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US3330613A
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Filing drawer motion control
Assignee: Art Metal Inc
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Filing: 1965-12-06
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Granted: 1967-07-11
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Expires: 1985-12-06
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 David E Barth
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-05 18:14
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B88/00; A47B88/50; A47B88/57; A47B88/90; A47B88/969; A47B88/994; A47B2210/00; A47B2210/0002; A47B2210/0029; A47B2210/0043; A47B2210/0051; A47B2210/0059
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
242 words
IN A FILLING DEVICE COMPRISING A CABINET AND A FILLING DRAWER ADAPTED FOR BODILY MOVEMENT HORIZONTALLY THROUGH AN OPEN FRONT PORTION OF SAID CABINET, A COMBINATION DRAWER SUSPENSION AND MOVEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM FOR SAID DRAWER INCLUDING AT EACH OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID CABINET A HINGED LINK UNIT, EACH SAID UNITS COMPRISING, A PAIR OF RELATIVELY HINGED LINKS INTECONNECTED IN ARTICULATED RELATION BY MEANS OF A FIRST PIVOT CONNECTION DEVICE HAVING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING AXIS OF PIVOTING A SECOND PIVOTAL CONNECTION DEVICE MOUNTING THE OTHER END PORTION OF ONE OF SAID HINGED LINKS TO A REAR PORTION OF SAID DRAWER, AND A THIRD PIVOTAL CONNECTION DEVICE MOUNTING THE OTHER END PORTION OF THE OTHER OF SAID HINGED LINKS TO A REAR WALL PORTION OF SAID CABINET, WHEREBY SAID LINK UNITS "CLOSE" IN ACCORDIAN-FOLDING MANNER TOWARD FLAT-WISE FOLDED CONDITIONS INTO THE REARMOST PORTION OF THE CABINET INTERIOR WITH SAID FIRST PIVOT CONNECTION DEVICES DISPLACED INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIIR PORTION OF THE CABINET WHEN THE DRAWER IS MOVED REARWARDLY INTO SAID CABINET, AND WHEREBY SAID LINK UNITS HINGEDLY "OPEN" WHEN SAID DRAWER IS MOVED OUTWARDS OF SAID CABINET TOWARD ITS "OPEN" POSITION THEREBY DISPLACING SAID FIRST PIVOT CONNECTION DEVICES TOWARD THEIR RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT CABINET SIDE WALLS, AND A DRAWER MOVEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM INCLUDING EQUALIZER MEANS OPERATIVE TO PREVENT SAID DRAWER FROM YAWING WHEN MOVING IN AND OUT OF SAID CABINET AND "STOP" MEANS FOR LIMITING THE OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID DRAWER RELATIVELY TO SAID CABINET.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
242 words
IN A FILLING DEVICE COMPRISING A CABINET AND A FILLING DRAWER ADAPTED FOR BODILY MOVEMENT HORIZONTALLY THROUGH AN OPEN FRONT PORTION OF SAID CABINET, A COMBINATION DRAWER SUSPENSION AND MOVEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM FOR SAID DRAWER INCLUDING AT EACH OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID CABINET A HINGED LINK UNIT, EACH SAID UNITS COMPRISING, A PAIR OF RELATIVELY HINGED LINKS INTECONNECTED IN ARTICULATED RELATION BY MEANS OF A FIRST PIVOT CONNECTION DEVICE HAVING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING AXIS OF PIVOTING A SECOND PIVOTAL CONNECTION DEVICE MOUNTING THE OTHER END PORTION OF ONE OF SAID HINGED LINKS TO A REAR PORTION OF SAID DRAWER, AND A THIRD PIVOTAL CONNECTION DEVICE MOUNTING THE OTHER END PORTION OF THE OTHER OF SAID HINGED LINKS TO A REAR WALL PORTION OF SAID CABINET, WHEREBY SAID LINK UNITS "CLOSE" IN ACCORDIAN-FOLDING MANNER TOWARD FLAT-WISE FOLDED CONDITIONS INTO THE REARMOST PORTION OF THE CABINET INTERIOR WITH SAID FIRST PIVOT CONNECTION DEVICES DISPLACED INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIIR PORTION OF THE CABINET WHEN THE DRAWER IS MOVED REARWARDLY INTO SAID CABINET, AND WHEREBY SAID LINK UNITS HINGEDLY "OPEN" WHEN SAID DRAWER IS MOVED OUTWARDS OF SAID CABINET TOWARD ITS "OPEN" POSITION THEREBY DISPLACING SAID FIRST PIVOT CONNECTION DEVICES TOWARD THEIR RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT CABINET SIDE WALLS, AND A DRAWER MOVEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM INCLUDING EQUALIZER MEANS OPERATIVE TO PREVENT SAID DRAWER FROM YAWING WHEN MOVING IN AND OUT OF SAID CABINET AND "STOP" MEANS FOR LIMITING THE OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID DRAWER RELATIVELY TO SAID CABINET.
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