Including Roller Or Ball Bearing Patents (Class 312/334.33)
  • Patent number: 11389047
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a rack support assembly for supporting a rack within a wash chamber and on a dishwasher door. The rack support assembly may include one or more roller assemblies that support the rack on a tub track or a door track. The rack support assembly may further include one or more rigid studs, each rigid stud paired with a roller assembly, for supporting the rack on the door track when its corresponding roller assembly is between the tub track and the door track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Arpit Singhal, Justin Paul Mudd
  • Patent number: 11064808
    Abstract: A rack system includes a rack, a chassis, and a slide rail assembly. One lateral side of the chassis is provided with a fixing member. The slide rail assembly is mounted on the rack and includes a guide rail having a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The first segment is configured for supporting a portion of the chassis. A passage is defined between the second segment and the third segment to allow passage of the fixing member of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10448786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing food, said apparatus comprising: —a shell (1) having internal walls (2), —a drawer (3) placed inside the shell (1), the drawer comprising a pan (4) and a food basket (5), the food basket (5) being placed inside the pan (4), —an air heating system (6) and an air fan (7) placed inside the shell (1), —a sliding mechanism (8) placed between the internal walls (2) and the drawer (3). The sliding mechanism allows to correctly position the drawer inside the apparatus, and reduces efforts of use to manipulate the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Michiel Van Der Burg, Godwin Dirk Zwanenburg
  • Patent number: 10362869
    Abstract: A drawer arrangement includes a drawer side wall to be connected to a drawer rail of a drawer pull-out guide, the drawer side wall having a support portion for supporting a drawer bottom, and a drawer pull-out guide having a carcass rail to be fixed to a furniture carcass, a drawer rail to be connected to the drawer side wall, and a central rail displaceable between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. The central rail has a side limb and a transverse limb connected therewith. In the mounted position, the side limb of the central rail, at least over a region, is arranged laterally besides the support portion for the drawer bottom. The transverse limb of the central rail and the carcass rail in the mounted position protrude at least partially below the support portion for the drawer bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Gasser, Herbert Isele, Marc Meusburger, Emanuel Netzer
  • Patent number: 10045619
    Abstract: A sequential slide mechanism for household effects is provided. The slide mechanism comprises a lower extension member, an upper extension member and an intermediate extension member, said extension members having a longitudinal extension, said upper extension member having a cut-out facing the lower extension member. The lower extension member and upper extension member being slidable in relation to the intermediate extension member. An extension member connector is attached to the intermediate extension member, said extension member connector having a rear end and a front end. The extension member connector comprises a main body mounted on the intermediate extension member and a head at the front end, said head being connected to the body via an elastic extension arm. The head has a top glide surface and a lower glide surface. The head is in an upper extension member locking position when the lower glide surface slides upon the cabinet slide and a part of the head is positioned in the cut-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: INTER IKEA SYSTEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Oskar Fundberg, Christer Petersson
  • Publication number: 20150091429
    Abstract: A drawer glide having, among other things, a cabinet rail that includes a glide member and a wheel housing. The drawer glide further includes a drawer rail having a wheel and a glide lip. In operation, the cabinet rail is positioned on a cabinet and the drawer rail is positioned on a drawer. When the drawer is opened, the glide member travels along the glide lip and the wheel travels along the wheel housing. The drawer glide prevents slop, eliminates racking, increases drag and reduces noise. Further, the drawer glide is relatively easy to install on an article, such as RTA furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAUDER WOODWORKING CO.
    Inventors: Amy L. Kruse, Ronald D. Roth, George Snyder, Terry W. Armey, Chun Chun Tsai
  • Patent number: 8646856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bottom-mounted slide. The bottom-mounted slide includes a movable member, stationary members and a ball housings. First raceways are formed in both lateral sides of the movable member. Each stationary member has second raceways which are respectively connected to the first raceways by corresponding balls to guide the movable member. The balls roll along the corresponding first and second raceways. The ball housings are provided between the movable member and each of the stationary members. The ball housings support the balls. A depressed part is provided in a predetermined portion of each of the lateral sides of the movable member between the corresponding first raceways. The depressed part is inserted into a hollow space defined inside the first raceways of the corresponding end of the movable member. Therefore, the stability can be increased by improvement of roll-forming and reduction of horizontal moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Segos Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Sik Park, Hyun Ho Cha
  • Publication number: 20130221823
    Abstract: A refrigerator drawer includes an upper portion and a lower portion forming a bottom tray. The bottom tray is releasably engaged with the upper portion and is adapted to slide relative to the upper portion. The bottom tray includes a grip for enabling a user to slide the bottom tray relative to the upper portion. The bottom tray can be disengaged from the upper portion by sliding the bottom tray beyond a front edge of the upper portion. The bottom tray has a height that is relatively small compared to the height of the upper portion, thereby allowing the bottom tray to be easily and conveniently cleaned without requiring removal of the upper portion or of the entire refrigerator drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph P. Fidalgo
  • Patent number: 8303183
    Abstract: A slide assembly may be associated with a foldable cable management arm. The slide assembly includes inner and outer rails. The inner rail is slidable in the outer rail. The inner rail includes a ball bearing carrier disposed close to an end of the inner rail. The ball bearing carrier includes upper and lower ball receiving channels. The inner rail may be directly provided with the upper and the lower ball receiving channels and the ball bearings. Each of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels includes an open section positioned in use facing the outer rail. A plurality of ball bearings are contained in both the upper and the lower ball receiving channels and roll along the open sections of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels to support the outer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Wei-Sheng Wang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8277003
    Abstract: A drawer slide for coupling a drawer to a cabinet includes an intermediate rail partially housed within the drawer rail and web and first and second legs which are connected to the web. A flange extends from the first leg toward the second leg. Bearings housed in bearing cages placed between the rails allow sliding movement therebetween. A cabinet rail partially housed within the intermediate rail includes an upright wall and a flange extending away from the upright wall and toward the first leg. Ball and roller bearings housed in bearing cages couple the flanges. Grooves in the flanges are engaged by the ball bearings. Roller bearings housed in bearing cages couple the web of the intermediate rail and the flange of the cabinet rail, and the second leg of the intermediate rail and the upright wall of the cabinet rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Accuride International Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Milligan, Quinn Chi
  • Publication number: 20120049713
    Abstract: A drawer slide system having an elongated base channel, an intermediate assembly at least partially received within the elongated base channel, a longitudinally extending I-beam assembly at least partially received within the intermediate assembly, and a pantry mount lock assembly including forward and rearward mounting plates adapted to be coupled to a bottom surface of a drawer. The pantry mount lock assembly can be accessed through the bottom of the drawer to achieve engagement or disengagement between the pantry mount lock assembly and the I-beam assembly. The rearward mounting plates having lateral portions extending over the upper surfaces of the I-beam assembly upper flanges to permit a tilting adjustment of the drawer relative to the drawer slide system. A soft close assembly can be included to provide a soft close for the drawer. A vertically adjustable rear panel can inhibit goods from being lost over the back of the drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Bryan K. Tingle, William L. Walburn, Kenneth R. Rowland, Paul F. Chambers, Kevin M. Ward, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110025182
    Abstract: A slide frame mechanism for a rollout accessory such as a wire drawer has two or more ball-bearing glides in a vertical orientation. Each of the glides includes a glide mount with a threaded aperture and cross-bars attached to extend between the glides. The accessory has a plurality of mounting tabs. Shoulder screws with partial threads pass through the accessory mounting tabs and threadably engage the threads of the slide mount apertures to secure the accessory to the glides. A compressible pad is positioned between the accessory mounting tabs and the glide mounts to provide a floating suspension which reduces binding of the glides when the accessory is rolled in and out. The screws fit loosely through oversized openings in the mounting tabs to allow limited movement of the accessory relative to the glides in a horizontal plane for further reduction of binding. Drawer dividers are constructed to detachably fit on drawers to provide separate compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Lynk, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Klein, Mark A. Etter
  • Patent number: 7810890
    Abstract: A slide frame mechanism for a rollout accessory such as a wire drawer has two or more ball-bearing glides in a vertical orientation. Each of the glides includes a glide mount with a threaded aperture and cross-bars attached to extend between the glides. The accessory has a plurality of mounting tabs. Shoulder screws with partial threads pass through the accessory mounting tabs and threadably engage the threads of the slide mount apertures to secure the accessory to the glides. A compressible pad is positioned between the accessory mounting tabs and the glide mounts to provide a floating suspension which reduces binding of the glides when the accessory is rolled in and out. The screws fit loosely through oversized openings in the mounting tabs to allow limited movement of the accessory relative to the glides in a horizontal plane for further reduction of binding. Drawer dividers are constructed to detachably fit on drawers to provide separate compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Lynk, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Klein, Mark A. Etter
  • Patent number: 7690740
    Abstract: Pull-out guide system for drawers, having a basic-structure rail, a drawer rail and, if appropriate, having a center rail arranged between these two rails. The load of the drawer is transmitted by way of a first rolling-contact body and at least one second rolling-contact body, and the first rolling-contact body has a smaller diameter than the at least one second rolling-contact body. The drawer rail is designed such that, when the drawer is in the closed state, the first rolling-contact body is subjected to loading by the drawer rail and, when the drawer is opened, the first rolling-contact body is relieved of the loading of the drawer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Blum
  • Patent number: 7465001
    Abstract: A drawer guide rail for a stabilized and guided in and out movement of a drawer with respect to the furniture member, having at least one surface of the pull out channel mounted on the bottom surface of the drawer, and a fixed guide (20) adapted to be fastened on either side or both sides of the inner sidewalls of the respective furniture member. The guide rail assembly includes an outer pull out channel (50), intermediate pull out channel (30) and roller units (15, 25) for allowing the relative movement of the pull out channels. The essential part of the present invention is an additional stabilizer means (10), in the form of a metal plate adapted to provide a running surface and is disposed between two roller units (15, 25) accordingly, to facilitate absorbance of vertical forces and stabilized drawer motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Harn Marketing Sdn Bhd
    Inventors: Harn Lian Lam, Harn Yan Lam
  • Patent number: 7296863
    Abstract: A sliding guide rail assembly is provided for slidably mounting a drawer or equipment within a cabinet or chassis. The rail is formed from a sheet metal into a T-shaped section onto which a sliding means fits and slides smoothly thereon. Guides also formed from a sheet metal into C-sections fitting over the sliding means and operable to slide smoothly therewith. This enables the drawer/equipment mounted on the slide to be drawn in and out with little effort or wear and tear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Harn Marketing Sdn Bhd
    Inventors: Harn Lian Lam, Harn Yan Lam
  • Patent number: 7156478
    Abstract: A sliding guide rail assembly (20, 20a, 20b) is provided for slidably mounting a drawer or equipment (10) within a cabinet or chassis. The rail (33a) is formed from a sheet metal into a T-shaped section onto which a sliding means (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) fits and slides smoothly thereon. Guides (50, 120, 150, 160) also formed from a sheet metal into C-sections fitting over the sliding means (40,40a,40b,40c) and operable to slide smoothly therewith. This enables the drawer/equipment mounted on the slide (20,20a,20b) to be drawn in and out with little effort or wear and tear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Harn Marketing Sdn. Bhd.
    Inventors: Lian Lam Harn, Yan Lam Harn
  • Patent number: 6945620
    Abstract: A sliding guide rail assembly (20, 20a, 20b) is provided for slidably mounting a drawer or equipment (10) within a cabinet or chassis. The rail (33a) is formed from a sheet metal into a T-shaped section onto which a sliding means (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) fits and slides smoothly thereon. Guides (50, 120, 150, 160) also formed from a sheet metal into C-sections fitting over the sliding means (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) and operable to slide smoothly therewith. This enables the drawer/equipment mounted on the slide (20, 20a, 20b) to be drawn in and out with little effort or wear and tear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Harn Marketing Sdn Bhd
    Inventors: Harn Lian Lam, Harn Yan Lam
  • Patent number: 6909610
    Abstract: A sliding track of an industrial computer comprises at least one tracking strip base being a straight long frame; an inner side of the tracking strip being formed with an axial slot; at least one tracking strip being positioned in the slot; a groove being formed between each of the two ends of the tracking strip and one side of the slot; a plurality of beads being received in the grooves, but a part of each outside bead protruding out of the groove and resisting against a cambered trench within the slot so that the beads will not fall out. The tracking strip is inserted into the tracking strip base. The beads is confined by and rolls in the grooves and thus the tracking strips slide in the tracking strip bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Inventor: Chi-Tsun Cheng
  • Patent number: 6848760
    Abstract: A slide has a pair of identical longitudinally extending and profiled rails each having at least one flange forming two longitudinally extending tracks. The rails are interfitted with the tracks of one rail transversely confronting the tracks of the other rails. Respective longitudinally extending rows of balls engaged in the tracks between the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Westfalia Profiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Thomas, Torsten Müller
  • Publication number: 20040080246
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein a drawer slide assembly comprising fixed and movable slides with the movable assembly being adapted to be attached to a drawer and the fixed slide attached to a cabinet or furniture article, along with a ball carrier and ball bearings disposed between the two slides. The movable slide further includes a bracket at or near the rear end thereof and which is attachable to the rear of a drawer to help minimize or prevent separation of the movable slide from the fixed slide when a drawer is moved in and out of the cabinet or furniture. Furthermore, the assembly includes an L-shaped bracket with tabs which readily engage in an elongated slot at the rear end of the fixed slide to facilitate adjustment and assembly of the slide assembly to a cabinet or furniture, and to work with a drawer member with a clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Philip R. Michaels
  • Patent number: 6705690
    Abstract: A trash receptacle device includes a pair of railings. Each of the railings has an open side such that the open sides are positioned such that they face each other. Each of the railing is mountable to a bottom wall of the glove compartment. A housing has a lower wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall and a fourth side wall. The first and second side walls are positioned opposite of each other. Each of the first and second side walls has an elongated slot therein positioned generally adjacent to and extending along the lower wall. A pair of carriages, each of the carriages is slidably mounted on one of the rails. Each of the carriages is removably attached to the housing such that said housing is extendable along said rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Inventor: Sherry D. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 6511140
    Abstract: A pull-out device for a tall cupboard drawer including a stationary carcass rail fixedly securable to a carcass of the tall cupboard and provided with support rollers arranged in a region of the front end surface of the carcass rail, rotatably supported on inner sides of the side cheeks, and projecting upwardly past the side cheeks, an intermediate rail arranged within the carcass rail and provided with running rollers arranged in a region of its rear end surface, and a drawer-supporting member having a length of less than two-third of the length of the intermediate rail and provided with rear and front running rollers arranged, respectively, in rear and front regions of the drawer-supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Fulterer Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Stefan Corona
  • Patent number: 6340078
    Abstract: The invention concerns a braking device with closing servo control for movable cabinet/furniture parts, such as drawers, cabinet and furniture doors, etc. The device includes a casing located on either a fixed or movable cabinet/furniture component and this casing has a pull-in device located within it, which has a mechanical energy store, and a connected movable control element is also located within the casing, and a driving pin that is always located on the other cabinet/furniture components and works together with the control element. This pull-in device that works as a closing servo control after the braking process, is shown, in that, in the casing between the energy store and the control element, there is a connected braking element that is guided and movable. The braking device, thus, forms a unit with the pull-in device and is controlled likewise by the driving pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Adolf Scheible
  • Publication number: 20020005687
    Abstract: A pull-out device for a tall cupboard drawer including a stationary carcass rail fixedly securable to a carcass of the tall cupboard and provided with support rollers arranged in a region of the front end surface of the carcass rail, rotatably supported on inner sides of the side cheeks, and projecting upwardly past the side cheeks, an intermediate rail arranged within the carcass rail and provided with running rollers arranged in a region of its rear end surface, and a drawer-supporting member having a length of less than two-third of the length of the intermediate rail and provided with rear and front running rollers arranged, respectively, in rear and front regions of the drawer-supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Stefan Corona
  • Patent number: 6231138
    Abstract: An extension and retraction system for an article of furniture, such as a storage unit, includes a mounting structure for securement to the storage unit, a base arrangement for mounting to a floor or other supporting surface, and a cantilever-type extension and retraction arrangement interposed between the mounting structure and the base arrangement. The extension and retraction arrangement is in the form of a plurality of slide assemblies, each of which includes a stationary inner guide member mounted to the base arrangement mounted to each stationary guide member for telescoping inward and outward movement. Each extension member is connected to the mounting structure, and exertion of a pull-out or push-in force on the article of furniture is transferred through the mounting structure to cause extension and retraction of the extension members, to provide movement of the article of furniture between an extended position and a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Spacesaver Corporation
    Inventor: Steven L. Janson