EP 0495940 B1 19950503 - DEVICE FOR HOLDING PUSHED-IN DRAWERS IN THE BODY OF AN ITEM OF FURNITURE.
Title (en)
DEVICE FOR HOLDING PUSHED-IN DRAWERS IN THE BODY OF AN ITEM OF FURNITURE.
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG ZUM HALTEN EINES IN EINEN MÖBELKORPUS EINGESCHOBENEN SCHUBKASTENS.
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF DE MAINTIEN D'UN TIROIR INSERE DANS LE CORPS D'UN MEUBLE.
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 9100581 W 19910712
- DE 9013161 U 19900917
Abstract (en)
[origin: US5240318A] PCT No. PCT/DE91/00581 Sec. 371 Date May 18, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date May 18, 1992 PCT Filed Jul. 12, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/04843 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 1992.A device for holding a drawer closed includes a fork-like member which is pivotable between an inoperative position and an operative position. When the drawer is open, the fork-like member is normally in the inoperative position. As the drawer is closed, a pin on the drawer engages a first tine of the fork-like member to thereby pivot the latter to the operative position in which the pin is engaged by a second tine of the fork-like member. The second tine biases the pin under the action of a spring so as to hold the drawer closed. A returning member is integral with the fork-like member and serves to return the fork-like member to the inoperative position if the fork-like member is unintentionally pivoted to the operative position while the drawer is open. The returning member is provided with a channel having a first open end adjacent to the fork-like member and a second open end which faces the pin when the drawer is open and the fork-like member is in the operative position. The second open end has a resilient closure which permits entry of the pin into the channel but serves as a barrier to withdrawal of the pin. Upon closing the drawer, the pin enters the channel through the second open end. When the drawer is subsequently opened, the pin abuts the closure thus causing the returning member to pivot the fork-like member towards its inoperative position. The pin leaves the channel of the returning member via the first open end after the fork-like member reaches the inoperative position.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
E05B 65/44 (2006.01); A47B 88/04 (2006.01); E05C 19/02 (2006.01)
IPC 8 main group level
A47B (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
A47B 88/40 (2016.12 - KR); A47B 88/467 (2016.12 - EP US); A47B 2210/0032 (2013.01 - EP US); A47B 2210/0056 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 292/0883 (2015.04 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT CH DE ES GB IT LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 5240318 A 19930831; AT E121913 T1 19950515; AU 645824 B2 19940127; AU 8188791 A 19920415; BR 9106061 A 19930302; CA 2068876 A1 19920318; DE 59105391 D1 19950608; DE 9013161 U1 19901122; EP 0495940 A1 19920729; EP 0495940 B1 19950503; ES 2072001 T3 19950701; FI 922207 A0 19920514; FI 922207 A 19920514; HU 211355 B 19951128; HU 9201615 D0 19920928; HU T62774 A 19930628; JP H05502488 A 19930428; KR 920702206 A 19920903; NO 175283 B 19940620; NO 175283 C 19940928; NO 921940 D0 19920515; NO 921940 L 19920515; NZ 239727 A 19940427; RU 2058746 C1 19960427; WO 9204843 A1 19920402
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 84944292 A 19920518; AT 91912556 T 19910712; AU 8188791 A 19910712; BR 9106061 A 19910712; CA 2068876 A 19910712; DE 59105391 T 19910712; DE 9013161 U 19900917; DE 9100581 W 19910712; EP 91912556 A 19910712; ES 91912556 T 19910712; FI 922207 A 19920514; HU 161592 A 19910712; JP 51160891 A 19910712; KR 920701063 A 19920506; NO 921940 A 19920515; NZ 23972791 A 19910910; SU 5052320 A 19910712