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EP 0442521 B1 19930519 - ROLL CONTAINER

Title (en)

ROLL CONTAINER

Publication

EP 0442521 B1 19930519 (DE)

Application

EP 91102169 A 19910215

Priority

DE 4004724 A 19900215
DE 9001799 U 19900215

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0442521A2] Rolling container, for example for writing desks or laboratory tables, having a container housing which runs on guide rollers and bearing rollers blockable via a foot switch and which has at least one drawer compartment in which a drawer is held in a pull-out manner. A device (50, 60, 70) coupled to the foot switch (110) is so designed that it blocks the drawer (40) with the foot switch (110) released and frees it with the foot switch (110) actuated. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

E05B 65/46

IPC 8 full level

E05B 53/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/46 (2006.01); E05B 65/462 (2017.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E05B 53/001 (2013.01); E05B 65/462 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0442521 A2 19910821; EP 0442521 A3 19911023; EP 0442521 B1 19930519; DE 59100113 D1 19930624

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 91102169 A 19910215; DE 59100113 T 19910215