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US 10,995,781 B2Granted
Filter clamp lock
AssigneePentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
InventorsLeonard Richiuso, Paul Hopfer
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a band clamp assembly. The band clamp assembly includes a drive rack and a housing including a receiving hole, a rotatable drive gear, and a locking pawl. The rotatable drive gear is designed to engage the first side of the drive rack and the locking pawl is designed to engage a second side of the drive rack.
Claims20
A band clamp assembly including a band clamp, the band clamp assembly comprising:
- a drive rack having a first side and a second side;
- and
- a housing including a receiving hole to receive the drive rack, a rotatable drive gear, and a locking pawl, wherein the rotatable drive gear is designed to engage the first side of the drive rack and the locking pawl is designed to engage a second side of the drive rack.
A clamp lock, comprising:
- a drive rack having a first side and a second side;
- and
- a housing including a receiving hole to receive the drive rack, a rotatable drive gear to engage the first side of the drive rack, and a locking pawl configured to engage the second side of the drive rack to substantially prevent movement of the drive rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.