Fastening device for a drawer

A drawer side wall including a vertical web having therein an opening, and a fastening device for fastening a drawer front panel to said drawer side wall, said fastening device comprising:

• a holding plate to be attached to the drawer front panel;
• a fastening plate integral with said holding plate and extending therefrom in a direction to be perpendicular to the drawer front panel;
• a clamping lever mounted on said fastening plate by an axle and pivotable about said axle relative to said fastening plate between an unlocking position whereat the drawer front panel can be removed from said drawer side wall and a locking position whereat the drawer front panel is secured to said drawer side wall;
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• a tightening member having a projection, said tightening member being slideably mounted on said fastening plate and having a projection, said tightening member being positioned with respect to said fastening plate at a location to be between said clamping lever and said drawer side wall, and such that pivoting movement of said clamping lever from said unlocking position thereof to said locking position thereof moves said tightening member in a direction toward said drawer side wall until said projection moves into said opening in said drawer side wall.