A slide system for slidably opening and closing a drawer is provided. The slide system includes an outer slide for mounting the slide system on a side wall of an enclosure, comprising a longitudinal slide outer channel, a sliding member, configured to be mounted on a side wall of the drawer, slidably movable within said slide outer channel. The outer slide includes a fixing part for attachment of the outer slide on the side wall of the enclosure, a sliding part comprising said slide outer channel, and an intermediate part, extending from said fixing part to said sliding part. The fixing part, the intermediate part and the sliding part define a groove extending upwardly from said intermediate part. The slide system comprises a casing element for encasing the sliding member by extending vertically from an upper portion the side wall of the drawer towards the intermediate part of the outer slide and being at least partly received within the groove.

A three-sectional hidden sliding rail includes a pair of sliding rail sub-mechanisms symmetrically mounted at a left and a right side of a movable object. Each sliding rail sub-mechanism includes a fixed guide rail, a middle rail, and a movable guide rail. The fixed guide rail is mounted on a fixed object. The movable guide rail is mounted on a side surface of the movable object. The fixed guide rail and the movable guide rail (3) have a sliding guide groove. An upper and a lower end of the middle rail are mounted in the sliding guide grooves of the movable guide rail and the fixed guide rail. The middle rail is able to slide along the sliding guide groove of the fixed guide rail (1), and the movable guide rail is able to slide along the middle rail (2). The sliding rail sub-mechanisms are connected through a synchronous mechanism.

A rack-and-pinion mechanism for a drawer assembly of an enclosure includes first and second racks and first and second pinions. The pinions are engaged with the racks via pinion teeth and rack teeth. The pinions are coaxially aligned and rotatable about a rotational axis that translates as the pinions are rotated and translate along the racks. The rack-and-pinion mechanism further includes a timing bar having a first end coupled to the first pinion and a second end coupled to the second pinion. A first pin is inserted into at least one of the first pinion and the first end of the timing bar. A second pin is inserted into at least one of the second pinion and the second end of the timing bar. The pins are configured to substantially inhibit translational movement of the timing bar relative to the pinions along the rotational axis.

A synchronizing sliding rail assembly includes a transmission mechanism including a first gear meshed between a first toothed rack of a first inner rail of a first sliding rail unit and a second toothed rack of a first outer rail and a second gear meshed between a third toothed rack of a second inner rail of a second sliding rail unit and a fourth toothed rack of a second outer rail, and a transmission rod coupled between a first transmission member that carries the first gear and a second transmission member that carries the second gear, and thus, the first sliding rail unit and the second sliding rail unit are synchronously moved to carry a drawer accurately between an open position and a close position upon operation of the transmission mechanism.

A synchronization rod for furniture drives for the synchronous moving of movable furniture parts, includes a coupling portion for connection to a furniture drive and a synchronization portion along a length of the synchronization rod, more particularly arranged between two opposite coupling portions. The synchronization portion, as seen in a cross-section taken orthogonally to the length, has a first outer contour portion in the form of a circular segment and a further outer contour portion, preferably adjacent to the first outer contour portion, having a geometry in a form that is not a circular segment. The circular segment comprises an angular range of between 250 and 330 and/or an angular range of between 180 and 350, and the further outer contour portion is arranged exclusively on one side of the synchronization rod.

Drive mechanism for a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, having a first and a second lockable pushing-out mechanism and a synchronizing mechanism for synchronizing the two pushing-out mechanisms, wherein the synchronizing mechanism has a synchronizing rod and a first and a second synchronizing element, which can be connected to the synchronizing rod, and wherein relative movement takes place between the synchronizing elements and the pushing-out mechanisms during synchronizing operation, wherein, in an active synchronizing mode, during synchronizing operation, movement is transmitted from the first pushing-out mechanism, via the first synchronizing element, the synchronizing rod and the second synchronizing element, to the second pushing-out mechanism and, in an inactive synchronizing mode, the synchronizing rod is removed and the synchronizing elements each remain in contact with one of the pushing-out mechanisms.

A three-sectional hidden sliding rail, which is able to solve a usage problem influenced by asynchronous sliding rails at two sides of a conventional three-sectional hidden sliding rail during using, includes a pair of sliding rail sub-mechanisms which is symmetrically mounted at a left side and a right side of a movable object. Each sliding rail sub-mechanism includes a fixed guide rail (1), a middle rail (2), and a movable guide rail (3). The fixed guide rail (1) is mounted on a fixed object through a fixed guide rail bracket (4). The movable guide rail (3) is mounted on a side surface of the movable object through a movable guide rail bracket (5). The fixed guide rail (1) and the movable guide rail (3) both have a horizontally parallel sliding guide groove. An upper end and a lower end of the middle rail (2) are respectively mounted in the sliding guide grooves of the movable guide rail (3) and the fixed guide rail (1). The middle rail (2) is able to slide along the sliding guide groove of the fixed guide rail (1), and meanwhile the movable guide rail (3) is able to slide along the middle rail (2). The sliding rail sub-mechanisms at the left side and the right side of the movable object are connected through a synchronous mechanism. The synchronous mechanism includes gear rack mechanisms which are respectively mounted on the sliding rail sub-mechanisms at the left side and the right side of the movable object horizontally and in parallel. The gear rack mechanisms on the sliding rail sub-mechanisms at the left side and the right side of the movable object are connected through a connection shaft (29).

A refrigerator may include a rack gear assembly provided on a lower surface of a drawer. The rack gear assembly may have a first rack member and a second rack member that are pushed out by being moved forward sequentially so that a pushing-out distance of the drawer is maximized and the drawer is fully closed even when opposite sides thereof are pushed in a storage chamber without being in parallel.

An appliance is provided having a cabinet with at least one compartment for positioning of a drawer. The drawer may be moved into and out of the at least one compartment and the drawer comprises a food container. The drawer includes a geared assembly having a gear rack and pinion gear which inhibit wobble of the drawer when the drawer is pulled from the at least one compartment or is pushed into the at least one compartment.

A drawer assembly for a consumer appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes an anti-racking system for minimizing misalignment of an appliance drawer. More particularly, the present subject matter provides a drawer slide assembly for a drawer having some horizontal flexibility. The drawer slide assembly may have a pinion gear and connecting rod assembly that minimizes racking of the appliance drawer as it is moved into and out an appliance chamber. The appliance drawer may be attached to the appliance chamber by a ball and joint pinion gear configuration that adds another degree of freedom to the anti-racking system in order to reduce stress on the pinion gear. By adding an additional degree of freedom to the pinion gear and reducing the imposed stresses applied to the pinion gear, the performance and lifetime of the drawer assembly may be improved.