Closure fasteners – Bolts – Hooked end
Patent
1972-12-01
1977-03-29
Wolfe, Robert L.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Hooked end
292134, 292DIG32, E05C 1910
Patent
active
040145727
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a self-adjusting latch for an overhead truck door comprising a latch bolt, a keeper, and a bolt catch all pivotally mounted at predetermined locations on a common support plate. The latch bolt has an integral actuating arm and an integral hook for latching engagement with a catch pin mounted in the bed of the truck. The weight of the latch bolt is distributed in such a manner that after latching, the latch bolt is continuously urged against the catch pin. Thus the latch is continuously self-adjusting during normal operation of the truck over rough or uneven terrain. The keeper is rotatable from a locked to an unlocked position, and when it is in the locked position it prevents unlatching of the latch bolt by abutting engagement thereagainst. When the truck is in transit, the keeper is maintained in the locked position by locking a finger thereon against a lug struck out from the support plate. When the truck is to be unloaded, the keeper is unlocked from the lug and rotated to the unlocked position whereby the latch bolt may be rotatably disengaged from the catch pin by operation of the actuating arm. With the latch bolt in the fully unlatched position, the bolt catch releasably engages a projection on the latch bolt to maintain the actuating arm in a fixed horizontal position. In this position the actuating arm may be grasped to lift the truck door. There is also disclosed a catch box for readily mounting the catch pin in the bed of the truck in correct position for cooperation with the latch bolt.
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