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US 6,681,446 B2Granted
Door support bracket provided with adjustment mechanism
AssigneeCompagnucci S.p.A.
InventorRossano Compagnucci
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a door support bracket provided with adjustment mechanism with three adjustment options: one translating movement and two oscillating movements with respect to two Cartesian axes.
Claims1
In a door support bracket (1) mounted on a door of a cabinet, the cabinet housing an extractable drawer, the extractable drawer having a bearing structure fixed to a pair of said door support brackets (1), the improvement comprising:
- each door support bracket (1) being provided with an adjustment mechanism, each door support bracket comprising a box-shaped rectangular metal plate having opposite sides (1a), the metal plate having two ends, each end of each metal plate housing a respective runner (2), a threaded hole (2a) being formed in a lateral position in each runner, an adjustment screw (3) being disposed in a respective opening in the side (1a) of the metal plate and being received in the threaded hole (2a) on the respective runner;
- each end of the metal plate having three aligned slots formed therein, a larger central slot (1b) between two smaller slots (1c);
- a threaded adjustment dowel (4) being received in the larger central slot and a respective fixing screw (6) being received in each of the smaller slots wherein said adjustment dowel and said fixing screw may slide freely laterally within the central slot and the smaller slots;
- each runner having three aligned holes formed therein, a larger threaded central hole (2b) between two smaller threaded holes (2c), wherein the threaded adjustment dowel is received in and cooperates with the larger threaded central hole in the runner and the fixing screws are received in and cooperate with t he smaller threaded holes in the runner such that each runner can be adjustably connected to the metal plate;
- the threaded adjustment dowel further having a blind axial hole (4a) formed therein, the blind axial hole having a bottom wall (4b) having a hole formed therein, a screw (5) being received in the hole in the bottom wall wherein the screw is connected to an internal side of the door to the cabinet to hold the adjustment dowel and the runner to the door;
- such that the door support bracket has three adjustment options.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.