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).

  • Device for fastening a front plate to metal drawer side walls
    Patent number: 4874212
    Abstract: A device for fastening a drawer front plate to a drawer metal drawer side wall having in a front end thereof a recess includes a block having a groove and fastened to the front plate by dowels. The drawer side wall is insertable into the groove. An adjustment plate which is held in the block projects into the recess of the drawer side wall. The drawer side wall has a slot which is disposed behind the recess and into which engages a projection protruding from a side wall of the block. An adjustment plate which abuts with the upper and lower edges of the recess in the side wall is arranged in the groove of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Drawer including roller carrier connecting side walls to rear member
    Patent number: 4872735
    Abstract: A drawer includes two metal frames, a front member, a rear wall and a bottom member. At each side at the rear of the drawer there is arranged one runner roller for a pull-out guide and which is mounted on a separate roller carrier. A flange of the roller carrier, the height of which corresponds to the height of the drawer frame and the width of which corresponds to the thickness of the rear wall, extends between the side edge of the rear wall and the drawer frame and is laterally adapted to the contour of the drawer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Fastening device for adjustable front plates of drawers
    Patent number: 4850659
    Abstract: A fastening device for adjustably mounting each side of a front plate of a drawer includes a supporting part fastened to a respective side wall at each side of the drawer. A holding part is fastened, for example by means of screws, to the respective side of the drawer and engages the supporting part. A spring, preferably a leaf spring, is depth-adjustably mounted on each supporting part by means of an eccentric, the holding part engaging such spring by means of a hook. The holding part has a rearwardly open horizontal slot into which fits another eccentric which is mounted on the supporting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Hinge
    Patent number: 4850080
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm to be connected with a second hinge part by hinge links. The hinge arm is provided at the front thereof with a joint adjusting screw for engagement with a mounting plate. The rear of the hinge arm is provided with a clamping screw which permits a depth adjustment and extends through a rearwardly open slot in the hinge arm. The clamping screw connects the hinge arm with an intermediate member which carries a tensioning lever which is acted upon by a spring. The tensioning lever holds the intermediate member with the hinge arm on the mounting plate in a clamping arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle, Helmut Rupprechter
  • Drawer with metal side walls
    Patent number: 4848860
    Abstract: A drawer includes metal side walls and a front plate attached to the drawer side walls by holding devices. At least one strip of plastics material or the like is fastened to the outer side of each drawer side wall. Each strip covers an opening in the drawer side wall through which a screwdriver has access to the holding device for the front plate. Each strip has edge guide flanges held in guide grooves of the drawer side wall. The guide flanges are shorter than the strip, such that the strip thus has a free flap which can be pulled away from the drawer side wall. The flap has a projection which engages in the opening and forms a catch for the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Fastening device for adjustable front plates of drawers
    Patent number: 4846538
    Abstract: A fastening device for adjustable front plates of drawers. A supporting part is fastened to the drawer side walls at each side of the drawer. The front plate is by means of screws or dowels fastened to holding parts which are engageable in said supporting parts. A holding means which engages at a hook of the corresponding holding part is arranged at each side of the drawer. Each holding means comprises a clamping hook which is mounted on a vertically adjustable sledge, and is clampable by means of an eccentric and pulls by means of said hook of said holding part the front plate to said drawer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Drawer metal side wall with hooks for connection to drawer bottom plate
    Patent number: 4842351
    Abstract: A drawer has metal side walls with vertical flanges thereof forming the lateral limits of the drawer. Each vertical flange has at a lower end thereof a horizontal flange on which a drawer bottom plate of wood or the like abuts. Hooks are punched from the horizontal flanges and project into recesses in the bottom plate. The hooks are bendable and have angular tips pierced into walls of the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein
  • Fitting for fastening the rail member of a drawer
    Patent number: 4840512
    Abstract: A fitting for fastening a rail member of a drawer to a rear wall of the drawer includes a supporting member fastenable to the real wall. The rear end of the rail member is held in the support member by a fastening member which is engageable in the supporting member and is screwable into the rail member. The fastening member is clamped to the supporting member by a clamping screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein
  • Fastening device for adjustable front plates of drawers
    Patent number: 4832420
    Abstract: A fastening device for connecting an adjustable front plate of a drawer to a drawer side wall at each of opposite sides of a drawer includes a holding part fastened to the front plate and engageable in a supporting part fastened to the drawer side wall. A holding member engages a hook member of the corresponding holding part and includes a clamping hook which is mounted on the supporting part. The clamping hook is clampable by a screw and pulls the holding part and front plate toward the drawer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellslchaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Drawer
    Patent number: 4815796
    Abstract: A fitting fastens each side of a drawer front panel to metal drawer sides. In a vertical web adjacent the front panel of each drawer side is provided a recess open towards the front and having vertically projecting therein a nose to hang a holding member of the front panel. A slot, which is stamped out of the drawer side and into which projects a nose of a clamping plate, is disposed behind the recess. The clamping plate can be clamped to a holding plate which is perpendicular to the front panel and which is secured to the front panel. The holding plate and the clamping plate, which together form the holding member, receive therebetween the vertical web of the drawer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein, Josef Brunner
  • Holding device for the front plate of a drawer
    Patent number: 4815798
    Abstract: A holding device for the front plate of a drawer with metal drawer frames includes holding members fastened to the front plate and supporting members fastened respective of the drawer frames. The holding members are engageable in the supporting members. The supporting members are adjustably fastened to the drawer frames by means of clamping screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein, Josef Brunner
  • Mounting plate for a hinge for mounting a door on furniture frames of varying thickness
    Patent number: 4803749
    Abstract: A hinge mounting plate suitable for fastening to a furniture frame is U-shaped and is laterally slideable onto the furniture frame. A distance compensating plate is provided at one of the two parallel side flanges of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter
  • Rail fitting assembly for use in a drawer
    Patent number: 4804239
    Abstract: A fitting for a drawer, which can be assembled from a plurality of components and has metal drawer side walls which at the same time form pull-out rails for extracting the drawer includes a fastener for connecting each rail to a front panel (3) and a rear wall (3) of the drawer. Each drawer side wall is provided with a fastening plate (3) for the rear wall (3) of the drawer. Attachments connect opposite ends of the rail to the front panel and the rear wall of the drawer. Rail has at one end thereof an adaptor and at the other end thereof an annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner, Helmut Hollenstein
  • Fitting assembly for connecting the sidewall of a drawer to the rear wall thereof
    Patent number: 4802716
    Abstract: A fitting for a drawer which can be assembled from a plurality of components and has metal drawer sides includes fasteners for connecting the drawer sides to a rear wall of the drawer. Each drawer side is provided with an angled fastening plate for connection to the rear wall of the drawer. The fastening plate has therein a keyhole and on the upper edge a slot which is open at the top and into which holding members of the rear wall of the drawer can be inserted. In addition, the fastening plate is provided with additional holes for fastening screws or tenons. The holding members of the rear wall of the drawer are plates each of which has a positioning web projecting into the open slot and a nose projecting into the keyhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Hollenstein, Josef Brunner
  • Furniture hinge including hinge arm releasably connected to a mounting plate
    Patent number: 4800622
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm adapted to be snapped onto a mounting plate. The front of the hinge arm is directly or by an intermediate member indirectly engageable into the mounting plate, and the rear of the hinge arm has a tilting lever at which a hook member is formed by which the tilting lever is lockable to the mounting plate. When a door is mounted to the body of an article of furniture, the hinge arm can be engaged into the mounting plate and then fastened thereto simply by applying pressure. Canting of the hinge arm at the mounting plate is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Hinge
    Patent number: 4800621
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm which is snappable onto a mounting plate by means of an intermediate member. The intermediate member is at the front thereof engageable with the mounting plate and at the rear thereof provided with a pivot lever having a hook member by means of which the pivot lever and the intermediate member are lockable on the mounting plate. Centering elements include, for example, a locking bolt extending into a notch in the mounting plate or noses which abut on a base member of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle, Helmut Rupprechter
  • Drawer
    Patent number: 4786123
    Abstract: A drawer includes a bottom, a rear wall, a front plate and two side walls. Each side wall includes separates a lower and upper parts which are anchored to each other by means of a downwardly extending flange of the upper part. The lower part is made of an organic material, for example plastics material or chip board. The upper part is formed by a metal profile having a substantially U-shaped configuration including upper and lower running flanges defining a running groove for a runner roller at the side of a furniture body. A roller carrier is connected to the upper part and is mounted on to the rear wall of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Felix Schwarzler
  • Device for fastening the front plate of a drawer
    Patent number: 4775202
    Abstract: A device for fastening the front plate of a drawer to metal drawer frames includes, for each side of the drawer, a fastened to the front plate and of angular configuration, when viewed from the top, with a holding flange aligned parallel to the front plate. A supporting member is formed at the front end of the drawer frame. The supporting has a U-shaped configuration when viewed from the top. The flange of the holding member that is aligned parallel to the front plate is insertable into the U-shaped profile of the supporting member. Each holding member has a bracing flap which is by means of a bracing screw pressable against a supporting flange or against a flange of the supporting member lying opposite the supporting flange of the U-shaped profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Mounting plate, in particular for hinges
    Patent number: 4768259
    Abstract: A hinge mounting plate on which a hinge arm is fastenable is adjustable in one direction and fastenable to a furniture part, for example a furniture side wall, by means of fastening screws extending through elongated holes in the mounting plate. In each elongated hole is provided two flaps projecting from the rim of the hole having free front faces pivotally holding the respective fastening screw. The fastening screws have countersunk heads, and when the fastening screws are inserted the countersunk heads press the flaps away from the screw cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter
  • Hinge
    Patent number: 4750238
    Abstract: A hinge has a hinge arm which is snappable onto a mounting plate by means of an intermediate member. The front of the intermediate member is engageable into the mounting plate and the rear of the intermediate member is provided with a pivot lever having a hook member by means of which the pivot lever locks the intermediate member to the mounting plate. A cover member is mounted on the hinge arm and at its rear end has a shoulder which embraces the end of the hinge arm and extends between the hinge arm and the pivot lever, so that the pivot member cannot be released from the mounting plate unintentionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle, Helmut Rupprechter