Drawer pull-out guide

Abstract

A drawer pull-out guide includes a first rail and a second rail displaceable relative to one another, and a running carriage with a rolling body. The running carriage is displaceably arranged between the first rail and the second rail over a travelling path. A limiting element is arranged on the first rail or on the second rail, and the limiting element limits the travelling path of the running carriage. A damping device is arranged on the running carriage for dampening a movement of the running carriage over a damping path when the running carriage abuts against the limiting element. At the end of a maximum damping path of the running carriage, a stop of the first rail and a counterstop of the second rail abut against each other and thereby stop a movement of the second rail relative to the first rail.

Claims

1. A drawer pull-out guide, comprising: a first rail and a second rail which are displaceable relative to one another; a running carriage having a rolling body, wherein the running carriage is displaceably arranged between the first rail and the second rail over a travelling path; a limiting element arranged on the first rail or on the second rail, the limiting element being configured to limit the travelling path of the running carriage; a damping device arranged on the running carriage for dampening a movement of the running carriage over a damping path when the running carriage abuts against the limiting element, wherein a maximum damping path of the running carriage is predetermined; and a stop arranged on the first rail and a counterstop arranged on the second rail; wherein the running carriage, the limiting element, the damping device, the stop, and the counterstop are configured such that, at a position corresponding to an end of the maximum damping path of the running carriage, the stop of the first rail and the counterstop of the second rail abut against each other and thereby stop a movement of the second rail relative to the first rail.

2. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the damping device is arranged on a frontal end of the running carriage.

3. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the damping device includes a spring tongue arranged on the running carriage, the spring tongue being configured so as to be reversibly bendable or reversibly deformable against a resilient action of the spring tongue when the running carriage abuts against the limiting element.

4. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 3, wherein the spring tongue, together with the running carriage, has an integral one-piece construction.

5. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the limiting element is arranged on a front end region or on a rear end region of the first rail or of the second rail.

6. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the limiting element together with the first rail or the second rail, has an integral one-piece construction.

7. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the limiting element is configured as a tab bent away from the first rail or from the second rail.

8. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the first rail and the second rail are displaceably arranged between a closed position and an open position, and the stop of the first rail and the counterstop of the second rail are arranged to abut against each other in the open position.

9. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein a rail stop for stopping the rails, formed by the stop and the counterstop, is harder than a carriage stop for stopping the running carriage, the carriage stop being formed by the damping device and the limiting element.

10. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the stop and the counterstop are each formed of a metallic material.

11. The drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the drawer pull-out guide includes a forced control device for controlling a movement of the running carriage relative to a second running carriage, and/or for controlling a movement of the running carriage relative to the first rail and the second rail according to a predetermined movement pattern.

12. An item of furniture comprising: a furniture carcass; and a drawer displaceable relative to the furniture carcass by the drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the first rail is a carcass rail to be fixed to the furniture carcass, and the second rail is a drawer rail fixed to the drawer, the running carriage being displaceably arranged between the carcass rail and the drawer rail.

13. An item of furniture comprising: a furniture carcass; and a drawer displaceable relative to the furniture carcass by the drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the first rail is a carcass rail fixed to the furniture carcass, and the second rail is a central rail displaceably arranged between the carcass rail and a drawer rail fixed to the drawer, the running carriage being displaceably arranged between the carcass rail and the central rail.

14. An item of furniture comprising: a furniture carcass; and a drawer displaceable relative to the furniture carcass by the drawer pull-out guide according to claim 1, wherein the second rail is a drawer rail fixed to the drawer, and the first rail is a central rail displaceably arranged between a carcass rail fixed to the furniture carcass and the drawer rail, the running carriage being displaceably arranged between the central rail and the drawer rail.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Further details and advantages of the present invention will be explained with the aid of the following description of figures, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an item of furniture with a furniture carcass and drawers displaceably mounted thereto,

(3) FIG. 2a, 2b is a partially broken away perspective view of the drawer pull-out guide and an enlarged detail view thereof,

(4) FIG. 3a, 3b show continued extension movements of the second rail with a running carriage abutting the limiting element, and

(5) FIG. 4a-4c show the cooperation of the damping device with the limiting element and the cooperation of the stop with the counterstop in temporal sequences.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(6) FIG. 1 shows an item of furniture 1 with a cupboard-shaped furniture carcass 2, wherein drawers 3 are displaceably arranged relative to the furniture carcass 2 by drawer pull-out guides 4. The drawers 3 each have a front panel 5, a drawer bottom 6, drawer side walls 7 and a rear wall 8. The drawer pull-out guides 4 each have a rail 9 (carcass rail) to be stationarily fixed to the furniture carcass 2 by fastening portions 12a, 12b, a second rail 10 (drawer rail) which is displaceably arranged relative to the carcass rail 9 and which is connected or which is adapted to be connected to the drawer side wall 7, and a first rail 11 (central rail) displaceably arranged between the rail 9 and the second rail 10 so as to allow the drawer 3 to be fully extended. In the present description, for the sake of simplicity, the central rail is denoted as the first rail 11 and the drawer rail is denoted as the second rail 10. Naturally, it is also clear that the carcass rail 9 can be seen as the first rail and the central rail as the second rail.

(7) FIG. 2a shows a partially broken away view of drawer pull-out guide 4 in an open position, with the rail 9 (carcass rail) to be fixed to the furniture carcass 2, wherein a first rail 11 (central rail) is displaceably arranged between the rail 9 and the second rail 10 for enlarging the extension movement of the drawer 3. Connected to the rail 9 are fastening portions 12a, 12b by which the drawer pull-out guide 4 can be mounted to the furniture carcass 2.

