Closing device for moving a drawer to a fully inserted position within a furniture body

摘要

A closing device is employed in an article of furniture having furniture components including a furniture body and a drawer for moving the drawer to a fully inserted position within the furniture body. The closing device includes a pin member fixed to the drawer and a tiltable member mounted on the furniture body. The tiltable member is displaceable along a guide track in opposite directions. The pin member and the tiltable member are engaged with the drawer is in its fully inserted position. The pin member is held in a slot of the tiltable member. A spring acts on the tiltable member. When the pin and the tiltable member are in engagement, the spring urges to the drawer to move in a direction inwardly of the furniture body to the fully inserted position. When the tiltable member displaced relative to the other furniture component against the force of the spring to a predetermined position, the tiltable member is caused to tilt about an axis to a locking position whereat the tiltable member is locked with respect to the furniture body and engagement between the pin member and the tiltable member is released. The pin member is elongated in cross section. The width of the slot in the tiltable member is equal to the length of the cross section of the pin member, and the depth of the slot is larger than the width of the pin member.