Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Overhead cabinet with rotating door
- Patent Title (中): 带旋转门的架空柜
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Application No.: US201142Application Date: 1994-02-24
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Publication No.: US5409308APublication Date: 1995-04-25
- Inventor: Robert E. Reuter , Robert E. Anderson
- Applicant: Robert E. Reuter , Robert E. Anderson
- Applicant Address: PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: PA Pittsburgh
- Main IPC: E05D15/40
- IPC: E05D15/40 ; E05F1/10 ; E06B3/40 ; A47B88/00
Abstract:
A cabinet is provided with a curved, upwardly-swinging door and interior shelves. The curved shelf door is mounted on a pair of opposed pivot arms which rotate on a horizontal axis. Each pivot arm is provided with a disk portion having a central boss and an arm portion tangent to the disk portion. The central boss engages a fixed stud at the side of the cabinet and provides a center pivot for each of the arms. A gas spring for each arm is provided, which is pivotably connected at one end to the arm and at the other end to a side wall of the cabinet. The gas spring serves a dual purpose of counterbalancing the door as it moves between an open and a closed position and opening the door unassisted once the user initiates movement of the door, this opening feature being very beneficial to seated and physically disabled users.
Public/Granted literature
- US4858901A End holder for band-like material Public/Granted day:1989-08-22
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