Patents by Inventor Hubert Elmer

Hubert Elmer 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: 7343644
    Abstract: A fitting for an all-glass door with an upper bearing which substantially includes a fitting body with a glass receptacle and/or a clamping device for a glass leaf and with a bearing pin for engagement in a counterbearing at an overpanel or in a frame. The bearing pin is displaceable in a pocket hole. To provide a fitting that resists intrusion after the glass door is installed, the bearing pin of the fitting is secured in such a way that the glass leaf is prevented from being lifted out when the all-glass door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 7328482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting system according to parent application DE 101 19 987.3 for rotatably bearing a door leaf (2) in a glass construction. A fitting (1) is disposed on the top and/or at the bottom of said door leaf (2) and interacts with a complementary counter-fitting. A bearing axis extends in the plane of the door leaf and every fitting (1) is subdivided longitudinally by an intermediate space (3), while forming opposite bearing surfaces (7, 8), into at least partially spaced-apart fitting elements (4, 5) that can be disposed in a form-fit in a recess (9) of the door leaf (2). In order to stabilize the fitting system and to provide tamper-proof and protected fittings (1) that are also optically appealing, the fitting elements (4, 5) are fastened to the door leaf (2) by means of pins (16, 17) that are introduced at an angle to the longitudinal direction in through bores (14, 15) and in blind bores (12, 13) of the two fitting elements (4,5), while reducing the intermediate space (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG.
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 7178198
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for glass doors includes an upper mounting having a mounting body with a clamping device for the glass leaf and a displaceable bearing pin for engaging in a counterbearing at a transom and a lower mounting with a mounting body with a clamping device for the glass leaf, and with a receiving recess for a floor door closer or a floor bearing. The two mounting bodies are arranged parallel to the vertical axis (H) of the glass leaf, and each clamping device is provided with longitudinally extending grooves for receiving fastening screws which project through screw holes in the clamping device and bore holes in the glass leaf. A clamping insert is provided for inserting into the grooves and has a recess for a cover panel. The mounting body and the counterbearing can be covered by means of covers, wherein the cover is provided with elongated holes which extend under the clamping insert and cover panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co., KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20060265837
    Abstract: A fitting for an all-glass door with an upper bearing which substantially includes a fitting body with a glass receptacle and/or a clamping device for a glass leaf and with a bearing pin for engagement in a counterbearing at an overpanel or in a frame. The bearing pin is displaceable in a pocket hole. To provide a fitting that resists intrusion after the glass door is installed, the bearing pin of the fitting is secured in such a way that the glass leaf is prevented from being lifted out when the all-glass door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 7137172
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a hanger for guiding an element suspended from a rail so that the element can be moved back and forth. To create a hanger which forms a compact and visually attractive unit and which occupies the least possible amount of space without sacrificing the ability to serve various applications and to perform different functions, the hanger has an essentially flat, elongated shape with a middle section between two opposite end area, where the end areas are rounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20060208150
    Abstract: A runner rail clamping holder for receiving a runner rail in a runner rail receptacle has a wall and a connection plate mounted to the wall. The wall has a recess for receiving a clamping member arranged in the wall and in the connection plate. The clamping member is rotatably supported in the recess and can be clamped between the runner rail and a substrate structure by a screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Hubert Elmer, Michael Beck, Herbert Volderaver
  • Publication number: 20060191101
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide device for a sliding door guided by means of a carriage in a guiding rail. The guiding rail has a channel disposed on its inside, in which the carriage is guided, and is provided with two profile parts releasably connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 7065836
    Abstract: A fitting for rotatably supporting a closing element for closing an opening, the fitting including a flange, a clamping element for fixing the closing element to the flange, and a pair of arms extending in parallel from the flange and forming an intermediate space therebetween. Each arm extends to a sleeve which can receive the axle therethrough. The flange, the arms, and the sleeves forming a single piece. A ring received between the sleeves can be secured to the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 7065831
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding element, which is suspended and guided on a running track by means of roller carriers or gliding elements, using running track retainers that are connected to a substructure and engage with the underside of the running track. The invention also relates to an anti-removal device, which comprises a locking elements that can be pressed elastically against the running track and that yields when crossed by a running track retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20060021289
    Abstract: A glass partition includes a pair of frameless glass side parts attached to a floor and a ceiling, and a frameless glass element attached to the side parts and to the ceiling without the use of fittings, the glass element being attached to the side parts and the ceiling exclusively by a permanently elastic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20050198776
