moves again from the door open position to the door closed position, it can be provided that when at least one furniture door 8 is moved, at least one door switching device 10 closes at least one provided lighting element 4 again, preferably all The lighting member 4 provided.

FIG. 2 illustrates a situation which is not realized in the described embodiment, in which the furniture door 8 is opened, but the lighting member 4 is not switched on. However, according to a modified embodiment, it can be provided that the door switching device 10 is not provided and is opened by a separate, eg manually operated light switch and/or only by movement of the drawer 3 from the closed position to the open position lighting components4.

FIG. 5 shows a second preferred embodiment of illuminable furniture 1 . The piece of furniture 1 comprises a furniture body 2 and, for example, three drawers 3 . At least one lighting member 4 is disposed above the drawers 3 respectively, and the at least one lighting member 4 is closed when the drawer 3 is in the closed position. If one of the drawers 3 (in the illustrated case the uppermost drawer 3) moves from the closed position to the open position, at least one switching device 6 (not illustrated) detects this change in position of the drawer 3, And open the lighting member 4 disposed on the connecting narrow piece of the top plate 14 above the drawer 3 , thereby illuminating the inner space 5 of the drawer 3 . If the drawer 3 is closed again, at least one switching device 6 switches off the lighting means 4 again.

Fig. 6 shows a third preferred embodiment of an illuminable piece of furniture 1 in a schematically illustrated perspective view from the rear.

It can be seen in this figure that at least a part of at least one switching device 6 is arranged on at least one drawer 3 , preferably on the rear wall 11 of the drawer 3 , and is movable together with the at least one drawer 3 .

The furniture 1 comprises at least one power supply, by means of which the provided lighting elements 4 can be supplied with electrical energy, wherein at least one switching device 6 can be coupled to and can be connected to the at least one power supply when the at least one drawer 3 is moved. disconnected, preferably wherein at least one power supply comprises at least one conductive rail 12, as shown.

Electrical contact to at least one power source can also be made via the switching device 6 and electrical energy can be conducted to a load, for example to at least one lighting element 4 arranged on the drawer bottom 7 of the drawer.

The switching device 6 may comprise at least one energy store, such as a capacitor, and the stored energy may be used to send a switching signal to at least one lighting member 4 to be switched.

At least one switching device 6 and at least one lighting member 4 may be arranged to communicate wirelessly with each other.

The drawer 3 is movably installed on the furniture main body 2 by pulling out the guide rail 13 .

The features illustrated in connection with the third embodiment can be implemented individually or also collectively in the other two embodiments illustrated in the drawings.

1: furniture 2: Furniture body 3: drawer 4: Lighting components 5: Internal space 6: Switchgear 7: Drawer Bottom 8: Furniture door 9: front of the drawer 10: Door switch equipment 11: rear wall 12: Conductive rail 13: Pull out the guide rail 14: top plate

Further details and advantages of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings and on the basis of the description of the drawings. In the schema:

Figure 1 shows a first preferred embodiment of illuminated furniture with a closed furniture door in a schematic perspective view,

Figure 2 illustrates a first preferred embodiment of furniture with the furniture door open and in an unilluminated state,

Figure 3 illustrates a first preferred embodiment of furniture with open furniture doors and backlighting,

Figure 4 shows a first preferred embodiment of furniture with an open furniture door and an open drawer, the inner space of which is particularly illuminated,

Figure 5 shows a second preferred embodiment of furniture that can be illuminated in a schematic perspective view, and

Figure 6 shows a third preferred embodiment of furniture which can be illuminated in a schematic perspective view from the rear.

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Claims (18)

