Patents Assigned to Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
  • Patent number: 4956956
    Abstract: A connector for connecting two structural elements in an endwise manner includes a pair of fitment members to be mounted on respective of the structural elements, a tie anchor and associated clamping structure for applying a pulling force to the fitment members in a first direction to clamp the fitment members together, and adjusting structure for adjusting the relative positions of the fitment members in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Friedrich Maier, Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4955160
    Abstract: A guide rail assembly for a drawer includes, for each side of the drawer, a supporting rail on the side of an article or body of furniture and a pull-out rail slideably mounted on the supporting rail. The load of the drawer is transmitted by means of cylindrical runner rollers and/or balls. The runner rollers or balls are arranged substantially in a horizontal plate and adjacently mounted in carriages. The supporting rail has a guide flange with a U-shaped channel and outwardly projecting horizontal marginal flanges extending from both sides thereof. Central runner rollers roll in the U-shaped channel, and lateral runner rollers roll on the marginal flanges. The pull-out rail embraces the supporting rail. The pull-out rail has on each side thereof an outwardly projecting horizontal running flange which is spaced from the upper and lower edges of the pull-out rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4953991
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for drawers in which there is arranged, on each side of the drawer, a pull-out rail on the side of the drawer and a supporting rail on the side of the body. Slides or rollers which are for example mounted in a carriage are mounted between the rails. The supporting rails are in longitudinal direction divided into a mounting member fastenable to the furniture side wall and a running member. The mounting member is adapted to be coupled to the running member. A horizontal flange of the running member is at the rear end pushed below a hook which is bent out from a horizontal flange of the mounting member. A positioning pin for the running member is provided at the front end of the supporting rail. The positioning pin has the form of a hook. A slide is mounted at the mounting member and presses the running member towards the rear in the push-in direction of the drawer and underneath the projection of the positioning pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4952074
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for drawers comprising a pull-out rail fastened to the drawer, a supporting rail fastened to the body of the piece of furniture and a center rail differentially running between said two rails on each side of the drawer. Running carriages which hold load-transmitting running rollers are arranged between said rails. Driving rollers which run on the supporting rails and on the pull-out rails are mounted on the center rails. The center rails have Z-profiles, and the supporting rails and the pull-out rails have U-profiles which are substantially half-covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4938609
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for a drawer includes, at each side of the drawer, a supporting rail on the side of the body of an article of furniture, a pull-out rail fastened to the drawer and a center rail running between such two rails. Near its rear end the pull-out rail is provided with a stop member pushing against a runner roller of the center rail, when the drawer is being pulled out. To prevent the stop member from being lifted over the runner roller when the drawer is extracted in a rough manner, a slide member is provided above the stop member in a running flange of the pull-out rail. Such slide member, depending on its position, prevents or allows the pull-out rail to be lifted from the runner roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4937917
    Abstract: A hinge, in particular a one-axle hinge, includes a hinge arm mountable to a furniture wall and at least one hinge casing which is on the side of a door. The hinge casing is linked to the hinge arm and an inner coupling member insertable therein. A clamping screw holds the coupling member. The coupling member is lockable in the hinge casing by a locking member which is a spring or has spring acting parts or which is acted upon by a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4923321
    Abstract: A fitting for releasably connecting two plate-shaped furniture parts meeting at a right angle includes a bolt anchorable in a dowel casing in a furniture part and having a head acted upon by an eccentric bushing which is mounted without an axle in the other furniture part. The bolt is anchored in the dowel casing by a disc which is held in the dowel casing for displacement in a plane transverse or vertical to the bolt. The dowel casing has at a side thereof facing the other furniture part an opening which is of greater size than the diameter of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Ulrich Kriz
  • Patent number: 4914782
    Abstract: A wide-angle hinge for furniture doors, comprising a hinge boss fittable into a door wing and a hinge arm fastenable to a furniture side wall. The hinge boss and the hinge arm are connected to each other by means of hinge links which cross in a scissor-like manner. The latter-mentioned are provided with a locking means which is insurpassable, when the hinge is opened, but removable. The locking means is formed by a bracket fitted onto one of the hinge links which cross in a scissor-like manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Helmut Rupprechter
  • Patent number: 4910916
    Abstract: A sliding door fitting includes at least two superjacently arranged guide rails each having a pivot member which is displaceable thereon and at which a door is mounted. Each pivot member includes a running plate which is provided on one side with rollers in the manner of a running carriage. A mounting plate for a hinge is mounted on the other side of the running plate, the hinge thus being movable along the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4911509
