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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Nikko Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A frame structure for housing panel plates includes a box-shaped structure having openings at opposite ends. The box structure includes a pair of side plates, the inner surfaces of which are provided with grooves for housing panel plates, two pairs of bases, one pair being affixed to the upper portions of the pair of side plates and the other pair being affixed to the lower portions of the pair of side plates, and two pairs of connecting plates, one pair connecting the one pair of bases at the upper portions and the other pair connecting the other pair of bases at the lower portions. Stop members are provided at the openings at the opposite ends to prevent housed panel plates from dropping out. A stop member support device has one end affixed to the base, and at the other end is a stop member support portion. The support device uses a cam mechanism to move the stop members between a first position at which the stop members are in contact with the panel plates, and a second position at which the stop members are not in contact with the panel plates.