NZ790257A - Drawers and components for drawers - Google Patents
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drawer system including: a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for forward and backward travel relative thereto; said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer; said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer; and a runner mounted on said lower cabinet wheels of each side wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet via a first track and each runner including a second track engaged by said spaced apart lower drawer wheels for forward and backward travel of said drawer relative to said runner. the drawer; said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer; and a runner mounted on said lower cabinet wheels of each side wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet via a first track and each runner including a second track engaged by said spaced apart lower drawer wheels for forward and backward travel of said drawer relative to said runner.
Description
Drawers and Components for Drawers
This invention relates to drawers and ents for
drawers. The invention has particular application to drawers
intended for use with heavy loads and s or drawer cabinets
required for use in dirty or dusty locations. One particular
application of the present invention is in drawer cabinets of
the type used in vehicles for storing tools, ry kits,
spare parts and the like.
Drawer cabinets for heavy loads typically include wheels
mounted on opposite sides of the drawer and arranged to run on
opposed complementary fixed tracks or guides mounted on the
inside faces of the te sides of the cabinets. Some drawer
cabinets have the components reversed with the wheels mounted
to the side walls of the cabinet and the tracks or guides d
to the drawer. However, in both cases, in normal use the drawer
cannot be fully drawn from the cabinet because the drawer is
support by engagement of the wheels in the tracks or guides and
as a result, a significant portion of the drawer remains in the
cabinet making access to that portion difficult. The problem is
particularly noticeable in drawer cabinets for four wheel drive
recreational vehicles and recovery es where limited space
is available for a drawer cabinet or drawer cabinets so that the
drawer size must be maximised within the t.
Further, it will be appreciated that some equipment is of
such a size that while it might fit into a drawer it cannot be
put into the drawer unless the whole drawer is accessible from
above. Attempts have been made at overcoming the problem of
gaining easy access to the whole drawer but they have not been
entirely successful. In one such attempt, the drawer includes a
fixed track or guide which runs on a wheel mounted to r
track which in turn runs on another track which is fixed to the
cabinet so that part of the intermediate track can extend beyond
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the cabinet and the drawer can be supported by the intermediate
track. However, while more of the drawer can be accessed more
easily than in single track or runner s, such systems
still do not provide full open access.
Another drawer slide system which has been relatively
successful in ing better drawer access utilises an
intermediate track which slides on bearing balls held in a
longitudinal rack which supports the intermediate track over a
substantial length. However, in typical rack systems the balls
necessarily are arranged to run in grease as they roll along the
track and in dusty or dirty conditions the grease becomes
impregnated with dirt, sand, water and the like thereby causing
damage and jamming the slides. Moreover, even if immediate
damage is avoided the balls and the tracks have to be regularly
d and regreased to ensure reliability. Additionally, such
tly ble systems cannot carry the heavy equipment
loads required for long range outback 4WD journeys.
The present invention is aimed at providing drawers and
slides for drawers which allows drawers to be fully ible
or at least almost fully accessible in a cabinet while at the
same time being able to bear heavy loads and to be relatively
maintenance free.
With the foregoing in view, the ion in one aspect
resides broadly in a drawer system including:
a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for
forward and backward travel relative thereto;
said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and
at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced
apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer;
said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and
at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced
apart in the intended ion of travel of the drawer;
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a runner mounted on said lower t wheels of each side
wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet
via a first track and each runner including a second track
engaged by said spaced apart lower drawer wheels for forward and
backward travel of said drawer relative to said runner.
In another aspect the invention resides broadly in a drawer
system including:
a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for
forward and backward travel relative thereto;
said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and
at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced
apart in the intended ion of travel of the drawer;
said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and
at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced
apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer;
a runner mounted on said lower cabinet wheels of each side
wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet,
each runner including a track d by said spaced apart lower
drawer wheels for d and backward travel of said drawer
ve to said runner;
first stop means on said cabinet side walls and/or said
runners for stopping travel of said runners relative to said
side walls respectively at a predetermined position; and
second stop means on said runners and/or said side panels
for ng travel of said side panels relative to said runners
tively at a predetermined position.
Preferably, said spaced apart side walls of said cabinet
include upper guide means on or mounted to each side wall and
spaced above said lower wheels thereof and adapted to engage
with complementary guide means on or mounted to said runner. It
is also preferred that said spaced apart side panels of said
drawers include upper guide means mounted to or on each side
panel and spaced above said lower wheels thereof and adapted to
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engage with complementary guide means on or mounted to said
runner.
In another aspect, the invention resides broadly in a
drawer system including:
a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for
forward and backward travel relative thereto;
said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and
at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced
apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and
upper guide means on or mounted to each side wall and spaced
above said lower wheels thereof;
said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and
at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced
apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and
upper guide means on or mounted to each side panel and spaced
above said lower wheels;
a runner mounted on said lower cabinet wheels of each side
wall for d and backward travel relative to said cabinet,
each runner including a track engaged by said spaced apart lower
drawer wheels for forward and backward travel of said drawer
relative to said ;
first stop means on said t side walls and/or said
s for stopping travel of said s relative to said
side walls respectively at a predetermined position; and
second stop means on said runners and/or said side panels
for stopping travel of said side panels relative to said runners
respectively at a predetermined position.
In yet another , the invention resides broadly in a
drawer system including:
a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for
forward and backward travel relative thereto;
said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and
at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced
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apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and
upper guide means on or mounted to each side wall and spaced
above said lower wheels thereof;
said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and
at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced
apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and
upper guide means on or mounted to each side panel and spaced
above said lower wheels;
a runner mounted on said lower cabinet wheels of each side
wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet,
each runner including a track engaged by said spaced apart lower
drawer wheels for forward and backward travel of said drawer
relative to said runner, and said runner including complementary
guide means adapted to cooperate with said upper guide means of
said cabinet and said upper guide means of said drawer to guide
said runner and said drawer relative to said cabinet;
first stop means on said cabinet side walls and/or said
runners for stopping travel of said runners relative to said
side walls respectively at a predetermined position; and
second stop means on said s and/or said side panels
for stopping travel of said side panels relative to said runners
respectively at a predetermined position.
In another aspect, the invention resides y in a
drawer system ing a cabinet side wall and a drawer side
panel in ation with a runner, said cabinet side wall having
at least two lower wheels spaced apart in the direction of travel
of the drawer and upper guide means spaced above said lower
wheels;
said drawer side panel having at least two lower wheels
spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer
and upper guide means spaced above said lower wheels;
said runner being adapted to be mounted on said lower wheels
of said t side wall for forward and rd travel
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relative to said cabinet side wall, said runner including a
track adapted to be d by said spaced apart lower drawer
wheels for travel of said drawer relative to said runner;
first stop means on said cabinet side wall or said runner
for stopping travel of said runner relative to said side wall
at a predetermined position; and
second stop means on said runner or said side wall for
stopping travel of said side panel relative to said runner at a
predetermined position.
