Patents by Inventor Klaus Brustle

Klaus Brustle 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: 5056189
    Abstract: A hinge with an adjusting system includes a hinge arm that can be secured to a base plate by at least one adapter. The hinge arm has holes through which pass adjusting and attachment screws. The adapter can be installed on the base plate and can be locked by means of a rocker lever supported on the adapter so as to be able to swivel. The adapter is U-shaped and has two side arms that enclose the base plate and the sides thereof. Both side arms of the adapter lie with no clearance on the base plate, and the material of at least one of the side arms is weakened at at least one place. The adapter is installed at the front by a cross pin thereof fitting in a notch in the base plate. The shape of the notch corresponds to that of the cross pin, and the cross pin is accommodated without any play within the notch. The generators or the center or mid-line longitudinal axes of the notch and the cross pin extend unstressed at an angle relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Klaus Brustle, Helmut Rupprechter, Lother Prager
  • 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: 4956956
    Abstract: A connector for connecting two structural elements in an endwise manner includes a pair of fitment members to be mounted on respective of the structural elements, a tie anchor and associated clamping structure for applying a pulling force to the fitment members in a first direction to clamp the fitment members together, and adjusting structure for adjusting the relative positions of the fitment members in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Friedrich Maier, Fredi Dubach, Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4937917
    Abstract: A hinge, in particular a one-axle hinge, includes a hinge arm mountable to a furniture wall and at least one hinge casing which is on the side of a door. The hinge casing is linked to the hinge arm and an inner coupling member insertable therein. A clamping screw holds the coupling member. The coupling member is lockable in the hinge casing by a locking member which is a spring or has spring acting parts or which is acted upon by a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4938609
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for a drawer includes, at each side of the drawer, a supporting rail on the side of the body of an article of furniture, a pull-out rail fastened to the drawer and a center rail running between such two rails. Near its rear end the pull-out rail is provided with a stop member pushing against a runner roller of the center rail, when the drawer is being pulled out. To prevent the stop member from being lifted over the runner roller when the drawer is extracted in a rough manner, a slide member is provided above the stop member in a running flange of the pull-out rail. Such slide member, depending on its position, prevents or allows the pull-out rail to be lifted from the runner roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4908907
    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: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4888853
    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: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4882808
    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: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4875746
    Abstract: A drawer includes a bottom plate engaged with two metal drawer side walls each having a Z-shaped profile including upper and lower horizontal flanges. The bottom plate is positioned on the lower horizontal flanges of the drawer side walls. On each side of the drawer, a sealing member of plastics material is arranged between the bottom plate and the respective drawer side wall. Each sealing member has a covering lip for covering the gap between the bottom plate and the drawer side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 4741583
    Abstract: A fastening device for adjustably mounting a drawer front plate, a includes a suppporting part arranged at each side of the drawer and having a fastening flange aligned vertically to the front plate and a holding flange aligned parallel to the front plate. The holding flanges extend at angles with respect to the fastening flanges. Holding parts are fastened to the front plate by means of screws. The holding parts include hooks that are engageable into the holding flanges. A tightening member is held at each supporting part. The tightening members are pressable against the holding parts and thus provide a bracing engagement between the holding parts and the supporting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4691408
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a hinge arm having a U-shaped profile and being pushable onto a mounting plate. The hinge arm and the mounting plate have lateral projections and recesses which engage one another. The hinge arm can be locked from movement in the direction of displacement by a resilient steel member which is held at the hinge arm by an eccentric for achieving adjustment of the hinge arm in the direction of the depth of the article of furniture. The steel member is formed as an intermediate element which fully supports the hinge arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle
  • Patent number: 4680830
    Abstract: A hinge includes a hinge arm having a U-shaped profile. The hinge arm is adjustably held on a mounting plate by a self-resilient member formed, of sheet steel. The member is also adjustably held on the hinge arm and embraces the mounting plate at both sides from above. Clamp portions of the sheet steel member engage in lateral grooves of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Erich Rock, Helmut Rupprechter, Klaus Brustle