Safety mechanisms in cabinets like this often function using counterweight and thus gravity to allow the lock mechanisms to drop into place on the remaining drawers when one is pulled out.
Filing cabinet safety mechanism.
However filing cabinets are a source of many workplace injuries.
To open a drawer on most metal filing cabinets a small sliding mechanism known as a thumblatch must be pressed to release and open the drawer.
The present invention relates to filing cabinets and more particularly to mechanisms adapted to prevent one or more of the drawers in the filing cabinet from being opened.
It has been known in the past to include interlock mechanisms on filing cabinets that prevent more than one drawer in the cabinet from being opened at a single time.
What is claimed is 1.
These large pieces of furniture can store massive amounts of information and are useful for organizing papers.
Office filing cabinets are typically made of sheet metal or wood.
Taking some safety precautions with the file cabinets in your office can help to prevent.
File cabinets are a common feature in most offices.
Hon lateral filing cabinets interlock mechanism is stuck.
Sometimes the locking system is spring loaded.