In another aspect, the invention resides broadly in an
elongate side wall for a cabinet, said side wall having a recess
adapted to at least partially receive therein a runner and two
or more longitudinally spaced apart lower wheels mounted on one
side of said recess for supporting a runner thereon and guide
means on the opposite side of said recess for guiding a runner
travelling in said recess on said lower .
In yet another aspect, the invention resides y in an
elongate side panel for a , said side panel having at
least two lower wheels spaced apart in the intended direction
of travel of the drawer and adapted to roll along a track
provided in a runner and upper guide means spaced above said
lower wheels for guiding travel of said side panel along the
In still yet another aspect, the invention resides broadly
in a runner for movably connecting a drawer to a cabinet, said
runner including a first track adapted to run on two spaced
apart lower wheels mounted on a cabinet side wall for d
and backward travel relative to said cabinet side wall, said
runner also ing a second track adapted to be engaged by
two spaced apart lower wheels mounted on a drawer side panel for
travel of the drawer relative to the runner.
Suitably, said upper guide means of said cabinet are
intended to firstly guide movement of the runner relative
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thereto in a ht line in and out of the cabinet and secondly
to inhibit g of the runner relative to the cabinet.
Similarly, said upper guide means of said drawer are intended
firstly to guide nt of said runner relative to said drawer
so that the runner moves in and out of the cabinet relative to
the drawer in a straight line also and secondly to inhibit
tilting of said runner relative to said drawer.
Preferably, said runner is mounted on said lower cabinet
wheels via an outer bottom track provided on the runner. In such
form, it is preferred that the outer bottom track be provided
in an te recess or channel (which may be referred to herein
as either) in the runner and defined at least in part by an
inner side face arranged to provide an abutment adapted to engage
the outer side face of the lower cabinet wheels if they attempt
to run off the true line for forward and back travel ve
to the cabinet. In one such particularly red form, the
elongate recess or channel is defined by two spaced apart opposed
inner side faces adapted to engage the opposed spaced apart
outside faces of the lower cabinet wheels if they attempt to run
off the true line one way or the other for forward and back
travel relative to the cabinet as well as a downward directed
face providing the outer bottom track between the inner and
outer faces on which the wheels roll. Preferably, the opposed
spaced apart inner side faces are substantially parallel to each
other and substantially orthogonal to the downward directed face
forming the outer bottom track so that the recess is
substantially “U” shaped in cross section.
Preferably, the upper guide means of said cabinet (or said
t side walls) includes at least one wheel mounted to said
side wall and more preferably at least two wheels (guide wheels)
spaced apart in the same manner as the lower cabinet wheels and
generally in a horizontal line vertically above them. In such
form of the invention it is preferred that the guide wheels
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follow an upward facing track on the runner which is
substantially aligned vertically with the downward directed
track on the runner followed by the cabinet lower wheels. It is
also preferred that the upward facing track be ed in a
recess in the same manner as the outer bottom track but opening
upwards instead of downwards with an upward directed face
g the track for the guide wheels (the outer top track).
ably, the track on the runner followed by the lower
drawer wheels is substantially aligned vertically with the track
on the runner followed by the lower cabinet wheels so that the
load of the drawer and ts thereof is transmitted directly
through the runner onto the cabinet lower wheels more or less
in the same vertical plane thus decreasing cantilever loads.
Preferably, the upper guide means of said drawer (or the
side panel of said drawer) includes at least one wheel mounted
to said side panel and more preferably at least two wheels spaced
apart in the same manner as the lower wheels and generally above
them but not necessarily directly above them. In such form of
the ion it is preferred that the guide wheels follow a
track on the runner which is substantially aligned ally
with the track on the runner followed by the drawer lower wheels.
In a particularly preferred form, the outer bottom track on the
runner followed by the cabinet lower wheels, the outer top track
on the runner followed by the cabinet guide wheels, the inner
bottom track on the runner followed by the drawer lower wheels
and the inner top track followed by the drawer guide wheels are
all aligned vertically, that is to say, that the centre lines
of travel of all wheels on one side of the cabinet and drawer
lie in the same vertical plane. It will be appreciated that in
such form of the invention, the runner is symmetrical about a
horizontal plane h the longitudinal centre line of the
runner whereby the runners for both sides of the cabinet are
interchangeable and can be cut from the same extrusion. It is
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also preferred that all four tracks on the runner be provided
in recesses of substantially “U” shaped form with the faces on
which the wheels run all being aligned vertically.
Preferably, at least some of the wheels are ball or roller
bearings having an inner race which is mounted on a shaft secured
to the cabinet or drawer or runner as the case may be and an
outer race of which the outer face forms the rolling surface on
the relevant track. r, other types of wheels may be
le. In a preferred form, all wheels are ball bearings
which are mounted on fixed shafts.
In yet another aspect, the ion resides broadly in a
drawer system adapted to be mounted in a motor vehicle,
including:
a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for
forward and backward travel relative thereto and holding means
for g said drawer in a predetermined position relative to
said cabinet;
said holding means including a pair of halves adapted to
engage with each other to hold said drawer in said predetermined
position, one of said halves being mounted on or secured to said
cabinet and the other half being mounted on or d to said
drawer for nt therewith and the pair of halves being
arranged so that the halves engage upon application of a
predetermined opening force applied to the drawer in one
direction and disengage upon application of a predetermined
closing force applied to the drawer in the opposite direction.
Preferably, one of said pair of halves includes a wheel or
the like and the other includes a hump or recess and the
predetermined opening force is a force sufficient to force said
wheel over said hump or into said recess and the predetermined
g force is a force ient to force the drawer over the
hump or out of the recess in the other direction. Advantageously,
the drawer system with the holding means provides a mechanism
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which allows a person to access an open drawer safely when the
vehicle in which it is mounted is parked on a slope.
