Abstract: Cabinet hinge whose door-related part in the form of a cup set in a mortise is articulated to the carcase-related part configured as an elongated supporting arm of inverted U-shaped cross section by two hinge links whose ends are journaled in the cup at one end and on the supporting arm at the other. A closing mechanism is provided in the door-end of the supporting arm and has a cam surface configured nonrotationally on the inner hinge link. A resiliently deformable section of one leg of a substantially U-shaped leaf spring engages the cam surface with bias, and the end remote from the cup of the other leg is fastened inside of the supporting arm by a section of the web of the latter. The inner hinge link has at the end by which it is mounted in the supporting arm two parallel ears formed by tabs cut and bent at right angles from the lateral margins of its end inside of the supporting arm.

Abstract: Cabinet hinge having a door-related part configured as a plug-in cup and a carcass-related part configured as an elongated supporting arm, which are articulated relative to one another by two hinge links journaled at their ends in the cup at one end and on the supporting arm at the other. The hinge has a closing mechanism having a cam element disposed at the inner end of the inner hinge link, which is joined corotationally with the hinge link, and on whose cam surface a resiliently flexible section of one leg of a substantially U-shaped leaf spring lies under bias while its second leg is joined to the outer end of the resiliently flexible leg in the interior of the supporting arm by a bridging section and thrusts against the interior of the supporting arm. The inner hinge link has at its inner end two parallel ears spaced apart from one another, between which the cam element is disposed for corotation therewith.

Abstract: Roller for rolling drawer guides with a wheel journaled on a stud (24) fastened to the running and/or guiding rail of the drawer guide, the wheel having a rim concentric with the longitudinal central axis of the stud (24). The wheel is divided into a hub (16) journaled on the stud (24) and a rim (18) disposed concentrically on the hub, and the rim (18) is mounted on the hub (16) for displacement in the direction of the roller axis of rotation. The rim (18) is held on the hub (16) preferably against rotation in the direction of rotation of the roller.

Abstract: Furniture hinge whose cabinet-related part is configured as a supporting arm of channel-shaped cross section astride the corresponding mounting plate, the mounting plate being composed of two separable members which are adjustable relative to one another. The bottom mounting plate member can be fastened to the cabinet and the upper plate is releasably joined to the supporting arm by a catch mechanism. The catch mechanism has projections extending from its opposite lateral surfaces in the door end of the upper mounting plate member while at the inner end of the supporting arm more remote from the door at least one resilient tongue having a catch section is formed, which engages a catch recess on the inner end of the upper mounting plate member. The supporting arm straddles the upper mounting plate member at least at its end pointing into the cabinet interior, and is provided in the straddling area with two tongues which are resiliently flexible parallel to the supporting wall surface.

Abstract: An over-center hinge for cabinet doors with a door-related hinge part in the form of a recess-mounting cup in which one end of each of two links is journaled whose other ends are journaled on a jamb-related hinge part in the form of an elongated supporting arm. On the side of the inner link facing the outer link a cam is articulated with its free end facing the supportring arm and is urged by a spring inserted between the cam and the pivot eye of the inner link against a counter-surface formed by a section of the inner wall of the supporting arm such that its face forces the hinge resiliently into the closed position upon passing a dead point in the closing movement. The section of the wall of the supporting arm that forms the counter-surface is provided at least in the surface area cooperating with the cam with a smooth, wear-resistant and friction-reducing surface.

Abstract: A drawer guide has a runner rail and a guide rail in the form of a channel, which can be displaced relative to one another by rolling on at least one wheel journaled at the drawer-front end of the guide rail and at least one wheel journaled on the rearward end of the runner rail, the wheels running each on a flange of their companion rail. The guide rail is of a channel-like configuration in which the flanges overreach the runner rail wheel and curl slightly around it. The free margin of the flange forming the track for the runner rail overreaches the guide rail wheel and curls slightly around it. As the fully extended position is approached, the width of the space between the web and at least one, preferably both, of the flanges of the guide rail narrows gradually over the length traveled by the runner rail wheel.

Abstract: Over-center self-closing hinge for cabinet doors, having an inner link and an outer link in a quadrilateral arrangement and a lever in the form of a hairpin spring fulcrumed at one end in the cabinet-wall-related hinge part and thrusting at right angles to the hinge axis against a cam which is journaled on the inner link and abuts in its one position against the pivot eye of the latter and in its other position against the link itself. The cam is of such a configuration that, when the hinge is moved from the open position to the closed position, just before it reaches the closed position, the line of thrust applied by the hairpin spring passes through the pivot axis of the link, but then the spring passes over onto a portion of the cam associated with the second position of the latter, thereby causing the cam to rock over and alter the line of thrust of the spring such that it seeks to close the hinge.

Abstract: A cover for cabinet hinges which serves for the hanging of a door ona cabinet and has a carcase-related hinge part which can be adjustably fasterned on the cabinet wall and a door-related hinge part coupled by a linkage mechanism to the carcase-related part and attachable to the inside of the door, which cover conceals at least a portion of the hinge components. The cover has an elongated bellows of elastic material open on its side facing the inside surfaces, which can be elastically lengthened an can flex, at least in the area of the linkage mechanism, around the pivot axis of the hinge. The bellows has at each end a fastening flange which can be releasably attached to the carcase-related hinge part or to the mounting plate of the latter and to the door-related hinge part, respectively.

Abstract: Self-closing hinge for hanging the free leaf of a two-leaf corner cabinet door on the leaf that is hung on the carcase of the cabinet. The hinge has two members, one associated with each of the door leaves, which can turn by about 90.degree. on hinge pins passing through aligned bores provided in the area of the meeting edges of the door leaves, from the position at approximately right angles to one another when the corner cabinet is closed to a position in which they are aligned substantially parallel to one another when the corner cabinet is open. The hinge members are coupled together by an elongated, strap-like connecting element which is pivotally fastened to the one member and is mounted so as to be longitudinally displaceable on the other member. This strap-like connecting element acts on the one hand as a door stop which prevents the door leaves from turning relative to one another beyond a given angle, and on the other hand it forms part of a self-closing mechanism acting when the door is closed.

Abstract: Fitting for holding the front-drawer end of the runner of a drawer slide. The fitting has a runner holding clip which can be fastened behind the drawer front under the bottom of the corner of the drawer and grips the end of the runner between two resilient legs. The runner holding clip is made integral with a corner body which in turn is integral with a mounting arm which can be fastened to the inside face of the drawer front. The area where the runner clip joins the corner body, and the area where the corner body joins the mounting arm, are made so as to be resiliently deformable, and a perpendicular threaded bore is provided in the corner body, through which the threaded shaft of an adjusting screw can be driven whose free end is in contact with the underside of the drawer bottom.

Abstract: Cabinet hinge whose mounting plate serving for the adjustable attachment of the carcase-related part of the hinge to the carcase of a cabinet is composed of two parts, i.e., of a bottom plate and a top plate. The bottom plate has in its outer end adjacent the door at least one hook rising from the plane in which it is fastened to the carcase and pointing outwardly, which can engage an associated eye in the bottom of the upper plate. The confronting surfaces of engagement between the hook and the eye are of complementary configuration and at least approximately arcuate with the centers of the arcs coinciding approximately with the center of the angular displacement described by the hinge in the first part of its closing movement relative to the door-related part of the hinge. A spring catch mechanism with a handle is provided in the bottom plate for the purpose of the releasable attachment of the top and bottom plates to one another.

Abstract: In a drawer guide having a shaped guide rail which can be fastened to the wall of a cabinet and which is engaged from below into a corresponding runner rail in the form of an inverted channel which can be fastened to the drawer, tracks for rolling bearings are formed in the interior of the runner rail. Upon a longitudinal displacement of the runner rail relative to the guide rail, these rolling bearings roll on these runner rail tracks and in tracks formed in the portion of the guide rail which is engaged in the runner rail. The portion of the guide rail that is engaged in the runner rail is bent from the substantially horizontal part of the guide rail. On the latter part of the guide rail a resiliently deformable brake element is provided and on a lateral ear of the runner rail there is provided a projection which will run against the resilient brake element in the desired braking position.

Abstract: Formation of a screw thread in a mounting hole in furniture hardware made by the stamping and pressing process from thin sheet metal, which can be fastened to the furniture wall by means of mounting screws driven through the mounting hole into a furniture wall. The shaft of the mounting screw has at its head end a threadless section with a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the thread. The mounting hole has a free passage cross section which is smaller than the outside diameter of the thread spirals of the mounting screw, and a ring-like section of the material surrounding the free passage cross section is bent to form a thread spiral extending over more than 180.degree., preferably more than 270.degree., but no more than 360.degree., with a pitch corresponding to the pitch of the mounting screw thread, a portion of the section of material forming the thread spiral being cut free from the surrounding material of the hardware piece along an arcuate boundary line.

