Telephone number register
OwnerReinhold Moltrechtinventor
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Abstract
An improvement in a telephone number register having a plurality of double levers in a drawer for positioning selected register cards, each of said levers including locking means for holding a lever in its selected position and automatically releasing the locking means upon the return of the drawer to the register casing. The locking means preferably includes a pivotable flap for each lever for holding down a depressed front end part of an associated lever and the release is preferably provided by an abutment connected to the casing for pivoting the flap from its locking position.
Claims11
In combination with a telephone number register having a shallow casing,
- a drawer guidedly operative therein for supporting register cards and adapted for moving out of the front side of said casing, and
- a plurality of double levers supported on the drawer, each supporting on its rear end a projection selector for raising those registered cards associated therewith when the respective front lever end thereof is lowered,
- the improvement in each of said levers comprising:
- locking means for holding said front lever end lowered upon actuation, and
- releasing means connected to at least one of said drawer and casing for releasing said locking means upon insertion of said drawer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.