Patents Assigned to Julius Blum GmbH
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8911038
    Abstract: A device (20) for attaching a functional part (14) to a rail (5,6) of a drawer pull-out guide (3) includes a first bearing element (11) and at least one second bearing element (12), wherein the bearing elements (11, 12) are arranged in the front end area of the rail (5) and in the rear end area of the rail (5), wherein at least one clamping device (13) is provided, by means of which the at least two bearing elements (11, 12), in the installed position thereof on the rail (5), can be connected to each other and braced relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph Gmeiner
  • Patent number: 8905498
    Abstract: A retracting device retracts a movably supported furniture part to the closed end position relative to a furniture body. The device includes a carrier, which can be detachably coupled to the movable furniture part and which is movably supported along a movement path that is linear at least in some sections, and at least one spring device for applying force to the carrier. The spring device can be tensioned by a spring retainer that is separate from the carrier, and the spring retainer is movably supported against or on the carrier. A coupling device is provided in order to couple motion between the carrier and the spring retainer. By the coupling device, the articulated attachment point of the spring device on the spring retainer falls back relative to the position of the moving carrier when the carrier is pulled out, so that the motion of the articulated attachment point of the spring device on the spring retainer is slower than the motion of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Hammerle
  • Patent number: 8894163
    Abstract: An ejection device for a movable furniture component disposed in or against a furniture body includes an electric motor, a lever having a free end for ejecting the movable furniture component, and a gear mechanism for transmitting force from the electric motor to the lever. The gear mechanism has a slipping clutch which includes a spring washer and driving dogs. The spring washer extends upon overload and slips over the driving dogs. The ejection device may also include a path measuring device which activates the ejection device. The path measuring device can be a potentiometer directly coupled to the lever such that slipping of the slipping clutch does not change a position of the potentiometer relative to the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 8882210
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a drawer and a pull-out guide for the drawer. The drawer has a drawer container and a front panel that can be connected to the container, and the drawer can be detachably fastened to the pull-out guide by a fastening device. The pull-out guide has at least one first and one second locking position for fastening the drawer, and the drawer can be provided with a first type of front panel or a second type of front panel. The particular drawer can be locked or fastened in the first or second locking position depending on the front panel type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Hämmerle
  • Patent number: 8876646
    Abstract: A movable furniture part, such as a furniture drawer, includes an ejector device having an ejector lever and an electric motor for driving the ejector lever. A retracting device has a pulling member that can be wound onto a roll. The roll can be driven by an electric motor, and the ejector device and retracting device are mechanically connected to one another such that they can be mounted as a unit in or on a furniture body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Gasser
  • Patent number: 8876229
    Abstract: A device (20) for attaching a functional part (14) to a rail (5,6) of a drawer pull-out guide (3) includes a first bearing element (11) and at least one second bearing element (12), wherein the bearing elements (11, 12) are arranged in the front end area of the rail (5) and in the rear end area of the rail (5), wherein at least one clamping device (13) is provided, by means of which the at least two bearing elements (11, 12), in the installed position thereof on the rail (5), can be connected to each other and braced relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph Gmeiner
  • Patent number: 8870313
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer has a body rail which can be attached to the furniture body and has at least one pull-out rail which can be moved relative to the body rail. The pull-out guide includes a holding element with at least one attachment member by which the holding element can be attached or is attached to the pull-out rail, and a connection element by which the drawer can be connected to the pull-out rail. The connection element is mounted such that it can be moved relative to the holding element between a first end position and a second end position. A spring element is provided, and the spring element holding the connection element in a neutral position located between the first end position and the second end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Grabherr, Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: 8857929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pull-out guide for a drawer. The pull-out guide has a body rail to be fastened to the furniture body and at least one pull-out rail that can be moved relative to the body rail. The pull-out guide includes a retaining element having a connecting element, so that the drawer can be adjustably connected to the pull-out rail. The retaining element can be connected to the pull-out rail and the connecting element is movably mounted relative to the retaining element. An adjusting device for horizontally moving the connecting element is arranged on the retaining element, and the adjusting device includes a converting device, which can be rotationally moved about an axis arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail and so that a rotational motion can be converted into a translational motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Emanuel Netzer