Abstract: Disclosed are two drawer slide assemblies incorporating first and second latching systems, respectivley. The first latching system comprises first and second latching mechanisms disposed upon three telescopically slidable members. The second latching system comprises first and third latching mechanisms disposed upon three telescopically slidable members and an additional fourth latching mechanism when an optional additional (fourth) slide member is added. A drawer slide roller device is also disclosed. Such drawer slide roller device may be disposed upon one telescopically slidable drawer slide member to facilitate smooth and quiet slidable movement thereof within an adjacent slide member.

Abstract: A side-mount drawer slide with a floating wheel permitting lateral movement of the drawer to compensate for skewness in the drawer and/or supporting cabinet. A drawer slide of the type having a track attached to the drawer and a corresponding track attached to the adjacent wall is provided with a pair of wheels, one secured at an end of each track. On one side the wheels have only minimal lateral play. On the other side the wheels have a substantial predetermined lateral play to compensate for lack of parallelism in the walls of the cabinet and/or drawer so as to avoid the need for shimming the tracks when the drawer and/or cabinet are not parallel.

Abstract: Track level adjustment mechanism for adjusting the level of an elongated drawer track relative to cabinetry track support structure, comprises a track having a wall portion facing the support structure, a dog element adjacent the wall portion and a fastener attaching that element to the support structure to be loosened for allowing movement of the dog element relative to the support structure and to the track wall portion, and a shoulder on the track to be engaged by the dog element in response to dog element movement relative to the support structure, thereby to level adjust the track wall portion relative to the support structure.

Abstract: The attachment of a guide rail on the side wall of a body in which an attachment clip is used which engages with its spring legs in a perforated strip on the inner face of the wall of the body. The guide rail is inserted into a mounting on the attachment clip. The guide rail is retained in the mounting by a screw. This also serves to improve the attachment of the clip to the perforated strip.

Abstract: A drawer has metal drawer frames or side walls and a front plate connected thereto by holding devices. At least one strip of plastics material or the like is fastened to the outer side of each of the drawer frames. The strips cover holes in the drawer frames, such holes providing access for a tool such as a screw driver to the front plate holding devices.

Abstract: In a drawer guide having a shaped guide rail which can be fastened to the wall of a cabinet and which is engaged from below into a corresponding runner rail in the form of an inverted channel which can be fastened to the drawer, tracks for rolling bearings are formed in the interior of the runner rail. Upon a longitudinal displacement of the runner rail relative to the guide rail, these rolling bearings roll on these runner rail tracks and in tracks formed in the portion of the guide rail which is engaged in the runner rail. The portion of the guide rail that is engaged in the runner rail is bent from the substantially horizontal part of the guide rail. On the latter part of the guide rail a resiliently deformable brake element is provided and on a lateral ear of the runner rail there is provided a projection which will run against the resilient brake element in the desired braking position.

Abstract: In a drawer guide with a guide rail to be fastened to the wall of a cabinet, the guide rail enters from below into a corresponding tubular runner rail of an open-bottomed rectangular or square cross section which is to be fastened removably to the drawer, and which contains in its interior races for rolling bodies held in an elongated cage. The rolling bodies can roll on the races of the guide rail on the one hand and on races formed by associated areas of the inner surface of the runner rail and thus permit a longitudinal movement of the runner rail relative to the guide rail, the rolling bodies that serve to accommodate the weight load being formed by a series of rollers with their horizontal axes disposed athwart the direction of drawer movement and the rolling bodies that serve for lateral guidance and stabilization being formed by two rows of balls disposed at a different level than the rollers, one on each side of the guide rail.

Abstract: A guide for drawers, cutting boards and other such retractable furniture parts, having a guide rail which can be fastened to a cabinet wall, and a running rail which can be fastened to the retractable furniture part and is mounted for movement along the guide rail with the interposition of rolling bearings held in a cage. The running rail is a hollow rail that is open on one side in a slot running in the direction of movement and has rolling-bearing tracks disposed in a triangle with one another in a cross section through their longitudinal central axes, one of the tracks being provided opposite the slot and the other two tracks being provided on opposite sides laterally of the slot, and the guide rail being provided on its end reaching through the slot into the interior of the running rail with three tracks which confront the tracks of the running rail in the same arrangement.