In yet another , the invention resides broadly in a
drawer system adapted to be mounted in a motor vehicle,
including:
a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for
forward and backward travel relative thereto;
lighting means mounted in said drawer or said t and
arranged to light the interior of said drawer at a predetermined
drawer position;
switching means operatively connected to said lighting
means for switching said lighting means on upon said drawer
reaching said ermined position and off upon said drawer
leaving said predetermined position;
said switching means including a pair of electrical contact
means, said pair of contact means including a first contact half
on or secured to said cabinet and a complementary second contact
half on or secured to said drawer for movement therewith, said
lighting means being in electrical communication with said
second contact half whereby electrical current can flow from
said first contact half to said second contact half when said
drawer has reached the predetermined on to se said
lighting means.
ably, said switching means es two pair of
electrical contact means with one pair being arranged to
electrically connect the negative side of the ng means and
the other to electrically connect the positive side of the
lighting means to thereby energise the lighting means. While it
is possible for switching means with only one electrical contact
means to be used to switch on one side of the lighting means
only, advantageously, use of the contact on each ical side
obviates the need for any wires to move with the drawer.
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ably, said switching means is mounted to or integral
with holding means as previously described. In a preferred form,
where the holding means includes a wheel on the drawer, it is
preferred that the wheel include at least a part which is
electrically conductive over the full circumference so that
contact can be made with a complementary contactor half in the
recess or on the hump at any circumferential position of the
wheel.
In this specification, terms such as al and
horizontal, above and below, inside and outside, upper and
lower, top and bottom and similar orientation terms are used to
refer to various components and features when the drawer system
is in its normal in use position for the purpose of providing a
clear description of the ion and are not intended to limit
the use of the drawer system to any particular orientation.
Similarly, unless the context y requires otherwise, the
term “half” used herein when referring to electrical contacts
or holder components is not intended to refer to pure
mathematical halves but rather to components in which two mating
components are required to engage to achieve the function
described.
In order that the invention may be more easily understood
and put into practice reference will now be made to the
accompanying gs wherein:
Fig. 1 is a pictorial representation of a single drawer
t system according to the invention;
Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevation of part of the single
drawer cabinet system of Fig. 1 through one side g one
side wall of the cabinet or cabinet shell and one side panel of
the drawer mounted therein on a runner;
Fig. 3 is an oblique view of the side wall of the cabinet
shell of the cabinet system of Fig. 1;
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Fig. 4 is an oblique view of the runner of the cabinet
system of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is an oblique view of the side wall of the drawer
of the cabinet system of Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is a pictorial representation of another single
drawer cabinet system according to the invention with the drawer
fully open;
Fig. 7a and Fig. 7b are sectional front ions of part
of the single drawer t system of Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 is a pictorial representation of part of the cabinet
shell of the system of Fig. 6 with the drawer removed for clarity
and one runner shown fully retracted but with the outer end
stopper mechanism removed;
Fig. 9 is a pictorial representation of part of the cabinet
shell of the system of Fig. 6 with the drawer removed for clarity
and the runner fully extended or drawn;
Fig. 10 is a pictorial representation of part of the cabinet
shell of the system of Fig. 6 with the drawer removed for clarity
and both runners fully extended;
Fig. 11 is a ial entation of the drawer of the
system of Fig. 6;
Fig. 12 is a pictorial representation of the drawer system
of Fig. 6 from one side with the top cover wall removed for
clarity and the drawer fully open with the outer end stoppers
in place;
Fig. 13 is a pictorial representation of the drawer system
of Fig. 6 with the top cover wall removed for clarity and the
drawer fully open from the other side with the outer end rs
in place;
Fig. 14 is a pictorial representation of the drawer system
of Fig. 6 with the top cover wall removed for clarity and the
drawer half closed with the outer end stoppers in place;
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Fig. 15 is a cross sectional end elevation of the aluminium
extrusion used to form the side walls of the cabinet shell of
the t system of Fig. 6;
Fig. 16 is a cross nal end elevation of the aluminium
extrusion used to form the side panels of the drawer of the
cabinet system of Fig. 6;
Fig. 17 is a cross sectional end elevation of the aluminium
ion used to form the runners of the t system of Fig.
Fig. 18 is a pictorial representation of an end plug for
the runners of the drawer system of Fig. 6 showing a stop
mechanism on an outer track;
Fig. 19 is a pictorial representation of an end plug for
the runners of the drawer system of Fig. 6 showing a stop
mechanism on an inner track;
Fig. 20 is a pictorial representation of another end plug
for the s of the drawer system of Fig. 6 showing a stop
mechanism on an inner track and an outer track; and
Fig. 21 is a sectional front elevation of part of another
drawer system according to the invention with a different upper
guide arrangement for the drawer from that used in the drawer
cabinet system of Fig. 6;
Fig. 22 is a sectional rear ion of another drawer
system according to the invention with different shaped wheels
and different drawer stoppers or holders from those used in the
drawer cabinet system of Fig. 6;
Fig. 23 is an enlarged sectional front elevation of part
of the drawer system of Fig. 22;
Fig. 24 is an enlarged sectional end elevation of part of
the drawer system of Fig. 22 when the drawer is in the open
position;
Fig. 25 is a pictorial representation of one of the stopper
or holder components of the drawer system of Fig. 22; and
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Fig. 26 is a pictorial representation of another one of the
stopper or holder components of the drawer system of Fig. 22.
The drawer cabinet 10 illustrated in Fig.1 includes a
cabinet shell 11 and a drawer 12 mounted therein for forward and
backward travel into and out of the shell on a runner 13 as will
be explained in more detail later.
The shell comprises a bottom wall panel 14, an opposed
upper wall panel 15 spaced from the bottom wall panel and two
spaced apart side wall panels 16 and 17 (not visible in Fig. 1
or Fig. 2) as well as a back wall panel 19 which are secured
er by screw threaded ers shown typically at 21 and
22 which engage in mentary screw threaded holes shown
typically at 23, 24 and 25. In that respect, the bottom wall has
an upwardly extending return 27 which allows screws 21 to secure
the base panel to the side wall panels in a horizontal
disposition thereby putting the screws under a shear load rather
than a tensile load. The bottom wall is supported on spaced
apart cross members 20 which extend laterally of the cabinet and
support the floor panel a small distance above the floor of the
vehicle to which the cabinet system is to be fitted.
The side wall panels 16 and 17 are aluminium extrusions cut
from the same length and are each are provided with lower and
upper recesses 31 and 32 extending longitudinally in the
direction of drawer travel as well as a large intermediate
udinally extending recess 33 which is ted from the
lower and upper recesses by longitudinally extending ribs 34 and
36 respectively for a purpose which will become clearer later.
Two spaced apart lower wheels 41 and 42 are mounted to the lower
rib 34 in longitudinally spaced apart relation for on on
respective fixed shafts 40 and extend upwards into the large
recess 33. Similarly, two longitudinally spaced apart upper
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wheels 43 and 44 are mounted to the upper rib 36 on other fixed
shafts 40 and extend downwards into the large recess.
