Patents Assigned to Wright Line Inc.
  • Patent number: 4668027
    Abstract: A system for storing and dispensing a magnetic tape cartridge having a pivotal storage cell (14) which includes a cartridge-discharge end and a cartridge-abutting end. A support (12) is located beneath the cell and pivot means (16) are located intermediate the ends of the cell to permit the cell to pivot on the support means relative to the horizontal. Means are provided to limit the amount of pivotal movement of the cell relative to the horizontal. The center of gravity of the cell is located closer to the cartridge-abutting end than to the cartridge-discharge end so that the cartridge abutting end of the bottom of the cell normally occupies a lower position relative to the horizontal than the discharge end and a cartridge in the bottom of the cell is inclined downwardly against the abutting end of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald R. King, Norman C. May, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4662776
    Abstract: There is disclosed a locking pin subassembly (94) for pull out components of storage cabinets having a locking bar (86) of C-shaped configuration, a locking pin (115) projecting from a threaded stud which is engagable in a threaded nut (127). The nut is the shape of a parallelogram, the nut has two pairs of projections (133a and 133b) engagable with interior surfaces of the flanges (92) of the locking bar so that when the lock pin is threaded into the nut, the nut will be drawn toward the rear surfaces of the flanges with the projections engaging the rear faces of the flanges affording antirotational and antisliding contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Wright Line, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman A. Hedstrom, Bernard T. Cournoyer
  • Patent number: 4651882
    Abstract: A system for storing and dispensing a magnetic tape cartridges having a plurality of rows (10) of pivotal storage cells (14) within a frame (2) each cell has a cartridge-discharge end and a rear wall (22) at the opposite end. A support (12) is located beneath the cell and pivot means (16) are located intermediate the ends of the cell to permit the cell to pivot on the support means relative to the horizontal. Means are provided to limit the amount of pivotal movement of the cell relative to the horizontal. The center of gravity of the cell is located closer to the cartridge-discharge end than to the rear wall end. The cartridge-discharge end of the cell normally is inclined to pivot downwardly relative to the horizontal. Means (78) are provided to limit the amount of pivotal movement of the cartridge-discharge end of the cell at substantially a horizontal position. Means (15) are also provided to offer resistance to the downward pivotal movement of the rear wall end of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Wright Line, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Wright, Patrick M. Guida
  • Patent number: 4630737
    Abstract: A cell for storing and dispensing a cartridge comprising a rear wall, a vertical side wall, and a cartridge engaging bottom. A front cartridge-discharge end is located opposite the rear wall and there are means to pivot the cell relative to the horizontal. A spacer clip is removably attached to the rear wall of the cell and has a member projecting toward the discharge end of the cell. The spacer clip is engageable with the rear end of the cartridge when the cartridge is positioned on the bottom of the cell with its front end adjacent the front cartridge-discharge end of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: Wright Line, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald R. King
  • Patent number: 4604956
    Abstract: An adjustable height table comprising a telescoping table support assembly including stationary and movable posts interconnected in telescoping relationship to one another and positionable by a drive screw and a captive nut. The screw is mounted for rotation about its own axis, and is secured against translation along its axis, relative to one of the posts (preferably, the fixed post) such that its axis of rotation is roughly parallel the direction of the telescoping motion between the two posts. The nut is secured against rotation as the screw is rotated. The nut is provided with a female connection dimensioned to loosely captivate a pin secured to the other post (e.g., in the preferred embodiment, the movable post) so as to be roughly normal to the axis of rotation of the screw. Preferably, the bearing surface between the nut and the pin is minimized and restricted to a region of the nut proximate the surface of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Grebel, Robert K. Neunherz, David W. McGrath
  • Patent number: 4569498
    Abstract: Copy holder includes a flexible rise connecting a document support assembly to a clamp assembly. The invention provides facilitated vertical line of sight operation of a computer entry terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventor: Albert G. Ermanski
  • Patent number: 4555081
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for use in mounting a video display terminal on the top surface of a workstation stand which can be tilted back and forth to allow the video display terminal to be positioned for the most comfortable, glare-free viewing and which can be swiveled about a vertical axis to change the viewing direction is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: Wright Line, Inc.
    Inventor: Albert G. Ermanski
  • Patent number: 4520976
    Abstract: A new and improved cable bushing including a frame portion, and a detachable filler portion connected to the frame portion, is herein disclosed and claimed. The filler portion includes at least one hinged flap movable between a first position in which the flap is remote from the interior of the frame portion, and a second position in which the flap is disclosed substantially within the frame portion so as to permit a cable to be received therethrough while the frame portion occupies an opening within a unit of office furniture or partition. The filler portion with its flap in its first position has a substantially flat top surface which may be disposed in a coplanar relation with the top or exposed surface of the structure in which the bushing is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard T. Cournoyer, Norman A. Hedstrom
  • Patent number: 4445799
    Abstract: A document holder for releasably binding together loose-leaf stationery items and securing them to either single- or double-rail suspension filing systems is provided by a loose-leaf binder which incorporates a thin external spine structure incorporating at least one hook suitable for suspending the binder from single-rail suspension systems and retractable head- and tail-end hooks suitable for use with double-rail suspension systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Wright, Albert G. Ermanski
  • Patent number: 4426273
    Abstract: A workholder for an elecrodeposition system for carrying, with improved electrical communication therewith, items to be painted or otherwise coated, comprising: a carrier; a cane-like structure having a hook, a shank connected to said hook, and a plurality of cross beams connected perpendicularly at their midpoints to said shank and in spaced parallel relation one to another, said structure being suspendable from said carrier by said hook; and means for removably securing said items on said cross beams, said means adapted to contact said items only within a hole in the item. The securing means being a spring clip of formed spring steel which has a proboscis-like distal end adapted for insertion with reversible distortion through the hole in the item, and a proximal end which slideably connects to one of the cross beams, and with spring action is removable therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventor: Valerie M. Rousseau
  • Patent number: D268367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund T. Paquette, Richard M. Latino
  • Patent number: D271501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Manning, David K. Crabbe
  • Patent number: D272545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventor: Richard M. Latino
  • Patent number: D276311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard T. Cournoyer, Norman A. Hedstrom
  • Patent number: D278159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventor: Gary J. Bellanca
  • Patent number: D279482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventor: Albert G. Ermanski
  • Patent number: D282594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventor: Richard M. Latino
  • Patent number: D282691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventor: Richard M. Latino
  • Patent number: D285098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: Albert G. Ermanski, Bernard T. Cournoyer, David M. Wright
  • Patent number: D288504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Wright Line Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Wright, Edmund T. Paquette