Abstract: An adjustable drawer assembly is disclosed comprising first and second arm members (28,30) having inward ends pivotally journaled to a housing member (4), and a carriage plate (20) for transporting the arms from a storage position within the housing to an operable position in front of the housing. Distal ends of the first and second arms include meshing teeth (44,73) for locking the arms together whereby preventing downward pivotal movement of the arms relative to the housing. A third arm member (78) is provided in support of to a keyboard support surface (104). The third arm is pivotally connected to the second arm member, whereby enabling the keyboard support surface to pivot into alternative angular attitudes. Meshing gear racks (42,90) are provided on the second and third arm members for inhibiting pivotal motion, and actuation means (92) is provided for simultaneously releasing the meshing teeth racks whereby enabling coincidental vertical and angular repositionment of the keyboard support surface.

Abstract: A sliding hinge for mounting a nose cone or cover on a nacelle or housing, such as an equipment package suspended from the wing of an aircraft. Typically two hinges are used, positioned at opposite sides of the housing, for pivoting the nose cone upward to provide access to the equipment within the housing. Each hinge includes a sleeve mounted in the housing, a slide block sliding in the sleeve, and a slide arm pivotally attached to the slide block and mounted in the nose. To open the package, the nose is initially slid forward from the housing and then pivoted to an upward position. During this operation the slide arm slides out of the sleeve from a retracted position to an extended position and then pivots upward to the open position, with the slide block remaining in the sleeve.

Abstract: In order to be able to retrofit an existing writing desk in simple fashion with a standup desk that can be folded and slid beneath the working surface of the writing desk, the standup desk has a frame on which the guides for sliding the standup desk are provided. This frame can be placed as a free-standing bracket beneath the writing desk or tensioned between the pedestals of the writing desk or between the floor and the working surface.

Abstract: A container for video magnetic-tape cassettes, compact phonographic disks or similar recording media, with a housing and a slide which is displaceable into an opening position by a prestressing spring after a lock has been released. The slide carries a front plate which closes the housing and which moves aside during opening, so that the cassette or the like can be grasped conveniently. A common housing preferably contains several slides. A blocking lock can be provided. Outwardly identical housings can contain slides adapted either to cassettes or to compact phonographic disks or to other recording media.

Abstract: An operator interface console for protecting a process control equipment such as an industrial computer in a harsh factory environment has a central processing unit and a video display uit for the computer accommodated in a compartment behind a sealed door which has a sealed keyboard and a window to permit operating of the computer and viewing of the display unit while the door is closed, the window being disposed at an ergonomically desirable oblique angle facing somewhat downward to facilitate clear viewing of the display unit under changing lighting, dust and other conditions encountered in many process control situations.

Abstract: A cabinetry door including a first member having a backwardly extending peripheral border and a second member having a forwardly extending peripheral border with a peripheral flange, wherein the peripheral flange of the second member is attached to the first member within its peripheral border. In a transparency viewer embodiment, the first member includes an light-transmitting portion and a transparency holder, and a light source is disposed between the first and second members.

Abstract: A desk having a lectern and apparatus for slidably guiding the lectern into a resting position under the top of the desk and for enabling the lectern to be pulled from the resting position into a working position in which the lectern projects over the desk top. The lectern is supported in the working position by at least one extension, at least one supporting arm, and apparatus secured beneath the desk top for slidably receiving the extension.

Abstract: An improved tractor battery enclosure of the type having a service opening, including walls forming an enclosure, a suspended battery-support floor approximating the size of a battery base and movable between a battery use position and an at least partially offset position, and a door along the lead edge of the floor movable between a closed position and an open position coplanar with the floor, such that a battery may readily be moved with the floor and then along the floor to a full service position in which it is at least partially supported by the door.

Abstract: A container for video magnetic-tape cassettes, compact phonographic disks or similar recording media, with a housing and a slide which is displaceable into an opening position by a prestressing spring after a lock has been released. The slide carries a front plate which closes the housing and which moves aside during opening, so that the cassette or the like can be grasped conveniently. A common housing preferably contains several slides. A blocking lock can be provided. Outwardly identical housings can contain slides adapted either to cassettes or to compact phonographic disks or to other recording media.

