Patents by Inventor Karl Lautenschlager
Karl Lautenschlager 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: 4642846Abstract: The cabinet hinge mounting plate can be fastened to a cabinet wall by means of screws passing through openings provided in it in the form of slots. The slots are configured such that the screws associated with each of them, which are threaded only on a portion of their length but have an unthreaded section adjacent the screw head, will be held temporarily by their threaded portion in a central position in the length of the slot, but when they are driven all the way in they will be displaceable lengthwise of the slot. The slots have in the area of their central portion projections protruding each toward the opposite slot edge for the purpose of holding the crests of the threads of the associated fastening screws. At their upper side facing the head of the screws the slots are provided with a rebate which is engaged by a centering section of the screw, which is formed in the transition between the head and the shaft of the screw.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1985Date of Patent: February 17, 1987Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4615074Abstract: Four-joint cabinet hinge of increased opening angle. In a four-joint cabinet hinge (10) with an opening angle of more than 105.degree. the cup (14) that is provided as the door-related part and is to be fastened in a recess in the back of a corresponding door leaf is manufactured by the punch-press method from thin sheet steel. Different possibilities are described for the configuration and mounting of short pivot pins projecting from the inside wall of the cup and serving for the pivoting of the outer hinge link (16) on the door.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1985Date of Patent: October 7, 1986Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, MobelbeschlagfabrikInventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr., Gerhard Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4615072Abstract: A cabinet hinge having a supporting arm (24) which is adjustably mounted on a mounting plate (22) which can be fastened on the supporting wall (20) of a cabinet. The arm has a longitudinal slot (30) which is open at its cabinet-interior end and through which passes a mounting screw driven into the mounting plate (22). A headless screw (38) is driven into a tap provided nearer to the outer end of the supporting arm, and a holding block in the form of a ball (42) is provided at the bottom end of the headless screw. The holding ball is pushed into a narrow-mouthed, open-ended slot (44) that is provided in the mounting plate, which holds the ball securely against lifting while permitting it to be displaced longitudinally.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1984Date of Patent: October 7, 1986Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
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Patent number: 4611957Abstract: A fixture for the adjustable mounting of board-like furniture parts on the work table of a drilling machine. Underneath the drilling head of the machine, backstop rails which project slightly above the supporting surface of the work table are disposed in alignment with one another and longitudinally displaceably at equal distances on opposite sides of a longitudinal central plane. The ends of a threaded spindle are threaded into the ends of the backstop rails adjacent the drilling head, the threaded spindle being provided on each half with contrary threads of equal pitch. The threaded spindle is mounted rotatably but in a longitudinally undisplaceable manner on the work table. Cursors are longitudinally displaceable on the upper sides of the backstop rails and can be fixed at given uniform distances on the associated backstop rail, and each bears a stop which is biased to a position projecting toward the surface of the work table, and which can be retracted into the cursor against the bias.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1984Date of Patent: September 16, 1986Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4590641Abstract: Crosslink hinge for mounting a door on the carcass of a cabinet. The door-related part of the crosslink hinge can be affixed in a recess in the door and is composed of an attaching member and a link holder disposed in the attaching member. To vary the position of the door, the link holder is displaceable at right angles to the pivot axis of the hinge and parallel to the door back and can be fixed in the desired position. The carcass-related part of the hinge has on its bottom an inverted-T-shaped projection which can be inserted into a complementary T-shaped socket in its mounting plate. A set screw is threaded into the mounting plate to fix the carcass-related hinge part thereon.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1983Date of Patent: May 27, 1986Assignee: Mepla, Inc.Inventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard W. Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4549831Abstract: A joining hardware set for the releasable joining of the back wall of a cabinet to the carcass walls thereof. The hardware set has a back wall-related component in the form of an elongated case open at the bottom, which can be affixed to the back wall, and a carcass-related component which is covered by the back wall-related component when the latter is properly installed and which can be fastened to the carcass wall, the carcass-related component having a sloping engagement surface. A tightening means in the form of a circularly or spirally defined disk is journaled at a point offset from the axis of rotation, and its circumferential surface is a tightening surface which slopes at an angle complementary to the engagement surface of the top section.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1983Date of Patent: October 29, 1985Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
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Patent number: 4517706Abstract: Cabinet hinge having a supporting arm which can be snapped onto the mounting plate. The supporting arm (16) of the hinge is adjustably fastened to the mounting plate (14) that is previously mounted on the supporting wall (12) of a cabinet, and it has a slot (34) which is open at the end remote from the hinge articulation or is provided with an enlarged pass-through opening to admit the head (38) of a mounting screw (40) driven into the mounting plate (14). The mounting plate (14) is provided with a spring catch (wire spring 72) projecting beyond its lateral surface and associated with an abutment on the confronting inside surface of the supporting arm (16). The position of this abutment with respect to the tip (78) of the spring catch is selected such that the tip engages the abutment as soon as the shank of the mounting screw (40) reaches the area of transition from the slot (34) to the pass-through opening (36) or open end, as the case may be, of the slot.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1983Date of Patent: May 21, 1985Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, MobelbeschlagfabrikInventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4509882Abstract: A clamping fastener (12) having two substantially cylindrical insert bodies (18, 20) each having a flat extending parallel to the central axis of the cylindrical body. The cylindrical bodies are respectively insertable into a complementary recess (16) provided in the moldings (10) to be connected and cutting through the meeting surface of the respective molding. A coupling bar (26) protruding from the flat of one insert body (20) protrudes into an opening (28) in the flat of the other insert body (18). The coupling bar is adapted to be pulled into the opening (28) by an eccentric fastening device in such a way that the meeting surfaces (14) of the moldings (10) to be connected, are pulled towards each other and are tightened.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1983Date of Patent: April 9, 1985Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
