Abstract: A container for storing at least one article, the container including opposite front and rear walls, and opposite left and right walls, each of the walls being provided with an inner surface and an outer surface, and having an upper rim. The container also includes a bottom floor. The walls and bottom floor are operatively connected to one another so as to define a main storing space within the container for storing the at least one article. An important aspect of the present invention lies in the fact that the rear wall of the container includes a tongue extending longitudinally along the upper rim of the rear wall, the tongue further extending downwardly from the upper rim of the rear wall and being shaped and sized for hooking the container onto a fixed structure via the tongue.

Abstract: An interlocking system for preventing simultaneous opening of drawers of a cabinet, including activation members affixable to back sides of the drawers and coupled to carriage members slideably mounted in guide supports affixable in the cabinet behind the drawers in respective registration with the activation members. An elongated track member affixable in the cabinet on a side of the guide supports slideably guides a stack of mobile blocks between which bolt elements projecting from the carriage members are driveable only one at a time due to a limited space provided for displacement of the blocks and for insertion of one of the bolt elements. The carriage members slide using the pulling and pushing motions of the activation members when the drawers are opened and closed. Due to the limited space, only one bolt element is insertable between the mobile blocks and only one drawer is openable at a same time.

Abstract: A container for storing at least one article, the container including opposite front and rear walls, and opposite left and right walls, each of the walls being provided with an inner surface and an outer surface, and having an upper rim. The container also includes a bottom floor. The walls and bottom floor are operatively connected to one another so as to define a main storing space within the container for storing said at least one article. An important aspect of the present invention lies in the fact that the rear wall of the container comprises a tongue extending longitudinally along the upper rim of the rear wall, said tongue further extending downwardly from said upper rim of the rear wall and being shaped and sized for hooking the container onto a fixed structure via said tongue. The container further comprises various components and features which make it a multi-purpose container that can be used for a great variety of applications.

Abstract: A frontal latch handle assembly for operating a drawer of a cabinet. The latch handle assembly has a handle member and a mounting arrangement for movably mounting the handle member on a front panel of the drawer so that the handle member is movable between first and second positions. The assembly is provided with a latching arrangement having a block member mountable on the front panel of the drawer and a latch member movable with respect to the block member between a lock position wherein opening of the drawer is prevented by engaging the latch member with the cabinet, and an unlock position wherein the opening of the drawer is allowed. A mechanism responsive to movement of the handle member is provided for moving the latch member between the lock and unlock positions.

Abstract: An interlocking system for preventing simultaneous opening of drawers of a cabinet, comprising activation members affixable to back sides of the drawers and coupled to carriage members slideably mounted in guide supports affixable in the cabinet behind the drawers in respective registration with the activation members. An elongated track member affixable in the cabinet on a side of the guide supports slideably guides a stack of mobile blocks between which bolt elements projecting from the carriage members are driveable only one at a time due to a limited space provided for displacement of the blocks and for insertion of one of the bolt elements. The carriage members slide using the pulling and pushing motions of the activation members when the drawers are opened and closed. Due to the limited space, only one bolt element is insertable between the mobile blocks and only one drawer is openable at a same time.

Abstract: A frontal latch handle assembly for operating a drawer of a cabinet. The latch handle assembly has a handle member and a mounting arrangement for movably mounting the handle member on a front panel of the drawer so that the handle member is movable between first and second positions. The assembly is provided with a latching arrangement having a block member mountable on the front panel of the drawer and a latch member movable with respect to the block member between a lock position wherein opening of the drawer is prevented by engaging the latch member with the cabinet, and an unlock position wherein the opening of the drawer is allowed. A mechanism responsive to movement of the handle member is provided for moving the latch member between the lock and unlock positions.

Abstract: A lift arm lock down apparatus for a load lifting vehicle is described. The vehicle has a vehicle body and a lift arm or boom rotatable between a raised and a lowered position about a horizontal pivot on the vehicle body. The lift arm lock down apparatus includes a lock having first and second cooperating lock members for selectively locking the lift arm to the vehicle body in the lowered position. The lock members are respectively mounted on the lift arm and the vehicle body. At least one lock member is movable by an appropriate manually or automatically operated mechanism between an unlocked position permitting tilting of the lift arm and a locked position where the lock members are releasably interconnected when the lift arm is at the lowered position. The lift arm lock down apparatus prevents accidental lifting of the lift arm, when the operator is entering or exiting the operator's compartment and may be used as a theft deterrent when the lift arm is locked in a lowered, ground engaging position.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for melting contaminated metalliferous scrap material are disclosed. The process comprises introducing the contaminated material into a melting furnace, heating the material by means of a plasma at a temperature below the melting point of the metal at which the non-metallic contaminants are volatilized in an atmosphere which is preferably inert or has low reactivity with the metal under the process conditions while displacing at least some of the material within the furnace interior, withdrawing volatile contaminants from the furnace, increasing the temperature in the furnace preferably while maintaining an atmosphere of low reactivity in the furnace in order to melt the metal while preferably displacing at least some of the material in the furnace interior, and removing molten metal from the furnace. The process allows scrap material to be melted with good metal recovery without the need for separate decontaminating apparatus.