Abstract: An automated drawer slide integrates a linear motor drive system into a drawer slide mechanism. The drawer slide chassis comprises: a case rail of channel profile, a drawer rail of channel profile, and some extension slide. A linear motor unit having a primary (a stator) and a secondary (a mover) provided for the slide and away from the primary (a stator) with a gap interposed there between.

Abstract: This application relates to a device which is mounted onto a threadless curveable/flexible shaft and which converts the rotary motion of the outer of a curveable/flexible shaft into linear translation of the device. The device includes a threadless curveable/flexible shaft and two blocks with have an axial bore therethrough and a plurality of roller bearings, four of which are disposed on the block called the upper block and two of which are disposed on the block called the lower block. The upper block carries the tensioning devices which generate the friction between the bearing and the outer of the shaft. The lower block is the component to which both the driven load and the upper block are secured.