Bar lock assembly and method for assembling a bar lock assembly to a panel
AssigneePowerbrace Corporation
InventorBrian Senn
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Abstract
A bar lock assembly including an elongated operating shaft and a pair of bracket assemblies for securing the operating shaft to a generally flat panel. Cam structure is adapted to be secured to each end of the operating shaft. Each bracket assembly includes a series of components including bearing structure disposed about and intermediate the first and second ends of the shaft and a mounting bracket configured for operable association with the bearing structure to allow for free rotation of shaft about a fixed axis. A coupling maintains the components of the bracket assembly together as a preassembled unit. A method for assembling such a bar lock assembly to a panel is also disclosed.
Claims30
A bar lock assembly, comprising:
- an elongated operating shaft having first and second ends, with cam structure being adapted for securement to each end of said shaft;
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- a pair of bracket assemblies for securing said operating shaft to a generally flat panel for rotation about a fixed axis, with each bracket assembly including a series of components including bearing structure disposed about the shaft intermediate the first and second ends thereof, a mounting bracket configured for operable association with said bearing structure to allow for free rotation of shaft in the bearing structure, and a coupling for maintaining the components of each bracket assembly and the operating shaft together as a preassembled unit.
A bar lock assembly, comprising:
- an elongated operating shaft having cam structure secured to opposed ends thereof, said cam structure including an annular lip disposed axially inward from a free end of said cam structure;
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- a pair of bracket assemblies for securing said operating shaft to a panel for rotation about a fixed axis, with each bracket assembly including bearing structure disposed about the shaft intermediate the cam structure at opposed ends of said operating shaft, and wherein said bracket assembly further includes a mounting bracket configured to be positioned relative to an exterior of said bearing structure and allows for free rotation of the shaft in the bearing structure, and wherein said bracket assembly further includes a coupling for maintaining said bearing structure, said mounting bracket, and said operating shaft together as a preassembled unit prior to installation of the bar lock assembly onto said panel.
In combination with a cargo-type container having an access opening, a door pivotally connected to said container at one side of said opening, two keeper members having a base portion secured to the container at opposite sides of the opening, and a bar lock assembly carried by the door for operable association with said keeper members, said bar lock assembly comprising:
- an elongated operating shaft having first and second ends, with each end of said shaft being defined by cam structure, with the cam structure at each end of the operating shaft being adapted to cooperate with a respective keeper member on the container to control the locked condition of said door, and wherein each cam structure includes an annular lip disposed axially inward from the free end of said cam structure;
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- a pair of spaced bracket assemblies for securing said operating shaft to said door for rotation about a fixed axis, each bracket assembly including a series of components including bearing structure disposed about the shaft intermediate the first and second ends thereof, a mounting bracket configured to fit to an exterior of said bearing structure and allow for free rotation of shaft in the bearing structure, and wherein each bracket assembly further includes a coupling for maintaining the components of said bearing assembly and said operating shaft together as a preassembled unit.
A method for assembling a bar lock assembly to a panel comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongated operating shaft with cam structure at opposite ends thereof;
- providing a pair of mounting bracket assemblies for securing said operating shaft to said panel for rotation about a fixed axis, each mounting bracket assembly being comprised of a plurality of components including bearing structure disposed about the shaft intermediate the first and second ends thereof and a mounting bracket configured to be fitted to an exterior of and capture said bearing structure to allow for free rotation of the shaft in the bearing structure;
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- retaining the components comprising each mounting bracket assembly on the shaft as a preassembled unit prior to installation of the bar lock assembly onto said panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.