Patents Assigned to Julius Blum GmbH
  • Patent number: 11140984
    Abstract: A furniture fitting includes a housing, a fluid chamber arranged in the housing, a damping fluid in the fluid chamber, a piston having an overload opening and displaceably arranged in the fluid chamber for performing a damping hub, and an overload safety device in the piston and having a closure element pressurized by a force storage member. The closure element blocks the overload opening of the piston below a predetermined threshold value of a pressure application to the piston, and unblocks the overload opening of the piston against a force of the force storage member above the predetermined threshold value. Due to the unblocking of the overload opening, a fluid-conductive connection between a high pressure side and a low-pressure side of the fluid chamber is unblocked. The closure element includes a throttle opening for passage of the damping fluid from the high-pressure side to the low-pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Patent number: 11136805
    Abstract: A furniture drive for moving a movably mounted furniture part relative to a furniture body includes a drive unit to be mounted on or in the furniture body, and at least one movably mounted actuating part for moving the movable furniture part. A mounting stop that can be applied to the furniture body is provided on the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Malte Schmid
  • Patent number: 11136804
    Abstract: A guide system is hingedly connected to a second furniture part, and has a rail arrangement including a guide rail having a longitudinal direction for guiding the furniture parts, and a carrier movably mounted transversely to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The carrier can be moved into a transfer position in which the carrier adjoins the guide rail in the longitudinal direction such that a guiding device to be connected to one of the furniture parts and movable along the guide rail can be transferred to and from between the guide rail and the carrier. The guide system includes a column connected to the carrier, the column being arranged vertically, and can be moved together with the carrier transversely to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The first furniture part is connected to the guiding device, and the second furniture part is movably connected to the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
  • Patent number: 11122895
    Abstract: A railing strut includes an end region to be connected to a wall element of the drawer. The railing strut, on the end region, includes a locking device having a locking element to be engaged with the wall element for locking the railing strut. The railing strut further includes a movably mounted actuating element, and the locking element can be moved by applying a force to the actuating element into a release position in which the locking between the railing strut and the wall element can be released when the railing strut is in a locked condition with the wall element. The actuating element, when the railing strut is locked to the wall element, is accessible for manual actuation and can be directly actuated, so that the locking between the railing strut and the wall element can be released by manual actuation of the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Kampl
  • Patent number: 11118386
    Abstract: A guide carriage for displaceably supporting a furniture part on a guide rail, includes a chassis having at least one pivotally mounted running wheel and at least one connecting portion for connecting the guide carriage to the furniture part. At least one positioning device is provided for positioning the connecting portion relative to the chassis in at least one linear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Rupp, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
  • Patent number: 11098512
    Abstract: A guide system for guiding a furniture door, in particular a folding door or folding-sliding door, relative to a fixed furniture part includes a first guide rail and a running carriage which can be connected to the furniture door and which has a rolling body via which the running carriage is movably mounted on the first guide rail. The first guide rail has a running surface for the rolling body of the running carriage, and the first guide rail is assembled in the longitudinal direction from a first rail piece and one second rail piece. The two rail pieces can be releasably connected via a connecting piece on which there is formed a portion of the running surface for the rolling body of the running carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Blum, Ingo Gasser, Matthias Rupp
  • Patent number: 11078699
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion and a second fitting portion, the second fitting portion being pivotally connected to the first fitting portion by a hinge axis member. At least one of the fitting portions includes a base plate to be fixed to a furniture part, and an adjusting plate coupled to the hinge axis member, the adjusting plate being displaceably arranged on the base plate. A preferably pivotally mounted adjustment element can adjust a position of the adjusting plate relative to the base plate along a linear guide to adjust a position of the first fitting portion relative to the second fitting portion. A gap is formed between the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion in at least one relative position of the furniture hinge, and the adjustment element can be actuated by introducing a tool into the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 11053721
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part includes an ejection force accumulator which can be tensioned, and an ejection element mechanically loaded by the ejection force accumulator and used to carry out an ejection movement of the moveable furniture part from a closed position into an open position. The ejection movement can be initiated by a compression movement of the movable furniture part into a compression position which is behind the closed position. The drive device also comprises a tensioning device for tensioning the ejection force accumulator with energy which can be emitted by the ejection movement. During the compression movement, at least 50% of the energy emitted by the ejection force accumulator during the ejection movement can be introduced into the ejection force accumulator by the tensioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Fredi Dubach, Marco Ruecker
