ES2970558T3 - Motion control device for a piece of furniture and furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

A device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture (10) is proposed for mounting on a furniture body (2, 12) of a piece of furniture (1, 11) and/or for mounting on a moving piece of furniture ( 4) of the furniture (2). , 12), in which the mobile furniture piece (4) is guided through guide means (3, 25) in the furniture body (2, 12) of the furniture (1, 11), a unit being arranged of furniture movement (14). , where the movement of the moving furniture part (4) can be influenced by the furniture movement unit (14). According to the invention, the movement control device of the furniture piece (10) is configured to connect to an activation unit (13), a connection (21) between the movement control device of the furniture piece (10 ) and the activation unit (13). When carried out wirelessly, the activation unit (13) is arranged outside the furniture, where the movement control device of the furniture part (10) can be coupled to the furniture movement unit (14) to being able to control the furniture movement unit (14) directly by means of the furniture part movement control device (10), so that the movement of the movable furniture part (4) occurs. (Automatic translation with Google Translate, without legal value)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Motion control device for a piece of furniture and furniture

The present invention refers to a device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture, a system with a device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture and a piece of furniture with said device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture.

State of the art

Modern furniture features, for example, multiple moving parts, in particular drawers. It is known that the movable piece of furniture is movably mounted on a furniture body by means of guide means, for example, drawers or guide rails. The mobile furniture part also has a front panel, two side components, a rear wall and a drawer floor. Relevant documents on the state of the art are applications WO 2018/068910 A1 and AT 12564 U1.

To facilitate the handling of large and/or very heavy moving furniture parts, it is possible to provide a force support for an opening movement. In known furniture, an electromechanical drive device is fixed to the body of the furniture or to the moving part of the furniture.

The opening movement is initiated by pressing against an opening direction of the front panel of the moving piece of furniture. With pressure, a spring is released that activates the assisted opening movement. In known furniture, manual operation of the moving part of the furniture by a user is necessary to activate the opening movement.

Object and advantages of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide improved control of a moving piece of furniture. The object is resolved through the independent claims; Advantageous and convenient variants and improvements of the invention are set forth in the related claims.

The present invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture for mounting on a furniture body of a piece of furniture and/or for mounting on a movable piece of furniture of the piece of furniture; wherein the movable furniture piece is guided through guide means in the furniture body of the furniture; wherein a furniture movement unit is arranged in the furniture body and/or in the moving part of the furniture; wherein a movement of the moving part of the furniture can be influenced by the movement unit of the furniture. For example, furniture comprises one or more movable pieces of furniture. In particular, the moving part of the furniture is made as a drawer, door, lid or the like. The drawer or lid is movably guided on the body of the furniture by means of guide means, for example, pull-out rails, configured as partial or full extension slides, and/or by means of a hinge and/or by means of a lid fitting. in the body of the furniture. The movable piece of furniture has, for example, a front panel, in particular on a front side.

The movement control device of the furniture part may be arranged in the body of the furniture and/or in the moving part of the furniture. The device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture has, for example, a housing, where holes can be made in the housing, for example, for screws for mounting in the body of the furniture and/or in the moving part of the furniture. furniture.

The furniture comprises the furniture body and a movable furniture part. The mobile furniture piece is preferably made as a drawer or drawer. In an advantageous embodiment, the movable furniture part is guided movably with respect to the furniture body via guide means, for example, drawers and/or removable drawers. The movable furniture part has, for example, the front panel, two side components, a rear wall and a drawer floor.

A furniture movement unit is present in the furniture body and/or in the moving furniture part, for example in the form of an ejection unit. Using the furniture movement unit, a movement of the moving furniture part can be influenced. The furniture movement unit advantageously facilitates and/or supports an opening and/or closing movement of the moving piece of furniture. The furniture movement unit is configured, for example, as an electromechanical unit, in particular, as an ejection unit and/or electromechanical pick-up unit.

