Patents by Inventor Erich Rock

Erich Rock 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).

  • Patent number: 5540515
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing a front panel of a drawer to a drawer frame includes a holding part to be secured to the front panel and a support part to be secured to a drawer frame, one such assembly being provided for each side of the drawer. The holding part can be coupled to the support part, and a spring, preferably a helical spring, acts in the longitudinal direction of the drawer frame between the support part and the holding part. When the front panel is mounted, a limited relative movement of the holding part with respect to the support part in opposition to the spring action is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5536083
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers, having a carcass-side bearing rail (3) and a drawer-side pull-out rail (6) at each side of the drawer. Load-transmitting rollers (4, 16, 17) are mounted on the rails (3, 6). The rails (3, 6) have running webs for the rollers (4, 16, 17) and the rollers (4, 16, 17) of the bearing rails (3) and of the pull-out rails (6) are offset perpendicular with respect to the pull-out direction of the pull-out rails (6) such that the pull-out rails (6) are guided in two tracks. At least one bracket (13, 30) is mounted at the rear end of the pull-out rail (6) the bracket (13, 30, 31) having a horizontal web (33) abbuting the running web (22) of the pull-out rail (6) or a support block (12) of plastics being inserted between the horizontal web (23) of the bracket (13) and the running web (22) of the pull-out rail (6). There are mounted on the bracket (13, 31) two rollers (16, 17) which are arranged one above the other and which receive between them the running web (18) of the bearing rail (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Klaus Brustle, Helmut Hollenstein, Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5492400
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for a drawer or the like includes a support rail to be fastened to a furniture side wall, a pull-out rail to be fastened to the drawer and an intermediate rail. Rollers transfer the load of the drawer from one rail to another. A cable is fastened to the support rail and is connectable to the pull-out rail, such cable running on pulleys mounted at front and rear ends of the intermediate rail. A coupling device is provided for releasably coupling the cable to the pull-out rail. The coupling device includes an inner elongated coupling member fastened to the cable and an outer coupling member fastened to the pull-out rail and embracing the inner coupling member. Both coupling members are provided with at least one rack member or arrangement of teeth that engage each other when in coupling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5458413
    Abstract: A drawer comprising two double-walled drawer sides (1) made of metal, a drawer base (14), two pull-out rails (2), as well as two securing devices (4) for a front wall (5) which, in the mounted state, is located between the two drawer sides (1). The front wall (5) has at both ends (4) (sic) a fitting (8) provided with a stop plate (9) which is located next to the front wall (5) and which covers the front side of the drawer side (1). The front wall (5) has in cross section an upper closed profile (10) and a lower rearwardly open profile (11) with a front covering web (12). The lower open profile (11) receives the front edge of the drawer base (14). The front wall (5) has a rear web (15) which is directed perpendicularly to the drawer base (14) and terminates at the drawer base (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5419630
    Abstract: A drawer frame (12) made of sheet steel and having a lower supporting web (26), a vertical web (12') and an upper running web (23) is provided with a separate mounting (14) in which a three-dimensional panel (8) can be suspended. The panel (8) has a vertical cover web (8') located laterally spaced from the vertical web (12') of the drawer frame (12) in the mounted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein
  • Patent number: 5395169
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer includes a support rail to be mounted on a side of a furniture body or carcass and a pull-out rail to be mounted on the side of the drawer. Guide members such as rollers transmit the load of the drawer and are mounted on the rails. The rollers of the support rail and of the pull-out rail are offset perpendicular to the direction of pulling out the pull-out rail relative to the support rail. The pull-out rail thus is guided on two tracks. The pull-out rail has at least one horizontal tab which projects below a running web of the support rail and forms a lift protection preventing the pull-out rail from being lifted off the support rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5356207
    Abstract: A device for braking a drawer slidable within a body by a pull-out rail on the drawer, a support rail on the body and rollers running therebetween. The device includes a brake rail is secured to one of the body or the drawer. Two brake shoes are mounted to be movable along the brake rail in the direction of movement of the drawer. The shoes are activated by a stop on other of the drawer or the body. The shoes are connected to the brake rail by a spring. The stop moves the brake shoes against the action of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5344227
    Abstract: An extension guide assembly for use on a side of a drawer to guide movement of the drawer into and out of a furniture body includes a support rail to be attached to the furniture body, an extension rail to be attached to the drawer, and a central rail between the extension rail and the support rail. The central rail has a U-shaped transverse profile opening downwardly, and carriages are positioned within the profile of the central rail and support rolling bodies transferring the load of the drawer from the central rail to the support rail. Guide members or runners are disposed on top of the central rail between the central rail and the extension rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5292198
    Abstract: A pull-out guide fitting for a drawer includes a drawer-side pull-out rail and a furniture carcass-side support rail, and possibly a middle rail disposed between the pull-out rail and the support rail. The support rail is mounted by support structure or coupling members on a support bracket that in turn is mounted on a carcass side panel. At the rear of the support bracket is a hook under which the support rail is insertable. The support rail is held in the inserted position by a locking lever that is supported on or in the support rail. The locking lever is acted upon by a spring to pivot to a locked position abutting against a detent edge of the support bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Fredi Dubach
  • Patent number: 5281021
    Abstract: A drawer has two drawer side frames to each of which a pull-out rail of a drawer guide assembly is releasably fastened. Each pull-out rail has at its rear end a hook by means of which it is engageable in the drawer. The drawer is provided with catch elements which engage on each side in a recess of the pull-out rail and abut on a catch edge of the pull-out rail. Each drawer frame has a hook member which receives the front end of the pull-out rail. Further, a number of stop surfaces staggered in a direction inclined to the pull-out direction of the drawer are formed on the catch elements. One of these stop surfaces abuts on the catch edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 5281022
