Patents Assigned to Julius Blum GmbH
  • Actuating drive for a movable furniture part
    Patent number: 8468653
    Abstract: An actuating drive includes at least one actuating arm for moving a movable furniture part, and a locking device for blocking the motion of the actuating arm. The locking device permits the motion of the actuating arm only after the movable furniture part has been mounted on the actuating arm, and the locking device is released by the mounting of the movable furniture part on the actuating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Tumler
  • Furniture drive
    Patent number: 8459757
    Abstract: A furniture drive for a pull-out guide system, for driving at least one guide rail of the pull-out guide system, has an electric motor arranged in a housing. The housing has a cup-like portion in which the electric motor is arranged, and has an abutment part for abutment against a wall of a basic furniture structure on which the pull-out guide system is, or can be, fitted. Therefore, in the fitted state of the furniture drive, the electric motor can be arranged in a recess in the wall of the basic furniture structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • DRIVE DEVICE FOR MOVING A MOVABLE FURNITURE PART
    Publication number: 20130140970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive device for moving a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, said drive device acting as a latching and unlatching spring-loaded ejection device for ejecting the furniture part from a closed position in the opening direction and as a spring-loaded refraction device for retracting the furniture part into the closed position. The same spring spring-loads the drive device both when the latter acts as an ejection device and when the drive device acts as a refraction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Julius Blum GmbH
  • FURNITURE HINGE
    Publication number: 20130139352
    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 the hinge cup can be connected to each other in said installed position by the first and second fastening means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Julius Blum GmbH
  • FURNITURE HINGE
    Publication number: 20130139353
    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 the hinge cup can be connected to each other in said installed position by the first and second fastening means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Julius Blum GmbH
  • Article of furniture having a drawer and a current consumer
    Patent number: 8449050
    Abstract: A carrier element can be attached to a furniture body of a piece of furniture, in which a current consumer is disposed in or on a furniture part movable in the piece of furniture, particularly a drawer. At least one power supply unit for the current consumer is disposed—preferably releaseably—on the carrier element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: David Karg
  • PULL-OUT GUIDE FOR DRAWERS
    Publication number: 20130127320
    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 mechanism is provided for reversibly lifting the forced control unit of the rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Julius Blum GmbH
  • Drawer pull-out guide
    Patent number: 8444236
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a body rail to be fastened to a furniture body and at least one pull-out rail slidably supported relative thereto. The rail is supported so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position. At least one carriage having at least four load-transmitting rolling elements is supported between the rails. The rolling elements run on a runway of a rail, and the runway has a first substantially horizontal, straight guide section in the rear end area and a second substantially horizontal, straight guide section in the front end area. The first and the second guide sections are interconnected by a third guide section that extends downward at an angle from the first to the second guide section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Emanuel Netzer
  • Housing for at least partially accommodating a furniture fitting
    Patent number: 8439458
    Abstract: A housing for at least partially accommodating a furniture fitting is designed such that it can be changed in length along a longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Emanuel Netzer
  • Apparatus for releasably coupling a drawer to a drawer pull-out guide
    Patent number: 8424984
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for releasably coupling a drawer to a rail, which can be pulled out in a longitudinal direction, of a drawer pull-out guide. The apparatus has a holding part which interacts with a mating holding part in the coupled state in order to establish the releasable connection. At least that region of the holding part which comes into contact with the mating holding part is made flexible, preferably by attaching a flexible piece of material, so that any longitudinal play of the drawer which may occur in relation to the rail can be compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Ritter
  • Furniture hinge
    Patent number: 8424161
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a fitting part and a hinge cup that is pivotably connected thereto by way of at least one articulated lever. The articulated lever is connected to the hinge cup by way of an articulated axis (A). A cushioning apparatus can be actuated by an actuating element and is provided to cushion a relative movement between the fitting part and the hinge cup. The actuating element is mounted inside the hinge cup rotatably about a rotational axis (S) extending substantially parallel to the articulated axis (A) of the hinge cup, and the cushioning apparatus includes at least one linear cushioning member having at least one linearly displaceable plunger. A transmission mechanism converts a rotary movement of the actuating element into a linear movement of the plunger of the linear cushioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Sutterlütti
  • Furniture hinge
    Patent number: 8387213
    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 the hinge cup can be connected to each other in said installed position by the first and second fastening means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Actuating mechanism for moving an upwardly movable flap of a piece of furniture
    Patent number: 8376480
    Abstract: An actuating mechanism for moving a highly movable flap of a piece of furniture includes a main body intended for attachment to a furniture body. An actuating arm for moving the flap has one end mounted on a bearing axis of the main body and the other end mounted on a bearing axis of a fitting part intended for attachment to the flap. An additional control arm for moving the flap is also provided. During the movement of the control arm, the effective lever arm length of the control arm can be varied, and the effective lever arm length of the control arm is shortened when opening the actuating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Brunnmayr
  • Magnetic locking device
    Patent number: 8376420
    Abstract: A closing and opening device for a furniture element is mounted movably on an item of furniture. The device includes a lockable ejection device for moving the movable furniture element out of a closed end position into an open position, and further includes a magnetic retaining device for the movably mounted furniture element. The magnetic retaining device includes at least two parts of which a first part is or can be arranged on the furniture body and the second part is or can be arranged on the movable furniture element and which exert a magnetic attraction force on each other at least in the closed position of the movable furniture element. The first part of the retaining device, that is arranged on the furniture body, is mounted movably in the direction of the movable furniture element and is acted upon by a force storage means acting in the closing direction of the movable furniture element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Peterlunger
  • Drawer front panel
    Patent number: D684399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Drawer front panel
    Patent number: D684400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Drawer front panel
    Patent number: D684401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Drawer
    Patent number: D684402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Drawer
    Patent number: D684403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Drawer front panel
    Patent number: D684796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser