Title: Business machine frame to housing connection

The invention claimed is:

1. In combination with housing means for a business machine comprising a base portion and a cover portion releasably supported by said base portion, and machine frame means supporting functional machine elements, comprising spaced side frames,

means on said side frames and said base portion for supporting said machine frame solely in said base portion, comprising

first resilient means mounted on the lower corners of said side frames,

lugs extending from opposite side edges of said side frames between the lower and upper edge,

second resilient means mounted on said lugs, and

slotted formations on said base portion for receiving and compressing said first and second resilient means to thereby clampingly engage and secure said side frames against side to side, front to back and pivoting movement relative to said base portion.

2. The combination recited in claim 1, said side walls being notched adjacent their said lower corners forming lugs supporting said first resilient means.

3. The combination recited in claim 2, said slotted formations being L-shaped to receive said first and second resilient means mounted on said lugs.


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Inventors: Kuhn, Lothar (Frankfurt, DE)

Application Number: 06/219577
Filing Date: 1980-12-23
Publication_date: 1982-11-02
Assignee: ADLERWERKE KLEYER AG H

Primary Class(es): 312/223.200 400/691, 400/692, 400/660
Other Classes: B41J29/02; F16M1/00; A47B95/00
US Patent Ref:

0670763	March, 1901	Brodeur	248/680
3147943	September, 1964	Oldenburg et al.	312/351
3176944	April, 1965	Crates	248/222.4	Universal drop wire clamp
3206265	September, 1965	Amos	312/208	Container

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Sakran, Victor N.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Spalla, Joseph R.