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US 5,733,026 AGranted
Drawer slide
AssigneeMetsec plc
InventorRichard Munachen
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InventorRichard Munachen
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A drawer slide formed by cold rolling metal strip and shaped, in cross section, to define first mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with a first set of rollers carried, in use, by a drawer, second mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with rollers carried in use by the drawer receiving cabinet, a first web portion integrally interconnecting the first tracks, a second web portion integrally interconnecting the second tracks, an integral stop closing both ends respectively of a first channel defined by one of the first and second webs and its respective tracks, a cut-out adjacent one end of the outer track of the first channel to facilitate insertion of the respective rollers into the first channel, an integral stop closing the end of a second channel by the other of the first and second webs and the respective tracks, remote from the end of the slide having the cut-out, and an access aperture in the web portion of the second channel providing in use, access through the web portion to a device for securing the respective rollers to the drawer or to the cabinet carcass.
A drawer slide formed by cold rolling metal strip and shaped, in cross-section, to define first mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with a first set of rollers carried by a drawer, second mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with rollers carried by a drawer receiving cabinet, a first web portion integrally interconnecting the first tracks, a second web portion integrally interconnecting the second tracks, integral stop means closing both ends respectively of a first channel defined by one of the first and second web portions and its respective tracks, integral stop means closing an end of a second channel defined by the other of said first and second web portions and the respective tracks and a cut-out provided in an outer track of the first channel to facilitate insertion of the respective rollers into said first channel, and an access aperture provided in the others of the first and second web portion of said second channel providing access through said other of said first and second web portion to means for securing the respective rollers to the drawer or to the cabinet.
A drawer slide assembly comprising a drawer slide formed by cold rolling metal strip and shaped, in cross-section, to define first mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with a first set of rollers carried by a drawer, second mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with rollers carried by a drawer receiving cabinet, a first web portion integrally interconnecting the first tracks, a second web portion integrally interconnecting the second tracks, integral stop means closing both ends respectively of a first channel defined by one of the first and second web portions and its respective tracks, integral stop means closing an end of a second channel defined by the other of said first and second web portions and the respective tracks and a cut-out provided in an outer track of the first channel to facilitate insertion of the respective rollers into said first channel, and an access aperture provided in the other of the first and second web portions of said second channel providing access through said other of said first and second web portions to means for securing the respective rollers to the drawer or to the cabinet, and rollers arranged to be received in and to cooperate with the first and second tracks, wherein each roller comprises a spindle upon which a roller body is rotatably mounted.
An article of furniture comprising a cabinet and a drawer, the drawer being mounted to the cabinet by means of a drawer slide assembly formed by cold rolling metal strip and shaped, in cross-section, to define first mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with a first set of rollers carried by a drawer, second mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with rollers carried by a drawer receiving cabinet, a first web portion integrally interconnecting the first tracks, a second web portion integrally interconnecting the second tracks, integral stop means closing both ends respectively of a first channel defined by one of the first and second web portions and its respective tracks, integral stop means closing an end of a second channel defined by the other of said first and second web portions and the respective tracks and a cut-out provided in an outer track of the first channel to facilitate insertion of the respective rollers into said first channel, and an access aperture provided in the other of the first and second web portions of said second channel providing access through said other of said first and second web portion to means for securing the respective rollers to the drawer or to the cabinet, and rollers arranged to be received in and to cooperate with the first and second tracks, wherein each roller comprises a spindle upon which a roller body is rotatably mounted.
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