Abstract: A housing adapted to be mounted beneath the top of a table and a shelf sized to fit substantially within the housing are operatively connected by a pair of telescoping rails which guide movement of the shelf between a retracted position in which the shelf is substantially within the housing and an extended position in which the shelf has a substantial portion thereof outside the housing. The rails pivot about an axis to change the height of the shelf with respect to the top of the table and the entire assembly includes a mechanism for securing the shelf in the extended position. The housing includes a vertically stepped slot in which a pin secured to the rails is movable to hold the shelf at predetermined heights with respect to the top of the table corresponding to the steps of the vertically stepped slot.

Abstract: A dropout file storage drawer is slidably mounted on a bearing track assembly and includes a forwardly positioned cam and follower arrangement which permits the drawer to slope slightly downwardly while it is being pulled out of its associated cabinet. The slope angle continually increases as the drawer is pulled farther out of the cabinet, while a rearwardly positioned stop limits the distance of drawer removal. If desired, the drawer can be moved over the stop so as to permit the drawer to be turned downwardly to a substantially vertical angle while still being attached to the bearing track assembly.

Abstract: A cabinet for storing a computer keyboard includes a slidable tray with dust cover door. When the tray is slid to its open position providing access to the keyboard the dust cover door may be pivoted to an orientation wherein the inside of the door is positioned to support the wrists or hands of the operator.

Abstract: A first assembly having a floor member, first and second sidewall members connected to the floor member and a rear wall member connected to the floor member and to the first and second sidewalls. A second assembly has a top wall, third and fourth sidewalls connected to the top wall and a front wall connected to the top wall and to the third and fourth sidewalls. A hinge is provided for pivotally attaching the bottom portion of the front wall of the second assembly to a front portion of the floor member of the first assembly for permitting the second assembly to pivot between a first position closing the portable cabinet and a second position wherein the cabinet is held open. A shaft is provided having rollers on the end thereof and the second assembly has tracks thereon for mounting the shaft so that it will move toward and away from the top wall of the second assembly. A pair of arms are pivotally attached to the shaft and these arms are slidable along the length of the shaft.

Abstract: A transport container 1 for stacked goods consists of a base plate 2 with skids 3 welded underneath. In addition, it has four upright corner posts 4 between which are fitted in side walls 5. However, it also has an upper frame 6 with stack corners 7 above the corner posts 4, the stack corners 7 being directed upward. The transport container 1 for stacked goods is constructed in such a way as to be suitable for receiving small quantities of various bulk goods or parts and to ensure access to the various bulk goods or parts, respectively, at any time, as desired. Therefore, four upright rails, which are provided with a row of slots 16a, are arranged in the interior of the container at or in the vicinity of the corner posts, at which rails storage tubs 13 or shelving floors 14 can be directly suspended by means of girders 15.

Abstract: A closure for a bartender's bottle trough comprises three hingedly connected flat panels. In an open position the three panels, in coplanar relationship, are disposed edgewise upright, serving as a rear wall of the bottle trough and vertically slidably confined in channels along the rear edges of the bottle trough end walls. The three panels can be raised and swung forward to a closed position in which the medial panel is horizontal and overlies the tops of panels in the trough and the other two extend down from it to close the front and rear of the trough.

Abstract: A filing cabinet comprising a housing and a movable drawer therein wherein the drawer has sliding movement in a direction parallel to the bottom of the housing and pivotal movement around an axis extending between opposed side walls of the housing, parallel to the bottom of the housing and adjacent to the front of the housing and means for providing an opening in the top of the housing through which a portion of the drawer moves during the pivotal movement thereof so that the usable space within the drawer is substantially the same as the usable space in a sliding, non-pivotal drawer.

Abstract: The cover for an open front portion of a housing is slidable rearward to expose the open front portion, and has a pivotal front wall. The front wall has side walls connected to it, forming a front section, and is coupled to the housing and the rest of the cover such that the front section pivots to bring the front wall into a horizontal position during the first part of the rearward sliding movement.

