Handle-less: Spring-load mechanism to push open pullout / drawers

davidro1

15 years ago

Can you show me spring-loaded mechanisms that can help me open pullouts and drawers without handles?

Thank you !

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2ajsmama
15 years ago
If you have Blum Tandem Plus slides, they now sell an add-on called Tip-on. Not sure it would work on pullouts though. Sorry I don't have them - just saw it on their website (they have Tip-on for doors now too, I have be interested in that).

Here is a link that might be useful: Tip-on for drawers
dwdwdworld_yahoo_com_au
15 years ago
You can have a look at the following link:

http://kitchenideas.com.au/handles.html

You can also get them from IKEA:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70134242

Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen handles
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sombreuil_mongrel
15 years ago
If you want to search, one type of these is called a "touch latch"
Casey
davidro1
Original Author
14 years ago
Casey: "touch latch" is a good term. Also push latch.

JLC: The Australian site posted by JLC has a good review of handle options, including mentioning recessed grooves to grip fingers into.
-- The link above is for Besta, which I bought and tried. It doesn't work with Metabox slides that Ikea uses in kitchen drawers.
---- Explanation why touch latches do not work: Metabox has a Self-close "bump" that grabs the drawer when it is sliding closed. To open the drawer, this bump prevents it from opening unless 5lb. force is applied over a specific distance from about 0.75" to 1.5" away from the cabinet. We don't feel this force when we pull since we can use our whole body. The distance to travel is too great for a push latch, and the force required may also be too large. Secondly, a touch latch needs a 0.125" distance "at rest" to reset itself, but the Metabox self-close presses the drawer front against the cabinet too hard to give much room to play with.

ajsmama: If I had started with Tandem, things might be different. I don't know about Tandem's self-close bump.
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I'll stick with Ikea's (or Blum's) Metabox since I got the cabinets and slides from Ikea already and am now comfortable with them.

On the drawer front, I can remain handle-less by adding a horizontal strip (like a Schluter profile) to grip from above, making the drawer front a bit taller. It works for me since I'm customizing this part of my installation anyway.
davidro1
Original Author
14 years ago
p.s.
Softclose dampers are to compensate for the last-minute push caused by the Metabox Selfclose bump.
mikebone
4 years ago
If you have an IKEA kitchen with Maximera drawers then i have figured out how to add BLUM TipOn blumotion to those drawers.

Here's a video that shows it in operation :

https://youtu.be/ACmLeBkIBaA

If you're interested in how this is done for IKEA or need any other info on TipOn Blumotion then drop me an email at : pushopendrawer@gmail.com

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