Adjustable command cable terminal
OwnerPaolo Paparoniinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable command cable terminal is disclosed as can be used for example in the automobile industry. By turning glove central support and shoe move radially within opening formed in internal terminal for locking or releasing shaft. Radial movement of central support and shoe is achieved by the inner geometry of glove which has variable inner diameter including section with wider diameter for length adjustment of shaft, section with progressively reduced diameter for quick closing, section of an Archimedes-curve and section with small diameter for the locked stated. Central support is urged outwards against the inner geometry of glove by springs. Inner surface of internal terminal and other surface of shaft have corresponding threads.
Claims10
“Fixing Device for Command Cable Terminals” which allows to regulate and fix the length of single or double-action flexible cables, used for the transmission of command s from an emitting mechanical element to a receiving mechanical element, in which said fixing device is constituted by a glove, inside which an internal terminal and a pressure actuator are assembled which, due to the rotation of the glove, radially slides within a lengthwise opening with parallel walls of the internal terminal, so to lock or release a shaft which is solidary to the cable, providing to fix or release said command cable depending on the rotation sense of the glove, manually actuated by the operator.
“Fixing Device for Command Cable Terminals” of claim, wherein the final blocking angular sector of the internal hole has a minimum ray variation and a minimum tightening increment, so to guarantee irreversible final tightening and compensate manufacturing tolerances for the various components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.