Closing device for moving a drawer to a fully inserted position within a furniture body

In an article of furniture having furniture components including a furniture body and a drawer slidable in opposite directions into and out of said furniture body, and a closing device for moving said drawer to a fully inserted position within said furniture body, the improvement wherein said closing device comprises:

• a pin member fixedly mounted on one of said furniture components;
• a tiltable member mounted on the other of said furniture components for displacement relative thereto in opposite first and second directions;
• means providing engagement between said pin and tiltable members when said drawer is in said fully inserted position and thereby for causing, upon said drawer being moved in a direction outwardly of said furniture body, relative displacement in said first direction between said tiltable member and said other furniture component;
• spring means, acting on said tiltable member and on said other furniture component, for urging relative displacement in said second direction between said tiltable member and said other furniture component, and thereby for, when said pin and tiltable members are in engagement, urging said drawer to move in a direction inwardly of said furniture body to said fully inserted position;
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• means for, upon relative displacement between said tiltable member and said other furniture component against the urging force of said spring means in said first direction to a predetermined relative position, causing said tiltable member to tilt in a first pivot direction about an axis to a locking position whereat said tiltable member is locked in position with respect to said other furniture component and whereat engagement between said pin and tiltable members is released such that said drawer is freely movable into and out of said furniture body, and for, upon free movement of said drawer inwardly of said furniture body to a position whereat said pin and tiltable members again are engaged, causing said pin member to tilt said tiltable member in a second pivot direction about said axis away from said locking position, such that said urging force of said spring means again acts between said tiltable member and said other furniture component to thereby cause relative displacement therebetween in said second direction and to move said drawer in said direction inwardly of said furniture body to said fully inserted position.

A closing device, for use in an article of furniture having furniture components including a furniture body and a drawer slidable in opposite directions into and out of the furniture body, for moving the drawer to a fully inserted position within the furniture body, said closing device comprising:

• a first coupling member adapted to be fixedly mounted on one of the furniture components;
• a second coupling member adapted to be mounted on the other of the furniture components for displacement relative thereto in opposite first and second directions;
• means providing engagement between said first and second coupling members when the drawer is in the fully inserted position and thereby for causing, upon the drawer being moved in a direction outwardly of the furniture body, relative displacement in said first direction between said second coupling member and the other furniture component;
• spring means, acting on said second coupling member and adapted to act on the other furniture component, for urging relative displacement in said second direction between said second coupling member and the other furniture component, and thereby for, when said first and second coupling members are in engagement, urging the drawer to move in a direction inwardly of the furniture body to the fully inserted position;
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• means for, upon relative displacement between said second coupling member and the other furniture component against the urging force of said spring means in said first direction to a predetermined relative position, causing said second coupling member to assume a locked position with respect to the other furniture component and whereat engagement between said first and second coupling members is released such that the drawer is freely movable into and out of the furniture body, and for, upon free movement of the drawer inwardly of the furniture body to a position whereat said first and second coupling members again are engaged, causing said first coupling member to release said second coupling member from said locked position such that said urging force of said spring means again acts between said second coupling member and the other furniture component to thereby cause relative displacement therebetween in said second direction and to move the drawer in the direction inwardly of the furniture body to the fully inserted position.

A unit to be employed as part of a closing device, for use in an article of furniture having furniture components including a furniture body and a drawer slidable in opposite directions into and out of the furniture body, for moving the drawer to a fully inserted position within the furniture body, wherein the closing device is of a type include a first coupling member adapted to be fixedly mounted on one of the furniture components, said unit comprising:

• a second coupling member adapted to be mounted on the other of the furniture components for displacement relative thereto in opposite first and second directions;
• means for providing engagement of said second coupling member with the first coupling members when the drawer is in the fully inserted position and thereby for causing, upon the drawer being moved in a direction outwardly of the furniture body, relative displacement in said first direction between said second coupling member and the other furniture component;
• spring means, acting on said second coupling member and adapted to act on the other furniture component, for urging relative displacement in said second direction between said second coupling member and the other furniture component, and thereby for, when said second coupling member is in engagement with the first coupling member, urging the drawer to move in a direction inwardly of the furniture body to the fully inserted position;
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• means for, upon relative displacement between said second coupling member and the other furniture component against the urging force of said spring means in said first direction to a predetermined relative position, causing said second coupling member to assure a locked position with respect to the other furniture component and whereat engagement of said second coupling member with the first coupling member would be released such that the drawer is freely movable into and out of the furniture body, and for, upon free movement of the drawer inwardly of the furniture body to a position whereat said second coupling member could be again engaged with the first coupling member, enabling said second coupling member to be released from said locked position such that said urging force of said spring means again acts between said second coupling member and the other furniture component to thereby cause relative displacement therebetween in said second direction and to move the drawer in the direction inwardly of the furniture body to the fully inserted position.