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JP-2026076231-A - How to install furniture drive mechanisms

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Abstract

[Problem] A method for assembling a furniture drive unit, which includes a drive unit and a cover cap for covering the visible area on the side of the furniture drive unit, to a furniture cabinet having a furniture cabinet side wall and a furniture cabinet top surface. [Solution] A method characterized by having the following steps to be performed in a chronological order: - Moving the cover cap 3 to a position where it contacts the top surface 7 of the furniture cabinet and, if applicable, the side wall 6 of the furniture cabinet, so that the cover cap 3 forms an assembly stopper 8 for the furniture drive device 1 for height adjustment; - Moving the drive unit 2 to a position where it contacts the cover cap 3, preferably positioned on the top surface 7 of the furniture cabinet, so that the drive unit 2 is positioned on the furniture cabinet 5 at a predetermined assembly position 9 with a predetermined height distance from the top surface 7 of the furniture cabinet. [Selection Diagram] Figure 2a

Inventors

  • ジーモン ルーベッツ

Assignees

  • ユリウス ブルーム ゲー・エム・ベー・ハー

Dates

Publication Date
20260511
Application Date
20260120
Priority Date
20220505

Claims (20)

  1. A method for assembling a furniture drive device (1), particularly a flap drive device, which includes a drive unit (2) and a cover cap (3) for covering at least a predetermined area of the visible area (4) on the side of the furniture drive device (1), to a furniture cabinet (5) having a furniture cabinet side wall (6) and a furniture cabinet top surface (7), wherein the method steps should be carried out in the following order, particularly in chronological order: - The step of moving the cover cap (3) to a position where the cover cap (3) contacts the top surface (7) of the furniture cabinet and, if applicable, the side wall (6) of the furniture cabinet, thereby forming an assembly stopper (8) for the furniture drive device (1) for height adjustment, - Move the drive unit (2) to a position where it contacts the cover cap (3) which is preferably located on the upper surface (7) of the furniture cabinet. This involves the step of positioning the drive unit (2) on the furniture cabinet (5) at a predetermined assembly position (9) with a predetermined height distance from the top surface (7) of the furniture cabinet, A method characterized by having
  2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the furniture drive device (1) is removablely attached to the drive unit (2), preferably via at least one additional assembly stopper (10) located on the at least one additional assembly stopper (10), and the drive unit (2) is moved to a position where the at least one additional assembly stopper (10) contacts the furniture cabinet side wall (6) via at least one first contact point (12) for depth adjustment, thereby positioning the drive unit (2) in the furniture cabinet (5) at a predetermined assembly position (9) with respect to depth.
  3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the drive unit (2) is attached to the furniture cabinet (5) at the predetermined assembly position (9) preferably by at least one mounting means such as a screw or dowel, and preferably, in this case, the at least one mounting means is inserted into the opening of the drive unit (2) during the assembly process of the furniture drive device (1), thereby coupling the furniture drive device (1) to the furniture cabinet side wall (6).
  4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein, after attaching the furniture drive device (1) to the furniture cabinet (5), at least one additional assembly stopper (10) is removed from the drive unit (2), preferably, in this case, elastically deformed through at least one notch (14) in order to remove it.
  5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein, after attaching the furniture drive device (1) to the furniture cabinet (5), the cover cap (3) is positioned in at least a predetermined area within the visible area (4) on the side of the furniture drive device (1), preferably on the drive unit (2), and preferably, in this case, the cover cap (3) is rotated substantially 180° relative to the longitudinal extension (15) of the cover cap (3) onto the furniture drive device (1) from the side wall (6) of the furniture cabinet, and/or the cover cap (3) is positioned from an assembly position where the cover cap (3) is positioned parallel to the drive unit (2) above the drive unit (2) to an operating position where the cover cap (3) is positioned preferably parallel to the side of the drive unit (2).
  6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the cover cap (3) is fitted such that, in order for the cover cap (3) to position the drive unit (2) at the predetermined assembly position (9), the cover cap (3) has a height (16) at the usage position of the furniture drive device (1) in the furniture cabinet (5) that precisely corresponds to the distance of the drive unit (2) from the upper surface (7) of the furniture cabinet.
  7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the cover cap (3) has two longitudinal edges (17) oriented parallel to each other, and the drive unit (2) is arranged parallel to the upper surface (7) of the furniture cabinet along the longitudinal edges, preferably in this case at least one of the two longitudinal edges (17) is directly adjacent to the inclined surface (18) of the cover cap (3) and/or positioned on the upper surface (7) of the furniture cabinet in order to remove the cover cap (3) after the furniture drive device (1) has been attached to the furniture cabinet (5).
