Flap drive system
AssigneeJulius Blum GmbH
InventorKlaus Mattle
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Abstract
A flap drive system for moving a flap mounted in a movable manner on the body of a piece of furniture has a mechanical actuating unit with an actuating arm that can be linked to the flap, and has an energy accumulator that can apply a force to the actuating arm. The flap drive system also has an electric drive secured to the actuating unit for driving the flap. The electric drive has at least one electric motor and is designed as a self-contained component, such that the electric drive can be secured to the actuating unit even when the actuating unit is already mounted on the body of the piece of furniture.
Claims20
A flap drive system for driving a flap movably mounted on a body of a piece of furniture, said flap drive system comprising:
- a mechanical actuating unit including:
- a housing having a base to be fastened to the body of the piece of furniture and having a covering plate apart from and opposing said base;
- an actuating arm to be connected to the flap, said actuating arm being arranged between said base and said covering plate of said housing;
- and
- an energy accumulator for acting on said actuating arm, said energy accumulator being arranged between said base and said covering plate of said housing;
- an electric drive including an electric motor and a base plate detachably fastened to said covering plate of said actuating unit;
- and
- an interface between said electric drive and said actuating unit, said interface being configured to transmit driving force from said electric motor to said actuating arm when said base plate of said electric drive is detachably fastened to said covering plate of said actuating unit,
- wherein said electric drive is configured to be detachably fastened to said actuating unit without disassembling said actuating unit when said actuating unit is already mounted to the body of the piece of furniture.
A piece of furniture comprising:
- a body member;
- a flap member movably mounted to said body member;
- and
- a flap drive system for driving said flap member, said flap drive system comprising:
- a mechanical actuating unit including:
- a housing having a base fastened to said body member and having a covering plate apart from and opposing said base;
- an actuating arm connected to said flap member, said actuating arm being arranged between said base and said covering plate of said housing;
- and
- an energy accumulator for acting on said actuating arm, said energy accumulator being arranged between said base and said covering plate of said housing;
- an electric drive including an electric motor and a base plate detachably fastened to said covering plate of said actuating unit;
- and
- an interface between said electric drive and said actuating unit, said interface being configured to transmit driving force from said electric motor to said actuating arm when said base plate of said electric drive is detachably fastened to said covering plate of said actuating unit,
- wherein said electric drive is configured to be detachably fastened to said actuating unit without disassembling said actuating unit when said actuating unit is mounted to said body member.
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