Julius Blum Gesellschaft M.b.h.

Julius Blum Gmbh

Edgar Huber

Uwe Scheffknecht

Erich Rock

Klaus Brustle

Klaus Mattle

Ingo Gasser

Helmut Hollenstein

Helmut Fitz

Gerald Friesenecker

Emanuel Netzer

Klaus Bereuter

Reinhard Maser

Harald Nussbichler

An actuating drive includes an actuating arm pivotally mounted about a pivoting axis for moving the movable furniture part, a spring device for applying a force onto the actuating arm, and a transmission mechanism for transmitting a force of the spring device onto the actuating arm. The transmission mechanism includes an actuating portion movement-coupled to the actuating arm, a setting contour, and a pressure portion pressurized by the spring device. The pressure portion is a rotatably mounted pressure roller for running along the setting contour. The setting contour is arranged between the actuating portion and the pressure roller, and the setting contour is on a contour portion separate from the actuating portion. The contour portion has a fastening section configured to rest against the actuating portion and a limb protruding transversely from the fastening section, and the setting contour is a curved outer surface of the limb.

Adjusting drive for furniture flaps

An ejection device is provided for a moveable part of a piece of furniture. The ejection device includes a lever for transmitting force to the moveable part of the piece of furniture. The lever has a lever member which is mounted so as to be rotatable by a limited degree about an axis of rotation while having a free lever end. The lever member is provided with a curved section that is spaced apart from the axis of rotation and the free lever end.

Ejection device for a movable furniture part

A furniture drive is provided for driving a movable piece of furniture. The drive includes an electric motor, an actuator that can be moved back and forth between two end positions to apply a force on the piece of furniture to be driven, and a gearbox connected between the electric motor and actuator. The gearbox has at least one gear stage configured as an eccentric gearbox and includes two gear wheels that mesh with each other. One of the two gear wheels is firmly connected or coupled to the actuator, and the other gear wheel is coupled to the electric motor such that the eccentric gearbox has two limit positions which correspond to the end positions of the actuator. Upon a rotation of the gear wheels, starting from the limit positions, the gear ratio decreases over a deformed rotational angle range.

Furniture drive for driving a movable furniture part

An ejection device for a furniture part mounted movably in or on a furniture body includes an ejector, a drive unit, and a friction clutch. The friction clutch is designed in such a manner that it decouples the drive unit and the ejector from each other when a predetermined torque is exceeded. The friction clutch includes two parts which are rotatable in relation to each other with respect to two directions of rotation. A spring is provided which interacts with the two parts in such a manner that the torque at which the decoupling takes place differs for the two directions of rotation of the two parts.

Ejection device with slipping clutch

Disclosed is an assembly comprising at least two electric drive units () for respectively driving one of at least two drawers () which are movably mounted within a common furniture carcass (). A measuring instrument () is assigned to each drive unit () in order to detect a force (F) that a user applies to the respective drawer (). The inventive assembly further comprises at least one control or regulation device () for controlling or regulating the drive units (). The measuring signals of the measuring instrument () can be fed to the control or regulation device () while the control or regulation device () can trigger the associated drive unit () after receiving a predetermined measuring signal from one of the measuring instruments (). The control or regulation device () features a mode of operation in which the same prevents the drive units () allocated to the other measuring instruments () from being triggered after receiving the predetermined measuring signal from one of the measuring instruments ().

Arrangement comprising electric drive units for drawers

A drive for a movable furniture part includes a motor to power the movable furniture part and a control or regulation unit to control or regulate the motor. The control or regulation unit is designed such that it has a threshold value which, if surpassed, causes the actuation of the movable furniture part by the motor. A measurement device is provided to capture the position of the movable furniture part, and the control or regulation unit is designed in such a way that the threshold value varies for at least two different positions of the movable furniture part.

Drive for a movable furniture part

An arrangement with a movable portion of an article of furniture, in particular a drawer () or the like, includes a drive unit () and a regulating device () for regulating the drive unit (). The arrangement has a preferably analog force measuring device (), and the force measuring device () produces a force signal which is characteristic for forces () applied from the exterior to the movable portion () of the article of furniture and which can be fed to the regulating device ().

Arrangement with a movable portion of an article of furniture

An arrangement having at least one movable furniture part, in particular having a drawer or the like, having at least one drive unit and at least one regulating device for regulating the at least one drive unit, wherein the arrangement () has at least one, preferably analog, acceleration measuring device (), with the at least one acceleration measuring device () generating an acceleration signal that is characteristic of accelerations caused by forces applied to the at least one movable furniture part () from the outside and that may be supplied to the at least one regulating device ().

Arrangement having at least one movable furniture part

A movable furniture part has at least one force sensor to measure the forces acting on the outer panel of the movable furniture part. The movable furniture part has an inner panel, behind an outer panel when viewed from the front and spaced at a distance therefrom. The at least one force sensor is disposed between outer panel and inner panel.

Displaceable piece of furniture

A piece of furniture with a movable furniture component, in particular a drawer or door, includes a drive unit and a device for the mechanical transmission of force from the drive unit to the movable furniture component or the body of the furniture. In particular, a pin is arranged on a lever that can be powered by the drive unit, for the ejection and/or insertion of the movable furniture component. The device for the mechanical transmission of force is arranged in a guide track for the transmission of tensile and thrust forces.

Piece of furniture with a movable furniture component

A method of driving a moveable part and, in particular, a drawer by a drive unit and, in particular, an electric drive unit. At least over a partial length of track (S), forming part of the total track traversed by the moveable part, the force exerted on the moveable part by the drive unit is controlled at a predetermined level.

Procedure for driving a moveable part of an item of furniture

A movable portion of an article of furniture, in particular a drawer, flap or door, includes at least one preferably electrical drive unit and a triggering device for actuation of the drive unit. The triggering device is at least partially arranged at the movable portion of the article of furniture, and has at least three different switching states. The triggering device has two touch switches (), preferably mechanical touch switches, IR-touch switches or capacitive touch switches, and the direction of actuation (Y, Y, Z, z) of the switches is identical to the desired direction of movement (X, X) of the moved portion of the article of furniture.

Actuator for a movable portion of an article of furniture

A fitting to be removably fastened to a furniture part includes a body, at least one expanding plug anchored in the body, and a pin-shaped expansion part. The body has a projecting supporting throat to protrude into a cavity in the furniture part. The supporting throat has at least one recess into which a projection on the expanding plug extends.

Iron mounting for detachably fixing to a piece of furniture

A connecting fitting for releasably connecting two furniture parts is disclosed. The fitting comprises a pin-shaped member that is insertable into a hole in a first furniture part, and a fitting body insertable into a bore in a second furniture part. The fitting body comprises a tightening element. The fitting body is in the form of a circular cylindrical part defined by a curved side wall and a flat side wall. The fitting body is radially displaceable within said bore in the furniture part when not in a tightened position. The pin-shaped member protrudes from the curved side wall when in the tightened position.

Connecting fitting

The invention is directed to a furniture fitting that is detachably fastened to a furniture part. The fitting comprises a fitting body removably mounted on the furniture part, an expansion sleeve insertible into an opening arranged in the furniture part, and an expansion portion for the expansion sleeve and passing through the fitting body. A peg or bolt is provided for connecting the expansion portion to the expansion sleeve. The expansion portion has a body preferably tapered, at one end, and is articulated, at the opposite end, to a tiltable clamping lever supported by the fitting body. The fitting body includes projections directed towards the expansion portion. The expansion portion abuts a shoulder of each projection.

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