    Abstract: A front panel mounting device for a drawer includes a holding part fastened to a drawer front panel and a carrying apparatus fastened to a drawer frame at each of opposite sides of a drawer. The carrying apparatus includes members for adjustment of the front panel as well as a securing part in the form of a housing fixed on the drawer frame and a hook member which is adjustably supported in the housing and which extends at a ring angle to the front panel. The holding part may be suspended on the hook member. The hook member is supported in the housing by means of eccentrics that form the adjustment members. One eccentric is supported by front and rear journals thereof in holes in spaces walls of the drawer frame. The housing is inserted between such walls. Such one eccentric therefore fixes the housing in the drawer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5265953
    Abstract: A drawer includes two parallel metal drawer side walls, each being provided with a side wall rail for a runner roller of a pull-out guide. A front wall is releaseably connectable to the drawer side walls and lies in a mounted position between the drawer side walls. A connecting fitting member is premounted to the front wall for each drawer side wall. The fitting member has a stop which lies laterally beside the front wall and is pullable towards the front side of the respective drawer side wall to obtain a firm connection between the front wall and the drawer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 5208943
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm mountable on a wall of a furniture unit and at least one hinge pot mounted on a furniture door and rotatably connected to the hinge arm. The hinge pot has a recess into which an inner coupling member may be inserted and in which the latter is releasably anchorable by means of a locking member acted upon by a spring. Provided in one part of either the hinge pot or the coupling member is at least one shoulder which is received with form fit in a recess of the other part. The coupling member may be inserted into the hinge pot in a direction perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to the plane of the door. The locking member, which is mounted tiltably on the coupling member, presses against a nose of a hinge pot wall delimiting the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5207781
    Abstract: A closing device is employed in an article of furniture having furniture components including a furniture body and a drawer for moving the drawer to a fully inserted position within the furniture body. The closing device includes a pin member fixed to one of the furniture components and a tiltable member mounted on the other of the furniture components for displacement relative thereto in opposite first and second directions. The pin member and the tiltable members are engaged when the drawer is in the fully inserted position. Upon the drawer being moved in the direction outwardly of the furniture body, the tiltable member displaces relative to the other furniture component in the first direction. A spring acts on the tiltable member and the other furniture component to urge relative displacement therebetween in the second direction. When the pin and tiltable members are in engagement, the spring urges the drawer to move in a direction inwardly of the furniture body to the fully inserted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5201096
    Abstract: A hinge, in particular a folding door hinge, includes a hinge arm which may be mounted by means of a base plate on a furniture unit part. The hinge arm may be adjusted in two dimensions on the base plate and is connected via at least one joint pin to a hinge pot. An end of the hinge arm facing the joint pin is angled and mounted on such end is a linearly displaceable extension member that carries the joint pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5159740
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm mounted on a base plate by an intermediate member having a U-shaped cross-section. The hinge arm is retained on the intermediate member by depth and joint adjustment devices, e.g. clamping and adjusting screws. Retaining elements of the intermediate member engage corresponding retaining elements of the base plate at two points staggered over the length of the base plate. The retaining elements are rigid at one such point, and the other point one retaining element is resilient. The hinge arm and the intermediate member engages the base plate with the rigid retaining elements and snaps only the base plate due to the resilient retaining element, in the form of a leaf spring. A rear end the intermediate member is provided with a bridge which defines a gap into which is inserted the leaf spring. A flap is punched from the leaf spring and engages in a recess of the intermediate member arranged underneath the bridge, thus locking the leaf spring to the intermediate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Klaus Brustle, Andreas Tofferl, Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5119527
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm which is mounted on a base plate so as to be adjustable. The hinge arm is mounted on an intermediate member or component by a gap adjusting screw and a clamping screw. The hinge arm can be locked on the base plate by means of a resilient snap engagement mechanism and at two bearing points, offset along the length of the hinge arm, is mounted indirectly on the base plate via the intermediate component. Separate, spring-loaded locking members or components are provided at the two bearing points. A manually operable unlocking device provides simultaneous unlocking of the locking members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 5056190
    Abstract: A hinge has a hinge arm which is connected by hinge links with a hinge casing and is mounted on a mounting plate by a joint adjusting screw and a depth adjusting screw. The hinge arm is, at an end thereof which is close to the pivot axis of the hinge, engageable with the mounting plate by a rigid hook and is pivotable about this point of engagement. At its opposite end, the hinge arm has structure forming a resilient snap connection which engages the mounting plate and maintains the hinge arm mounted on the mounting plate. The structure forming the resilient snap connection has extending therefrom a handle member for enabling the resilient snap connection to be released by lifting the handle member away from the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle, Helmut Rupprechter
  • Patent number: RE33895
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for .[.drawers comprising.]. .Iadd.a drawer includes .Iaddend.a pull-out rail fastened to the drawer, a supporting rail fastened to the body of .[.the piece.]. .Iadd.an article .Iaddend.of furniture and a center rail differentially running between .[.said.]. .Iadd.such .Iaddend.two rails on each side of the drawer. Running carriages which hold load-transmitting running rollers are arranged between .[.said.]. .Iadd.the .Iaddend.rails. Driving rollers which run on the supporting .[.rails.]. .Iadd.rail .Iaddend.and on the pull-out .[.rails.]. .Iadd.rail .Iaddend.are mounted on the center .[.rails.]. .Iadd.rail.Iaddend.. The center .[.rails have Z-profiles.]. .Iadd.rail has a Z-shaped profile.Iaddend., and the supporting .[.rails.]. .Iadd.rail .Iaddend.and the pull-out .[.rails.]. .Iadd.rail .Iaddend.have .[.U-profiles.]. .Iadd.U-shaped profiles .Iaddend.which are substantially half-covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: D334680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle