Patents by Inventor Ralf TOFALL
Ralf TOFALL 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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Publication number: 20250116143Abstract: A piece of furniture includes a furniture body with an upper floor and a flap, and at least one flap fitting being arranged on the upper floor in order to hold the flap movably between a position closing a storage space of the furniture body and an opening position. The flap fitting includes a housing, on which a support arm is rotatably mounted, which includes a retaining element for fixing the flap, and an energy store, by means of which a force can be applied to the support arm, the support arm being articulatedly connected to a drive lever, which is articulatedly connected to a deflection lever. An opening limiter is provided between the drive lever and the deflection lever, by means of which the maximum opening position of the support arm can be adjusted. This allows the flap fitting to be flexibly adapted to the respective installation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ralf TOFALL
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Publication number: 20250101787Abstract: A flap fitting includes a housing, on which a support arm is rotatably mounted, which includes a retaining element for fixing a flap, and an energy store, by means of which the support arm can be pre-tensioned in a rotational direction. The support arm is articulated to a drive lever which is articulated to a deflection lever, and the energy store is connected to an adjustable connection on the deflection lever via an articulation element. This allows the flap fitting to be flexibly adapted to the weight of a flap.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ralf TOFALL
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Publication number: 20250101789Abstract: A piece of furniture includes a furniture body with an upper floor, a flap, and least one flap fitting arranged on the upper floor in order to hold the flap movably between a position closing a storage space of the furniture body and an opening position. The flap fitting includes a housing, on which a support arm is rotatably mounted, which includes a retaining element for fixing the flap, and an energy store for applying a force to the support arm. A damper is provided for braking a movement of the support arm in the closing direction shortly before the closing position is reached. The damper can be moved via an actuating element mounted in the housing and the support arm can be braked via the actuating element when the flap is moved in the closing direction shortly before reaching the closing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ralf TOFALL
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Publication number: 20230383584Abstract: A multi-joint hinge has a mounting element which can be fixed to an appliance body and a hinge part which can be fixed to a door and which is held pivotably on the mounting element via a joint mechanism with a plurality of joint levers. The hinge part is biased in the closing direction via a spring and at least one linear damper with a damper housing and a piston rod displaceable relative to the damper housing is provided which brakes a closing movement of the hinge part. The linear damper is arranged with the damper housing in a rotationally fixed manner via a holding element within a lever and the holding element is fixed to a lever of the joint mechanism. The piston rod can be pushed into the damper housing via an actuating element which is arranged on a further lever of the joint mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Mark SCHNEIDER, Ralf TOFALL
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Publication number: 20230366610Abstract: A refrigerator has an appliance body on which at least two doors arranged one above the other are pivotably mounted. The doors are mounted via a double hinge which is fixed to the appliance body with a mounting plate which is connected via a plurality of movable joint levers to an upper hinge part connected to the upper door and to a lower hinge part connected to the lower door via a plurality of further movable joint levers. The upper door is further pivotably mounted on the appliance body via a support hinge which is fixed to the appliance body by a mounting element that is connected to a plurality of joint levers connected to a further hinge part connected to the upper door. The joint levers of the support hinge have a greater vertical extent in the vertical direction than the joint levers of the double hinge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Mark SCHNEIDER, Ralf TOFALL
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Publication number: 20230366611Abstract: A refrigerator has an appliance body and at least one door pivotably mounted on the appliance body, the door being pivotably supported between a closed position and a maximum open position via at least one multi-pivot hinge and abutting the appliance body in the closed position via at least one seal, wherein the at least one multi-pivot hinge comprises a mounting element supported on the appliance body and a hinge part which is fixed to the door and which are held pivotably against one another via a joint mechanism with a plurality of joint levers, an adjusting device being provided on the mounting element, which has a fastening part fixed to the appliance body and an adjustment element by means of which the position of the mounting element relative to the fastening part can be adjusted in at least one spatial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Mark SCHNEIDER, Ralf TOFALL
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Publication number: 20220195768Abstract: A hinge for a furniture door includes a first hinge part is formed with a cassette-shaped housing for integration into a furniture panel, and a second hinge part is designed in the form of a hinge pot to be attached to the furniture door. The two hinge parts are pivotably connected to one another via a lever mechanism. The housing of the first hinge part is widened in a front region, in which an opening for the lever mechanism is situated, in relation to a rear region. In a closed position of the hinge, at least part of the lever mechanism occupies a space in the front widened region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Mark SCHNEIDER, Ralf TOFALL, Thomas BECKMANN
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Publication number: 20220098910Abstract: A flap fitting for furniture has a lever mechanism with multiple levers for guiding a flap of the furniture. The lever mechanism is retracted at least partly into a housing of the lever fitting in a closed position. An auxiliary element is releasably secured to one of the levers of the lever mechanism. The auxiliary element has a locking section that blocks a movement of the lever relative to the housing in a locking position. After the lock of the auxiliary element is released, the auxiliary element is pivotally secured to one of the levers of the lever mechanism in order to extend the lever mechanism out of the opening by pulling the auxiliary element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Martin NORDIEKER, Jens POISCHBEG, Ralf TOFALL