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A drawer for being held in and removable from a housing, particularly an ashtray in a housing, and including an unlocking mechanism normally in engagement with a stop in the housing and unlockable to enable removal of the drawer from the housing. A slide supported outside and below the container is

A drawer for being held in and removable from a housing, particularly an ashtray in a housing, and including an unlocking mechanism normally in engagement with a stop in the housing and unlockable to enable removal of the drawer from the housing. A slide supported outside and below the container is movable toward the rear of the container. The end of the slide is V-shaped, and the underside of one leg of the V engages an upright bolt for moving the bolt down as the slide is moved rearward, which moves the bolt out of position to abut the housing stop. A push element is engaged by the upper side of the slide for being pushed up to press a spring up inside a recess in the bolt as the slide is pushed in. The slide, bolt and push element having cooperating oblique surfaces for accomplishing the respective pushing. In one embodiment, a push button acts directly on the slide. In another embodiment, a push button acts on the bolt through an intermediate rocker, instead of a slide. The push button and bolt are articulated to the rocker.

대표청구항 ▼

A container in the form of a drawer with an unlocking mechanism, comprising: a housing having a front opening for receiving a drawer, and a drawer movable into and out of the front opening in the housing; the drawer having a front wall facing out of the housing and having a rear wall spaced from the

A container in the form of a drawer with an unlocking mechanism, comprising: a housing having a front opening for receiving a drawer, and a drawer movable into and out of the front opening in the housing; the drawer having a front wall facing out of the housing and having a rear wall spaced from the front wall and further in the housing, and the drawer having a bottom joining the front and rear walls thereof; a stop in the housing extending in the housing toward the drawer; an unlocking mechanism supported by the drawer operated in cooperation with the stop to prevent withdrawal of the drawer from the housing beyond a predetermined extent determined by the location of the stop and the unlocking mechanism being operable to permit withdrawal of the drawer from the housing beyond the predetermined extent; the unlocking mechanism comprising: a slide supported by the drawer, the slide including a bolt operating portion extending rearwardly of the drawer, the slide being moveable forwardly and rearwardly with respect to the drawer and the housing; a bolt supported on the drawer and being movable in a first direction into engagement with the stop on the housing and being movable in an opposite second direction out of engagement with the stop on the housing; a push element connected with the bolt and movable into and out of engagement with the bolt operating portion of the slide; spring means between the push element and the bolt for urging the push element against the bolt operating portion of the slide, and the bolt and push element being so shaped and positioned that the push element presses upon the bolt operating portion of the slide at one side of the slide, while the bolt engages the bolt operating portion of the slide from the opposite side of the slide; where the bolt engages the bolt operating portion of the slide, and where the push element, engages the bolt operating portion of the slide, being respectively so shaped that upon movement of the slide in one direction with respect to the drawer, the cooperation between the slide and the bolt moves the bolt in the one direction out of position to abut the housing stop while the slide engages the push element to push the push element in the opposite direction and further biases the spring means to urge the bolt toward the position where it would normally abut the housing stop.