Patents Assigned to BLUM GmbH
  • 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
  • Synchronization apparatus for moving furniture parts
    Patent number: 9085925
    Abstract: A synchronization apparatus has at least two actuating apparatuses for moving a movable furniture part, and has a synchronization rod for synchronizing the movement of the at least two actuating apparatuses. A first end region of the synchronization rod can be connected to a first rotary part of the first actuating apparatus, and a second end region of the synchronization rod can be connected to a second rotary part of the second actuating apparatus. At least one rotary part of the actuating apparatuses has a spring-loaded contact-pressure part which bears against the end face of the synchronization rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Steinhauser
  • Piece of furniture comprising an inner body that can be raised and lowered, and leaf for covering same
    Patent number: 9084481
    Abstract: A piece of furniture has an outer construction (frame), an inner body that can be raised and lowered in relation to the outer construction via a body motor, and a leaf (flap) that is movable via a leaf motor for covering the front face of the raised inner body. The leaf is articulated on the outer construction, and an electronic controller operable by way of at least one operating switch is provided for coordinated actuation of the leaf motor and the body motor. Starting from a position with the leaf open and the inner body lowered, the inner body first moves at least partially upwards before the leaf closes in order to close the piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Helmut Hollenstein
  • Drawer
    Patent number: 9060605
    Abstract: A drawer includes a front panel, a lateral drawer wall, and an attachment element arranged at least partially over the drawer lateral wall. The attachment element is intended to be fastened to the front panel by a fitting body separate from the drawer lateral wall, and the fitting body includes at least one fixing point for fixing to the front panel and a recess for receiving the attachment element. After completed mounting of the fitting body on the front panel, the attachment element can be brought into the recess of the fitting body, and the attachment element can be brought into the recess of the fitting body and can subsequently be pivoted about a notional axis running substantially vertically in the mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Pull-out guide for drawers
    Patent number: 9044088
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers includes a body rail to be fastened to a furniture body, a drawer rail to be fastened to the drawer, and a center rail movably mounted between the body rail and the drawer rail. The relative motion sequence of the rails is determined by a forced control unit, and the forced control unit has a synchronization wheel designed as a gear wheel, the synchronization wheel interacting with a running surface arranged or formed on the rails and/or with a running surface of a carriage, which is slidably mounted between the rails. An overload protection device is provided for reversibly lifting the forced control unit of the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Ulrich Greussing
  • Drawer frame having a tilt adjustment
    Patent number: 9039108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drawer frame including an adjusting device for raising and lowering the drawer frame relative to a drawer pull-out guide. The adjusting device, which is arranged substantially inside the drawer frame, has an actuating element accessible from the drawer interior, in the region of a lateral inner surface of the drawer frame facing the drawer interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Feuerstein
  • Connecting apparatus for connecting two drawer wall parts which are intended to be arranged at a right angle
    Patent number: 9033435
    Abstract: A connecting apparatus for connecting two drawer wall parts which are intended to be arranged at a right angle includes at least one receiving part which has a receiving opening for receiving an end section of a first drawer wall part and has at least one insertion opening, a bracket which has at least two limbs which run substantially parallel, wherein the bracket can be pushed onto a web, which is arranged or formed on a second drawer wall part, in order to connect the first drawer wall part and the second drawer wall part, and wherein the at least two limbs of the bracket surround the web of the second drawer wall part, wherein a first limb of the bracket can be inserted into the insertion opening in the receiving part and connects the receiving part to the second drawer wall part in a positionally secure manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Fastening device for mounting a front cover on a drawer
    Patent number: 9033436
    Abstract: A fastening device for releasably mounting a front cover on a drawer, in particular on a side wall of the drawer, includes a furniture fitting preassembled on the front cover; a catching mechanism associated with the drawer and which automatically retains the furniture fitting when the furniture fitting is inserted. The fastening device also includes a movable catching element having a positioning contour; and a locking mechanism for the catching mechanism. The locking mechanism prevents the furniture fitting from being accidentally released from the catching mechanism, and is equipped with a positioning member which can move within a guide track and rests against the positioning contour of the catching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzapfel, Benjamin Hoffmann
  • Actuator for movable furniture parts
    Patent number: 9032768
    Abstract: A device includes an actuating device, and the actuating device includes: a locking device having a lock; an actuating member which pivots about an axis of rotation to move a movable furniture part; and a spring device which biases the actuating member to pivot about the axis of rotation in an opening direction. The lock is lockable by a key for preventing the actuating member from pivoting about the axis of rotation, and the lock is unlockable by the key for enabling the actuating member from pivoting about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christian Hauer
  • Fastening device for mounting a front cover on a drawer
    Patent number: 9028019
    Abstract: A fastening device for releasably mounting a front cover on a drawer, in particular on a side wall of the drawer, includes a furniture fitting that is pre-assembled on the front cover; a catching mechanism associated with the drawer and including a movable catching element accommodating the furniture fitting when the furniture fitting is inserted; and a pulling mechanism pulling the furniture fitting towards the drawer under the effect of a spring. A positioning contour and a movable positioning member are provided to move the catching element, and the positioning member and the positioning contour at least temporarily rest against each other under the effect of a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzapfel, Benjamin Hoffmann
