Patent ID: 7465000
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. An automatic drawer slide homing apparatus, that is a positioning apparatus used for cabinets, and said apparatus comprising: a bottom rail; a fixed base, fixed at an end of said bottom rail, and having a slide base suspended from an end of said fixed base, such that said slide base maintains a predetermined distance from said bottom rail, and said slide base includes a slide groove located along a plane, and both ends of said slide groove have a first positioning indent and a second positioning indent respectively; a sliding member, moved back and forth in said slide groove of said slide base; a resilient member, coiled around said fixed base, and having both ends fixed at said sliding member; an oscillating member, pivotally coupled to said sliding member, and having corresponding first and second protrusions, the oscillation of the oscillating member is generally arranged along the plane of the slide groove; a middle rail, embedded onto said bottom rail, and superimposed under said slide base, and contacted with said fixed base; a top rail, embedded onto said middle rail; and a position limit member, fixed at said top rail and disposed on a surface facing said middle rail, and said position limit member having a protruding pillar; such that when said top rail moves outward together with a drawer, said protruding pillar of said position limit member is latched at an end of said oscillating member, and said sliding member is driven to move accordingly, and said oscillating member is moved from said first positioning indent to said second positioning indent to stretch said resilient member coupled to said sliding member, until said oscillating member latched to an end of said protruding pillar is separated from said protruding pillar, and another end of said protruding pillar is moved into said second positioning indent to fix said oscillating member into a position and release said top rail from the limitation of said sliding member, and if said protruding pillar continues moving, said middle rail will be driven to move outward; and if said drawer is pushed back, said top rail will be moved towards said middle rail, and said protruding pillar of said position limit member will be in contact with said first protrusion of said oscillating member to change the position of said first protrusion originally latched to said second positioning indent, and said first protrusion will be moved correspondingly to release the limitation of said second positioning indent, so that said top rail and said middle rail will be superimposed, and the resilience of said resilient member will pull said resilient member back rapidly, such that said drawer fixed to said top rail will resume its position to an object, so as to achieve an automatic homing effect, and since said slide base is suspended on said bottom rail, said middle rail can be penetrated into said bottom rail to increase its length.