Patents by Inventor Franz-Josef Hagen

Franz-Josef Hagen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8201900
    Abstract: A safety cabinet has a box body having an open front side, a pair of doors hinged to the body and pivotal between closed positions closing the front side and open positions exposing the open front side, and a shelf slidable between an in position wholly contained in the body behind the open front side and an out position projecting forward at least partially from the open front side. A guide is provided on the shelf extending at an acute angle to the pullout direction, and an arm connected to one of the doors rides in the guide so that moving the one door into the respective open position pulls the drawer into the out position. A link connects the other door at least indirectly to the guide for pulling the other door into the respective open position on movement of the one door into the respective open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Dueperthal Sicherheitstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Backhaus, Franz-Josef Hagen
  • Patent number: 7946665
    Abstract: A cabinet has a body having an open side and two doors each comprised by an outer panel and an inner panel. The panels are pivotal between a closed position in which they are all generally coplanar and cover the open side with the inner panels between the outer panels and an open position giving access to the open side. A respective actuating mechanism for each door has an actuating element defining first, second, and third pivot points and pivoted on the body at the respective first pivot point and a pusher pivoted on the respective second pivot point and having a pair of arms with outer ends connected to the respective doors. A rigid connector extends between the third pivot points at all times across a line extending between the first pivot points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Dueperthal Sicherheitstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Backhaus, Franz-Josef Hagen
  • Publication number: 20100253191
    Abstract: A safety cabinet has a box body having an open front side, a pair of doors hinged to the body and pivotal between closed positions closing the front side and open positions exposing the open front side, and a shelf slidable between an in position wholly contained in the body behind the open front side and an out position projecting forward at least partially from the open front side. A guide is provided on the shelf extending at an acute angle to the pullout direction, and an arm connected to one of the doors rides in the guide so that moving the one door into the respective open position pulls the drawer into the out position. A link connects the other door at least indirectly to the guide for pulling the other door into the respective open position on movement of the one door into the respective open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Frank BACKHAUS, Franz-Josef HAGEN
  • Publication number: 20100117501
    Abstract: A cabinet has a body having an open side and two doors each comprised by an outer panel and an inner panel. The panels are pivotal between a closed position in which they are all generally coplanar and cover the open side with the inner panels between the outer panels and an open position giving access to the open side. A respective actuating mechanism for each door has an actuating element defining first, second, and third pivot points and pivoted on the body at the respective first pivot point and a pusher pivoted on the respective second pivot point and having a pair of arms with outer ends connected to the respective doors. A rigid connector extends between the third pivot points at all times across a line extending between the first pivot points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: FRANK BACKHAUS, Franz-Josef Hagen
  • Publication number: 20090322194
    Abstract: A safety cabinet has a sturdy box having an open front side and a door hinged to the box and movable between a closed position fitting against the box and closing the front side and an open position pivoted out from the box and exposing the open front side. A shelf can slide in the open position of the door between an in position wholly contained in the box behind the open front side and an out position projecting forward at least partially from the open front side. An arm connected between the door and the shelf moves the shelf into the out position when the door is moved respectively into the open position and into the in position when the door is moved into the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Frank BACKHAUS, Franz-Josef Hagen