Abstract: An arrangement for guiding a movable furniture part includes a guide rail to be fastened to the fixed furniture part, a guide device mounted movably on the guide rail and in particular can be coupled to the movable furniture part, and a first cable having a first end to be secured to the fixed furniture part and a second end to be coupled to the guide device. A securing device can secure the first cable to the fixed furniture part, and the securing device has a mounting device designed such that the first cable is mounted so as to be movable relative to the fixed furniture part to a limited extent at least in the event of overload.

Abstract: A drawer synchronous slide includes a fixed slide rail (1), a middle slide rail (2), and a movable slide rail (3) connected to each other slidably, wherein a synchronizing gear (8) is arranged on the middle slide rail (2), a first synchronizing rack (6) and a second synchronizing rack (7) arranged horizontally and oppositely are respectively fixed onto the movable slide rail (3) and the fixed slide rail (1), left and right sides of the synchronizing gear (8) are respectively meshed and work in conjunction with a tooth-shaped part of the first synchronizing rack (6) and a tooth-shaped part of the second synchronizing rack (7), an elastic part (61) is arranged on the first synchronizing rack (6), the tooth-shaped part of the first synchronizing rack (6) is elastically pressed towards the synchronizing gear (8) under the action of elastic stress of the elastic part (61).

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a pull-out system comprising: at least two slide rails each having a fixed rail, a middle rail slidably arranged on the fixed rail, and a movable rail slidably arranged on the middle rail; and a synchronization means for synchronizing the movement of the movable rail, wherein the synchronization means comprises a roller unit, a synchronization bar connected to the roller unit, and a deflectable element having an end portion fixe to the roller unit and an opposite end portion connected to the movable rail, and the movable rail is configured to move as much as the amount of rotation of the roller unit.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a drawer provided in a storage compartment formed on a cabinet and which accommodates stored goods, the drawer being movably supported by a drawer guide disposed in the storage compartment. A frame which is movable in the front/back directions by a frame guide, and a door opening and closing the storage compartment may be connected with the frame by a link. The frame may have a base part which is disposed on the lower side of the drawer and is connected with the link. The side plate includes a vertical part which is vertical with respect to the base part. A cross section formed by horizontally cutting the vertical part may be formed so as to be elongated along the moving direction of the drawer. The vertical part may be connected with the drawer so as to enable the drawer to move integrally with the frame.

Abstract: An engagement assembly, a drawer, and a refrigerator having same. The engagement assembly comprises a first engagement part matching the drawer and a second engagement part matching a refrigerator body; one of the first and second engagement parts is a gear, and the other one is a rack; the rack has a tooth surface that allows the gear to travel; the rack comprises a main rack and an extension rack; when the drawer is in a closed state, the tooth surface has a first stroke length; when the drawer is in an opening process, the extension rack moves to a travel path of the gear so that the tooth surface has a second stroke length; when the drawer is in a closing process, the extension rack is reset; the first stroke length is smaller than the second stroke length. The length of the tooth surface increases in the opening process.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed relating to computing device hinge assemblies. In one example, a hinge assembly comprises a hinge frame affixed to one substrate and a hinge arm member affixed to another substrate. The hinge arm member comprises first and second arcuate arm guide slots. An arm support member, moveably coupling the hinge arm member to the hinge frame, comprises a first side comprising a first arcuate support guide slot receiving a first frame guide of the hinge frame, and a second side comprising a second arcuate support guide slot receiving a second frame guide. First and second arcuate inner support guides are received within the first and second arcuate arm guide slots of the hinge arm member. An elongated bridge member connects the first side of the arm support member to the second side, with the bridge member comprising a unitary structure fabricated from bulk metallic glass.

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is disposed in the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. A water supply channel is connected to a water supply source and is configured to supply washing water to the accommodation unit. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a body along which a water supply channel is provided, the body being rotatably provided at the cabinet. A body guider is provided at the cabinet and is configured to guide a rotational movement of the body.

Abstract: A servomechanism for sliding doors of furniture item is described. An eddy-currents magnetic damper (80) to dampen the door is used to brake two carriages (26) mounted slidingly on the linear guides (20) for slidingly supporting the door.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a rack gear assembly provided on a lower surface of a drawer, wherein the rack gear assembly has a first rack member and a second rack member sequentially moved forward such that an opening distance of the drawer is maximized, and a wing end of the second rack member and a blocking part of a bottom of a storage chamber are provided such that exact engagement of a rack gear with a pinion is maintained during opening of the drawer. In addition, while the drawer is opened, an unwanted movement of the drawer in a closing direction thereof is prevented.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator having a drawer. The refrigerator includes: a cabinet and the drawer provided with a front panel and a storage body, the front panel being moved forward and rearward so that an open front portion of the storage chamber is opened and closed and the storage body being provided in rear of the front panel and received in the storage chamber. The refrigerator including a side cover module provided with an inside cover and an outside cover, the inside cover being provided at an inside surface of the storage body and protecting the inside surface of the storage body, and the outside cover being provided at an outside surface of the storage body and protecting the outside surface of the storage body.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door inserted into and withdrawn out of the storage chamber, a motor assembly provided at the storage chamber, a rack gear assembly provided at the drawer door and having an extendable rack gear that is configured to be coupled to the pinion gear, and a guide unit that is provided at an inner surface of the storage chamber and configured, based on the drawer door being withdrawn out of the storage chamber, to couple a portion of the rack gear assembly to the inner surface of the storage chamber to thereby allow the rack gear to extend. The drawer door includes a drawer part that defines an upwardly open storage space, and a door part that is configured to, based on the drawer door being inserted into the storage chamber, close the storage chamber.

Abstract: An arrangement of a pull-out guide can be fastened to a piece of furniture, and the pull-out guide has a first rail, a second rail that is movably mounted on the first rail, and a rail synchronization device. The rail synchronization device includes a toothed rack connected to the first rail, a toothed wheel meshing with the toothed rack, and a bearing block connected to the second rail. The toothed wheel is rotatably mounted in the bearing block, and a driver for a drawer drive device is connected to the toothed rack of the rail synchronization device.

Abstract: An engagement assembly, a drawer, and a refrigerator having same. The engagement assembly comprises a first engagement part matching the drawer and a second engagement part matching a refrigerator body; one of the first and second engagement parts is a gear, and the other one is a rack; the rack has a tooth surface that allows the gear to travel; the rack comprises a main rack and an extension rack; when the drawer is in a closed state, the tooth surface has a first stroke length; when the drawer is in an opening process, the extension rack moves to a travel path of the gear so that the tooth surface has a second stroke length; when the drawer is in a closing process, the extension rack is reset the first stroke length is smaller than the second stroke length. The length of the tooth surface increases in the opening process.

Abstract: A sliding device is capable of decreasing a moving distance of a middle rail while maintaining a maximum moving distance of a movable rail. The sliding device includes a fixed rail fixed to a body into which a storage body is inserted, the movable rail fixed to the storage body, the middle rail installed between the movable rail and the fixed rail and configured to move relatively with respect to the movable rail and the fixed rail, and a driving part configured to move the middle rail so as to move the movable rail by a distance twice a moving distance of the middle rail.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus (e.g., for damping a motion of a drawer in a storage system) comprises a plate to pivotally attach to a first wall of a drawer, the plate comprising a pivot point about which the plate can pivot; a damped gear coupled to the plate, the damped gear having a plurality of gear teeth; and a spring to facilitate pivoting the plate about the pivot point to engage at least one of the plurality of gear teeth with at least one tooth on a rack. In some embodiments, the spring is to pivot the plate from a first configuration to an angular position relative the wall in a second configuration, wherein the at least one of the plurality of gear teeth and the at least one tooth on the rack are fully engaged with one another in both the first configuration and the second configuration.

