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US 9,032,768 B2Granted
Actuator for movable furniture parts
AssigneeJulius Blum GmbH
InventorChristian Hauer
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Abstract
A device includes an actuating device, and the actuating device includes: a locking device having a lock; an actuating member which pivots about an axis of rotation to move a movable furniture part; and a spring device which biases the actuating member to pivot about the axis of rotation in an opening direction. The lock is lockable by a key for preventing the actuating member from pivoting about the axis of rotation, and the lock is unlockable by the key for enabling the actuating member from pivoting about the axis of rotation.
Claims19
A device comprising an actuating device, wherein the actuating device includes:
- a housing to be attached to a side wall of a furniture carcass;
- a locking device having a lock arranged in or on the housing, the lock having an arresting element;
- an actuating member which pivots about an axis of rotation to move a movable furniture part;
- a spring device which biases the actuating member to pivot about the axis of rotation in an opening direction, the spring device being arranged in or on the housing;
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- a transmission mechanism operatively arranged between the spring device and the actuating member to transmit force from the spring device to the actuating member, the transmission mechanism having a movable element;
- wherein the locking device and the transmission mechanism are configured such that the arresting element of the lock engages the movable element of the transmission mechanism in a locked position to prevent movement of the movable element and thereby prevent the actuating member from pivoting about the axis of rotation,
- wherein the locking device and the transmission mechanism are configured such that the lock is unlockable by a key for releasing the arresting element of the lock from engagement with the movable element of the transmission mechanism in an unlocked position to enable movement of the movable element and thereby enable the actuating member to pivot about the axis of rotation, and
- wherein the locking device and the transmission mechanism are configured such that the arresting element of the lock is engageable with the movable element of the transmission mechanism to prevent the actuating member from pivoting about the axis of rotation while the actuating member is in a completely open position.
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A device comprising an actuating device, a fixing device, and a key,
- wherein the actuating device includes:
- a housing to be attached to a side wall of a furniture carcass;
- a locking device having a lock arranged in or on the housing, the lock having an arresting element;
- an actuating member which pivots about an axis of rotation to move a movable furniture part;
- a spring device which biases the actuating member to pivot about the axis of rotation in an opening direction, the spring device being arranged in or on the housing;
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- a transmission mechanism operatively arranged between the spring device and the actuating member to transmit force from the spring device to the actuating member, the transmission mechanism having a movable element;
- wherein the locking device and the transmission mechanism are configured such that the arresting element of the lock engages the movable element of the transmission mechanism in a locked position to prevent movement of the movable element and thereby prevent the actuating member from pivoting about the axis of rotation,
- wherein the locking device and the transmission mechanism are configured such that the lock is unlockable by the key for releasing the arresting element of the lock from engagement with the movable element of the transmission mechanism in an unlocked position to enable movement of the movable element and thereby enable the actuating member to pivot about the axis of rotation,
- wherein the locking device and the transmission mechanism are configured such that the arresting element of the lock is engageable with the movable element of the transmission mechanism to prevent the actuating member from pivoting about the axis of rotation while the actuating member is in a completely open position,
- wherein the fixing device is disposed on the actuating member, and the fixing device includes a releasable holding device which holds the key, and
- wherein the key is held by the releasable holding device and the releasable holding device releases the key only after fitment of the movable furniture part to the actuating member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.