Patents Assigned to BLUM GmbH
  • Patent number: 9661926
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers has a carcass rail, a drawer rail, and a central rail which is moveably mounted between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. At least one carriage is mounted in a moveable manner between at least two rails of the pull-out guide. A synchronization apparatus avoids running faults of the pull-out guide, and the synchronization apparatus has at least one synchronization wheel which interacts firstly with the one carriage and secondly with a running surface which is arranged on one of the rails. The synchronization wheel is in the form of a gear with two pinions with different diameters. The first pinion and the second pinion are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein, when one pinion moves, the other pinion also moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Friesenecker, Ulrich Greussing
  • Patent number: 9655447
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part has a lockable ejection device for ejecting the movable furniture part from a closed position into an open position. The ejection device can be unlocked by pressing the movable furniture part into an over-pressed position situated behind the closed position in the closing direction. A blocking element is provided which has a blocking position in which the blocking element prevents the unlocking of the ejection device upon reaching the pressed-over position, and which has a release position in which the ejection device can be unlocked upon reaching the pressed-over position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Brunnmayr, Michael Blum
  • Patent number: 9642461
    Abstract: A drive device for a moveable furniture part includes an ejection element, an ejection force accumulator, and a locking device for the ejection element. The locking device has a locking journal which is subjected to action of the ejection force accumulator, and can be locked in a locked position in a region of a catch on a guide rail. The catch area has a locking pin which is fixed with respect to the guide rail. The locking journal which is subjected to the force of the ejection force accumulator is arranged in the catch region such that it can be slowed down and/or dampened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Christof Goetz, Florian Fischer
  • Patent number: 9642462
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a basic-structure rail, which can be fastened on a basic furniture structure, and at least one pull-out rail, which is mounted such that it can be displaced relative to the basic-structure rail between an open position and a closed position. At least one lifting device is provided, by which the pull-out rail can be raised relative to the basic-structure rail towards the end of the closing movement. The lifting device has at least a two-part design, including a raising device, for raising the pull-out rail, and a bearing device, for supporting the pull-out rail in the closed position, and the raising device, in the closed position of the pull-out rail, is relieved of the loading of the pull-out rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Wilfried Violand
  • Patent number: 9631411
    Abstract: An actuator for moving a movable furniture part includes at least one movably mounted actuating member for moving the movable furniture part, a spring device for applying a force to the actuating member, and a setting device by which a force of the spring device that acts on the actuating member can be set. The setting device has a threaded portion and a screw nut mounted adjustably between two end positions, and the force of the spring device acting on the actuating member can be set by adjusting the screw nut along the threaded portion. At least one supporting element is provided which relieves the screw nut in at least one of the two end positions of the force of the spring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Lutz
  • Patent number: 9622578
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part includes an ejection device which can be locked in a locked position, the ejection device being used to move the movable furniture part from a closed position into an open position. The ejection device can be unlocked by pushing the movable furniture part so that the movable furniture part moves into a pushed-in position which is beyond the closed position in a closing direction, this enables the ejection device to move the movable furniture part in an opening direction; and the movable furniture part can also be moved from the closed position into the open position by pulling the movable furniture part, the ejection device remaining in the locked position when opened by pulling. The drive device also includes a coupling device for coupling the drive device to the movable furniture part or to a furniture body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Christof Goetz, Ingo Gasser, Hermann Haemmerle
  • Patent number: 9624709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flap drive system for a flap which is movably mounted on a furniture carcass. The flap drive system is arranged on a sidewall of the furniture carcass. The flap drive system includes a mechanical actuating unit having an actuating arm that can be connected to the flap and an accumulator acting upon the actuating arm, and an electric drive, fastened on the mechanical actuating unit for driving the flap. The electric drive has at least one electric motor, and a gear stage which allows the transmission of force from the electric drive onto the mechanical actuating unit. The gear stage is designed as a separate component, and has a housing that is independent from the mechanical actuating unit and the electric drive or an independent mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Friesenecker, Wolfgang Bohle
  • Patent number: 9596932
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer includes a body rail that is to be attached to a furniture body, a drawer rail that is to be attached to the drawer, and a central rail that is movably mounted between the body rail and the drawer rail. At least one carriage having at least one rolling element is mounted in a movable manner between the central rail and the drawer rail. The at least one rolling element runs on at least one support profile of the central rail, and the at least one support profile is arranged as a separate component on the central rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Ulrich Greussing
  • Patent number: 9532648
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part includes an ejecting element for moving the movable furniture part from a closed position to an open position, an ejection force accumulator that applies force to the ejecting element, and a locking device for locking the ejecting element by a locking element in a locking section. The locking device can be unlocked by overpressing the movable furniture part from the closed position to an overpressing position in the closing direction. The movable furniture part can be moved in the opening direction by the ejection force accumulator and the ejecting element, and the locking device has a pre-locking section for the locking element. The locking element is moved from the pre-locking section into the locking section via a push-through evasion section by pushing the movable furniture part during closing into a push-through position behind the closing position in the closing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Gasser, Michael Blum, Hermann Haemmerle