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Patent number: 4500140Abstract: A slide for drawers and the like, to be provided in pairs on opposite sides of a drawable furniture part and an associated carcass wall. It has a profiled cabinet rail (26) to be connected to the carcass wall (14) and a drawer rail (18) to be connected to the drawer. At the front end of the cabinet rail and at the rear end of the drawer rail there is rotatably journaled a roller (32;24) running on the drawer and cabinet rail respectively. An adjusting key (34) is longitudinally displaceably arranged at the cabinet rail and rests against the drawer rail. The connection of the key at the cabinet rail is such that, upon longitudinal displacement, a displacement component transverse to the drawing direction is superimposed on it, whereby an adjustment of the transverse play of the drawer between the carcass walls is possible.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1983Date of Patent: February 19, 1985Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, MobelbeschlagfabrikInventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr., Horst Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4470169Abstract: An articulated hinge for pivotally connecting a door flap to the carcass of a piece of furniture which has spaced carcass walls and a frame facing the door and extending essentially at right angles to the carcass walls and confining a free door opening, while the door flap in closed position partially overlaps the frame. The hinge has a carcass-related part connected to the edge surface of the frame offset inwardly relative to the adjacent carcass wall, and a door-related part connected to the door flap and pivotally connected to the carcass-related part via a link mechanism. The door-related part is in the form of an insert cup with a connecting part fittingly inserted into a recess in the backside of the door flap, and a link carrier part which has a portion interlocking with the connecting part.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1982Date of Patent: September 11, 1984Assignee: Mepla, Inc.Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager, Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
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Patent number: 4457047Abstract: Over-center hinge (10) whose jamb-related part is in the form of a supporting arm (16) coupled by two links (18 and 20) to the door-related part (14) in the manner of a four-joint hinge. In the linkage end of the supporting arm (16) there is provided a thruster (26) whose one end is mounted so as to be longitudinally displaceable under resilient bias and rotatable about the fixed pivot (28) of one of the hinge links (18), and whose other end, which is provided with a cam (42-44), is urged against a crosspiece (36) in the supporting arm (16). By way of studs (50) on the other hinge link (20), which are guided by a cam (48), the thruster (26) is swung during the hinge movement, while in the vicinity of the closed position a ramp surface (44) cooperates with the crosspiece (36) in such a manner that the thruster (26) is swung towards the second hinge link (20 ) and exerts a force thereon acting in the closing direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1982Date of Patent: July 3, 1984Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager K.G., MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4449689Abstract: A hanger which can be fastened to the back wall of a cabinet which is to be mounted on a wall, such as a cupboard or the like, having a casing in which a hook member is adjustably disposed, which has a hook for attachment to a hook or rail provided on the wall. The casing is in the form of a substantially rectangular, shallow box between whose upright sides, a cam holder for holding a cam and the hook member is articulated on a horizontal axis and can be fixed at selected angular positions. The hook member is disposed in the cam holder for displacement in vertical direction. A cam is rotatably mounted in the cam holder and has a spiral groove which is engaged by a projection of the hook member. By rotating the cam, the hook member can be adjusted upwardly or downwardly relative to the mounting part.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1981Date of Patent: May 22, 1984Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, MobelbeschlagfabrikInventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Gerd Viniol
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Patent number: 4422214Abstract: Over-center hinge for a cabinet door, having a supporting-wall-related part which can be fastened to the supporting wall of a cabinet, and a door-related part joined pivotingly to the supporting-wall-related part by a linkage mechanism and constructed as a plug-in cup. In the peripheral wall of the cup a tongue biased toward the interior of the cup by a compression spring is mounted for pivoting over a given angle. On its contour surface projecting slantingly into the interior of the cup a contact surface provided in the area of the linkage end of the supporting-wall-related part, slides during a portion of the opening and closing movement between the hinge closed position and dead center position and urges the door into the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1981Date of Patent: December 27, 1983Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KGInventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4376324Abstract: An articulated hinge for pivotally connecting a door flap to the carcass of a piece of furniture which has spaced carcass walls and a frame facing the door and extending essentially at right angles to the carcass walls and confining a free door opening, while the door flap in closed position partially overlaps the frame. The hinge has a carcass-related part connected to the edge surface of the frame offset inwardly relative to the adjacent carcass wall, and a door-related part connected to the door flap and pivotally connected to the carcass-related part via a link mechanism. The door-related part is in the form of an insert cup with a connecting part fittingly inserted into a recess in the backside of the door flap, and a link carrier part which has a portion interlocking with the connecting part.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1980Date of Patent: March 15, 1983Assignee: Mepla, Inc.Inventors: Horst Lautenschlager, Gerhard Lautenschlager, Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.
