Patents Assigned to Karl Lautenschlager KG
  • Patent number: 4797972
    Abstract: The insert cup for cabinet hinges is made from stamped and drawn sheet metal and can be sunkenly mounted in a cylindrical mortise in the area adjacent the edge of the inside face of a door leaf. It has a tub- or trough-like portion having on its upper edge a marginal flange which covers the interstice between the tub-like portion and the circumferential wall of the cylindrical mortise and, at least at a sector-shaped portion, lies matingly and flush within the mortise. On the margin of the sector-shaped portion of the flange there are provided integral guiding lugs which are bent downwardly at right angles into the interior of the cylindrical mortise and which center the insert cup in the proper installed position and secure it against displacements in the plane of the door leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4718143
    Abstract: In an adjustable-height mounting plate for cabinet hinges, the mounting plate has a bottom part which can be fastened directly to a cabinet wall, and a top part provided with means for fastening the supporting arm of a cabinet hinge, the top part being mounted on the bottom part through the medium of interfitted guide means for displacement parallel to the hinge pivot axis and for locking at any desired point. When in the superimposed state, each part has an elongated central section from each of whose opposite sides a wing-like projection extends. In one of the wings of the top part there is provided a slot running in the direction of displacement, through which a clamping screw passes when it is driven into a tap in the bottom part to clamp the two parts together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG. Mobelbeschlagrabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4698877
    Abstract: In a hinge for hanging flush overlap doors, the door-related hinge part which can be mounted on the door is coupled by an articulation mechanism to a carcase-related hinge part in the form of an elongated supporting arm which in turn is secured to a mounting plate fastened to the door-supporting wall of a cabinet carcase. By means of an adjusting screw thrusting against the supporting arm or against the mounting plate and threaded into the mounting plate or supporting arm, as the case may be, an adjustment of the overlap or coverage dimension of the door on the front edge of the supporting wall is possible. The fastening which secures the supporting arm on the mounting plate is in the form of a pivot system with a pivot axis running parallel to the pivot axis of the articulation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG
    Inventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr., Horst Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4653144
    Abstract: A hinge for the hanging of a door, especially an inset or recessed glass door, on the carcase of a piece of furniture has a door-related hinge part which is coupled by a linkage mechanism to a wall-related hinge part which can be fastened to a wall of the carcase. The wall-related part in turn is composed of a mounting component that can be fastened to the wall, and of a link holder which is adjustable in a plane at right angles to the hinge pivot axis with respect to the mounting component and can be locked on the latter at selectable positions. The mounting component has a bracket arm projecting from a mounting plate that can be fastened to the wall and has an essentially arcuate mounting surface convexly curved with respect to the wall, on which a complementarily arcuate mounting surface of the link holder can be fastened at selectable relative positions within a particular adjustment range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4653937
    Abstract: On a guide for drawers and other such furniture parts, having a guide rail which can be fastened to the wall of a cabinet, and a runner rail which can be fastened to the drawer, these rails being displaceable relative to one another by means of at least one wheel mounted on the front end of the guide rail and at least one wheel mounted on the rear end of the runner rail, an approximately rectangular adjuster is disposed on the front end of the guide rail in contact with the runner rail and is held displaceably and removably on the vertical web of the guide rail. The adjuster has on its side facing the flange of the runner rail a ramp surface which, by the displacement of the adjuster, can be brought to bear against the confronting edge of the runner flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4642846
    Abstract: The cabinet hinge mounting plate can be fastened to a cabinet wall by means of screws passing through openings provided in it in the form of slots. The slots are configured such that the screws associated with each of them, which are threaded only on a portion of their length but have an unthreaded section adjacent the screw head, will be held temporarily by their threaded portion in a central position in the length of the slot, but when they are driven all the way in they will be displaceable lengthwise of the slot. The slots have in the area of their central portion projections protruding each toward the opposite slot edge for the purpose of holding the crests of the threads of the associated fastening screws. At their upper side facing the head of the screws the slots are provided with a rebate which is engaged by a centering section of the screw, which is formed in the transition between the head and the shaft of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4641393
    Abstract: The supporting arm of a cabinet hinge is adjustably mounted on a mounting plate to be attached to the supporting wall of a cabinet and has at its cabinet-internal end an open-ended longitudinal slot through which passes a screw fastening it to the mounting plate. A setscrew is threaded in a tap situated adjacent the front or outer end of the supporting arm and has at its bottom end adjacent the mounting plate a holding head in the form of a spherical body having a circumferential annular groove formed in rotational symmetry with the longitudinal axis of the setscrew. The holding head is inserted into an open-ended longitudinal groove having a narrow mouth, the cross section of the groove being substantially complementary to the cross section of the holding head in a plane in the longitudinal axis of the setscrew, so that the holding head is accommodated so as to be longitudinally displaceable in the longitudinal groove but secured against lifting out of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4622716