The central point of the present invention is that the movement control device of the furniture piece is configured to connect to an activation unit; wherein a connection between the motion control device of the furniture piece and the activation unit is made wirelessly; wherein the activation unit is arranged outside the furniture; wherein the movement control device of the furniture piece can be coupled with the furniture movement unit to be able to directly control the furniture movement unit by the movement control device of the furniture piece so as to produce the movement of the moving furniture part.

For example, the movement control device of a piece of furniture is designed to connect with the activation unit.

Preferably, the activation unit and the movement control device of the piece of furniture are connected to each other wirelessly, in particular by radio. Advantageously, the activation unit is designed to send and/or receive a signal and/or information from the movement control device of the piece of furniture. For example, the furniture part movement control device is designed to transmit the signal and/or information from the furniture part movement control device to the furniture movement unit. In particular, the information or signal is transmitted by radio and/or cable transmission. For example, the information contains and/or is composed, for example, of an opening command and/or status information and/or a closing command of the moving piece of furniture. According to the invention, the device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture is designed to transmit information from a unit connected to it, for example, a light source and/or a thermometer and/or a hygrometer and/or a scale, for example a kitchen scale, in particular, to transmit it to the activation unit. For example, the information comprises a temperature, a humidity value, a weight, an operating state, for example, light source on and/or a light source off.

The furniture moving unit is designed to move the moving part of the furniture, in particular, to remove it from the body of the furniture and/or eject it. Preferably, the furniture part movement control device is designed to control units connected thereto, for example, the furniture movement unit, in particular, to send information to the furniture part movement unit and/or to the activation unit, to consult and/or receive it. More preferably, the furniture part movement control device is designed to store and/or process information.

Advantageously, by connecting the furniture movement unit with the furniture part movement control device and the activation unit, a user of the furniture and/or the moving furniture part no longer has to touch the front panel and /or a handle provided on the front panel to open the drawer. The device for controlling the movement of the furniture piece is advantageously controlled through the activation unit. Preferably, the furniture piece movement control device is designed to transmit the opening command, for example, to the furniture movement unit. Preferably, the furniture movement unit is designed to allow the movable furniture part to extend outside the body of the furniture, for example, based on information from the movement control device of the furniture part.

In an advantageous embodiment variant, the activation unit is designed to be arranged on the furniture, for example to be placed on a surface of the furniture and/or to be fixed to the surface. The activation unit may also be arranged in another piece of furniture, in particular, this other piece of furniture does not have any device for controlling movement of a piece of furniture.

In an advantageous embodiment variant, the movement control device of a piece of furniture comprises a transmission and reception unit, wherein the transmission and reception unit is designed to transmit and/or to receive signals.

The transmission and reception unit preferably comprises multiple interfaces for signal processing and/or transmission and/or information processing and/or transmission.

In particular, a first interface of the transmission and reception unit is designed to wirelessly transmit and/or receive the information and/or signal. Preferably, the first interface is configured as a radio interface of the transmitting and receiving unit. The radio interface is designed to wirelessly receive the information or signal from the activation unit and/or to wirelessly send the information or signal to the activation unit.

The radio interface of the transmission and reception unit is preferably configured to transmit and/or receive frequencies in the ISM band. Advantageously, the transmission and reception unit in this embodiment comprises an antenna, for example a radio antenna. The radio interface is preferably configured as an antenna. In particular, the antenna is designed as an antenna that transmits frequencies in the ISM band. The ISM band is a frequency range available for high frequency applications in industry, science and medicine. Among them, for example, frequencies from 2.3 GHz to 2.6 GHz, in particular, 2.4 GHz and/or frequencies between 13.50 MHz and 13.60 MHz, preferably 13.56 MHz. Preferably , the transmission protocol used is ZibBee, Z-wave, Bluetooth, NFC and/or other radio transmission protocol. For example, the information to be transmitted between the activation unit and the movement control device of the furniture piece is entered into the transmission protocol from the activation unit. Advantageously, the transmission protocol with the information is transmitted to the transmission and reception unit of the device for controlling the movement of the piece of furniture. The transmission protocol information can be extracted and used by the transmission and reception unit of the motion control device of the furniture piece. The device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture is preferably designed to enter the information into the transmission protocol and send it to the activation unit. Advantageously, the information transmitted by the activation unit can be extracted from the transmission protocol and used. The movement control unit of a piece of furniture is designed to enter information into the transmission protocol. For example, the information in the transmission protocol can be sent to a second motion control device of a piece of furniture and/or to the movement unit of the furniture. The furniture movement unit is preferably designed to extract and use information, in particular, from the transmission protocol.

Furthermore, a second interface is preferably arranged on the transmission and reception unit. The second interface is configured, for example, as a cable interface. The cable interface is designed, for example, for cable signal transmission. In the movement control device of the furniture part there are, for example, several of the cable interfaces, in particular, at least as many as furniture movement units should be able to be connected to the movement control device of the furniture part. furniture using cables.

By placing the furniture part movement control device inside the furniture, comparatively short distances and therefore short cables are obtained between the furniture part movement control device and the furniture movement unit.

In another variant of execution, the device for controlling the movement of the furniture piece can be arranged outside the furniture. Advantageously, the connection between the device for controlling the movement of the furniture piece and the at least one furniture movement unit is carried out by radio, in particular, through the radio interface of the transmission and reception unit. .

In another embodiment, the device for controlling the movement of the furniture piece can be arranged inside a piece of furniture in a furniture arrangement. The furniture arrangement comprises, for example, various pieces of furniture, where the furniture is arranged, for example, in a kitchen and/or in a living room, and/or in a bedroom and/or in a children's room. In particular, furniture is present in a room and/or in an apartment or house. Advantageously, the furniture is arranged side by side, for example as cabinets in the kitchen or as a wall or modular shelf in the living room.

Preferably, the connection between the furniture piece movement control device and the furniture movement unit or several furniture movement units is carried out via radio and/or cable. For example, one furniture moving unit is connected to the motion control device of a piece of furniture through radio and another furniture moving unit is connected to the motion control device of a piece of furniture through cables. .

Preferably, the movement control device of a piece of furniture is arranged in an electrical power source.

For example, the electrical power source of the movement control device of a piece of furniture comprises a power supply, for example, with a transformer. A battery, accumulator and/or a solar module are also possible as a power source.

Another advantageous embodiment consists of a system comprising a variant of the device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture as described in the previous sections and at least one furniture movement unit.

For example, all furniture movement units of a piece of furniture are connected to the furniture part movement control device.

In another advantageous embodiment, the furniture part movement control device is designed to store information. The information contains, for example, the state of the moving furniture part, in particular whether the moving furniture part is open and/or which moving furniture part is open. Preferably, the furniture part motion control device is designed to query the information of the furniture motion unit. In particular, the information is configured as an electrical signal.

Advantageously, the furniture movement unit is designed to receive and use information from the furniture part movement control device. More preferably, the furniture movement unit is designed to transmit information to the movement control device of a piece of furniture. More preferably, the furniture part movement control device is connected to all furniture movement units in the furniture and/or in the furniture arrangement, for example, in the kitchen. The connection between the furniture part movement control device and the furniture movement unit, in particular all furniture movement units, is preferably carried out by radio.

Advantageously, the system comprises an activation unit in a variant as described above. An advantageous embodiment is a system consisting of a variant of the device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture, a furniture movement unit and an activation unit, wherein the activation unit comprises a user interface. For example, the user interface is provided as a voice input and/or a touch-sensitive area, for example, a touch panel and/or a button and/or a switch. The user interface may preferably be arranged outside and/or separate from the furniture or the body of the furniture. In a preferred embodiment, the activation unit has a voice input option.

