Drive mechanism for adjusting parts in furniture for sitting and lying down
AssigneeOkin Gesellschaft Fur Antriebstechnik Mbh
InventorDietmar Koch
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Abstract
A drive mechanism for adjusting parts in furniture for sitting and lying down includes parts activated via a shaft being provided with a control lever. Adjusting mechanisms which can be driven by an electromotor are provided for driving purposes. The invention provides a drive mechanism which is compact especially with the shafts arranged close to each other. An adjusting mechanism is positioned so that the longitudinal side facing away from the shafts is opposite the longitudinal side of the other adjusting mechanism facing the shafts.
Claims10
A drive mechanism for adjusting parts in furniture for sitting and lying down, with a housing for accommodating two adjusting mechanisms driven by electromotors, each said electromotor for turning a shaft equipped with a control lever whereby two shafts are turnable, where the adjusting mechanisms each have an adjusting spindle which engages a gear unit at one head end, and an adjusting element which is threaded to the adjusting spindle, can be moved in the longitudinal direction and has a contact surface resting against the control lever, and said adjusting mechanisms are positioned in opposite directions, and where the adjusting mechanisms have a longitudinal side facing the shafts and a longitudinal side facing away from the shafts, characterized in that the longitudinal side of the one adjusting mechanism facing away from the shafts is positioned opposite the longitudinal side of the other adjusting mechanism facing the shafts.
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