Furniture fitting for mounting a furniture part
AssigneeJulius Blum GmbH
InventorOlaf Isele
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AssigneeJulius Blum GmbH
InventorOlaf Isele
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A furniture fitting for mounting, preferably movably, a first furniture part onto a second furniture part, includes a metal piece made from sheet metal, more particularly a connecting piece, having two faces spaced apart from one another by a material thickness of the sheet metal. The two faces have a regular arrangement of successive elevations and depressions, and one elevation on one of the two faces lies opposite a depression on the other of the two faces, and vice versa.
An arrangement for mounting a drawer on a furniture carcass, the arrangement comprising:
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Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor: fastening devices for slides or guides
Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor: with single extensible guides or parts
Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor: actuated drawers
Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor: braking devices, e.g. linear or rotational dampers or friction brakes; Buffers; End stops
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The invention relates to a furniture fitting for, preferably movably, mounting a first furniture part on a second furniture part. The furniture fitting has at least one metal piece manufactured from a metal sheet, in particular a connecting piece, with two surfaces that are spaced apart from one another by a material thickness of the metal sheet. Furthermore, the invention relates to a piece of furniture with at least one first and one second furniture part, wherein the piece of furniture comprises at least one such furniture fitting. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing at least one such furniture fitting, preferably at least one runner, one flap fitting or one hinge.
Generic furniture fittings are known from the state of the art, wherein such commercially available furniture fittings are formed out of a metal sheet with a defined material thickness.
A disadvantage of the state of the art according to a first aspect is that the material thickness cannot be reduced without impairing a stability of the furniture fitting such that there is an increased risk of breakage during operation and/or installation of the furniture fitting. With a minimum material thickness to be adhered to, various problems are caused by an increased weight of the furniture fitting associated therewith—such as for example an increased cost in production, environmentally damaging quantities of material and/or increased transport resources required. In addition, reduced material thicknesses are desirable in terms of manufacturing technology in particular in the case of delicate geometrical structures.
Further details and advantages of the present invention are explained in more detail below on the basis of the description of the figures with reference to the embodiment examples represented in the drawings, in which:
FIGS. 1a-1b show a furniture fitting in the form of a runner according to the state of the art in a perspective view and a view from the side,
FIGS. 2a-2b show a further furniture fitting in the form of a runner according to the state of the art in a perspective view,
FIGS. 1a to 4b show designs of furniture fittings 1 from the state of the art and not according to the invention without a regular arrangement 9 of elevations 10 and depressions 11. The regular arrangement 9 can be used in all available metal pieces 5 in order to improve the respective furniture fitting 1 in terms of stability, strength, weight, transport properties, acoustic properties and visual properties.
FIG. 1a shows a furniture fitting 1 in the form of a runner 33 with a plurality of embossings 16 and punchings 29, which have been introduced into a component 20. The furniture fitting 1 comprises four metal pieces 5 in the form of a connecting piece, which are formed by a bending procedure of a metal sheet 4.
FIG. 1b differs from FIG. 1a in that the runner 33 is represented from a viewing direction from the side. The four metal pieces 5 have in each case two surfaces 7, 8, which are spaced apart from one another by a material thickness 6.