Patents Assigned to Julius Blum GmbH
  • Patent number: 10231541
    Abstract: A drawer side wall having an inner wall and an outer wall which can be connected to the inner wall. A container rail is provided, and the drawer side wall can be connected to the container rail. An upwardly protruding front projection with a device for attachment of a drawer front panel is arranged on the container rail, and the inner wall is directly firmly connected to the container rail in a lower region. The front projection is directly firmly connected, preferably by welding, to the inner wall in an upper region of the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 10227806
    Abstract: An arrangement has a furniture door, in particular a fold-sliding-door, and a chamber-formed cavity for accommodating the furniture door. The arrangement includes a mechanical drive device for moving the furniture door between a countersunk position within the cavity and a position outside of the cavity. The drive device is configured so as to move the furniture door, starting from the countersunk position within the cavity into the position outside of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Gabl
  • Patent number: 10221597
    Abstract: A furniture hinge for pivotally connecting at least two furniture parts to one another includes at least two fastening portions pivotally connected to one another for fastening to the furniture parts, and the fastening portions can be moved relative to each other between a closed position and an open position. A spring device presses the fastening portions into the closed position and/or into the open position, and a damping device dampens a relative movement of the fastening portions. The spring device is integrated into the damping device, and the damping device and the spring device are accommodated within a first and within a second housing portion. The first and second housing portions are displaceably arranged relative to one another for performing the relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: André Hammerer
  • Patent number: 10208509
    Abstract: A push-out device for a movable furniture part includes a rotatable push-out element for pushing out the movable furniture part from a closed position to an open position. When the movable furniture part is pushed out, the push-out element can be rotated in a rotation direction. The push-out device has a push-out force accumulator which applies force to the push-out element in the opening direction of the movable furniture part, and has a tensioning device for tensioning the push-out force accumulator by the push-out element. When the push-out force accumulator is tensioned, the push-out element can be rotated in the same rotation direction as when the movable furniture part is pushed out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andre Hammerer
  • Patent number: 10188208
    Abstract: A drive mechanism for a movable furniture part includes a mechanically loaded drive element which is movable in the drive direction. The drive element has a drive stop by which a follower can be moved in the course of a drive movement. On a side of the drive element facing away from the drive stop, a ramp is provided to allow the follower to pass over the drive element in the drive direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Patent number: 10188209
    Abstract: A securing device for detachably securing a front panel on a drawer, in particular on a drawer side wall, includes at least one furniture fitting that can be pre-mounted on the front panel, and a catch device assigned to the drawer. During the sliding in of the furniture fitting, the catch device automatically holds the same, and the catch device has a movable catch element. The securing device further includes a locking device that prevents an unintended release of the furniture fitting from the securing device, and the locking device has a movable locking element which is separate from the catch element, and which is positioned on the pre-mountable furniture fitting in a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Hoffmann, Gerald Sperger
  • Patent number: 10143303
    Abstract: A drive mechanism for a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, has a first and a second lockable pushing-out mechanism and a synchronizing mechanism for synchronizing the two pushing-out mechanisms. The synchronizing mechanism has a synchronizing rod and a first and a second synchronizing element which can be connected to the synchronizing rod, and relative movement takes place between the synchronizing elements and the pushing-out mechanisms during synchronizing operation. In an active synchronizing mode, during synchronizing operation, movement is transmitted from the first pushing-out mechanism, via the first synchronizing element, the synchronizing rod and the second synchronizing element, to the second pushing-out mechanism. In an inactive synchronizing mode, the synchronizing rod is removed and the synchronizing elements each remain in contact with one of the pushing-out mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Koenig, Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: 9993857
    Abstract: A method relates to producing a sheet metal profile, in particular consisting of steel, for a drawer pull-out guide having at least one web projecting laterally, in particular perpendicularly, from a flat surface of the sheet metal profile and extending in the longitudinal direction of the sheet metal profile. In a first method step, from at least one flat surface of a sheet metal billet, there is extruded at least one web projecting laterally, in particular perpendicularly, and extending in the longitudinal direction of the sheet metal billet. In at least one further method step, preferably in 10 to 15 further method steps, the at least one web is squeezed together, i.e. is reduced in width and increased in height. The invention further relates to a sheet metal profile produced in this manner and to a drawer pull-out guide that comprises such a profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Schneider, Olaf Isele
  • Patent number: 9894992
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a carcass rail to be fixed to a furniture carcass, an extension rail displaceable relative to the carcass rail between a closed position and an open position, and a rolling body and a supporting body movable along a running limb of the carcass rail and a running surface of the extension rail upon a movement of the extension rail. A clearance is formed on the running limb of the carcass rail and/or on the running surface of the extension rail. The rolling body is accommodated within the clearance in the closed position of the extension rail and is thereby relieved from the load of the extension rail so that, in the closed position of the extension rail, the load of the extension rail is carried by the supporting body. Furthermore, rolling body and the supporting body are arranged in a common running carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Berchtold, David Fink, Marc Meusburger, Daniel Boch, Gernot Mohr, Albert Boesch, Philipp Nachbauer, Simon Grabherr
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 9386848
    Abstract: A fixing device for fixing a front panel on a drawer includes a furniture fitting which is preassembled on the front panel. The furniture fitting has at least one connecting piece which projects from the front panel and a pin which runs transverse to the connecting piece. A catching device is associated with the drawer. The catching device automatically retains the furniture fitting when the furniture fitting is inserted, and the catching device has a movable spring-loaded catching element which is triggered by the pin and which retains the pin. The catching element is moved along a guiding plate. A deflecting element is provided on a guiding plate face near the front panel for deflecting the furniture fitting which is preassembled in the front panel. The deflecting element is formed as a projection which projects laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: 9386850
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Fredi Dubach
  • 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
  • Patent number: D854397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Hammerle