  8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the cover cap (3) has a lower surface (20) arranged parallel to the drive unit (2) during assembly of the web (19) and/or the furniture drive device (1), and the web and/or lower surface are positioned in at least a predetermined area within the adjustment device (21), preferably the recess (22), of the drive unit (2).
  9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the cover cap (3) makes line contact and/or surface contact with the upper surface (7) and/or the side wall (6) of the furniture cabinet via at least two spatially spaced contact points, and/or the drive unit (2) makes line contact and/or surface contact with the cover cap (3) via at least two spatially spaced contact points.
  10. The furniture drive device (1), particularly the cover cap (3) of the flap drive device, is used as an assembly stopper (8) for assembling the furniture drive device (1) to the furniture cabinet (5).
  11. An assembly comprising at least one furniture drive device (1), particularly a flap drive device, including a drive unit (2) and a cover cap (3) for moving a movable supported furniture portion relative to a furniture cabinet (5), and a furniture cabinet (5) having a furniture cabinet side wall (6) and a furniture cabinet top surface (7), An assembly characterized in that, in order to adjust the height when assembling the drive unit (2) to the furniture cabinet (5) at a predetermined assembly position (9) with a predetermined height distance from the top surface (7) of the furniture cabinet, the cover cap (3) is arranged along the top surface (7) of the furniture cabinet, and the drive unit (2) is arranged along the cover cap (3).
  12. The furniture drive device (1) has an operating part (23) for moving the movable furniture part by applying force via the drive unit (2), and/or the cover cap (3) is preferably arranged planarly on the furniture cabinet side wall (6), as per claim 11.
  13. The assembly according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the cover cap (3) has a lower surface (20) arranged parallel to the web (19) and/or the drive unit, and the web and/or lower surface are located in at least a predetermined area within the adjustment device (21), preferably a recess (22), of the drive unit (2), and preferably in this case, the cover cap (3) is assumed to be able to move from an assembly position in which the cover cap (3) is positioned parallel to the drive unit (2) above to an operating position in which the cover cap (3) is positioned preferably parallel to the drive unit (2) to the side.
  14. The assembly according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the cover cap (3) has two longitudinal edges (17) oriented parallel to each other, and preferably, in this case, at least one of the two longitudinal edges (17) is directly adjacent to the inclined surface (18) of the cover cap (3) and/or positioned on the upper surface (7) of the furniture cabinet.
  15. The assembly according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the at least one drive unit (2) is provided with at least one additional assembly stopper (10) capable of contacting the furniture cabinet (5), and in this case, the at least one additional assembly stopper (10) is pre-installed in a removable manner on the drive unit 2.
  16. The assembly according to any one of claims 11 to 15, wherein the cover cap (3) has a height (16) at the usage position of the furniture drive device (1) in the furniture cabinet (5) that precisely corresponds to the distance of the drive unit (2) from the upper surface (7) of the furniture cabinet, in order to position the drive unit (2) at the predetermined assembly position (9).
  17. The assembly according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the cover cap (3) makes line contact and/or surface contact with the top surface (7) and/or the side wall (6) of the furniture cabinet via at least two spatially spaced contact points, and/or the drive unit (2) makes line contact and/or surface contact with the cover cap (3) via at least two spatially spaced contact points.
  18. A cover cap (3) for assembling a furniture drive device (1), particularly a flap drive device, to a furniture cabinet (5), The cover cap (3) is characterized by having at least one mounting device (28) for positioning the cover cap (3) to an operating position where the cover cap (3) is preferably positioned parallel to the side of the drive unit (2) in the use position, and an adjustment means (29) for positioning the cover cap (3) to another operating position where the cover cap (3) is positioned above the drive unit (2) in the use position on the adjustment device (21) of the drive unit (2).
  19. The cover cap (3) according to claim 18, wherein the cover cap (3) has two longitudinal edges (17) oriented parallel to each other, and at least one of the two longitudinal edges (17) is positioned directly adjacent to the inclined surface (18) of the cover cap (3) to contact the upper surface (7) of the furniture cabinet.
  20. Another assembly stopper (10) for assembling a furniture drive device (1), particularly a flap drive device, onto or inside a furniture cabinet (5), wherein the assembly stopper (10) has at least one first contact point (12) for adjusting the depth of the drive unit (2) relative to the side wall (6) of the furniture cabinet, The other assembly stopper (10) is characterized in that it is removably attachable to the drive unit (2) of the furniture drive device (1) and is elastically deformable in at least a predetermined area for removal from the drive unit (2) without damage.