Abstract: A simplified drawer guiding system includes small rollers attached either to a cabinet side or to a track at each side of a drawer, the small rollers positioned to directly support the drawer under its left and right sides just inside the front of the cabinet; third and fourth rollers projecting at left and right rear corner portions of the drawer for engagement with the respective tracks; and left and right fittings carrying the third and fourth rollers and attached to the drawer left and right side corner portions, at the rearwardmost extent of the drawer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cabinet having a drawer guide assembly with a pair of longitudinal rearwardly extending parallel members which are pivotally attached to a floating transverse member. The assembly allows for a smooth, durable drawer movement even in the event that the cabinet is installed with the sides, front, top or rear misaligned.

Abstract: A drawer rail assembly having a roller mounting and retainer member that connects with a snap fit to the intermediate rail, specifically into a window opening in the intermediate rail, to mount and retain a roller between the upper and lower rails. The retainer has an axle extending from the body thereof, through the roller hub, has slots to receive shoulder flange portions of the intermediate rail cross member, and has hooks to engage one of the offset flanges of the intermediate rail. The interconnection of the slots and shoulder flanges and of the hooks and flange attach the retainer to the rail to support and stabilize the roller. The retainer also covers the roller to shield it, while simultaneously supporting and stabilizing it.

Abstract: A cantilevered drawer slide arrangement for supporting drawers where the slide hardware is entirely hidden inside the drawer cabinet. A pair of individual tracks are mounted on each side of the cabinet inside the front face. A square bracket having roller wheels fits on each side of the rear of the drawer. The forward wheel is behind the rear third of the drawer. The wheels ride in the tracks on each side and are kept in the cabinet by track stops. An adjustable drawer alignment screw on each side of the drawer between the drawer and the drawer cabinet provides a means to minimize the drawer side movement when the drawer is extended.

Abstract: An extension pull-out guide assembly for each side of a drawer includes a pull-out rail fastened to the drawer, a supporting rail on each side of a furniture body and a center rail arranged between the pull-out rail and the supporting rail. A runner roller is mounted on the center rail. The supporting rail has stop members for the runner roller of the center rail to limit the extracting movement of the center rail. The stop members hold the runner roller of the center rail in clamping arrangement between a first passable stop member that can be overrun and a second unpassable stop member. Thus, unintentional displacement of the center rail in the extracted position towards the front as well as towards the rear is prevented.

Abstract: A guide mechanism for sliding furniture parts has an angled inner runner with an outer runner surrounding it. The inner runner and outer runner are designed so that two cages are formed that are essentially square or rectangular in dimension. In these cages are placed rolls that are positioned alternately to brace against two in each case opposing surfaces of the four total track surfaces existing.

Abstract: A slide assembly for mounting sliding furniture parts, such as drawers or shelves, including a first rail section operating as the guide rail which is attached at a furniture side wall and at least one other second rail section operating as a sliding rail attached at the sliding furniture part. The first and second rails are movable relative to each other and the second rail is formed with either an L- or a Z-shaped sectional configuration with the sliding furniture part being mounted on a lower horizontal leg of the second sliding rail and being connected thereto upon a support face of the horizontal leg. An adjustment screw mechanism is provided for enabling adjustment of the positioning of the sliding furniture part relative to the horizontal leg of the second rail section. The horizontal leg is also provided with a flat, upwardly bent bracket having a bore therein for receiving an adjustment screw which is threadedly attached into the furniture part.

Abstract: A concealed guide rail assembly includes runner carriages which are guided on each side of a drawer between a respective supporting rail on the side of a furniture body and a pull-out rail on the side of the drawer. The supporting rails have an upwardly open U-shaped profile with horizontally extending marginal flanges. Rollers of the runner carriages move on the upper side as well as on the lower side of the supporting rails, i.e. in the U-shaped profile and at the marginal flanges.

Abstract: On a guide for drawers and other such furniture parts, having a guide rail which can be fastened to the wall of a cabinet, and a runner rail which can be fastened to the drawer, these rails being displaceable relative to one another by means of at least one wheel mounted on the front end of the guide rail and at least one wheel mounted on the rear end of the runner rail, an approximately rectangular adjuster is disposed on the front end of the guide rail in contact with the runner rail and is held displaceably and removably on the vertical web of the guide rail. The adjuster has on its side facing the flange of the runner rail a ramp surface which, by the displacement of the adjuster, can be brought to bear against the confronting edge of the runner flange.

Abstract: The support and guide roller for extension guides for drawers consists of a roller body of hard material whose outer surface forms a first bearing surface. A circumferential slot is arranged in the area of the first bearing surface. The slot is filled with an elastic material. In the case of an unloaded roller the elastic material forms a second bearing surface protruding radially a specific amount above the first bearing surface. Transverse spaces of greater width than the slot are provided in the area of the slot. The spaces are likewise filled with an elastic material which is homogeneous and continuous relative to the elastic material in the slot.

