Abstract: A telescoping slide assembly includes interconnected mounting, intermediate and stationary slide elements movable relative to one another to extend and retract the mounting and intermediate slide elements relative to the stationary slide element between fully extended and retracted positions. The intermediate slide element includes a rib formed therein. A mounting slide lock is disposed substantially within the rib for operative engagement with the mounting slide element to secure the mounting slide element in a fully extended position such that selective release of the mounting slide lock permits the mounting slide element to move to the fully retracted position and to disconnect from the intermediate slide element.

Abstract: A stop and locating device for a guide rail in a drawer comprises a lower frame, a stop piece fixedly attached to the lower frame, a sliding frame sliding on the lower frame and retaining piece mounted to the sliding frame. The stop piece basically is a stop block fixing to the lower frame with two spacing partitions at a middle area thereof and each of the spacing partitions providing a spring hole at an inner side thereof passing through a bottom of the stop block. Each of the spring holes receives a spring and a stop rod at both ends thereof is inserted into the spring holes on top of the springs. The springs are rest on the lower frame and the retaining piece is on the sliding frame with a stamped V-shaped downward jut part. The draw can be stopped and located or released as soon as the lowermost spot of the jut part at the front side or the rear side passes over the stop rod during the sliding frame moving along the lower frame.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vending machine comprising a cabinet with at least one support bracket fixed within the cabinet and a shelf slidingly interacting with at least one support bracket so as to move along a first direction between a first position and a second position. The cabinet may also include an auxiliary support arranged to pivot about an axis extending substantially parallel to the first direction so as to support the shelf in a tilted position, when the shelf is in the second position.

Abstract: The invention relates to guide fittings for pulling-out drawers (1) or the like. The inventive fittings comprise a drawer rail (5) on the side of the drawer, a support rail (3) on the side of the body and a central rail (6) that runs between said two rails (3, 5) and is situated on both sides of the drawer (1). The weight of the drawer (1) is transmitted between the rails (3, 5, 6) and by means of rollers (14). A damping device (7) is active between two of the rails (3, 5, 6) and comprises at least two components which can be moved in relation to one another.

Abstract: A snap-on sliding track assembly and method including a rail assembly and a slide assembly adapted to be securely mounted to each other without loose hardware and tools. The rail assembly has a latch and a plurality of standoffs. The slide assembly has a latch receptacle adapted to engage the latch and a plurality of standoff openings. The slide assembly includes a standoff opening for each corresponding standoff. The sliding track assembly is assembled by positioning the slide assembly standoff openings onto the standoffs of the rail assembly. The slide assembly is slid relative to the rail assembly to secure the slide assembly to the rail assembly. A lock mechanism is automatically engaged upon the sliding action of the slide assembly relative to the rail assembly.

Abstract: A jacket for a lock latch, a lock latch incorporating such a jacket that allows a second slide member of a slide to engage and couple a first slide member of the slide without requiring manual manipulation of the lock latch, and a slide incorporating the same are provided. The jacket is slidably coupled to the lock latch which is coupled to the second slide member and is slidably moveable between a first position and a second position along the lock latch. When the second slide member is retracted relative to the first slide member during coupling of the second slide member to the first slide member, the jacket moves to the first position preventing the lock latch from interlockingly coupling with the first slide member. When the second slide member is extended relative to the first slide member, the jacket moves to a second position allowing for the interlocking coupling of the lock latch with the first slide member.

Abstract: A guide tab and a multiple member slide incorporating such guide tab are provided. The guide tab is coupled to one slide member of the slide. When actuated, the guide tab activates a latch allowing another slide member of the slide to decouple from the slide.

Abstract: A slide assembly for a drawer to be received in a frame includes a channel formed to include a detent, a slide member having a tab, and a carriage disposed within the channel for longitudinal movement therein. The carriage includes a flexible finger and a stop configured to contact the detent to limit travel of the carriage relative to the channel. The slide member is configured to be longitudinally moveably received within the carriage and the flexible finger limits the outward travel of the slide member by contacting the tab when the slide member is received within the carriage.

Abstract: A drawer slide assembly includes an adjustable detent mechanism to provide adjustable hold in force and inhibit inadvertent opening of the drawer. The drawer slide assembly comprises an outer, an intermediate and an inner slide member. Each of the members are slidably engaged with the adjacent slide member. An adjustable detent mechanism is mounted on the inner slide member adjacent the front end of the slide. The adjustable detent mechanism defines an envelope in which an adjustable arm is rotatably positioned to bear against the envelope at selected positions to adjust the shape of the envelope and thereby provide a variable detent or hold in force depending upon the position selected by the user. The force necessary to open the drawer is determined by the amount of detent or hold in force selected.

Abstract: The present sliding door stop is positioned within the header of a sliding door frame. It is comprised of first and second arms connected by a connecting member. First and second bumper surfaces on the inner and outer edges of the first arm are respectively positioned over first and second tracks in the header. A third bumper surface on the inner edge of the second arm is also positioned over the first track. The arms are positioned around the outer roller assembly of a first sliding door which is hung on the first track, so that the stop is slaved to the movement of the door. The maximum possible overlap between the doors is limited by the first arm when the roller assembly of the first door is engaged against the first bumper surface, and the roller assembly of a second door is engaged against the second bumper surface.

Abstract: A track device comprises a first track and a second track slidably received in the first track. An engaging member is mounted to an end of the first rack and includes at least one positioning block. The second track further includes two hooks for engaging with two ends of a pressing member mounted to the second track. The pressing member includes a protruded portion that can be pressed. The pressing member further includes at least one notch defined by two parallel walls. When the second track is pulled outward along a longitudinal direction, the notch is engaged with the positioning block of the engaging member of the first track, thereby providing a better positioning effect. When the protruded portion of the pressing member is pressed, the notch is disengaged from the positioning block, thereby allowing disengagement or engagement of the second track from or into the first track.

Abstract: An improved drawer glide for a drawer slide assembly provides drawer slide securement means taking the form of an internal recess with a ramped locking tab that lockingly secures a rear portion of an elongated metal drawer slide extending past a rear panel of a drawer. By providing the recess within the drawer glide as part of the drawer slide securement means, a range of lengths of drawer slides may be used for a given drawer length, significantly reducing the number of different sizes of drawer slides required to meet demands of the furniture industry. The ramped locking tab also facilitates furniture assembly by providing reliable securement of the drawer slide in the drawer guide prior to installation on in a furniture unit. External integral reinforcement means are also provided in the form of gussets.

Abstract: A drawer slide with a detent mechanism which provides a detent-in, detent-out and midway detent function. Detent bumpers are coupled to slide members of a drawer slide. The detent bumpers engage protrusions located on other slide members at points along the length of travel of the drawer slide so as to provide a frictional interface. In one embodiment the protrusion is formed by use of an opposing detent bumper.

Abstract: A pull-out keyboard tray. The pull-out keyboard tray includes an adjustable keyboard platform, removable storage compartments, and keyboard wiring protrusions. The keyboard is slightly mounted on drawer slides having multiple position detents, and is adapted for mounting under a desk top surface and the like. The keyboard further includes a removable palmrest, as well as slide shrouds for shrouding the drawer slides.

Abstract: Removable hardware for a slide assembly. In some embodiments the hardware is laterally biasable with respect to a web of a slide member. In some embodiments the hardware is placed between a bayonet extending from the web and the web, with a tab protruding from the web into a window of the latch, with the window being dimensioned so as to maintain the tab in the window as the latch arm is flexed. In further embodiments the latch arm includes tines which grip protrusions extending from the web of the slide member.

Abstract: A release mechanism for telescoping slide including an outer member and an inner member is provided. The mechanism comprises an elongate connection member slidably mounted on the inner member. Operation performed on the access end of connection member at outer end of the slide may be transmitted to a pivot member near inner end of the slide. Thus pivot member may be selectively locked or unlocked for stopping or enabling the relative movement of the inner and the outer members. The push-pull style manipulation of the connection member is advantageous for having the open access end. Further, the structure is simplified for facilitating manufacture.

Abstract: A slide comprises an outer member, an intermediate member, and an inner member. The intermediate member is held in place when slide is fully pulled out to a locked out position. A lock and release mechanism for the slide comprises a flexible strip having a proximal end attached to the intermediate member and a distal end slantingly extended. A fork at the end of flexible strip is lowered to be locked by a stop member on the outer member as the intermediate member is extended to the locked out position by the removing inner member. Hence, the intermediate member is held in the locked out position. The flexible strip has a trigger member capable of lifting together with the fork to disengage from the stop member as retracting the inner member, thereby unlocking the intermediate member.

Abstract: A drawer slide member and drawer slide undermount bracket are provided. The drawer slide member has a vertical web having guide apertures with angled sides leading to a slot adapted to receive support tabs projecting from an undermount bracket. The undermount bracket, or shelf mount bracket, is longitudinally restricted from motion, and the support tabs thereby locked in the slots, by lock tabs located on a flexing finger within the undermount bracket which are positioned in a lock tab aperture in the web of the slide member.

Abstract: A release mechanism for telescoping slide including an outer member and an inner member is provided. The mechanism comprises an elongate connection member slidably mounted on the inner member. Operation performed on the access end of connection member at outer end of the slide may be transmitted to a pivot member near inner end of the slide. Thus pivot member may be selectively locked or unlocked for stopping or enabling the relative movement of the inner and the outer members. The push-pull style manipulation of the connection member is advantageous for having the open access end. Further, the structure is simplified for facilitating manufacture.

Abstract: A detachable drawer rail includes a track (10), a rail (20) slidably mounted on the track (10) and a resilient latch (30) secured on the rail (20). The resilient latch (40) is composed of two resilient ears (36) which make the rail (20) operated easily and also have excellent positioning efficiency. Additionally, the resilient latch (30) further has a nub (34) with an abutment face (341) and a groove (38) defined therein to mate with a recess (262) and a tongue (28) of the rail (20) respectively to make the resilient latch (30) firm and steady when used.

Abstract: Anti-rebound drawer slide includes a leaf spring positioned at the inner end of the slide cooperative with a cam that receives an inner slide channel. Rotation of the cam by engagement with the slide channel is controlled and an anti-rebound effect is achieved by virtue of the engagement of the leaf spring with the cam.

Abstract: A detachable rail for drawers consists of a track (10) with two blocking elements to limit the movement of the drawer move within the track (10), a bearing race (20) with multiple ball bearings (22), a rail (30) with an attachment device and a latch (40). The structure of the latch (40) and the attachment device of the rails (60) make the removal and re-installation of the drawer easy.

Abstract: Anti-rebound drawer slide includes a leaf spring positioned at the inner end of the slide cooperative with a cam that receives an inner slide channel. Rotation of the cam by engagement with the slide channel is controlled and an anti-rebound effect is achieved by virtue of the engagement of the leaf spring with the cam.

Abstract: A guide for drawers comprises two elongated metal parts, mutually slidable along each other. One of said two parts has a wall conveniently bent to define a raceway (15) with play for a wheel (13) rotatably fastened to the other part. In the raceway (15) a wall region (17) is deformed to define a passage (d) having a predetermined interference for the wheel. A method of manufacturing the guide comprises the steps of bending a wall of a first one of said two parts to define the raceway (15) with play for the wheel (13), inserting a gauged template (21) into a predetermined raceway region, deforming the raceway from the outside against the template to obtain the passage with a predetermined interference for the wheel in the predetermined region (17). Also described is a guide manufacturing machine.

Abstract: A lock snap structure of a slide rail includes an inner rail provided with two adjacent locking plates and a locking groove between the two locking plates. Each locking plate is formed with a slope. An outer rail mounted on the inner rail is provided with a retaining plate which has a guide block which may move along the slope of the locking plates to enter the locking groove. A drawing plate mounted between the inner rail and the outer rail has a first end that may be pulled and a second end pulled by an elastic member. The drawing plate has a slot hole provided with a guide plate which has an oblique shoulder that may press the guide block when the drawing plate is moved, so that the guide block may detach from the locking groove between the locking plates.

Abstract: A forward pull type bolt lock structure of a slide includes an outer rail provided with first and second locking blocks. An inner rail is received in the outer rail and is provided with a mounting hole for a pivot member to pivot one end of a positioning member whose other end is provided with a guide block. The positioning member has one side having a press bar supported on one lip of the inner rail, and the other side provided with a cutout and a stop portion. A slide plate is received between the inner rail and the outer rail, and provided with a drawing block for drawing the slide plate to move in the inner rail. The slide plate is provided with a guide slot having an oblique guide face. The guide block of the positioning member is supported on the oblique guide face.

Abstract: A sliding track assembly includes an outer rail, an intermediate rail, an inner rail, a stop member, a first sliding bearing, a second sliding bearing, and a locating plate, wherein the inner rail has a raised portion adapted to engage the stop member for enabling the intermediate rail to be moved with the inner rail outwards when pulling a drawer out of a desk; the stop member has a supporting rib bridging a sliding slot of the intermediate rail to support the stop member on the intermediate rail in position when the stop member engages a retaining block of the outer rail; the intermediate rail has two retaining flanges abutting two sides of a curved positioning portion of the spring to hold the spring in place.

Abstract: A release mechanism for drawer slides. A latch is remotely operated by a camming or biasing translatable bar. The bar biases or cams a lever out of engagement from a tab, thereby reducing the need to directly adjust the lever.

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.

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.

Abstract: A floating bumper is provided for a drawer slide rear stop. The bumper has a slot for receiving a rear stop tab. The bumper slot is wider than the tab to permit slight side to side movement of the bumper when the drawer slide is fully retracted and to eliminate tension on the bumper. The rear stop tab has notches to accommodate projections formed within the bumper slot. The bumper projections fit loosely and do not engage the notches unless disengagement of the bumper from the rear stop is attempted. The peripheral edges as well as the slot edges of the bumper are chamfered.

Abstract: A safety device for a sliding assembly comprising a housing and one or more drawers mounted within the housing and slidable between open and closed positions. The safety device comprises a stopping member for fixing to a side wall of the housing adjacent a front edge thereof, and an obstructing member for fixing to a corresponding side of the drawer adjacent a front edge thereof. The stopping member is formed with a stopper wall, and the obstructing member is formed with a corresponding obstruction wall.

Abstract: The fully extendible drawer unit comprises two pairs of, in each case, three rails (1, 25, 45) which can be pushed into one another. On the carcass rail (1) is positioned a differential roller (9), which allows the intermediate rail (25) to be moved along, when the drawer starts to be pulled out, at a lower speed than the drawer and the drawer rail (45). A coupling lever (55) ensures that the intermediate rail (25) is still pulled along even when the drawer rail (45) has already left the differential roller (9) and that this happens synchronously.

Abstract: An integrated anti-rebound mechanism with stop feature for a rail assembly. Two stop/anti-rebound pieces are individually attached at the forward end of a first rail and a second rail of the rail assembly. The stop/anti-rebound pieces engage one another when the first and second rails are in a closed position to prevent the first and second rails from moving beyond a closed position from an extended position. The stop/anti-rebound pieces also cooperate to resist movement of the first and second rails from a closed position. A third rail may be included in the rail assembly including a stop mechanism and an anti-rebound mechanism. The stop and anti-rebound mechanisms cooperate with on of the stop/anti-rebound pieces of the other rail to prevent the third rail from moving beyond a closed position, and to resist movement of the third rail from a closed position in relation to the other rail.

Abstract: A sliding track assembly includes an outer rail fixedly mounted inside a desk, an intermediate rail carried on a first sliding bearing and moved in and out of the outer rail, an inner rail carried on a second sliding bearing and moved with a drawer in and out of the intermediate rail, and a stop member installed in the intermediate rail to limit forward movement of the inner rail relative to the intermediate rail, wherein the stop member has two rear retaining frames for holding down the second sliding bearing when disconnecting the inner rail from the intermediate rail, the rear retaining frames each having an upright retaining wall for engagement with opposite side walls of the second sliding bearing, the upright retaining wall of each rear retaining frame having a raised portion adapted for engagement with a recessed portion on the respective side wall of the second sliding bearing, the upright retaining walls of the rear retaining frames being respectively spaced from the upright side walls of the interme

Abstract: A standardized furniture unit in which a drawer moves in a longitudinal direction and has a plurality of fully closed positions, having a first slide element attached to a stationary panel, the drawer having a shell, a second slide element attached thereto. The first and second slide elements are coupled together and move relative to each other, one of which is provided with at least one set of a plurality of mounting holes aligned along the longitudinal direction. Each of the mounting holes in each set corresponding to a different drawer fully closed position, and one of the mounting holes in each set is aligned with a standardized slide element mounting point in either the stationary panel or the drawer shell.