Description

The present invention relates to a method for assembling a furniture drive device, particularly a flap drive device, comprising a drive unit and a cover cap for covering at least a predetermined area of the lateral visible region of the furniture drive device, to a furniture cabinet having a furniture cabinet side wall and a furniture cabinet top surface. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of the cover cap of the furniture drive device. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an assembly comprising at least one furniture drive device, particularly a flap drive device, comprising a drive unit and a cover cap, and a furniture cabinet having a furniture cabinet side wall and a furniture cabinet top surface, for moving a movably supported furniture portion relative to the furniture cabinet. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a cover cap, and another assembly stopper for assembling a furniture drive device, particularly a flap drive device, onto or inside a furniture cabinet, the assembly stopper having at least one first contact point for adjusting the depth of the drive unit relative to the furniture cabinet side wall. A method for positioning a furniture drive unit relative to a furniture cabinet is already known from the document in International Publication No. 2018/140991, in which a mounting stopper is provided that is rigidly coupled to the furniture drive unit, and the mounting stopper is pivotable relative to the furniture drive unit during the mounting operation, thereby enabling a defined distance—depth adjustment—of the furniture drive unit from the end face of the side wall of the furniture cabinet. The furniture drive unit has two spatially spaced and separate stoppers to enable a defined distance—height adjustment—of the furniture drive unit from the top surface of the furniture cabinet. A cover cap may be provided that at least partially covers the visible area on the side of the mounting stopper or the furniture drive unit. The drawbacks of the conventional technology are that two separate stoppers, spaced apart from each other, can cause non-parallel alignment of the furniture drive relative to the top surface of the furniture cabinet, for example, due to manufacturing errors in the components and/or improper mounting in the furniture drive mechanism. This leads to a decrease in the functionality of the furniture drive mechanism, especially when the furniture drive mechanisms are located on both sides of the furniture cabinet. Furthermore, height adjustment requires numerous additional component elements (especially when combined with depth adjustment). Moreover, height adjustment is limited in terms of the geometric configuration of the stopper as an integrated component of the furniture drive mechanism. Furthermore, this stopper is only slightly suitable for the distance from the top surface of the furniture cabinet, thus limiting its use to a wide range of applications. Additionally, depth adjustment is limited to the structural size of the assembled stopper as an integrated component of the furniture drive mechanism, and the assembled stopper must be brought to the correct pivot position only by the installer. Furthermore, since the assembly stopper detracts from the aesthetic appearance of the front side of the furniture drive mechanism, the assembly stopper may need to be covered with a cover cap in some cases. The furniture drive assembly is known from International Publication No. 2022/082240, European Patent Application Publication No. 2331783, and Chinese Utility Model No. 216130737. Therefore, the technical problem addressed by the present invention is to provide an improved method, assembly, cover cap, and alternative assembly stopper that at least partially overcome the shortcomings of the prior art and are particularly superior in the simplified assembly of furniture drive mechanisms in furniture cabinets. This problem is solved by the features of claim 1. Therefore, according to the present invention, the following method steps are envisioned to be carried out in a chronological order, namely, - The step of moving the cover cap to a position where the cover cap contacts the top surface of the furniture cabinet and, if applicable, the side wall of the furniture cabinet, thereby the cover cap forms an assembly stopper for the furniture drive mechanism for height adjustment. - Move the drive unit to a position where it contacts a cover cap preferably located on the top surface of the furniture cabinet. This involves the step of positioning the drive unit in the furniture cabinet at a predetermined assembly position with a predetermined height distance from the top surface of the furniture cabinet, It is anticipated that this will be implemented. This allows the cover cap to serve two functions: on the one hand, it improves the aesthetic appearance of the furniture drive mechanism and protects it from contaminants; and on the other hand, it serves