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Ejector of a moveable furniture part

Patent Number: 8109583
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Bruestle, Klaus

A device for ejecting a movable furniture part from a closed end position in or on a furniture body, includes an ejector with a motor-driven ejector lever. A power transmission device interacting with the ejector lever is provided such that the force exerted on the movable furniture part by the ejector lever can be transferred in the mounted state of the device in a furniture body, in which the movable furniture part in the closed end position is at a distance from the ejector ...

Lockable pushing-out device

Patent Number: 8109582
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Dubach, Fredi

Lockable pushing-out device (1) for a furniture part guided in a movable manner in or on a piece of furniture, in particular for a drawer or door, having a spring-loaded drive element (5) for moving the movable furniture part out of a closed end position into an open position, wherein the drive element (5), for the purpose of transmitting force to the movable furniture part, is arranged such that it can be displaced in a guide track (8), and wherein the guide ...

Method and apparatus for transparent shelves and drawers for kitchen cabinets

Patent Number: 8109581
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Lazenby, James W.

A transparent rollout pantry organizing system for kitchen cabinets has at least two rollout shelf units that are constructed of planar clear sheet material that is cut and fused together to form a rigid structural shape with shelves having heavy duty drawer guides fastened to the rollout unit which can be extended out of the pantry cabinet so that items can be easily accessed, and having at least one pair of side by side drawers above the rollout units also made of clear material used for ...

Display housing

Patent Number: 8109580
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Didier, Damon; Hurst, Joe; Miller, Matthew; Bourassa, Bob; Seal, Rick

An enclosure device is disclosed for housing a visual display device adjacent to a surface. The enclosure comprises a cabinet defining a cabinet chamber. A face plate defines a continuous frame. A pyramid body defines a cover chamber. The cabinet chamber receives the visual display device. The face plate compresses against the cabinet, for simultaneously positioning the face plate over the visual display device and positioning the pyramid body adjacent to the ...

Adjustment apparatus for sneeze guard

Patent Number: 8109579
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: English, Douglas A.; Rice, Shawn D.

An adjustment apparatus for a sneeze guard includes a support post having a mounting bar with two parallel ridges along the rear side. First and second support frames are slidably interconnected and secured to the ridges on the mounting bar in parallel relation, the outer side of first support frame facing the outer side of the second support frame. The first support plate is pivotally connected and adjustably secured in a plurality of rotational positions to the inner side of the first ...

Refrigerator and method of manufacturing door thereof

Patent Number: 8104853
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Kim, Myung Soo; Kim, Yong Kyung; Lim, Jun Seong; Seo, Young Jin; Lee, Jong Il; Kim, Myung Wouk

Disclosed are a refrigerator and a method of manufacturing a door of the refrigerator. The door includes a door frame formed with at least one opening, at least one front panel coupled to a front surface of the door frame to open or close the opening, a rear panel coupled to a rear surface of the door frame to form a foaming cavity together with the front panel and provided with a rack receiving water bottles, and a decorative member formed at a front surface of the front panel. A chamfer ...

Refrigerator

Patent Number: 8104852
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Jeong, Kyung Han; Oh, Seung Hwan; Kim, Sang Oh

Refrigerator for enabling putting in or taking out food to/from a basket (55) therein with of lowering a position of the user, such as bending oneself, and enabling the user to look into an inside of the basket (55) conveniently as the basket (55) is tilted in a lifted up ...

Sliding track for electronic devices

Patent Number: 8104851
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Lu, Limo

A sliding track assembly for a casing for installing an embedding object so that the embedding object can be pulled out or pushed thereto comprises a retaining unit having a front end and a rear end; each of the front end and the rear end having a plurality of through holes for locking the retaining unit to a casing; a base having a wall with a plurality of through holes; a sliding sleeve engaged to and slideable to the base; the sliding sleeve having a long hole; a supporting frame ...

Furniture storage unit

Patent Number: 8104850
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Knauf, Marvin C.; Hofman, William K.; Jeffers, Robert E.; Mueller, Karl Heinz; Hamilton, John R.; Bultsma, Brian L.; Hager, Allen C.; Mead, Karl J.; Miller, Scott Michael

An office furniture unit has an outer face with slotted hangers, and a removable storage unit assembly including a bottom panel positioned in a generally horizontal orientation along the office furniture unit, and a top panel disposed above and generally parallel with the bottom panel. First and second panels are disposed at opposite ends of the top and bottom panels and are connected therewith to define a rigid, box-shaped case having an open back portion. The first and second end panels ...

Expandable table device for diaper changes

Patent Number: 8104849
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Urioste-Risso, Claudia

An expandable table device for allowing a user to change a baby's diaper or to care for the baby which is composed of a base, a storage compartment disposed in the base, and an expandable table component disposed in the base. The table component is composed of a plurality of wings that can be stacked atop each other and stored in the storage compartment, or the wings can be expanded from the storage compartment and unstacked so as to create a generally flat ...

Dryer having door opening and closing apparatus

Patent Number: 8104848
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Yoon, Hyoung Tae

A dryer having a door opening and closing apparatus are disclosed. The door opening and closing apparatus includes a cabinet provided with an opening part, a door installed to the cabinet to open and close the opening part, a hook provided to the door, a fixing part provided to the cabinet, a plate spring provided to the fixing part to allow the hook to be inserted therein and a projection part provided to the fixing part to allow the plate spring to be ...

Apparatus for storing and dispensing rolled cleaning wipes

Patent Number: 8104847
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Colon, Ana; Santiago, Julissa

A storage and dispensing arrangement is provided to maintain moistened wipes wet. The moistened wipes are rolled around a core tube and placed inside a first housing. The first housing is then placed inside a second housing having a closing door to isolate the first housing from external environment. The unit is then hanged into a stand, a rack or a ...

Refrigerating appliance with height-adjustable storage device

Patent Number: 8100488
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Tischer, Thomas; Eisele, Frank; Staud, Ralph

A refrigerating appliance including a housing defining an internal space and the refrigerating appliance including a storage element retained in a height-adjustable manner by a plurality of arms pivotable about parallel and spaced apart first axes fixed with respect to the housing and the plurality of arms pivotable about parallel and spaced apart second axes fixed with respect to the storage element, the refrigerating appliance including a coupling device connecting the plurality of arms ...

Auxiliary positioning device for slide assembly

Patent Number: 8100487
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Chen, Ken-Ching; Wang, Chun-Chiang; Liang, Hsiu-Chiang

A slide assembly with an auxiliary positioning device includes a positioning member and a guiding base. The positioning member is pivotally connected to a first slide member and includes a pin member. The guiding base is connected to a second slide member and includes a separation body, an engaging body, multiple passages and slots. When the second slide member is retracted, the pin member is located in a first passage. When the second slide member is pushed inward, the pin member moves ...

Food storage unit with drawer having impact-absorbing seal

Patent Number: 8100486
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Veltrop, Loren

A drawer seal includes a magnetic coupler, a bellows filled or substantially filled with a vibration dampening material and which is affixed to either a drawer or cabinet by a base member. The base member can be embodied as a dart that extends into a hole formed into the drawer or cabinet. A refrigerated food storage cabinet includes a self-closing drawer provided with the drawer seal whereby the drawer is less likely to rebound ...

Rotating door mechanism and electronic appliance

Patent Number: 8100485
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Sato, Kazuhito; Ogasawara, Yutaka; Kawabe, Hidetoshi

A rotating door mechanism includes: a front door member having a door panel part having a nearly cylindrical side surface which is opened and closed on a side surface of a cabinet; a base member; and a rotating member, wherein the rotating member is rotatably mounted on the base member, the front door member is movably mounted on the rotating member from a direction of the door front side to a depth direction while the front door member is energized to the door front side, the base member ...

Computer enclosure

Patent Number: 8100484
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Wu, Chia-Kang; Chen, Li-Ping

A computer enclosure includes a base and a mounting bracket. The base includes a mounting pole. The mounting bracket includes a mounting mechanism. The mounting mechanism includes a mounting member. The mounting member is movable perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the mounting pole, and the mounting member is capable of removeably retaining the mounting pole thereto to thereby releasably connect the base to the mounting ...

System for positioning sliding doors

Patent Number: 8096629
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Halfon, Amos; Harari, Mordechai

Presented herein is a novel sliding door system that that enables adjustment of at least two sliding doors relative to each other such that surfaces of the sliding doors create a substantially flush surface a support onto which the sliding door mechanism is mounted. The system includes at least one inner and outer sliding door slidably coupled to corresponding guide rails. The guide rail that is coupled to the outer sliding door is selectably moveable by a sliding door mechanism between a ...

Piezo actuated slide latching mechanism

Patent Number: 8096628
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Ostrowski, Eric Allen

A latching mechanism is particularly suited for use in latching a slide mechanism, such as used to slidably mount a drawer. The latching mechanism includes a latch assembly comprising a latch lever mounted for movement between a first, second and third positions, a latch tab for selective engagement with a second end of the latch lever, and a piezo electric controller. The controller has a plunger configured to selectively control the movement of the latch lever between the first and second ...

Latch apparatus to an enclosure for an electronic device

Patent Number: 8096627
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Lin, Ian

A latch apparatus for a cover and a housing is mounted on at least one side in a front of the housing. The latch apparatus includes a bracket rotatably attached to at least one outer side in a front of the housing and a linkage coupled to the bracket. When the bracket is rotated in a first direction, the linkage applies a force on the cover relative to the housing for detachment of the cover from the ...

Latching mechanism for folding drive bay door

Patent Number: 8096626
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Tang, Zi-Ming

An exemplary latching mechanism for folding drive bay door (10) includes a cover panel (12), two brackets (14), two link members (184), a rotatable member (16), and two elastic members (22). The cover panel is configured for covering an entrance of an electronic device. The cover panel forms two pivotally rotatable portions (122) on opposite ends. The brackets are fixed to the electronic device. Each of the brackets defines a guiding hole for ...

Project management desk

Patent Number: 8096625
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Willis, Michael G.

A project management desk having a transparent working surface supported by spaced apart legs and below which is disposed a sliding tray having a plurality of side by side document compartments, the contents of which are visible through the working ...