The runner 13 is an aluminium extrusion and has two rd
and upward facing spaced apart longitudinally running lower and
upper recesses (or grooves) 51 and 52 which are adapted to
receive therein the lower wheels 41, 42 and the upper wheels 43,
44 respectively for travel forwards and backwards therealong
relative to the shell. The runner also has a centre
longitudinally running recess 53 which opens inwards towards the
drawer and two more spaced apart downward and upward facing
recesses (or s) 54 and 55 respectively open from recess
53 in vertical alignment with the outer recesses 51 and 52 for
a purpose which will become clearer later.
The drawer 12 includes a bottom wall panel 70 which is
similar to the bottom wall panel 14 of the shell and two spaced
apart side wall panels 71 and 72 (not visible in figure 1)
similar to side wall panels 16 and 17 of the shell as well as a
back wall panel 73 (not shown) and a front panel 74. A latch
draw handle 79 is mounted in and secured to the front panel by
threaded fasteners.
The side wall panels 71 and 72 are aluminium ions and
each have an outwardly protruding and longitudinally extending
bottom stiffening portion 76 which is adapted to run within the
lower recess 31 of the shell sidewall and also an outwardly
protruding and longitudinally ing upper stiffening rib 77
which is similarly adapted to run within the recess 32 provided
in the shell sidewall. ageously, the bottom stiffening
portion 76 and the upper ning rib 77 together with the
recesses 31 and 32 allow the drawer and the shell to inter-
engage thereby minimising the space taken up by the shell and
the drawer walls while maintaining the necessary stiffness and
strength of both panels. A number of screw threaded holes are
provided in the side wall panels for securing the front panel
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and the bottom panel thereto in much the same manner as for the
shell 12.
Two longitudinally spaced apart lower wheels 81 and 82 and
two similar longitudinally spaced apart upper wheels 83 and 84
are mounted on the outside of the side wall panels 71 and 72 and
arranged to run in the respective inner recesses 54 and 55
respectively so that the drawer can travel forwards and
backwards relative to the runner 13.
It will be appreciated that the outer recesses 51 and 52
and the inner recesses 54 and 55 provide ”tracks” for the wheels
and all tracks are provided in the runner. Advantageously, the
runner can be removed and cleaned or replaced if ary in a
simple operation which results in all new tracks.
It will be appreciated that in use, the drawer 12 can
“slide” forward (outwards) relative to the shell by the lower
rollers 81 and 82 rolling along the runner in the lower recess
54 while at the same time or before or after the runner can roll
forward relative to the shell by way of “rolling” along the
lower rollers 41 and 42 which are secured to the shell side
panels 16 and 17. Stoppers (not shown will limit movement of the
drawer relative to the runner 13 when the s 81 and 82 hit
the stopper and similarly movement of the runner will be limited
by a stopper when the runner fits the stopper. Consequently, the
total forward nt of the drawer relative to the shell will
be limited by the distance between the lower wheels 81 and 82
of the drawer and the distance n the lower wheels 41 and
42 of the shell and the length of the runner and the drawer.
Thus, as the length of the runner and the length of the drawer
can be almost the same as the length of the t, the total
ce of travel can be greater than the length of the drawer
thereby allowing the whole of the drawer to move forward beyond
the front of the shell so as to provide full access to the
drawer.
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The drawer cabinet system 110 illustrated in Fig.6 is
similar to the drawer illustrated in Fig. 1 and accordingly the
same item numbers will be used to reference ponding
components or features where possible except prefaced by a “1”.
The t system 110 like drawer system 10 includes a cabinet
shell 111 and a drawer 112 mounted therein for forward and
backward travel into and out of the shell on a runner 113.
In this case, the shell includes three spaced apart cross
members 120 but no bottom wall panel as in cabinet 10, and the
two spaced apart side wall panels 116 and 117 are fastened
directly to the cross members by ers 101 which in this
case are screws while in other cases pop rivets are used. The
back wall panel 119 is d to the side wall panels by
threaded fasteners passing through holes 102 provided in both
legs of an angle bracket 103 fitted in the respected corners as
can be seen in Fig. 7 instead of being screwed directly into
screw flutes in the rear ends of the side wall panels as in the
t system of Fig. 1. As can be seen in Fig. 7, the upper
wall panel 115 is a sheet of flat aluminium instead of ply type
timber which is secured to the side wall panels in the same
manner as the timber sheet in Fig. 1 but in this case the
aluminium sheet is covered by a layer of carpet for the purpose
of decreasing cabinet noise travel and for aesthetic appeal.
The cabinet side wall panels 116 and 117 of cabinet system
110 are also aluminium extrusions and have lower and upper
recesses 131 and 132 extending longitudinally in the ion
of drawer travel as well as a large intermediate longitudinally
extending centre recess 133 which is separated from the lower
and upper recesses by longitudinally extending ribs 134 and 136
respectively.
t system 110 has two spaced apart lower cabinet
wheels 141 and 142 mounted to the lower rib 134 in longitudinally
spaced apart relation and two spaced apart upper cabinet wheels
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143 and 144 mounted to upper rib 136 in much the same manner as
the lower wheels 41 and 42 and the upper wheels 43 and 44 of
cabinet system 10. Cabinet system 110 also has additional lower
wheels 145, 146 and 147 also mounted to lower rib 134 as can be
seen in Fig. 8. Advantageously, lower wheel 147 is mounted
towards the rear wall panel 119 and supports the rear end portion
of the runner when the drawer is fully closed y ng
the upward moment load on upper front wheel 143 during travel.
Additional wheel 146, like wheel 142, is d intermediate
the rear end lower wheel 147 and the front end wheel 144 to help
share the load of the drawer particularly during off road travel.
In that respect, it will be appreciated that drawer systems for
four wheel drive and other off road vehicles are expected to
carry heavy loads under rough conditions. Additional wheel 145
adjacent front wheel 144 is intended to share the load normally
taken only by the front wheel and particularly when the drawer
is fully extended.
As can be seen in Fig. 8, cabinet system 110 also includes
two onal upper cabinet wheels 148 and 149, wheel 148 being
intermediate the opposite ends of the cabinet side panels and
wheel 149 being adjacent the rear end. Upper rear wheel 149 is
arranged to engage with a stopper mechanism to stop movement of
the runner (and the drawer mounted o) into the cabinet at
a predetermined “closed” position as will be described in more
detail later for the purpose of stopping travel of the drawer
and is not ed to bear any significant moment load.
