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LATCH AND V BAND COUPLER

  • US 3,797,078 A
  • Filed: 09/01/1972
  • Issued: 03/19/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a latch mechanism, inner and outer telescoping latch sections, each section having a cross-section of inverted U-shape with a web and downwardly extending flanges, pivots carried by said flanges for connection to a pair of members to be drawn together. said latch sections extending from said pivots in opposite directions, a bolt extending through the inner latch section, first and second cross pins, said first cross pin extending through apertured portions of said outer latch section and guide slots in said inner latch section parallel to said bolt, said second cross pin extending through apertured portions in said inner latch section and guide slots in the outer latch section parallel to said bolt, a nut on said bolt, and means for causing relative rotation between the nut and bolt whereby the nut will advance axially with respect to the bolt, said nut being connected to one latch section and one end of said bolt being connected by one of said cross pins to said other latch section, whereby said axial advance will cause relative movement of said pivots parallel to the bolt axis.

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