Abstract: A horizontal sliding door for a housing such as a cabinet. An axle rotatably mounted at the rear of the door projects into two identical tracks one at each side of the housing. Each track has a lower toothed rack and an upper stop surface facing the rack. A pinion slideably and non-rotatably mounted on each end of the axle engages the rack and is held there by an idler wheel slideably and rotatably mounted beside each pinion. A spacer sleeve near one end of the axle is removable, allowing one pinion and idler wheel to be slid inwardly, allowing removal of the door by passing that one end of the axle through a slot in one end of the track.

Abstract: A unit case housing apparatus for storing a unit case in a housing in the fashion of a drawer has an operating member provided on the face of the housing, which when operated causes the unit case to be pushed out from the front of the housing so that it can be removed therefrom.

Abstract: A portable easily transportable desk having a top planar working surface, a utility compartment and beverage stowage area, and compartmentalized file and paper storage, all easily accessible to the user. The working surface can either be tilted upwardly or slid to provide an adjustable work surface.

Abstract: In a lateral file of the receding door type, the improvement comprising support means retained on the underside of a receding door for engagement with the front file frame vertical edges to retain the door in a horizontal position as a posting shelf. The support means includes left hand and right hand support brackets which are retained against the recessed door inner surface, are manually movable into engagement with the file frame and are automatically returnable to the door inner surface to permit door closing or receding door movement into the file frame.

Abstract: A foldable refrigerator shelf is provided in which a lower shelf is nested directly beneath an upper shelf in a locked position and can be moved to a plurality of positions spaced from the upper shelf by means of sliding and pivoting links. The shelf is positively locked while in a folded position and is continuously biased into a stable position when in the open position.

Abstract: A container having a shell with an open front forming a storage compartment and a door pivotally connected to the shell to close the front of the storage compartment. A slide having a contact leg at its rear edge is located at the bottom of the storage container and is pivotally connected at its forward edge to the door. The pivotal connection between the slide and the door is located above the pivotal connection between the door and the shell when the door is in the closed position. When the door is pivoted into the open position, the slide is moved forwardly out of the storage compartment by the pivotal connection between the forward edge of the slide and the door and the contact leg on the slide contacts an item resting on the slide to move the item out of the storage compartment.

Abstract: A cabinet door in its closed position depends from the cabinet top wall and is coupled to a follower slidably engaging a longitudinal track on the top wall underface so that the door may be swung upwardly open and retracted into the cabinet. The follower and track have longitudinal races embracing retainer holding balls. The coupling mechanism includes an anchor on the door having transversely spaced first and second hinge pins and a bracket on the follower having third, fourth and fifth transversely spaced hinge pins and links extending between the first and third and second and fourth hinge pins and a leaf spring extending between the second and fifth hinge pins so that the door is swingable between a closed position perpendicular to the top wall and an open position parallel to and below the top wall and when approaching closed position is spring urged to close. Alternatively, the track and anchor positions are reversed so that the door in its open position overlies the top wall.

Abstract: An electrical apparatus frame mounting a number of electrical assemblies. Access to said electrical assemblies is provided for maintenance purposes, while the assemblies are in operation. Access is provided by a slide out and hinge down arrangement. The electrical assemblies rest on support guides which may be inclined at an angle to the horizontal to provide convection cooling.

Abstract: A rack designed to accommodate several tiers of drawers has a frame spanned by one or more shelves defining a plurality of storage levels each partitioned by at least one upright divider into a plurality of compartments disposed side by side, each compartment having a wide-open front end and a rear end which may be partly obstructed by a low sill allowing an inserted drawer to be rearwardly extracted on being lifted above that sill. A profiled web in an upper zone of the front end of each compartment, projecting from above with a height slightly exceeding that of the sill, coacts with an upper rear flange of the respective drawer to prevent its forward extraction by a sliding motion through enabling such extraction by an upward tilting of the drawer; that web also lets the drawer hang out of its compartment with a slight downward tilt in a forward position. The top of the frame is concave to serve as an open ancillary receptacle.

