Drawer Guide Rail Layout for Integrated Damping Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drawer guides require complex assembly processes due to separate arrangement of functional devices, such as self-closing and damping devices, which increases installation complexity and space usage.
Innovation Solution
Integration of receiving elements on the guide rails allows for pre-assembly of functional devices, such as pull-in and damping devices, directly on the guide rails before installation, reducing assembly complexity and space requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If functional devices are arranged separately from the drawer guide on the carcass or drawer, then the drawer guide structure remains simple, but the assembly outlay and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the functional device (damping device) with the drawer guide by providing a receiving element on the guide rail that accommodates the functional device. This merging of previously separate components reduces assembly outlay while maintaining structural simplicity, as the functional device is integrated into the existing guide rail structure rather than being installed separately on the carcass or drawer.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide rail is designed with multi-functionality by incorporating a receiving element that can accommodate a functional device. This allows the guide rail to serve both its primary guiding function and the secondary function of housing the damping device, thereby reducing the need for separate mounting structures and simplifying the overall assembly process.
2Device complexity
If functional devices are arranged separately from the drawer guide, then the drawer guide design remains straightforward, but the installation space and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving element is pre-integrated into the guide rail structure during manufacturing, allowing the functional device to be accommodated as part of the drawer guide assembly process rather than requiring separate installation steps. This preliminary action reduces installation time by eliminating the need for separate mounting operations on the carcass or drawer.
3Ease of manufacture
If receiving elements are arranged on the outer side of the rail back or leg, then functional devices can be easily integrated, but the overall width of the drawer guide increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving element utilizes the outer side surface of the rail back or leg, effectively using the available lateral space without significantly increasing the overall width of the drawer guide. This dimensional utilization allows functional device integration while maintaining a compact profile, as the receiving element extends along the length of the guide rail rather than protruding outward.
Data Source
AI summary
A drawer guide is provided for displaceable arrangement of a drawer configured to be pulled out from a carcass. The drawer guide has at least two guide rails, which are displaceable relative to one another by means of rolling elements, and at least one functional device for influencing a relative movement of at least one of the at least two guide rails relative to at least one further one of the at least two guide rails. At least two substantially C-shaped guide rails are provided, which each have a rail back which connects at least two legs to one another, on which, in each case, at least one rolling element track is configured. The at least two C-shaped guide rails are arranged with the rail backs facing away from one another. At least one receiving element is provided to at least partially receive the at least one functional device.