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Granted Patent B2
US 11,725,441 · App. 17/317,458 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Guide carriage for movably mounting a furniture part

Inventors: Stefan Duer (Schwarzach, AT); Matthias Rupp (Hohenweiler, AT)
Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
E05D15/264E05D15/063E05D15/0652E05Y2900/20
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Patent No.
US 11,725,441
App. No.
17/317,458
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A guide carriage includes a chassis having a rotatably supported running wheel and a connecting member for connecting the guide carriage to the furniture part. The chassis and the connecting member are configured as constructional units separate from one another and are configured to be connected to one another by a fastening device. The fastening device includes a force storage member and at least one locking element configured to be pressurized by the force storage member. The chassis and the connecting member are configured to be releasably locked to one another by a force of the force storage member. A holding device separate from the fastening device is provided for fastening the connecting member to the chassis. The connecting member is configured to be hung into the chassis via the holding device, can be pivoted about a, preferably horizontally extending, axis in the hung-in condition, and can be locked to the chassis by the locking element.

Claims (24)

1. A guide carriage for displaceably supporting a furniture part on at least one guide rail, the guide carriage comprising:

a chassis having a rotatably supported running wheel;

a connecting member for connecting the guide carriage to the furniture part, wherein the chassis and the connecting member are configured as constructional units separate from one another;

a fastening device configured to connect the chassis and the connecting member to one another, wherein the fastening device includes a force storage member and a locking element configured to be pressurized by the force storage member, wherein the chassis and the connecting member are configured to be releasably locked to one another by a force of the force storage member; and

a holding device separate from the fastening device and configured to fasten the connecting member to the chassis, wherein the connecting member is configured to be hung onto the chassis via the holding device, is pivotable about an axis when hung on the chassis, and is lockable to the chassis by the locking element.

2. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the locking element includes a recess configured to be engaged with a coupling element arranged on the chassis or on the connecting member.

3. The guide carriage according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling element is substantially cylindrical.

4. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the locking element is pivotally supported about an axis.

5. The guide carriage according to claim 4 , wherein the axis about which the locking element is pivotally supported extends horizontally in a mounted condition.

6. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device and the fastening device, in a mounted condition, are spaced from one another in a height direction.

7. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device includes a notch for engaging the connecting member on the chassis, the notch being arranged on the connecting member or on the chassis.

8. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting member includes a movably-supported fitting portion configured to be fixed to a furniture part.

9. The guide carriage according to claim 8 , wherein the fitting portion is pivotally supported about an axis.

10. The guide carriage according to claim 9 , wherein the axis about which the fitting portion is pivotally supported extends vertically in a mounted condition.

11. The guide carriage according to claim 8 , wherein the fitting portion includes a fastening location for fixing to a furniture part.

12. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the force storage member includes a mechanical spring element.

13. The guide carriage according to claim 12 , wherein the mechanical spring element is a helical spring, a leg spring, or a spiral spring.

14. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the chassis, in a cross-section, includes a substantially U-shaped portion having a base limb and two limbs protruding from the base limb, wherein a rotatably supported running wheel is configured to be arranged on a first limb of the base limb and the two limbs, and the connecting member is configured to be arranged on a second limb of the base limb and the two limbs of the U-shaped portion in a mounted condition.

15. The guide carriage according to claim 14 , wherein the substantially U-shaped portion, in a mounted condition of the guide carriage on the guide rail, at least partially embraces a guide limb of the guide rail.

16. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the rotatably supported running wheel of the chassis is a first running wheel of at least two running wheels, wherein the first running wheel of the at least two running wheels, in a mounted condition, has a substantially horizontally extending rotational axis, and a second running wheel of the at least two running wheels, in a mounted condition, has a substantially vertically extending rotational axis.

17. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the guide carriage includes an adjustment device having a movably-supported adjustment element, wherein a position of the connecting member relative to the chassis is adjustable by an actuation of the adjustment element in a locked condition between the connecting member and the chassis.

18. A guide system for displaceably supporting a furniture part, the guide system including a guide rail and the guide carriage according to claim 1 , and the guide carriage is configured to be supported along the guide rail.

19. An item of furniture comprising a furniture carcass, a furniture part movably supported relative to the furniture carcass, and the guide system according to claim 18 for moving the furniture part relative to the furniture carcass.

20. The guide carriage according to claim 1 , wherein the axis about which the connecting member is pivotable extends horizontally.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2021
From: DUER, STEFAN; RUPP, MATTHIAS
To: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50979/2018 · Nov 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTAT2019060370 · Nov 5, 2019
Related Publication 20210262266A1 · Aug 26, 2021
Cited By (2)
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