Technical Viewpoint

This invention refers to an adaptor, which can be mounted onto/demounted from any of the furniture elements, including at least one piece of damper with air or liquid compression, which can eliminate the noise by preventing the furniture segments that are moving on fixed furniture units such as box drawer from hitting to the counter side when closing them fast and enables the mentioned mobile parts to close slowly.

Current Status of the Technique

In the current applications, there is a lot of equipments available in order to prevent the front panels of the systems from hitting the counter side when closing fast such as the doors, drawers etc. which are used in the furnitures, and to eliminate the noise to arise due to hitting along with the damages to take place on the product. To be utilized in such a field, some of the retarder patents operating with air or oil systems which have already been developed are known with the numbers as wo2004/085871 , wo2007143760, wo2008/010664 and de202006003197.

Also, patents numbered ep1199433, ep1501992, ep1467055, ep1725727 and WO2008020682 are currently known in the current applications with respect to the application of a retarder on furniture elements.

Among the above mentioned patents, the patent numbered ep1199433 refers to a damper, including a body and an actuator moving inside the body, to be mounted from outside on the hole on the hinge rod. Here, the body with damper contains a bulge and this body is steered through the hole on the hinge and can be hold by means of flexible hooks which can be deformed. The biggest disadvantage of this system is, that, while opening and closing the mobile door, the bulge which was steered through the hole on hinge rod may work out from its place due to the force received by the actuator, and that the damper can not fulfil its function of closing slowly due to sharp hitting of the mobile door onto the fixed furniture in the direction of closing, due to the fact that the mobile furniture door can not be adjusted in terms of its distance to the fixed furniture segment in the direction of closing of the actuator, against the cases of heaviness, in other words, due to the fact that the pulse hit can not be adjusted.

In the patent numbered ep1467055, a body that suitably fits onto the installation underlay on the hinge rod or inside the furniture unit, a retarder inside the body and an adaptor that contains mounting slots on the body in order to brake and retard the mobile furniture parts, were defined.

In the patent numbered WO2008020682, a damper inside the body settling on the hinge, a hook in the lower part of the body for steering through the slot on the hinge rod and an adaptor including a flexible holder which holds a terminal point of the hinge rod from a terminal point of a body, were defined. Here, while the adaptor is fixed on the hinge rod, the hinge rod can be fixed on the underlay of the hinge and can be adjusted.

The Purpose and Brief Introduction of the Invention.

Considering the current status of the technique, the purpose of the invention is to realize a long life position-adjustable adaptor with at least one piece of damper with air or liquid compression, which can eliminate the noise by preventing the mobile furniture segments moving on fixed furniture units such as box drawer from hitting to the counter part when closing them fast, which enables the mentioned mobile parts to close slowly and which can be mounted and demounted onto and from any of the furniture elements (hinge, mobile door, fixed body, drawer etc). One of the particular of the invention is that the developed adaptor can be steered through the slot on the hinge rod in hinged doors and that it can be practically mounted or demounted on an underlay which includes a slot for the non-hinged structures.

Another particular of the invention is that the position of the mobile impulsive element is adjustable, which is guided inside the fixed body and which includes damper.

One another feature of the invention is that the adaptor, which is placed on the hole on hinge rod or on an underlay by a bulge which includes a slot inside, can be locked in the mentioned slot by springing.

In order to reach the mentioned purposes, the structural and characteristic particulars along with all the advantages related to this invention will be comprehended more clearly thanks to the detailed written descriptions by referring to the references and the figures presented below and the potential products to be developed alternatively must have a purpose outside of this invention.

Description of the Figures

Figure 1 - The perspective image of the demounted adaptor which includes damper, from upper angle.

Figure 2 - The perspective image of the demounted adaptor which includes damper, from lower angle.

Figure 3 - The perspective image of the adaptor which includes damper.

Figure 4 and 4a - The perspective images regarding the installation of the mobile impulsive element inside the fixed body.

Figure 5 and 5a - The perspective images of the adaptor from lower angle which includes damper installed on the hole on the hinge rod. Figure 6 - The perspective image of the adaptor which includes damper that can be installed on the hole on an underlay and on the hinge which was mounted between fixed furniture and mobile door.

Figure 7 and 7a - The longitudinal section images of an adaptor which includes damper, regarding the positional adjustment of the mobile impulsive element.

