Patents by Inventor Artur Hirtsiefer
Artur Hirtsiefer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10260263Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture hinge (10) with a hinge cup (52) having cup side walls (52.4) which encircle a cup opening at least partially, and having a cup bottom (52.1) which at least partially closes off the hinge cup (52) opposite the cup opening, with a spreading element (70) having two clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) which at least partially radially enclose the cup side walls (52.4) of the hinge cup (52) and which are connected via a flange (71), and with a lifting arrangement for adjusting at least one of the clamp jaws (72.1, 72.2) between a first position and a second position. Here it is provided that at least one of the clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) comprises at least one integrally formed spreading extension (76, 78) which, in the transition from the first position into the second position, cooperates with the hinge cup (52) so that the clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) are spread.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SAMET KALIP VE MADEN ESYA SAN. VE TIC. A.S.Inventors: Artur Hirtsiefer, Bernd Rödder
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Patent number: 10253798Abstract: A device for attaching a guide unit to a first furniture part which is movably guided relative to a second furniture part, wherein the guide unit includes a basic unit rail disposed on the second furniture part and a motion rail disposed on the first furniture part. Two bearing portions are disposed spaced apart on a lower edge of the device, which is provided for disposal on the motion rail. Each of the bearing portions is configured on a side which faces the respective other bearing portion, such that the motion rail can be disposed between the bearing portions. At least one of the bearing portions is mounted on the device so as to be readjustable so that a position of the bearing portion is modifiable to align the first furniture part in the assembled state in a horizontal direction in relation to the motion rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Grass GmbHInventors: Bernd Roedder, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt, Juergen Schnell, Artur Hirtsiefer, Heinz-Josef Henscheid
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Publication number: 20180291665Abstract: The invention relates to a door holder for a cabinetry door that is displaceable between a closed and an open position, having a lever onto which the cabinetry door is fastenable, the lever being pivotable around a pivot shaft, and having a tensioning lever that is displaceably attached to the lever via a coupling piece, and the tensioning lever being mounted in stationary fashion. In such a door holder, reliable movement of the cabinetry door can be brought about in simple fashion if provision is made that an energy reservoir is indirectly or directly attached to the tensioning lever at the end facing away from the coupling piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Nurettin Güzeltepe, Artur Hirtsiefer, Bernd Rödder
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Publication number: 20170292301Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture hinge (10) with a hinge cup (52) having cup side walls (52.4) which encircle a cup opening at least partially, and having a cup bottom (52.1) which at least partially closes off the hinge cup (52) opposite the cup opening, with a spreading element (70) having two clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) which at least partially radially enclose the cup side walls (52.4) of the hinge cup (52) and which are connected via a flange (71), and with a lifting arrangement for adjusting at least one of the clamp jaws (72.1, 72.2) between a first position and a second position. Here it is provided that at least one of the clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) comprises at least one integrally formed spreading extension (76, 78) which, in the transition from the first position into the second position, cooperates with the hinge cup (52) so that the clamping jaws (72.1, 72.2) are spread.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Artur HIRTSIEFER, Bernd RÖDDER
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Publication number: 20170292307Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture hinge with a fastening portion and a hinge part connected thereto via a multi-axis articulated connection, wherein a spring preloads the hinge part directly or indirectly, at least in a subregion of the adjustment path of the hinge part, with respect to the fastening portion, and wherein the spring is mounted or can be mounted under tension between two spring bearings. In order, in such a furniture hinge, to achieve improved movement control and to make the required manual force for hinge opening or closing more even, provision is made according to the invention for the spring (76) to be adjusted in the region of its two spring bearings (74, 84.4) during the adjustment of the hinge part (20) from the opening into the closing position and/or during the adjustment from the closing into the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Artur HIRTSIEFER, Bernd RÖDDER, Nurettin GÜZELTEPE
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Publication number: 20170284138Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture hinge (10) having a stop (11), which is associated with a hinge cup element (50) having a hinge cup (52) and with at least one fastening element, in particular a clamping jaw (72.1, 72.2) of a spreading element (72) or a fastening pin (84.1, 84.2), for fastening the stop on a piece of furniture, having at least one actuating element (40, 80.1, 80.2), which is operatively connected to the fastening element, and having a hinge arm (20), which is connected to the hinge cup element in a foldable manner via an articulation connection. Here, it is provided that the at least one actuating element is arranged in the movement direction of the hinge arm so that it is moved from a first position to a second position by the hinge arm when the hinge arm is folded into the hinge cup. The furniture hinge can be mounted on a piece of furniture without additional tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Artur HIRTSIEFER, Bernd RÖDDER
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Publication number: 20170247923Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture hinge (10) with a hinge arm (20) and a fastening portion (30), wherein the hinge arm (20) and the fastening portion (30) are pivotably connected to one another via a multi-axis articulated connection (40), and wherein a damping element (60), which damps in a deflection direction, for damping the movement of the hinge arm (20) and a spring (76) for adjusting the hinge arm (20) with respect to the fastening portion (30) are provided. It is provided here that the damping element (60) is mounted in such a way that, during a folding movement of the hinge arm (20) from a first end position into a second end position, a maximum or a minimum deflection of the damping element (60) is carried out within an adjusting movement of the damping element (60) caused by said folding movement. As a result, a furniture hinge which can be produced cost-effectively and which allows damped opening and closing of the hinge arm is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Artur HIRTSIEFER, Bernd RÖDDER, Nurettin GÜZELTEPE
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Patent number: 9554647Abstract: The invention proposes a device for connecting wall elements of a drawer, wherein the wall elements, in the connected state, form at least part of a wall of the drawer, and wherein the drawer wall comprises a front wall, a rear wall and/or at least one side wall. According to the invention, a plate-like connecting adapter with engagement means is provided for connecting the wall elements which are to be connected, the engagement means interacting, for connecting purposes, both with an end side of a first wall element which is to be connected and with a main side of a second wall element which is to be connected, wherein the connecting adapter, in its main direction of extent, butts against the end side and the main side.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Grass GmbHInventors: Heinz-Josef Henscheid, Artur Hirtsiefer, Bernd Rodder, Jurgen Schnell, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
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Publication number: 20160025124Abstract: A device for attaching a guide unit to a first furniture part which is movably guided relative to a second furniture part, wherein the guide unit includes a basic unit rail disposed on the second furniture part and a motion rail disposed on the first furniture part. Two bearing portions are disposed spaced apart on a lower edge of the device, which is provided for disposal on the motion rail. Each of the bearing portions is configured on a side which faces the respective other bearing portion, such that the motion rail can be disposed between the bearing portions. At least one of the bearing portions is mounted on the device so as to be readjustable so that a position of the bearing portion is modifiable to align the first furniture part in the assembled state in a horizontal direction in relation to the motion rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Bernde ROEDDER, Klaus-Dieter SCHMIDT, Juergen SCHNELL, Artur HIRTSIEFER, Heinz-Josef HENSCHEID
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Patent number: 8911035Abstract: On a fitting for a corner cupboard (11), in particular a kitchen corner cupboard, comprising a cupboard body (12) and an internal space (21) accessible via a corner cupboard door (19), wherein at least one panel (22) is movably guided by means of the fitting (12) between an inner position and an outer position, in which the panel (22) at least partially extends beyond a level (23) of a door opening, said fitting (12) including at least one support arm for supporting the panel, which support arm can be mounted on the one hand so as to be pivotable about a stationary swivel pin (25) and can be mounted on the other hand on the associated panel (22) in a manner so as to be pivotable about a panel-fixed bearing axle (26), and control means for controlling the panel movement in a swivel plane between the inner and the outer positions, said control means having two control levers that can respectively be indisplaceably supported on the one hand so as to be rotatable about a stationary swivel pin (25, 29) and on theType: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Hetal-Werke Franz Hettich GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Köpnick, Dieter Stange, Thomas Ziegler, Artur Hirtsiefer, Heinz-Josef Henscheid, Bermd Rödder, Jürgen Schnell, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
