Abstract: A track assembly for a pull-out member, such as a drawer for a piece of furniture or an oven tray for cooked food, includes a stationary guide rail, a runner slidable with respect to the guide rail in an operating direction between extracted and retracted positions and coupled to a pull-out slide member, and a spring-biased brake mechanism mounted transversely to the operating direction of the runner and bearing upon at least one flank of the runner, to thereby impede a smooth run between the runner and the guide rail of the track assembly in cases in which a certain degree of sluggishness is desired.

Abstract: A track assembly includes a guide rail secured to a piece of furniture, a runner secured to a drawer and formed with end stops that run against stationary stops to limit the movement of the runner, an inner slide rail interconnecting the runner and the guide rail to one another to effect a linear travel of the runner relative to the guide rail. Positioned between the slide rail and the runner and the guide rail are cages for retaining balls therein. Each cage is provided in its end zones with supplemental elastic stops which cooperate with end stops so that stationary stops are first impacted by the elastic stops to align possibly tilted drawers before being impacted by the end stops.

Abstract: A locking device for detachably securing drawers or the like onto a guide rail, includes at least one locking element secured to the forward end of the movable part of the guide rail. The locking element (10) includes a spring-elastic actuating arm (14) which is equipped with a locking lug (17) receiving vertical forces. The slidable part of the guide rail (3) is equipped with a second locking lug (6) which receives horizontal forces and can also form part of the locking element (10).

Abstract: A track assembly for a drawer includes a guide rail securable to a piece of furniture, a pull-out rail securable to a drawer, and an inner section rail for connecting the guide rail with the pull-out rail. The guide and the pull-out rails are each formed of substantially L-shaped configuration and exhibit extreme edges that are turned inwardly to form three inner curved corner areas for receiving a set of three balls interposed between outer surfaces of the inner section rail and the inner surfaces of the guide rail and the pull-out rail and positioned such as to define corners of a rectangular triangle.

Abstract: An adjustment device aligns a drawer that is mounted on rails. A body member is fastened to the rail. An activation part is movably hinged to the body member at a hinge area. The activation part is connected to a wedge piece. The activation part is moveable to achieve alignment between the rail and the drawer. The body member, the activation part, and the wedge piece are integrally made of a plastic material. The hinge is formed by a material constriction in the form of a film hinge. The film hinge has an axis that is approximately parallel to a fastening plane disposed between the body member and the rail. The wedge piece extends approximately at right angles to the hinge axis and to the activation part.

Abstract: A mount for a furnishing has a housing which is designed to be attached to the furnishing. A carrier is mounted in the housing for horizontal and vertical displacement and has a hook-like end portion which projects from the housing and can engage a hook on a wall. The housing is provided with a horizontal, keyhole-shaped slot, and a vertical screw is mounted in the slot and meshes with a thread in the carrier. The vertical screw, which serves to shift the carrier vertically, if fixed against axial displacement but is movable along the slot as the carrier is shifted horizontally. A horizontal screw is likewise held on the carrier so as to be fixed against axial displacement and serves to shift the carrier horizontally. The horizontal screw has a threaded section designed to mesh with a thread in the carrier and an unthreaded section which extends from the threaded section to the end of the screw.

Abstract: A guide for a drawer includes a rail and a device for holding the rail on the drawer. The holding device has a mounting portion which is secured to the drawer by a fastener, a resilient leg and a lever which is perpendicular to the rail. The rail is provided with an aperture and the leg has a protrusion which is receivable in the aperture so as to engage the rail. The protrusion can be withdrawn from the aperture by pulling on the lever. The lever is remote from one end of the leg and at least this end of the leg is fast with the mounting portion of the holding device.

Abstract: A hinge for an article of furniture has a mount which is attachable to a wall of the article. A hinge unit including a hinge arm and, optionally, a support for the arm is releasably connectible to the mount. To this end, the hinge unit is provided with a shaft which is receivable in a complementary recess of the mount. The hinge unit is further provided with a resilient tongue, and the tongue has a groove which cooperates with a projection on the mount to lock the hinge unit to the mount by snap action. A lever projects at an angle from both sides of the hinge unit, and the free end of each lever carries an arm which extends towards the tongue. An inclined protuberance is provided on either side of the tongue and each lever arm abuts a respective protuberance. The arrangement is such that, when the levers are urged towards one another, the lever arms cooperate with the protuberances to disengage the groove in the tongue from the projection on the mount.

Abstract: A device for holding a drawer closed includes a fork-like member which is pivotable between an inoperative position and an operative position. When the drawer is open, the fork-like member is normally in the inoperative position. As the drawer is closed, a pin on the drawer engages a first tine of the fork-like member to thereby pivot the latter to the operative position in which the pin is engaged by a second tine of the fork-like member. The second tine biases the pin under the action of a spring so as to hold the drawer closed. A returning member is integral with the fork-like member and serves to return the fork-like member to the inoperative position if the fork-like member is unintentionally pivoted to the operative position while the drawer is open. The returning member is provided with a channel having a first open end adjacent to the fork-like member and a second open end which faces the pin when the drawer is open and the fork-like member is in the operative position.

Abstract: A folding door has plural pairs of panels and the panels of each pair are pivotally connected to one another via hinges defining vertical pivot axes. For any two neighboring pairs, a first panel of one pair and an adjacent second panel of the other pair are articulated to a carrier movable along a horizontal guide rail. At least each first panel supports an elongated actuating element having a projecting portion which overlies the adjacent second panel in the closed position of the door. Every carrier supports a two-armed lever which is rotatable on an axis paralleling the pivot axes defined by the hinges. In the closed position of the door, a first arm of each lever, is located in the path which the projecting portion of the respective actuating element follows during opening of the door while the second arm abuts the respective second panel.