Abstract: A rack mounting system for securing electrical apparatus to a pair of telescopic slides or the like, comprising a pair of rigid elongated support plates forming part of or attached to the sliding members of the telescopic slides, said support plates being provided with a plurality of slots and notches opening into the upper edge of the plate, and positioned in such a way as to simultaneously receive and locate two out of a plurality of pins, pulleys or rollers carried by said electrical apparatus and said notches, slots and pins, pulleys or rollers being positioned so as to allow the said apparatus to be positioned in a plurality of orientations on said support plates once the telescopic slides have been extended, and maintained in these orientations through the action of gravity so that the apparatus can only be moved from the selected orientation by a deliberate lifting action, thereby improving access to the apparatus while it remains on the telescopic slides, but allowing the easy removal of the apparatus

Abstract: A console or stand for a modular data processing system has a base with a top from which two sides depend and to which two races are pivoted. The console also has a platform to which two channels are rigidly mounted slidably supported upon the two races. So constructed, the platform may be moved between a raised, stored and sheltered position within the base and a lowered, operative position below and unsheltered by the base.

Abstract: A cargo container is disclosed having a pair of parallel, spaced, longitudinally extending side rails, each of which having a sliding track formed along the longitudinal axis of the slide rails and an adjustable rail structure extending between the side rails and slidably adjustable on the tracks between an access position to permit loading and unloading of freight within the container and a variable retaining position to permit retention of the freight within the container. The adjustable rail structure includes a pair of slide members and an interconnecting retaining bar connected therebetween. Each of the slide members includes inner and outer hinged slide portions wherein the retaining bar is connected to the outer slide portions. The inner and outer slide portions pivot with respect to each other upon movement of the retaining bar between the access and storage positions.

Abstract: A drawer which is to be readily mounted to the undersurface of a shelf, cabinet or table, which is to be movable between a closed position and an open position. With the drawer in the open position, it assumes an inclined position to facilitate access into the internal compartment of a drawer. Secured to the exterior surface of each side wall of the drawer is a protruding member. Each protruding member is to fall within a recess, when in the open position, which is formed within a side rail assembly which mounts the drawer to the undersurface of the shelf, cabinet or table. With the drawer in the closed position, a separate locking means is engaged which prevents unauthorized movement of the drawer from the closed position to the open position.

Abstract: A show case, e.g. for displaying shoes or the like, comprises horizontal shelf plates (2) and tilted shelf plates (3). The tilted shelf plates (3) are pivotably supported and can be tilted upwardly. The pivots (7, 22) and the support elements (8, 14, 29) of the tilted shelf plates (3) as well as the support elements (6, 14) of the horizontal shelf plates (2) are vertically displaceable in side plates (1) of the show case and may be locked in desired positions.

Abstract: A flipper door assembly for use on a cabinet or the like. A generally rectangular door sized to cover the desired cabinet opening is suspended by a rack and pinion suspension mechanism. The rack and pinion suspension mechanism includes a pair of gear racks mounted in the cabinet opening and a corresponding pair of pinion gears located above the gear racks and engageable therewith. The pinion gears are connected to each other by an axle shaft. Hinges are mounted to the upper inside surface of the door with the hinge pivots parallel to the top of the door. The ends of the hinges mounted to the door are flat and the other ends are L-shaped with the outermost end of each hinge being rotatably mounted on the axle shaft.

Abstract: A mounting bracket and an arrangement for mounting an electronic accessory device within the mounting bracket when installed in a vehicle not only holds the device for its intended use but also permits limited withdrawal for insured and normal access to the control panel for desired adjustment. The mounting bracket is comprised of a base plate and a pair of opposed, complementary flat arms depending from opposite ends of the base plate for stationing of an electronic device within the mounting bracket. Each of the arms includes a pair of channels for guiding displacement of the stationed device within the mounting bracket. One of the channels is generally straight, and the second of the channels is generally serpentine and spaced from the first channel between the first channel and the base plate.