The runner 113 is also an aluminium extrusion and is
substantially the same as runner 13. In that respect, it has two
outer facing spaced apart longitudinally running lower and upper
substantially “U” shaped recesses (or grooves) 151 and 152, that
is to say, recess 151 opens downwards and recess 152 opens
upwards. The lower recess is arranged to receive therein the
lower cabinet wheels 141 and 142 while the upper recess is
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arranged to receive the upper wheels 143 and 144 tively
for travel forwards and backwards therealong relative to the
cabinet shell. For that purpose, the bottom face of the upper
recess provides a track for the upper cabinet wheels and the top
face of the lower recess provides a track for the lower cabinet
wheels. Advantageously, as can be seen in Fig. 7 the upper and
lower cabinet wheels are vertically aligned and the wheels on
each side are centred on centre lines 150 tively so that
they follow tracks the centrelines of which lie in the same
vertical plane centred on the centre lines 150 respectively as
is the case with cabinet system 10.
The runner 113 also has a longitudinally running centre
recess 153 which opens inwards towards the drawer (that is,
towards the opposite side of the cabinet) and two opposed spaced
apart longitudinally running substantially “U” shaped es
154 and 155 open into recess 153 in vertical alignment with the
outer es 151 and 152. That is to say, recess 154 opens
upwards into recess 153 and recess 155 opens downwards into
recess 153 in the same manner as recesses 54 and 55 described
earlier in relation to system 10. It will be appreciated that
alignment of the tracks in recesses 154 and 155 with each other
and with the tracks in recesses 151 and 152 allows all wheels
on each side of the cabinet drawer system to run along respective
centre lines contained in the same vertical plane.
In another embodiment, which will be described in more
detail later, the U-shaped bottom face (or track face) of each
recess is arcuate in cross section (concave from the opening),
preferably semi-circular in cross section and the wheels have a
complimentary cross section shape. Such form of the invention
in some cases provides better tracking of the drawer along the
tracks and reduces the incidence of the wheels … against the
sides of the recesses. Further, in such ments, the sides
of the recesses are tapered ably slightly away from the
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bottom face or spaced slightly further to give clearance for the
sides of the wheels.
In yet another embodiment, the arcuate cross sections are
revered so that the bottom face of the recess is convex from the
opening to provide a high outer line. However, such form could
result in a build-up of debris along the edges of the track.
The drawer 112 includes a bottom wall panel 170 and two
spaced apart side wall panels 171 and 172 which are also
ium extrusions similar to side wall panels 16 and 17 of
the cabinet shell as well as a back wall panel 173 and a front
panel 174 which are also aluminium extrusions gh in the
drawings, the front panel is covered on the e by a layer
carpet. The side wall panels 171 and 172 are cut from the same
ion and are thus mirror images of each other.
Each side wall panel has an outwardly protruding and
longitudinally extending bottom stiffening portion 176 which is
adapted to run within the lower recess 131 of the cabinet shell
sidewall although not as far into the recess and also an
outwardly protruding and longitudinal extending upper ning
rib 177 which is similarly adapted to run within the recess 132
ed in the shell sidewall although again not as far into
the recess as in drawer system 10. Rather, drawer side wall
panels 171 and 172 each have a thickened centre portion 178
extending over its full length to which the load bearing wheels
are mounted as will be described later. y, the thickened
centre portion “nests” to some extent within recess 153 of the
runner 113 while the runners themselves nest to some extent
within recesses 133 of the cabinet side walls 116 and 117
respectively as can be seen more clearly in Fig. 7.
Advantageously, the ribs, thickened centre portion and
complementary recesses of the cabinet side walls, the runners
and the drawer side panels allow the three components to interengage
or nest thereby minimising the space taken up by the
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shell and the drawer walls while maintaining the necessary
stiffness and strength of all three components so that usable
drawer space can be maximised while maintaining satisfactory
strength and operational stability.
A number of screw threaded nut inserts shown typically as
item 179 are ed in the side wall panels for securing the
front panel and the bottom panel thereto in much the same manner
as for the shell 12.
Two longitudinally spaced apart lower wheels 181 and 182
and two similar longitudinally spaced apart upper wheels 183 and
184 are mounted on the outside of the thickened side wall panels
171 and 172 and arranged to run in the respective inner es
154 and 155 of the runner 113 tively so that the drawer
can travel forwards and backwards relative to the runner in much
the same manner as wheels 81 to 84 of cabinet system 10.
However, drawer 112 also has additional lower wheels 185,
186, 187 and 188 also mounted to the ned portion as can
be seen in Fig. 12. Advantageously, lower wheel 188 is close to
wheel 182 and assists that wheel to transfer the drawer load to
the runner when the drawer is fully extended. However wheel 188
also acts as a stopper wheel as will be described in more detail
later. Wheels 186 and 187 being adjacent the front of the drawer
only carry drawer load when the drawer is fully closed or at
least almost fully closed y reducing the upward moment
load on rear upper wheel 183 and the downward moment load on
intermediate wheel 184 thus providing a icant improvement
over cabinet system 10, at least during off road travel. Wheel
185 s in carrying drawer load when the drawer is part
drawn but also assists movement of the during closing by ramping
into the track channel of the runner upon the drawer being pushed
into the cabinet. Wheels 189a and 189b are stopper wheels similar
in function to stopper wheels 148 and 149 of the cabinet side
wall mentioned earlier and described below.
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A rear end plug 190a is fitted to the runner 113 as can be
seen in Fig. 8 and similarly a front end plug 190b is fitted to
the front end of the runner after the runner has been fitted to
the cabinet and the drawer to the runner as can be more clearly
seen in Figs. 12 to 14.
As can be seen more clearly in Figs. 18 and 19, the end
plug 190 es outer track channels 151a and 152a and inner
track channels 154a and 155a respectively which are arranged to
align with the corresponding outer track channels 151 and 152
and inner track channels 154 and 155 respectively.
A stopper mechanism 191 is mounted in outer track channel
151a via a stopper block 192 which provides a curved end stop
face 193 which is in the rear in this situation and an opposite
curved front stop face 194 in this situation, the rear face
being ed such that cabinet upper rear wheel 149 can rest
t it to prevent the drawer and the runner from travelling
further into the cabinet than desired or hitting the cabinet
rear wall too hard and the front face being arranged so that
upper cabinet r wheel 148 can engage it to limit travel
of the runner from the cabinet.
The front stopper is assisted by a second front stopper
component 195 which includes an inclined protuberance 196
arranged to provide a wheel mountable bump on the track at
like a traffic speed bump. The erance is selected so that
wheel 149 can roll over it under a ermined opening force
applied to the drawer or the runner and then engage with the
inclined front face 194 of the stopper block 192 and rest in the
valley 197 between the protuberance and the stopper block.
It will be appreciated that the wheel 148 can rollover the
protuberance 196 in the reverse direction to release the drawer
under a similar predetermined closing force. Advantageously, the
stopper mechanism not only stops the runner from travelling
beyond the open position but it also holds it in a specific
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fully extended position until a predetermined force is applied
which encourages the drawer to close onto the runner before
forcing the runner into the cabinet and vice versa.