    Abstract: The door-related part of a cabinet hinge is in the form of a cup insert having a cup part which can be sunk flush into a recess in the back of a door. On the upper, free margin of the cup part a fastening flange integral therewith extends symmetrically with the longitudinal central axis on opposite sides of the latter, against the back of the door. From the bottom of the fastening flange projects a fastening stud engaged in a bore in the door adjacent the recess. This fastening stud is provided adjacent its free end with a knife-edged projection. Due to a special configuration, the fastening stud can be introduced into its corresponding bore in a canted position when the cup is installed. By a final rocking of the cup from the canted position in which it was inserted to the intended installed position, the knife-edged projection is forced into the wall of the bore receiving the fastening stud and positively locks the fastening stud against withdrawal from the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Gerhard Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4615074
    Abstract: Four-joint cabinet hinge of increased opening angle. In a four-joint cabinet hinge (10) with an opening angle of more than 105.degree. the cup (14) that is provided as the door-related part and is to be fastened in a recess in the back of a corresponding door leaf is manufactured by the punch-press method from thin sheet steel. Different possibilities are described for the configuration and mounting of short pivot pins projecting from the inside wall of the cup and serving for the pivoting of the outer hinge link (16) on the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr., Gerhard Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4615072
    Abstract: A cabinet hinge having a supporting arm (24) which is adjustably mounted on a mounting plate (22) which can be fastened on the supporting wall (20) of a cabinet. The arm has a longitudinal slot (30) which is open at its cabinet-interior end and through which passes a mounting screw driven into the mounting plate (22). A headless screw (38) is driven into a tap provided nearer to the outer end of the supporting arm, and a holding block in the form of a ball (42) is provided at the bottom end of the headless screw. The holding ball is pushed into a narrow-mouthed, open-ended slot (44) that is provided in the mounting plate, which holds the ball securely against lifting while permitting it to be displaced longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4611957
    Abstract: A fixture for the adjustable mounting of board-like furniture parts on the work table of a drilling machine. Underneath the drilling head of the machine, backstop rails which project slightly above the supporting surface of the work table are disposed in alignment with one another and longitudinally displaceably at equal distances on opposite sides of a longitudinal central plane. The ends of a threaded spindle are threaded into the ends of the backstop rails adjacent the drilling head, the threaded spindle being provided on each half with contrary threads of equal pitch. The threaded spindle is mounted rotatably but in a longitudinally undisplaceable manner on the work table. Cursors are longitudinally displaceable on the upper sides of the backstop rails and can be fixed at given uniform distances on the associated backstop rail, and each bears a stop which is biased to a position projecting toward the surface of the work table, and which can be retracted into the cursor against the bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4584738
    Abstract: The supporting-wall-related part of the hinge is composed of a bottom piece and a top piece borne on the bottom piece and displaceable relative to the latter, horizontally into and out of the carcass interior. One of the link arms of the crosslink mechanism is directly pivotable on the front end of the top piece, i.e., the doorleaf end thereof, and one end of a lever is articulated on its rearward end portion pointing into the carcass interior while its other end is articulated to the rearward end of the other link arm. On the end of the lever that is articulated to the top piece a gear segment is formed, which meshes through an opening in the top piece with a rack provided on the bottom piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Reinhard Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4549831
    Abstract: A joining hardware set for the releasable joining of the back wall of a cabinet to the carcass walls thereof. The hardware set has a back wall-related component in the form of an elongated case open at the bottom, which can be affixed to the back wall, and a carcass-related component which is covered by the back wall-related component when the latter is properly installed and which can be fastened to the carcass wall, the carcass-related component having a sloping engagement surface. A tightening means in the form of a circularly or spirally defined disk is journaled at a point offset from the axis of rotation, and its circumferential surface is a tightening surface which slopes at an angle complementary to the engagement surface of the top section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4517706
