Latch assembly

Details Latch assembly Latch assembly

1995-07-10

1997-08-12

Meyers, Steven N.

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Hooked end

292DIG49, 292247, 292 66, E05C 1912

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active

056557990

ABSTRACT:
A latch assembly is provided. In the assembly: base-end portions of an operating lever 3 are connected to bearing portions 2 of a base 1 through a first pivot 4; base-end portions of a latch arm 5 are connected to intermediate portions of the operating lever 3 through a second pivot 6; and extension-plate portions 12 of a lock plate 11, which are mounted in slots 13 of guide-plate portions 10 of base 1 in insertion manner, are engaged with notches 21 of locking-plate portions 20 of a socket 19 fixed to the operating lever 3 to lock the lever to the base plate 1; a push plate 14 disengages the lock plate 11 from the socket 19; a spring support plate 24 of the socket 19 has spring 27 which is compressed between a support plate 23 and a spring support member 25 having a pawl 25a engaged with the second pivot 6, to slidably urge spring support member 25 to have the second pivot 6 abut on a far one surface 28a of inner walls of an elongated hole 28, the far one surface 28a being more distant from the first pivot 4 relative to the other one surface 28b.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3008320 (1961-11-01), Cheney
patent: 3936082 (1976-02-01), Swanson
patent: 4218081 (1980-08-01), Johnson
patent: 4243255 (1981-01-01), Hornak
patent: 5452926 (1995-09-01), Takimoto
patent: 5462318 (1995-10-01), Cooke

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