In Plane Of Accessible Side Of Housing Patents (Class 312/329)
  • Patent number: 7351153
    Abstract: In the slot machine 1, it is provided the hinge construction for rotatably supporting the frame plate 63 of the frame 6 against the door 3, and the hinge construction is basically constructed from: the lower bracket 82 arranged at the lower position in one side of an opening 80 which is formed in the door 3 corresponding to the frame 6; the support hole 83 formed in the ceiling plate 81 positioned at the upper side of the door 3 and the support hole 84 formed in the lower bracket 82; and the support shaft 64 that the upper end thereof inserted in the through hole 633 of the upper support plate 634 is rotatably supported in the support hole 83 of the ceiling plate 81 and the lower end thereof inserted in the through hole 635 of the lower support plate 636 is rotatably supported in the support hole 84 of the lower bracket 82.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Aruze Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nagano
  • Patent number: 7152936
    Abstract: A secure equipment rack door assembly is disclosed including a door, a secure fastening mechanism, and two identical brackets mountable to an existing telecommunications equipment rack. The mounting brackets are vertically fastenable to a telecommunications equipment rack using the existing rack dress screws and mounting holes distributed along the side rails of the telecommunications equipment rack. The mounting brackets further include a plurality of cable management fingers and hinge apertures. The hinge apertures of the mounting brackets are designed to accept a plurality of hinge posts located along a first side of the door, thusly allowing the door to be pivotably moveable relative to the mounting bracket. The hinge apertures further include a vertical slot which may accept the deadbolt portion of the secure fastening mechanism which may be located along a second side of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Inventor: Matthew John Tarasewicz
  • Patent number: 7140702
    Abstract: A medium voltage controller for electrical equipment, such as motors, transformers, reactors, and capacitors, having an arc resistant cabinet, swaged internal electrical connections, a one-piece self-aligning withdrawable finger cluster, a pull-out instrument compartment, a load discharge device, cast fuse holders, disconnect switch, a switch illuminator, low power current transformers, and an optical temperature measuring system. The arc resistant cabinet relies on the pressure generated by an arc fault to provide the sealing action to contain the fault forces. The cabinet's rear panels are inside the cabinet and the panel lips mate to edges of the cabinet opening. The front doors each have a series of latching tabs along one side and a hinge along the opposing side. A dimple-in-a-dimple joint provides shear strength for panel joints. At the top of the cabinet is an exhaust vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: Eldridge R. Byron, Gregory O. Motley, Mary B. Groff
  • Patent number: 7073877
    Abstract: A machine for inspecting a container which is being conveyed along a linear path. The machine has cabinets situated in front of the conveyor path at either side of a central open area in front of the conveyor path which is to be used by an operator for servicing the conveyor. The interior sides of these cabinets are open for access to electronics and the central opening is closed by a pair of doors which are releasably attached to the sides of the cabinets and can be push in to provide access to the central area and can be pulled from the cabinets to provide access to electronics through the open sides of the cabinets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventor: Henry F. Raupp
  • Patent number: 7050295
    Abstract: Embodiments of a bidirectional latch assembly, methods for using same and an electronic apparatus using the same can provide a bidirectional latch assembly whereby both faces of one of two bodies constituting an electronic apparatus can be selectively latched to the other body. A bidirectional latch assembly can include a casing having a seating groove formed with a passage hole, a pressure member in the seating groove and having a seating surface on one side thereof, and a latch insertable into the passage hole and having one surface seated on the seating surface. The latch can include a frame formed with a pair of latching holes on opposite sides therein, and a pair of catching protrusions integrally formed with the frame at opposite edges along the sides (e.g., middle) of the frame. A keeper can selectively engage with either one of the pair of latching holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Lai-O Kang
  • Patent number: 7044331
    Abstract: A media dispenser module for an ATM is provided which has a secure locking mechanism. The media dispenser module may include a casing that is separatably coupled to a discharge portion for media, including a media mounting portion, on which discharged media is mounted, and an opening portion for withdrawing the media mounted on the media mounting portion. A door moving device moves a door along a plane made by the opening portion, and a pair of catching portions are formed on both sides of the media mounting portion. A locking mechanism engages the catching portions when the door completely closes the opening portion so as not to open the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: LG N-Sys Inc.
