EP0834269B1 - Multi-part top surface for kitchen or bathroom furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

The plate (1) consists of several part plates with different surface compositions. On the underside of each plate, body grooves are provided extending in the longitudinal direction and in these grooves connecting strips or stiffening pieces can be inserted and fastened by screws. In a recess along the front side of the assembled part plates, a profiled cover piece is provided which is joined to them by a flange. The part plates have grooves along their abutting sides in which are inserted the arms of another profiled cover piece that is cross-shaped.

Description

The above invention relates to a composite Cover plate consisting of several that can be joined together Components placed on top of each other side by side arranged furniture elements, kitchen appliances or Bathroom facilities can be put on.

Known kitchen or bathroom furniture mostly exist from a variety of basic elements, which during the Assembly can be arranged side by side and with each other, using clamp-like fasteners or Screw connections are assembled, for example US 2661994, DE 21176005 or US 228094.

These furniture elements are attached after installation provided with a cover plate at the top, which with uniform coating material, e.g. Plastic, Marble, metal or wood.

In such a cover plate are in a suitable place Recesses incorporated into the additional devices, such as. Hob or sink (in the case of a Kitchen) or sink (in case of a Bathroom equipment) can be used and attached.

In this known, technical solution, the Cover plate continuous, uniform structure and uniform surface quality over the whole Plate length, regardless of type, number or the nature of the underlying furniture elements and provided built-in devices and independent of Intended use of the cover plate.

Such one-piece and uniformly trained Cover plates have the advantage that they are easy to transport, handle and assemble, and are easy to clean after use.

With the known cover plates, the finished kitchen or Bathroom furnishings a clean and creative lent uniform appearance.

A disadvantage of the known cover plates is too see that the known plates are always uniform Have structure, i.e. there are materials and structures uses that not always for a very specific one Intended use or the installation of different Additional equipment and appliances of the kitchen or the Bathroom furnishings are suitable.

There are several ways to counteract this disadvantage Furniture manufacturers switched to individual cover plates to manufacture for each furniture element underneath, each sub-plate made of a certain material consists of the specific use of the cover plate is adapted and each to cover an individual Furniture element or an electrical built-in device serves.

This embodiment is unproblematic with regard to their technical feasibility and easy to transport.

Technical difficulties arise separately executed cover plates but when the To assemble kitchen or bathroom furniture for buyers are.

In this case it is necessary to do that first Basic cabinets and electrical built-in devices with the to install already installed partial panels. The one with the Panels covered furniture bodies and built-in appliances are then string together, align and then there is every furniture element with the one next to it Furniture element to connect firmly to each other Avoid moving the carcasses. Furthermore is a Sealing or sealing the joints between side-by-side cover plates required to avoid getting dirt in the joints between the lined up cover plates can penetrate and a closed surface is available.

This is usually done using Glue, filler or other sealants Silicone base.

But the achievable results are not special valuable and satisfactory, since the sealing joint with the Darkens time irregularly, as if there was dirt accumulated, and with time cracks or breakouts in the Form sealing material, the recesses for the Deposits of dirt and germs.

Furthermore, the described exemplary embodiments could the downside is that the Stability and firmness by gluing or Fill with a filler made of a filler very much to be desired.

This leads to the lower cabinets move against each other, resulting in a dirty and irregular appearance of the overall structure leads.

Since the individual cover plates almost never exactly in one Protruding edges occur in a plane to each other and bumps that appear in the form of sharp edges damage to objects or to one Injury to people, e.g. during the execution of Cleaning operations, can lead.

Another disadvantage of the known cover plates is that to see that due to the interchangeability and Possibility of combining the individual components, according to the wishes of the customer, the side surfaces the cover plate without protrusion in the same plane with the To provide the side wall of the underlying furniture element are. This leads to the disadvantage that e.g. at the level of Cover plate poured liquid along the side wall of the underlying furniture element to the floor can and dirty it.

The advantages of a unified, compound Cover plate consist of that partial surfaces Plastic, wooden parts, steel parts or partial stone surfaces are available that above a plurality of furniture elements underneath or electrical built-in devices can be arranged, the structure and appearance of the cover plates both from a design and technical point of view adaptable to different customer wishes and requirements are.

The object of the above invention is that described disadvantages of the prior art avoid and a composite of several panels Cover plate for kitchen furniture or bathroom furniture too create.

The composite cover plate is said to be of a variety exist of partial panels and open up the possibility a suitable choice of material depending on technical needs and design Käuferwuenschen to create, these differ trained sub-plates are mergable to a To create cover plate with a rigid structure and the assembled cover plate after assembly, during transport, during installation and at Insert behaves like a rigid, one-piece cover plate.