The front plug 190b is r to the rear plug 190a but
as can be seen in Fig. 19, the stopper mechanism is mounted in
the inside upper track channel with the front stopper fitted
into the upper track channel 155 of the runner and is engaged
by drawer upper wheel 184 when the drawer is fully open with
stopper wheel 189b engaged with the face 193 (which becomes the
front face) in this ement of the stopper mechanism when
the drawer is fully closed or during closing where the drawer
pushes the runner into the cabinet.
If desired end cap 190c as illustrated in Fig. 20 with two
stopper mechanisms 191 can be used in some ions if desired.
Advantageously, such an end cap provides for the drawer to be
“locked” to the runner subject to a predetermined opening force
by stopper wheel 189b engaging with the inner stopper mechanism
and the runner to be locked to the t by engagement of
locking wheel 148 with the outer locking mechanism as will be
understood from the drawings and the previous description.
The latch handle 174 is recessed into the front drawer wall
panel and includes a tongue which engages in a recess provided
in the front cross member 120 and which is retracted by g
handle 179a downwards.
The cabinet drawer system 110 illustrated in the drawings
also provides for lighting in the drawer. In that respect, an
LED strip light 160 (that is a light emitting diode strip light)
is d to one of the drawer side panels as can be seen in
Fig. 11. In other forms of the invention strip lights can be
mounted to both side panels as will be appreciated from Fig 7b.4
It will be iated from Figs. 7a, 7b, 11 and 16 that the
strip light is mounted to face 177a which is inclined at
approximately 45 degrees to the vertical and consequently the
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light is directed downwards into the drawer. Power for the light
is provided by a rechargeable y mounted in the front panel
174 which is connected to a charger via a socket in mounted in
the front face of the front panel adjacent the handle 220. In
use, the drawer 112 “slides” forward (outwards) relative to the
shell in much the same manner as previously described in relation
to drawer 10.
The drawer system 210 illustrated in part in Fig 21 is the
same as the system illustrated in Fig. 6 in most respects and
consequently the same reference numbers will be used herein to
reference corresponding features or components where possible
except prefaced by a “2” in place of the “1”. In the previously
bed drawer systems, the upper guide means of the drawer
were one or more wheels mounted to the drawer side panels and
the complementary guide means of the runner was a track provided
in a channel. However, in this system, the upper guide means of
the drawer is a track provided in a channel formed in an
outwardly extending protuberance portion of the drawer side
panel while the complementary guide means of the runner is a
wheel mounted o and arranged to engage with the track in
the channel. Thus, it will be seen that the wheel and channel
are effectively reversed in this system. A similar change could
be made with respect to the upper guide means of the cabinet and
the complementary guide means of the runner. r, the system
described and rated in Fig. 6 es advantages over the
system of Fig. 21, one being that the runner is an unencumbered
extrusion and all encumbrances such as wheels are fitted to
either the cabinet side wall panel or the drawer side wall panel
thereby having lower cturing costs, another being that the
runner can be easily replaced, another being that the drawer
side panel is a simpler extrusion.
The drawer system 310 illustrated in Fig 22 is the same as
the system illustrated in Fig. 6 in most respects and
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consequently the same reference numbers will be used herein to
reference corresponding features or components where possible
and the features which differ will be prefaced by a “3” in place
of the “1”.
There are three main points of difference in drawer system
310 over drawer system 110. The first is that the wheels 241 to
244 and 281 to 284 have an arcuate running surface and run on
complementary arcuate tracks as adowed earlier in this
specification. As can be seen in Figs 22 and 23, the “tread”
portion of the wheels is semicircular in cross section such that
the diameter of the wheels increases from the side faces to the
centre plane thereby giving a convex tread portion which is
adapted to run in mentary e recesses 251, 252, 254
and 255 respectively. Advantageously, as can be more clearly
seen in Fig. 23, the depth of each recess is selected such that
only the convex tread portion of the wheels runs in the recess
so that the side walls are clear of the recess and consequently
cannot bind therewith. Moreover, the complementary convex treads
together with the concave track result in the drawer being self-
aligning in the cabinet.
The other main difference is that drawer system 310 has a
different stopper system from drawer 210. In that respect, in
Drawer system 210 the stoppers were mounted on the runner. Drawer
system 210 includes two stoppers which are mounted separately
from the tracks and serve as switches for the interior LED strip
light 160.
As can be seen in Fig. 24, the stopper system (or holder
system) is arranged to stop d nt of the drawer out
of the t and hold it in the outer open position and
includes two spaced apart stopper units 400. Each stopper/holder
unit es two main components, a first component 401 mounted
to the drawer (the drawer half) and a second component 403
mounted to front cross member 120 or the floor of the cabinet
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in cases where a floor is ed instead of cross members (the
cabinet half).
The drawer half includes a ng bracket 404 formed or
non-conductive plastics material (although in other embodiments
it is formed of metal encapsulated in an insulating material)
which is ed to the back wall and bottom wall of the drawer
by screws or bolts or other suitable fixing means, and a wheel
made of a conductive material wheel which is mounted on an axle
such as a bolt (not shown) passing h bores or passages 407
in the bracket for rotation relative thereto.
The cabinet half 403 includes a mounting bracket 408 which
is fixed to the cross member 120 by screws or bolts extending
through bores 409. The ng bracket includes a stopper block
410 integrally formed therewith shaped as a udinal hump
with a sloping lead face 411 and a similarly sloping exit face
112. A resting pad 413 formed of an electrical conductive
material, preferably brass or aluminium is secured to the exit
face and includes a stopper portion 414 at its exit end.
Suitably, the two halves are mounted such that as the drawer
approaches the fully open position, he wheel 406 rolls up the
lead face of the stopper block thereby lifting the rear end of
the drawer slightly and rides over the hump and comes to rest
on the resting pad against the stopper portion 414. e
there are two laterally spaced apart stopper units across the
drawer and cabinet, the drawer lifts evenly as the wheels ride
up the lead faces. It will be appreciated that another set of
cabinet halves may be mounted at predetermined positions between
the front of the t and the rear of the cabinet to hold the
drawer in other predetermined positions if desired.
Advantageously, the stopper system also serves as a switch
system for connecting the LED lights in the drawer to the vehicle
power supply.
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In that respect, a conductive wheel of one drawer unit is
connected by electrical cable to one terminal of the LED light
and the other wheel to the other terminal of the light.
