Marine deck plate

Details Marine deck plate Marine deck plate

1992-12-01

1994-03-08

Swinehart, Ed

Ships

Hatches and covers

With fasteners

220243, 220251, 114201R, B63B 1912

Patent

active

052918459

ABSTRACT:
A cover plate assembly for covering an access opening formed in a boat deck includes a cover plate for covering the access opening and engaging the exposed side of the deck which frames the access opening. A resilient O-ring gasket carried on the underside of the cover plate is compressed by the cover plate against the exposed surface of the deck. The cover plate and resilient seal are held in place by a retainer bar which is inserted through the access opening and engages the hidden side of the deck on opposite sides of the access opening. The cover plate is coupled to the retainer bar by a screw fastener which has a torque shaft and a manually operable handle. The torque shaft has a threaded shank coupled in threaded engagement with the retainer bar, and the torque shaft projects through the cover plate with the handle engaging the exposed side of the cover plate. As the handle is turned, the retainer bar is advanced into engagement with the underside of the deck, and the handle is drawn into engagement against the cover plate. The tension loading produced in the torque shaft is transmitted uniformly through the cover plate and sealing member for obtaining substantially uniform compression of the sealing member against the exposed deck surface.

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Catalog, "Viking Marine", 1989, Viking Marine pp. 1, 2, 3, 5.
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