(8) FIG. 2b shows the region framed in FIG. 2a in an enlarged view. The fastening portion 12a has a plurality of holes 13 for the passage of screws by which fastening to the furniture carcass 2 is effected. The second rail 10 is depicted partially broken away so that the running carriage 16 with the rolling bodies 17 arranged therein is visible. Arranged on a frontal end of the running carriage 16 is a damping device 18 which, in the shown embodiment, is configured as a spring buffer having at least one spring tongue 18a. Preferably, the spring tongue 18a, together with the running carriage 16, has a one-piece configuration formed by a molded plastic portion. Arranged on a rear end region of the second rail 10 is a limiting element 15 for limiting a travelling path of the running carriage 16 in the extension direction 19. In the shown figure, the limiting element 15, together with the second rail 10, has a one-piece configuration and can be formed by a tab bent away from the second rail 10. The spring tongue 18a is configured so as to be reversibly bendable or reversibly deformable against a resilient action of the spring tongue 18a when the running carriage 16 abuts against the limiting element 15 and thereby dampens an impact of the running carriage 16 when hitting against the limiting element 15. Instead of one or a plurality of spring tongues 18a, the damping device 18 can also be configured as a linear damper, for example with a piston-cylinder-unit, arranged in or on the running carriage 16. Arranged on the rear end of the second rail 10 is a pin 14 which is spaced from an upper side of the second rail 10 and which extends in a horizontal and in a longitudinal direction of the second rail 10. The pin 14, in the mounted position, engages into a bore arranged in the rear wall 8 (see FIG. 1) and thereby prevents an undesired change in position of the rear end region of the drawer 2 relative to the second rail 10.

(9) FIG. 3a shows, in relation to FIG. 2b, a continued movement of the second rail 10 in the extension direction 19, in which the spring tongue 18a of the damping device 18 abuts against the limiting element 15. In FIG. 3b, the maximum damping path 23 (see FIG. 4b) of the damping device 18 has been reached, and the free end of the spring tongue 18a abuts against the limiting element 15 and is therewith maximally deformed or bent. In this position of the running carriage 16, a stop 20 of the second rail 10 and a counterstop 21 of the first rail 11 abut against each other and stop a movement of the second rail 10 relative to the first rail 11, as shown and described in the following figures (of course, the names stop and counterstop are interchangeable such that the first rail 11 can be identified as having a stop 21, while the second rail 10 has a counterstop 20).

(10) FIG. 4a-4c show the cooperation of the damping device 18 of the running carriage 16 with the limiting element 15 of the second rail 10 as well as the cooperation of the stop 20 of the second rail 10 with the counterstop 21 of the first rail 11 in temporal sequences. The limiting element 15 and the stop 20 are firmly connected to the second rail 10, while the counterstop 21 is firmly connected to the first rail 11. The second rail 10 is moved in the extension direction 19 until the spring tongue 18a of the damping device 18 arranged on the running carriage 16 abuts against the limiting element 15 of the second rail 10 (see FIG. 4b). At this point, the stop 20 protruding transversely from the second rail 10 and the counterstop 21 protruding transversely from the first rail 11 are still spaced from each other. By bending or by deforming the spring tongue 18a, a movement of the running carriage 16 can be dampened over a predetermined damping path 23, namely as long as the free end of the spring tongue 18a is maximally deformed or bent until abutting against another portion of the running carriage 16. When the maximum damping hub of the damping device 18 has been reached (i.e., at a position corresponding to the end of the maximum damping path 23 of the running carriage 16), the stop 20 of the second rail 10 and the counterstop 21 of the first rail 11 abut against each other (see FIG. 4c) and thereby prevent a further movement of the second rail 10 relative to the first rail 11. By the cooperation of the stop 20 with the counterstop 21, the running carriage 16 is relieved from additional forces, so that the danger of an undesired deformation or a breakage of the running carriage 16 is prevented. The cooperation of the spring tongue 18a with the limiting element 15 and the cooperation of the stop 20 with the counterstop 21 cause two different sounds perceptible by a person. The stop for the rails, formed by the stop 20 and the counterstop 21, is namely configured so as to be harder than the stop for the running carriage 16, formed by the damping device 18 and the limiting element 15. For example, this can be realized such that the stop 20 and the counterstop 21 are each formed by a metallic material and thereby cause an acustically hard warning sound. Accordingly, the majority of the energy is dissipated by these hard stops and not by the running carriage 16.

(11) The drawer pull-out guide 4 further includes a forced control device 22 for controlling a movement of the running carriage 16 relative to a further (second) running carriage 16a which is displaceably arranged between the rail 9 to be fixed to the furniture carcass 2 and the first rail 11, and/or for controlling at least a movement of the running carriage 16 relative to the first rail 11 and second rail 10 according to a predetermined movement pattern. In the shown embodiment, the forced control device 22 includes a gear pivotally arranged on the first rail 11. The gear cooperates, on the one hand, with a tooth arrangement of the upper running carriage 16 and, on the other hand, with a tooth arrangement of the lower running carriage 16a. Alternatively, the forced control device 22 can include, as commonly known, a friction wheel cooperating, on the one hand, with a first running surface of the rail 9 and, on the other hand, with a second running surface of the second rail 10.