The object of the invention is achieved by a composite cover plate for kitchen or Bathroom furniture solved, which is characterized by that the cover plate with several sub-plates different surface condition exists that at the bottom of each plate body Grooves extending longitudinally of the partial plates are provided and connecting or in these grooves Stiffening profiles are used, which over Screw connections are attached to the sub-plates and that in a recess along the front of the composite sub-panels provided a cover profile is that with a flange protruding from the profile with the Partial plates is connected.

In an advantageous embodiment, the partial plates have along the abutting sides, in which the laterally protruding arms of a cross-shaped trained cover profile can be used.

The cross-shaped cover profile protrudes laterally Link arms and one facing down Extension made of hard plastic, as well an upward wedge-shaped extension softer set plastic.

It has proven to be particularly advantageous that the Front of the assembled partial panels Cover profile is provided, which on the Has a chamber facing the top of the plate, which opens into an open longitudinal groove and the chamber as well the longitudinal groove form-fitting an elastic sealing profile record, the upper profile part at the bottom of a Plate projection is present.

Figur 1 zeigt in einer Draufsicht eine aus drei Teilplatten zusammengesetzte Abdeckplatte;

Figur 2 zeigt in einer teilweise auseinandergezogenen Seitenansicht die Abdeckplatte mit den dazugehoerigen Verbindungsteilen;

Figur 3 zeigt im Querschnitt ein Kreuzprofil, das zwischen zwei nebeneinanderliegende Teilstuecke der Abdeckplatte einsetzbar ist;

Figur 4 zeigt eine Seitenansicht der Platte zur Aufnahme des Verbindungsprofiles nach Figur 3;

Figur 5 zeigt im Querschitt eine Abdeckplatte bestehend aus steinernem Material, in Verbindung mit einer Aufnahme aus Holz oder Holzwerkstoffen;

Figur 6 zeigt im Schitt das vordere Teil einer fertigen Abdeckplatte;

Figur 7 zeigt in Seitenansicht und teilweise im Schnitt eine Abdeckplatte mit Metallummantelung;

Figur 8 zeigt in Draufsicht und Seitenansicht einen Eckverbinder zum Anschluss von aneinanderstossenden Abdeckprofilen.

The subject matter of the invention will now be described below with reference to an advantageous exemplary embodiment and shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a top view of a cover plate composed of three partial plates;

Figure 2 shows a partially exploded side view of the cover plate with the associated connecting parts;

Figure 3 shows in cross section a cross profile that can be used between two adjacent parts of the cover plate;

Figure 4 shows a side view of the plate for receiving the connecting profile of Figure 3;

Figure 5 shows in cross section a cover plate made of stone material, in conjunction with a holder made of wood or wood materials;

Figure 6 shows in section the front part of a finished cover plate;

Figure 7 shows a side view and partially in section of a cover plate with a metal jacket;

Figure 8 shows a top view and side view of a corner connector for connecting abutting cover profiles.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the composite cover plate marked. With 2 they are individual partial plates and with 3 the intermediate ones Connection joints marked.

At 4, the lower panel structure is made of wood or one Wood-based material, with 5 and 6 at the bottom of the plate incorporated grooves, with 7 and 8 the connecting profiles, and marked with 9 screws.

With the screws 9, the connection profiles on the attached lower plate side. With 10 is the cover profile and with 11 the projecting connecting flange, the bores 12 for inserting fastening screws, characterized. At 13, the front is provided Sealing profile and at 14 the sealing profile between two marked adjacent plate parts.

The sealing profile 14 has projecting arms 15 and one Extension 16 made of stiffer material. The Sealing profile 14 also has an upper part 18, which is made of more elastic, softer material consists.

As can be seen in FIG. 4, the plate 2 a protruding part on the front.

With 20 in Figure 5, e.g. marble or one marked other stone material existing plate. With 22 in FIG. 7 is a metal sheet for sheathing the Top of e.g. made of a wood material Carrier material 23 marked.

There are also 25 (FIG. 8) a corner connector and 26 and 27 the protruding parts of the corner connector 25 for Inserted into a profile 10 marked.

The invention relates to a composite cover plate 1 for kitchen furniture or bathroom furnishings, under Use a variety of different sub-panels 2 for covering several furniture elements or built-in devices in a kitchen or in a bathroom.

The sub-panels 2 are together in the manufacturing plant connected to having a rigid, uniform structure to obtain monolithic structure. With the composite panel are in the connection Storage furniture or electrical equipment for a kitchen and / or for bathroom facilities at the destination of the Covered buyers.

The provision of numerous partial plates 2, consisting of various materials to create surface worked, varying parts and the Providing a lower mounting plate 4 enables the cover plate using different materials can be put together as desired.

The individual partial plates 2 have on their top (Work surface) different, selected materials on.

Each sub-plate 2 has on its underside in both Long sides of the cover plate 2 grooves 5 and 6, which after Kind of an overturned "T" are formed.

The grooves 5 and 6 are for receiving T-shaped Profiles 7 and 8 formed.

After inserting profiles 7 and 8 and inserting the The sub-panels 2 become cross-shaped sealing profiles 14 pressed together in one device and against each other braced. Then the T-shaped Profiles 7, 8 inserted into the grooves 5, 6 and under With the help of screws 9 on the underside of the plate attached.

The resulting stiffening of the composite Plate 1 is attached to the plate front by attaching a profile 10 attached to the front even further supported.

The profile 10 is in a recess on the front the individual partial plates 2 arranged and with a protruding flange 11, the holes 12 for receiving Has fastening screws on the lower plate part attached.

The profile 10 serves the various sub-panels 2 to cover and connect on their front.

By providing the cover profile 10 is also a unwanted expansion of the partial plates on their Front prevented.

Providing one has been particularly advantageous Sealing profile 13, between cover 10 and the Plate 2 proved.

The completion of the composite cover plate, in the case visible and uncovered foreheads of the Partial plates 2, is angular trained connecting parts 25 with which the angular mutually arranged profiles 10 via projections 26 and 27 are connected.

The mutual connection and arrangement in a plane of two partial plates 2 lying next to each other improved in that a cross-shaped in cross section trained sealing strip 14 is used. The Sealing strip 14 is made of plastic and is in advantageously with different material hardness executed.

The protruding arms 15 and the downward Extension 16 are made of hard plastic, to ensure a safe and stable stop and a fixed connection in the manner of a tongue and groove connection to accomplish. The upper extension 18 of the bar 14 is made made of softer set, elastically deformable material, for a safe, filling concern of this material to reach the edges of the assembled panels and the space between the plates, which is usually a few millimeters is to close tightly.

The upper extension 18 of the bar 14 has a cross section wedge-shaped shape.

Due to the described components and measures mutual stabilization of the partial surfaces 2, especially about the composite T-shaped profile pieces 7 and 8 on the underside of the individual sub-panels 2 are provided.

The cover profile 10 on the front of the sub-panels is provided, causes a further stiffening and flush holding together of the individual partial surfaces 2.

By providing the cross-shaped sealing strip 14 in the transverse direction between two adjacent to each other Plates are arranged and with the protruding Arms 15 positively in corresponding grooves 15 penetrates that in the side surfaces of the plates 2 are provided for the compound Partial plates 2 a particularly effective connection and Position security achieved.

The front cover of the partial plates 2, however, is made by the profile 10, which is also colored and / or can be provided with a coating.

The composite cover plate 1 consists of a A large number of differently constructed partial plates 2, the Surface is finished and made of wood materials, Metal, stone covering or plastic exist.

The combination of different partial surfaces 2 can are carried out according to the customer's wishes and in Dependence on technical regulations in a kitchen or be carried out in a bathroom facility.

After assembling the partial panels 2, a monolithic, uniform component in the form of a Cover plate 1 with transverse joints 3, the before assembly, take the sealing profile 14, the flexible, upper part 18 for better filling of the Fugen 3 serves.

At the front, the cover plate 1 is through the profile 10 covered. This profile extends across the entire length of the cover plate 1 and goes to the Front, inserting the one already described Sealing profile 13 in the projection 19 of the plate 1st about.

Claims (5)

1. Multi-part covering panel for kitchen or bathroom furniture, characterized in that the covering panel (1) comprises a plurality of sub-panels (2) with different surface finishes, in that provided on the underside of each panel body (1, 2) are grooves (5, 6) which extend in the longitudinal direction of the sub-panels (2), and connecting or stiffening profiles (7, 8) can be inserted into said grooves (5, 6), it being possible for these profiles to be connected to the sub-panels (2) via screw connections (9), and in that provided in a recess along the front side of the assembled sub-panels (2) is a covering profile (10) which is connected to the sub-panels (2) via a flange (11) projecting from the profile (10).
2. Multi-part covering panel for kitchen or bathroom furniture according to Patent Claim 1, characterized in that the sub-panels (2), along their abutting sides, have grooves (30) into which it is possible to insert the laterally projecting arms (15) of a cross-shaped covering profile (14).
3. Multi-part covering panel for kitchen or bathroom furniture according to Patent Claim 2, characterized in that the cross-shaped covering profile (14) has laterally projecting connecting arms (15) and a downwardly directed continuation made of plastic with a relatively low plasticizer content as well as an upwardly directed wedge-shaped continuation (18) made of plastic with a relatively high plasticizer content.
4. Multi-part covering panel for kitchen or bathroom furniture according to Patent Claim 1, characterized in that, at its end which is directed towards the panel top side, the covering profile (10), which is provided on the front side of the assembled sub-panels (2), has a chamber (31) which opens out into an open longitudinal groove (32), and the chamber (31) and the longitudinal groove (32) accommodate, with a form fit, an elastic sealing profile (13), of which the top profile part butts against the underside of a panel protrusion (19).
5. Multi-part covering panel for kitchen or bathroom furniture according to Patent Claim 4, characterized in that the sealing profile (13) is of H-shaped design in cross section.

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