Pipe joints or couplings – Essential catch – With manipulator
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-08
2008-04-08
Hewitt, James M. (Department: 3679)
Pipe joints or couplings
Essential catch
With manipulator
C285S320000, C285S081000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07354077
ABSTRACT:
A coupler with an elongated inner member with an axial channel therethrough that is adapted to be removably disposed within a passage extending through an outer member. The inner member has a surface at one end that is adapted to engage and seal on a surface of the outer member and a recess on the outer surface that accommodates a plurality of cams pivotally mounted on axes exterior to the outer member. The outer member has a slot extending therethrough confronting each cam, and each cam has a lever arm extending therefrom, each lever arm having a closed position in which the lever arm is disposed adjacent to the outer member and an open position outwardly of the outer member. A strap is mounted on a lever arms that has hooks on one side and loops on the other side, the hooks and loops adhering together when pressed together.
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Burmeister Marshall A.
Hewitt James M.
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