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Granted Patent B2
US 11,391,076 · App. 16/653,237 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Rail for guiding a carriage of a furniture door

Inventors: Matthias Rupp (Hohenweiler, AT); Ingo Gasser (Hoechst, AT); Franz Kohlweiss (Hard, AT)
Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
E05D15/266A47B61/00A47B77/08E05Y2900/212
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Patent No.
US 11,391,076
App. No.
16/653,237
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rail for guiding a carriage of a furniture door, in which the rail has at least one mounting part. The at least one mounting part can be fastened to a furniture part, which is formed by a side wall of a piece of furniture, and can be releasably connected to a guide part. The guide part has at least one guide for the carriage.

Claims (33)

1. A piece of furniture comprising:

a furniture door;

a carriage arranged on the furniture door;

a receiving slot into which the furniture door is retractable; and

a rail configured to guide the carriage of the furniture door,

wherein the rail includes an installation rail and a guide part displaceably mounted on the installation rail, the guide part having a guide for guiding the carriage,

wherein the installation rail is fastenable to a furniture part by a fastener and releasably connectable to the guide part, the guide part having passage openings and the fastener being guidable through the passage openings, and

wherein the fastener and the guide part are configured such that, when the installation rail is fastened to the furniture part, the fastener does not directly contact the guide part.

2. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the installation rail is a profiled installation rail.

3. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the installation rail is dovetail-shaped or T-shaped in a side view.

4. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , further comprising a releasable locking mechanism, with which the mutual position of the at least one installation part and the guide part can be set.

5. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the releasable locking mechanism includes a locking screw.

6. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the furniture door is a folding-sliding door.

7. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the rail is one of at least two rails arranged one over the other, and the carriage is one of at least two carriages to be guided by the at least two rails.

8. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , further comprising a hinge configured to movably mount the furniture door relative to a fixed part of the piece of furniture.

9. The piece of furniture according to claim 8 , further comprising a vertical supporting structure, and the hinge is arranged on the vertical supporting structure.

10. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , further comprising a receiving area for receiving components of a kitchen or a clothes-storage device.

11. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving slot is arranged laterally in or on a body of the piece of furniture.

12. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving slot has a clear width in a range of 10 cm to 30 cm, and has a height in a range of 100 cm to 250 cm and a depth in a range of 60 cm to 100 cm.

13. A method for producing a piece of furniture according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

providing the piece of furniture having a side panel;

installing the rail on the side panel of the piece of furniture via the installation rail;

providing the furniture door;

providing the carriage; and

arranging the carriage on the furniture door and coupling the carriage to the guide of the guide part of the rail.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising carrying out maintenance work by:

releasing a releasable locking mechanism, with which a position of both the installation rail and the guide part is set;

displacing the guide part relative to the installation rail in a direction of a person carrying out the maintenance work; and

carrying out the maintenance work.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein, after carrying out the maintenance work, performing the following:

displacing the guide part relative to the installation rail into an original position of the guide part; and

locking the mutual position of the installation rail and the guide part by the releasable locking mechanism.

16. The piece of furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the furniture part is a side panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2019
From: RUPP, MATTHIAS; GASSER, INGO; KOHLWEISS, FRANZ
To: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50391/2017 · May 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTAT2018000039 · May 4, 2018
Related Publication 20200040632A1 · Feb 6, 2020
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