Fastening device for adjustable front plates of drawers
AssigneeJulius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsErich Rock, Klaus Brustle
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Abstract
A fastening device for adjustably mounting each side of a front plate of a drawer includes a supporting part fastened to a respective side wall at each side of the drawer. A holding part is fastened, for example by means of screws, to the respective side of the drawer and engages the supporting part. A spring, preferably a leaf spring, is depth-adjustably mounted on each supporting part by means of an eccentric, the holding part engaging such spring by means of a hook. The holding part has a rearwardly open horizontal slot into which fits another eccentric which is mounted on the supporting part.
Claims16
A fastening device for use in adjustably mounting each of opposite sides of a front plate of a drawer to a respective side wall of the drawer, said fastening device comprising:
- a holding member to be fastened to a respective side of the front plate;
- a supporting member to be fastened to a respective side wall of the drawer;
- a spring member mounted in said supporting member for sliding movement relative thereto in opposite directions toward and away from said holding member and the drawer front plate;
- said holding member and said spring member having cooperating means for, upon said holding member being
- moved toward the drawer side wall, engaging said holding member with said spring member and thus supporting the drawer front plate in an initially fastened position;
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- eccentric means, mounted on said supporting member, for moving said spring member relative to said supporting member in said direction away from the front plate and thereby for, when said holding member and said spring member are engaged, moving said holding member and thus the front plate to a final fastened position, whereat further movement of the front plate is prevented by the front of the side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.