Abstract: In a drawer guide with a guide rail to be fastened to the wall of a cabinet, the guide rail enters from below into a corresponding tubular runner rail of an open-bottomed rectangular or square cross section which is to be fastened removably to the drawer, and which contains in its interior races for rolling bodies held in an elongated cage. The rolling bodies can roll on the races of the guide rail on the one hand and on races formed by associated areas of the inner surface of the runner rail and thus permit a longitudinal movement of the runner rail relative to the guide rail, the rolling bodies that serve to accommodate the weight load being formed by a series of rollers with their horizontal axes disposed athwart the direction of drawer movement and the rolling bodies that serve for lateral guidance and stabilization being formed by two rows of balls disposed at a different level than the rollers, one on each side of the guide rail.

Abstract: A spacer for fastening a drawer guide that is too long in itself for a particular drawer to the drawer in question. The spacer is held releasably on the section of the runner rail that extends past the back of the drawer into the interior of the carcase and is in turn releasably joined to the drawer.

Abstract: A four-joint cabinet door hinge, especially for opening angles of more than 105.degree., in which the door-related hinge part is a stamped and drawn cup of thin sheet metal. The pivot pin at the cup end of the inner link is located in a recess of the wall of the cup and is held in the recess by a tongue formed from material of the wall.

Abstract: A guide for drawers, cutting boards and other such retractable furniture parts, having a guide rail which can be fastened to a cabinet wall, and a running rail which can be fastened to the retractable furniture part and is mounted for movement along the guide rail with the interposition of rolling bearings held in a cage. The running rail is a hollow rail that is open on one side in a slot running in the direction of movement and has rolling-bearing tracks disposed in a triangle with one another in a cross section through their longitudinal central axes, one of the tracks being provided opposite the slot and the other two tracks being provided on opposite sides laterally of the slot, and the guide rail being provided on its end reaching through the slot into the interior of the running rail with three tracks which confront the tracks of the running rail in the same arrangement.

Abstract: Hinge for hanging a door on the facing of a cabinet. The carcase-related part of the hinge, in the form of an elongated door-supporting arm, can be adjustably fastened on a mounting plate preinstalled on the inside surface of the facing, while its free end, which is angled toward the door, is coupled to a door-related member in the form of a hollow cup by means of a four-joint mechanism. The door-supporting arm is fastened to the mounting plate through an intermediate piece which is disposed in its rearward end portion between the supporting arm and the mounting plate and is mounted releasably on the mounting plate and on the supporting arm of adjustment by a certain amount lengthwise of the supporting arm. The intermediate piece and the supporting arm are coupled together by a threaded spindle (84) which is in threaded engagement with one of the coupled parts while it is connected to the other part in such a way that it is rotatable, but non-displaceable lengthwise relative thereto.

Abstract: Cabinet hinge whose cabinet-wall-related part in the form of a cantilever arm can be slipped onto a mounting plate installed on the wall of a cabinet and can then be fixed at selected positions on the mounting plate by tightening a screw. The mounting plate bears a resilient catch which, at the beginning of the installation of the cantilever arm engages an abutment on the latter and thus secures it against accidental withdrawal from the mounting plate, without interfering with its movement for longitudinal adjustment on the mounting plate. The catch is provided on a leaf spring which is fastened at one end within the mounting plate while its free end bearing the catch protrudes through an opening in the mounting plate. The arm-holding screw is passed with clearance through an oversize hole in the mounting plate and driven into a threaded eye in the leaf spring.

Abstract: Cabinet hinge whose jamb-related part in the form of an arm can be fastened at selectable positions along the length of a mounting plate attached to a jamb on a cabinet carcase by sliding it onto the mounting plate and then tightening a screw. The mounting plate has a spring catch element which as the installation of the arm begins snaps into a corresponding cutout or recess in the arm of the hinge and thus screws it against accidental withdrawal from the mounting plate, without interfering with its further movement for the purpose of a longitudinal adjustment of the arm on the mounting plate. The spring catch has a prolongation brought out of an opening in the cabinet-interior end of the mounting plate, and this prolongation can be shifted resiliently such that the cooperating abutments of the spring catch and opening become disengaged from one another.