Patents Assigned to BLUM GmbH
  • Arrangement for moving a moveable furniture part
    Patent number: 9386851
    Abstract: An arrangement for moving a moveable furniture part has an ejection device for the ejection of the furniture part from the closed position to a first open position, and the ejection device includes a force accumulator. A loading device loads the force accumulator by a closing movement of the furniture part. The loading of the force accumulator is accomplished by a loading path having an end point, and the force accumulator is fully loaded at the end point of the loading path. The loading path has a variable starting point, and the starting point is defined for a closing movement of the furniture part by the position of the furniture part at the beginning of a closing movement from a second open position which is greater than the first open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Fredi Dubach
  • Ejection device for a movable furniture part
    Patent number: 9375083
    Abstract: A lockable ejection device for a movable furniture part includes an ejection element acting on the movable furniture part in an opening direction, a housing, and a locking element arranged in or on the housing. At least in the closing direction of the movable furniture part, the path of the ejection element in the opening direction can be blocked by the locking element. Both when excess pressure is applied to the movable furniture part from a closed position in the closing direction and when the movable furniture part is pulled from the closed position in the opening direction, the ejection element can be released by the locking element. Both when excess pressure is applied to the movable furniture part and when the movable furniture part is being pulled, the ejection element can be unlocked by a movement of the locking element relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Haemmerle, Katharina Schuller
  • Drawer pull-out guide
    Patent number: 9345324
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drawer pull-out guide (4), comprising a body rail (5) to be fastened to a furniture body (2), an in particular metal drawer rail (7) to be fastened to the drawer (3), and an adjusting device (16) for adjusting the height of the drawer (3) relative to the drawer rail (7), wherein the adjusting device (16) has an adjusting part (19), which is supported so as to be movable along a guiding track (18) to a limited extent in order to adjust the height of the drawer (3), wherein the guiding track (18) is designed as an opening in a leg (7b) of the drawer rail (7) extending vertically in the usage position, wherein the guiding track (18) extends at an angle to the horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Simon Grabherr
  • Positioning device for positioning an ejection device for ejecting a movably mounted part of a piece of furniture
    Patent number: 9316348
    Abstract: A positioning device positions an ejection device for ejecting a movably mounted part of a piece of furniture from a closed end position in relation to a body of a piece of furniture. The ejection device can be fixed in relation to the body of the piece of furniture by an adapter plate. The adapter plate includes at least two guides, one of the guides being respectively connectable to a bearing part fixed to the body. The at least two guides can be used to position the ejection device in at least two different depth positions on or in the body of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Francz
  • Drive device for a movable furniture part
    Patent number: 9295329
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part includes a latching element which is movable in a slotted guide track shaped as a cardioid. The slotted guide track has a closing section in which the latching element moves during the closing of the movable furniture part, a locking section with a latching trough, in which the latching element is held in the locking position, an opening section in which the latching element is movable during the opening of the movable furniture part, and a first connecting section via which the latching element is movable from the opening section into the closing section when the furniture part is open. A second connecting section, which is formed closer to the latching trough, is located between opening section and closing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Brunnmayr, Florian Fischer
  • Drive device for a movable furniture part
    Patent number: 9295328
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part includes a lockable ejection device for ejecting the movable furniture part out of a closed position into an open position. The ejection device can be unlocked by pushing the movable furniture part over into an pushed-over position located behind the closed position in the closing direction. A blocking element is provided, and the blocking element has a first position in which the movable furniture part can be stopped when reaching the closed position, so that the blocking element prevents a further movement of the movable furniture part in the closing direction. The locking element also has a second position in which the path into the pushed-over position for the movable furniture part is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Movable mounting plate for furniture hinges
    Patent number: 9290975
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting device for fixing a furniture hinge, comprising a base plate, which is to be fixed to a furniture part, in particular a lateral wall of a furniture body, and comprising a fixing device for fixing the hinge to the mounting device, preferably in a removable manner. The fixing device is movably mounted on the base plate, said mounting device having a connecting element which is mounted on the base plate in a movable manner via at least one toggle lever and which can be fixed to a hinge part that can be moved during the opening and closing movement of the hinge, wherein the fixing device can be moved relative to the base plate via the toggle lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Fredi Dubach
  • Drive device for a movable furniture part
    Patent number: 9277815
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part includes a lockable ejection device. The ejection device has a force-actuated ejection lever for ejecting the movable furniture part along an ejection section from a closed position into an open position. In the closed position, the ejection lever bears against a locking element in a locking position. By moving the movable furniture part into a pressed-over position situated behind the closed position in the closing direction, the ejection device can be unlocked in that the locking element opens up a first path in the ejection section for the ejection lever. By pulling on the movable furniture part, the ejection device can be brought from the closed position into a pull-unlocking position in front of the closed position in the opening direction so that the ejection lever passes into the ejection section over a second path space apart from the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Piece of furniture with actuating arm arrangement
    Patent number: 9277817
    Abstract: A piece of furniture has an actuating arrangement for a flap of the piece of furniture. An actuating arm arrangement includes a lever arrangement for moving the flap and a main spring that acts in the closing direction (SR) to hold the flap closed. The piece of furniture also has an ejecting device for ejecting the flap in the opening direction (OR) by overpressing the flap in the closing direction (SR). At least one support spring acts in the opening direction (OR) and is separate from the ejecting device, and supports the ejecting motion of the ejecting device. At least in an overpressed closed position (US), the spring forces (A, U) are together greater than the closing force (Z) which acts on the flap and which is provided by the main spring acting in the closing direction (SR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Johannes Blum
