EP 0221596 B1 19890426 - COUNTERBALANCING AND SAFETY DEVICE FOR A LID OF A VERTICAL-FILING CABINET
Title (en)
COUNTERBALANCING AND SAFETY DEVICE FOR A LID OF A VERTICAL-FILING CABINET
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 8516075 A 19851022
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4742598A] Device for balancing a lid of a suspended plan filing cabinet, comprising a stay (4) fixed at one end (40) on a pivot pin (5) fastened to the lid (1), the other end (41) being free, said stay being pulled towards the top of the cabinet by a spring (6) compensating the weight of the lid. The stay is guided by a roller (7) free to turn on a pin (8) fastened to the frame (2). This stay has a notch (9) which is entered by the roller (7) in order to hold the lid open, and a notch (10) holding the lid closed. Means of adjusting the tension of the spring (6) make it possible to fix a safety position ( alpha ) before the complete closure of the lid.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65D 43/24 (2006.01); B42F 17/08 (2006.01); E05F 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
E05F 1/1066 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0221596 A1 19870513; EP 0221596 B1 19890426; AU 586509 B2 19890713; AU 6423486 A 19870430; DE 3663053 D1 19890601; ES 2008084 B3 19890716; FR 2588735 A1 19870424; FR 2588735 B1 19880812; JP H0688603 B2 19941109; JP S62119098 A 19870530; US 4742598 A 19880510
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 86201797 A 19861016; AU 6423486 A 19861021; DE 3663053 T 19861016; ES 86201797 T 19861016; FR 8516075 A 19851022; JP 24764686 A 19861020; US 91765686 A 19861009