Anchoring Or Aligning Means Patents (Class 384/22)
  • Patent number: 11213123
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a rail member and a mounting structure. The rail member has an installation feature arranged in a transverse direction relative to a longitudinal direction of the rail member. The mounting structure is mounted to the installation feature of the rail member. The rail member and the mounting structure are transversely movable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Tzu-Cheng Weng, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11033103
    Abstract: A device is provided for adjusting a closing position of a drawer. The device is configured to be attached to a carcass rail such that the closing position of the drawer can be set with respect to a direction of movement of the drawer provided with the rail guide. The device includes a rotatable adjusting element and a stop. When the device is mounted on the furniture, the stop can be brought into different adjustment positions on the device by turning the adjusting element, and the stop predefines the closing position of the drawer. The adjusting element and a sliding element of the device, coupled to the adjusting element, are configured that the sliding element is linearly adjustable by a turning movement of the adjusting element, and the stop is provided on the sliding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Gabriel Auer
  • Publication number: 20150147008
    Abstract: An undermount drawer slide mounting clip releasably attaches a drawer to a drawer rail assembly mounted in a cabinet carcass. The apparatus is capable of effecting positional adjustments of the drawer in three directions without removing the drawer from the cabinet carcass. The apparatus is comprised of a body slidingly engaged with a bonnet. A trigger pivotally connected between the body and the bonnet. A spring loaded catch slidable within the bonnet and acted on by the trigger to releasably attach the apparatus to a drawer rail assembly. A threaded spindle rotates within the base and adjusts the horizontal position of the drawer. A ramp adjustably connected to the base adjusts the vertical position of the drawer. A plunger extends from a housing connected to the body and is adjacent the drawer rail assembly. A lever pivotable within the housing moves the plunger and adjusts the depth of the drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Hardware Resources, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis McGregor
  • Publication number: 20140363109
    Abstract: A fixing device of a slide assembly has a bracket. The fixing device includes an insertion member, an engaging member and a resilient member. The insertion member is connected to the bracket and has a slot. The engaging member is slidably connected relative to the bracket and has an operation portion and an arm which extends through the slot of the insertion member. The arm has a first protrusion. The resilient member provides a force to the engaging member to extend the first protrusion beyond the slot of the insertion member. By moving the operation portion, the first protrusion is controlled to be retracted toward the slot of the insertion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: KEN-CHING CHEN, SHUN-HO YANG, CHIEN-LI HUANG, CHUN-CHIANG WANG
  • Publication number: 20140363108
    Abstract: A fixing device of a slide assembly has a bracket. The fixing device includes an insertion member, an engaging member and a resilient member. The insertion member is connected to the bracket and has a slot. The engaging member is pivotally connected relative to the bracket and has an operation portion and an arm which extends through the slot of the insertion member. The arm has a first protrusion. The resilient member provides a force to the engaging member to extend the first protrusion beyond the slot of the insertion member. By moving the operation portion, the first protrusion is controlled to be retracted toward the slot of the insertion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: KEN-CHING CHEN, SHUN-HO YANG, CHIEN-LI HUANG, CHUN-CHIANG WANG
  • Publication number: 20140334751
    Abstract: A fastening element (10, 10?) for arranging a device, preferably a pull-out guide, in or on a domestic appliance, preferably in an oven, on two bars (6, 7, 7?) which are parallel substantially in the X direction and are spaced apart from one another in the Z direction, having a first holder (11), which can be arranged on a first bar (7, 7?), and a second holder (20, 20?), which can be arranged on a second bar (6), wherein the second holder (20, 20?) is designed as a fixed bearing for accommodating different thicknesses of second bar (6), and the first holder (11) is configured as a movable bearing for compensating for different designs, spacings and/or thicknesses of the two bars (6, 7, 7?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Friedrich Meyer, Edgar Frobieter, Matthias Kunsch
  • Publication number: 20140314347
    Abstract: An adjustable coupling device includes a base member fastened to a sliding rail assembly, a sliding block connected to the base member to support a sliding box, a first adjustment member rotatable to adjust the position of the sliding box horizontally subject to the constraint of a limiter member, and a second adjustment member rotatable to adjust the position of the sliding box vertically subject to the constraint of a push member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: NAN JUEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: NAN JUEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20140314348
    Abstract: A rail mounting mechanism includes a support, a guide way, a sliding member, and a positioning member. The guide way is configured for slidably receiving a rail and includes a guide body and a mounting piece located on the guide body. The mounting piece is detachably engaged with the support. The sliding member is slidably installed on an outer surface of the guide body and includes a sliding body and an arm piece extending from the sliding body. A resilient member is secured to the sliding body and the guide body. The positioning member is secured to an inner surface of the guide body and includes a side flange. The sliding member is slidable between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHEN-LU FAN, LI-PING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140185968
    Abstract: A device for setting a movable furniture part received in a basic furniture structure by means of a guiding unit, with which the furniture part is movably guided in the basic furniture structure, the guiding unit including a movement rail, which is attached to the furniture part and is mounted displaceably with respect to a basic-structure rail, the device including a setting unit that is attached to a front-side end portion of the movement rail, which sets a stop position of the movement rail during closing movements with respect to the basic-structure rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Peter LANGGUTH
  • Publication number: 20140145578
    Abstract: A slider (1) serves for the movable mounting of a sliding element (2) along a longitudinal direction in a stationary support structure (3) of a sanitary module (21). The slider (1) comprises a guide support (4), which is connectable to the support structure (3), and an assembly support (5), which is connected to the guide support (4) such that it is alignable in relation to the guide support (4), the assembly support (5) being connectable to the sliding element (2). The guide support (4) further comprises a first vertical linear guide (6), a second vertical linear guide (7) and a horizontal linear guide (8), via which linear guides the slider (1) is fastenable on the support structure (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Geberit International AG
    Inventors: Alessandro TRECCO, Michael SCHINTLER
  • Publication number: 20140056546
    Abstract: A positioning mechanism for a quick release device of a slide assembly includes an opening in the rail and a positioning member located corresponding to the opening. The rail has a first contact portion adjacent to the opening which has an open portion and a reception portion communicating with the open portion. The positioning member includes a base, a resilient arm, a restriction portion and a second contact portion. The base is fixed to the rail. The resilient arm is connected between the base and the restriction portion. The restriction portion has a first contact end located corresponding to the reception portion. The second contact portion is connected to the restriction portion. An enclosed area is defined between the first contact end and the reception portion. The second contact portion contacts the first contact portion of the rail such that the first contact end is secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: King Slide Technology Co., Ltd., King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KEN-CHING CHEN, CHUN-CHIANG WANG
  • Patent number: 8613549
    Abstract: A rail section comprises a body portion. The rail section has a profile that provides one or more roller contact areas extending a length of the rail section. The rail section further comprises an end portion that defines one or more slots that allow the one or more roller contact areas to deflect elastically relative to the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Michael W. Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20130156353
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting device for fixing a pull-out guide (5) to a side grate (1), in particular for baking ovens, comprising a holder (10), which has at least one hook (11) for engaging with a horizontal brace (3) of the side grate (1), and a spring element (12, 12?, 12??, 12??), by means of which the holder (10) can be latched to the side grate (1), wherein the spring element (12, 12?, 12??, 12??) is designed as a separate component and has a flexible spring leg (15) for latching the holder (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel Rehage
  • Publication number: 20120146476
    Abstract: A tolerance adaptive slide connection assembly for use in connecting an implement to an article of furniture is configured to provide tolerance forgiveness with respect to deviations from parallelism of slide connections between the implement and the article of furniture that may be the result of variations in the construction of the article of furniture, the implement or other connecting hardware. The tolerance adaptive connection allows slidable movement of the implement between a closed position within the article of furniture and an open position extending outward from the article of furniture and allows movement of the implement in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second slide assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: KNAPE & VOGT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Jeffrey Scott Tibbe
  • Publication number: 20120080988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pull-out guide for drawers, comprising a body rail to be fastened to a furniture body and at least one pull-out rail that can be moved relative to the body rail, and comprising an adjustment device, by which a position of a drawer that is connected or can be connected to the pull-out rail can be adjusted, wherein the adjustment device comprises at least one retaining pin that can be inserted in a provided borehole of the drawer and a bearing part mounted on the pull-out rail, wherein the bearing part is arranged at the rear end of the pull-out rail and extends at a distance to an upper side of the pull-out rail in a substantially horizontal direction in the longitudinal direction of the pull-out rail, wherein the bearing part is mounted adjustably inside the retaining pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventor: Ulrich GREUSSING