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Patent number: 8321996Abstract: A holding element for adjusting a lid (4) of a piece of furniture between a closed position and an open position has a first fitting part (1) that is connectable to the body (2) of a piece of furniture. A second fitting part (3) is connectable to the lid (4). A first support arm (5) is pivotably fastened around a first body axis (7) to the first fitting part (1) and is pivotably fastened around a first lid axis (8) to the second fitting part (3). A second support arm (6) is pivotably fastened around a second body axis (9) to the first fitting part (1) and is pivotably fastened around a second lid axis (10) to the second fitting part (3). A lever (19) is pivotably fastened around a pivot axis (20) to the first fitting part (1). An adjustment arm (26) is pivotably connected to the lever (19) at a distance from the pivot axis (20). The adjustment arm (26) is pivotably fastened around a third lid axis (28) to the second fitting part (3).Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: HUWIL Bútoripari és Üzletberendezési Rendszerek kftInventor: Artur Hirtsiefer
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Publication number: 20120084944Abstract: A holding element for adjusting a lid (4) of a piece of furniture between a closed position and an open position has a first fitting part (1) that is connectable to the body (2) of a piece of furniture. A second fitting part (3) is connectable to the lid (4). A first support arm (5) is pivotably fastened around a first body axis (7) to the first fitting part (1) and is pivotably fastened around a first lid axis (8) to the second fitting part (3). A second support arm (6) is pivotably fastened around a second body axis (9) to the first fitting part (1) and is pivotably fastened around a second lid axis (10) to the second fitting part (3). A lever (19) is pivotably fastened around a pivot axis (20) to the first fitting part (1). An adjustment arm (26) is pivotably connected to the lever (19) at a distance from the pivot axis (20). The adjustment arm (26) is pivotably fastened around a third lid axis (28) to the second fitting part (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2009Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Toplifter Beteiligungs-und Vertriebs- GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Artur Hirtsiefer
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Publication number: 20120049708Abstract: On a fitting for a corner cupboard (11), in particular a kitchen corner cupboard, comprising a cupboard body (12) and an internal space (21) accessible via a corner cupboard door (19), wherein at least one panel (22) is movably guided by means of the fitting (12) between an inner position and an outer position, in which the panel (22) at least partially extends beyond a level (23) of a door opening, said fitting (12) including at least one support arm for supporting the panel, which support arm can be mounted on the one hand so as to be pivotable about a stationary swivel pin (25) and can be mounted on the other hand on the associated panel (22) in a manner so as to be pivotable about a panel-fixed bearing axle (26), and control means for controlling the panel movement in a swivel plane between the inner and the outer positions, said control means having two control levers that can respectively be indisplaceably supported on the one hand so as to be rotatable about a stationary swivel pin (25, 29) and on theType: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: HETAL-WERKE FRANZ HETTICH GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Andreas Köpnick, Dieter Stange, Thomas Ziegler, Artur Hirtsiefer, Heinz-Josef Henscheid, Bernd Rödder, Jürgen Schnell, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
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Patent number: 7976079Abstract: A retaining element for the lid of a cabinet has a linkage in the form of an eccentric sliding crank drive with an arm (1) as a slider link of the sliding crank drive. The arms (1) can be fixed to a cabinet housing (27) and pivotably connected to the lid and is pivotable around a first arm axis (5) of a first joint (6). A lever (2) can be fixed to the cabinet housing (27) and is pivotable around a first lever axis (7) of a second joint (8). A slider element (3) is guided at the arm (1) and is displaceable along a slider axis (12). The lever (2) is connected to the slider element (3) and is pivotable around a second lever axis (9). A force element (14) force-loads the arm (1) and slider element (3).Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Toplifter Beteiligungs-und Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Artur Hirtsiefer
