Patents Examined by Gosson A. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5882100
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for a drawer or the like includes a support rail to be fastened to a furniture side wall, a pull-out rail to be fastened to the drawer and an intermediate rail on each side of the drawer. Running rollers transfer the load of the drawer from one rail to another. The running rollers are held in cage-like running carriages. Driving rollers which run on the supporting rail and the pull-out rail are mounted on the intermediate rail. The intermediate rail has a U-shaped or double T-shaped profile with upper and lower horizontal running flanges and a vertical connecting web. All running rollers are situated between the running flanges of the intermediate rail. A supporting roller for the pull-out rail is mounted at the front end of the intermediate rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock