Coplanar closure sliding mechanism for two or three wing wardrobes and the like

Abstract

A coplanar closure sliding mechanism to be applied to a two or three wing wardrobe and the like, characterized in that said sliding mechanism comprises a rail fixed to a top surface of said wardrobe and thereon a sliding carriage coupled to a support bracket fixed to the wardrobe wing to be driven is slidingly engaged, said bracket being supported by sliding blocks perpendicular to the plane of said wardrobe wing, said sliding blocks and bracket being driven by a rod leverage coupled to one of said sliding blocks, to said carriage and supporting bracket, and being driven by movable follower cam wheels engaged in a chamber formed by a plate fixed to said rail to space, as said wardrobe wing is opened, said wing from said wardrobe and bring said wing onto another laying plane parallel to and overlapping an adjoining wardrobe wing.

1 . A coplanar closure sliding mechanism to be applied to a two or three wing wardrobe and the like, characterized in that said sliding mechanism comprises a rail fixed to a top surface of said wardrobe and thereon a sliding carriage coupled to a support bracket fixed to the wardrobe wing to be driven is slidingly engaged, said bracket being supported by sliding blocks perpendicular to the plane of said wardrobe wing, said sliding blocks and bracket being driven by a rod leverage coupled to one of said sliding blocks, to said carriage and supporting bracket, and being driven by movable follower cam wheels engaged in a chamber formed by a plate fixed to said rail to space, as said wardrobe wing is opened, said wing from said wardrobe and bring said wing onto another laying plane parallel to and overlapping an adjoining wardrobe wing. 
     
     
         2 . A sliding mechanism, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said carriage is slidably driven by driving sheaves engaged on a rail fixed on said wardrobe and comprising a Z-shape bracket rigidly coupled to a tubular element longitudinally projecting from said bracket and the sheaves of which are engaged in an engagement track formed in said rail so as not to interfere against a corresponding tubular element of the carriage of the adjoining wing to support and balance the cantilever wing weight. 
     
     
         3 . A sliding mechanism, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said mechanism further comprises a first and second guide elements fixed to said slidable carriage and engaged by a first and a second sliding blocks therethrough engaging wheels in turn engaged in cavities of said sliding blocks, said sliding blocks being rigidly associated with said wing supporting bracket. 
     
     
         4 . A sliding mechanism, according to  claim 3 , characterized in that said sliding blocks are synchronously driven by said carriage in turn driven as said wing is opened, thereby causing a cam formed on a plate fixed to said rail to engage with the cam follower wheel connected to the rod leverage. 
     
     
         5 . A sliding mechanism, according to  claim 1  characterized in that said mechanism further comprises a coupling clamped on said sliding block, said coupling having a bottom end portion therewith a first cam follower wheel is associated engageable on a first cam formed on a plate fixed to said rail and a second cam follower wheel also engageable on a second cam associated with the first cam through a rod pivoted to said coupling. 
     
     
         6 . A sliding mechanism, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said mechanism further comprises a second rod which is pivoted, on a side thereof, to said second cam follower wheel and, on the other side thereof, to a turning arm rotating through a pivot pin fixed to said carriage and having a vertical portion bearing a second wheel engaged in an elongated slot formed in said supporting bracket. 
     
     
         7 . A sliding mechanism, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that one of said wings is a central wing including a second cam follower wheel engageable in a track extending substantially parallel to said second cam. 
     
     
         8 . A sliding mechanism, according to  claim 7 , characterized in that said rail fixed on the top surface of said wardrobe comprises a plurality of rail tracks parallel to one another thereon the sheaves of said tubular elements included in said carriages may parallely slide. 
     
     
         9 . A sliding mechanism, according to  claim 8 , characterized in that said carriage tubular elements are adapted to slide in parallel to one another without interfering against one another, thereby, as said a wing is opened, said carriages are arranged in an aligned relationship with respect to a perpendicular line to said wing. 
     
     
         10 . A coplanar closure sliding mechanism to be applied to a two or three wing wardrobe and the like, according to  claim 1 , and substantially as broadly disclosed and illustrated for the intended objects.