Abstract: A modular network switch is disclosed. In an embodiment, removable interface modules and a switch circuit board (SMB) are housed in a chassis. Each of the interface modules includes a circuit board that is positioned in parallel with other interface modules. The SMB is oriented in a plane perpendicular to orientation planes of the interface modules, and the circuit boards are connected to the switch circuit board. A switch chip is electrically connected to SMB, and configured to switch network traffic between network connections of the interface modules. The chassis may include airflow regions separated by a divider with respective air intake vents. A power supply is housed in one of the regions and the SMB/interface modules are housed in another region. Power supplies provide power to the interface modules via a bus bar and provide power to the switch circuit board via a connection separate from the bus bar.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door, a motor assembly provided at the storage chamber and configured to provide a driving force that moves the drawer door relative to the storage chamber, and a rack gear assembly provided at the drawer door and having an extendable rack gear. The rack gear includes a fixed rack fixed to the drawer door and a moving rack slidably coupled to the fixed rack. The drawer door includes a drawer part that defines an upwardly open storage space, and a door part that is configured to, based on the drawer door being inserted into the storage chamber, close the storage chamber.

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail movable relative to the first rail, an elastic member, a locking member configured to temporarily lock the elastic member, and a synchronization device. The synchronization device includes a base connected to the second rail, a driving member movably mounted to a first part of the base, a mounting base arranged on a second part of the base, a sleeve, and a synchronization rod. The mounting base is configured to mount the sleeve connected with the synchronization rod. When the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from a retracted position to an over-pressing position along a first direction, the locking member unlocks the elastic member to release an elastic force for driving the second rail to move along a second direction, such that the driving member further drives the sleeve and the synchronization rod.

Abstract: An arrangement for guiding a sliding door or folding-sliding door on a furniture wall includes a first guide system to be fastened on the furniture wall and a second guide system to be fastened on the furniture wall at a vertical distance from the first guide system. The two guide systems each have at least one guide and a guide body which is displaceably mounted on the guide, and a carrier on which the sliding door or folding-sliding door is to be fastened and which is connected in a movement-coupled manner to the two guide bodies of the guide systems. The carrier is assembled in the vertical direction from at least two carrier portions, and the at least two carrier portions can be releasably connected.

Abstract: A patch panel system is disclosed comprising a plurality of trays wherein each tray is stored within a patch panel housing but moveable towards the front of the housing into one of a patch position or an extended position. The tray is lockable in either the patch position or the extended position. In the extended position a front tray section holding one or more fiber optic connectors or modules is tiltable versus a rear tray section. In particular embodiment the tray can also be moved from the stored position into a retracted position behind the housing. A release mechanism comprising a lock is also provided which can be actuated to release the lock thereby allowing the tray to be slid out of the patch position and the extended position.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a rack gear assembly on a lower surface of a drawer, and the rack gear assembly has a first rack member and a second rack member moved forward sequentially while moving forward such that an opening distance of the drawer is maximized. In addition, a noise reduction part is provided between a stopper member and a confining protrusion part constituting the rack gear assembly. Accordingly, although the stopper member collides with the confining protrusion part, impact noise is reduced and damage caused by the collision is prevented.

Abstract: A synchronic drawer slide rail system with a mute springback function includes: two slide rail units, wherein two external faces of a drawer are connected to two internal faces of a cabinet in a relative sliding form through the slide rail units which are symmetrically arranged; the two slide rail units are synchronically connected to each other through a synchronizing mechanism; wherein a shell unit is fixed on each of the two internal faces of the cabinet; a linear groove extending along a relative sliding direction of the drawer and the cabinet is provided on a side face, which faces the drawer, of the shell unit; each of the slide rail units is installed in the linear groove; a horizontal board extending towards the drawer is arranged at a bottom face of the shell unit, and a rack is provided on an inner end of the horizontal board.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a third rail. The second rail is movably mounted between the first rail and the third rail. The slide rail assembly further includes a sliding auxiliary device and a gear. The sliding auxiliary device is arranged between the second rail and the third rail. The gear is arranged in the sliding auxiliary device and configured to mesh between the second rail and the third rail.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable management panel is provided with slidable drawers and structure within the drawers for cable management and/or connection to other devices. Tray inserts drop into the drawers to provide the appropriate management and connection devices. A movable take-up mechanism manages the cable entering and exiting the drawers at side openings. Stackable pivoting storage trays on the tray insert include a detent arrangement for holding each tray in a pivoted access position. The tray inserts further include a front key, and a back tab mounting arrangement for mounting the tray inserts to the drawers, and side radius limiters including notches for extending over raised portions of the drawer. The take-up mechanism includes a U-shaped trough section and cable retention tabs. A control mechanism is provided for controlling movement of the take-up mechanism relative to the drawer.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes drawer assembly for a chilled chamber of the appliance. The drawer assembly includes a storage bin positioned within the chilled chamber and one or more adjustable dividers slidably mounted within the storage bin. The adjustable dividers include a top support arm, a window that acts as a light guide or diffuser, and a light source mounted to the adjustable divider for illuminating the storage bin. The drawer assembly further includes a power supply, such as a bus bar assembly having parallel positive and negative strip terminals that remain connected with spring terminals on the adjustable dividers to ensure the light source remains illuminated when the adjustable dividers are moved within the storage bin.

