GLOSSARY
ABS - Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. A tough, impact resistant polymer often used in slide bracketry, spacers and many other parts where mechanical strength is required.
BACK PLATE -The part of our 2-piece, adjustable brackets that attaches to the cabinet back panel. Available with dowels or in a screw-on version
BEADED INSET - Face frame has ornamental decoration (looking like beads) on the inside edge and drawer fronts or doors are installed flush with the face frame.
CENTER PARTITION - Wall between left and right cabinet opening in a twin door cabinet. If there is no center partition, a Tenn-Tex Center Partition Support can be used to (fake) a partition so that QuikTRAY pilasters can be installed.
CORNER PROTECTORS - Injection molded items, once clipped onto the corner joinery of kitchen cabinets, will protect the corner from impact damage during handling and shipping. Available for 135, 90, 45 and 22,5 degree corners
DOUBLE CAPTIVE -type of epoxy coated drawer slides where drawer member and cabinet member are “captive” to one another. Drawer member cannot slide sideways out of cabinet member. Preferred version for roll-outs.
DRILL PATTERN - set of 2 pre-drilled holes in the cabinet back panel. Hole diameters of 8mm or 10mm are common with varying X and Y dimensions. Measurements are taken off the front face frame intersection of horizontal stretcher rail and vertical frame. (see X/Y pattern)
FACE FRAME - Made of hard wood it is part of the cabinet construction. Installed in the front of the cabinet it becomes essential structural part of the cabinet. Slides and Hinges are installed onto face frames.
FALSE FRONT CLIPS - Injection molded plastic connectors for any type of removable false front or access panels. Easily attached on the cabinet inside, they remain concealed.
FRAME OFFSET - commonly referred to as the amount of protrusion of the face frame into the cabinet opening
FRAMELESS CABINET - Type of cabinet construction, also known as “box construction” or “Eurocabinet”. No face frame is needed.
GLASS DOOR RETAINERS - A combination of hard retainer and soft insert to hold decorative glass panels in place on kitchen wall cabinet doors. Adapt to various rabbet depth or glass thicknesses
HOOK DOWEL - when attached to any slide, it will permit tool-less installation into Tenn-Tex QuikTRAY pilasters
INSET - type of cabinet construction where drawer fronts and doors are mounted flush with the cabinet face.
INTERMEDIATE PIECE - When combined with a back plate, provides a firm connection to the specific type of slide for which it was designed.
KCMA - Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association
LINE BORING - A row of 5mm (or ¼”) holes in side panel of wall and base cabinets. Serves as anchor holes for shelf supports, drawer slides, hinges and various accessories. Most often 5mm holes are drilled at 32 center to center.
LOCKING SHELF SUPPORT - Type of shelf support that traps the shelf vertically.
MIN/MAX DISTANCE - amount of space between slide and cabinet back panel. This space can accommodate a Tenn-Tex adjustable bracket
PENINSULA CABINET - Also know as an “island” cabinet. Face Frame cabinet typically have a faceframe in the front as well as in the back. This requires a different type of slide installation method as opposed to standard cabinets. We offer special Peninsula brackets for that purpose.
PILASTER - Support strip installed vertically to attach roll-out slides to. Can be made of injection molded plastic or wood.
ROLL OUT BUMPER - When installed to the roll-out side, bumpers protect doors from being damaged by the roll-out slides. There are versions for standard roll-outs OR undermount roll-out trays.
SHIPPING CLIP - A custom made, injection molded clip that prevents doors or drawers from opening during transport and installation.
STANDOFF - amount of space that a pilaster has to be installed behind a face frame to avoid interference with staple or glue lines.
V-NOTCH SLIDE - Type of epoxy coated slide. A “V-notch” has been stamped into the tail section of the cabinet member to facilitate bending the tail 90 degree for installation.
X/Y PATTERN - X = distance from the vertical face frame to the center of dowel hole; Y = distance from horizontal stretcher rail to the center of the dowel hole
ABS - Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. A tough, impact resistant polymer often used in slide bracketry, spacers and many other parts where mechanical strength is required.
BACK PLATE -The part of our 2-piece, adjustable brackets that attaches to the cabinet back panel. Available with dowels or in a screw-on version
BEADED INSET - Face frame has ornamental decoration (looking like beads) on the inside edge and drawer fronts or doors are installed flush with the face frame.
CENTER PARTITION - Wall between left and right cabinet opening in a twin door cabinet. If there is no center partition, a Tenn-Tex Center Partition Support can be used to (fake) a partition so that QuikTRAY pilasters can be installed.
CORNER PROTECTORS - Injection molded items, once clipped onto the corner joinery of kitchen cabinets, will protect the corner from impact damage during handling and shipping. Available for 135, 90, 45 and 22,5 degree corners
DOUBLE CAPTIVE -type of epoxy coated drawer slides where drawer member and cabinet member are “captive” to one another. Drawer member cannot slide sideways out of cabinet member. Preferred version for roll-outs.
DRILL PATTERN - set of 2 pre-drilled holes in the cabinet back panel. Hole diameters of 8mm or 10mm are common with varying X and Y dimensions. Measurements are taken off the front face frame intersection of horizontal stretcher rail and vertical frame. (see X/Y pattern)
FACE FRAME - Made of hard wood it is part of the cabinet construction. Installed in the front of the cabinet it becomes essential structural part of the cabinet. Slides and Hinges are installed onto face frames.
FALSE FRONT CLIPS - Injection molded plastic connectors for any type of removable false front or access panels. Easily attached on the cabinet inside, they remain concealed.
FRAME OFFSET - commonly referred to as the amount of protrusion of the face frame into the cabinet opening
FRAMELESS CABINET - Type of cabinet construction, also known as “box construction” or “Eurocabinet”. No face frame is needed.
GLASS DOOR RETAINERS - A combination of hard retainer and soft insert to hold decorative glass panels in place on kitchen wall cabinet doors. Adapt to various rabbet depth or glass thicknesses
HOOK DOWEL - when attached to any slide, it will permit tool-less installation into Tenn-Tex QuikTRAY pilasters
INSET - type of cabinet construction where drawer fronts and doors are mounted flush with the cabinet face.
INTERMEDIATE PIECE - When combined with a back plate, provides a firm connection to the specific type of slide for which it was designed.
KCMA - Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association
LINE BORING - A row of 5mm (or ¼”) holes in side panel of wall and base cabinets. Serves as anchor holes for shelf supports, drawer slides, hinges and various accessories. Most often 5mm holes are drilled at 32 center to center.
LOCKING SHELF SUPPORT - Type of shelf support that traps the shelf vertically.
MIN/MAX DISTANCE - amount of space between slide and cabinet back panel. This space can accommodate a Tenn-Tex adjustable bracket
PENINSULA CABINET - Also know as an “island” cabinet. Face Frame cabinet typically have a faceframe in the front as well as in the back. This requires a different type of slide installation method as opposed to standard cabinets. We offer special Peninsula brackets for that purpose.
PILASTER - Support strip installed vertically to attach roll-out slides to. Can be made of injection molded plastic or wood.
ROLL OUT BUMPER - When installed to the roll-out side, bumpers protect doors from being damaged by the roll-out slides. There are versions for standard roll-outs OR undermount roll-out trays.
SHIPPING CLIP - A custom made, injection molded clip that prevents doors or drawers from opening during transport and installation.
STANDOFF - amount of space that a pilaster has to be installed behind a face frame to avoid interference with staple or glue lines.
V-NOTCH SLIDE - Type of epoxy coated slide. A “V-notch” has been stamped into the tail section of the cabinet member to facilitate bending the tail 90 degree for installation.
X/Y PATTERN - X = distance from the vertical face frame to the center of dowel hole; Y = distance from horizontal stretcher rail to the center of the dowel hole