Reference Numbers

1 - Mobile door 2 -Fixed furniture

3 - Hinge 3.1 - HoIe

4 - Underlay

5 - Adaptor 6 - Fixed body

6.1 - Bulge

6.2 - Insert interval

6.3 - Slot

6.4 - HoIeO 6.5 - Holding base

7 - Mobile impulsive element

7.1 - Space

7.2 - Channel

7.3 - Thrusting bulge 8 - Damper

8.1 - Cylinder

8.2 - Shaft

9 - Adjusting screw 10 - Buffer 11 - Clamp

11.1 - Hook leg 11.2 - Drawing bolt 11.3 -Spring

11.4 - Locking lug

Description of the Invention and its Figures in Detail

Figure 1 - 2 illustrates the perspective images of the demounted adaptor which includes damper, from upper and lower angles and Figure 3 illustrates the perspective installation image of the adaptor from lower angle. According to the figures, the adaptor (5) contains a fixed body (6) to be placed on the furniture elements; a mobile impulsive element (7) on which the damper (8) that can move guiding inside the fixed body, consisting of a shaft and a cylinder; a flexible buffer (10) at the end of the mobile impulsive element which decreases the noise at the moment of hitting and which prevents the mobile impulsive element and the damper inside from being subject to damage; a clamp (11 ) which locks a bulge (6.1 ) of the fixed body inside the hole (3.1 ) on furniture or furniture elements and an adjustment (9) screw on the fixed body which adjusts to forward and backward positions of the mobile impulsive element .

In accordance with the mentioned figures, fixed body (6) contains a slot (6.3) on which the mobile impulsive element moves; a bulge (6.1 ) which have a form of a hole (3.1 ) for mounting on the hole (3.1) on the furniture elements; an insert interval (6.2) inside the bulge, which enables the hooked legs (11.1 ) of the clamp to steer through and to lock, and a hole (6.4) for screwing the adjusting screw which adjusts the forward and backward position of the mobile impulsive element. In the mentioned figures, the clamp (6) contains a drawing bolt (11.2) for locking the fixed body bulge (6.1 ) inside the hole (3.1 ) on the furniture elements, at least one piece of springing spring (11.3) which is preferably integral, and a locking lug

(11.4) which prevents the fixed body from leaving the hole (3.1 ). Also, the mobile impulsive element (7) in the figures contains a space (7.1 ) in the terminal part for the bulge of the end of the buffer; a duct (7.2) for the bearing of the damper cylinder, and a thrust bulge (7.3) for preventing it from leaving fixed body slot. Figure 4 illustrates the perspective image regarding the installation of the mobile impulsive element (7) inside the slot (6.3) in the fixed body. In accordance with the figure, the cylinder of the damper is inserted in the mobile impulsive element channel and the mobile impulsive element is flexed and steered through the fixed body slot and is thrusted to the thrust bulge over the mobile impulsive element and to the holder part (6.5) on the base of the fixed body (Figure 4a). In Figure 5, perspective images of the adaptor which includes damper, installed on the hole over the hinge rod, have been illustrated from lower angle. According to the figure, the bulge (6.1 ) of the adaptor on the base of fixed body (6) is steered through the hole (3.1 ) over the hinge rod or underlay (4), and when the drawing bolt (11.2) of the clamp (11 ) which was fixed to the insert interval (6.2) by hooked legs (11.1 ), was released, the locking lug (11.4) is locked under the hole (3.1 ) by springing of the spring (11.3), and so the adaptor is prevented from leaving the hole (3.1 ), demounting the adaptor (5) over the hinge is accomplished by drawing the drawing bolt and releasing the locking lug (11.4) of the clamp (11 ) from the locked position. Figure 5a

In Figure 6, the perspective image has been illustrated for the adaptor (5) which can be mounted on the hole (3.1 ) over an underlay (4) and hinge (3) mounted between the fixed furniture (2) and mobile door (1 ). According to the figure, in order to prevent the mobile door (1 ) which was connected to the fixed furniture (2) by hinge (3) to hit the counter side sharply, by closing slowly while opening and closing, an adaptor (5) which contains a retarder damper (8) can be placed on a hole (3.1 ) over the hinge rod or on the hole (3.1 ) on an underlay (4) which was mounted on the mobile door or on fixed furniture, preferably by screwing. So, when the mobile door (1 ) is pushed in the direction of closing, a very low sound occurs when the flexible buffer (10) placed in the space at the end of the mobile impulsive element (7) hits over the fixed furniture unit (2), the damper inside the impulsive element (7) moving in the slot (6.3) inside the fixed body starts to operate by the impulsive effect and enables the mobile door (1 ) to close slowly. Figure 7 and 7a illustrates the longitudinal section image of the adaptor which includes damper regarding the positional adjustment of the mobile impulsive element. According to the figure, by turning the adjustment screw (9) in the fixed body hole (6.4), the backward and forward position of the impulsive element (7) which moves in the fixed body slot (6.3) can be adjusted and it can be adjusted to close slowly or hit the door to the fixed furniture (2) depending on the weight of the door (1 ). In such a way that, when a heavy door (1 ) is used, the adjustment screw (9) is twisted and so the damper shaft (8.2) is pushed (figure7) and so the mobile impulsive element (7) is moved away from the fixed body slot (6.3) and consequently retarding distance at the moment of hitting is kept long and so the mobile door (1 ) is retarded.