  • Patent number: 11047161
    Abstract: A furniture drive for moving a furniture part movably supported relative to a furniture carcass the furniture drive includes a housing having a first housing wall to be fixed to the furniture carcass, and a second housing wall at least partially spaced from the first housing wall. At least the first housing wall includes a guide device for guiding a fastener. At least one supporting body is configured so as to be separate from the guide device for guiding the fastener, at least partially surrounds the guide device, and is firmly connected to the first housing wall as well as to the second housing wall so that a movement of the second housing wall relative to the first housing wall is restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: 11013320
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a carcass rail to be fixed to a furniture carcass, an extension rail displaceably supported relative to the carcass rail between a closed position and an open position, a retraction device having a force storage member, and a functional unit arranged on a front-end region of the extension rail. The extension rail can be retracted into the closed position by a force of the force storage member. The retraction device is at least partially arranged within the extension rail. The functional unit and the retraction device are configured as constructional units separate from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, David Ruech
  • Patent number: 11008791
    Abstract: A guide system includes a first guide rail and a second guide rail for guiding furniture parts. The second guide rail extends transversely relative to the first guide rail in a mounted position. A guiding device is to be connected to one of the furniture parts, and is movable relative to the first and second guide rails and can be transferred in a crossing region between the first and second guide rail. The guide system has a drive device with an entrainment member acted upon by a force storage member and configured to be releasably coupled to the guiding device. The entrainment member is locked in a parking position and can be unlocked by an entry of the guiding device into the crossing region. Thus, the entrainment member and the guiding device coupled therewith can be retracted along the second guide rail by a force of the force storage member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
  • Patent number: 11006747
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, includes a housing, an ejection device which is arranged in the housing for ejecting the movable furniture part out of a closed position into an open position, and a retraction device which is arranged in the same housing for retracting the movable furniture part out of an open position into the closed position. The drive device has a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, only the retraction device is operative while opening and closing the movable furniture part, and in the second operating mode, both the ejection device and the retraction device are operative while opening and closing the movable furniture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Wohlgenannt
  • Patent number: 10995830
    Abstract: A furniture drive for a furniture part movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, includes at least one pivotally mounted actuating arm for moving the movable furniture part, a spring device for applying a force to the actuating arm, and a transmission mechanism for transmitting a force from the spring device to the actuating arm. The transmission mechanism includes a first setting contour having a first torque progression and a pressure portion pressurized by the spring device. The pressure portion is configured to run along the first setting contour upon a movement of the actuating arm, and a second setting contour having a second torque progression deviating from the first torque progression and a switching device are provided. The second setting contour can be engaged with the pressure portion so that the pressure portion is configured to run along the second setting contour upon a movement of the actuating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Simon Flogaus, Franz Kohlweiss
  • Patent number: 10988966
    Abstract: A furniture drive system for a furniture part that is moveably mounted on a furniture body, includes a mechanical control unit having a pivotally mounted control arm for moving the moveable furniture part and at least one energy store for applying force to the control arm; an electric drive unit configured as a component designed to be separate from the mechanical control unit, and which has an electric motor for the electric motor-powered support of the movement of the moveable furniture part and a driver that can be driven by the electric motor for transmitting a torque of the electric motor to the mechanical control unit; and a damping device for damping the movement of the moveable furniture part. The damping device is arranged in the component of the electric drive unit for damping the movement of the moveable furniture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Haemmerle, Matthias Grimm
  • Patent number: 10968672
    Abstract: A furniture fitting for moving a furniture part movably supported relative to a furniture carcass includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture carcass, and a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movable furniture part. The second fitting portion is pivotally connected to the first fitting portion, and a limiting device limits an opening angle of a relative pivoting movement of the first and second fitting portion. The limiting device includes at least one movably mounted actuating element, and the opening angle can be adjusted by a manual or by a tool-assisted actuation of the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Malte Schmid
  • Patent number: D915876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Schwarzmann, Markus Irgang, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: D918632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Irgang, Guenter Schwarzmann, Emanuel Netzer, Elvis Music
  • Patent number: D922116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Irgang, Guenter Schwarzmann, Emanuel Netzer, Elvis Music
  • Patent number: D932279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Marco Ruecker
  • Patent number: D932869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel