Justrite Manufacturing Company

Edward H Witt

Frank S Flider

A safety cabinet for the storage of flammable or combustible materials that has doors and a closure mechanism designed to automatically close and latch the doors in the event of fire. The closing mechanism is fully automatic and eliminates mechanical timing features as well as provides an automatic positive method and structure of closing the doors of the cabinet to insure a complete seal and lock. Furthermore, the latching assembly is operated using a handle which may be rotated into a tucked position. In this position, the handle rests in a cavity formed within the doors of the cabinet for protectively shielding the latching assembly to prevent accidental or unauthorized opening and handle breakage.

Safety cabinet latching system

A container for flammable fluid has an insulating plastic container body, metallic structural handle parts carried on the plastic container, a delivery port, and a metallic screen flame arrestor positioned across the delivery port. In accordance with this invention, an insert is sealed within the plastic container body in contact with both the structural handle member parts and the screen flame arrestor. The insert comprises an electrically conductive mixture of a plastic which is sealingly compatible with the plastic of the container body, and a finely divided, electrically conductive material. Accordingly, differences in static electric potential between the screen flame barrier and the structural handle member parts may be minimized to eliminate static electric sparks.

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Mattoon, IL, United States of America

Edward H Witt