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US 4,619,076 AGranted
Safety cabinet latching system
AssigneeJustrite Manufacturing Company
InventorJerry L. Livingston
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Abstract
A safety cabinet for the storage of flammable or combustible materials that has doors and a closure mechanism designed to automatically close and latch the doors in the event of fire. The closing mechanism is fully automatic and eliminates mechanical timing features as well as provides an automatic positive method and structure of closing the doors of the cabinet to insure a complete seal and lock.
Claims4
In a closure mechanism for a cabinet, said cabinet of the type where said closure mechanism is adapted to close off said cabinet front,
- said closure mechanism comprising:
- a pair of rotating doors called a first door and a second door,
- closing means to urge said first and second doors to a closed position,
- a timing means mounted to the interior of the cabinet to control the closing sequence of the doors,
- latching means to latch said doors in a closed position responsive to the closing of said doors;
- means to prop said doors in an open position,
- said prop means including link means pivotally mounted to each said door,
- said link means being fashioned from heat fusible material whereby a selected rise in ambient temperature will fuse said link thereby releasing said door from its open position and allowing it to close when said timing means releases it for rotation to a closed position,
- the improvement comprising a latch assembly with a latching rod that includes an inclined outer end which forms an acute angle with an inner portion of said latching rod, said latching rod being spring biased outwardly to urge said inclined outer end out of an opening in one of the doors into engagement with the cabinet by having the outer inclined end protrude through an opening in the wall of the cabinet.
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