Device for Receiving a Drawer

Abstract

A drawer which is laterally provided with two telescoping drawer guides, each of the two guides including a rail which, on the rear end thereof, can be pushed onto a rear receiving fitting on the body of the piece of furniture in the guiding direction, and on the front end thereof, can be engaged with a front receiving fitting on the body of the piece of furniture. A lateral snap-in pin projects from the rail close to the front end thereof, the snap-in pin being insertable, in the guiding direction, into a snap-in slit which is open towards the front and located on the front receiving fitting. A spring-loaded locking rocker secures the snap-in pin in the position thereof in the snap-in slit. The locking rocker can be displaced into a release position for releasing the snap-in tongue by actuating a release gear.

1 . Device for releasably receiving a drawer, comprising:
 two telescopic drawer guides in a body of a piece of furniture with each of the two telescopic drawer guides comprising a rail, wherein the rail, on a rear end thereof, is adapted to be pushed onto a rear receiving fitting on the body of the piece of furniture in a guiding direction, and on a front end thereof, can be engaged with a front receiving fitting on the body of the piece of furniture, a lateral snap-in means projecting from the rail proximate the front end of the rail, the snap-in means being insertable, in the guiding direction, into a snap-in slit which is open towards the front end of the rail and located on the front receiving fitting, a spring-loaded locking rocker securing the snap-in means in the snap-in slit, and the locking rocker being adapted to be displaced into a release position for releasing the snap-in means by actuating a release gear.   
   
   
       2 . Device according to  claim 1 , wherein the snap-in means is a laterally protruding snap-in tongue. 
   
   
       3 . Device according to  claim 2 , wherein the locking rocker can be displaced between its locking position and its release position by overcoming the force of a rocker spring. 
   
   
       4 . Device according to  claim 3 , wherein the locking rocker can be deflected by the snap-in tongue from its locking position until the snap-in tongue can be inserted into the snap-in slit, and the locking rocker then returns to its locking position due to the rocker spring. 
   
   
       5 . Device according to  claim 2 , wherein a rocker arm of the locking rocker extends into a path of motion of the snap-in tongue when in a release position of the locking rocker and displaces the locking rocker into the locking position due to engagement of the snap-in tongue on the rocker arm. 
   
   
       6 . Device according to  claim 2 , wherein the release gear is arranged on the front receiving fitting and is retained in a resting position due to spring force, and wherein the release gear moves the locking rocker into its release position when it is moved against the spring force. 
   
   
       7 . Device according to  claim 6 , wherein the release gear, when activated, pushes against the locking rocker with an actuation nose in order to displace the locking rocker into its release position. 
   
   
       8 . Device according to  claim 3 , wherein a leg spring arranged on the front receiving fitting makes up the rocker spring with a first spring leg and retains the release gear in its resting position with a second spring leg. 
   
   
       9 . Device according to  claim 8 , wherein the locking rocker, on a side that faces the first spring leg, has two stop faces that are at an angle in relation to each other, and wherein the first spring leg rests on one of the two stop faces in a locking position of the locking rocker and rests against the other stop face in the release position of the locking rocker. 
   
   
       10 . Device according to  claim 2 , wherein the release gear is arranged on the front receiving fitting and wherein the locking rocker is retained in its locking position as well as its release position by a rocker spring that rests against the front receiving fitting. 
   
   
       11 . Device according to  claim 1 , wherein the rail at its rear end comprises a receiving slit that expands towards the rear end of the rail that can be pushed across a horizontal tongue of the rear receiving fitting. 
   
   
       12 . Device according to  claim 10 , wherein an upper edge of the receiving slit transitions towards the rear end of the rail into an inclining stop edge. 
   
   
       13 . Device according to  claim 1 , wherein the snap-in means is a snap-in pin. 
   
   
       14 . Device according to  claim 13 , wherein the snap-in pin protrudes downward into the snap-in slit that is arranged on a horizontal plate of the front receiving fitting. 
   
   
       15 . Device according to  claim 14 , wherein the locking rocker pivots around a vertical axis and can be fixed in its snap-in position by a stop hook that pivots when the snap-in pin is inserted. 
   
   
       16 . Device according to  claim 15 , wherein an actuating arm of the locking rocker can be fixed in its release position and can be released by the snap-in pin when it travels past the fixed position. 
   
   
       17 . Device according to  claim 16 , wherein the snap-in pin that is released from the snap-in position can engage with a slanted area of the actuating arm when it moves along the snap-in slit in order to release the actuating arm from the fixed position by a spring deformation lateral to its swiveling plane.