Supports: cabinet structure – Gang-bar type locking or latching means – Concealed
Patent
1998-01-30
2000-07-04
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
Gang-bar type locking or latching means
Concealed
312217, E05B 6546, E05C 706
Patent
active
060828390
ABSTRACT:
In a drawer control for a file cabinet, a latch member is adapted to rotate via a striker pin attached to the drawer from a release position to an engagement position when the drawer is about to be fully closed. The latch member is urged by a reversing spring which opposes the closing of a drawer until a neutral position adjacent to a fully closed position is reached, and once this neutral position is passed, the reversing spring assists the closing of the drawer to thereby provide a damping action to the drawer movement. Additionally, a moveable member extending across the latch members of the respective drawers can be moved by a cylinder lock so as to engage all the latch members to centrally lock all the drawers, and the moveable member is similarly actuated by opening of one of the drawers so as to interlock the movements of the drawers and permit only one of the drawers to be opened at a time.
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Allred David E.
Cuomo Peter M.
Inaba Saisakusho Co., Ltd
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