    Abstract: A drawer includes metal drawer side walls, with a rail member arranged above each drawer side wall. A lateral top member is clamped onto each rail member and abuts on the upper rim of the inner side of the drawer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein
  • Patent number: 4908907
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm adapted to be snapped onto a mounting plate. The front of the hinge arm is directly or by an intermediate member indirectly engageable into the mounting plate, and the rear of the hinge arm has a tilting lever at which a hook member is formed by which the tilting lever is lockable to the mounting plate. When a door is mounted to the body of an article of furniture, the hinge arm can be engaged into the mounting plate and then fastened thereto simply by applying pressure. Canting of the hinge arm at the mounting plate is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4895417
    Abstract: A drawer side wall of aluminum includes a vertical flange forming the lateral limitation of a drawer, a lower fastening flange for attachment of the bottom of the drawer and an upper horizontal running flange for a supporting roller to be mounted on the body of an article of furniture. At the front end of the drawer side wall, the vertical flange has formed therein a deformation positioned below an oblique or inclined portion of the running flange. The profile of the side wall of aluminum is injection molded or extruded. After such operation, the front end of the vertical flange of the drawer side wall is impressed to form the deformation, and thus, the horizontal flange is bent upwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4888853
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm adapted to be snapped onto a mounting plate. The front of the hinge arm is directly or by an intermediate member indirectly engageable into the mounting plate, and the rear of the hinge arm has a tilting lever at which a hook member is formed by which the tilting lever is lockable to the mounting plate. When a door is mounted to the body of an article of furniture, the hinge arm can be engaged into the mounting plate and then fastened thereto simply by applying pressure. Canting of the hinge arm at the mounting plate is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4882808
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm adapted to be snapped onto a mounting plate. The front of the hinge arm is directly or by an intermediate member indirectly engageable into the mounting plate, and the rear of the hinge arm has a tilting lever at which a hook member is formed by which the tilting lever is lockable to the mounting plate. When a door is mounted to the body of an article of furniture, the hinge arm can be engaged into the mounting plate and then fastened thereto simply by applying pressure. Canting of the hinge arm at the mounting plate is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4875747
    Abstract: A drawer has metal drawer side walls including vertical flanges which form the lateral limitations of the drawer. The drawer side walls have at their lower sides horizontal respective flanges on which a bottom plate, e.g. of chip board, abuts. Punched from the horizontal flanges of the drawer side walls are a number of flaps which project into continuous grooves of the bottom plate which extend parallel to the lateral edges thereof. In the longitudinal direction of the drawer side wall, the flaps at each side are aligned obliquely to the respective groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Helmut Hollenstein
  • Patent number: 4875746
    Abstract: A drawer includes a bottom plate engaged with two metal drawer side walls each having a Z-shaped profile including upper and lower horizontal flanges. The bottom plate is positioned on the lower horizontal flanges of the drawer side walls. On each side of the drawer, a sealing member of plastics material is arranged between the bottom plate and the respective drawer side wall. Each sealing member has a covering lip for covering the gap between the bottom plate and the drawer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4874212
    Abstract: A device for fastening a drawer front plate to a drawer metal drawer side wall having in a front end thereof a recess includes a block having a groove and fastened to the front plate by dowels. The drawer side wall is insertable into the groove. An adjustment plate which is held in the block projects into the recess of the drawer side wall. The drawer side wall has a slot which is disposed behind the recess and into which engages a projection protruding from a side wall of the block. An adjustment plate which abuts with the upper and lower edges of the recess in the side wall is arranged in the groove of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4872735
    Abstract: A drawer includes two metal frames, a front member, a rear wall and a bottom member. At each side at the rear of the drawer there is arranged one runner roller for a pull-out guide and which is mounted on a separate roller carrier. A flange of the roller carrier, the height of which corresponds to the height of the drawer frame and the width of which corresponds to the thickness of the rear wall, extends between the side edge of the rear wall and the drawer frame and is laterally adapted to the contour of the drawer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4850659
    Abstract: A fastening device for adjustably mounting each side of a front plate of a drawer includes a supporting part fastened to a respective side wall at each side of the drawer. A holding part is fastened, for example by means of screws, to the respective side of the drawer and engages the supporting part. A spring, preferably a leaf spring, is depth-adjustably mounted on each supporting part by means of an eccentric, the holding part engaging such spring by means of a hook. The holding part has a rearwardly open horizontal slot into which fits another eccentric which is mounted on the supporting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: D302821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Dietmar Blum