    Inventor: Byung-Mok Lee
  • Patent number: 7001001
    Abstract: A cabinet includes at least two doors located on opposite sides of the cabinet. The cabinet includes an interlocking means comprising a pair of release mechanisms, locking mechanisms, and latching mechanism. The latching mechanism functions to retain the doors in the closed position unless activated by an operator, allowing the doors to be opened. The locking mechanism prevents the latching mechanism from being activated when the opposing door is open. The release mechanism communicates the position of the door to the locking mechanism associated with the other door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: A & A Sheet Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Spencer
  • Patent number: 6981750
    Abstract: An assembly for managing cables in a telecommunications installation where the cable management troughs directing cables from telecommunications equipment mounted to an equipment rack to a vertical cable way allow air flow into a ventilation space located between the equipment rack and the vertical cable way. A cable management trough with front and rear walls and a floor, wherein the floor increases in width from a first end to a second end and the front and rear walls decreases in height from the first end to the second end. A releasable hinge for mounting a door to a telecommunications rack and a slide movable between a captive and a retracted position. Placing the slide in the captive position prevents the door from being lifted from the hinge and placing the slide in a retracted position permits the door to be removed from the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis J. Krampotich
  • Patent number: 6959972
    Abstract: A hinge assembly allows an access panel to be pivotally coupled to a cabinet, even though the cabinet includes a top cover that overlaps an upper edge of the panel. To open the access panel, a latch is actuated to first release a lower edge of the panel. The hinge assembly then allows the lower edge to be pulled out from over a base rail of the cabinet. Once the lower edge is off of the base rail, the hinge assembly allows the panel to be lowered without obstruction from the base rail. Lowering the panel then moves the panel's upper edge out from underneath the overlapping top cover. From there, the hinge assembly allows the panel to be swung open. To close the access panel, the process is reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: American Standard International Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Cude, Peter E. Simpson, Jeffrey C. Marks
  • Patent number: 6883883
    Abstract: A housing with paneling elements, at least one of which is embodied as a door panel and can be fixed on the housing in a closed position and an opened position. If threaded receivers, which are oriented toward each other, are positioned on two oppositely located panel elements at least in the connecting area with a vertically adjoining panel element, and fastening elbows are connectible with the bearing receivers in adjustable angular positions by clamping screws having an adjustment knob and can be fixed in place, then the housing can be easily attached to a fastening surface and its angular position can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Münch, Paul Root, Heinz Schmitt, Matthias Müller, Markus Neuhof
  • Patent number: 6834415
    Abstract: A concealed hinge for doors in furniture and cabinets installed with screws in which the weight of the door rests on the hinge pivot point and is borne by the frame of the cabinet. The hinge is preferably installed using a template. The hinge includes an elongated door plate member having a projection member, a hinge base plate member, pivot member connected to the distal end of the door plate projection member and to the hinge base plate member. The pivot means is located so that the arc scribed by the front pivot corner of the door does not intersect the side face portion of the vertical frame member of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Inventor: Henry C. Almestad
  • Patent number: 6779857
    Abstract: A door structure includes a door frame having edge portions of which at least some are curved. The door structure further includes a flexible door panel which is pivotable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The door panel is resiliently deformable from a substantially flat configuration to a curved configuration which corresponds to the curvature of the curved edge portions of the door frame. In the closed configuration the door panel is adapted to adopt the curved configuration and in the open position, the door panel is freely straightenable to the substantially flat configuration. The door structure may be embodied in a storage structure which includes a framework defining an interior including a storage space and an opening to the storage space. The door panel may be hingedly connected to an auxiliary portion which is slidably mounted substantially within the interior of the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Neville Waisbrod, Kent Wallace Parker, Lyall Stewart, Peter Alan Tierney
  • Publication number: 20040160149
    Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a cage (40), a bezel (60), and two pivot devices (80). The cage has a front panel (43) defining two holes (422). Each pivot device (80) is fixed to the bezel, and includes a cylinder (13), a spring (20) and a pivot (30). The cylinder receives the spring therein. Two L-shaped apertures (131) are defined in opposite sides of the cylinder. Each pivot includes a central pin (31), and a circumferential wall (32) surrounding most of the pin. Two resilient L-shaped hooks (324) are formed at opposite sides of the circumferential wall. The spring is compressed between a top end of the cylinder and the circumferential wall. When the hooks are slid from horizontal portions (132) of the apertures to vertical portions (133) of the apertures, the spring pushes the pivot downwardly, and the pin is pivotably engaged in a corresponding hole of the front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Li Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20040140743
    Abstract: The invention is a swinging bin storage system. The system has a cabinet with an open front, with an upper track and a lower track adjacent to its open front, and bins located within the cabinet portion. Each bin has a pivot that permit the bin to laterally slide in the upper track and lower track and pivot out of the cabinet when a user wishes to open the cabinet, and a handle on a front wall of the bin, which handle activates a catch which is adapted to releasably slide within one of the upper and lower tracks of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Hinton, Ronald Mackert
  • Patent number: 6675440
    Abstract: A mounting plate (10) for furniture hinges, composed of a lower mounting plate part (30), which can be fastened to the supporting wall of a piece of furniture and swiveled in its front end region, and of an upper mounting plate part (32), which can be detachably fastened in the rear end region by a snap-in connection. In its rear end region, the lower mounting plate part (30) has at least one projection (64), which protrudes upwards between side walls of the upper mounting plate part (32) and has at least one locking surface (68). At the upper mounting plate part, a swivel lock (54), with the locking surfaces of the projection or the projections (64) of the lower mounting plate part (30), is assigned to the projection (64). The swivel lock is place under tension by a spring (56) in a position forcing the locking engagement surfaces (76) into an engagement position with the locking surfaces (68).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: MEPLA-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Wilhelm Lautenschläger
  • Patent number: 6557959
    Abstract: A hinge member attached to a cabinet housing and a hinge member attached to a cabinet door are hingedly interconnected by a connector which includes structure for relieving strain on the cabinet housing when the cabinet door is moved further than its normally open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventor: Ron E. King
  • Publication number: 20030015948
    Abstract: A door retaining device is provided having particular application for preventing unauthorized removal of vending machine doors from vending machine housings. The door retaining device is fixedly secured at a first end to the vending machine door, and cooperates with the vending machine housing at a second end to permit rotation of the door relative to the housing about at least one hinge pin, but to substantially prevent movement of the door relative to the housing other than rotation about the at least one hinge pin. The door retaining device has a hook portion at the second end that extends into the housing through an aperture in the housing. The hook portion engagesthe housing to prevent movement of the door relative to the housing other than rotation about the at least one hinge pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Allen Eugene Alexander, Larry Edward Hieb
  • Patent number: 6428127
    Abstract: A cabinet having at least one door (5), in particular an electrical cabinet, comprising a framework made up of right angled metal profiles (1) which are mutually connected by use of corner members (2) having fastening elements (7) inserted in cavities in the profiles, whereby each profile is symmetrical about a plane in 45° relatively to two of the main directions of the cabinet and comprises two grooves (14) situated symmetrically about said plane, for sealing strips (12), said grooves (14) being directed outwardly from the interior of the cabinet, whereby the sealing strips (12) are in engagement with external wall panels, and whereby the bottom (11) of each groove (14) is situated inwardly of a respective profile wall (9) which delimits the profile towards the interior of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventor: Knud Rasmussen
  • Publication number: 20020093275
    Abstract: A door structure includes a door frame having edge portions of which at least some are curved. The door structure further includes a flexible door panel which is pivotable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The door panel is resiliently deformable from a substantially flat configuration to a curved configuration which corresponds to the curvature of the curved edge portions of the door frame. In the closed configuration the door panel is adapted to adopt the curved configuration and in the open position, the door panel is freely straightenable to the substantially flat configuration. The door structure may be embodied in a storage structure which includes a framework defining an interior including a storage space and an opening to the storage space. The door panel may be hingedly connected to an auxiliary portion which is slidably mounted substantially within the interior of the framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Neville Waisbrod, Kent Wallace Parker, Lyall Douglas Stewart, Peter Alan Tierney
  • Publication number: 20020074908
    Abstract: A cabinet for storage of items to clean up spills comprising a rear cabinet portion, a front cabinet portion which is openable away from the rear cabinet portion, the rear cabinet portion having at least one shelf for the storage of spill cleanup items, the front openable cabinet portion having storage space for the storage of cleanup items, and further comprising a mounting bracket for mounting the rear cabinet portion to a structural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christine Giampavolo, Robert Shelton
  • Publication number: 20020060512
    Abstract: An enclosure includes a front panel (12), a pivotable bezel (14) and a pair of female hinges (16). A pair of male hinges (42) extends from one side of an inner surface of the bezel. Each male hinge includes a flange (4220) and a pivot column (4240). Each female hinge includes a rear wall (68) attachable to the front panel, and an engaging portion (61) extending perpendicularly from the rear wall. The engaging portion defines a groove (634), and a notch (630) spaced from the groove. The groove receives the flange of the corresponding male hinge. A recess (6302) is defined at the notch, for rotatably receiving the pivot column of the corresponding male hinge. The bezel further forms a catch (44), for engaging with a slot (202) of the front panel. The bezel is thereby easily and securely attached to the front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Li Yuan Gan, Xiao Hua Qiu
  • Patent number: 6337793
    Abstract: A computer system including a chassis having two spaced apart walls, a transverse wall attached between the two spaced apart walls and a door pivotally attached to a first one of the two spaced apart walls. The door is movable between an open position and a closed position with respect to a second one of the two spaced apart walls. A first retaining pin is attached to the transverse wall. A second retaining pin is attached to the door. A mechanism is attached to the chassis for securing the door in the closed position. A peripheral device is mounted in the chassis. The first retaining pin is engaged with a first mounting hole in a first face of the peripheral device and the second mounting pin is engaged with a second hole in the second face of the peripheral device. The hinged or removable door allows the peripheral device to be cabled to the other components inside the computer before they are installed in the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Dell USA, L.P.
    Inventors: Bradford E. Vier, Roger A. Siedow
  • Patent number: 6250727
    Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a cage with a pair of brackets fixed therein for rotatably supporting a mother board tray to which a mother board is fixed. The cage includes a front panel, a rear panel, a top panel and a bottom panel forming a receiving space for receiving the mother board tray. The brackets support shafts that are rotatably received in bores defined in the mother board tray allowing the mother board to be mounted to and/or removed from the mother board tray at a position outside the cage thereby reducing the size of the cage and thus facilitating miniaturization of the computer enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaven Kan, Tien Sung Lu, Zhu Xing Zhou, Yong Xian Wang
  • Patent number: 6178625
    Abstract: A longitudinal warewasher section, of a warewasher assembly having a plurality of warewasher sections mounted end-to-end, includes a frame and a control box pivotally mounted thereto, where the control box is pivotable from a compact, shipping orientation to an installation or operating orientation. The control box preferably includes electrical controls that have been pre-wired to the electrical and/or mechanical components of the warewasher section. When in the shipping position, the rear face of the control box lies substantially flush against a lateral end of the frame and the side face of the control box is substantially flush with the longitudinal front wall of the frame such that the control box faces outwardly from the lateral end of the frame. In this orientation, the control box does not add to the total lateral width of the warewasher section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael T. Watson, Flavil M. Pollock
  • Patent number: 6068358
    Abstract: A cabinet for the acceptance of electrical and electronic components includes a rack to which a door leaf 8 having a hinge 2 as well as wall elements are mounted in a detachable fashion, the hinge 2 having at least one stationary section 3 attached to a side rail 1 of the rack as well as at least one pivoting section 4 attached to the door leaf 8. The cabinet is improved in such a fashion that the pivot axis 13 of the hinge 2 is disposed in the vicinity of the outer side of the door 14. A cabinet is thereby created whose wall elements can not be accessed from the outside whose attachment elements in the vicinity of the hinge 2 are advantageously easily accessible by opening the cabinet door even when the cabinet is fully equipped and without having to remove its contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Schroff GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Rieger
  • Patent number: 6030064
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a hinge member assembled with a door for opening/closing a cooling compartment, and a hinge bracket for supporting the hinge member. The hinge member has a hinge pin assembled on a lower comer of the door, and a pin support part for supporting the hinge pin. The hinge bracket is fixed on a body of the refrigerator, and forms a pocket part for accommodating the hinge member so as to be capable of being pulled out upward therefrom. When the width of the refrigerator has to be narrowed in order to pass the refrigerator through a gate of a room, the door is disassembled and then the hinge member is pulled out from the hinge bracket. Thus, the width of the refrigerator can be narrowed without detaching the hinge bracket from the body, and the damage on the hinge member can be prevented while the refrigerator is conveyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Myoung Kim
