Patents Assigned to BLUM GmbH
  • Patent number: 10487554
    Abstract: An actuating drive for moving a movable furniture part includes at least one actuating arm pivotally mounted about a pivoting axis 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 of the spring device to the actuating arm. The transmission mechanism includes an actuating portion motionally coupled to the actuating arm, a setting contour arranged on the actuating portion, and a pressure portion pressurized by the spring device. The pressure portion is displaceable along the setting contour upon a movement of the actuating arm. An adjustment device is provided by which a position of the setting contour relative to the actuating portion can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Lubetz, Malte Schmid
  • Patent number: 10458168
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first hinge portion to be fixed to a furniture carcass, a second hinge portion having a hinge cup to be fixed to a movably-mounted furniture part, a hinge axis connecting the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion, a bearing portion inserted into the hinge cup, the bearing portion including a cavity, and a spring device configured to move the furniture hinge from a predetermined angular position into a fully closed position and/or into a fully open position. A first end region of the spring device is supported on the bearing portion when the bearing portion is inserted into the hinge cup, the cavity being configured to accommodate the spring device. A convex control curve configured to interact from the predetermined angular position towards the fully closed position with the spring device. A pressure portion has a counter contour configured to be pressed against the convex control curve by the spring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Andre Hammerer
  • Patent number: 10428568
    Abstract: An actuating drive for driving a movably mounted furniture part includes an actuating arm connected to the furniture part. The actuating arm is configured to be movable between a first end position and a second end position, and a damper is provided for damping a movement of the actuating arm into the first end position and a movement of the actuating arm into the second end position. The damper performs a damping stroke during the damping, and a coupling mechanism is provided for coupling the actuating arm or an actuating part connectable thereto to the damper when the actuating arm is moved into the two end positions. The coupling mechanism has an actuator for performing the damping stroke of the damper, and the actuator acts on the damper when the actuating arm is moved into the first end position and when the actuating arm is moved into the second end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Patent number: 10415292
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion, a second fitting portion, and a hinge lever connecting the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion. An adjustment screw adjusts a position of the furniture hinge relative to the furniture carcass and/or the movable furniture part, and the adjustment screw is actuable by a screwdriver introduced into a recess. A spring device can move the furniture hinge from a predetermined angular position into a fully closed position and/or a fully open position. A control curve interacts with the spring device from the predetermined angular position into the fully closed position and/or the fully open position, and an intermediate portion allows the spring device to interact with the control curve. The intermediate portion has an opening flush with the recess of the hinge lever, so that the screwdriver can be introduced through the recess and through the opening of the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Andre Hammerer
  • Patent number: 10407962
    Abstract: An actuating drive for moving a flap includes a housing, an actuating arm pivotably mounted on or in the housing for the moving flap, a spring apparatus for applying force to the actuating arm, a transmission mechanism for transmitting a force of the spring apparatus onto the actuating arm, an adjusting apparatus by which a lever geometry of the transmission mechanism and/or the force of the spring apparatus, which force acts on the actuating arm, can be variably adjusted, and a damping apparatus by which a movement of the actuating arm can be damped by a damping power in the event of a damping stroke. The adjusting apparatus is coupled to the damping apparatus by a coupling apparatus, and the position of the damping apparatus relative to the housing, the damping stroke of the damping apparatus, and/or the damping power of the damping apparatus can be variably adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Philip Schluge
  • Patent number: 10405653
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a first drive device for moving a movable furniture part, a second drive device for moving the same movable furniture part, and a synchronization device for synchronizing the two drive devices. The two drive devices can assume different positions during the movement of the movable furniture part. The arrangement also includes a correction device, by which both drive devices can be brought into the same position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Goetz, Bernd Koenig
  • Patent number: 10400493
    Abstract: An arrangement for spreading apart at least two door leaves which are part of an item of furniture and are hingedly interconnected, from a folded position into a spread-apart position, includes an energy accumulator and a spreading element impinged by the energy accumulator. The spreading element comprises a pivotally supported lever arm with a free end, and a control contour is provided for controlling movement of the spreading element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Dominik Gabl
  • Patent number: 10376053
    Abstract: A drawer includes having a drawer side wall, a drawer wall which is produced from a wood material, and having a fitting part (14) which is attached to one of the two end faces of the drawer wall and by which the drawer wall is connected to the drawer side wall. The drawer side wall has a recess for receiving the fitting part, and the drawer wall produced from the wood material, projects into the recess in the drawer side wall by way of that end face which is fitted with the fitting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schallert
  • Patent number: 10362869
