Having Biasing Means Patents (Class 312/319.1)
  • Patent number: 8770683
    Abstract: A pullout guide for a furniture pullout part configured to be pulled out from a piece of furniture over a predefined pullout distance. The pullout guide includes a retraction device configured to retract the furniture pullout part at least over a portion of the predefined pullout distance. The retraction device includes a spring configuration having a first spring and a second spring connected in parallel with respect to each other. Each of the first and second springs includes a different spring characteristic curve than the other spring and/or each of the first and second springs includes a different force-distance characteristic acting in a pullout direction of the pullout guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Rehage
  • Publication number: 20140184047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drawer (4) with a first wall part (7), a second wall part (8), and a fixing device (15), via which the first wall part (7) and the second wall part (8) can be connected to each other. The fixing device (15) has at least one locking element (16) for locking the wall elements (7, 8) to each other. The locking element (16) has at least one tongue (16a), which is spring-elastic in particular and which can be inserted into a recess (17) of one of the wall parts (8) and fixed in said recess, in particular in a clamped manner. The locking element (16) is substantially designed in a comb-like manner in which two or more tongues (16a) that are spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction of a connecting piece (19) project laterally from the connecting piece (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias GRIMM
  • Patent number: 8764134
    Abstract: The device for opening and closing a movable part of a furniture unit comprises a body (108), associated with a fixed part of the furniture unit (116), for supporting a slider (3) reversibly sliding along a sliding axis (100) in contrast and due to the action of a first spring (5), the slider being engageable with a drawing device provided on a drawing element (105) slidable in the direction of the sliding axis with an integral or reversibly couplable connection to the movable part (103) of the furniture unit, the supporting body comprising a first displacement device suitable for moving the drawing device so as to release the drawing device and the slider from their mutual engagement, an elastically yielding stop element against which the drawing element abuts directly or indirectly before engaging with the drawing device in the first displacement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20140159559
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detergent case apparatus for a washing machine, including a detergent case configured to be opened and closed, and having a hanging part; a button in or on the washing machine body; and a case fixing apparatus configured to confine a movement of the detergent case by operation of the button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Jeong Hyeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20140159558
    Abstract: A housing with latching mechanism includes a base, a cover, a number of latching members, and a plurality of resilient elements. The base includes a bottom plate and a sidewall protruding from the bottom plate. The cover includes a number of tabs each defining an engaging hole. The latching members are slidably connected to the sidewall of the base and each include a latching portion. The latching members are slidable between a first position where the latching portion is latchingly received in the engaging hole of the cover, thereby locking the cover to the base, and a second position where the latching portion disengages from the engaging hole of the cover, allowing the cover to be detached from the base. The resilient elements are used to apply a pushing force to the latching members for driving the latching members to move to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: GANG-HUA LIU
  • Publication number: 20140145576
    Abstract: A door closure device includes a pivot pin adapted to engage an associated appliance hinge, and a channel rotatably connected to the pivot pin and adapted to be connected to an associated appliance door. A cam is non-rotatably engaged with the pivot pin. The cam comprises a lobed edge including a closing portion. A spring rod is slidably engaged with the channel, and a cam follower is operably engaged with the spring rod. A spring is engaged between the spring rod and the channel and biases the cam follower into engagement with the lobed edge of the cam. The follower moves along the lobed edge of the cam when the channel is rotated relative to the cam and the spring induces a door-closing torque on the channel when the follower is engaged with the closing portion of the cam lobed edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: MANSFIELD ENGINEERED COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian White, James Collene
  • Publication number: 20140125210
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry treatment machine which may include at least one hinge that supports a lid on a main body. The hinge may include a hinge housing, an elastic member disposed inside the hinge housing, and a pair of cams disposed in the housing to move in linkage with the lid and the elastic member. The cams may include contact surfaces that are inclined relative to each other in an axial direction of the cams, and when a contact surface of one of the cams slides along a contact surface of the other cam, a distance between the pair of cams may be changed to deform the elastic member. The contact surface of at least one of the cams may be divided into at least three sections by a prescribed angular range along the circumferential direction, each of the three sections having a separate contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Youngbae PARK, Yongjun An
