Patents by Inventor Markus Albrecht

Markus Albrecht 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: 9648950
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the device which is fitted to an item of furniture the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure under the action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, wherein in the case of a movement of the movable furniture part in the closing direction a charging procedure of the force accumulator is performed, and wherein the force accumulator by way of a coupling installation couples to an ejector so as to eject the movable furniture part. The coupling installation includes a lever assembly designed in such a manner that a force for the charging procedure of the force accumulator, which is introduced at the ejector, by means of the lever assembly is transmitted in a geared manner to the force accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9648951
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the fitted device the furniture part under the action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, and wherein the device has a locking assembly for locking a tensioned position of the force accumulator, in which the force accumulator is charged for the opening movement of the furniture part, wherein the tensioned position is unlockable. A locking member of the locking assembly, and a movable lever of the device, which is coupled to the force accumulator, are present in an interacting manner such that in the locked tensioned position of the force accumulator, the locking member assumes a locking position, and the lever assumes a standby position in which cancelling of the standby position of the lever is blocked by the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Tino Fellner, Filip Rihtarec
  • Publication number: 20170049235
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the fitted device the furniture part under the action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, and wherein the device has a locking assembly for locking a tensioned position of the force accumulator, in which the force accumulator is charged for the opening movement of the furniture part, wherein the tensioned position is unlockable. A locking member of the locking assembly, and a movable lever of the device, which is coupled to the force accumulator, are present in an interacting manner such that in the locked tensioned position of the force accumulator, the locking member assumes a locking position, and the lever assumes a standby position in which cancelling of the standby position of the lever is blocked by the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus ALBRECHT, Tino FELLNER, Filip RIHTAREC
  • Publication number: 20170049236
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the device which is fitted to the item of furniture the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure under the action of the force accumulator by way of an ejector is capable of being put in an opening position. According to the present invention, a coupling assembly which in the case of the charging procedure of the force accumulator is effective between the ejector and the force accumulator is provided, and that the ejector is designed in a manner that the latter in the region of the end of the path thereof in the case of the opening procedure by way of a switch element couples to the coupling assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Filip RIHTAREC, Markus ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20170049233
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the device which is fitted to an item of furniture the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure under the action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, wherein in the case of a movement of the movable furniture part in the closing direction a charging procedure of the force accumulator is performed, and wherein the force accumulator by way of a coupling installation couples to an ejector so as to eject the movable furniture part. The coupling installation includes a lever assembly designed in such a manner that a force for the charging procedure of the force accumulator, which is introduced at the ejector, by means of the lever assembly is transmitted in a geared manner to the force accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20170049232
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a basic component on which a force accumulator is present such that the movable furniture part under the action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction of the movable furniture part. A separate cover component, configured so as to match the basic component, of the device is present, which cover component covers the basic component, wherein connection means on the cover component are configured in such a manner that integration of the device on a counter portion on the item of furniture and/or the guide means is arrangeable using the connection means which are present on the cover component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Filip RIHTAREC, Markus ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20170049229
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator, such that the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure under the action of the force accumulator is moved in the opening direction, wherein in the case of movement of the movable furniture part in the closing direction a charging procedure of the force accumulator is performed by a transmission of force from the ejector by a coupling installation to the force accumulator. The coupling installation comprises a guide lever, a connection element, and a tension lever, in that the connection element and the tension lever are disposed on the guide lever in such a manner that in the case of the charging procedure of the force accumulator a geared up transmission of the force of the ejector is performed by way of the coupling installation to the force accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20170049234
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, including a force accumulator such that by way of the fitted device the furniture part under action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction of the furniture part, wherein in a tensioned position of the force accumulator the force accumulator is charged for the opening movement of the furniture part. The device has a locking assembly having a displaceable locking member for locking the tensioned position of the force accumulator, wherein the locking member in the tensioned position assumes a locking position which is unlockable. The locking member in the case of an unlocking procedure is movable from the locking position in a releasing direction, wherein a transmission installation by way of which a movement of the locking member is transmittable to a functional unit which is spaced apart from the locking member is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus ALBRECHT, Stefan BAUR
  • Publication number: 20170049228
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the device which is fitted to an item of furniture the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure by action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, wherein in the case of a movement of the movable furniture part in the closing direction, a charging procedure of the force accumulator is performed, wherein a front gap between the movable furniture part and the basic furniture structure is configured on the item of furniture in a closed state of the movable furniture part, wherein the front gap is adjustable by way of an adjustment assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20170051547
    Abstract: A device for opening and closing a movable furniture part such as a drawer, door or shutter, includes a push-out unit having at least one push-out element and a rechargeable energy storage element connected to the push-out element via a coupler, such that when the movable furniture part is pushed a specified or definable distance into the energy storage element, stored energy can be made available as kinetic energy in order to eject the movable furniture part. The coupler comprises a lever system with a plurality of levers connected to each other in an articulated manner via levers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Markus ALBRECHT
