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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1990
Charles J Leonhart, Schaumburg, IL (US);
nuArc Company, Inc., Niles, IL (US);
Abstract
A graphic arts exposure device includes a cabinet defining a work surface at a convenient working level and having a forward wall facing an operator utilizing the device. A drawer is positioned immediately below the working level movable between an extended position outwardly of the forward wall of the cabinet and a retracted position within the cabinet. A control panel for the exposure device is mounted on the drawer facing upwardly in the same general field of view for the operator as the working surface of the device. The drawer is supported on sloped slides in the cabinet below the work surface for movement between the extended and retracted positions and the slides are sloped downwardly and outwardly to automatically bias the drawer and control panel to the outwardly extended position ready for receiving operator inputs of the necessary control data while at the same time allowing the operator to view the control panel and working surface in the same general field of vision. After inputting the needed information, the drawer can be directed rearwardly by leg pressure, permitting the operator to have extended reach toward the rearward portions of the working surface without interference from an outwardly projecting control panel.