Drive device for foldable doors of wardrobes, walk-in closets or pieces of furniture in general
AssigneeArturo Salice S.p.A.
InventorSergio SALICE
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Abstract
The drive device for foldable doors of wardrobes (10), walk-in closets or pieces of furniture comprises a sliding guide (18) fixable to a horizontal wall (11, 12) of the box-shaped body of the wardrobe (10) longitudinally to the front side of the wardrobe (10), at least one guide slider (19) slidably movable along said sliding guide (18), at least one drive member (20) rotatably connected to said at least one guide slider (19) and rotatably connectable to a first (17′) or a second (17″) leaf of the foldable door (17), and biasing means (22) connected to said drive member (20) for driving a closing and/or opening movement of the foldable door (17).
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A drive device for foldable doors of wardrobes, walk-in closets or pieces of furniture in general having a box-shaped body with at least one horizontal upper and/or lower wall and at least one closing door comprising a first leaf hinged to the box-shaped body of the wardrobe or of the piece of furniture and a second leaf hinged to the first leaf in such a way to be movable between a closing position in which the two leaves are coplanarly arranged with each other on a front side of the wardrobe and an opening position in which the two leaves are folded on themselves and arranged towards a side of the wardrobe,
- the drive device being fixable to the box-shaped body of the wardrobe or of the piece of furniture and connectable to one of said first and second leaf of the closing door,
- characterized by comprising:
- a sliding guide fixable to said at least one horizontal wall of the box-shaped body longitudinally to the front side of the wardrobe,
- at least one guide slider slidably movable along said sliding guide,
- at least one drive member rotatably connected to said at least one guide slider and rotatably connectable to said first or said second leaf of the closing door, and
- biasing means connected to said drive member for driving said closing and/or opening movement of the closing door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.