DEVICE FOR ROTATIONALLY AND TRANSLATIONALLY MOVING AN OBJECT

• Main Authors: ENDERLEIN, Hartmut, LEHMANN, Bernd, WINKLER, Mathias, SIEGERT, Ulrich, FIEDLER, Gottfried, REHAGE, Daniel, MATTHES, Andreas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.01.2021
• Subjects: CABINETS; COFFEE MILLS; DESKS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DRAWERS; FURNITURE; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; OFFICE FURNITURE; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TABLES

A device for rotationally and translationally moving an object comprising a flat storage area relative to a storage area of a support plate arranged plane-parallel to the storage area, wherein: the object can be rotated relative to the support plate in one of two possible opposing rotational directions and can be displaced in a predefined direction; mutually facing bearing surfaces of the storage areas each have closed peripheral raceway grooves in which rolling elements are guided; the raceway grooves are formed such that, when a force is applied to the object in a direction defined in the plane of the storage area, the object can be moved, in a movement which is at least partially forcibly guided and which is simultaneously rotational and translational, from a starting position into an intermediary position, the object being rotated relative to the support plate in one of two possible opposing rotational directions and being displaced in a predefined direction; and the object, after being moved into the intermediary position, can further be rotated relative to the support plate in the one of two possible opposing rotational directions and can be displaced counter to the predefined direction, and, when rotated by 180°, resumes the base position.