Abstract: Frame for a movable furniture part, in particular for a drawer, wherein the frame is single-walled and a single-walled frame element forms a side wall of the movable furniture part, wherein a guide element of an extension mechanism for the movable furniture part is arranged on the frame element by fastening means. The frame is characterized in that the fastening means engage through the frame element.

Abstract: A slide system for slidably opening and closing a drawer is provided. The slide system includes an outer slide for mounting the slide system on a side wall of an enclosure, comprising a longitudinal slide outer channel, a sliding member, configured to be mounted on a side wall of the drawer, slidably movable within said slide outer channel. The outer slide includes a fixing part for attachment of the outer slide on the side wall of the enclosure, a sliding part comprising said slide outer channel, and an intermediate part, extending from said fixing part to said sliding part. The fixing part, the intermediate part and the sliding part define a groove extending upwardly from said intermediate part. The slide system comprises a casing element for encasing the sliding member by extending vertically from an upper portion the side wall of the drawer towards the intermediate part of the outer slide and being at least partly received within the groove.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an openable member rotatable relative to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; and a supporting member connected between the main assembly of the image forming apparatus and the openable member configured to support the openable member when the openable member is opened. The supporting member includes a first arm member and a second arm member which are slidable relative to each other, a pinion provided on the first arm member, a viscous damper mounted on a rotation shaft of the pinion, a rack provided on the second arm member and engaged with the pinion. By opening the openable member, relative slide movement is caused between the first arm member and the second arm member so that the pinion engaged with the rack rotates and a braking force is produced by the viscous damper.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a drawer slide synchronizer with a first cable and a second cable. A first bearing is mounted to a first one of a pair of drawer slides, and a second bearing is mounted to a second one of the pair of drawer slides. The first and second cables contact the first bearing, and the first and second cables also contact the second bearing.

Abstract: A pull-out drawer guide having a cabinet rail for attaching to a furniture cabinet, a drawer rail for attaching to a drawer, a roller carriage having rollers, which, during relative movement of the rails, roll on a guide face of the respective rail. The pull-out guide includes on the cabinet rail, an automatic retraction mechanism which, by means of a catch element, catches the drawer rail in a closure movement and moves it to a closed position relative to the cabinet rail. The cabinet rail has a stop element, and the drawer rail has an abutment element, wherein, at a catch position of the cabinet rail, a distance between the stop and abutment elements is smaller than a maximum length of movement of a coupling element of a force accumulator of the automatic retraction mechanism, the distance being parallel to a direction of movement of the drawer rail.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a drawer slide synchronizer with a first cable and a second cable. A first bearing is mounted to a first one of a pair of drawer slides, and a second bearing is mounted to a second one of the pair of drawer slides. The first and second cables contact the first bearing, and the first and second cables also contact the second bearing.

Abstract: An appliance is provided having a cabinet with at least one compartment for positioning of a drawer. The drawer may be moved into and out of the at least one compartment and the drawer comprises a food container. The drawer includes a geared assembly having a gear rack and pinion gear which inhibit wobble of the drawer when the drawer is pulled from the at least one compartment or is pushed into the at least one compartment.

Abstract: A three-sectional hidden sliding rail includes a pair of sliding rail sub-mechanisms symmetrically mounted at a left and a right side of a movable object. Each sliding rail sub-mechanism includes a fixed guide rail, a middle rail, and a movable guide rail. The fixed guide rail is mounted on a fixed object. The movable guide rail is mounted on a side surface of the movable object. The fixed guide rail and the movable guide rail (3) have a sliding guide groove. An upper and a lower end of the middle rail are mounted in the sliding guide grooves of the movable guide rail and the fixed guide rail. The middle rail is able to slide along the sliding guide groove of the fixed guide rail (1), and the movable guide rail is able to slide along the middle rail (2). The sliding rail sub-mechanisms are connected through a synchronous mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of supporting the load of a bed and/or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation.