  • Drive device for a movable piece of furniture
    Patent number: 9215929
    Abstract: A drive device includes an ejection element, a housing, and a locking element for the ejection element. The locking element is disposed in or on the housing and is movable relative thereto, and a detent element, which is connected to the ejection element and, in the closed position, abuts the locking element. In the locking position, the locking element can block the path of the detent element in the opening direction. The ejection element can be released both when a movable piece of furniture is subjected to increased pressure from a closed position in the closure direction and when the movable piece of furniture is pulled from the closure position in the opening direction. A detection system detects the position of the movable piece of furniture, and a transmission device transmits the position of the movable piece of furniture detected by the detection system to the locking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Drive device for a movable furniture part
    Patent number: 9211007
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part, with a housing, an ejecting slide which is mounted movably in or on the housing and is intended for ejecting the movable furniture part from a closed position in the opening direction, a draw-in slide which is movable relative to the housing and is intended for drawing the movable furniture part from an open position into the closed position, and a latching element which is mounted movably on the ejecting slide and via which the ejecting slide is locked to the housing at least in the closed position, wherein the draw-in slide is coupleable to the ejecting slide via the latching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Brunnmayr, Hermann Haemmerle, Michael Blum, Kurt Haemmerle, Alexander Simon Flogaus
  • Spring-loaded drive device for a movable furniture element
    Patent number: 9204721
    Abstract: Spring-loaded drive device for a movable furniture element, especially a drawer, comprising a mechanical deactivation device with which the drive device can be reversibly deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo Gasser, Fredi Dubach
  • Drawer pull-out guide
    Patent number: 9204722
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a body rail which can be mounted on a furniture body via a fastening section, and a drawer rail which can be fastened on a drawer and is mounted movably relative to the body rail. The drawer rail has a side web facing the fastening section. A central rail is mounted movably between the body rail and the drawer rail, and a bearing with at least one supporting roller via which the drawer rail is supported in the closed state is on the body rail. The bearing is arranged at a front end region of the central rail or of the drawer rail so as to be non-displaceable during operation in the longitudinal direction of the rail on which the bearing is arranged. The side web of the drawer rail is arranged between the supporting roller and the fastening section of the body rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Wilfried Violand, Ulrich Greussing
  • Coupling device for drawers
    Patent number: 9179771
    Abstract: A coupling device for removably coupling a drawer to an extendable rail of a pull-out guide includes an adjusting device, by which a position of a drawer that is connected to the rail can be adjusted relative to the rail in the lateral direction and/or in the longitudinal direction (L) of the pull-out guide. The coupling device has a fixing part to be fixed to the drawer, and a coupling part to be coupled to the rail. The fixing part can be moved relative to the coupling part by the adjusting device in a linear manner. The adjusting device has an adjusting wheel rotatably mounted on the coupling part or on the fixing part. An actuating region is provided on the adjusting wheel in order to rotate the adjusting wheel, and the adjusting device includes a transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Kurt Haemmerle, Andreas Holzer
  • Rail for a movable furniture part
    Patent number: 9161624
    Abstract: A rail for a movable furniture part includes a rail brace (railing strut) and a panel fixing device at an end of the rail brace to fix the rail to a front panel of the movable furniture part. A mounting part of the panel fixing device can be rigidly connected to the front panel. The rail brace is at least partly hollow and is designed in a movable manner relative to the mounting part. The rail brace, which is pushed in the direction of the mounting part, receives and covers the panel fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Juergen Haemmerle
  • Drawer structure
    Patent number: 9149116
    Abstract: A drawer structure (5) includes a fixing device (6) for fixing a front panel (7) to a drawer container (8) in a detachable and position-adjustable manner. The front panel (7) can be detachably connected to the fixing device (6) by means of a connection element (9) pre-mounted on the front panel (7). A first adjusting element (1) is associated with the container (8), for adjusting the position of the front panel (7) in the vertical direction (HR), and a second adjusting element (2) is associated with the container (8), for adjusting the position of the front panel (7) in the lateral direction (SR), at least the first (1) and second (2) adjusting elements engaging with the same part of the connection element (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Fixing device for a furniture fitting
    Patent number: 9140289
    Abstract: A fixing device for fixes a furniture fitting to an item of furniture. The furniture fitting is able to be fixed to the item of furniture using the fixing device, by selectively using a left-hand or a right-hand furniture-fitting side. The device has a connecting element and a fixing body that has a through-passage. The connecting element is at least partially arranged in the through-passage, movable in a limited manner relative to the fixing body, and has at least two connecting element stops as well as two connecting element regions for fixing the furniture fitting to the item of furniture. At least two stops are designed in or on the fixing body, and when in the assembly position, one of these two stops corresponds, in each case, to one of the two connecting element stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Sutterluetti
  • Adjustment device for drawer faceplates
    Patent number: 9125490
    Abstract: A device for detachably coupling a drawer to an extendable rail of a pull-out guide including an adjusting device by which a position of a drawer connected to the rail is adjustable relative to the rail in a lateral direction. The adjusting device includes a fastening part that can be fastened to the drawer and a coupling part that can be coupled to the rail. The fastening part is linearly movable by the adjusting device relative to the coupling part, and the adjustment device includes a setting wheel mounted on the coupling part or on the fastening part so as to rotate about an axis. The adjustment device also includes at least two axially spaced transmission devices for converting a rotary movement of the setting wheel into a linear movement of the fastening part relative to the coupling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Kurt Haemmerle, Andreas Holzer
  • Synchronizing device for movably mounted furniture part
    Patent number: 9109649
    Abstract: A synchronizing device for a movably mounted furniture part synchronizes a movement between at least two adjusting devices via a synchronizing rod. The synchronizing rod has at least two sub-shafts between which an overload protection device is arranged, and the overload protection device can release a relative rotational movement between the two sub-shafts when a specified holding torque between the two sub-shafts is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bohle
  • Fitting for furniture
    Patent number: D737113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Held