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Patent number: 4373230Abstract: Cabinet hinge (10,50) whose articulation is constituted by two hinge links (18, 20) pivotingly articulated to a door-related hinge part (14) at one end and to a supporting-wall-related part (16) at the other end in the manner of a four-joint articulation. One of the two hinge links (18) has ears (24) bent over from its lateral longitudinal edges toward the other hinge link (20), the ears being of such shape and dimensions that their free edges will abut flatly in the widest-open position of the hinge against the other hinge link (20) over at least a portion of their length.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1981Date of Patent: February 15, 1983Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4359803Abstract: An over-center hinge for thin doors of cabinets, especially those of bathroom mirrored cabinets, having a thin door-related part which can be fastened in a mating recess provided on the inside of the door and open at the door edge. The door-related hinge part is divided into an outer mounting plate which can be fastened in the recess of the door and is likewise open at the end adjacent the open door edge, and a separate link holder which can be inserted into the mounting plate from the open edge, on which link holder the supporting arm fastenable to a supporting wall of the cabinet is pivotingly articulated. A cap mounting projection extending from the inside of the door, to which projection there is removably fastened a molded cap which bears a tongue extends into the path of a contact surface provided on the supporting arm and is resiliently compressible by this contact surface against a spring force.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1981Date of Patent: November 23, 1982Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4347644Abstract: Over-center hinge for cabinet doors, having a door-related part in the form of a recess-mounted cup in which the ends of inner and outer links are pivotingly mounted whose outer ends are pivoted on a supporting-wall-related part in the form of a supporting arm, a pressure piece biased by a spring being pivotingly mounted within the supporting arm on the inner link nearest the supporting wall and bearing against a counter-surface which during the hinge movement undergoes a change of position relative to the pressure piece such that the hinge, after passing beyond a dead center during the closing movement, is resiliently forced into the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1980Date of Patent: September 7, 1982Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG MobelbeschlagfabrikInventors: Karl Lautenschlager, Gerhard W. Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4348130Abstract: A joining device for joining first and second board-like furniture parts meeting at an angle, preferably at right angles, with respect to each other, comprising: first and second fittings adapted to be sunk fixedly into first and second mortises respectively in said first and second furniture parts, said first fitting comprising a turn wedge with a snail-shaped locking wedge which is mounted in said first fitting for turning out of a starting position in which it is turned back into the fitting, into a locking position in which it emerges from said first furniture part. The second fitting has in its surface facing the first fitting with the turn wedge, an undercut recess into which the locking wedge can engage. The first and second fittings are in the form of substantially cylindrical plastic drive-in cups adapted to be driven or inserted into the first and second mortises respectively, while the mortises have orifices on one side face of the furniture parts to be joined together.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1980Date of Patent: September 7, 1982Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager, KG MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4272207Abstract: A joining device for joining first and second board-like furniture parts meeting at an angle, preferably at right angles, with respect to each other, comprising: first and second fittings adapted to be sunk fixedly into first and second mortises respectively in said first and second furniture parts, said first fitting comprising a turn wedge with a snail-shaped locking wedge which is mounted in said first fitting for turning out of a starting position in which it is turned back into the fitting, into a locking position in which it emerges from said first furniture part. The second fitting has in its surface facing the first fitting with the turn wedge, an undercut recess into which the locking wedge can engage. The first and second fittins are in the form of substantially cylindrical plastic drive-in cups adapted to be driven or inserted into the first and second mortises respectively, while the mortises have orifices on one side face of the furniture parts to be joined together.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1978Date of Patent: June 9, 1981Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager
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Patent number: 4265000Abstract: Furniture hinge whose supporting-wall-related part adjustably held on a mounting plate fastened to the supporting wall of the piece of furniture is divided into an elongated body part and a head part which is adjustable relative to the body part at right angles to the hinge pivot axis and at right angles to the surface of the supporting wall and which bears the hinge linkage. The head part engages the body part with a dovetail-like guiding means, while a bore is provided in the plane of separation of the guiding means of the two parts, which bore lies half in the one and half in the other of the two parts. The one half of the bore in the head part is provided with a thread which is engaged by a threaded spindle situated in the bore, whose thread is interrupted by an annular groove which is engaged by a transverse projection extending from the other, otherwise smooth bore half in the body part.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1979Date of Patent: May 5, 1981Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager KG, MobelbeschlagfabrikInventor: Karl Lautenschlager, Jr.