Patents by Inventor Josef Brunner

Josef Brunner 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 4749243
    Abstract: A drawer has lateral drawer frames of injection molded plastics to which are fastened pull-out rails rolling on runner rollers at the sides of the body of an article of furniture. Slides are arranged at the rear sides of the drawer frames and at the pull-out rails. The slides engage the supporting rails at the side of the body and are movable therealong. The slides are inserted into the drawer frames from the rear thereof and have projections which engage in recesses of the respective drawer frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4710999
    Abstract: A device for cleaning shellfish consists of a chamber having two opposed brush disks, relatively moveable toward one another and at least one of the disks is rotatably driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Inventors: Josef Brunner, Josef Ritzer
  • Patent number: 4595245
    Abstract: A fastening device for adjustably fastening a front plate to a drawer includes holding parts arranged at the left and right sides of the front plate and engageable by means of screws into supporting parts secured to respective guide rails of the drawer. Flaps are pivotally mounted on the supporting parts and extend vertically to the front plate. Upper ends of the supporting parts are connected to the flaps by means of the screws. When the flaps are pivoted, the inclination of the front plate thereby is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4589710
    Abstract: A device fastens front plates of drawers such that adjustment of the position of the front plate is possible. At each side of the drawer is provided a supporting member engaged with a holding member which is fastened to the front plate. To facilitate lateral adjustment of the front plate, the lower side of the holding member at only one side of the drawer is provided with an adjusting screw for the lateral adjustment of the front plate, while the holding member on the other side is laterally free and has a stop flap for limiting the vertical adjustment of the front plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4558908
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for a drawer is mounted below the drawer bottom. Slides are provided for the transmission of load between pull-out rails and supporting rails. The slides have vertical marginal slots in which vertical marginal flanges of the supporting rails are guided to obtain good lateral stability for the drawer. At the front ends of the pull-out rails resilient clamping members are provided which engage in the slides of the supporting rails, when the drawer is in the inserted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1985
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4556205
    Abstract: A gauging tool for use in mounting the rails of a drawer pull-out guide assembly to furniture side walls includes a holding member for supporting the body rail. The body rail can be screwed onto the furniture side wall while held by the holding member of the gauging tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4530547
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly mounted beneath a drawer includes a supporting rail on each side of the drawer with a roller mounted on its front end and a pull-out rail on each side with rollers or a slide on the rear end. On one side of the guide assembly the pull-out rail is held laterally on the roller of the support rail while on the other side the pull-out rail has no lateral guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4494803
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly is positioned underneath the floor of a drawer and includes two pull-out rails, two supporting rails and two carriages in which rollers are supported between respective pull-out rail supporting rails. Each pull out rail embraces the respective supporting rail on four sides, and there are rollers with horizontal axles as well as rollers with vertical axles in each carriage. The supporting rails have both vertical and horizontal running flanges for the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4465324
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers where each carrier rail consists of two parts, i.e. a fastening member and a runner member. Rollers are held in roller cages which run in the drawer rails. The runner members can be assembled with the fastening members without tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4436357
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for drawers includes on each side of the drawer, a supporting rail and a pull-out rail. A roller carrier is situated between each such pair of rails. The supporting rail on one side of the drawer has an open U-shaped profile, and the supporting rail on the other side has a -shaped profile with an outer vertical flange. Guide rollers are situated in the roller carrier. At least one guide roller runs on the outer vertical flange of the supporting rail and on a vertical flange of the pull-out rail. At least one other guide roller runs between an inner vertical flange of the supporting rail and another vertical flange of the pull-out rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: Julius Blum Ges. m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4379604
    Abstract: A drawer for a piece of furniture includes the side walls and a back wall of which are members formed of plastic material. The side members and the back member are, when joined together, moved relatively in vertical direction. The back member has connecting elements in the form of T-shaped rails which slide into corresponding vertical slots in the two side members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Assignee: Julius Blum Ges.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4349941
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a hinge arm and a hinge casing connected by two hinge links. A pressure spring is situated on the hinge arm and urges a retaining member onto a sliding member fixed to one of the hinge links, thus holding the hinge closed by the force of the spring, when the hinge is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: 4323213
    Abstract: A suspension fitting for cabinets to be hung on a wall includes a supporting member which is fastened to the piece of furniture and a suspension member displaceably mounted in the supporting member and adapted to rest in a hook in the wall. A disc with a spirally extending member is provided for displacing the suspension member.The fitting is mounted on the outside of the cabinet directly at the rear wall and is elongated vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: D264660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1982
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner
  • Patent number: D267066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Josef Brunner