Cabinet lock
OwnerLong-Jung Hsuinventor
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Abstract
A cabinet lock controlled by a press-button lock is disclosed to include an upright track affixed to the back side of the cabinet, a sliding locking bar vertically movably mounted in the upright track and adapted to hook the drawers in the cabinet, a linkage coupled between the top end of the upright track and the top end of the sliding locking bar and driven by the lock cylinder of the press-button lock through a push bar to move the sliding locking bar, and a spring member adapted to push the sliding locking bar upwards from the locking position to the unlocking position.
Claims3
A cabinet lock mounted in a cabinet and adapted to lock the drawers of the cabinet, comprising:
- an upright track vertically mounted in the back side of the cabinet, said upright track comprising a plurality of sliding slots disposed at different elevations corresponding to the drawers of the cabinet, a top lug located on a top side thereof, and a bottom locating rod located on a bottom side thereof;
- a sliding locking bar vertically slidable mounted in said upright track, said sliding locking bar comprising a plurality of hooks respectively inserted through the sliding slots of said upright track and adapted to hook the drawers of the cabinet respectively, a top lug located on a top side thereof, and a bottom protruding rod downwardly extended from a bottom side thereof,
- a spring member coupled between the bottom locating rod of said upright track and the bottom protruding rod of said sliding locking bar and adapted to impart an upward pressure to said sliding locking bar;
- a push bar, said push bar having a front end and a rear end;
- a linkage coupling the rear end of said push bar to the top lug of said upright track and the top lug of said sliding locking bar;
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- a press-button lock, said press button lock having a lock cylinder fastened to the front end of said push bar for enabling said sliding locking bar to be moved vertically in said upright track between a locking position and an unlocking position when the user operates said press-button lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.