Standard_Parts_Catalogue

Page 1872 | 3.8 Adjusting, Moving with Guides, Spindles and Ball Rollers GN 1418 Telescopic Slides continued „Push to Open“ - mechanism Telescopic slides GN 1418 come with a “push to open” or “touch to open” mechanism. In addition to ease of ope- ning, the system allows you to have drawers without a front handle. The visual appearance is trim and high-end. The drawers are actuated by pressing your hand on the front of the slide-out shelf or drawer. The required force to activate the opening mechanism is about 40 N per rail pair. The inner rail extends about 4.5 mm in its home position and can be pressed in a maximum of 8 mm in the closing direction. This should be taken into account during con- struction in order to prevent collisions. The pressure or release point is reached at about 3 mm which causes the drawer to slide out smoothly to about 42 mm in the ope- ning direction after being released. The same force has to be overcome when the drawer is closed. Over the last 42 mm, the drawer’s speed is redu- ced to a maximum of 0.15 m/s. When closed, the rail is held by the opening mechanism as a type of lock. Detach function Type F has additionally a detach function through which the extension slides can be completely separated from one another in the area of the middle and inner slide. This feature not only facilitates mounting. It also allows the extension to be quickly removed, for example, when fre- quent maintenance work is performed on the components located behind. The telescopic slide can be quickly and easily detached in the extracted position through activation of the release lever, allowing the inner slide to be removed from the front. For reattaching the slides, the ball cages need to be moved to the front end position. Then the inner slide is inserted to the back end stop where it locks into place automatically. The protected arrangement of the release mechanism pre- vents accidental detachment of the slide.