  • Patent number: 9067224
    Abstract: A nozzle arrangement for applying coating material in cavities of objects, in particular of vehicle bodies, comprises a nozzle element, which can be connected to a material source and comprises a first discharge opening and at least one further discharge opening, by way of which coating material can be discharged. With a directing device, the flow path of the coating material from the material source can be set in such a way that the flow path leads optionally to the first discharge opening and/or to the at least one further discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: EISENMANN AG
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Frank Hamscher
  • Publication number: 20140245953
    Abstract: A system for coating articles which includes a coating booth, a conveyor system, which guides the articles through the coating booth, and at least one application unit, which is carried and guided by a handling device. A central supply unit having a tank for storing CO2 in liquid or solid form and which is able to remove CO2 from the tank and supply it at a suitable pressure to a collecting line connected to at least one cleaning apparatus, which includes at least one nozzle of suitable design for delivering CO2 for cleaning purposes. Under program control a relative movement between the nozzle and the application unit is induced, such that all surfaces of the application unit to be cleaned can be reached by CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: EISENMANN AG
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Frank Tietze
  • Patent number: 8366218
    Abstract: The invention relates to an item of furniture and a device for detachably mounting a furniture part on a guide unit, by means of which the furniture part is accommodated on a furniture body so as to be displaceable, and the guide unit includes a body rail that is associated with the furniture body and a movement rail that is associated with the furniture part. A mounting mechanism is present and includes an attachment part, which is mountable on the guide unit and is adjustable from a pre-assembly state mounted on the guide unit into a final assembly state, in which the furniture part is mountable on the guide unit in the intended manner by means of the mounting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Janzen, Markus Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20120234234
    Abstract: A nozzle arrangement for applying coating material in cavities of objects, in particular of vehicle bodies, comprises a nozzle element, which can be connected to a material source and comprises a first discharge opening and at least one further discharge opening, by way of which coating material can be discharged. With a directing device, the flow path of the coating material from the material source can be set in such a way that the flow path leads optionally to the first discharge opening and/or to the at least one further discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: EISENMANN AG
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Frank Hamscher
  • Patent number: 8011743
    Abstract: The invention proposes a device for influencing the movement of furniture parts (1, 2) which can be moved relative to one another, having a movement-influencing unit which comprises an installation housing, in which movement-influencing coupling means are accommodated such that they can be displaced at least in a translatory manner, and having a coupling element, to which the coupling means are connected in the operating state. In order to provide a device which is of space-saving construction and is comparatively straight-forward to install, the movement-influencing unit is designed such that, by virute of a relative movement between the coupling means and the coupling element in a displacement direction of the coupling means, the coupling means can be coupled to the coupling element to produce a connection which has a predeterminable coupling force. Also proposed are a drawer guide and a production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Nussbaumer, Markus Albrecht, Jürgen Amann
  • Publication number: 20110204761
    Abstract: The invention relates to an item of furniture and a device for detachably mounting a furniture part on a guide unit, by means of which the furniture part is accommodated on a furniture body so as to be displaceable, and the guide unit includes a body rail that is associated with the furniture body and a movement rail that is associated with the furniture part. A mounting mechanism is present and includes an attachment part, which is mountable on the guide unit and is adjustable from a pre-assembly state mounted on the guide unit into a final assembly state, in which the furniture part is mountable on the guide unit in the intended manner by means of the mounting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Grass Gmbh
    Inventors: Jörg JANZEN, Markus ALBRECHT
  • Patent number: 7994743
    Abstract: A device is proposed for moving a first furniture part relative to a second furniture part, using a drive unit, by means of which the first furniture part, can be moved in a driven manner relative to the second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed to render the automatic closing inoperative for positioning the first furniture part, in an open position, from which the first furniture part, returns automatically to a closed position after a predetermined closing time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Joerg Janzen, Holger Wenzel
  • Patent number: 7793676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying a paint application device with paint, whereby a determined amount of paint is transported between two scrapers through a scraper line, from a first scraper station which can be connected to a paint supply source, to a second scraper station which can be connected to the paint application device. Said scraper line is cleaned on the return path from the second scraper station to the first scraper station, by a cleaning product which is also transported between the two scrapers. In this way, the scraper line can be cleaned in a reliable manner, with a simple embodiment of the scraper, thus rendering the inventive method especially useful when a color change is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Eisenmann Lacktechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Aydin Ucan
  • Patent number: 7654625
    Abstract: A pull-out slide for drawers, in particular cabinet drawers, with opposing drawer side walls and with or without decoration components has drawer rails that are fastened on the drawer and cabinet rails that are fastened on the cabinet body and a device configured to cooperate with each drawer rail and each cabinet rail to enable a pull-out function of the drawer. A function carrier located at or near the front end of each drawer rail has one or more function elements for taking up, holding and/or connecting parts of the drawer and/or one or more function elements for readying, supporting and/or completing drawer functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Amann, Markus Albrecht, Wolfgang Mueller, Holger Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20090188059
    Abstract: A pig for conveying a working medium inside a feed line comprises a pig body which can be driven inside the feed line by a pushing medium and which has on one front side a projection with a free front surface. The pig also contains at least one first and one second circumferential sealing element arranged on the pig body which are made of elastomeric material and which are at a distance from each other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the pig body and which run coaxial to the longitudinal axis of the pig body. The sealing elements can be pressed against the inner wall of the feed line, in that the working medium or the pushing medium bears against a contact surface of the respective sealing element. The contact surface of the sealing element neighboring the front side with the projection is smaller than the contact surface of the other sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: EISENMANN LACKTECHNICK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Jan Reichler