  • Patent number: 6009599
    Abstract: This invention relates to a burglar-proof apparatus for a vending machine having burglar-proof means intended to be operated together with an upper hinge and installed an inner upper side of a main body to which a door is coupled, by which the separation of the door from the main body is prevented regardless of any metal rod based trial of uncoupling of the upper hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Kwangiu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Jun Park
  • Patent number: 6000769
    Abstract: A computer front cover mounting arrangement includes two doorposts fixedly fastened to two opposite vertical lateral sides of the face panel of a computer mainframe, each door post having two pivot shafts at top and bottom sides, and a front cover releasably coupled to the doorposts and covered on the face panel and selectively openable from the face panel from the left side or the right side, the front cover having backward coupling flanges in four corners, each coupling flange having a circular recess for coupling with one pivot shaft, and a guide groove for guiding the corresponding pivot shaft into coupling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Enlight Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Yao Chen
  • Patent number: 5975663
    Abstract: The permissible degree of opening of a cabinet door is limited by the interengagement between a cover member for an upper door hinge and abutment structure carried by the door itself. In a preferred embodiment, the abutment structure is defined by another cover member that is secured upon an upper portion of the door. The hinge cover member is provided with a tab that projects into a cavity or recessed section of the door cover member and a portion of this projecting tab is directly engaged by a portion of the door cover member to limit the permissible angular door movement. Furthermore, the hinge cover member is preferably mounted for movement relative to the cabinet. In the preferred embodiment, the hinge cover member is pivoted in direct response to engagement with the first abutment portion of the door cover member and the door is prevented from further pivotal movement when the first abutment portion of the door cover member engages a stop portion defined by the projecting tab of the hinge cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventor: Theodore A. Becker
  • Patent number: 5971515
    Abstract: A security safe that incorporates a cabinet (20) formed of sheetmetal, including a front (22) and a door jamb (30). A door (42) for the safe is also formed of sheetmetal and has a jamb stop (48), box section (50) with a front flange (52) into which a series of hinge knuckles (58) are formed. A continuous hinge leaf (60) is plug welded (62) to an inside surface of the cabinet front and a hinge pin (64) unites the knuckles to the hinge leaf. The cabinet door jamb hinge knuckles and hinge leaf extend continuously the full height of the door. The hinge combination is completely hidden within the cabinet forming a secure barrier, as no access to the hinge is provided from the outside, nor is it at all visible, even when the door is open. This arrangement forms a secure barrier preventing unauthorized entry and in the event the door is forcibly jimmied and bent inwardly, the hinge remains totally inaccessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventors: Steven J. Baker, William A. Horn
  • Patent number: 5934584
    Abstract: A paper comminuting device or similar device, such as a paper shredder, is composed of two dimensionally stable side components extending parallel to each other and a bottom and a rear wall connecting the side components, and a cutting mechanism housing releasably placed on the side components and the rear wall. The rear wall and the bottom of the base frame are manufactured from an initially single-piece, planar plate with a transversely extending bending groove between the areas of the bottom and the rear wall. When the base frame is assembled, the appropriately profiled side components are connected to the plate and hold the plate in an angular position of 90 degrees. The side components are connected through insertable connecting points to the cutting mechanism housing so as to form together with the cutting mechanism housing a rigid, box-like component, wherein the connecting points are arranged in at least two planes located at a vertical distance from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventor: Hermann Schwelling
  • Patent number: 5788351
    Abstract: A cam adjustment apparatus facilitates vertical adjustment of an appliance door. The apparatus includes a support bracket which is arranged to support the appliance door on an appliance, and a cam which abuts the support bracket so that, as the cam is moved, the vertical position of the appliance door is adjusted. The support bracket has a pair of holes for receiving a corresponding pair of fasteners in order to fasten the support bracket to the appliance. The holes are elongated to accommodate movement of the support bracket as the cam is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Prunty, James M. Grace, Ronald E. Haltmeyer
  • Patent number: 5758937
    Abstract: A self braking door slide mechanism particularly adapted for use with cabinets that have front doors that open upwardly and are retracted using the slide mechanism to a position in which the door is aligned with the top of the cabinet in either an over or under top position. A dampening cylinder extends between the top of the cabinet and the door to slow its downwardly hinging action when the door is being closed. Auxiliary brake pads are also provided on a stationary slide member which bear against the moving portion of the slide mechanism to slow the sliding action during closing due to the force of the dampening cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Accuride International, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur E. Lammens, Victor H. Ayala
  • Patent number: 5624170
    Abstract: A door and hinge apparatus allowing quick connection and disconnection with respect to a frame, such as a cabinet frame. The door includes at least two generally elliptical slots. The generally elliptical slots have an enlarged opening and a narrower slot portion located above the enlarged opening. Mounting posts having enlarged heads protrude from one hinge leaf. The door attaches by placing the enlarged openings over the enlarged heads and sliding the door to engage the narrow slot portions with the enlarged heads. An aperture in the second hinge leaf aligns with an aperture associated with the door, and a locking plug is inserted through both apertures to prevent the door from sliding off the mounting posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: NuTone Inc.
    Inventor: Robert K. Hasty
  • Patent number: 5579613
    Abstract: A modular closure unit is described which has three walls, two of which are side walls each connected to the opposite vertical edges of the third or back wall. A top member is also integrally attached to the top edges of all three walls. Two discrete attachment means detachably attach the unit to the doorframe of an existing doorway in a wall to thereby close the doorway and prevent the unilateral removal of the unit by persons having access to only one side of the unit. The unit permits operable retention of the previously mounted door when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Inventor: Albert E. Carr
  • Patent number: 5577820
    Abstract: A door for an electronic device, wherein enclosure includes an internal cavity and an aperture for providing access to the internal cavity. The door includes a planar element for opening and closing an aperture of the enclosure. The door is rotatably attached to the enclosure to enable outward rotation of the planar element away from the internal cavity to a first position wherein the aperture is closed by the planar element and to enable inward rotation of the planar element toward the internal cavity to a second position wherein the aperture is opened. The planar element further includes an edge which contacts an edge of the aperture to stop the outward rotation when the planar element is at the first position. In addition, the door includes a V-shaped spring element for biasing the planar element to urge the planar element to provide the outward rotation. Furthermore, the door includes a push catcher for releasably holding the planar element in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Kim, Satoshi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 5570940
    Abstract: A quick attach door system for enclosing a doorless shelved structure, such as a cabinet, wherein the shelves are supported by a number of apertured uprights which are used to accept the installation of a pair of vertically spaced door support members, each door support member being provided with apertured upright attachment members and with a door supporting structure, the door supporting members having portions extending outwardly of the upright members, a pair of door-halves being supported by the door support members, wherein the door-halves are coupled to the door support members by hinge devices that are retractable to permit installation and removability of the door-halves. The hinge devices can be secured to prevent retractability once the door-halves are shut and locked. Door striker plates serve as door stops when the door is in a closed position and magnets disposed within the door adjacent the door striker plates secure the doors in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Viking Metal Cabinet Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Maro
  • Patent number: 5544958
    Abstract: A storage cabinet is secured to the wall by at least one bracket, and has a top surface carrying a carpeted shelf for support of a cat box. The cat box shelf preferably has a hinged front wall or door for cat box removal, a fixed side and back wall, and one open side for cat access. An associated climbing tree has a base supporting a plurality of joined vertical poles wrapped with sisal rope, the poles supporting at least one climbing platform, with the poles secured to the wall by at least one bracket. The apparatus may include a cabinet support stand having a pair of sides on opposite sides of a toilet fixture, the support stand having at least one shelf between the sides and above the toilet fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Inventor: Lynley A. McAfee
  • Patent number: 5544595
    Abstract: A hinge arrangement for a gaming device includes a hinge pivotally connecting a cabinet access door to a cabinet. The cabinet access door and the cabinet form a gap therebetween adjacent the hinge when the cabinet access door is closed, but the hinge forms a pocket-shaped barrier around the gap preventing unauthorized access through the gap into the interior of the cabinet. Further, an edge of the cabinet pivots into the pocket and engages a side of the pocket-shaped barrier when the cabinet access door is pivoted 90.degree. to the open position, thus preventing the cabinet access door from pivoting beyond 90.degree. damagingly into an adjacent gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Spec International Inc.
    Inventors: Orlando W. Stephenson, III, Lee M. Terpstra, Charles E. Armock
  • Patent number: 5533797
    Abstract: A housing (20) for attenuating sound from an appliance and storing excess electrical cord is provided. The housing is comprised of an enclosure (22) defining a compartment (24) having an open front and top surface and a translucent cover (28) configured to close the open front and top. The cover is rotatably mounted along an inclined hinge line (36) which allows gravity to urge it to a closed position abutting the enclosure. Chambers (42, 44) are provided for storage of excess electrical cord. When the cover is closed an exterior switch operates the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Inventor: Barry S. Gelber
  • Patent number: 5511873
    Abstract: A jewelry cabinet has a generally rectangular housing with a peripheral wall and a rear planar wall and a generally vertically extending middle wall which forms a left compartment and a right compartment within the housing. A left door and right door are pivotally connected to the housing and adapted to close the left compartment and right compartment respectively. A portion of the exterior of one of the doors is mirrored. On the interior of at least of the left and right doors is arranged a plurality of hanging hooks to retain necklaces.Within at least one of the compartments is a plurality of horizontally extending shelves. The shelves have a generally horizontally extending strip for supporting jewelry with at least one of the shelves also having a frontal vertical strip forming a slot for retaining an earring. The middle wall and the vertical wall bordering the compartment are adapted to removably hold the shelves in a vertically separated arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Inventor: Sharon A. Mech
  • Patent number: 5496104
    Abstract: An apparatus for fitting a decorative door to an existing washing machine or other domestic electrical appliance, when it is desired, to match the appliance to the decorative theme/color scheme of a kitchen. The assembly includes an "L" shaped extruded aluminum plate which can be secured to a domestic appliance by means of rubber faced magnets. Hinges on the plate are adapted to receive a door to cover the appliance and match the same to the kitchen's decoration thus creating an "integrated" appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: J.E.S. Arnold (Domestic Appliances) Limited
    Inventors: John E. S. Arnold, Carl Adams
  • Patent number: 5472271
    Abstract: A hinge for an inset cabinet door includes door and frame wings which enable the door to be adjusted both horizontally and vertically relative to the surrounding face frame of the cabinet. An angled wall of the frame wing enables a locking screw to be driven into the frame at an angle by a power-operated driver without the driver being obstructed by the adjacent side panel of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Newell Operating Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Bowers, Jeffrey L. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5464281
    Abstract: A quick attach door system for enclosing a doorless shelved structure, such as a cabinet, wherein the shelves are supported by a number of apertured uprights which are used to accept the installation of a pair of vertically spaced door support members, each door support member being provided with apertured upright attachment members and with a door supporting structure, the door supporting members having portions extending outwardly of the upright members, a pair of door-halves being supported by the door support members, wherein the door-halves are coupled to the door support members by hinge devices that are retractable to permit installation and removability of the door-halves. The hinge devices can be secured to prevent retractability once the door-halves are shut and locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Viking Metal Cabinet Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Maro
  • Patent number: 5443310
    Abstract: A merchandising case adapted for displaying and storing cutter bits includes a cabinet, storage rack within the cabinet, a door movably mounted on the cabinet for concealing the storage rack, and a display rack mounted on the front of the door for holding the cutter bits on display. The display rack will retain a plurality of cutter bits on a display rack behind a transparent safety plate and above a display area. The display area has a plurality of individual receptacles, each receptacle retaining a plurality of chips each of which contains a die cut edge emulating the kerf profile created by a corresponding router bit positioned on the display rack, above the receptacle retaining the specific chip. A customer can remove one or more of the chips from the receptacle and compare it to the cutting edge of other cutter bits, or lay it against a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Oldham Saw Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. DeFelice, Michael M. Sherman