Abstract: A component adapted for attachment to a library unit stand for use in storing magazines, pamphlets and other information-bearing media, said component comprising a frame assembly having means for attaching it to a library unit stand, and a shelf assembly mounted to the frame assembly so as to be movable from a first media-storing position where it is in a plane that is horizontal or nearly horizontal and a second media-displaying position where its rear end has been advanced and its front end has been lowered so that it is inclined at a selected angle for displaying the media stored thereon.

Abstract: Cabinet drawers are supported by members projecting from the sides of the drawers into slots defined by guide rails at the sides of the cabinet. Notches in the guide rails permit the drawers to pivot into an inclined position when the drawers are opened. This makes objects within the drawers more visible and accessible.

Abstract: A merchandising machine shelf supporting structure in which respective left and right hand cabinet panel supported lower guide rails receive rollers mounted at the rear of the shelf and in which left and right hand shelf supported upper guide rails receive cabinet panel carried rollers mounted adjacent to the front of the cabinet. As the shelf is moved manually from a housed or home position at which shelf carried plugs engage cabinet carried sockets the rollers and rails support the cabinet so that the force required to withdraw the shelf is relatively low. As the shelf approaches its intermediate position at which the shelf is to be loaded, pins on the shelf engage stops at the front ends of the lower guide rails and the shelf is permitted to pivot to a position at which the shelf rollers are received in recesses formed by elements secured to lower guide rails. After loading the shelf may easily be returned to its home position.

Abstract: An improved panel wall system is disclosed with means for interconnecting the panels in any desired angular relationship while providing a sight barrier through the joint. As many of the panels may be connected as are desired; and they may be placed in any desired configuration. Each panel includes an insert assembly to provide its exterior face; and these may be removed and changed, if desired. A full line of shelving and cabinets may be assembled to the panels with a limited number of interchangeable components. The cabinets include a flipper door which will not rack when opened or closed, and which slides beneath the top of the cabinet in the open position, yet has its edges flush with the top and bottom of the cabinet in the closed position.

Abstract: An integral pivot and lock apparatus for slide rack mounted mounting boxes is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a positioning means, such as index plate (38), having a number of locking positions (46), (47), (48); the positioning means is fastened to the box (14) by a pivot means (40) and to the slide rack (16). The mounting box (14) contains a locking means such as locking arm (34) mounted on a slideable retractor plate (24). The apparatus enables the slide rack mounted box (14) to be pivoted and locked into a number of different positions when the box has been extended from the housing (10). Safety stop features are also included in the apparatus.

Abstract: The specification discloses an electric oven control panel pivotally mounted on extensible arms. In an operational position, the control panel is supported flush against the oven with a gasket on the lower edge of the control panel engaging the front oven surface to prevent cooking fumes and gases from entering the control panel. In a service position, the control panel is pulled forward on the extensible arms away from the front oven surface and is rotated to a predetermined angle from its vertical position. Flanges on the panel engage the arms to limit rotation.

Abstract: A support for a bulk liquid container includes a universal U-bracket mountable on a wall, floor or ceiling within a safety storage cabinet. Drawer type telescoping slides support a container basket structure pivotally suspended on the extensible and retractable sections of the slides which are horizontally arranged regardless of the disposition of the U-bracket. A bulk liquid container held by the basket structure can be rotated 360 degrees on the trunnions of the basket structure. A chain attachment is provided to support the container in a tilted liquid dispensing position. Due to its compactness and retractability, the support is useable in close quarters.

Abstract: The disclosure teaches a book-holding apparatus to be used with a kitchen cabinet and the like. A leaf, to be used as a book-holder, is provided with means for retaining the book on the upper surface of the leaf and means to hold the book open at a desired page. The leaf is enclosed in a box frame having two spaced sides and a back. Means for supporting the leaf within the frame is provided as a slot carried in each side and back of the frame. At the front of the frame the slot expands upwardly and downwardly. A flange extending from a surface of the leaf is adapted to engage a first stop member to limit the forward movement of the leaf relative the frame. When it is thus limited the forward end of the leaf is outward and its weight causes the leaf to rotate about the first stop member. The rotation of the leaf is limited by a second stop member defined by a forward wall in the upward vault of the slot which engages the upper surface of the back end of the leaf as the leaf pivots about the first stop member.