  • Publication number: 20140126144
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include sliding a slider slidably coupled to the structural member and mechanically coupled to the structural member by an ejection spring with an ejection spring force configured to bias the slider in a first position relative to the structural member in absence of a force other than the rejection spring force, wherein the sliding is in a direction opposite the ejection spring force and away from the first position, and wherein the structural member defines at least a portion of a bay for receiving an information handling resource. The method may also include engaging the slider with a release latch mechanically coupled to the structural member, such that when engaged with the release latch, the slider is biased in a second position away from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Kyle, Randall Smith, Scott E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8696077
    Abstract: A slide-track buffering device with a smoothly sliding carriage comprising: a control stand on which there are a guide plate extending forward, a guide chute at the rear part of the guide plate, and a beveled resisting groove in front of the guide chute; a slide carriage sliding on and covering the guide plate and comprising a shorter first area in the back, a locator under the first area, and an accommodating groove in front of the locator; at least a spring unit linking between the control stand and the slide carriage; a swing member which is held in the accommodating groove and located between the slide carriage and the control stand and is provided with a joint hole in the back and a boss underneath in order to engage the locator with the joint hole, accommodate the boss in the guide chute and embody superior smoothness and actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Sheng Huang, I-Hsiang Chiu
  • Publication number: 20140097732
    Abstract: A sliding rail assembly includes an outer rail, a middle rail, and an inner rail that are matched with one another, and a self-locking device matched with the inner rail. The self-locking device includes a fixed block and a sliding block moving with respect to the fixed block, a sliding slot provided for the sliding block to slide is disposed on the fixed block, and a sliding block limiting slot is disposed on the sliding block. A spring extends in the sliding slot, and has one end connected to the bottom of the sliding block, and the other end fastened to the fixed block. A clamping portion and a limiting slot are disposed on the fixed block to match with a sliding block clamping portion- and a sliding block limiting portion disposed on the sliding block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventor: Yousong XIAO
  • Publication number: 20140091693
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing provided with an opening that accommodates a component; a cover member that covers the opening; a projecting part that projects from an inside face of the housing; a slide knob slidably provided to a surface of the housing; and an elastic slide lock member that fixes the cover member to the housing, wherein the elastic slide lock member includes: a movement part that is coupled to the slide knob, moves together with the slide knob, and is provided with a fixing projection; a fixing part that is rotatably supported by the projecting part of the housing; and a coupling part that couples the movement part and the fixing part and is elastically deformable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ikki Tatsukami, Takashi Abe, Ryohei Sato
  • Publication number: 20140084769
    Abstract: A linear bearing drawer slide assembly comprised of a spring damper mechanism attached to a fixed member slidingly engaged with a middle member slidingly engaged with a drawer member. The spring damper mechanism is comprised of a base connected to a guide track which includes a longitudinal channel and a pair of opposing catches. A carriage slidingly engages the guide track. A pivotal latch pivots on a column of the carriage and further includes a pair of posts that extend through the carriage to engage the pair of catches in the guide track. The base and the carriage secure a pair of springs providing a balanced closing force against a damper which reduces unwanted wear and prolongs the useable life of the drawer slide assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Hardware Resources, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Jeffrey Lowe
  • Publication number: 20140084767
    Abstract: A cabinet includes a top wall, a bottom wall, two opposite sidewalls, and a sliding door. One of the sidewalls defines an opening. A rail perpendicular to the sidewalls protrudes from an inner surface of each of the top and bottom walls, extends to the opening. The sliding door defines a slide slot in each of a top and a bottom. The sliding door is capable of sliding into the cabinet through the opening, with the two slide slots fitted around the corresponding rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventor: SZU-WEI KUO
  • Publication number: 20140084768
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a case; an object member held by the case; an operating portion provided in the case side; a biasing member; a pushing member moved by operating the operating portion; a locking member movable between an engagement position where the locking member engages with the object member held by the case and a disengagement position where the locking member disengages from the object member, biased toward the engagement position by the biasing member, and pushed toward the disengagement position by moving the pushing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: MASAO HONDA, Ikki Tatsukami
