Supports: cabinet structure – With movable components – Horizontally movable
Reexamination Certificate
1998-03-03
2001-01-30
Cuomo, Peter M. (Department: 3624)
Supports: cabinet structure
With movable components
Horizontally movable
C312S263000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06179399
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a fastening device for fastening a front panel of a drawer to respective metal drawer side walls with vertical webs, each vertical web having an opening, the fastening device being provided with a fastening member having a holding plate to be attached to the front panel and a fastening plate to extend perpendicularly to the drawer front panel.
Such a fastening device is shown in AT 387 316 B and provides rapid anchoring of the front panel on he drawer side walls, whereby it is still possible to adjust the position of the front panel with respect to the drawer side walls.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to provide a fastening device which makes mounting of a front panel of a drawer on the side walls possible without the use of a tool and which can be locked on the drawer side walls very quickly.
This object is achieved according to the invention in that a clamping lever is mounted on the fastening plate by means of an axle and is tiltable on such axle between a locking position for securing the front panel to the drawer side wall and an unlocking position in which the front panel can be removed from the drawer side wall, a tightening member which is slideably mounted on the fastening plate, is moveable by tilting of the clamping lever, and is provided with a lateral projection that is moved into the opening in the vertical web of the drawer side wall when the clamping lever is tilted into its locking position.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a front panel fastening means which can be locked on the drawer side wall only when the fastening means is properly mounted on the drawer side wall.
To achieve this object of the invention the clamping lever is provided with at least one stop which prevents tilting of the clamping lever into the locking position when the fastening device is not mounted correctly on the drawer side wall.
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Br{umlaut over (u)}stle Klaus
Hollenstein Helmut
Cuomo Peter M.
Hansen James O.
Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Wenderoth , Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
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