For example, the user interface is designed as a voice input option. The voice input option consists, for example, of a smart speaker and/or an application for voice recognition and processing of voice commands. For example, the voice input option is designed as an Alexa unit, Siri app, Echo speaker, or other commercially available unit for voice recognition and voice command processing.

Another advantageous embodiment consists of a system that, in a variant as described above, comprises two devices for controlling the movement of furniture pieces and several furniture movement units.

Preferably several, in particular all devices for controlling the movement of furniture parts in a piece of furniture, or all devices for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture in an arrangement of several pieces of furniture, for example, in a kitchen and/or several Living room cabinets and/or bedroom and/or children's room furniture can be joined together. Advantageously, by connecting moving pieces of furniture, for example in the kitchen, moving pieces of furniture arranged in the corners are prevented from extending at the same time, which could cause damage.

In another advantageous embodiment, the system comprises, in a variant as described above, the activation unit.

Another preferred embodiment consists of a piece of furniture with a variant of the system described.

The furniture preferably comprises at least the furniture body and a movable furniture part. Preferably, the moving part of the furniture can be moved by the furniture movement unit. In particular, the signal is transmitted from the activation unit to the device for controlling the movement of the furniture piece. The furniture movement control device transmits the information to the furniture movement unit, which supports and/or initiates the opening movement of the mobile furniture.

For example, the movement control device of the furniture piece is designed to connect, for example, with a light source and/or a speaker located on or within the movable furniture piece. In particular, it is possible to control the light source and/or the speaker via the drive unit. In another advantageous embodiment, the device for controlling the movement of the piece of furniture is designed to transmit and/or store information, for example, turning on or off the light. It is also possible to connect other electrical devices, for example a scale, in particular a kitchen scale, to the device for controlling the movement of the furniture. More preferably, the movement control device of the furniture piece transmits a value, for example a weight, determined by the scale, to the activation unit. In this case, the weight is the information that is entered into the transmission protocol by the movement control device of the furniture piece and transmitted to the activation unit. This information can be extracted from the transmission protocol and used by the activation unit.

Furthermore, for example, the light source, the scale, a temperature sensor, the thermometer, the hygrometer, etc. can be connected to the furniture movement unit and/or the movement control device of the furniture piece. .

Description of the figures

Below, further features and advantages of the present invention are explained in detail according to an exemplary embodiment with the aid of the drawing.

The figures show:

Figure 1: A piece of furniture in perspective from above diagonally with a movable piece of furniture.

Figure 2: Another piece of furniture in a perspective view from above and from the front, without moving furniture parts. Figure 1 shows a piece of furniture 1 according to the invention with a box-shaped furniture body 2 and with a movable drawer 4 guided by guide means 3. The drawer 4 is shown in an open position with respect to the body. furniture 2. The drawer 4 comprises, for example, a drawer base 5, a front component 6, two opposite side components 7 and a drawer rear wall 8. To guide the drawer 4, two guide means 3 are present with the same effect between each side component 7 of the drawer 4 and a side wall of the corresponding body 9. The drawer 4 is mounted on the body of the furniture 2 through the guide means 3 to move in an opening direction M1 and in a closing direction M2. The guide means 3 comprise, for example, two similar partially or fully extended sliders. For example, a device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture 10 according to the invention is arranged on the side wall of the body 9.

