US1477278A - Cabinet drawer - Google Patents

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Dec. 11,1923. 1,477,278

. J. B. OCONNOR CABINET DRAWER Filed Dec. 17. 1921 Patented Dec. 11, 1923.

v i a Sr JOHN B. OCONNOR, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS,

TUBING- COMPANY, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A

Lit-"Lit CABINET DEAXVER.

- App1ieation filed December 17, 1921. Serial No. 522,994.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1', JOHN B. OCoNNoR. a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois. have invented a certain new and useful. Improvement in Cabinet Drawers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to drawers for cabinets and the like, and one of the objects'oi' the invention is to provide a simple and convenient retainer for holding down the forward edges of blueprints, drawings or other objects that may be contained within the drawer. Among other uses itmay be mentioned that it is common practice in drafting rooms and elsewhere to keep blueprints and drawings in shallow drawers mounted in cabinets made for the purpose. It fre quently happens in such cases that the forward edges of the sheets curl up and jamb when the drawer is being opened. One of my objects is to provide a retainer which will prevent this and hold the sheets in such shape that the drawer may be readily closed or opened and the drawings held neatly, and securely in place. Drawings, blueprints and the like are, of course, of various sizes and dividers are frequently used for subdividing the drawers. The object of my invention is to provide a retainer so constructed as to permit of the use of such dividers. I A

I attain my objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying .figures in which Figure 1 is a perspective assembly view showing a drawer embodying my improvements in position in a cabinet.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of parts shown in Figure l, the plane of section extending in a direction from front to rear of the cabinet.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the label holder showing the same in attached position.

Figure 4 is a sectional detail taken on the line 4-4, Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a divider.

Like numerals denote out the several views.

In the form illustrated, the cabinet l'has horizontal guides 2 for supporting and guiding the drawers 3. Dividers 4 may be fastened within the drawers at various like parts throughpoints as needs may'require. pose the bottom, of the drawer is spacepunched, as illustrated. In the form shown, see especially Figure 5, each divider has a base '5 which may be bolted to the bottom of the drawer, and atongue7 adapted to project thru suitable slots in the dI'fiWQi front. The design of these. parts may be considerably varied without-departing from the spirit'of the invention.

Hinged to the front of thedrawer is a guard or retainer 6 adapted when in acting position to overlie the front end of blue prints, tracings, drawings and like articles to hold them down and prevent any pos sibility of their curling up or becoming For this purjammed when the drawer isoperated. The

retainer is notched or otherwise so formed as to avoid interference with the dividers no matter where the latter are placed.

In the drawings I have shown a particularly simple and tainer which consists of a single piece of wire having a series o-f'reverse bends of such number and shape that the retainer as a whole resembles a strip arranged length-' wise ofthe drawer and of a few inches in width. In the present bends have parallel sides so that the retainer may be 'said' to j consist of a plurality of U-shaped bends arranged alternately, some of the bends being open towards the backand others towards the front. The retainer is hinged to the frontof the drawer by, means of eyelets 8 or other appropriate devices. Thus the retainer may be swung down to acting position shown in Figures advantageous form of re-' case these reverse p l and 2 or may be swung up to vertical position, for non-interferencewith the contents of the drawer when the latter are being removed. When swung down, the retainerwill straddle the dividers, regardless of their number or the positions to which they are adjusted.

Referring now to the label holders, these are designed especially for the type of rethe cabinet The guides 2 previously mentioned are formed of sheet metal and have upstruck lugs 16 projecting inward, as best shown in Figures 2 and 4. An arm 18 is pivoted to each side of the drawer upon pins 19 in such manner as to swing in a vertical plane. The bottom of the drawer has slots '20 through which the lower end of the arm may project. By preference these slots are not located immediately adjacent to' the sides of the drawer, but at a slight distance therefrom, as best shown in Figure l. A shoulder 21 is formed in the arms, which shoulder is adapted to strike the bottom of the drawer and limit the downward and backward movement of the arm. The resultis that when the arm is down in acting position, it cannot be swung any furtherbackward, but can be readily swung forward and upward to dotted line position shown in Figure 2. When the arm is down in acting position shown in full lines in the drawing, the lower projecting end will engage the stops 16 in time to prevent the drawer from being pulled too far out. I If it is desired to actually remove the drawer from' the cabinet, all that is necessary is for the operator to reach into the drawer, swing the arm 18 from acting position shown in full lines, Figure 2, to non acting position, shown in dotted lines, Figure drawer may be taken out.

It will be evident that the device herein- 2, after which the above described renders the cabinet convenient and efficient at a very small cost above that which would be entailed if these improvements would be omitted.

As to the stop arm 18, it would operate to a certain degree if its downward movement were limited simply by engagement with the rear end. of the slot 20; but constant shock due tosuccessive and vigorous pulls on the drawer'would tend to tear or disrupt the metal of which the bottom of the drawer is formed. According to the preferred form of the invention illustrated in the drawings, the shoulder 21 of the arm contacts a considerable area of the bottom of the drawerand thus distributes the strain and prevents any appreciable degree of wear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as newand ters Patent is: w

1. The combination with a drawer for cabinets and the like of a retainer hinged to the front, of the drawer so as to swing about a horizontal axis and to'permit'the free edge tobe lowered on to the drawer desire to secure by Letcontents, said retainer having slots for accommodating dividers mounted in the drawer.

2. In a cabinet, the combination with the main framework of a drawer slidingly mounted therein, a retainer consisting of a wire having a series. of reverse bends adapted to form slots for accommodating dividers, said bends lying in acommon plane and having the general form of an elongated rectangle, portions of the wire running parallel to the drawer front, and means adapted to pivotally connect said portions to the drawer front.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name. v JOHN B. OCONNOR.

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