Patent ID: 7731311

Claim:
A closing device ( 10 ) for a drawer comprising: an elongate hollow housing ( 8 ) having a front portion ( 8 a ) and a rear portion ( 8 b ), said front portion ( 8 a ) consisting of a rotation-preventing first portion ( 8 c ) and a rotation-admitting second portion ( 8 d ); said first portion ( 8 c ) having an internal shape that is non-cylindrical in cross-section, while said second portion ( 8 d ) having an internal shape of a differing cross-section; said housing ( 8 ) having a locking step ( 22 ) defined by the differing cross-section of the internal shapes of the first and second portions; a rotating member ( 14 ) slidably mounted in the front portion ( 8 a ) of the housing, said rotating member having an angular slot ( 11 ) to receive through an axial slot ( 17 ) of the housing, a guiding pin ( 16 ) of a drawer roller guide ( 2 , 5 ), the rotating member ( 14 ) having an external shape that substantially conforms to the internal shape of the first portion ( 8 c ) such that the rotating member is prevented from rotating during axial movement through said first portion; and a resilient member ( 9 ) mounted in the rear portion of the housing and coupled to said rotating member; whereby in use, said rotating member is pulled axially through the front portion ( 8 a ) by said guiding pin against the action of said resilient member with rotation of the rotating member being prevented during axial movement through said first portion ( 8 c ) and upon passing over said locking step into the second portion ( 8 d ), the rotating member is anchored thereat and is free to rotate within the second portion ( 8 d ) by the action of said guiding pin on the angular slot, to release the pin from the rotating member.