Patent ID: 7399041

Claim:
A drawer pull-out guide comprising: a guide rail; a running rail movably mounted relative to the guide rail, the running rail having a catch; an automatic retraction device comprising: a pawl housing disposed on the guide rail; a pre-tensioned pawl component movable within the pawl housing between a first end position and a second end position, the two end positions being spaced apart from one another in a direction of movement, the pawl component having a receptacle defined therein configured to receive the catch of the running rail as the rails move relative to each other when approaching a closed position, thereby disengaging the movable pawl component from the second end position so that the pawl component is moved under the effect of spring tension into the first end position and by way of the catch held in the receptacle entrains the running rail associated therewith in the direction of retraction; an entraining rocker provided in the pawl housing; during a final part of retraction movement of the pawl component, the entraining rocker being coupled to and movable with the pawl component; and during an initial displacement path of the pawl component, the entraining rocker being decoupled from the pawl component and retained against longitudinal displacement in the pawl housing; a first spring disposed for biasing the pawl component into the first end position and locking the pawl component in the first end position against refraction into the second end position: a damper acting on the pawl component to slow down refraction movement of the pawl component; and a second spring for biasing the entraining rocker in a direction of retraction engages on the entraining rocker.