  • Patent number: 9523228
    Abstract: A damping device with damper is arranged on a first part of a piece of furniture or furniture fitting, operable by a second part of a piece of furniture or furniture fitting thus damping a relative movement of both parts. The damping effect of the damper may be deactivated by a switchable coupling switched by a preferably manually operated switch body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Krammer, Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: 9506283
    Abstract: An actuator, for moving a flap of a furniture item, has a pivotally mounted actuating arm for moving the flap, a spring device for acting on the actuating arm and having a pivoting moment in an opening direction, an adjustment device for adjusting the actuator, wherein the adjustment device comprises a gear mechanism having a first pinion and a crown gear, the crown gear axis of which forms an angle, preferably a right angle, with the pinion axis, wherein the gear mechanism comprises a second pinion, which engages with the same crown gear as the first pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Folie
  • Patent number: 9500015
    Abstract: A drive device for a flap of a piece of furniture including at least one actuating arm which is activated by a spring device and is intended for moving the flap. A pushing-out device can move the flap from the closed position the opening direction toward the open position over a first opening-angle range (M1). The spring device exerts substantially no force on the flap in the first opening-angle range (M1), and the spring device moves the flap in the opening direction only in a second opening-angle range (M2), wherein the second opening-angle range (M2) adjoins the first opening-angle range (M1) or, at most, slightly overlaps the first opening-angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Omann, Wofgang Bohle
  • Patent number: 9498062
    Abstract: An actuating drive for moving a moveable furniture part includes at least one moveably mounted actuating member for moving the moveable furniture part a spring device for subjecting the actuating member to force; and an adjustment device by which a force of the spring device acting on the actuating member can be adjusted. The adjustment device has an adjustment screw having a thread, wherein the force of the spring device acting on the actuating member can be adjusted via a screw nut mounted displaceably along the thread. At least one spring element is provided via which the screw nut can be subjected, at at least one end region of the adjustment screw, to a force directed away from the end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Armin Baldreich, Kurt Haemmerle
  • Patent number: 9464652
    Abstract: A fastening device includes at least one furniture fitting which is pre-assembled on the front panel and has a first connecting element and a second connecting element for fastening the front panel on the drawer and least two intercepting devices, which are assigned to the drawer, wherein the intercepting devices retain the connecting elements automatically when the latter are pushed in. The one intercepting device has at least one movable intercepting element and the second intercepting device has at least one movable retaining Element. At least one locking device for the two intercepting devices prevents the furniture fitting from being released unintentionally from the intercepting devices. At least one unlocking device the two connecting elements of the furniture fitting to be released together from the intercepting devices. The retaining element can be moved independently of the intercepting element of the first intercepting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzapfel, Benjamin Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9464473
    Abstract: An actuator for a flap on an item of furniture includes at least one actuating arm that is mounted to pivot between a closed position and an open position in order to move the flap, a spring device for acting on the actuating arm, and a transmission mechanism for transmitting the force of the spring device onto the actuating arm. An adjustment device allows the transmission mechanism to be shifted between at least two operating positions. In a first operating position, the spring device applies a closing force, in the direction of the closed position, onto the actuating arm which is in an opening position immediately upstream of said closed position. In a second operating position, when said actuating arm is in the aforementioned, immediately-upstream opening position, the spring device exerts a force which acts in the direction of the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Armin Baldreich
  • Patent number: 9456690
    Abstract: A double-walled drawer frame includes an inner wall and an outer wall that can be bonded to each other, preferably with adhesive. The inner wall has an inner wall bonding section, and the outer wall has an outer wall bonding section. The inner wall bonding section and the outer wall bonding section are arranged in the interior of the double-walled drawer frame in the assembly position, and can be bonded to each other for the bonding of the inner wall with the outer wall. The inner wall can be stably fixed in its position relative to the outer wall by a mechanical holding device that can be bonded to the inner wall bonding section and the outer wall bonding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Feuerstein
  • Patent number: 9428950
    Abstract: An arrangement for moving a movable furniture part, in particular a furniture part which is mounted pivotably about an axis, includes at least one ejection device for ejecting the movable furniture part from a closed position into an open position, and the at least one ejection device includes at least one force accumulator. The arrangement further includes a loading device for loading the at least one force accumulator by an opening or closing movement of the movable furniture part. At least one Bowden cable for transmitting force during the loading of the at least one force accumulator is arranged between the at least one ejection device and the loading device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Hansjoerg Braungart
  • Patent number: RE46089
    Abstract: A furniture hinge, comprising a fitting part, a hinge cup that is articulated thereto for fastening to furniture parts, and a cushioning apparatus for cushioning a relative movement between the fitting part and the hinge cup, wherein the cushioning apparatus is disposed in or on the hinge cup, wherein the cushioning apparatus comprises a housing having first fastening means, and second fastening means are disposed on the hinge cup, wherein the housing of the cushioning apparatus can be inserted from above into the hinge cup and in the installed position is disposed substantially completely inside the hinge cup, wherein the housing of the cushioning apparatus and hinge cup can be connected to each other in said installed position by the first and second fastening means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Patent number: D765488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Held
  • Patent number: D767915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Held