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Granted Patent B2
US 11,828,096 · App. 17/839,879 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part

Inventors: Bernd Koenig (Hoechst, AT); Matthias Rupp (Hohenweiler, AT); Thomas Sperger (Hard, AT)
Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
E05D15/264E05D13/04E05D15/58E05F5/003E05Y2900/20
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Patent No.
US 11,828,096
App. No.
17/839,879
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part includes preferably carrying out chronologically in the following order: arranging on the furniture wall a first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part, and arranging on a first elongated side of the first guide rail a drive device for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall, the first guide rail and the drive device preferably being connected together. If the movable furniture part includes at least two door leaves connected together in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall on a second elongated side of the first guide rail, the first guide rail and the second guide rail preferably being connected together in a form-fitting and/or movable manner in particular.

Claims (34)

1. A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part on a furniture wall of a stationary furniture part, the movable furniture part including either precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, the method comprising:

arranging a first guide rail on the furniture wall for guiding the movable furniture part, the first guide rail having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;

arranging a drive device on the first side of the first guide rail for influencing a movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall;

mounting a carrier displaceably on the first guide rail for allowing articulated mounting of the movable furniture part to the first guide rail;

arranging a compensation device on the carrier to compensate for a tilt moment of the carrier or a tilt moment of the movable furniture part mounted on the carrier about a tilt axis by a restoring moment, the compensation device including a Y-shaped scissor mechanism and a cable device with a cable extending in a Z shape; and

connecting the compensation device to the furniture wall;

wherein when the movable furniture part includes the at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail on the second side of the first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide rail is the same type of first guide rail irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the drive device is the same type of drive device irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf, the method further comprises arranging a holding device on the second side of the first guide rail for holding the movable furniture part in an end position relative to the first guide rail on the furniture wall.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first guide rail and the holding device are connected to each other in a positive-locking manner.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first guide rail and the holding device are displaceably connected to each other.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first guide rail and the holding device are displaceably connected to each other.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising arranging a third guide rail on the furniture part at a distance from the first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the third guide rail is the same type of third guide rail irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising arranging a damping device on the furniture wall at a distance from the first guide rail for damping a movement of the movable furniture part.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the damping device is arranged at an end position of the first guide rail, and the damping device is the same type of damping device irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier is the same type of carrier irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the compensation device is connected to the drive device arranged on the furniture wall.

14. A method of assembling a piece of furniture including a stationary furniture part, a movable furniture part, the movable furniture part comprising either precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, and a guide assembly for the movable furniture part, the method comprising first mounting the guide assembly on a furniture wall of the stationary furniture part using the method according to claim 1 , and then displaceably mounting the movable furniture part on the first guide rail.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein, when the movable furniture part comprises at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, the method further comprising connecting the at least two door leaves to each other in an articulated manner via at least two door hinges.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein, when the movable furniture part comprises at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, the method further comprising arranging a transverse guide rail transverse to the first guide rail on the stationary furniture part, and connecting a first one of the at least two door leaves of the movable furniture part to the transverse guide rail via a carriage.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising covering the transverse guide rail at least partially by a fascia element.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the steps of:

arranging the first guide rail on the furniture wall;

arranging the drive device on the first side of the first guide rail; and

when the movable furniture part includes the at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner, arranging the second guide rail on the second side of the first guide rail,

are performed in sequence and order as recited.

19. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the movable furniture part is displaceably mounted on the first guide rail indirectly via the carrier.

20. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide rail and the drive device are connected to each other in a positive-locking manner.

21. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide rail and the second guide rail are connected to each other in a positive-locking manner.

22. The method according to claim 21 , wherein the first guide rail and the second guide rail are displaceably connected to each other.

23. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide rail and the second guide rail are displaceably connected to each other.

24. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the drive device is the same type of drive device irrespective of whether the movable furniture part comprises precisely one door leaf or at least two door leaves connected to each other in an articulated manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2022
From: KOENIG, BERND; RUPP, MATTHIAS; SPERGER, THOMAS
To: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
Reel/Frame 060658/0579 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT GM 50233/2019 · Dec 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTAT2020060458 · Dec 11, 2020
Related Publication 20220307306A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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