    Abstract: A drawer arrangement includes a drawer side wall to be connected to a drawer rail of a drawer pull-out guide, the drawer side wall having a support portion for supporting a drawer bottom, and a drawer pull-out guide having a carcass rail to be fixed to a furniture carcass, a drawer rail to be connected to the drawer side wall, and a central rail displaceable between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. The central rail has a side limb and a transverse limb connected therewith. In the mounted position, the side limb of the central rail, at least over a region, is arranged laterally besides the support portion for the drawer bottom. The transverse limb of the central rail and the carcass rail in the mounted position protrude at least partially below the support portion for the drawer bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Gasser, Herbert Isele, Marc Meusburger, Emanuel Netzer
  • Patent number: 10327548
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a first rail and a second rail displaceable relative to one another, and a running carriage with a rolling body. The running carriage is displaceably arranged between the first rail and the second rail over a travelling path. A limiting element is arranged on the first rail or on the second rail, and the limiting element limits the travelling path of the running carriage. A damping device is arranged on the running carriage for dampening a movement of the running carriage over a damping path when the running carriage abuts against the limiting element. At the end of a maximum damping path of the running carriage, a stop of the first rail and a counterstop of the second rail abut against each other and thereby stop a movement of the second rail relative to the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: 10316565
    Abstract: An ejecting device can eject a cover element movably mounted on a piece of furniture, in particular a folding door or folding/sliding door, from a closed position into an open position. The cover element can be moved at least in a first direction perpendicular to the closing plane, on which the cover element is arranged in the closed position, and in a second direction parallel to the closing plane. The ejecting device includes an energy accumulator, which is to be charged manually by a user, and an ejecting element, on which the energy accumulator acts. The energy accumulator can be charged by moving the cover element substantially in a direction parallel to the closing plane, preferably during an ongoing cover element opening process following the ejection process, particularly preferably immediately following the ejection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Dominik Gabl
  • Patent number: 10251481
    Abstract: A retraction device includes an entrainment member to be releasably coupled to the movable furniture part, and a spring device for applying a force to the entrainment member in a direction opposite to an extension direction of the entrainment member. The spring device can be tensioned in the extension direction of the entrainment member by a spring holder separate from the entrainment member. A coupling device can couple a movement between the entrainment member and the spring holder, and can vary the distance of a fastening location of the spring device relative to the entrainment member as the entrainment member extends in the extension direction. The coupling device includes a control element having a longitudinal axis extending in the extension direction. To vary the distance between the fastening location and the entrainment member, the control element rotates about its longitudinal axis when the entrainment member is extended in the extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Patent number: 10246915
    Abstract: A supporting device for a furniture flap can be connected to a furniture body and a furniture flap in an articulated manner. The supporting device has a first supporting arm and a second supporting arm, and the first and the second supporting arms overlap without a gap laterally with respect to the direction of motion of the supporting device in each position of the supporting device. The first supporting arm and the second supporting arm are profiled in the cross-section and are nested in each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Patent number: 10240375
    Abstract: An article of furniture, comprising a furniture carcass, includes a two-part furniture flap having a first flap part, and a second flap part, and at least one support device for the two-part furniture flap. The at least one support device is connected to the furniture carcass and the two-part furniture flap in an articulated manner. The at least one support device has a transmission portion, which is on an inside of the first flap part and defines a setting angle of the second flap part to the first flap part according to a setting angle of the first flap part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Patent number: 10231541
    Abstract: A drawer side wall having an inner wall and an outer wall which can be connected to the inner wall. A container rail is provided, and the drawer side wall can be connected to the container rail. An upwardly protruding front projection with a device for attachment of a drawer front panel is arranged on the container rail, and the inner wall is directly firmly connected to the container rail in a lower region. The front projection is directly firmly connected, preferably by welding, to the inner wall in an upper region of the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 10227806
    Abstract: An arrangement has a furniture door, in particular a fold-sliding-door, and a chamber-formed cavity for accommodating the furniture door. The arrangement includes a mechanical drive device for moving the furniture door between a countersunk position within the cavity and a position outside of the cavity. The drive device is configured so as to move the furniture door, starting from the countersunk position within the cavity into the position outside of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Gabl
  • Patent number: 10221597
    Abstract: A furniture hinge for pivotally connecting at least two furniture parts to one another includes at least two fastening portions pivotally connected to one another for fastening to the furniture parts, and the fastening portions can be moved relative to each other between a closed position and an open position. A spring device presses the fastening portions into the closed position and/or into the open position, and a damping device dampens a relative movement of the fastening portions. The spring device is integrated into the damping device, and the damping device and the spring device are accommodated within a first and within a second housing portion. The first and second housing portions are displaceably arranged relative to one another for performing the relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: André Hammerer
  • Patent number: D854397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Hammerle
  • Patent number: D859043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Maager
  • Patent number: D864702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Hagspiel