  • Patent number: 8678524
    Abstract: A spring-loaded door device that fastens to the front of a server rack in order to prevent airflow from exiting through an unfilled space in the server rack. An equipment module can then be inserted through the spring-loaded door device and mounted to the server rack. When the equipment module is removed from the server rack, the spring-loaded door closes to prevent airflow from exiting through the unfilled space in the server rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph R. Green
  • Patent number: 8678528
    Abstract: A drawer slide assembly control mechanism including a cabinet rail and a drawer rail is provided, the control mechanism including a drawer latch bracket associated with one of the drawer and the drawer rail and having an engagement tab extending outwardly therefrom, and a shock-absorbing sub-assembly. The shock-absorbing sub-assembly includes an elongate bracket member associated with the cabinet rail and capable of limited linear movement along a portion of the cabinet rail, a movable latch associated with the elongate bracket member and cooperating with the engagement tab of the drawer latch so as to move in concert with movement of the drawer rail over at least a portion of a length of the drawer rail, and a shock absorber associated with the elongate bracket member and cooperating with the movable latch for damping movement of the movable latch at least during a closing stroke of the drawer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Manfred Peer, Jeffery Morgan
  • Patent number: 8671520
    Abstract: A slide assist device includes a draw-in unit including a case attached to one of a main body or a mobile body, a slider slidably placed on the case, a latch pivotally supported in the slider and switchable between a standby position locking in a corresponding portion of the case and a draw-in position releasing the locking; and an urging device; and an actuating member attached to the other of the main body or the mobile body, switching the latch from the standby position to the draw-in position, or from the draw-in position to the standby position. The latch includes an axis portion having a flat surface and rotatably fits in an axis hole of the slider and forming a positional control surface corresponding to the flat surface. When the latch is switched to the standby position, the flat surface and the positional control surface face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Tanno, Kazuyuki Tomioka
  • Patent number: 8668288
    Abstract: The self-closing and opening device (1) particularly of a movable furniture part (103) comprises a fixed guide (8) having a supporting body (2) in which a first slider (3) can slide reversibly along a sliding axis (100) in opposition to and through the action of first elastic means (5), the first slider (3) being engageable with first driving means (106) present on a driving element (6) which slides reversibly in the direction of the sliding axis (100), the supporting body (2) comprising first movement means (4) for movement of the first slider (3) suitable to engage with guide means (12, 13) of the first slider (3), so as to release it from the driving means (106), also provided with a mechanical or elastically yielding stop (9, 120) against which the first slider (3) rests directly or indirectly before it engages with the guide means (12,13) in the first movement means (4) the driving element (6) being then pushed by an ejector (20) generating an initial opening movement of said movable furniture part (103)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8651597
    Abstract: A retracting device has a retracting main body including a case, a hook disposed in the case, an urging member, and a braking device including a cylinder and a piston rod; and a protruding portion engaging with and disengaging from the hook in a middle of a movement of a moving body relative to an enclosure. The hook is switched between a retracting position allowing the moving body to move in an engaged state with the protruding portion, and a standby position disallowing the moving body to move in a disengaged state. The hook is in the standby position when disengaged from the protruding portion in a state wherein the piston rod is entered with respect to the cylinder, and has reduced a protruding dimension, and is switchable to the retracting position from the standby position when the piston rod increases the protruding dimension relative to the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Motohiko Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140042884
    Abstract: A control mechanism for a drawer slide assembly including a cabinet rail and a drawer rail is provided. The control mechanism comprises a latch bracket positioned on a portion of a drawer and having a post extending therefrom, a movable latch associated with the cabinet rail and capable of limited linear movement along a portion of the cabinet rail, the movable latch cooperating and engaging with the post of the latch bracket so as to move along with movement of the drawer when engaged with the post, and a damping mechanism for damping movement of the movable latch at least when the drawer is moving from an open position to a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg DOMENIG, Manfred Peer, Cheng Jiang
  • Publication number: 20140021840
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer or for a pull-out of a piece of furniture. The pull-out guide includes a guide rail, a self-retracting device mounted on the guide rail, a running rail mountable on the drawer or furniture pull-out, an actuator attached to the running rail to control the self-retracting device, and a closing stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Darko RADUSIN