Similarly, when the cabinet is installed in a vehicle, the
resting pad of one cabinet unit is connected by electrical cable
to one terminal of the vehicle battery and the resting pad of
the other cabinet unit is connected to the other terminal of the
vehicle battery. The arrangement is such that when the drawer
is opened to the ermined on whereby the conductive
wheels rest on the resting pads, the circuit is completed and
the light turns on. Advantageously, the switch arrangement
allows the drawer to be opened and closed without requiring any
movement or dragging of a power supply cable and moreover results
in the light being on only in predetermined drawer positions and
consequently, the danger of the drawer lights being left on and
running down the vehicle battery accidentally is ntially
reduced while at the same time ensuring that the light in the
drawer is powered when needed.
It will be appreciated that while single drawer systems
have been bed, the invention can be used for multi drawer
systems with side by side s or systems with drawers one
above the other. Advantageously, the cabinets previously
described can be simply mounted side by side and secured to each
other or stacked one on top of the other and secured to each
other. Alternatively, cabinet side walls of double height or
triple height could be extruded in the same general form to
accommodate multiple drawers.
The cabinet drawer system of the present invention provides
many advantages over the currently available drawer systems.
Firstly, the cabinet and drawer side walls comprise ed
aluminium panels which are ed to and heavy loads
when used in vehicles being driven over rough terrain and to
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resist posting and bending. The side panels and the runner I
ed so that they all into re-engage y minimising the
space taken up by those panels thereby maximising drawer space.
The side panels of the cabinet and the drawer form part of the
slide ism in themselves so that a separate slide system
is not required. The sliding system allows the drawer to extend
completely beyond the cabinet thereby providing full upward
access to the drawer.
The foregoing description has been given by way of
illustrative example of the invention and many modifications and
variations which will be apparent to persons skilled in the art
may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the
invention as hereinbefore described.
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Claims (45)
1. A drawer system including: a drawer cabinet and a drawer d in said cabinet for forward and backward travel ve thereto; said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer; said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer; and a runner d on said lower t wheels of each side wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet via a first track and each runner including a second track engaged by said spaced apart lower drawer wheels for forward and backward travel of said drawer relative to said runner.
2. A drawer system according to Claim 1 including first stop means on said t side walls and/or said runners for stopping travel of said runners relative to said side walls respectively at a predetermined position; and second stop means on said runners and/or said side panels for stopping travel of said side panels ve to said runners respectively at a predetermined position.
3. A drawer system according to Claim 1 or Claim 2 wherein said spaced apart side walls of said cabinet include upper guide means on or mounted to each side wall and spaced above said lower wheels thereof and adapted to engage with complementary guide means on or mounted to said runner and said spaced apart side panels of said drawers include upper guide means mounted to or on each side panel and spaced above said lower wheels fMIL15278claims12July2022 thereof and adapted to engage with complementary guide means on or mounted to said runner.
4. A drawer system including a cabinet side wall and a drawer side panel in combination with a runner, said t side wall having at least two lower wheels spaced apart in the direction of travel of the drawer and upper guide means spaced above said lower wheels; said drawer side panel having at least two lower wheels spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and upper guide means spaced above said lower wheels; said runner being adapted to be mounted on said lower wheels of said cabinet side wall for d and backward travel ve to said cabinet side wall, and said runner including a track adapted to be engaged by said spaced apart lower drawer wheels for travel of said drawer relative to said runner; first stop means on said cabinet side wall or said runner for stopping travel of said runner relative to said side wall at a predetermined on; and second stop means on said runner or said side wall for stopping travel of said side panel relative to said runner at a predetermined position.
5. A drawer system according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said runner is mounted on said lower cabinet wheels via an outer bottom track provided on the runner.
6. A drawer system according to Claim 5 wherein said outer bottom track is provided in an elongate recess or channel in said runner.
7. A drawer system according to Claim 6 n said recess or channel is defined at least in part by an inner side face fMIL15278claims12July2022 arranged to e an abutment adapted to engage the outer side face of the lower cabinet wheels if they attempt to run off the true line for forward and back travel ve to the cabinet.
8. A drawer system ing to Claim 7 wherein said elongate recess or channel is defined by two opposed said inner faces spaced apart and adapted to engage the opposite spaced apart outside faces of the lower cabinet wheels if they attempt to run off the true line one way or the other for forward and back travel relative to the cabinet.
9. A drawer system ing to Claim 7 wherein said outer bottom track is a downward directed face on which the wheels roll between said inner and outer faces.
10. A drawer system according to Claim 9 wherein said opposed spaced apart inner side faces are substantially parallel to each other and substantially orthogonal to the downward directed face forming the outer bottom track.
11. A drawer system according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the track on the runner followed by the lower drawer wheels is substantially aligned vertically with the track on the runner followed by the lower cabinet wheels.
12. A drawer system according to any one of Claims 3 to 11 wherein the upper guide means of said cabinet side walls include at least one wheel (a guide wheel) mounted to said side wall.
13. A drawer system according to any one of Claims 3 to 11 wherein the upper guide means of said cabinet side walls include at least two wheels (guide wheels) spaced apart in the same fMIL15278claims12July2022 manner as the lower cabinet wheels and generally in a horizontal line vertically above them.
14. A drawer system according to Claim 13 wherein said guide wheels are arranged to follow an upward facing track on the runner.
15. A drawer system according to Claim 14 wherein said upward facing track is substantially aligned vertically with the downward directed track on the runner followed by the cabinet lower wheels.
16. A drawer system according to Claim 15 wherein said upward facing track is ed in a recess or channel and has an upward directed face forming the track for the guide wheels (the outer top track).
17. A drawer system according to any one of Claims 3 to 16 wherein the upper guide means of the side panels of said drawer include at least one wheel mounted to said side panel.
18. A drawer system according to any one of Claims 3 to 16 wherein the upper guide means of the side panels of said drawer include at least two wheels spaced apart horizontally and lly above the lower wheels.
19. A drawer system according to Claim 18 wherein the upper guide wheels of the side panels follow a track on the runner which is substantially aligned vertically with the track on the runner followed by the drawer lower .
20. A drawer system according to Claim 18 n the outer bottom track on the runner followed by the cabinet lower wheels, fMIL15278claims12July2022 the outer top track on the runner followed by the t guide wheels, the inner bottom track on the runner ed by the drawer lower wheels and the inner top track on the runner followed by the drawer guide wheels are all aligned vertically.
21. A drawer system according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the runner is symmetrical about a horizontal plane through the longitudinal centre line of the runner.
22. A drawer system according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the tracks on the runner are in recesses of substantially “U” shaped form with the faces on which the wheels run all being d vertically.
23. A drawer system according to any one of the preceding claims wherein at least one of said wheels is a ball bearing or roller bearing.
24. A drawer system according to Claim 23 wherein all of said lower wheels are ball gs or roller bearings.
25. A drawer system according to Claim 23 wherein all of said wheels are ball bearings.
26. An elongate side wall for a cabinet, said side wall having two spaced apart outer portions defining an elongate recess therebetween and adapted to at least partially receive therein a runner and two or more longitudinally spaced apart lower wheels mounted on one of said outer portions for ting a runner thereon and guide means on the opposite side of said recess for guiding a runner travelling in said recess on said lower wheels. fMIL15278claims12July2022
27. An elongate extruded panel for forming a side wall of a drawer cabinet, the panel having a side wall portion for forming the side wall of the t and spaced apart top and bottom wall portions extending from said side wall portion substantially orthogonal thereto and contiguous therewith for connecting top and bottom wall panels of the cabinet thereto, said side wall portion including a thin middle portion and two spaced apart parallel thicker portions defining a longitudinal recess or channel therebetween bounded on one side by said thin l portion.
28. An elongate extruded panel ing to Claim 27 wherein said udinal recess or channel and said spaced apart top and bottom wall portions are on the same side of said thin middle portion.
29. An elongate extruded panel according to Claim 27 or Claim 28 including a recess or l between said top wall portion and the adjacent thicker portion.
30. An elongate extruded panel according to Claim 28 including a recess or channel between said bottom wall n and the adjacent thicker portion.
31. An te side panel for a drawer, said side panel having at least two lower wheels spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and adapted to roll along a track provided in a runner and upper guide means spaced above said lower wheels for guiding travel of said side panel along the runner.
32. An elongate extruded panel for forming a side wall of a drawer, the panel having a side wall portion for forming the fMIL15278claims12July2022 side wall of the t and a bottom wall portion extending from said side wall portion substantially orthogonal thereto and contiguous ith for connecting a bottom wall panel of the drawer thereto, said side wall portion terminating in a top lip portion spaced from said bottom wall portion, said top lip portion having an upper face and a lower face, said lower face facing downwards.
33. An te extruded panel for forming a side wall of a drawer according to Claim 25 wherein said lower faces downwards at an acute angle to said side wall portion.
34. An elongate extruded panel for forming a side wall of a drawer according to Claim 25 wherein said lower face faces downwards at an angle selected for a strip light mounted thereon to shine light towards a bottom wall mounted to said bottom wall portion.
35. An elongate extruded panel for g a side wall of a drawer according to Claim 25 n said lower face faces downwards at an angle of about 45 degrees.
36. A runner for movably connecting a drawer to a cabinet, said runner including a first track adapted to run on two spaced apart lower wheels mounted on a cabinet side wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet side wall, said runner also including a second track d to be engaged by two spaced apart lower wheels mounted on a drawer side panel for travel of the drawer relative to the runner.
37. A drawer system including: a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for forward and backward travel relative thereto; fMIL15278claims12July2022 said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and upper guide means mounted to each side wall and spaced above said lower wheels; said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and upper guide means mounted to each side panel and spaced above said lower wheels; a runner mounted on said lower cabinet wheels of each side wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet, each runner including a track engaged by said spaced apart lower drawer wheels for d and backward travel of said drawer ve to said runner; first stop means on said cabinet side walls and/or said runners for stopping travel of said runners relative to said side walls respectively at a predetermined position; and second stop means on said runners and/or said side panels for ng travel of said side panels relative to said runners respectively at a predetermined position.
38. A drawer system including: a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said t for forward and backward travel ve o; said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and upper guide means on or mounted to each side wall and spaced above said lower wheels thereof; said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer and fMIL15278claims12July2022 upper guide means on or mounted to each side panel and spaced above said lower wheels; a runner d on said lower cabinet wheels of each side wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet, each runner including a track engaged by said spaced apart lower drawer wheels for forward and backward travel of said drawer relative to said runner, and said runner including complementary guide means adapted to cooperate with said upper guide means of said cabinet and said upper guide means of said drawer to guide said runner and said drawer relative to said cabinet; first stop means on said cabinet side walls and/or said runners for stopping travel of said runners relative to said side walls respectively at a predetermined position; and second stop means on said runners and/or said side panels for ng travel of said side panels relative to said runners respectively at a ermined position.
39. A drawer system adapted to be mounted in a motor vehicle, including: a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for forward and backward travel ve thereto and holding means for holding said drawer in a predetermined on relative to said cabinet; said holding means including a pair of halves adapted to engage with each other to hold said drawer in said predetermined position, one of said halves being mounted on or secured to said cabinet and the other half being mounted on or secured to said drawer for nt therewith and the pair of halves being arranged so that the halves engage upon application of a predetermined opening force applied to the drawer in one direction and disengage upon application of a predetermined g force applied to the drawer in the opposite direction. fMIL15278claims12July2022
40. A drawer system according to Claim 39 n one of said pair of halves includes a wheel or the like and the other includes a hump or recess and the predetermined opening force is a force sufficient to force said wheel over said hump or into said recess and the predetermined closing force is a force sufficient to force the drawer over the hump or out of the recess in the other direction.
41. A drawer system according to Claim 40 including two spaced apart holding means adapted to engage at the same time.
42. A drawer system adapted to be mounted in a motor vehicle, including: a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for forward and backward travel relative thereto; lighting means d in said drawer or said cabinet and arranged to light the interior of said drawer at a predetermined drawer position; switching means ively connected to said lighting means for switching said lighting means on upon said drawer reaching said predetermined position and off upon said drawer leaving said predetermined position; said switching means including a pair of electrical contact means, said pair of t means including a first contact half on or secured to said cabinet and a complementary second contact half on or secured to said drawer for movement therewith, said lighting means being in electrical ication with said second contact half whereby electrical current can flow from said first contact half to said second contact half when said drawer has reached the predetermined position to energise said lighting means.
43. A drawer system according to Claim 42 wherein said switching means includes two pair of ical t means fMIL15278claims12July2022 with one pair being arranged to electrically t the negative side of the lighting means and the other to ically connect the positive side of the lighting means to thereby energise the lighting means.
44. A drawer system according to Claim 43 wherein said switching means is mounted to or integral with holding means according to Claim 39 or Claim 40.
45. A drawer system according to Claim 42 including holding means and wherein said holding means includes a wheel on the drawer and a recess on the cabinet, said wheel including at least a part which is electrically conductive over the full circumference so that contact can be made with a complementary contactor half mounted in the recess. fMIL15278claims12July2022 z/ zz 10d 25 40 43 ,44 93,84 81,82 19 71 72)<* 16 * (tY p) FIG 2 25 70 zf zz
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