Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1997-08-06
1998-12-22
Luong, Vinh T.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
745026, 745015R, F16C 110
Patent
active
058507639
ABSTRACT:
A length-adjusting device for a control cable, comprising a stationary base member to which an outer cable or an inner cable of the control cable is fixedly secured, and into which a cylindrical adjusting pipe, having circular grooves formed and disposed thereon in parallel is inserted and movable in axial direction thereof; an adjusting piece, having a resilient spring, and having a pair of similarly pitched locking teeth for engagement to and release from the circular grooves, which is moveably inserted in a direction perpendicularly to the axis of the adjusting pipe and into an aperture in the stationary base member; and wherein the adjusting piece is biased by the resilient spring which is disposed between the stationary base member and the adjusting piece, for engaging the circular grooves with the locking teeth, and at the same time enabling the release of the engagement by movement against the resilient force of the resilient spring by means of an external force, and wherein the adjusting piece having opposing side plates is further provided with latching windows at their ends for engagement with corresponding latching elements provided on a pair of oppositely disposed side plates of the stationary base member.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5664461 (1997-09-01), Kitamura
patent: 5673596 (1997-10-01), Lu
patent: 5682797 (1997-11-01), Kelly et al.
HNK Spring Co., Ltd.
Luong Vinh T.
Uni-Flex, Inc.
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