Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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CABINET EQUIPMENT FOR A XITC~EN CABINET OR T~E IJIKE
The present invention relates to a cabinet equipment for ~
kitchen cabinet or the like, which cabinet includes a door,
side walls and a bottom wall and/or a fixed shelf, whereby an
extension module or the like placed inside the cabinet i5
automatically moved out of respectively into the cabinet when
the door is opened and closed respectively.
It is known before to place extensible shelves and drawers in
kitchen cabinets and kitchen sink cabinets for instance. Then
the shelves and the drawers are usually hung up in sliding
ledges and they must be manually pushed into respectively
pulled out of the cabinet. There is a need to be able to
handle the shelves and the drawers respectively
automatically.
According to the present invention it has been possible to
meet this need and bring about a cabinet equipment for a
kitchen cabinet or the like, which cabinet comprises a door,
side walls and a bottom wall and/or a fixed shelf, whereby an
extension module or the like placed inside the cabinet is
automatically moved out of respectively into the cabinet when
the door is opened and closed respectively.
The cabinet euipment comprises two sliding ledges or sliding
rails mounted on the bottom wall or on the fixed shelf in the
cabinet, parallelly to each other and preferably parallelly
to the side walls of the cabinet.
The extension module which is intended to house a refuse
bucket or the like is supported by the sliding ledges by
means of cylinder bearings, runners or the like inserted into
the sliding ledges and fixed along the two longitudinal side
edges of the extension module. The lower side of the
extension module is provided with a curve shaped groove.
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The inner side of the door has got fittings w~th an arm
furnished with an upwards directed pin intend~d to run in the
groove. Preferably the arm is horizontal. The placing and the
curve form of the groove is such that a co-operation i8
obtained with the pin of the fittings, whereby the extenRion
module will automatically run in the sliding ledges when the
door of the cabinet is opened or closed.
Advantageously the cabinet equipment can be used in a kitchen
sink cabinet, but of course it can also be used for other
cabinets. In a kitchen sink cabinet the extension module can
for instance be used for carrying two or more refuse
containers intended for waste separation of refuse.
Preferably, the groove on the under side of the extension
module has got one circular part and one straight part. It is
very suitable that the groove has such a form that the
extension module will run straightly out of and into the
cabinet. In this way the whole depth of the cabinet can be
used in a rational way. Then the length of the extension
module can be about the same as the internal length of the
cabinet.
The cylinder bearings, the runners or the like can be placed
on the under side of the extension module along the two
longitudinal side edges thereof. Thereby the cylinder
bearings etc can be hidden by the extension module for
instance if the latter has the form o a non open-work tray.
This placing is preferable from a hygienic viewpoint.
According to an alternative embodiment of the invention the
upwards directed pin on the fittings on the door can work as
an axle for a cylinder bearing, a wheel etc which per se is
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intended to run in the groove at the under ~ide of the
extension module.
The two sliding ledges or sliding rails can be connected with
each other by means of at least one bar or the like. In this
way the construction will be somewhat more solid than if
separate sliding ledges are used. However, the greatest
advantage is that the risk of mounting the sliding ledges in
the cabinet at a wrong distance between them is eliminated.
The invention will be explained further in connection with
the enclosed figures which illustrate two different
embodiments of the invention. Fig. 1 then shows a perspective
view of the inner side of a cabinet 1 including a door 2,
side walls 3 and a bottom wall 4. An extension module 5 is
placed inside the cabinet. The module 5 is automatically
moved out of respectively into the cabinet when the door 2 is
opened and closed respectively. Two sliding ledges 6 are
mounted on the bottom 4 of the cabinet. The ledges are
mounted parallelly to each other and parallelly to the side
walls 3 of the cabinet. The extension module 5 which is
intended to house a refuse buc~et or the like is supported by
the sliding ledges 6 by means of runners 8 (fig 2) inserted
into the sliding ledges 6 and fixed under the extension
module 5 along the two longitudinal side edges thereof. The
under side of the extension module 5 is provided with a curve
shaped groove 9 (fig 2). The inner side of the door is
provided with fittings 10 with a horizontal plate shaped arm
furnished with an upwards directed pin 12 (fig 3) intended to
run in the groove 9. The placing and the curve shape of the
groove 9 are such that a good co-operation is obtained with
the pin 12 of the fittings 10. At one end the groove 9 has
got one part shaped as an arc of a circle while the rest is
straight. The extension module 5 will automatically run
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without any problems in the sliding ledges 6 when the door o~
the cabinet is opened or closed. The module 5 will move
parallelly to the side walls of the cabinet and in ~uch a way
that it will not touch the door 2 or the side walls 3 at any
part of its movement.
~ig 2 shows in perspective from below the same cabinet as
according to fig 1 with belonging extension module 5, curve
shaped groove 9, runners 8 and fittings 10.
Fig 3 shows in perspective from below another embodiment of a
cabinet equipment according to the invention. This embodiment
differs only in details from the embodiment disclosed first
above. Thus, now the fittings 10 comprises two thread shaped
arms instead of one plate shaped arm. It is shown on the
figure that the fittings 10 have been provided with an
upwards directed pin 12, which carries a wheel 14 running in
the groove 9. The under side of the extension module is
furnished with a detachable plate having two grooves 9.
Thereby, the extension module will fit left-hand as well as
right-hand doors. Then it is only necessary to turn the plate
back to front to be able to use the other groove. The two
sliding ledges 6 are connected with each other by means of
two bars 13.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments shown since
these can be modified in different ways within the scope of
the invention.
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