A method for lighting a piece of furniture (1), the piece of furniture (1) comprising at least one furniture body (2), at least one drawer (3) movably arranged on the furniture body (2), at least one lighting member (4) and at least one switching device (6), wherein the at least one drawer (3) is movable between a closed position and an open position, in which the at least one drawer (3) is at least partially arranged in Outside the furniture body (2), the at least one lighting member (4) is arranged above the at least one drawer (3), so that an inner space (5) of the at least one drawer (3) can be illuminated, especially In the open position, a position change of the at least one drawer (3) can be detected by means of the at least one switching device (6), and the at least one lighting element (4) can be switched on and off by means of the at least one switching device (6) ), wherein the method comprises the following method steps: - moving the at least one drawer (3) from the closed position to the open position, - the at least one switching device (6) detects the at least one drawer (3) change of position, - the at least one switching device (6) turns on the at least one lighting member (4) or switches the at least one lighting member (4) from a first lighting stage to a second lighting stage brighter than the first lighting stage two lighting phases, and - the at least one lighting member (4) illuminates the interior space (5) of the at least one drawer (3), Wherein the furniture (1) comprises at least one pivotable furniture door (8), a drawer front (9) of the at least one drawer (3) can be placed in a door closed position by means of the at least one furniture door (8) at least partially covered and at least partially open in a door open position, wherein at least one door switching device (10) is provided, the at least one door switching device (10) detects the at least one furniture door (8) from the door A movement from the closed position to the open position of the door and turns on at least one of the provided lighting members (4). The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one drawer (3) is moved from the open position to the closed position in a further method step, wherein the at least one switching device (6) the at least one lighting member (4 ) to turn off or switch from the second lighting stage to the first lighting stage. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one additional lighting member (4) is arranged on the at least one drawer (3), preferably on the downward facing side of a drawer bottom (7) , wherein the at least one switching device (6) turns off the at least one additional lighting member (4) when the at least one drawer (3) moves from the closed position to the open position. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one additional lighting member (4) is arranged on the at least one drawer (3), preferably on the downward facing side of a drawer bottom (7) , at least one additional drawer (3) and at least one additional switchgear (6) are configured below the at least one drawer (3), and when the at least one additional When the outer drawer (3) moves from a closed position to an open position, the at least one additional switching device (6) turns on the at least one additional lighting member (4), or the at least one additional lighting member (4) ) switches from a first lighting stage to a second lighting stage brighter than the first lighting stage. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one pivotable furniture door (8) is pivotable about a vertical axis. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one door switch device (10) turns on all the provided lighting members (4). The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one door switch device (10) turns on the at least one provided lighting member (4) to a first lighting stage. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one door switch device (10) turns on all the provided lighting members (4) to a first lighting stage. The method according to one of claims 1 or 5 to 8, wherein when the at least one furniture door (8) moves from the door open position to the door closed position, the at least one door switch device (10) The at least one, preferably all of the provided lighting means (4) are switched off. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least a part of the at least one switchgear (6) is arranged on the at least one drawer (3), preferably on a rear wall (11) of the drawer (6) and move together with the at least one drawer (3). The method as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the at least one A switchgear (6) and the at least one lighting member (4) communicate wirelessly with each other. The method as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the furniture (1) includes at least one power supply, and the at least one power supply can provide electric energy for the set lighting components (4), wherein the at least one drawer ( 3) When moving, the at least one switching device (6) is coupled to and disconnected from the at least one power source, preferably wherein the at least one power source comprises at least one conductive rail (12). A piece of furniture (1), comprising at least one furniture body (2), at least one drawer (3) movably arranged on the furniture body (2), at least one lighting component (4) and at least one Switchgear (6), wherein the at least one drawer (3) is movable between a closed position and an open position, in which the at least one drawer (3) is at least partially arranged on the furniture body (2) Furthermore, the at least one lighting member (4) is arranged above the at least one drawer (3) such that an interior space (5) of the at least one drawer (3) can be illuminated, in particular in the open position, A position change of the at least one drawer (3) can be detected by means of the at least one switching device (6), and the at least one lighting member (4) can be switched on and off by means of the at least one switching device (6), characterized in that: The furniture (1) can be illuminated by a method as described in one of claims 1 to 12. The furniture (1) according to claim 13, wherein at least one additional lighting member (4) is arranged on the at least one drawer (3), preferably on the downward side of a drawer bottom plate (7) superior. The furniture (1) as described in claim 14, wherein at least one additional drawer (3) and at least one additional switchgear (6) are arranged below the at least one drawer (3), and the at least one additional The switchgear (6) is used to switch the at least one additional lighting member (4) of the at least one drawer (3) arranged above. Furniture (1) according to one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the furniture (1) comprises at least one furniture door (8), preferably pivotable about a vertical axis, the at least one drawer (3 ) can be at least partially covered in a door closed position and at least partially opened in a door open position by the at least one furniture door (8), wherein at least one door switch device ( 10), by means of the at least one door switching device (10) a movement of the at least one furniture door (8) from the door closed position to the door open position can be detected and at least one, preferably all, of these can be switched The lighting member (4) provided. The furniture (1) according to one of claims 13 to 15, wherein - at least a part of the at least one switchgear (6) is arranged on the at least one drawer (3), preferably on the drawer (6 ) on a rear wall (11) and is movable together with the at least one drawer (3), and/or - the at least one switching device (6) and the at least one lighting member (4) are arranged to communicate wirelessly with each other . The furniture (1) according to one of the claims 13 to 15, wherein the furniture (1) comprises at least one power supply, by means of the at least one A power source can provide electrical energy to the arranged lighting components (4), wherein when the at least one drawer (3) moves, the at least one switching device (6) can be coupled with the at least one power source and can be powered from the at least one power source disconnected, preferably wherein the at least one power supply comprises at least one conductive rail (12).

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