Patent ID: 6457789
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A47B,E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
Cassette (1) intended for building up drawer cabinets of the type that accommodates a drawer (2) and includes, on one hand, a rectangular frontal frame (5) from which four walls extend, a bottom wall (11), two side walls (8, 8â€²) and an upper wall (10), and on the other hand, a rear wall (9) to which said walls are connected, and which frontal frame (5) has at least one lower, vertical flange (16) in connection with the first-mentioned walls, the drawer, (2) in addition to a back piece (21) including a bottom piece (19), two side pieces (20, 20â€²) as well as a frontal piece (18) in which a lock (22) is arranged for locking the drawer relative to the cassette, characterized in that the lock (22) includes a house (23) located inside the frontal piece (18) of the drawer and in connection with an opening (44) therein, inside which house there is a spring-activated plunger (25), which is movable vertically in relation to a hole (45) in the bottom piece (19) of the drawer, between, on one hand, a lower, locking position in which a free end of the plunger (25) is behind and below an upper edge of said lower flange (16) of the frontal frame of the cassette, and in which the plunger makes the pulling-out of the drawer from the cassette impossible, and, on the other hand, an upper, opening end position in which the free end of the plunger is located above the upper edge of said lower flange and goes free therefrom to enable the pulling-out of the drawer, and that the lock house (23) has a frontal opening (30) in flush with the opening (44) in frontal piece (18) of the drawer (2), and that a slide (24) carrying the plunger (25) is arranged inside the house, which slide defines a forwardly open cavity (39) and includes a top wall (37) positioned above the cavity, which top wall is accessible via said openings (30, 44) in the house and the frontal piece of the drawer to permit the lifting of the slide together with the plunger against the action of at least one spring (43) arranged between the house and the slide, which spring always aims at bringing the plunger to the locking, lower position.