  • Patent number: 5417012
    Abstract: An equipment cabinet employs a rack-mountable equipment enclosure surrounded by a base, a cap, and front and rear covers. Each cover consists of a bezel and a door reversibly mounted thereon via removable hinge pins. The bezels have sidewalls that rest against ledges on the edges of the enclosure to receive support therefrom. The door has a centrally-located latch, the latch having a pawl with an eccentric catch portion that engages a latch opening on a ledge extending from the bezel. The pawl also has a tab that rests between the ends of an arcuate raised portion on the rear of the door to limit the rotational travel of the pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy H. Brightman, Kenneth Gulick, Robert L. Hanson, Brian R. Herrick, Edwin A. Jeffery, Maria J. Kozo, Carl A. Swanson
  • Patent number: 5407263
    Abstract: A restructurable enclosure having a plurality of mounting blocks which are secured to the body of the enclosure at various spaced locations around and adjacent the outer peripheral portions of the door and wall panel openings therein. Each of the mounting blocks includes a plurality of threaded bores in the bottom surface thereof which communicate with openings in the enclosure body to facilitate permanent mounting of such blocks to the enclosure, and to facilitate attachment of sub-panels and other assemblies within the interior thereof, without obstructing the same. Each block also includes a pair of threaded or open bores extending inward from its outer mounting surface to facilitate mounting of the enclosure door or various wall panels to the enclosure solely from the exterior of the enclosure, without the need for accessing the interior thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Federal-Hoffman, Inc.
    Inventors: Trent T. Jones, Robert G. Lau, John S. Abbott, J. Michael Dwyer
  • Patent number: 5399008
    Abstract: A medicine cabinet for mounting in a wall recess in a wall is disclosed. A cabinet unit has side, top, and a bottom panels arranged in a box construction for mounting into the wall recess. An open rectangular front frame is an extension of the panels and provides access to a storage space within the cabinet unit. The front frame protrudes outwardly from the wall for presenting a front cabinet face parallel to the wall. The medicine cabinet further includes a door assembly for closing against the front cabinet face and for covering the storage space. The door assembly comprises a swinging door frame with both a rear surface and a front surface, and a mirrored door with both a rear surface and a front, mirrored surface. The swinging door frame is a rectangular open box of approximately the same size and shape as the front frame, and is hingably mounted to the front frame by a first hinge at one side of the front frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Inventor: John C. Vann, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5342122
    Abstract: A display and storage holder for tape cassettes is made up of at least one box-like housing having opposite side, top and bottom walls and a back panel, and being open at the front for receiving therethrough a plurality of the tape cassettes, connectors removably extending across at least the side walls of each housing and each having front and back end portions engageable with the housing for securing the respective connector thereto, a door panel separate from each box-like housing and having side edges and top and bottom edges dimensioned to extend across the front of the housing, dimples in the front end portions of the connectors extending across the side walls, ball-shaped projections on the door panel adjacent one of the side edges and which are relatively tightly engageable in the dimples on the connectors extending across the adjacent one of the side walls for defining a hinge for the door panel, and ball-shaped projections on the door panel adjacent the other of the side edges and which are relative
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Edward A. Gordon
  • Patent number: 5299862
    Abstract: This structure relates to storage devices and in particular to lockers in particular for luggage such as those to be found at airports and railway stations. The lockers of the present device comprise a door, preferably with no moving parts, which, when the locker is not in use, is permanently biased open and thus in an unlocked position. When the locker is in use the door can be secured merely by shutting the door of the locker. A number of lockers of the present invention can be incorporated into columns of lockers under the control of a central control unit which dispenses appropriate receipts and tickets in exchange for money.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Inventor: Gordon Rankine