  • Publication number: 20120063708
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening arrangement for fixing a guide rail (8) of a pull-out guide (6) to a side grate (1), in particular for a backing oven, wherein the side grate (1) comprises at least one horizontal rod (4) having end sections (5) that are bent at an angle and that are each fixed to a post (2, 3), and the guide rail (8) is fixed to the rod (4), wherein fastening means for fixing the guide rail (8) to the rod (4) are integrally formed with the guide rail (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Eckhard Meier, Daniel Rehage, Daniel Reidt
  • Publication number: 20110129171
    Abstract: A slide assembly with an adjustment device includes a first slide member, a second slide member, a guiding member, an adjusting base and a pivot member. The first slide member has a first panel and a second panel. The second slide member is movable relative to the first slide member in a longitudinal direction. The guiding member is mounted on the first panel and includes an accommodation room. The accommodation room has a lateral hole. The adjusting base includes a board, a protruding member, a hole defined through the board and eccentrically through the protruding member, and an adjusting portion. One portion of the board is contact with the second panel of the first slide member. The protruding member leans against an inner wall of the accommodation room. By adjusting the adjusting base, the guiding member can be moved by the protruding member relative to the second slide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HSIU-CHIANG LIANG, KEN-CHING CHEN, CHUN-CHIANG WANG
  • Publication number: 20110129172
    Abstract: A slide assembly with an auxiliary positioning device includes a positioning member and a guiding base. The positioning member is pivotally connected to a first slide member and includes a pin member. The guiding base is connected to a second slide member and includes a separation body, an engaging body, multiple passages and slots. When the second slide member is retracted, the pin member is located in a first passage. When the second slide member is pushed inward, the pin member moves from the first passage into a first slot. When the force is released, the pin member moves through a second passage and the second slide member pops out. When the second slide member is retracted again, the pin member is engaged with the engaging body and then disengaged from the engaging body by a pushing force, the pin member moves through a third slot and a third passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HSIU-CHIANG LIANG, KEN-CHING CHEN, CHUN-CHIANG WANG
  • Patent number: 6848761
    Abstract: A pullout guide for a drawer consists of two carrier rails on the body side which carry rollers rotatably supported around horizontal axes and having two pullout rails on the drawer side whose horizontal runways bent from the upper sides of the vertical webs are supported at their lower support surfaces on at least the two rollers of the carrier rails disposed in the region of the front side of the body part. To allow a vertical adjustment of the front board of the drawer in a simple manner, the horizontal runways are provided at their front end regions with sections which can be pivoted or vertically moved by adjustment devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 5393137
    Abstract: A damper assembly includes anti-rattle tracking devices or components for preventing rattling and play when a sliding tray is moved into and out from a stationary housing by a damper device. The damper device further includes a fail-safe locking device so as to maintain the assembly of the locking device for the sliding tray regardless of either a pushing or pulling motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Bivens, Martin A. Witt
  • Patent number: 5257861
    Abstract: A laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use with a desk or cabinet drawer and with a drawer guide having a bent tongue, the bracket including a base and opposing spring flanges flexibly secured to the base and cooperatively receiving the drawer guide tongue for lateral adjustment. The base is secured to the desk or cabinet, and latching members having shaft sections and engaging ears secure the bracket to the desk or cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Rick Marsh
  • Patent number: 5242221
    Abstract: A reciprocable drawer is guided in a piece of furniture by two runners each of which is adjacent one sidewall of the drawer and includes an elongated rail-shaped horizontal support affixed to the piece of furniture, an elongated follower member in the form of a slide rail which is reciprocably guided by the support, and a bearing member which is affixed to the exposed side of the rear wall of the drawer and has a track for the upper and lateral portions of the rear end portion of the follower member. The bearing member and the follower member of each runner are further provided with complementary male and female guide elements which establish a form-locking connection between the two members and prevent any, or any excessive, lateral stray movements of the follower member relative to the bearing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Inventor: Achim Rotthowe
  • Patent number: 5020869