Abstract: A simplified drawer guiding system includes small rollers carried by tracks attached to a cabinet at each side of a drawer, the small rollers positioned to directly support the drawer under its left and right sides just inside the front of the cabinet; third and fourth rollers projecting at left and right rear corner portions of the drawer for engagement with the respective tracks; and left and right brackets carrying the third and fourth rollers and attached to the drawer left and right side corner portions, at the rearwardmost extent of the drawer.

Abstract: A telescoping roller conveyor is disclosed wherein interwoven rollers are provided on axles. The axles are linked to adjacent axles within siderails. The links allow the axle separation to expand a limited distance longitudinally as siderails are telescopically extended. The links are enclosed in channel-shaped telescoping siderails and do not project above the level of the rollers in any position and thus do not provide any obstruction to items moving over the rollers along the conveyor. The axles are seated into special round plastic bushings that aid the movement of the telescoping longitudinal siderails and the relative movement of the axles to and from each other.

Abstract: On a drawer guide having a guide track to be fastened to the carcase of a cabinet and a runner track to be fastened to a drawer side, the drawer or other sliding device is movable relative to the cabinet by at least one wheel journaled at the front end of the guide track and at least one wheel journaled at the rearward end of the runner rail, each wheel rolling against a flange on the opposite rail. A circumferential groove is provided on each of the rolling surfaces of the wheels, and in it there is inserted a resilient tire of rubber, plastic or other elastomeric material, which then protrudes above the rolling surface of the wheel. In the end portions of the tracks, at the points where the wheels are at rest when the drawer guide is fully retracted, an indentation or groove of short length is provided in alignment with the resilient tire, and the depth thereof is at least equal to the height of the resilient tire above the rolling surface of the wheel.

Abstract: A universal single roller bracket is disclosed for use with sliding drawers in cabinets, bureaus, chests and the like. The universal single roller bracket is self-positioning and has no right or left-handed characteristics. It includes a unitary bracket, formed either of a high impact strength plastic material or of metal. A pair of flat mounting flanges, formed integral with the bracket, extend at an angle in respective divergent planes from an apex and define an axis adjacent the apex. A pair of parallel spaced roller supports, also formed integral with the bracket, extend from the apex in planes normal to the axis and connecting with the mounting flanges. A roller, formed of a high impact strength plastic material, is supported within the roller supports for rotation about the axis. The roller can be provided with a flanged shoulder to serve as a side guide for the drawers. In the alternative, one of the pair of roller supports can be formed with shoulders for serving as the side guide.

Abstract: A cantilevered drawer slide arrangement for supporting drawers where the slide hardware is entirely hidden inside the drawer cabinet. A pair of individual tracks are mounted on each side of the cabinet inside the front face. A square bracket having roller wheels fits on each side of the rear of the drawer. The forward wheel is behind the rear third of the drawer. The wheels ride in the tracks on each side and are kept in the cabinet by track stops. An adjustable drawer alignment screw on each side of the drawer between the drawer and the drawer cabinet provides a means to minimize the drawer side movement when the drawer is extended.

Abstract: In a pull-out guide assembly for drawers there are arranged at each side of the drawer a supporting rail at the side of the body and a pull-out rail at the side of the drawer. A roller carrier with rollers is mounted between the rails at each side. The supporting rail on one side of the drawer is rigidly fastened to the furniture side wall, while the supporting rail on the other side is mounted resiliently. The rails laterally support the rollers. Thus, lateral clearance of the drawer is prevented.

Abstract: An improved support for effecting the sliding movement of a drawer utilized in an electric hot food cooking or holding cabinet. The support includes a drawer slide assembly removably mounted within the cabinet and a drawer frame assembly on the drawer. The drawer slide assembly has a channel-shaped drawer slide removably mounted to the side wall of the cabinet, and a drawer slide roller mounted on the slide for centering and guiding the drawer during its sliding movement. The drawer frame assembly includes a slide bearing track integrally formed in the side wall of the drawer to serve as the runner and guide for the slide roller, and a pair of rollers which roll above and below the slide. The drawer rollers and drawer slide are positioned in substantially vertical alignment as are the slide roller and drawer runner, but at a location inwardly of the drawer rollers, to lend added strength to the drawer assembly when the drawer is in its fully open position.