WO2009118035A1

WO2009118035A1 - Electric rocking apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2009118035A1
Application number: PCT/EP2008/008248
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hans-Peter Raeker
Original assignee: Hans-Peter Raeker
Priority date: 2008-03-27
Filing date: 2008-09-27
Publication date: 2009-10-01
Also published as: EP2105177A1; DE202008004305U1

Abstract

The invention relates to a rocking apparatus (100), in particular Hollywood rocker, with a rocking framework (10) which has two lateral support frames (11, 12), and with a seat element (15) suspended on suspension elements (13, 14). In order to provide a rocking apparatus (100) in which basically there is the possibility of refraining from physical effort in the production and maintaining of the rocking movement, the invention proposes arranging rotatable elements (16, 17, 18) between the support frames (11, 12), said elements being coupled to drive levers (19, 20) which are connected to fastening elements (22, 38) arranged releasably on the suspension elements (13, 14), wherein the drive levers (19, 20) execute an upwards and downwards movement during rotation of the elements (16, 17, 18).

Description

Electric swinging device

Technical area

The invention relates to a swinging device, in particular a Hoiley swing, with a swing frame, which has two lateral support frame, and with a suspension element suspended on suspension elements.

Prior Art Rocking devices of the type mentioned in the beginning are very popular and are offered as garden relaxation or relaxation devices. In particular, Hollywood swings find use as garden, terrace and balcony furniture and look back on a long history. There have been Hollywood swings since the beginning of the 20th century in England.

A porch swing essentially consists of a sturdy stable frame with two lateral support frames, between which a swingable seat element is arranged. The support frames mostly have cross members. In addition, a cross member connects the vertices of the two support frames.

Conventional Hollywood swings also have stiffeners, suspensions, pads, a roof and side wind protection elements.

The seating elements of Hollywood swings are variously upholstered. The seat element of Hollywood swings hangs horizontally on suspension elements, which in turn are connected to the vertices of the support frame connecting cross member. The rocking motion, unless generated by external force, is done by swinging in the form of stretching and flexing movements with the arms and legs, or by pushing off a fixed point. Around To set the rocking motion in motion, to maintain or even intensify, must therefore be done by the rocking person physical work, which is then always to repeat when swinging.

However, this work is difficult to achieve by people who have a not very strong constitution, such as older people or children.

Presentation of the invention, object, solution, advantages

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a swinging device of the type mentioned above, in principle, the possibility of refraining from physical exertion in the generation and maintenance of the rocking motion. It is also an object of the invention to ensure in existing swing devices that the physical work for generating, maintaining and intensifying the rocking movement does not stem from physical strength.

This object is achieved with the features of claim 1.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention manifest themselves in the subclaims.

According to the invention rotatable elements are arranged between the support frame, which are coupled with drive levers which are connected to releasably arranged on the suspension elements fasteners, wherein upon rotation of the elements, the drive lever perform an up and down movement.

An advantage of the invention is to use the swing without physical Dazutun as desired or rocking yourself to sleep. In the frame- men of the invention, it is also possible to provide the rocking device according to the invention with a timer,

The rotatable elements may be a circular disk mounted on a shaft and eccentric mounted on a drive shaft. Between the circular disc and an eccentric turn, a drive lever may be arranged, which is fixedly connected to the eccentric and the circular disc. Another eccentric mounted on the drive shaft can be fixedly coupled with another drive lever so that the eccentrics perform an eccentric rotation when the circular disk rotates.

The operating principle of the swing according to the invention thus designed such that the drive lever are offset by the rotation of the circular disc in eccentric rotations, whereby at the same time an up and down movement of the drive lever is made. These drive levers are in turn connected to the releasably arranged on the suspension elements fasteners, whereby the up and down movement of the drive lever in a reciprocating motion, d. H. Rocking movement of the suspension elements is converted.

The drive shaft may be coupled to a frame attachment which is releasably connected to a support frame. The solubility of the coupled with the drive shaft frame attachment and the solubility of the fasteners ensure the retrofitting in conventional swing devices, which are provided with a suspension elements horizontally suspended seat element.

According to the invention, therefore, not only a motor-driven rocking device, which is characterized by a simple constructional configuration, is provided, but also an interchangeable instrumentation integrated into the rocking device is created, which in principle allows to convert a conventional swinging device into a motorized swinging device.