    Abstract: A drawer for an article of furniture has a pair of oppositely disposed sides which are parallel to the direction of movement of the drawer when the latter is opened and closed. Each of these sides is formed with an elongated pocket which is designed to receive a runner for the drawer. Such a runner includes an elongated support which is symmetrical about a median plane dividing the support longitudinally and can be mounted at either side of the drawer. In its mounted condition, the support extends in the direction of movement of the drawer. The runner further includes an elongated guide rail which serves to guide the drawer during movement. The guide rail is designed to be releasably connected to the support in such a manner that the guide rail extends in parallelism with the support and is prevented from shifting longitudinally relative thereto. The means for releasably connecting the guide rail to the support includes one or two grooves in the guide rail and one or two cooperating detents on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Karl-Volker Faust
  • Patent number: 4979262
    Abstract: Roller for rolling drawer guides with a wheel journaled on a stud (24) fastened to the running and/or guiding rail of the drawer guide, the wheel having a rim concentric with the longitudinal central axis of the stud (24). The wheel is divided into a hub (16) journaled on the stud (24) and a rim (18) disposed concentrically on the hub, and the rim (18) is mounted on the hub (16) for displacement in the direction of the roller axis of rotation. The rim (18) is held on the hub (16) preferably against rotation in the direction of rotation of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: Karl Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 4961648
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for a drawer or the like includes a pull-out rail on each side of the drawer and a supporting rail on each side of a furniture body, as well as load-transmitting rollers. Each supporting rails is in the longitudinal direction, divided into a stop member fastenable to a furniture side wall and a running member. The running members are pivotally mounted on the stop members about vertical axle located in the centers of respective running members. The running member of at least one supporting rail is acted upon by at least one spring which holds such running member parallel to the furniture side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4953991
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for drawers in which there is arranged, on each side of the drawer, a pull-out rail on the side of the drawer and a supporting rail on the side of the body. Slides or rollers which are for example mounted in a carriage are mounted between the rails. The supporting rails are in longitudinal direction divided into a mounting member fastenable to the furniture side wall and a running member. The mounting member is adapted to be coupled to the running member. A horizontal flange of the running member is at the rear end pushed below a hook which is bent out from a horizontal flange of the mounting member. A positioning pin for the running member is provided at the front end of the supporting rail. The positioning pin has the form of a hook. A slide is mounted at the mounting member and presses the running member towards the rear in the push-in direction of the drawer and underneath the projection of the positioning pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Erich Rock
  • Patent number: 4842422
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Inventor: Gary W. Nelson
  • Patent number: 4834555
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Alfred Grass Ges.m.b.H. Metallwarenfabrik
    Inventor: Alfred Grass
  • Patent number: 4834556
    Abstract: A guide rail for drawers or the like is attachable to a sidewall of a piece of furniture. The guide rail has a row of first fastening apertures arranged along the longitudinal axis of the rail and mutually spaced so as to correspond to a pattern of drillings in the sidewall, which pattern conforms to a first, European system. The rail also has a row of second fastening apertures having a spacing conforming to a second, United States system. The rows of fastening apertures conforming to the first system and to the second system are situated in a common horizontal plane in one embodiment of the invention, with the apertures in one row intersecting the apertures in the other row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Alfred Grass Ges.m.b.H. Metallwarenfabrik
    Inventor: Alfred Grass
  • Patent number: 4753540
    Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting a linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly using a bolt extending through a mounting hole provided in a guide rail and/or a slider member of the bearing assembly includes a mounting area which is defined by a slit, an outwardly projecting stepped section or a combination thereof so as to confine any deformation or error in size therein and prevent it from being transmitted to other sections when the bolt is tightened for fixedly mounting the bearing assembly to a supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Mottate
  • Patent number: 4741628
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Inventor: Billy R. Kinley
  • Patent number: 4699521
    Abstract: A structure for mounting an attachment member to a linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly including a bed, a table and a plurality of rolling members interposed between the bed and the table thereby providing a relative motion between the table and the bed. The mounting structure includes an alignment hole defined in the bed or table, a mounting hole defined in the attachment member, a counter member provided with a threaded hole and a bolt extending through the aligned mounting and alignment holes to be threaded into the threaded hole of the counter member with its head in engagement with the attachment member. In the preferred embodiment, the counter member has a contact surface which is substantially the same as and located opposite to a contact surface of the attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Nippon Thompson Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunori Yokota
  • Patent number: 4690571
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Fulterer Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Manfred Fulterer