Patents Assigned to BLUM GmbH
  • Patent number: 11866973
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a first guide system and a second guide system at a vertical distance from the first guide system. The two guide systems each has a guide and a guide body mounted to be displaceable on the guide, a carrier on which a door is to be fastened and which can be connected to the two guide bodies of the guide systems, and a compensation device by which a tilt moment of the carrier, or of the door arranged thereon, about a tilt axis is compensated for by a restoring moment. The compensation device includes a cable pull device and a pivot lever mechanism. The pivot lever mechanism comprises at least two pivot levers connected to one another in an articulated manner and pivotable relative to one another during a movement of the carrier by the two guide systems along the furniture wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Markus Irgang
  • Patent number: 11857072
    Abstract: A drawer rear wall for a drawer includes a first fastening portion for fixing the drawer rear wall to a first sidewall of the drawer, and a second fastening portion for fixing the drawer rear wall to a second sidewall of the drawer. The two fastening portions of the drawer rear wall are mutually spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction of the drawer rear wall by a middle portion, and a first wall thickness of at least one of the two fastening portions, preferably both fastening portions, is larger than a second wall thickness of the middle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Haid
  • Patent number: 11857070
    Abstract: A drive device includes a carrier extending in the closing direction of a moveable furniture part, an ejection device for ejecting the moveable furniture part into an open position, and a locking device for locking the ejection device in a locked position. The locking device has a locking pin connected to the ejection device and a guide track for the locking pin formed in or on the carrier, and a synchronization device for synchronizing the movement of the drive device with a second drive device. The synchronization device has a transmission element moveably mounted on the carrier to be moved by the locking pin, and a synchronization coupling element connected to the transmission element. The guide track has a maximum guide track width measured perpendicular to the closing direction, and the synchronization coupling element and the ejection force store are arranged within this guide track width in the closing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Pascal Janser
  • Patent number: 11834883
    Abstract: An actuating arm drive for driving a movably mounted furniture part of a furniture item, includes at least one arrangement consisting of a compression spring and at least one guiding device for guiding the compression spring. The at least one guiding device has an at least partly variable diameter in order to compensate for a radial clearance between the compression spring and the guiding device, taking into account the change in diameter of the compression spring when the compression spring is loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Krammer
  • Patent number: 11828096
    Abstract: A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part includes preferably carrying out chronologically in the following order: arranging on the furniture wall a first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part, and arranging on a first elongated side of the first guide rail a drive device for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall, the first guide rail and the drive device preferably being connected together. If the movable furniture part includes at least two door leaves connected together in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall on a second elongated side of the first guide rail, the first guide rail and the second guide rail preferably being connected together in a form-fitting and/or movable manner in particular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Koenig, Matthias Rupp, Thomas Sperger
  • Patent number: 11819128
    Abstract: A drive device includes a carrier, an ejection device for ejecting a moveable furniture part out of a closed position, and a locking device for locking the ejection device in the locked position. The locking device has a locking pin connected to the ejection device and a guide track for the locking pin in or on the carrier. The locking pin is locked in an engaging recess of the guide track in the locked position, and a synchronization device is movable relative to the carrier for synchronizing the movement of the drive device with a second drive device. The synchronization device has a transmission element to be moved by the locking pin. The transmission element remains still with the overpressure movement, can be moved by the locking pin during opening movement, can be moved by the locking pin during closing movement, and is linearly moveably mounted on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Pascal Janser
  • Patent number: 11805900
    Abstract: A vacuum drawer device includes a drawer movable linearly in a drawer movement direction and having a drawer interior to be closed by an air-tight cover in a controlled manner by an electric lift. The cover thereby runs perpendicularly to the drawer movement direction in a lifting movement along a lifting direction. The cover has an air channel leading into the cover interior, and operatively connected to electric evacuation element such that when the cover is in place, air can be pumped out of the drawer interior through the air channel. A seal lining is arranged on the drawer walls of the drawer on the cover side to run over the entire inner periphery of the drawer such that the cover rests on the seal lining when the vacuum drawer device or the drawer is in a closed position to allow evacuation of the drawer interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Bertschi
  • Patent number: 11795748
    Abstract: A control curve arrangement includes a base member having a first control curve, a switch element separate from the base member and having a second control curve, a pressure portion to be displaceably supported along the first control curve and the second control curve, and a spring device for applying a force to the pressure portion. The pressure portion, in the first operating position and in a first movement direction, is displaceable along the second control curve of the switch element. The pressure portion, in the second operating position and in a second movement direction opposite the first movement direction, is displaceable along the first control curve of the base member. A timing element is operative between the base member and the switch element, and the switch element can be transferred from the second operating position into the first operating position by the timing element in a time-delayed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Markus Irgang, Matthias Rupp
  • Patent number: 11795745
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a furniture hinge for pivotally connecting a furniture part movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, and a fastening adaptor for fastening the furniture hinge to the furniture carcass. The furniture hinge includes at least two fitting portions hingedly connected to one another, and at least one of the fitting portions of the furniture hinge is configured to be at least partially countersunk within a plate-shaped member of the furniture carcass. The fastening adaptor includes at least one fastening device configured to be fixed to the furniture carcass, and at least one recess for at least partially receiving the countersinkable fitting portion of the furniture hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Irmela Mara Geller
