REAR INTERLOCK

摘要

A drawer slide interlock assembly is provided for a stack of drawers, the interlock assembly being fitted to the rear of the drawer slides so as to allow the slides to be shrouded, the assembly comprising a housing (22) fitted within an outer slide members, the housing (22) having a plate (26) supported thereon preferably slidably and biased towards the rear of the slide member, there being an actuator (32) on a rear end of an inner slide member (16) having an actuating surface (58) thereon which co-operates with an actuator follower (36) slidably supported in the slide member (14) for movement at right angles to the direction of movement of the plate (26), the arrangement being such that when a drawer is moved towards an open position the actuator follower (36) is moved from a first position to a blocking position which results in any other drawer in the stack being prevented from being opened.