Abstract: An article of furniture has a series of superimposed drawers. An arresting mechanism for the drawers includes an activating device secured to a side wall of the article of furniture adjacent to each drawer. Each activating device comprises a carrier which is affixed to the side wall and supports an entraining element. The entraining elements are rotatable and also shiftable horizontally in the direction of movement of the drawers. Each entraining element defines a gap and each drawer carries an operating pin which is received in the corresponding gap when the drawer is closed. An entraining peg is provided on each entraining element.The activating devices have aligned passages which receive a vertically movable strip extending by all of the drawers. The strip has an angular groove adjacent to each drawer consisting of a vertical portion and an inclined portion, and each entraining peg projects into a respective groove.

Abstract: A drawer for an article of furniture has a pair of oppositely disposed sides which are parallel to the direction of movement of the drawer when the latter is opened and closed. Each of these sides is formed with an elongated pocket which is designed to receive a runner for the drawer. Such a runner includes an elongated support which is symmetrical about a median plane dividing the support longitudinally and can be mounted at either side of the drawer. In its mounted condition, the support extends in the direction of movement of the drawer. The runner further includes an elongated guide rail which serves to guide the drawer during movement. The guide rail is designed to be releasably connected to the support in such a manner that the guide rail extends in parallelism with the support and is prevented from shifting longitudinally relative thereto. The means for releasably connecting the guide rail to the support includes one or two grooves in the guide rail and one or two cooperating detents on the support.

Abstract: A furniture hinge has a hinge arm connectible to the body of a piece of furniture and a lever connectible to a closure for the furniture. The closure is movable between a closed position and an open position. A damping device is disposed between the hinge arm and the lever and includes a housing having a bellows-like first part and a second part secured to the hinge arm. A piston rides in the housing and divides it into first and second chambers. The piston is provided with flow channels which allow hydraulic fluid in the housing to flow between the first and second chambers. The piston is mounted on a rod which extends through, and is coupled to, the first housing part and is articulately connected to the lever. A sealing member likewise mounted on the rod is arranged to seal the flow channels upon movement of the closure to its closed position.

Abstract: A hinge for connecting two relatively movable components of a piece of furniture has a housing which is mounted on one of the components and a carrier which is mounted on the other component. A link bar pivotally connects the housing to a hinge arm which is secured to a quick-mounting plate via a fastening screw. The fastening screw passes through a slotted hole of the hinge arm so that the latter can be moved longitudinally relative to the quick-mounting plate when the fastening screw is loosened. An adjusting screw is threaded into the hinge arm and allows the inclination of the hinge arm relative to the quick-mounting plate to be adjusted. One end of the quick-mounting plate is provided with a pivotable arresting member for rapidly locking the quick-mounting plate to, and rapidly releasing it from, the carrier. The arresting member has a lip which engages a projection of the carrier in the locked condition. A cover is provided for the hinge arm and is designed to overlie the fastening and adjusting screws.

Abstract: The mounting plate which is mountable on a furniture body and on which the hinge arm of a furniture hinge is mounted is comprised of two parts, namely an upper part and a base plate which is mountable on the furniture body. The base plate engages in the center area in a recess (25) extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the upper part and is displaceably and lockably mounted therein. The base plate is provided with a threaded bore into which the threaded shaft of a mounting screw is screwed in so as to lock the upper part with respect to the base plate. The threaded shaft is guided through a slotted hole in the upper part, so that the upper part is transversely adjustable with respect to its longitudinal axis when the screw is released.

Abstract: The drawer has a front plate provided with a recess in its upper edge area. The recess is configured in such a way that the front plate is comprised of a rectangular plate (5) made of wooden or plastic material and of two profiled parts which are secured in the upper corner area of the plate and comprising a first upright (6a) seizing the respective corner and a second upwardly projecting upright. To the upwardly projecting uprights of the profiled parts there is secured an upper strut which is also secured to the rear wall of the drawer.

Abstract: A connecting fitting for detachable connection of furniture parts is provided with a spring mounted tongue on one fitting part engageable behind a protrusion on another fitting part and with the tongue being movable by an eccentric bolt with a protruding cam engageable with a protrusion on the tongue to disengage the tongue from the protrusion.

Abstract: A drawer has two side walls each provided with a groove, a drawer bottom inserted in the grooves of the side walls, and two arresting devices which are provided for entrainment of the drawer guide rails of an article of furniture; each arresting device has an angle member secured to a respective groove of the side walls, arranged under the drawer bottom, and made of a resilient material.

Abstract: A cabinet unit has an outer door pivotable relative to an outer portion of a furniture piece to define an outer cabinet, and an inner door pivotable relative to an inner portion of a furniture piece to define an inner cabinet, such as a refrigerator and the like, wherein in an open position of the inner door a gap is available between the inner door and the inner portion of the furniture piece to provide an access to mounting and adjusting screws of a hinge of the outer door.

Abstract: A drawer of plastic has a front plate, a body part with a front face to arrange the front plate parallel to the latter and a plurality of side walls each forming a downwardly open chamber and having a front region adjacent to the front face, and elements for connecting the front plate with the side walls and including a hasp arranged in the front region of each of the side walls and having a transverse bolt, an elongated bracket having a longitudinal axis and an end provided with a fork which is snappable on the transverse bolt, and at least one tightening cam outwardly engaging the fork, wherein the bracket is held on the front plate so that its longitudinal axis extends normal to the front plate and also is movable in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis.