4 Drawer 43" Wide Lateral File (Putty)
3 Drawer 36" Wide Lateral File (Light Gray)
2 Drawer 43" Wide Lateral File (Black)

Open 30" Wide Lateral File

Once you’ve made the wise decision to protect your business with fire resistant filing, why settle for less than the best! Since 1872 Schwab Corp. has been the leader in protecting the valuable records of businesses and residential customers world-wide. All Schwab Series 5000 Lateral files come backed by an Underwriters’ Laboratories Class 350- 1 hour fire resistance label.

Our Series 5000 30", 36", and 43" wide lateral files provide maximum filing capacity for your valuable records. While standard equipped with a plunger key lock, a variety of locking options are available to accommodate your individual security needs.

The 5000 Series is available in 2-, 3-, and 4- drawer models, in 30", 36", and 43" widths, with six attractive, glossy, smooth finish, standard colors to choose from. In addition, any color you specify can be custom mixed to enhance your office or home office décor.

High drawer sides as well as hanger bars (2) for filing letter or legal size files front to back are a standard feature in all Series 5000 lateral files. What’s more, the Schwab design is adjustable to allow for filing of legal, A-4, folio or letter size files in the same cabinet without the need for additional costly accessories, so you get the most versatility for your filing needs!

Rated to protect your vital business records, Schwab Series 5000 Fire Rated Lateral Files have been built to exceed the stringent UL label requirements for the following tests:

• A one hour test for fire resistance in external temperatures exceeding 1700°F.
• A 2000°F explosion hazard resistance test.

All Schwab Series 5000 Fire Rated Lateral Files are UL rated to keep their contents safe from fire. Combined with the explosion hazard UL rating, these tests prove that the Schwab file is built to protect in the face of any disaster. Also available with a fire and impact resistance rating, Schwab is committed to offering you yet another choice that best suits your particular needs.

Schwab’s Insulite™ insulation is the most efficient on the market today. Thicker insulation doesn’t always mean better insulation. Insulite™ allows all Schwab files to offer features like thinner walls, lighter weight and recessed handles without compromising fire protection. This enables the Schwab design to maintain a look that is aesthetically pleasing without sacrificing its protective ability.

All fire resistant insulation requires water in order to prevent the spread of fire. Insulite™, Schwab’s trademarked air-dried insulating composite’s water is chemically bound. This means our insulation contains no free water. The competitor’s oven dried insulation has a small amount of free water, which can evaporate over time, thus losing its protective ability. Insulite™ contains no asbestos and NEVER dries out or loses its protective ability over time, so breathe easy—you, your vital records, and your environment are protected with a Schwab fire proof filing cabinet.

Each drawer is individually encased by its own inner steel drawer vault that not only aids in preventing dusting insulation from contaminating your records, it also helps to eliminate the spread of fire from one drawer to another. This feature also prevents entry from an unlocked compartment to a locked one. Schwab’s unique seamless design provides further protection against otherwise undetected forced entry.

IT’S OUR GUARANTEE

Our after-the-fire free replacement guarantee lets you know that once you have made the investment in a Schwab file, we will be there even if disaster strikes. We stand behind it, and have for over a century.

Fire and Explosion Rating

The Schwab Series 5000 lateral file has met Underwriters’ Laboratories stringent requirements for the classification of ‘Record Protection Equipment.’ This includes a test for fire-resistance in external temperatures exceeding 1700°F for one hour, and a 2000°F explosion hazard test.

Insulation

Only Schwab’s premium Insulite insulating composite material, in conjunction with superior manufacturing processes provides unparalleled protection against fire. Insulite, which is poured into the pre-constructed high-gauge steel frame, coupled with individual inner steel drawer jackets enables the Schwab design to maintain the same protection with less weight than competing brands.

Drawer Suspensions

Suspensions are securely fastened to the file’s drawer body. This rugged suspension cradles each drawer allowing for smooth operation over the life of the file.

Drawer Bodies

Each Schwab lateral drawer body allows for the fl exibility of accommodating A-2, Folio, Letter, or Legal Filing, without the necessity or expense of additional parts or accessories.

Drawer Heads

Drawer Heads are formed out of a single piece of steel, interlocked and welded at the corners, then poured with our premium InsuliteTM insulation. The Schwab design, with interlocking drawer joints where the drawer head, the outer wrapper and the steel inner drawer vault meet, provides unsurpassed protection from fire.

Lock/No Lock Mechanism

This convenient mechanism allows the user to enable a drawer to stay unlocked while other drawers remain locked.

Recessed Handles

Only Schwab’s recessed handle design provides easily viewed angled label holders without sacrificing fire resistance, or requiring additional clearance for the front of the file.

Colors

Schwab’s six standard colors have been carefully chosen to meet the discriminating tastes of the world’s top designers and decorators:

Standard Colors

They can also be made available in a special color that you specify.

Finish

The Schwab smooth, glossy finish gives the Schwab file a scratch, scuff and stain resistant surface, similar to that found on an upscale automobile.

Lifetime Warranty

Schwab warrants that it will repair or replace any file part manufactured by Schwab that fails in normal use as a result of defects in materials or workmanship free of charge as long as the original registered purchaser owns the file.

Lifetime Free After-the-Fire Replacement Warranty

In the event this file is damaged by fire while in the possession of the original purchaser as shown on the warranty registration card, Schwab warrants that it will replace the file free of charge.

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