US 5,564,807 AGranted

Pull-out mechanism for drawers

AssigneeJulius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.

InventorsErich Rock, Ingo Gasser

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Abstract

A pull-out mechanism for a drawer includes a support rail which is to be secured to a furniture cabinet, a pull-out rail which is to be secured to the drawer and a central rail arranged between the support and pull-out rails. The weight of the drawer is transmitted between the rails by rollers. Respective deflection rollers are arranged at the front and rear ends of the central rail. A control cable is secured to the support rail and to the pull-out rail and is guided over the deflection rollers. The cable has two free ends which are each connected to a coupling including a receiving part and an inserting part, each of which has a respective retaining member in the shape of a toothed rack, by way of which the inserting part can be coupled in the receiving part over a capture region corresponding to the length of the toothed racks. One of the coupling parts can be coupled to the support or pull-out rail.

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Dependent claims

A pull-out guide assembly for use on each of opposite sides of a drawer to guide movement of the drawer into and out of an article of furniture, said assembly comprising:

a support rail to be attached to a furniture side wall;
a pull-out rail to be attached to the drawer;
a central rail between said supporting rail and said pull-out rail;
respective pulleys mounted on front and rear ends of said central rail;
a control cable connectable to one of said pull-out rail and said support rail, said control cable having opposite first and second ends;
a coupling device operable to connect said first and second ends of said control cable with said control cable running on said pulleys, said coupling device comprising a receiving part attached to said first end of said control cable and an inserting part attached to said second end of said control cable and insertable into said receiving part, said receiving part and said inserting part having mutually engageable portions in the form of respective toothed racks, said inserting part being connectable to said receiving part over an engagement region corresponding to lengths of said toothed racks in a direction of insertion of said inserting part into said receiving part;
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one of said inserting part and said receiving part being connectable to the other of said pull-out rail and said support rail.

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