  • Patent number: 11766119
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a drawer pull-out guide and a locking device for releasably locking a furniture part. The drawer pull-out guide includes a carcass rail to be fixed to a furniture carcass and an extension rail, the extension rail being displaceably supported between a fully closed position and a fully open position. The locking device includes a first locking component to be fixed to the furniture carcass, and a second locking component to be fixed to the extendably-supported furniture part. The first locking component and the second locking component can be releasably locked together, and the second locking component includes a base member and a locking element for releasably locking the first locking component. The locking element is pivotally supported on the base member, and the extension rail of the drawer pull-out guide can be releasably locked by the locking device in or immediately before the fully open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Emanuel Netzer, Daniel Wohlgenannt
  • Patent number: 11766120
    Abstract: A holding device including a fastening device for fixing the holding device to a front panel or to a drawer rear wall, and at least two mutually spaced holding limbs between which a decorative plate can be partially received. The at least two holding limbs are part of a clamping device for applying a clamping force to the decorative plate received between the at least two holding limbs in a direction extending transverse to a longitudinal direction of the decorative plate. The clamping device includes at least one adjustment device for adjusting the clamping force that can be applied to the decorative plate between the at least two holding limbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Marcel Leitner, Markus Riezler, Markus Kampl, Marcel Madlener
  • Patent number: 11739577
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture part or a carrier movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movably-supported furniture part, and a hinge mechanism connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism has a least five hinge axis members, and includes a supporting lever directly connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism includes a control mechanism for controlling a motion sequence between the first and second fitting portions. The control mechanism is separate from (i.e., is not constructed as one piece with) the supporting lever and has at least three control levers hingedly connected together. A first control lever is connected to the first fitting portion via a hinge axis member, a second control lever is connected to the second fitting portion via a hinge axis member, and a third control lever connects the first control lever and the second control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Duer, André Hammerer, Rainer Hollenstein
  • Patent number: 11725444
    Abstract: An actuating drive includes an actuating arm pivotally supported about a pivoting axis, and movably supported between a closed position and an open position. A force storage member applies a force to the actuating arm, and a coupling device can brake or prevent a pivotal movement of the actuating arm. The coupling device includes a movably-supported first coupling element having a tooth arrangement, and the first coupling element can engage a second coupling element when a predetermined pivotal speed of the actuating arm is exceeded to brake or prevent the pivotal movement of the actuating arm. The second coupling element includes an engagement section for engaging the two coupling elements together, and includes a freewheel section separate from the engagement section. In the closed position, the first coupling element is within the freewheel section of the second coupling element, whereby the two coupling elements are decoupled from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bohle
  • Patent number: 11725441
    Abstract: A guide carriage includes a chassis having a rotatably supported running wheel and a connecting member for connecting the guide carriage to the furniture part. The chassis and the connecting member are configured as constructional units separate from one another and are configured to be connected to one another by a fastening device. The fastening device includes a force storage member and at least one locking element configured to be pressurized by the force storage member. The chassis and the connecting member are configured to be releasably locked to one another by a force of the force storage member. A holding device separate from the fastening device is provided for fastening the connecting member to the chassis. The connecting member is configured to be hung into the chassis via the holding device, can be pivoted about a, preferably horizontally extending, axis in the hung-in condition, and can be locked to the chassis by the locking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Duer, Matthias Rupp
  • Patent number: 11708712
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion, a second fitting portion, and a hinge axis hingedly connecting the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion. The fitting portions are movable between a first position, in which the furniture parts are aligned substantially coplanar to one another, and a second position, in which the furniture parts are aligned substantially parallel to one another. A cover can at least partially cover a gap formed between the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion, and a movement of the cover can be coupled to a movement of the furniture hinge. The first fitting portion and/or the second fitting portion includes an abutment, and the cover includes a counter-abutment. Upon a relative movement of the fitting portions, the abutment abuts against the counter-abutment. The cover, due to the abutment bearing against the counter-abutment, can be moved about the hinge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Duer
  • Patent number: 11697957
    Abstract: A furniture drive for moving a furniture part movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass includes a carrier configured to be fixed within or to a sidewall of the furniture carcass, and the carrier has a front face and a longitudinal side protruding substantially at a right angle from the front face. A pivotally supported actuating arm is provided for moving the movable furniture part, and fastening device can fasten a furniture panel of the furniture carcass. The furniture panel extends substantially horizontally in a mounted position, and a fastening device includes a movably-supported locking element for fastening the furniture panel. The locking element is configured to be accessible for a manual or for a tool-assisted actuation from a longitudinal side of the carrier, and the longitudinal side of the carrier faces towards the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzapfel, Philip Schluge
  • Patent number: D989615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: D997706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Dominik Hagspiel
  • Patent number: D1003730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Maager
  • Patent number: D1008793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Olaf Isele