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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1974
Ralph L Klenik, Jr, Marietta, OH (US);
Ralph E Dyar, Marietta, OH (US);
Sperry Rand Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A file-cabinet anti-tip device allows only one drawer to be withdrawn from a cabinet at a time. The device maintains cabinet-mounted drawer latches in drawer-unlocked positions when all of the drawers in the cabinet are closed, but moves the latches of the remaining drawers to drawer-locked positions in response to any one of the drawers being withdrawn from the cabinet. An actuating means includes a cabinet-mounted movable lock rod which is linked to the drawer latches, drawer-mounted cams and cabinet-mounted movable levers to move the lock rod in response to movement of the cams. The device of this invention can be easily integrated with conventional push-button-type file-cabinet locking mechanisms as well as combination-type locking mechanisms.