  • Furniture damper
    Patent number: 9021656
    Abstract: A furniture damper damps a movement of a movably mounted part of a piece of furniture or a movably mounted component of a furniture fitting. The damper includes a piston arranged in a fluid chamber, a damping action being carried out by a relative movement between the fluid chamber and the piston. A sealing device seals the fluid chamber, and the sealing device includes a first abutment element and a second abutment element that is movably mounted in relation to the first abutment element and designed to seal the fluid chamber. A spring is arranged between the first abutment element and the second abutment element, and the spring is compressible by the relative movement of the first abutment element and the second abutment element essentially up to the thickness of the cross-section of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Fastening device for furniture fittings
    Patent number: 9016975
    Abstract: A fastening device for furniture fittings on furniture parts which includes at least one dowel core that can be inserted into a hole of a furniture part. The dowel core can be arranged inside a dowel sleeve, and an actuating device moves the dowel sleeve relative to the dowel core. The dowel sleeve spreads on the dowel core and the dowel core is radially resilient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Oskar Raich, Thomas Nagel
  • Fastening device for wall parts
    Patent number: 8998356
    Abstract: A fastening device connects two wall parts of a furniture part, in particular a rear wall to a side wall of a drawer. The fastening device has at least one locking projection resilient about an imaginary spring axis on one wall part, which locking projection can be locked—preferably detachably—into a locking receptacle fastened to or formed on the other wall part. The imaginary spring axis of the locking projection is at an angle—preferably substantially at a right angle—from a wall of the wallpart. The locking receptacle is formed on the other wall part as an opening, and an imaginary normal on the opening is substantially parallel to the imaginary spring axis of the resilient locking projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Damping device for movable furniture parts
    Patent number: 8991010
    Abstract: A damping device for movable furniture part, includes a damper housing, a fluid chamber which is arranged in the damper housing and in which a piston is movably mounted, a tappet which is connected to the piston, at least one seal being arranged between the damper housing and the tappet in order to seal the fluid chamber, wherein the tappet passes through the seal, a compensating chamber which is fluidically connected to the fluid chamber, which runs laterally parallel to the fluid chamber. At least one deformable compensating body is arranged in the compensating chamber in order to compensate for a volume change due to the tappet being immersed into the fluid chamber. The deformable compensating body and the at least one seal are designed together as a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Fastening device for furniture fittings
    Patent number: 8967902
    Abstract: A fastening device for furniture fittings on furniture parts which includes at least one dowel core that can be inserted into a hole of a furniture part. The dowel core can be arranged inside a dowel sleeve, and an actuating device moves the dowel sleeve relative to the dowel core, so that the dowel sleeve spreads on the dowel core. The dowel core and the dowel sleeve have at least two, preferably more, corresponding inclined surfaces that are offset in the axial direction, so that if the dowel sleeve is moved relative to the dowel core, the dowel sleeve spreads substantially evenly at two, preferably more, axially offset locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Oskar Raich, Thomas Nagel
  • Catching locking mechanism for pieces of furniture
    Patent number: 8955929
    Abstract: A catching locking mechanism for pieces of furniture, including an adjustable wheel that has a catching structure in at least some areas, and a mating catch that cooperates with the catching structure of the adjustable wheel. The mating catch is made of a sheet metal part, and is designed to be resilient, preferably in the form of a springy tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzapfel, Benjamin Hoffmann
  • Furniture part comprising a torque-transmitting shaft
    Patent number: 8950833
    Abstract: A movably mounted furniture part includes a torque-transmitting shaft, especially a synchronizing rod. The shaft has at least two sub-shafts, one sub-shaft being a rod-type component and the other sub-shaft being a connecting part. A connecting device connects the rod-type component to the connecting part, and can include at least one spring that resiliently holds the rod-type component and the connecting part together. A locking part is formed on the rod-type component and/or on the connecting part and/or can be mounted thereon, with the locking part securing the rod-type component and the connecting part against detachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bohle
  • Drawer
    Patent number: 8931862
    Abstract: A drawer with a first wall part, a second wall part, and a fixing device, via which the first wall part and the second wall part can be connected to each other. The fixing device has at least one locking element for locking the wall elements to each other. The locking element has at least one tongue, which is spring-elastic in particular and which can be inserted into a recess of one of the wall parts and fixed in the recess, in particular in a clamped manner. The locking element is substantially designed in a comb-like manner in which two or more tongues that are spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction of a connecting piece project laterally from the connecting piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Grimm
  • Coupling device having side adjustment for a drawer
    Patent number: 8919711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detachably coupling a drawer to an extendable rail of a pullout guide, comprising an adjusting apparatus by means of which a position of a drawer connected to the rail can be adjusted in the lateral direction relative to the rail, wherein the device has a fastening part that can be fastened to the drawer and a coupling part that can be coupled to the rail, wherein the coupling part can be detachably coupled to the rail, and wherein the position of the fastening part and the coupling part relative to each other can be adjusted by the adjusting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzer, Kurt Haemmerle
  • 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