US 4,995,683 AGranted

Drawer provided with guide means

AssigneeAlfit Gesellschaft m.b.H.

InventorAlfred Albiez

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Abstract

In a drawer which is provided with guide means consisting of drawer rails and corpus rails, the side walls consist of side members (2), which are provided with the drawer rails (5). A front plate (1) of the drawer is secured by retaining angle members (19, 20), which have legs (19), which extend parallel to the side members and are adjustable in height by means of eccentrics (23). In order to permit an exact and quick adjustment of the front plate in its inclination and laterally and in height with simple means and without adversely affecting the interior of the front plate, which adjustment can be effected at closely spaced apart locations which are disposed adjacent to the side member and are easily accessible when the drawer has lightly been extended, an intermediate plate is adjustably mounted on the outside of the side member (2) and the retaining angle member is mounted on said intermediate plate (18) for a pivotal movement about a pivot (28), which extends parallel to the front plate and serves to adjust the inclination of the front plate (1). The retaining angle member is adapted to be fixed in position and is adjustable by an adjusting screw (28) for laterally adjusting the front plate (1). The adjusting accentrics (23, 32) and the adjusting and clamping screws (25, 28) are operable from the outwardly facing side of the leg (19) of the retaining angle member. The adjusting means are entirely provided on the outside of the side members (2) and are protected.

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Dependent claims

A drawer comprising

(a) two vertically extending side walls,
(b) a drawer rail affixed to the outside of each side wall,
(c) a guide rail cooperating with each drawer rail for substantially horizontally guiding the drawer rails along the guide rails,
(d) a vertical front plate extending transversely to the side walls,
(e) an angle member fixedly securing the front plate to each side wall below the rails, each angle member having
(1) one leg affixed to the front plate adjacent the side walls and
(2) another leg projecting inwardly from the front plate and extending parallel to the side walls,
(f) an intermediate plate carried by each side wall at the outside thereof,
(g) an eccentric adjustment element engaging each intermediate plate and arranged for adjusting the vertical position of the intermediate plates with respect to the side walls and fixing the intermediate plates in the adjusted vertical position,
(h) an adjustment screw extending parallel to the front plate and connected to the other leg of each angle member, the adjustment screw having an axial pivot portion extending parallel to the front plate and pivotally supporting the other angle member leg on the respective intermediate plate for adjusting the inclination of the front plate affixed to the angle members, turning of the adjustment screw causing a lateral adjustment of the front plate with respect to the side walls, and
(i) at least one clamping screw for fixing the front plate in the pivotally and laterally adjusted position, the adjustment element and screws as well as the clamping screws being operable from the outsides of the side walls.

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