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PCT No. PCT/DE89/00386 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 5, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 5, 1990 PCT Filed Jun. 13, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/00661 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 25, 1990.An article of furniture has a series of superimposed drawers. An arresting mechanism for the drawers includes an activating device secured to a side wall of the article of furniture adjacent to each drawer. Each activating device comprises a carrier which is affixed to the side wall and supports an entraining element. The entraining elements are rotatable and also shiftable horizontally in the direction of movement of the drawers. Each entraining element defines a gap and each drawer carries an operating pin which is received in the corresponding gap when the drawer is closed. An entraining peg is provided on each entraining element. The activating devices have aligned passages which receive a vertically movable strip extending by all of the drawers. The strip has an angular groove adjacent to each drawer consisting of a vertical portion and an inclined portion, and each entraining peg projects into a respective groove. Upon opening a drawer, the operating pin shifts the associated entraining element horizontally while rotating the same. The horizontal displacement of the entraining element causes the respective entraining peg to travel along the inclined portion of the corresponding groove. As the entraining peg travels, it lifts the strip so that the entraining pegs associated with the remaining, stationary drawers enter the vertical portions of the respective grooves. This locks the remaining drawers in their closed positions.
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