Support device for furniture shelves
OwnerCarlo Cattaneoinventor
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Abstract
A supporting device for furniture shelves configured to provide a reversible connection of a shelf with an opposite shoulder of a piece of furniture includes a main body, with which a movable engagement system is slidingly associated, coupled to a pin. The movable engagement system slides with respect to the main body along a sliding direction between a first non-operating position, in which the pin does not protrude from the shelf, and a second operating position, in which the pin projects outwardly from a transverse edge of the shelf. The supporting device further includes an actuation system of the engagement system and a movement-transmission system configured to transform the movement of the actuation system into a translational movement along the sliding direction of the movable engagement system.
Claims14
A supporting device for furniture shelves for a reversible connection of a shelf to a shoulder of a piece of furniture, wherein the reversible connection is obtained with a pin associated with said shelf and configured so as to protrude from an edge of said shelf and be inserted into a corresponding receiving hole formed on said shoulder of said piece of furniture, the supporting device comprising:
- a slide, said pin being integrally associated with said slide;
- a main body,
- wherein said device is configured to be inserted within a thickness of said shelf, and
- wherein said slide is disposed to slide with respect to said main body along a sliding direction between a first non-operating position, in which said pin does not protrude from said shelf, and a second operating position in which said pin protrudes from said shelf outwardly;
- actuation means of said slide;
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- movement-transmission means configured to transform a movement of said actuation means into a translational movement along the sliding direction of said slide,
- wherein said actuation means comprise a cam positioned in an outlet defined in the slide, and
- wherein said cam comprises a hollow central body having a central axial hole therein that is shaped for receiving a maneuvering tool, and further comprises a cam profile configured for interacting with a shaped internal profile of said slide so as to transform a rotational motion of said cam around an axis of said central hole into a translational movement of said slide in said sliding direction;
- further comprising retention means configured as a receiving groove defined on a rear internal wall of said shaped internal profile of said slide, said receiving groove being configured for receiving an end of said cam profile when said cam is completely rotated so as to be arranged along said sliding direction, whereby, when an end of said cam profile is in said receiving groove, said supporting device remains blocked in a withdrawn pin position corresponding to said first non-operating position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.