US 7,185,959 B2 · Drawer slide

Abstract

The invention concerns a drawer slide with compensation of synchronous running errors of slide rails (equalize the errors of the relative positions of the slide rails to each other), having on each of the two side of the drawer a rail system, that has a cabinet rail fastened directly or indirectly by a cabinet angle on a cabinet body and is held directly or indirectly linearly movable by a linear bearing by a center rail on a drawer rail, which is connected directly or indirectly by a décor with the drawer; whereby a compensation mechanism is provided that has a compensation lever, that is connected by a pivot bearing directly or indirectly by a cabinet angle or linear bearing or décor with one of the rails, and during its turning at the end of each drawer closing cycle, reaches a positive/form-fitting position with stops, that directly or indirectly are connected by a cabinet angle or linear bearing or décor with the remaining rails and, thus, ensures each drawer closing is automatic, guided and has equalized any synchronous running error.

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Dependent claims

Drawer slide with compensation of synchronous running errors of slide rails mountable on each side of a drawer, comprising:

a cabinet rail fastened via a cabinet angle to the cabinet;
a center rail linearly moveably supported on the cabinet rail;
a drawer rail linearly moveably supported on the center rail between open and closed positions of the drawer relative to the cabinet rail;
at least one linear bearing component disposed between two of said rails for linear movement of one of said rails relative to another of said rails;
a compensation mechanism that has a compensation lever connected swiveling by a pivot bearing on one of the cabinet rail, the center rail, the drawer rail, and the linear bearing component and which compensation lever is pivoted in the closed position of the drawer to engagement with the other of the cabinet rail, the center rail, the drawer, rail, and the linear bearing component, forming a connection between the cabinet rail, the center rail, the drawer rail, and the linear bearing component and urging the respective rails and the linear bearing component into a predefined alignment with one another.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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