Utility oven door roller glide system
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorCarl Gluf
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Abstract
A drawer assembly includes a roller glide system configured to facilitate sliding movement between an extended and a retracted position of a drawer. The roller glide system includes, at each lateral side of the drawer, a first and a second roller glides, each disposed between the drawer and a supporting frame for the drawer. The first and the second roller glides each include a wheel, a glide frame, a bearing shaft mount for coupling the wheel, and a wheel side load bearing formed as an arcuate protrusion from each bearing shaft mount and configured to support the exterior lateral periphery of the wheel when coupled to each glide frame. The second roller glide also includes a base rail bearing for guiding the second roller glide along a rail of the supporting frame.
Claims23
A drawer assembly comprising:
- a roller glide system configured to facilitate sliding movement between an extended and a retracted position of a drawer, said roller glide system comprising, at a first lateral side of said drawer, a first roller glide and a second roller glide, said first roller glide and said second roller glide being disposed between said drawer and a supporting frame for said drawer, said first roller glide being fixed to said drawer for sliding engagement of a first element fixed to and extending longitudinally of said supporting frame, and said second roller glide being fixed to said supporting frame for sliding engagement of a second element fixed to and extending longitudinally of said drawer,
- wherein the second roller glide comprises at least one base rail bearing for guiding the second roller glide along the second element.
A method of assembling a drawer assembly, comprising the steps of:
- arranging a first roller glide and a second roller glide between a drawer and a supporting frame for said drawer to facilitate sliding movement between an extended and a retracted position of the drawer;
- attaching the first roller glide to said drawer for sliding engagement of a first element fixed to and extending longitudinally of said supporting frame;
- and
- attaching the second roller glide to said supporting frame for sliding engagement of a second element fixed to and extending longitudinally of said drawer,
- wherein the second roller glide comprises at least one base rail bearing for guiding the second roller glide along the second element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.