  • Publication number: 20140021847
    Abstract: An appliance is provided. The appliance includes a cabinet that defines a chamber. A container is received within the chamber. A biasing member is configured for urging the container upwardly along a vertical direction. By urging the container upwardly, the biasing member can lift the container and facilitate access to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ross Benson Wehner, Ronald Scott Tarr, Raymond James VanAssche, Joseph Emil Gormley
  • Publication number: 20140021845
    Abstract: An appliance is provided. The appliance includes a cabinet that defines a chamber. A container is received within the chamber. A biasing member is configured for urging the container upwardly along a vertical direction. By urging the container upwardly, the biasing member can lift the container and facilitate access to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ross Benson Wehner, Ronald Scott Tarr, Raymond James VanAssche, Joseph Emil Gormley
  • Publication number: 20140021841
    Abstract: A lockable ejection device for a movable furniture part has a control pin movable in a cardioid-shaped slotted guide track. The slotted guide track includes a closing section, in which the control pin moves as the movable furniture part is closed, a locking section having a latching depression in which the control pin is held in the locked position, and an opening section in which the control pin is movable as the mobile furniture part is opened. An overload mechanism is arranged in the locking section. The overload mechanism includes a blocking element to which force is applied and which temporarily blocks an overload path for the control pin. The blocking element at least partially co-forms the latching depression of the locking section and the overload path that can be blocked by the blocking element leads through a channel defined by a channel wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Harald BRUNNMAYR
  • Publication number: 20140001937
    Abstract: An apparatus and method unlock a shaft (42, 142) of a unit (24, 124) for rotation in response to a mechanical reaction between the unit (24, 124) and an enclosure (22, 122) receiving the unit (24, 124) when the unit (24, 124) has been sufficiently inserted into the enclosure (22, 122), whereby rotation of the shaft (42, 142) linearly translates a component of the unit (24, 124) into connection with a component of the enclosure (22, 122).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Sean A. Cerniglia, Martin A. Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20140002767
    Abstract: The backplane for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes side walls, and the backplane at least includes two backplane units. A horizontal moving guide device is arranged between the adjacent backplane units, and an elastic device which enables the two backplane units to relatively elastically expand and contract horizontally is further arranged between the adjacent backplane units. The backplane of the LCD device of the present disclosure is designed to be able to elastically expand and contract in a direction perpendicular to a light emitting diode (LED) lightbar. When a light guide panel (LGP) in the backplane expands after absorbing heat, the backplane is extended by a pushing force, and heat expansion quantity of the LGP is directly absorbed. When the LGP is contracted because of temperature drop, the backplane is shortened under action of the elastic device, and a light coupling distance between the LGP and the LED lightbar is always kept constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Shihhsiang Chen, Gege Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140001938
    Abstract: A touch-latch device used in furniture especially for initial opening of an opening furniture component, comprising a housing with an axially arranged groove, in which a push element is slidingly arranged, said element being actuated by a helical spring and controllable by a dual-position guide mechanism comprising a cam groove guide and an S-pin, wherein the device comprises a push element controlled by two dual-position guide mechanisms, wherein each cam groove guide of a dual-position guide mechanism is arranged on a lateral side of the push element and the S-pin is pivoted in the lateral wall of the groove of the housing, and that the push element is provided at its free end with a regulation plug arranged by means of a bolted joint, said plug being displaceable in axial direction, wherein the axial displacement of the regulation plug is limited by an arrester arranged therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: LAMA D.D. DEKANI
    Inventor: Carlo Migli
  • Publication number: 20130342093
    Abstract: A housing case of the present invention includes an ejection force applying unit mounted in a case body and applying a force to eject a housed object toward an insertion opening, to the housed object. The ejection force applying unit has a wound part formed by winding one end side of a spring member and a fixed part formed by fixing the other end side of the spring member inside the case body, and includes a cylindrical member housing the wound part in a cylinder thereof. An extraction opening through which the other end of the spring member can be extracted outside from inside the cylinder so as to be fixed inside the case body is formed on the cylindrical member. The cylindrical member moves in the case body in contact with the housed object inserted in the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Iwata
  • Patent number: 8614894
    Abstract: An exemplary electronic device assembly includes a cabinet and electronic devices received in the cabinet. The cabinet includes four columns substantially positioned at four corners of the cabinet. A window is defined between two front columns. Each electronic device includes a casing, which includes a bottom plate, a lateral side and an actuator. The bottom plate defines an inserting opening therein. The lateral side defines an engaging opening therein. The actuator movably connects to the casing and includes an engaging portion and an abutting portion. The abutting portion extends through the inserting opening. The engaging portion extends through the engaging opening and engages with one of the columns. When the abutting portion is pushed up, the actuator moves and the engaging portion disengages from the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zhang, Tie-Shan Jiang
  • Publication number: 20130334946
    Abstract: Locking and ejecting a movable furniture part involves two unlockable ejection devices arranged on both sides of a furniture body, or on the movable furniture part, and spring-loaded ejectors the unlockable ejection devices comprise a catch element mounted on a linearly displaceable carriage, the catch element engaging into a slotted guide path having the shape of a heart curve and by which the movable furniture part can be held in a closed latching position (E) via a locking element. This latching position (E) can be released by overpressing the movable furniture part towards the interior, wherein the linearly displaceable carriages of the two unlockable ejector devices are motionally coupled via a rotatable synchronization rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Emanuel NETZER, Andreas HOLZER
  • Publication number: 20130328468
    Abstract: An apparatus for moving a first furniture part in relation to a second furniture part, having two spaced-apart guide devices in which switching devices are provided. A closed position of the first furniture part is predefinable by way of the switching devices. Furthermore, connecting means for a coupled switching movement of the switching devices are provided between the guide devices. According to the present invention, in each case one carry-along element is provided on the guide devices and catching elements for the carry-along elements are present, wherein movements of the catching elements are coupled, wherein one carry-along element interacts with in each case with one catching element at least along one switching path of the switching device and wherein the carry-along elements are separated from the catching elements at least via a movement of the guide devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Grass GmbH
  • Publication number: 20130313954
    Abstract: In some example implementations, there is provided a drawer slide assembly. The drawer slide assembly may including an elongate member including a first slot extending through an upper region and a second slot. The drawer slide assembly may further include a first end cap coupled to the first end region of the elongate member, wherein the first end cap has a first projection that extends at least in part through the first opening; and a second end cap coupled to the second end region of the elongate member, wherein the second end cap has a second projection that extends at least in part through the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Fin Quiver, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Koelling, Venugopal Subramanyam
  • Patent number: 8590989
    Abstract: A linear bearing drawer slide assembly comprised of a spring damper mechanism attached to a fixed member slidingly engaged with a middle member slidingly engaged with a drawer member. The spring damper mechanism is comprised of a base connected to a guide track which includes a longitudinal channel and a pair of opposing catches. A carriage slidingly engages the guide track. A pivotal latch pivots on a column of the carriage and further includes a pair of posts that extend through the carriage to engage the pair of catches in the guide track. The base and the carriage secure a pair of springs providing a balanced closing force against a damper which reduces unwanted wear and prolongs the useable life of the drawer slide assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hardware Resources, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Jeffrey Lowe
  • Patent number: 8579392
    Abstract: An ejection device is provided for a moveable part of a piece of furniture. The ejection device includes a lever for transmitting force to the moveable part of the piece of furniture. The lever has a lever member which is mounted so as to be rotatable by a limited degree about an axis of rotation while having a free lever end. The lever member is provided with a curved section that is spaced apart from the axis of rotation and the free lever end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Edgar Huber
  • Publication number: 20130293077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (5) for removably coupling a drawer (2) to an extendable rail (3a) of a pull-out guide (3), comprising an adjusting device, by means of which a position of a drawer (2) that is connected to the rail (3a) can be adjusted relative to the rail (3a) in the lateral direction and/or in the longitudinal direction (L) of the pull-out guide. The device (5) has a fixing part (9) that can be fixed to the drawer (2) and a coupling part (12) that can be coupled to the rail (3a), and the fixing part (9) can be moved relative to the coupling part (12) by means of the adjusting device in a linear manner. The adjusting device has an adjusting wheel (8,38) that is rotatably mounted on the coupling part (9) or on the fixing part (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Kurt HAEMMERLE, Andreas HOLZER
  • Publication number: 20130257244
    Abstract: The hooking device (1) for connecting drawer (3) to a longitudinal guide (3) comprises a support body (4) fixable to a front (5) and/or a bottom (6) of the drawer (2) and provided with an oscillating command lever (12) for a hooking member (13) of the support body (4) to the guide (3), the hooking member (13) being moveable between a hooking position and an unhooking position, the lever (12) exhibiting a first surface zone (16) and respectively a second surface zone (17) for manual gripping configured in such a way as to be selectively subjectable to a first manual activating force (F1) or respectively to a second manual activating force (F2) in reciprocally transversal directions and destined to generate an oscillation torque of the said command lever (12) in a same direction in order to bring the hooking member (13) into the unhooking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130257245
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (20) for attaching a functional part (14) to a rail (5,6) of a drawer pull-out guide (3), comprising a first bearing element (11) and at least one second bearing element (12), wherein the bearing elements (11, 12) are arranged in the front end area of the rail (5) and in the rear end area of the rail (5), wherein at least one clamping device (13) is provided, by means of which the at least two bearing elements (11, 12), in the installed position thereof on the rail (5), can be connected to each other and braced relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph GMEINER
  • Patent number: 8534781
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for locking and ejecting a movable furniture part, comprising two unlockable ejection devices arranged on both sides of a furniture body or on the movable furniture part, and spring-loaded ejectors, wherein the unlockable ejection devices comprise a catch element mounted on a linearly displaceable carriage, the catch element engaging into a slotted guide path having the shape of a heart curve and by which the movable furniture part can be held in a closed latching position (E) via a locking element. According to the invention, this latching position (E) can be released by overpressing the movable furniture part towards the interior, wherein the linearly displaceable carriages of the two unlockable ejector devices are motionally coupled via a rotatable synchronization rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Emanuel Netzer, Andreas Holzer
  • Patent number: 8517484
    Abstract: An ice/liquid dispensing bay for a domestic refrigeration device. The ice/liquid dispensing bay has a drip tray that defines a lower end of the bay and a drip plate that covers the drip tray. The drip plate has an edge with at least one locking recess into which a locking projection engages in a locked position. The locking projection is biased by a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignees: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Peter Eckartsberg, Frank Placke, Ulrich van Pels
  • Patent number: 8517479
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for opening and closing a shield plate in an automated teller machine (ATM). When a unit processing module is attached to a front cover, a media entrance may be opened. When the unit processing module is detached from the front cover, the media entrance may be closed. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent various types of financial accidents and safety accidents occurring while the unit processing module is attached to and detached from the unit processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Nautilus Hyosung Inc.
    Inventor: Jong-Ok Lee
  • Patent number: 8511763
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-closing device for a drawer or for a moveable part of a piece of furniture that includes a support body for a slider moveable within a guide between a rear and a front position and vice versa by the action of a first elastic element. The slider is actuated by a drawing element integral with an extractable part affixed to the drawer or the like, the guide, at the area corresponding to the rear position of the slider, includes an element for moving the slider, suitable for engaging with an element for guiding the slider during its engagement with a drawing part present on the drawing element. There is further provided a stop element against which the slider lies directly or indirectly before engaging with a first guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8511764
    Abstract: A slide automatic-closing buffer assembly comprises a base, a sliding block, at least one elastic element and a bump. The base is disposed at an end of an outer rail, and the bump is disposed at an end of an inner rail, and the sliding block is movably installed in a containing space of the base, and the elastic element is coupled between the base and the sliding block, and the present invention is characterized in that the containing space has at least one buffer rail, and the sliding block has a buffer wheel corresponding to the buffer to rail slow down the sliding block and buffer the impact produced when the elastic element is pulled back to achieve the required automatic returning, closing and buffering effects required by a slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Martas Precision Slide Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wan-Lai Chen
  • Patent number: 8506028
    Abstract: A refrigerator which allows a user to easily open a door of the refrigerator with a small force is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a main body having an upper storage compartment and a lower storage compartment defined on upper and lower sides, a door which slides to open and close any one of the storage compartments, a handle which is disposed at an upper portion of the door to be vertically rotatable, a plurality of push members which move to advanced positions from retreated positions in connection with a vertical rotation of the handle to separate the door from the main body, and an elastic member which is disposed between at least one of the push members and the door to restore the push members to the retreated positions when an external force is removed from the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Lim, Jae Myung Han, Jong Eon Si
  • Patent number: 8496306
    Abstract: The opening mechanism includes a fixing member, a movable member, a locking member, a first resilient member and a second resilient member. The fixing member is fixed to a first rail and has a guide portion, a stop and a room. The movable member is movably connected to the fixing member and has a first leg, a second leg and an engaging portion. The first leg slidably contacts the guide portion and the second leg extends into the room. The locking member is pivotably connected to a second rail and includes a locking portion. The first and second resilient members respectively provide a force to a third rail and the movable member. When the second rail is forcibly pulled out relative to the first rail, the movable member is moved and pivots at an angle so that the locking portion is disengaged from the engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Yi-Syuan Jhao, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20130187524
    Abstract: A sliding rail assembly auto-opening mechanism and a sliding rail assembly in combination is disclosed, the sliding rail assembly auto-opening mechanism includes a holder block, a sliding block, a rotating member, a sliding hook, a spring and a link. The holder block provides a sliding slot connected to a locating notch that has a first steering-guiding portion and a second steering-guiding portion that engage a bottom block of the rotating member, with the bottom block having retaining grooves adapted to engage the first steering-guiding portion or second steering-guiding portion of the holder block, and the link is mounted on a sliding rail of the sliding rail assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: GSLIDE CORPORATION
    Inventor: GSLIDE CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130181588
    Abstract: A drawer slide with lock mechanism has an elongated outer slide member extendably coupled to an inner slide member. A latch arm or pin is fixed to the inner slide member for latching by a lock mechanism fixed to the outer slide member. The lock mechanism uses a latch receiver that rotates with respect to the lock mechanism and is in a travel path of the latch arm. A lever arm rotates with respect to the lock mechanism and is positionable to block rotation of the latch receiver in a locked position to retain the latch arm. A motor drives a cam to position the lever arm to free the latch receiver from the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Darush David Hashemi, Xiaoping Zhou, Xiwen Wang
  • Publication number: 20130163160
    Abstract: A card holder comprising: a tray configured to receive a card, a door, and a resilient element wherein the resilient element is configured to move from a first position to a second position upon application of a force on the resilient element, and the door is configured to move relative to the tray upon movement of the resilient element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Nokia Corporation
  • Patent number: 8469468
    Abstract: A slide assembly with a buffering device includes a positioning member, a swing member, a push member, a resilient member and an engaging member, all of which are connected to the slide assembly having a first rail and a second rail. The positioning member is movably connected to the first rail and the swing member is pivotably connected to the positioning member. The push member is connected to the positioning member and biased by the resilient member so as to move longitudinally. The engaging member is connected to the second rail. A buffering member is located between the positioning member and the first rail. The buffering member maintains the positioning member at a first position relative to the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Xue-Long Liu, Yi-Syuan Jhao, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8459758
    Abstract: A drawer slide with an auto close dampening system with reset feature is disclosed. The drawer slide may incorporate a stationary slide member attached to a frame of the drawer and a pin in fixed relative position to a drawer box of the drawer. A carriage is attached to the stationary slide member and has an actuator that is releasably engageable with the pin. The actuator works in conjunction with the pin to automatically close the drawer box to the closed position. During malfunction, the actuator is drawn back to a retracted position so that the auto close mechanism no longer automatically closes the drawer box when the drawer box is traversed to the closed position. The actuator includes a ramp so that the pin may be pushed over the ramp and engage back with the actuator to reset the auto close mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Actron Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank H. Rechberg, Jason A. Rechberg
  • Publication number: 20130140970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive device for moving a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, said drive device acting as a latching and unlatching spring-loaded ejection device for ejecting the furniture part from a closed position in the opening direction and as a spring-loaded refraction device for retracting the furniture part into the closed position. The same spring spring-loads the drive device both when the latter acts as an ejection device and when the drive device acts as a refraction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Julius Blum GmbH