DE2155712A1 - LOCKABLE DRAWER - Google Patents

Description

DIpWr ..-. K. Walther

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Τε!.? 044265 11/5/71

Erwin 0. Haberfeld, Zurich / Switzerland, Klosbachstrasse 165

Lockable drawer

The invention "relates to a lockable

Drawer.

As a result of the constantly increasing loads

In modern life it often happens that, for example

Keep drawers unlocked when leaving an office.

The invention is based on the object of largely eliminating the consequences of such unavoidable negligence by providing the user with a visual indication
Has disposal through which he can close to the forgotten

the drawer is remembered.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by

that the drawer is loaded with springs in the direction of extension the bolt of the lock is held outside the area of the latch receiving the latch of the lock in the piece of furniture and is movable into the closed position with compression of the springs, and that the end faces of the drawer and the piece of furniture in one of these positions of the drawer are offset from one another perpendicular to the end face.

Even with greater volatility, the user will

the front surface of the piece of furniture, which has changed compared to the locked state, is noticeable and attaches it to the necessary locking

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309813/0184

solution of the drawer

In the schematic drawing are exemplary embodiments of the invention shown »It shows

Figo 1 is a vertical section through a drawer and a rope of the receiving it Piece of furniture,

Figo 2 shows a _{section corresponding to Big o} 1 with the drawer in the closed position,

3 shows a section corresponding to ^{I 1} Ig _{0 1}

a modified design with unlocked S _c hublafle and

4 with a section corresponding to FIG the drawer in the closed position, »

A drawer 1 is guided in a piece of furniture 2 such that it can be pulled out in the usual manner. It contains in its front wall the bolt 3 of a usual lock, which is used to lock the drawer can be moved into a case 4 in the piece of furniture 2 "A spring 6 presses against the rear wall 5 of the drawer"

In the design according to FIGS * 1 and 2, the arrangement being such that when unsealed drawer whose front end face 7 with the front end face 8 of the piece of furniture was flush For closing must the drawer, against the force of the spring 6 in the position shown in FIG _e 2 Able to be moved. The front face 7 of the drawer is then lower than the front face of the piece of furniture, so that the proper closure of the drawer can be easily recognized »

In the design according to Figo 3 and 4, the end face is 7 of the drawer 1 in front of the end face 8 of the piece of furniture 2 when the drawer is not locked, while in the locked State "when the spring 6 is compressed, the" two end faces are in alignment "The protruding drawer is clearly visible visible indication of the forgotten lock »

309819/0184

Claims (1)

Claim: A lockable drawer, characterized in that it is held in the pull-out direction by springs (6) loaded with the bolt (3) of the lock within the area of the latch receiving the bolt (4) in the piece of furniture (2) and in the closed position by compressing the spring is movable, and that the end "surfaces (7 and 8) of the drawer (1) and the piece of furniture (2)
are offset from one another in one of these two positions of the drawer perpendicular to the face 309819 / 018A