Figure 2 shows another furniture 11 with a furniture body 12. The furniture body 12 is shown transparent. The contours of the furniture body 12 are indicated with dashed lines. For example, the furniture body 12 comprises a rear body wall 15, a body base 16 and a side body wall 17. Another side body wall and a top body base are not shown. Preferably, an activation unit 13 can be arranged outside the furniture 11. The device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture 10 is arranged, for example, on the base 16 of the furniture body 12. For example, on the rear wall three furniture movement units 14 are arranged on the body 15. Advantageously, the device for controlling the movement of the furniture piece 10 and the furniture movement unit 14 are connected through a data cable 19. In particular, each Furniture movement unit 14 can be respectively connected to the furniture part movement control device 10 with a single data cable 19 or with a data cable 19. The furniture part movement control device 10 comprises preferably a transmission and reception unit 24. The transmission and reception unit 24 preferably has, for example, a radio interface 22 and a cable interface 23. Advantageously, the device for controlling the movement of the furniture piece 10 is connected to the power supply 18 via a power supply cable 20. In an advantageous embodiment variant, another power supply cable 20a extends from the power supply 18 to the furniture movement units 14. Preferably, The furniture part movement control device 10 is designed to supply electrical power to the furniture movement unit 14. For example, a cable, for example, data cable 19, can also be designed to conduct power from the power source 18 through the movement control device of a furniture piece 10 to the furniture movement unit 14.

No moving furniture parts are shown in Figure 2. The moving parts of the furniture can be fixed to guide means 25 that are fixed to the side wall of the body 17.

A wireless connection, in particular a radio connection 21 between the motion control device of the furniture piece 10 and the activation unit 13, is indicated by a dashed line.

List of reference symbols

1 Furniture

2 Furniture body

3 Guidance medium

4 Mobile furniture piece

5 Drawer floor

6 Front component

7 Side component

8 Drawer back wall

9 Body side wall

10 Motion control device for a piece of furniture

11 Furniture

12 Furniture body

13 Activation unit

14 Furniture movement unit

15 Posterior wall of the body

16 Base of the body

17 Lateral wall of the body

18 Power supply

19 Data cable

20 Power supply cable

20a Power supply cable

21 Wireless connection

22 Radio interface

23 Cable interface

24 Transmission and reception unit

25 Guidance medium

Claims (10)

1. Movement control device of a piece of furniture (10) for mounting on a furniture body (2, 12) of a piece of furniture (1, 11) and/or for mounting on a moving piece of furniture (4 ) of the furniture (2, 12); wherein the mobile furniture piece (4) is guided through guide means (3, 25) in the furniture body (2, 12) of the furniture (1, 11); wherein a furniture movement unit (14) is arranged in the furniture body (2, 12) and/or in the moving part of the furniture (4); wherein a movement of the moving piece of furniture (4) can be influenced by the movement unit of the furniture (14); wherein the movement control device of the furniture piece (10) is configured to connect to an activation unit (13); wherein a connection (21) between the movement control device of the furniture piece (10) and the activation unit (13) is made wirelessly; where the activation unit (13) is arranged outside the furniture; wherein the movement control device of the furniture piece (10) can be coupled with the furniture movement unit (14) to be able to directly control the furniture movement unit (14) by means of the movement control device of the furniture piece (10) so that the movement of the mobile furniture part (4) occurs; wherein the movement control device of the furniture piece (10) is designed to connect to another electrical device in addition to the activation unit (13); wherein the movement control device of the furniture piece (10) is designed to transmit information from the electrical device to the activation unit (13) in a state connected with the electrical device and the activation unit (13). 2. Movement control device for a piece of furniture (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the movement control unit for a piece of furniture (10) comprises a transmission and reception unit (24), wherein the Transmission and reception unit (24) is designed to transmit and/or to receive signals. 3. Device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture (10) is arranged on an electrical power source (18). 4. System composed of a device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture (10) according to one of the preceding claims and at least one furniture movement unit (14). 5. System according to claim 4, characterized in that an activation unit (13) is provided. 6. System according to claim 5, characterized in that the activation unit (13) comprises a user interface. 7. System according to claim 5, characterized in that the activation unit (13) has a voice input option. 8. System comprising two movement control devices for a piece of furniture (10) according to one of claims 1 to 3, as well as multiple furniture movement units (14). 9. System according to claim 8, characterized in that an activation unit (13) is provided. 10. Furniture (1, 11) with a device for controlling the movement of a piece of furniture (10) according to one of claims 1 to 3 or a system according to one of claims 4 to 9.