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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056993 | Switchgear cabinet A switchgear cabinet including covering parts and at least one cabinet door mounted on a cabinet carcass by hinges and having a door frame including two vertical profiled elements and two horizontal profiled elements as well as corner pieces joining the profiled ele... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7360681 | Multi-unit mail receptacle system A mail receptacle system incorporating multiple individually accessible discrete storage compartments disposed within a frame structure with lockable user access doors disposed in mated hinging relation relative to the frame structure such that when the access doors... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351153 | Gaming machine with hinge construction for rotatably supporting door In the slot machine 1, it is provided the hinge construction for rotatably supporting the frame plate 63 of the frame 6 against the door 3, and the hinge construction is basically constructed from: the lower bracket 82 arranged at ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350470 | Plastic safe with concealed hinge A plastic safe box has a housing formed of connected panels defining an interior space, and a pivoting door supported on a hinge member integrally formed with said pivoting door. The hinge member receives a support rod mounted inside the safe such that the hinge mem... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7228597 | Partition apparatus and hinge apparatus A partition apparatus or system having one or more panels each releasably fixed with respect to a hinge element. The hinge element has at least one hinge leaf, each with an outer edge. Each hinge leaf has at least one opening, preferably multiple openings, extending... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7140702 | Medium voltage motor control center arc resistant enclosure A medium voltage controller for electrical equipment, such as motors, transformers, reactors, and capacitors, having an arc resistant cabinet, swaged internal electrical connections, a one-piece self-aligning withdrawable finger cluster, a pull-out instrument compar... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7118185 | Frameless cabinet door system and method In accordance with the invention, a method and system is provided by which door panels are installed on the cabinet. A bottom support and a top support are installed to corner posts in the cabinet. A bottom door jamb is installed on the bottom support. Pivot pins ar... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7073877 | Container inspection machine A machine for inspecting a container which is being conveyed along a linear path. The machine has cabinets situated in front of the conveyor path at either side of a central open area in front of the conveyor path which is to be used by an operator for servicing the... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066536 | Child seat An adjustable child seat includes a backrest and a seat base and may be used with or without the backrest. The child seat includes adjustable arm rests. The height of the backrest and the depth of the seat base are also adjustable. The connection between the backres... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066816 | Bill stacker and hopper access technique for a gaming device In a gaming machine, unlocking a first lock enables an attendant to open the front door of the gaming machine, allowing access to the internal circuitry of the gaming machine but not allowing access to the money in the gaming machine. Unlocking a second lock enables... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050295 | Bidirectional latch assembly and electronic apparatuses using the same Embodiments of a bidirectional latch assembly, methods for using same and an electronic apparatus using the same can provide a bidirectional latch assembly whereby both faces of one of two bodies constituting an electronic apparatus can be selectively latched to the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044331 | Media dispenser module and automated teller machine having the same A media dispenser module for an ATM is provided which has a secure locking mechanism. The media dispenser module may include a casing that is separatably coupled to a discharge portion for media, including a media mounting portion, on which discharged media is mount... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029078 | Latch mechanism for locker A storage unit providing a storage space is disclosed. The storage unit comprises a base and a panel moveable relative to the base to expose and conceal a storage space a handle configured for at least vertical movement, at least one connector configured for at leas... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7001001 | Cabinet A cabinet includes at least two doors located on opposite sides of the cabinet. The cabinet includes an interlocking means comprising a pair of release mechanisms, locking mechanisms, and latching mechanism. The latching mechanism functions to retain the doors in th... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999825 | Locker system, locker controlling method, control center, and recording medium A user access the control center by a user terminal, and send a request for searching an available locker box in a desired area. The control center has database storing data representing which locker box is available. The control center searches the database for the... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981750 | Retainer for hinged door An assembly for managing cables in a telecommunications installation where the cable management troughs directing cables from telecommunications equipment mounted to an equipment rack to a vertical cable way allow air flow into a ventilation space located between th... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6979096 | LED lighting for proportion blending system The ice dispenser includes an ice hopper for holding the ice and a lighting system positioned about the ice hopper for illuminating the ice. The lighting system may include a number of light emitting diodes. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971322 | Protective enclosure Protective enclosure having at least one anti-pry apparatus. The at least one anti-pry apparatus prevents an unauthorized operator from prying open a door panel from at least one of its sides. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962067 | Toolbox security frame A toolbox security frame includes a lower frame that may be placed within a cage with a rear member of the lower frame extending therefrom. The rear member has ends that extend to the exterior of the lower frame. Each of the ends has a lock bar hole therethrough. Si... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959972 | Tri-action hinge and latching mechanism for a door panel A hinge assembly allows an access panel to be pivotally coupled to a cabinet, even though the cabinet includes a top cover that overlaps an upper edge of the panel. To open the access panel, a latch is actuated to first release a lower edge of the panel. The hinge a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6926136 | Jewelry box A jewelry box including a cabinet with an open front and a closed back. A set of inner doors is hingedly secured within the cabinet for selectively providing access to the closed back of the cabinet. A set of outer doors is hingedly secured to the cabinet for select... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916052 | Cover locking/unlocking mechanism and a printer having the cover locking/unlocking mechanism A locking/unlocking mechanism for an operable cover of a body such as a printer to lock and unlock the body with a single operation and to a printer having an operable cover and a locking/unlocking mechanism for the operable cover. The operable cover is locked when ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6883883 | Housing with paneling elements A housing with paneling elements, at least one of which is embodied as a door panel and can be fixed on the housing in a closed position and an opened position. If threaded receivers, which are oriented toward each other, are positioned on two oppositely located pan... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6834415 | Concealed hinge and method of installation A concealed hinge for doors in furniture and cabinets installed with screws in which the weight of the door rests on the hinge pivot point and is borne by the frame of the cabinet. The hinge is preferably installed using a template. The hinge includes an elongated d... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6779857 | Storage structure and door structure A door structure includes a door frame having edge portions of which at least some are curved. The door structure further includes a flexible door panel which is pivotable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The door panel is resiliently deform... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6675440 | Mounting plate for furniture hinges A mounting plate (10) for furniture hinges, composed of a lower mounting plate part (30), which can be fastened to the supporting wall of a piece of furniture and swiveled in its front end region, and of an upper mounting plate part (32), which can be det... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6557959 | Cabinet door hinge with strain relief structure A hinge member attached to a cabinet housing and a hinge member attached to a cabinet door are hingedly interconnected by a connector which includes structure for relieving strain on the cabinet housing when the cabinet door is moved further than its norm... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6428127 | Cabinet frame A cabinet having at least one door (5), in particular an electrical cabinet, comprising a framework made up of right angled metal profiles (1) which are mutually connected by use of corner members (2) having fastening elements (7) inserted in cavities in ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6337793 | Apparatus and method for mounting a peripheral device in a computer system A computer system including a chassis having two spaced apart walls, a transverse wall attached between the two spaced apart walls and a door pivotally attached to a first one of the two spaced apart walls. The door is movable between an open position and... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6250727 | Computer enclosure A computer enclosure includes a cage with a pair of brackets fixed therein for rotatably supporting a mother board tray to which a mother board is fixed. The cage includes a front panel, a rear panel, a top panel and a bottom panel forming a receiving spa... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6178625 | Method for assembling a warewasher assembly A longitudinal warewasher section, of a warewasher assembly having a plurality of warewasher sections mounted end-to-end, includes a frame and a control box pivotally mounted thereto, where the control box is pivotable from a compact, shipping orientation... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6068358 | Cabinet for accepting electrical and electronic components A cabinet for the acceptance of electrical and electronic components includes a rack to which a door leaf 8 having a hinge 2 as well as wall elements are mounted in a detachable fashion, the hinge 2 having at least one stationary section 3 attached to a s... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6030064 | Refrigerator with removable door hinge Disclosed is a refrigerator having a hinge member assembled with a door for opening/closing a cooling compartment, and a hinge bracket for supporting the hinge member. The hinge member has a hinge pin assembled on a lower comer of the door, and a pin supp... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6009599 | Burglar-proof apparatus for a vending machine This invention relates to a burglar-proof apparatus for a vending machine having burglar-proof means intended to be operated together with an upper hinge and installed an inner upper side of a main body to which a door is coupled, by which the separation ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6000769 | Computer front cover mounting arrangement A computer front cover mounting arrangement includes two doorposts fixedly fastened to two opposite vertical lateral sides of the face panel of a computer mainframe, each door post having two pivot shafts at top and bottom sides, and a front cover releasa... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5975663 | Articulating hinge covering door stop The permissible degree of opening of a cabinet door is limited by the interengagement between a cover member for an upper door hinge and abutment structure carried by the door itself. In a preferred embodiment, the abutment structure is defined by another... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971515 | Protected internal hinge for security safe A security safe that incorporates a cabinet (20) formed of sheetmetal, including a front (22) and a door jamb (30). A door (42) for the safe is also formed of sheetmetal and has a jamb stop (48), box section (50) with a front flange (52) into which a seri... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5934584 | Base frame for paper comminuting devices A paper comminuting device or similar device, such as a paper shredder, is composed of two dimensionally stable side components extending parallel to each other and a bottom and a rear wall connecting the side components, and a cutting mechanism housing r... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5788351 | Cam for vertical adjustment of appliance doors A cam adjustment apparatus facilitates vertical adjustment of an appliance door. The apparatus includes a support bracket which is arranged to support the appliance door on an appliance, and a cam which abuts the support bracket so that, as the cam is mov... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5758937 | Braking mechanism for over-top flipper door slide system A self braking door slide mechanism particularly adapted for use with cabinets that have front doors that open upwardly and are retracted using the slide mechanism to a position in which the door is aligned with the top of the cabinet in either an over or... | 06/02/1998 |
