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Granted Patent B2
US 12,049,774 · App. 17/395,742 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Assembly for guiding at least one movable furniture door

Inventor: Thomas Sperger (Hard, AT)
Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
E05D15/264E05Y2201/684E05Y2600/12E05Y2600/312E05Y2900/212
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Patent No.
US 12,049,774
App. No.
17/395,742
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly includes a longitudinal rail oriented substantially parallel to a closing plane, in which the a movable furniture door is arranged in the closing position, and a transverse rail arranged transversely to the longitudinal rail. The transverse rail can be arranged substantially parallel to a depth direction of a side space of a stationary furniture part. A fastening device can fasten the longitudinal rail and/or transverse rail to the stationary furniture part. The fastening device has an adjustment device for adjusting the longitudinal rail and/or transverse rail to be substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the transverse rail relative to the stationary furniture part.

Claims (35)

1. An assembly for guiding at least one moveable furniture door relative to a stationary furniture part between a closed position in which the at least one moveable furniture door outwardly covers at least one internal space in the stationary furniture part, and an open position in which the at least one moveable furniture door is at least partially arranged within a side space of the stationary furniture part and in which the at least one internal space of the stationary furniture part is freely accessible to a user, wherein the assembly includes:

a longitudinal rail which is oriented substantially parallel to a closing plane in which the at least one moveable furniture door is arranged in the closed position;

a transverse rail arranged transversely to the longitudinal rail, wherein the transverse rail can be arranged substantially parallel to a depth direction of the side space of the stationary furniture part; and

at least one fixing device for fixing the longitudinal rail or the transverse rail to the stationary furniture part, wherein the at least one fixing device has at least one adjusting device with which the longitudinal rail or the transverse rail is adjustable relative to the stationary furniture part in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the transverse rail,

wherein the longitudinal rail and the transverse rail provide a transitional region for the at least one moveable furniture door, and wherein the at least one adjusting device includes at least one actuating element arranged in the transitional region,

wherein the at least one actuating element is oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the transverse rail, and

wherein the at least one actuating element

has a longitudinal axis and is mounted rotatably about the longitudinal axis, or

is mounted rotatably at the transverse rail, or

has at least one male thread.

2. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the at least one actuating element has at least one tool receiving means.

3. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the at least one fixing device has at least one fixing interface for fixing the at least one fixing device to the stationary furniture part.

4. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the at least one fixing device has at least one rail-shaped portion and the transverse rail is displaceable relative to the at least one rail-shaped portion by means of the at least one adjusting device.

5. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal rail and the transverse rail are motionally coupled or rigidly connected together by way of at least one positively locking relationship.

6. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising at least one pin by way of which the longitudinal rail and the transverse rail are connected together in a motionally coupled relationship.

7. The assembly as set forth in claim 6 , further comprising at least one corresponding opening in which the at least one pin engages.

8. The assembly as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the at least one pin comprises precisely two pins, by way of which the longitudinal rail and the transverse rail are connected together in the motionally coupled relationship.

9. The assembly as set forth in claim 8 , wherein one of the two pins is provided to transmit forces substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the transverse rail and the other of the two pins is provided to transmit forces substantially transversely to the longitudinal direction of the transverse rail.

10. The assembly as set forth in claim 9 , wherein in a mounted state of the assembly, the forces transmitted by the other of the two pins are substantially in a vertical direction.

11. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal rail and the transverse rail are displaceable jointly, by way of the at least one adjusting device, relative to the stationary furniture part in the direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the transverse rail.

12. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal rail or the transverse rail is displaceable by means of the at least one adjusting device over a displacement distance of 10 mm relative to the stationary furniture part.

13. The assembly as set forth in claim 12 , wherein the longitudinal rail or the transverse rail is displaceable by means of the at least one adjusting device over a displacement distance of 7 mm relative to the stationary furniture part.

14. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the at least one adjusting device comprises a respective adjusting device for each of the longitudinal rail and the transverse rail, with which the longitudinal rail and the transverse rail are respectively displaceable relative to the stationary furniture part in the direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the transverse rail.

15. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one carrier to which the at least one moveable furniture door can be mounted and which is mounted moveably by way of at least one guide device at the tranverse rail; or

at least one carriage which is mounted displaceably at the longitudinal rail and which can be coupled to the at least one moveable furniture door.

16. The assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the at least one moveable furniture door includes a folding-sliding door, wherein the side space of the stationary furniture part is an elongated side space, and wherein the transverse rail is arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal rail.

17. An article of furniture comprising:

at least one moveable furniture door;

a stationary furniture part which has at least one internal space and at least one side space; and

the assembly as set forth in claim 1 for guiding the at least one moveable furniture door relative to the stationary furniture part between a closed position in which the at least one moveable furniture door outwardly covers the at least one internal space in the stationary furniture part, and an open position in which the at least one moveable furniture door is at least partially arranged in the at least one side space of the stationary furniture part and in which the at least one internal space of the stationary furniture part is freely accessible to a user, and wherein the longitudinal rail or the transverse rail is fixed to the stationary furniture part by way of the at least one fixing device.

18. The article of furniture as set forth in claim 17 , wherein the stationary furniture part

has at least one side surface which at least partially delimits the at least one side space and at which the transverse rail is arranged, or

has at least one top cover surface which at least partially delimits upwardly the at least one internal space and in which the longitudinal rail is arranged.

19. The article of furniture as set forth in claim 17 , wherein the at least one moveable furniture door includes a folding-sliding door, and wherein the at least one side space includes an elongated side space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: SPERGER, THOMAS
To: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
Reel/Frame 057104/0393 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50094/2019 · Feb 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTAT2020060011 · Jan 17, 2020
Related Publication 20210363803A1 · Nov 25, 2021
Cited By (1)
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