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Patent number: 7798541Abstract: A lid stay, for furniture, including a first arm (1) and a second arm (2) which are connected to each other so as to be pivotable about a swivel pin (3) between an open position and a closed position; a convex positioning contour (4) that is disposed on the first arm (1), extends around a central axis (5) located parallel to the swivel pin (3), and has the shape of a circular arc when viewed from a cross-section running perpendicular to the central axis (5); a positioning slide (8) which is movably guided along a positioning axis (9) by means of the first arm (1), is provided with a flat support area (12) facing the positioning contour (4), and is spring-biased in the direction of the positioning contour (4); and a sliding block (13), a concave first sliding surface (14) of which slidably leans on the positioning contour (4), while a flat second sliding surface (15) thereof slidably leans on the support area (12).Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Huwil-Werke GmbH Mobelschlob-und BeschlagfabrikenInventor: Artur Hirtsiefer
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Patent number: 7520023Abstract: A hinge for connecting a first folding element to a second folding element. The hinge includes a fixing element which comprises a first fixing face by means of which the fixing element is contactingly fixable to the second folding element; a first arm connected to the fixing element so as to be pivotable around a first pivot axis between a first position and a second position; a second arm having a fixing device by which the second arm can be fixed to the second folding element, and is connected to the first arm so as to be pivotable around a second pivot axis extending parallel to the first pivot axis between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the first arm encloses a smallest angle relative to the fixing face and, in the second position, encloses a greatest angle relative to the fixing face.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Huwil-Werke GmbH Mobelschloss und BeschlagfabrikenInventor: Artur Hirtsiefer
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Publication number: 20090072551Abstract: A retaining element for the lid of a cabinet has a linkage in the form of an eccentric sliding crank drive with an arm (1) as a slider link of the sliding crank drive. The arms (1) can be fixed to a cabinet housing (27) and pivotably connected to the lid and is pivotable around a first arm axis (5) of a first joint (6) between an open position and a closed position. A lever (2) acts as a crank of the sliding crank drive. The lever (2) can be fixed to the cabinet housing (27) and is pivotable around a first lever axis (7) of a second joint (8). A slider element (3) acts as a slider of the sliding crank drive. The slider element (3) is guided at the arm (1) and is displaceable along a slider axis (12). The lever (2) is connected to the slider element (3) and is pivotable around a second lever axis (9). The slider axis (12) intersects the first arm axis (5) at a distance. A force element (14) is supported against the arm (1) and against the slider element (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2006Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: Huwil-Weke Gmbh Mobelschlossund MeschlagfabrikenInventor: Artur Hirtsiefer
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Patent number: 7240974Abstract: A folding lid for a cabinet. The folding lid or cover (8) can be displaced between an opened position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2002Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Huwil-Werke GmbHInventor: Artur Hirtsiefer
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Patent number: 7178202Abstract: Disclosed is a lid-positioning device for a cabinet, comprising an actuating arm (10) which is fixed to a side wall (3) of a cabinet carcass (1) so as to be pivotable around a first axis of actuation (13) between an open position and a closed position while being fixed to a lid (8) so as to be pivotable around a second axis of actuation (16), a control arm (11) which is fixed to the side wall (3) of the cabinet carcass (1) so as to be pivotable around a first control axis (14) that is located parallel to the first axis of actuation (13) while being fixed to the lid (8) so as to be pivotable around a second control axis (17) that is located parallel to the second axis of actuation (16).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Huwil-Werke GmbH MobelschloB-und BeschlagfabrikenInventors: Artur Hirtsiefer, Christian Reineking, Jürgen Schnell
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Publication number: 20060279092Abstract: Disclosed is a lid stay, especially for pieces of furniture, comprising a first arm (1) and a second arm (2) which are connected to each other so as to be pivotable about a swivel pin (3) between an open position and a closed position, a convex positioning contour (4) that is disposed on the first arm (1), extends around a central axis (5) located parallel to the swivel pin (3), and has the shape of a circular arc when viewed from a cross-section running perpendicular to the central axis (5), a positioning slide (8) which is movably guided along a positioning axis (9) by means of the first arm (1), is provided with a flat support area (12) facing the positioning contour (4), and is spring-biased in the direction of the positioning contour (4), and a sliding block (13), a concave first sliding surface (14) of which slidably leans on the positioning contour (4) while a flat second sliding surface (15) thereof slidably leans on the support area (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2004Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventor: Artur Hirtsiefer