Abstract: A rack-and-pinion mechanism for a drawer assembly of an enclosure includes first and second racks and first and second pinions. The pinions are engaged with the racks via pinion teeth and rack teeth. The pinions are coaxially aligned and rotatable about a rotational axis that translates as the pinions are rotated and translate along the racks. The rack-and-pinion mechanism further includes a timing bar having a first end coupled to the first pinion and a second end coupled to the second pinion. A first pin is inserted into at least one of the first pinion and the first end of the timing bar. A second pin is inserted into at least one of the second pinion and the second end of the timing bar. The pins are configured to substantially inhibit translational movement of the timing bar relative to the pinions along the rotational axis.

Abstract: A three-section synchronous concealed slide rail includes a mobile rail, a middle rail, a fixed rail and a damping mechanism. An upper rack and an upper roller cage with an roller are installed between the mobile rail and the middle rail, a split-type lower roller cage with a roller is installed between the middle rail and the fixed rail, a surface of which is provided with a rack. A gear assembly is meshed between the upper rack and the lower roller cage and used for controlling synchronous or staggered operation of the mobile rail and middle rail according to the intensity of acting force, and the damping mechanism is installed on the fixed rail.

Abstract: An opto-physical material comprises a curable matrix composition and an effective amount of an ultraviolet light additive dispersed therein. The opto-physical material has a refractive index ranging from 1 to 1.8 at 589 nm wavelength and a light transmission value of 30% or less at any wavelength in the ultraviolet light spectrum. In addition, a test value of an optical physical property for the opto-physical material does not differ by more than 5% from a predetermined value of the optical physical property when the predetermined value is measured under the same measurement conditions for an opto-physical material comprising a comparative curable matrix composition lacking the ultraviolet light additive, wherein the optical physical property is selected from color shift in the visible light spectrum, light diffusivity at any wavelength in the light spectrum, light transmission in the visible light spectrum, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A refrigerator is described. The refrigerator includes a body. The refrigerator further includes a door. The refrigerator further includes a first rail guide and a second rail guide. The refrigerator further includes a first rail assembly and a second rail assembly. The refrigerator further includes a shaft that is configured to connect the first rail assembly with the second rail assembly. The refrigerator further includes a first pinion that is located at a first end of the shaft and configured to engage the first rail guide based on the door being pushed in or pulled out. The refrigerator further includes a second pinion that is located at a second end of the shaft and configured to engage the second rail guide based on the door being pushed in or pulled out. The refrigerator further includes a torsion reduction part that is configured to reduce torsion of the door.

Abstract: A pull-out system comprises at least two pull-out guides, each pull-out guide having a stationary rail and at least one rail that can be moved relative to the stationary rail, means for synchronizing the movement of the movable rails being provided, said means comprising at least one flexible deflector element for synchronization. In this way, the movement of wide or heavy pull-out units can be synchronized in a simple manner, producing little noise.

Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers has a carcass rail, a drawer rail, and a central rail which is moveably mounted between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. At least one carriage is mounted in a moveable manner between at least two rails of the pull-out guide. A synchronization apparatus avoids running faults of the pull-out guide, and the synchronization apparatus has at least one synchronization wheel which interacts firstly with the one carriage and secondly with a running surface which is arranged on one of the rails. The synchronization wheel is in the form of a gear with two pinions with different diameters. The first pinion and the second pinion are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein, when one pinion moves, the other pinion also moves.

