Patents by Inventor Erich Rock

Erich Rock has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4749243
    Abstract: A drawer has lateral drawer frames of injection molded plastics to which are fastened pull-out rails rolling on runner rollers at the sides of the body of an article of furniture. Slides are arranged at the rear sides of the drawer frames and at the pull-out rails. The slides engage the supporting rails at the side of the body and are movable therealong. The slides are inserted into the drawer frames from the rear thereof and have projections which engage in recesses of the respective drawer frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4741583
    Abstract: A fastening device for adjustably mounting a drawer front plate, a includes a suppporting part arranged at each side of the drawer and having a fastening flange aligned vertically to the front plate and a holding flange aligned parallel to the front plate. The holding flanges extend at angles with respect to the fastening flanges. Holding parts are fastened to the front plate by means of screws. The holding parts include hooks that are engageable into the holding flanges. A tightening member is held at each supporting part. The tightening members are pressable against the holding parts and thus provide a bracing engagement between the holding parts and the supporting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4728200
    Abstract: An extension pull-out guide assembly for each side of a drawer includes a pull-out rail fastened to the drawer, a supporting rail on each side of a furniture body and a center rail arranged between the pull-out rail and the supporting rail. A runner roller is mounted on the center rail. The supporting rail has stop members for the runner roller of the center rail to limit the extracting movement of the center rail. The stop members hold the runner roller of the center rail in clamping arrangement between a first passable stop member that can be overrun and a second unpassable stop member. Thus, unintentional displacement of the center rail in the extracted position towards the front as well as towards the rear is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Felix Schwarzler
  • Patent number: 4703982
    Abstract: A drawer is subdivided by means of rod-like or frame-like separating members. The separating members extend from side wall to side wall of the drawer. Slide members, each having an arm projecting from the separating member, are arranged on the separating members. Two slide members together form a cruciform part or shape. The separating members are slideable in the drawer and have releaseable clamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Felix Schwarzler
  • Patent number: 4700994
    Abstract: A drawer is covered by a furniture door which is mounted on the side wall of a piece of furniture. The drawer has a front plate which is fastened to two drawer side walls. Caps which are pushed onto the front ends of the drawer side walls cover the side walls and parts of the front plate. The caps can have holding members for rail members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein
  • Patent number: 4697946
    Abstract: Furniture connectors are provided to connect the front plate of a drawer with the drawer side walls and rail members. A slide member which holds a holding bolt is provided in each furniture connector. A spring engages the slide member to pivot the slide member about an axle eccentrically arranged in a housing of the furniture connector and in a radial plane of the housing which is designed like a dowel casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein
  • Patent number: 4691408
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a hinge arm having a U-shaped profile and being pushable onto a mounting plate. The hinge arm and the mounting plate have lateral projections and recesses which engage one another. The hinge arm can be locked from movement in the direction of displacement by a resilient steel member which is held at the hinge arm by an eccentric for achieving adjustment of the hinge arm in the direction of the depth of the article of furniture. The steel member is formed as an intermediate element which fully supports the hinge arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4692035
    Abstract: An extension pull-out guide assembly for a drawer includes a supporting rail on the side of the furniture body, a center rail and a pull-out rail on each side of the drawer. The supporting rail has one or two resilient stops of resilient material and a rigid stop which cannot be overrun by a roller of the center rail. A lower horizontal flange of the supporting rail is provided at the outer edge thereof with a vertical flange. An opening is provided in the vertical flange in front of rigid stop. When the center rail is extracted from the supporting rail, the roller is first held by the resilient stop. When the roller is moved past the resilient stop, it comes to rest against the rigid stop. Thus, the center rail cannot be extracted unintentionally from the supporting rail. The roller may, however, be laterally moved through the opening, such that the center rail can be released from the supporting rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Felix Schwarzler
  • Patent number: 4686769
    Abstract: A marking gauge the allows exact drilling of the fastening holes for a mounting plate of a hinge and for a hinge casing. The marking gauge has an open slot at its rear and a screw in its center. The marking gauge is thus engageable on the mounting plate, and a bore for the hinge casing can be marked at a recess. When reversed, the marking gauge is insertable into a bore for the hinge casing so that the bores for the mounting plate can be marked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter
  • Patent number: 4680830
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm having a U-shaped profile. The hinge arm is adjustably held on a mounting plate by a self-resilient member formed, of sheet steel. The member is also adjustably held on the hinge arm and embraces the mounting plate at both sides from above. Clamp portions of the sheet steel member engage in lateral grooves of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4654932
    Abstract: A hinge for an article of furniture includes a hinge arm which is fastenable to a mounting plate and adjustable when it has been anchored to the mounting plate. The hinge arm is held at the mounting plate by means of push button-like bolts. Such bolts may be designed as part of an intermediate member or directly as joint- and depth adjustment screws and be mounted directly in the hinge arm. A leg spring or a slide acted upon by a leg spring is mounted in the mounting plate to hold the bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4641394
    Abstract: A hinge for a door of an article of furniture includes a hinge arm connected with a hinge casing by two hinge links. A closing mechanism includes a leg spring and a pressure member which is pivotally mounted at the hinge arm on an axle of the outer of the two hinge links and presses on a cam member which is mounted on the inner of the two hinge links. The leg spring has legs opposed to the pressure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4641396
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a hinge arm which is connected with a hinge casing by way of two hinge links. One hinge link is mounted in the hinge casing by a through pin. The other hinge link is mounted in the hinge casing by two first journals which are part of two U-shaped axle members which also have second journals. The axle members are positioned with respect to each other in a mirror image manner. The two second journals are held by at least one holding flange which is punched out from the hinge casing and which has two sides connected to the hinge casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4604769
    Abstract: A hinge which is to be secured to the frame of a piece of furniture includes a mounting body and an intermediate member and a hinge arm adjustably connected to the mounting body. An adjusting screw is mounted in the intermediate member, is aligned perpendicularly to a hinge axle of the hinge and extends in a plane which is parallel to the closing plane of the door of the piece of furniture. The adjusting screw has a bolt portion of reduced diameter defining a recess into which extends a projection of the mounting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle, Helmut Rupprechter
  • Patent number: 4601522
    Abstract: In a pull-out guide assembly for drawers there are arranged at each side of the drawer a supporting rail at the side of the body and a pull-out rail at the side of the drawer. A roller carrier with rollers is mounted between the rails at each side. The supporting rail on one side of the drawer is rigidly fastened to the furniture side wall, while the supporting rail on the other side is mounted resiliently. The rails laterally support the rollers. Thus, lateral clearance of the drawer is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4596062
    Abstract: A hinge has a catch mechanism including a pressure spring which is arranged in a bush member of plastic material. When the hinge is closed the pressure spring acts through the bush member on a hinge link. A steel pin has a head which rests against a hinge link axle and is provided within the pressure spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4595245
    Abstract: A fastening device for adjustably fastening a front plate to a drawer includes holding parts arranged at the left and right sides of the front plate and engageable by means of screws into supporting parts secured to respective guide rails of the drawer. Flaps are pivotally mounted on the supporting parts and extend vertically to the front plate. Upper ends of the supporting parts are connected to the flaps by means of the screws. When the flaps are pivoted, the inclination of the front plate thereby is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4589710
    Abstract: A device fastens front plates of drawers such that adjustment of the position of the front plate is possible. At each side of the drawer is provided a supporting member engaged with a holding member which is fastened to the front plate. To facilitate lateral adjustment of the front plate, the lower side of the holding member at only one side of the drawer is provided with an adjusting screw for the lateral adjustment of the front plate, while the holding member on the other side is laterally free and has a stop flap for limiting the vertical adjustment of the front plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4583261
    Abstract: A hinge is mountable on the frame of a cabinet and includes a base plate, an intermediate part and a hinge arm. The intermediate part is held in slide grooves in the base plate, and the intermediate part and the hinge arm are held together by a screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4579474
    Abstract: A device for joining furniture panels includes a dowel casing with a holding member for holding the head of a screw or the like when the latter is inserted into the dowel casing. The dowel casing is insertable into a hole in one panel and the screw is to be screwed into another panel. The dowel casing is a one-part casing open at the bottom or inserted end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein