Drawer assembly

A drawer assembly for an enclosure including a first interior surface and a second interior surface, the interior surfaces being opposite one another, the drawer assembly including:

• a first rack and a second rack mounted respectively near the first interior surface and the second interior surface, one of the racks including a first marking indicating a predetermined location along a length of the rack;
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• a drawer configured to be movable in and out of the enclosure and including a first face near the first interior surface and a second face near the second interior surface, the drawer including a first pinion and a second pinion rotatably coupled near the first face and the second face respectively, the pinions including circumferential second teeth, the first pinion and the second pinion configured to mesh with the first rack and the second rack respectively, one of the pinions including a second marking indicating a predetermined angular position of the pinion such that the predetermined location and the predetermined angular position correspond to a state of assembly.

A method of assembling a drawer assembly for an enclosure including a first interior surface and a second interior surface, the drawer assembly including a drawer, a first rack, a second rack, a first linear motion element, a second linear motion element and a timing bar, the drawer configured to be insertable in the enclosure, the first rack and the second rack mounted respectively near the first interior surface and the second interior surface, the first linear motion element and the second linear motion element mounted respectively near the first interior surface and the second interior surface, the linear motion elements configured to enable movement of the drawer in and out of the enclosure, a pinion coupled to each of the linear motion elements and configured to rotate along a corresponding rack as the drawer is moved in and out of the enclosure, each of the pinions including a neck portion, the timing bar including a first end and a second end, the method including the steps of:

• inserting the first end into the neck portion in one of the pinions;
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• elastically deforming the timing bar to insert the second end into the neck portion in the other of the pinions thereby coupling the pinions to rotate as one.

A method of assembling a drawer assembly, the drawer assembly including a basket portion, a door portion and a screw with a first tapered surface, the basket portion including two first brackets located at substantially opposite locations, each of the first brackets providing a first aperture, the door portion including two second brackets, each of the second brackets providing a second aperture configured to be aligned with a corresponding first aperture, one of the first aperture and the second aperture including a second tapered surface configured to substantially match the first tapered surface, the method including the step of:

• aligning the first aperture and the second aperture by inserting the screw into the first aperture and the second aperture such that the first tapered surface contacts the second tapered surface thereby aligning the door portion to the basket portion.