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for glass doors includes an upper mounting having a mounting body with a clamping device for the glass leaf and a displaceable bearing pin for engaging in a counterbearing at a transom and a lower mounting with a mounting body with a clamping device for the glass leaf, and with a receiving recess for a floor door closer or a floor bearing. The two mounting bodies are arranged parallel to the vertical axis (H) of the glass leaf, and each clamping device is provided with longitudinally extending grooves for receiving fastening screws which project through screw holes in the clamping device and bore holes in the glass leaf. A clamping insert is provided for inserting into the grooves and has a recess for a cover panel. The mounting body and the counterbearing can be covered by means of covers, wherein the cover is provided with elongated holes which extend under the clamping insert and cover panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20050115174
    Abstract: Separating wall made of glass with frameless side parts which are held at the base and at a top structure, at least one frameless transom which is held at the two side parts and at the top structure, and at least one leaf which is rotatably arranged below the transom and between the two side parts. The leaf is rotatably supported exclusively at the transom and at the base by means of fitting parts, and the transom and the side parts are fastened to one another and to the top structure and the base without the fittings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20050102792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding element, which is suspended and guided on a running track by means of roller carriers or gliding elements, using running track retainers that are connected to a substructure and engage with the underside of the running track. The invention also relates to an anti-removal device, which comprises a locking elements that can be pressed elastically against the running track and that yields when crossed by a running track retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20050072890
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a hanger for guiding an element suspended from a rail so that the element can be moved back and forth. To create a hanger which forms a compact and visually attractive unit and which occupies the least possible amount of space without sacrificing the ability to serve various applications and to perform different functions, the hanger has an essentially flat, elongated shape with a middle section between two opposite end area, where the end areas are rounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20050053424
    Abstract: The clamping holder engages around the slide rail or rod with a slide rail receptacle by more than half of the circumference in a frictional engagement. A hollow-cylindrical continuation of the slide rail receptacle engages over an adjusting bearing and a fastening member on the outside. The hollow-cylindrical continuation is secured to the adjusting bearing so as to be fixed with respect to displacement axially and is secured to a cup-like fastening bushing of the fastening member so as to be fixed with respect to rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20040261222
    Abstract: A fitting system for rotatable support of a glass door leaf having a top, a bottom, a bearing axis extending between the top and the bottom in the plane of the door, and a mounting recess on the axis at the top and the bottom, the fitting system including a pair of fittings received in respective mounting recesses, each fitting having a first fitting part, a second fitting part, an intermediate space between the fitting parts, a contact surface facing the intermediate space on each of the fitting parts, a pair of threaded blind holes in the first fitting part, and a pair of through holes in the second fitting part. A pair of pins are received in the through holes and threaded into the blind holes for drawing the contact surfaces against the door leaf, and an extension bar is received in a channel the second fitting part oven the pins and parallel to the plane of the door leaf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20040216270
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing element, having a length compensating mechanism, which is used for fixing rod-like components of a furniture. The fixing element has a base part, that is fixed to a wall of the furniture, and an intermediate part with a shaft and a head. When mounted, the intermediate part connects the base part to the rod-like component. The intermediate part has a thread on the shaft, which can be screwed in a bore having an inner thread, which is located in the rod-like component. The head of the intermediate part also has a stop area which is in contact with the base part when it is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20040206869
    Abstract: A single-piece track clamping holder for mounting a track of a sliding door system on a substrate includes a track receiver formed as a single piece and having a track receiving opening profiled to extend around more than half the circumference of a track, the track receiver having a wall bounding the receiving opening, and at least one clamping opening in the side of the wall facing the substrate. A clamping device received in each clamping opening can be acted on so that the holder is non-positively clamped to both the track and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Patent number: 6796091
    Abstract: A building glass facade having glass panes that are mounted to a mounting structure, such as a building. The glass panes are mounted using clamp fittings or clamping arrangements for fastening glass panes with two clamping elements that clamp the glass pane between them, whereby one clamping element is realized in the form of a conical nut or taper nut that is set into a boring of the glass pane and has a detachable cover. The invention teaches that a clip closure is integrated into the cover or is an integral part of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer
  • Publication number: 20040111835
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pivot bearing (1) for pivoting doors (2) with a holding part (7) and a bearing shaft (4) which has an area (5) provided with a thread and a bearing area (6) for supporting a pivot bar (22) of the pivoting door (2). Further, there is a connection part (10) which connects the holding part (7) to the bearing shaft (4). The connection part (10) has a slot (11) formed parallel to an axis of rotation (X-X), a pin (16) fastened in the bearing shaft (4) being guided in this slot (11). An adjusting device (14) is screwed onto the threaded area (5) of the bearing shaft (4) and enables an axial positioning of the bearing shaft (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Hubert Elmer