A practicable variant of the invention provides that the fastening elements are adjustable along the suspension elements. This ensures that in principle different lever lengths of the drive lever can be used. This is also the advantageous embodiment of the invention that the suspension elements consist of juxtaposed rod-shaped elements.

In order to adapt the drive shaft as part of a retrofit to different swings, it is advantageous that the drive shaft is extendable.

To support the drive shaft provides a further practical variant of the invention also provides that the drive shaft is provided with a bearing.

For the motor drive of the swinging device, a geared motor can be provided, wherein for mounting the motor a further advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that at least one support frame is provided with at least one cross member which is arranged perpendicular to the drive shaft. The cross member can thus serve as a motor bracket to which the motor can be fastened.

In order to be able to retrofit conventional swing devices, the invention also provides a retrofit kit with mounted on a drive shaft eccentrics and mounted on a shaft disc and drive levers and with fasteners, the fasteners are releasably connected with suspension and the eccentric and Drive lever and the circular disc coupled together and the drive lever and the fastening are releasably connected to each other. In addition, the retrofit kit can be extended by a frame attachment, which is releasably attachable to a support frame, wherein the frame attachment is coupled via a bearing with the drive shaft.

Brief description of the drawings

In the following the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawings.

In schematic representations:

Figure 1 is a rocking device according to the invention;

Figure 2 shows the rocking device of Figure 1, wherein the rotatable elements are eccentric and a circular disk; Figure 3 the. Rocking device according to the invention with a motor; and FIG. 4 shows the rocking device according to the invention in various forms

Movement states of the swing.

Best way to carry out the invention

Figure 1 shows a rocking device according to the invention, which is provided with the reference numeral 100.

The rocking device 100 has a rocker position 10 with two lateral support frames 11, 12. A cross member 23 connects the vertices of the support frame 11, 12. Between the support frame 11, 12, the seat member 15 is arranged, which has suspension elements 13, 14 which consist of superposed rod-shaped elements has. As is apparent from Figure 2, the suspension elements 13, 14 with springs 25, 33 are connected. The springs 25, 33 are in turn attached to hooks 29, 32 which are located on the cross member 23.

Between the support frames 11, 12, which end in an arcuate manner in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. Hige elements 16, 17, 18 are arranged. The rotatable elements 16, 17, 18 are coupled to drive levers 19, 20, which are rod-shaped. The drive lever 19, 20 are releasably connected to the suspension elements 13, 14 releasably arranged fasteners 21, 22. Upon rotation of the rotatable elements 16, 17, 18, the drive lever 19, 20 perform an up and down movement, which is converted into a rocking motion of the seat member 15.

In Figure 2, the operating principle of the rocking device 100 learns a more detailed explanation. The rotatable element 17 is a circular disk which is coupled to a shaft 39. The shaft 39 is drivable with a motor, not shown in Figure 2. The circular disk 17 and the drive lever 19 and the rotatable member 16 in the form of an eccentric are firmly connected. A rotation of the circular disk 17 thus causes an eccentric rotation of the present as an eccentric rotatable element 16. The rotational movement of the circular disk 17 and the eccentric 16 is converted into an up and down movement of the drive lever 19. The drive lever 19 is connected to a fastening element 22 which is located on the suspension element 13. The fastening element 22 is detachably connected to the suspension element 13. For this purpose, the fastening element 22 opposite opening through which a bolt or pin can be performed. By removing the pin or bolt from the openings, the fastening element 22 can be removed from the suspension element 13.

In addition, a drive shaft 24 is disposed between the support frame 12, 13. The drive shaft 24 extends from the eccentric 16 to a further eccentric 18 and causes the eccentric rotation of the eccentric 16 is transmitted to the other eccentric 18. The eccentric 18 and the drive lever 20 and the bearing 26 are firmly connected. The eccentric rotation of the eccentric formed rotatable element 18 is in turn converted into an up and down movement of the drive lever 20. The drive lever 20 is also connected here with a fastener 38 which is releasably attached to the suspension member 14. The bearing 26 contributes to the support of the drive shaft 24. The frame attachment 27 joins the bearing 26 and has an L-shaped profile. In addition, the frame attachment 27 at its end opposite openings 28 into which a pin or bolt can be inserted. In this way, a releasable attachment of the frame attachment 27 is provided on the support frame 11. The support frame 12 also has a cross member 27, which can serve as a motor attachment (see Figure 3).

Due to the solvability of the frame attachment 28 and the fastening elements 22, 38, an instrument, consisting of shaft 38, circular disk 17, eccentric 16, 18, bearing 26, drive shaft 24 and drive lever 19, 20 and fasteners 22, 38, provided , which makes it possible to retrofit conventional swinging devices in such a way that they can be driven by a motor.

For this purpose, of course, as shown in Figure 3, a motor 34 attached to the transverse frame 36 of the support frame 11. The motor 34 is a geared motor. A gear 35 ensures that the shaft 39 rotates at a lower speed, but a much higher torque.

From FIG. 4, two states of movement of the rocking seat element 15 emerge. By the up and down movement of the drive lever 20 (drive lever 19 not shown here), the suspension elements (suspension elements 13 are not shown) are set in a reciprocating motion. The motor 34 shown in FIG. 3 and the gear 35 and the rotatable elements 16, 17, 18 can be protected from external influences by a cover. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100 rocking device

10 swing frame 11 support frame

12 support frame

13 suspension element

14 suspension element

15 seat element 16 eccentric

17 circular disk

18 eccentrics

19 drive lever

20 drive lever 21 fastener

22 fastener

23 cross member

24 drive shaft

25 spring 26 bearings

27 Frame attachment

28 opening

29 hooks 32 hooks 33 spring

34 engine

35 gears

36 transverse frame

37 suspension element 38 fastening element

39 wave

Claims

claims

1. swinging device (100), in particular porch swing, with a swing frame (10) having two lateral support frames (11, 12), and with a suspension elements (13, 14) suspended seat member (15), characterized in that between the Support frame (11, 12) rotatable elements (16, 17, 18) are arranged, which are coupled to drive levers (19, 20) which connected to the suspension elements (13, 14) releasably arranged fastening elements (22, 38) are, wherein upon rotation of the ele- ments (16, 17, 18), the drive lever (19, 20) perform an up and down movement.

2. rocking device according to claim 1, characterized in that a first drive lever (19) with an eccentric (16) and a

Circular disc (17) and a second drive lever (20) with a second eccentric (18) are coupled, wherein the eccentric (16, 18) mounted on a drive shaft (24) and the circular discs (17) on a motor-driven shaft (39) are.

3. rocking device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the fastening elements (22, 38) along the suspension elements (13, 14) are adjustable.

4. Rocking device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the suspension elements (13, 14) are suspended from springs (25, 33) which are connected to a between the support frame (11, 12) arranged cross member (23) ,

5. rocking device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the suspension elements (13, 14) consist of juxtaposed rod-shaped elements.

6. rocking device according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the drive shaft (24) is extendable.

7. rocking device according to one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the drive shaft (24) with a bearing (26) is provided.

8. Rocking device according to one of claims 2 to 7, character- ized in that the eccentric (16), the circular disc (17) and the

Drive lever (19) are firmly connected.

9. rocking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the swing is provided with a geared motor (34).

10. Rocking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one support frame (11, 12) with at least one transverse support (27) is provided, which is arranged perpendicular to the drive shaft (24).

11. Rocking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fastening elements (22, 38) are releasably connected to the suspension elements (13, 14).

12. rocking device according to one of claims 7 to 11, characterized in that the bearing (26) is arranged on a frame attachment (27).

13. rocking device according to claim 12, characterized in that the frame attachment (27) on the support frame (11) is releasably attached.

14. Retrofit kit for a swing (100), in particular a porch swing, with on a drive shaft (24) mounted eccentrics (16, 18) and with a on a shaft (39) mounted circular disc (17) and with drive levers (19, 20) and with fastening elements (22, 38) which are releasably connected to suspension elements (13, 14), wherein the eccentric (16, 18) and drive lever (19, 20) and the circular disc (17) coupled together and the drive lever (19, 20) and the fastening elements (22, 38) are releasably connected to each other.

15. Retrofit kit according to claim 14 with a frame attachment (27) which is releasably attachable to a support frame (11), wherein the frame attachment (27) via a bearing (26) with the drive shaft (24) is coupled.