File drawer compressor

A file compressor for use in drawers of the type having a pair of parallel, spaced apart walls defining upper lateral edges, said file compressor comprising:

• a housing having front and back surfaces and spaced, lateral sides;
• suspension means joined to said housing for slideably suspending said housing from the upper lateral edges of a drawer for continuous movement therealong;
• a bumper supported by said housing and extending outwardly from one of the lateral sides of said housing, said bumper being moveable from an extended position at which it frictionally engages one of the walls of the drawer to a retracted position spaced from the wall of the drawer so that the housing is slideably within the drawer;
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• actuator means within the housing and operatively connected to said bumper for moving said bumper to said retracted position and for resiliently biasing said bumper to said extended position, said suspension means comprising a pair of downwardly opening hook members, wherein each of said hook members defines a pair of transversely spaced slots permitting the compressor to be used with different width drawers.

A file compressor for use in drawers of the type having a pair of parallel, spaced apart walls defining upper lateral edges, said file compressor comprising:

• a housing having front and back surfaces and spaced, lateral sides;
• suspension means joined to said housing for slideably suspending said housing from the upper lateral edges of a drawer for continuous movement therealong;
• a bumper supported by said housing and extending outwardly from one of the lateral sides of said housing, said bumper being moveable from an extended position at which it frictionally engages one of the walls of the drawer to a retracted position spaced from the wall of the drawer so that the housing is slideable within the drawer;
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• actuator means within the housing and operatively connected to said bumper for moving said bumper to said retracted position and for resiliently biasing said bumper to said extended position, one of said surfaces of said housing defines an actuator opening, and wherein said bumper comprises:
• an elongated arm having an inner end and an outer end, said inner end being within said housing;
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• an elastomeric pad on the outer end of said arm.

A file compressor for use in drawers of the type having a pair of parallel, spaced apart walls defining upper lateral edges, said file compressor comprising:

• a housing having front and back surfaces and spaced, lateral sides;
• suspension means joined to said housing for slideably suspending said housing from the upper lateral edges of a drawer for continuous movement therealong;
• a bumper supported by said housing and extending outwardly from one of the lateral sides of said housing, said bumper being moveable from an extended position at which it frictionally engages one of the walls of the drawer to a retracted position spaced from the wall of the drawer so that the housing is slideable within the drawer;
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• actuator means within the housing and operatively connected to said bumper for moving said bumper to said retracted position and for resiliently biasing said bumper to said extended position, and wherein said actuator means comprises:
• an actuator lever;
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• a configured leaf spring connected to said lever and having an end engaging said bumper, said spring configured so that upward movement of the lever retracts said bumper and downward movement moves the spring over- center with the horizontal and thereby resilience biases said bumper to an extended position.

A compressor for file drawers of the type having opposite sidewalls between which a plurality of articles are received and retained in a generally upstanding fashion, said compressor comprising:

• a compressor body having at least one generally upright oriented surface configured to abuttingly support thereagainst articles upstanding in an associated drawer;
• means for slidingly suspending said compressor body in the drawer from an upper portion thereof, such that opposite sides of said compressor body are positioned adjacent to the opposite sidewalls of the drawer, and said compressor body can be slid in a for-to-aft direction along the drawer in substantially infinitesimally small increments between selected support position;
• at least two bumpers connected with said compressor body adjacent the opposite sides thereof, and being slideably supported for lateral reciprocation;
• said bumpers including elastomeric outer bumper pads adapted to frictionally engage interior surfaces of the opposite sidewalls of the drawer;
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• means for simultaneously shifting said bumpers between a retracted position wherein said bumper pads are spaced apart from the opposite sidewalls of the drawer to permit said compressor to be slid along the drawer in a fore-to-aft direction to a selected support position, and an extended position wherein said bumper pads are in frictional engagement with the opposite sidewalls of the drawer to securely retina said compressor in its selected support position, said compressor suspending means including means for supporting said compressor in different width drawers, and said bumper shifting means including means for shifting said bumper pads laterally outwardly into frictional engagement with the opposite sidewalls of different width drawers.

A compressor for file drawers of the type having opposite sidewalls between which a plurality of articles are received and retained in a generally upstanding fashion, said compressor comprising:

• a compressor body having at least one generally upright oriented surface configured to abuttingly support thereagainst articles upstanding in an associated drawer;
• means for slidingly suspending said compressor body in the drawer from an upper portion thereof, such that opposite sides of said compressor body are positioned adjacent to the opposite sidewalls of the drawer, and said compressor body can be slid in a fore-to-aft direction along the drawer in substantially infinitesimally small increments between selected support positions;
• at least two bumpers connected with said compressor body adjacent the opposite sides thereof, and being slideably supported for lateral reciprocation;
• said bumpers including outer bumper pads adapted to frictionally engage interior surfaces of the opposite sidewalls of the drawer;
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• means for simultaneously shifting said bumpers between a retracted position wherein said bumper pads are spaced apart from the opposite sidewalls of the drawer to permit said compressor to be slid along the drawer in a fore-to-aft direction to a selected support position, and an extended position wherein said bumper pads are in frictional engagement with the opposite sidewalls of the drawer to securely retain said compressor in its selected support position, said compressor suspending means including means for supporting said compressor in different width drawers, said bumper shifting means including means for shifting said bumper pads laterally outwardly into frictional engagement with the opposite sidewalls of different width drawers, said bumper shifting means including an overcenter lock to selectively retain said bumper pads in their extended positions;
• and wherein:
• said bumper shifting means includes a plurality of leaf springs operatively connected with a vertical actuator.