Abstract: A display case of the type having at least one housing for receiving articles to be dispensed comprises a cover member that is guided for vertical movement in the plane of the face of the housing. Guiding members are configured to permit detachment of the cover member solely in response to movement of the cover member in a predescribed manner thereby preventing inadvertent detachment.

Abstract: A case is provided with clips at the top and bottom so that it is releasably secured to upper and lower portions of a frame, thereby permitting the case to be readily removed. A suit coat can be readily draped over the top of the frame, which is configured much like a garment hanger. A horizontal rack near the bottom of the frame supports shoes beneath the case. Interlocking pivotal pants bars enable trousers to be carried. A flexible cover provided with shoulder and hand straps encloses the frame, case, suit coat, trousers and shoes.

Abstract: A bar for motor vehicles includes a box-like container which is pivotally mounted on a horizontally disposed sliding mechanism beneath the dashboard. The container is slidable from a storage position beneath the dashboard where it is horizontally disposed and is then pivotable to a vertical position at least partially in front of the dashboard for access to the contents of the container.

Abstract: A window tracking mechanism including a window structure and a pair of tracks with rollers rotatable on the tracks and supporting the window structure thereon. The tracks have bends therein for securing the window structure in a lowered position and an upper stored position. One of the rollers is movable, for releasably holding the window structure in either of its two positions.

Abstract: A merchandising machine cabinet and shelf structure in which a pair of channel-shaped rails mounted on the inner sides of the cabinet structure at corresponding heights and extending from front to back of the cabinet with the channels opening inwardly receive respective pairs of spaced wheels mounted on the sides of the shelf to permit the shelf to be moved rectilinearly out of a fully housed home position to an intermediate position at which an element on the shelf engages a pivot adjacent to the front of the cabinet and at which one roller of each pair registers with a slot in the upper wall of the corresponding channel to permit the shelf to be pivoted downwardly to a limit position at which the merchandising units are readily accessible for loading. Interengageable means on the cabinet door and on the front of the shelf ensures that the shelf is moved fully into its home position as the door is closed.

Abstract: A microwave oven has an up-opening oven door which is hinged to be movable in an arcuate path. The door moves between a closed lower position covering an aperture to the cooking cavity in the front surface of the oven cabinet and an open upper position above the aperture. The axis of this arcuate motion is adjacent the upper edge of the oven door and internal to the oven cabinet. Connecting arms extend from pivots within the cabinet through openings in the front surface of the oven cabinet, and connect to the oven door. To counterbalance spring biased linkage is fastened to the connecting arms and acts to bias the door to its open upper position when the door is opened beyond a neutral point.

Abstract: A file cabinet construction includes at least one shelf mounted within a housing having parellel opposed side walls and a rear wall. A number of guide rails are mounted at predetermined positions along the shelf so that they are parallel to the side walls of the housing. Each guide rail has a longitudinal slot extending into the guide rail from the end located nearest to the rear wall of the housing and terminating at a point adjacent to the forward edge of the shelf. A boxlike container which includes opposed parallel longitudinal sides and a bottom having a longitudinal channel is detachably mounted on each guide by a floating pin. The floating pin is mounted so that the longitudinal axis of the pin is transverse to the channel in the bottom of each container.

Abstract: A control panel for an electric oven providing easy access to service the components on the rear of the panel. The panel has a component shelf supported from the rear thereof and a pair of slides which permit the panel to be pulled forward and away from a flush mounted position on the appliance. A pivot is provided on the ends of the slides for permitting the panel to pivot about a horizontal axis once a pivot lock is released. A power interrupter is associated with the panel to disconnect the supply of power to the panel once the panel is moved from its normal position. In addition, an integrally mounted fuse block is positioned on the upper portion of the oven and interconnected to the panel to insure proper fusing for the oven.

Abstract: A wall mounted, backless, cabinet with an over-the-cabinet door assembly feature wherein the front door of the cabinet slides to an open and stored position overlying the cabinet top.