Abstract: A drawer assembly for a consumer appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes an anti-racking system for minimizing misalignment of an appliance drawer. More particularly, the present subject matter provides a drawer slide assembly for a drawer having some horizontal flexibility. The drawer slide assembly may have a pinion gear and connecting rod assembly that minimizes racking of the appliance drawer as it is moved into and out an appliance chamber. The appliance drawer may be attached to the appliance chamber by a ball and joint pinion gear configuration that adds another degree of freedom to the anti-racking system in order to reduce stress on the pinion gear. By adding an additional degree of freedom to the pinion gear and reducing the imposed stresses applied to the pinion gear, the performance and lifetime of the drawer assembly may be improved.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes first and second rails, a running carriage, a correction mechanism, and an actuator. The running carriage is slidably mounted on the first rail, carries the second rail, and, when the second rail is longitudinally displaced relative to the first rail, is differentially moved relative to the second rail. The correction mechanism is mounted on the first rail and includes an action member and a pushing member movably connected to the action member. The actuator is connected to the second rail. Should a differential movement error of the running carriage occur, the actuator drives the action member while the second rail is being extended, thereby displacing the pushing member, and hence the running carriage, so as to correct the error.

Abstract: A rotary damper with a toothed wheel gear projecting away from a housing having snap-in connection structures disposed on opposing sides of the wheel gear. The wheel gear may be inserted through a panel opening having a pair of opposing transverse slots. In the assembled condition, the housing with the connected wheel gear may slide linearly in the longitudinal direction of the slots to permit self-adjustment relative to an operatively connected mating gear. Proper meshing relation between the wheel gear and the mating gear is thereby maintained.

Abstract: A tooth-bearing body having a first sequence (1) of teeth (2) and at least one second sequence (3) of teeth (4), wherein the teeth (2) of the first sequence (1), viewed in a rolling direction (5) of the tooth-bearing body, are arranged behind one another and the teeth (4) of the second sequence (3), viewed in the rolling direction (5) of the tooth-bearing body, are likewise arranged behind one another, and the first sequence (1) of teeth (2) and the second sequence (3) of teeth (4) are arranged in a transverse direction (6) orthogonal to the rolling direction (5), particularly exclusively next to one another, wherein the teeth (2) of the first sequence (1) are larger than the teeth (4) of the second sequence (3).

Abstract: A synchronization apparatus has at least two actuating apparatuses for moving a movable furniture part, and has a synchronization rod for synchronizing the movement of the at least two actuating apparatuses. A first end region of the synchronization rod can be connected to a first rotary part of the first actuating apparatus, and a second end region of the synchronization rod can be connected to a second rotary part of the second actuating apparatus. At least one rotary part of the actuating apparatuses has a spring-loaded contact-pressure part which bears against the end face of the synchronization rod.

Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers includes a body rail to be fastened to a furniture body, a drawer rail to be fastened to the drawer, and a center rail movably mounted between the body rail and the drawer rail. The relative motion sequence of the rails is determined by a forced control unit, and the forced control unit has a synchronization wheel designed as a gear wheel, the synchronization wheel interacting with a running surface arranged or formed on the rails and/or with a running surface of a carriage, which is slidably mounted between the rails. An overload protection device is provided for reversibly lifting the forced control unit of the rails.

Abstract: A rack-and-pinion mechanism includes a first rack and a second rack, a first pinion and a second pinion, and a timing bar. Each of the racks includes a first set of teeth provided longitudinally therealong. Each of the first pinion and the second pinion includes a second set of teeth provided circumferentially therearound. The first pinion and the second pinion are configured to rotate along the first rack and the second rack respectively through engagement of the second set of teeth with the first set of teeth. The timing bar includes a first end and a second end. The first end and the second end are configured to be coupled to the first pinion and the second pinion respectively so that the first and second pinions rotate as one. The first pinion is configured to be movable with respect to the timing bar along a longitudinal axis of the timing bar.

Abstract: A translatable support mechanism is provided. The translatable support mechanism includes a storage component, a pair of supports, and a pair of gear sets. The pair of supports and the pair of gear sets support the storage component such that the storage component is translatable between an open and closed position along a transverse direction.

Abstract: A guided slide assembly includes at least one sliding rail unit having a longitudinal base plate, a pair of guide plates extending respectively and transversely from two opposite sides of the base plate, and at least one securing portion formed on one of the guide plates. At least one longitudinal guiding unit is detachably disposed on the one of the guide plates, and has a longitudinal rack member and at least one engaging hook disposed on the rack member. The engaging hook engages the securing portion of one on the guide plates.