General Design: The  cabinet parts are permanently fastened together in proper
alignment by electric spot welding, arc welding and brazing. All
doors (12") on the roll-out shelf lift up from the bottom, pivot on
molded linear polyethylene door guides and recess into the cabinet
above the shelf. The door opening and closing motion is
guided by nylon buttons and a spring loaded "scissor" type equalizer.
Both the open and closed position of the door is cushioned
by rubber stops. Each roll-out shelf and drawer operates on a pair
of telescopic, three member, full extension, ball bearing slides
with 112 hardened steel balls. Rubber of felt cushioned stops are
provided on both the opening and closing stroke of the drawer
slide. Adjustable leveling glides are positioned one at each of the
four corners. The glides give rigid support to the cabinet under
full loads when fully extended. The glides are easily adjustable
from both inside or outside of the cabinet. (a maximum of 1/2")
each roll-out shelf and drawer has a positive and automatic interlock
mechanism to control the opening and closing of each
drawer and / or shelf in the cabinet. When one drawer or shelf
is extended two inches beyond the cabinet face, no other drawer
or shelf will open. 12" roll-out shelves and drawers are equipped
with hanging folder rods for support of either letter or legal size
material in the lateral manner and accessory rods are available
for filing letter or legal material in the front to back manner. |
Materials: Laterals products are fabricated
of high quality, cold rolled carbon steel, free of scale or rust and
fully pickled. Exposed edges, corners and surface areas are free
of sharp edges and all workmanship is of the highest quality as
measured by the industry. |
Finish: All steel components shall be thoroughly cleaned and
phosphatized for rust resistance in a five-stage pre-treatment
process. A high grade of polyester/epoxy powder paint is to be
applied electrostatically with a gloss reading of between 55 and
65. The finish shall have a salt spray rating of 250 hours or more. |
Construction: The cabinet construction is exceptionally clean and
smooth with rigid interior framing. All inside corner openings of all
files are brazed together. |
Side Panel: The side panel is a single sheet, flanged at the rear,
with a 5/8 face channel formed front. |
Back Panel: The back panel is a single sheet, offset on both sides for a smooth surface with the side panel rear flange. |
Side Flanges: The side flanges of both the box formed cabinet
top and bottom are assembled on the inside face of the side
panels resulting in a side assembly with no outward seams. |
Uprights: The front uprights are formed with six bends and are
rigidly reinforced at the extreme lower front area of the file by
11 Ga. (.119) braces. The braces are arc welded to the front
uprights, to the base, and to the 11 Ga. (.119) corner gussets.
Both front and rear uprights are slotted or pierced on 3" modular
centers to accept door tracks, drawer slides and all other
interior members. The 3" modular centers permit almost unlimited
arrangements of shelf or drawer combinations in any
cabinet height. |
Bottom Panel: The bottom panel consists of a separate base
shelf, channel formed on all four sides and bottom front horizontal
reinforcement base rail. The base rail is joined to the
base shelf by spot welding. Additionally, four corner gussets
are spot welded to the inside of the bottom panel. |
Roll-out Shelf: The roll-out shelf consists of a one piece bottom
and back, channel formed in the middle to accept a lateral
operation follow block and two ends, flanged at the bottom and
rear. The ends are slotted to accept hanging folder rods for
either letter or legal material. The shelf bottom is slotted on 2"
centers to accept dividers to serve as supports for filing material. |
Doors: All door fronts are box formed and are reinforced on
both sides by door slide brackets. Drawer fronts are channel
formed, top and bottom and with ends flanged and offset for
spot welding to ends of roll-out shelf. Drawer inner panels are
provided with all drawers. All short pull doors and drawer fronts
are furnished with a durable black plastic recessed handle with
a plastic chrome frame. |
Short Pulls: All short pulls for doors and drawers are located at
the bottom of the door or drawer. All long pull doors and drawer
fronts have painted steel recessed pulls. |
Long Pulls: All long pull doors and drawer fronts have painted
steel recessed pulls. All long pulls for drawers are located at
the top of the drawer. All long pulls for retracting doors are located
at the bottom of the door. |
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