    Abstract: Cabinet hinge having a supporting arm which can be snapped onto the mounting plate. The supporting arm (16) of the hinge is adjustably fastened to the mounting plate (14) that is previously mounted on the supporting wall (12) of a cabinet, and it has a slot (34) which is open at the end remote from the hinge articulation or is provided with an enlarged pass-through opening to admit the head (38) of a mounting screw (40) driven into the mounting plate (14). The mounting plate (14) is provided with a spring catch (wire spring 72) projecting beyond its lateral surface and associated with an abutment on the confronting inside surface of the supporting arm (16). The position of this abutment with respect to the tip (78) of the spring catch is selected such that the tip engages the abutment as soon as the shank of the mounting screw (40) reaches the area of transition from the slot (34) to the pass-through opening (36) or open end, as the case may be, of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4509882
    Abstract: A clamping fastener (12) having two substantially cylindrical insert bodies (18, 20) each having a flat extending parallel to the central axis of the cylindrical body. The cylindrical bodies are respectively insertable into a complementary recess (16) provided in the moldings (10) to be connected and cutting through the meeting surface of the respective molding. A coupling bar (26) protruding from the flat of one insert body (20) protrudes into an opening (28) in the flat of the other insert body (18). The coupling bar is adapted to be pulled into the opening (28) by an eccentric fastening device in such a way that the meeting surfaces (14) of the moldings (10) to be connected, are pulled towards each other and are tightened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4506409
    Abstract: A single-pivot cabinet hinge (10) for hanging doors has a cup (12) which can be fastened in a gain in the back of a door (16) and in which there is journaled one end of a pivot arm (24) whose other end bears a fastening plate (28) having a slot (30) engaged by a projection (60) of a mounting element (34) which can be fastened to the carcass of the cabinet. The fastening plate is displaceable on the mounting element (34) under the guidance of the projection and can be fixed at selectable positions by means of a fastening screw (50) which can be driven into the projection. The projection in turn is continuously adjustable in the mounting element (34) at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the slot and likewise fixable at selectable positions, so that the pivot arm together with the door cup is adjustable relative to the mounting element, and therefore a door hung by the hinge on a cabinet carcass is adjustable relative to the cabinet carcass, in coordinate directions at right angles to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Gerhard W. Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4499631
    Abstract: Furniture hinge (10) in the form of a four-joint hinge whose door-related part constructed as a recess-mounting cup (12) is pivotingly coupled by a four-joint mechanism formed by two hinge links (14;16) to a carcass-related hinge part which can be fastened to the carcass of a cabinet. One of the hinge links (14) is wider than the other hinge link (16) and, in the area between its ends, the wider hinge link (14) has an opening (38) whose width is equal to or greater than the width of the narrower hinge link (16). Therefore, when the hinge is in the open state, a portion between the ends of the narrower hinge link (16) can enter into the opening (38) in the wider hinge link (14), so that a larger opening angle is achieved than in the case of conventional four-joint hinges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventor: Gerhard W. Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4500140
    Abstract: A slide for drawers and the like, to be provided in pairs on opposite sides of a drawable furniture part and an associated carcass wall. It has a profiled cabinet rail (26) to be connected to the carcass wall (14) and a drawer rail (18) to be connected to the drawer. At the front end of the cabinet rail and at the rear end of the drawer rail there is rotatably journaled a roller (32;24) running on the drawer and cabinet rail respectively. An adjusting key (34) is longitudinally displaceably arranged at the cabinet rail and rests against the drawer rail. The connection of the key at the cabinet rail is such that, upon longitudinal displacement, a displacement component transverse to the drawing direction is superimposed on it, whereby an adjustment of the transverse play of the drawer between the carcass walls is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr., Horst Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4449689
    Abstract: A hanger which can be fastened to the back wall of a cabinet which is to be mounted on a wall, such as a cupboard or the like, having a casing in which a hook member is adjustably disposed, which has a hook for attachment to a hook or rail provided on the wall. The casing is in the form of a substantially rectangular, shallow box between whose upright sides, a cam holder for holding a cam and the hook member is articulated on a horizontal axis and can be fixed at selected angular positions. The hook member is disposed in the cam holder for displacement in vertical direction. A cam is rotatably mounted in the cam holder and has a spiral groove which is engaged by a projection of the hook member. By rotating the cam, the hook member can be adjusted upwardly or downwardly relative to the mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, Mobelbeschlagfabrik
    Inventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Gerd Viniol
  • Patent number: 4422214
    Abstract: Over-center hinge for a cabinet door, having a supporting-wall-related part which can be fastened to the supporting wall of a cabinet, and a door-related part joined pivotingly to the supporting-wall-related part by a linkage mechanism and constructed as a plug-in cup. In the peripheral wall of the cup a tongue biased toward the interior of the cup by a compression spring is mounted for pivoting over a given angle. On its contour surface projecting slantingly into the interior of the cup a contact surface provided in the area of the linkage end of the supporting-wall-related part, slides during a portion of the opening and closing movement between the hinge closed position and dead center position and urges the door into the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG
    Inventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager