US1450974A - Sliding drawer and locking means therefor - Google Patents

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Apr. 10, 1923.

11,45,974 J. HEOTES SLIDING DRAWER AND LOCKING MEANS THEREFOR Filed Apr. l2, l922 2 sheets-sheet l INVENTOR WITNESS: A'FI'ORNEY Apr. 10, 1923.

J. HEOTES SLIDING DRAWER AND LOCKING MEANS THEREFOR Filed Apr J 12, 1922 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Apr. 10, 1923. I .i

JOHN HEOTES, OF TOMAHAWK, WISCONSIN.

SLIDING DRAWER AND LOCKING MEANS THEREFOR.

Application filed April 12, 1922. Serial No. 552,003.

To all whom it art-[Ly concern: igure is a top plan view thereof.

Be it known that I, JoHN Hnorns, a citi- Figure 6 is a detail view. zen of the United States, residing at Toma- A cabinet or similar article of furniture hawk, in the county of Lincoln and State is illustrated by the drawings and is broadly 60 5 of isconsin, have invented new and useindicated by the numeral 1. The cabinet ful Improvements in Sliding Drawers and may be provided with any desired number Locking Means Therefor, of which the folof secret drawers which, are locked in aclowing is a specification. cordance with this invention, only one of Th s invention has reference to an article the same, however, being shown by the 65 10 of furniture. drawings. The outer face or frame for the The object of the invention is to produce drawer is indicated by the numeral 2, the an article of furniture having sliding drawdrawer being broadly indicated by the nuers' that shall be provided with means for meral 3. The drawer slides through the preventing the opening of the drawers 6X- frame on the usual cleats 4:, the lower edges 70 cept by authorized persons. of the sides of the drawer, in the present A further object is to produce an article instance projecting a suitable distance be of furniture provided with a sliding drawer low the bottom 5 thereof. Secured to the that is divided into a front and into rear under face of the cleats l there is a bottom compartments, spring influenced means beboard for the cabinet 2 which is indicated 75 ing arranged on the bottom of the drawer by the numeral ('5, and there is a slight space to contact with the outer member of the 7 provided between the outer edge of the frame of the furniture to prevent the opening board 6 and the lower member of the frame, of the drawer, said spring influenced means the said lower member being, for distincbeing effectively concealed but designed to tion, indicated by the numeral 3.

2 be contacted by a suitable instrument to Secured to the bottom 5 adjacent to the permit of the opening of the drawer, spring inner edge thereof there is a pair of stop means being employed to influence the members 9 respectively. The members 9 drawer to open position, and wherein, after are constructed of some suitable springy the first mentioned locking means have been material either wood or metal, and are each 85 30 released, the remaining locking means will in the nature of a flat bar. Each of the be brought to contacting engagement with stop bars 9 has its upper face at its outer the frame so that only the outer compartend beveled, as at 10, and securing means ment of the drawer will be open, a similar 11 pass through this end of the stop bars instrument being necessary to depress the and enter the bottom of the drawer to hold 99 remaining spring influenced means to per: the opposite ends of the stop bars at a mit access being obtained to the inner comdownward inclination and in the path of partments of the. drawer. contact with the lower member 8 of the The foregoing, and other objects which frame. By suc'h arrangement, it will be will present themselves as the nature of the seen that the drawer cannot be moved to 95 40 invent-ion is better understood, may be acopen position until after suitable flat elecomplished by a construction and combinaments are inserted in the space 7 and tion of parts such as is disclosed by the brought to contact with the said stop memdrawings which accompany and which form here to spring the same above the upper part of this specification. edge of the member 8 of the frame.

In the drawings The drawer is divided by suitable parti- Figure l is a vertical transverse sectional tions into an outer compartment 12 and inview through an article of furniture such as ner compartments 13. For distinction, the a cabinet in accordance with this invention. partition that provides the rear wall of the Figure 2 is a bottom plan view thereof, outer compartment is indicated by the nu- 105 the legs of the cabinet being in section. meral 14. the confronting end walls of the Fi re 3 is a sectional view approxiinner compartments being spaced a suitable matefi on the line 33 of Figure 2, but distance away from each other whereby a showing the drawer opened to permit access space is arranged therebetween at the rear to the outer compartment thereof. of the drawer to accommodate a block 15 Figure 4 is bottom plan View of the that is secured to the rear wall of the cabidrawea net. The block. h s it fr m: face acoilecl spring 16, the said spring contacting with the rear wall of the partition 14 impedes the drawer to partial open position when the stop members 9 have been operated, as previously described.

It is one of the purposes of this invention to provide means whereby the inner compartments of the drawer are rendered secret even should a person have knowledge of operating the stops 9 to open the drawer to obtain access to the outer compartment 12, and to accomplish this I secure on the bottom 5 of the drawer 3, at the rear thereof, and centrally between the stop members 9 an additional but shorter stop 1'7. This stop may be constructed of wood or metal, but in the showing of the drawings is in the nature of an arched spring plate, the same havingits rear end secured to the bottom 5 of the drawer at the rear thereof. The stop 17 is of a length equalling the distance between the rear of the drawer 3 and the outer face of the partition 14:, and it will be apparent that when the drawer is opened, as previously described, the stop 17 will contact with the member 8 of the frame so that it will be necessary to insert a fiat instrument through the space 7 to force the stop 17 out of contact with the member 8 of the frame before the drawer can be moved to a further outward position to obtain access to the rear or inner compartments 13.

It is believed that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings will fully set forth the construction, operation and advantages of the improvement to those skilled in the art to which surh inventions relate, and that further detailed description will not be required. It is thought necessary to state, however, that I do not desire being restricted to the precise structural details herein set forth and that I may make any such changes therefrom as fall within the scope of what I claim.

Having described the invention, I claim The combination with a cabinet or similar article of furniture having a drawer opening, a drawer slidable through the opening, a bottom below the drawer whose outer edge is spaced from the frame of the cabinet, said drawer divided into an outer and inner compartments, spring means in the cabinet contacting the drawer for influencing the same to open position, downwardly inclined spring bars secured to the bottom of the drawer in contact with the outer member of the frame of the cabinet for holding the drawer from opening, and said members designed to be moved to releasing position by the insertion of an instrument through the space between the bottom and frame of thecabinet to move the bars out of contact with the cabinet. and a downwardly inclined spring stop member secured to the bottom of the drawer for contacting the frame of the cabinet when the drawer has been moved a distance to uncover the outer compartment, and wherein a flat instrument must be inserted in the referred to space to influence the last mentioned stop to permit of the full opening of the drawer.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN HEOTES.

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