A - Human Necessities – 47 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
47
B
A47B 53/02 (2006.01) E05B 65/00 (2006.01) E05B 65/44 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2102337
Abstract of the Disclosure A mechanism that automatically locks a mov- able storage unit against closure of an aisle between the unit and a blocking object such as a facing mov- able or stationary storage unit or wall, while permit- ting continued opening of the aisle, without any elec- trical controls. A ratcheting device, such as a pawl and a toothed wheel, is shiftable between a ratcheting state permitting movement of the movable storage unit only away from the facing storage unit or wall, and a non-ratcheting state permitting movement of the unit in either direction. The mechanism includes a bar biased toward the facing storage unit or wall, and a drive shaft rotated by the bar and driving a cam block to shift the pawl from its non-ratcheting state to its ratcheting state due to the movable storage unit hav- ing moved away from the facing storage unit or wall by a predetermined distance. The drive shaft is connect- ed to the cam block by a lost motion connection, so that once the pawl is switched to its ratcheting state the cam block is no longer driven by the drive shaft. A reset switch is also provided for resetting the pawl to the non-ratcheting state, again permitting movement of the mobile storage unit toward the facing storage unit or wall. The reset switch works by rotating the cam block in the opposite direction once the cam block is freed from the drive shaft.
Fay Daniel K.
Muth James C.
Smart & Biggar
Spacesaver Corporation
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