Circumferential clamp and latching assembly
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorSteven E. PEET
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Abstract
A circumferential clamp 2 comprising a clamping band 4 having oppositely disposed circumferential ends 8, 10 and a latching assembly 6 for securing the ends 8, 10 together. The latching assembly 6 comprises first and second latching devices 12, 14, each of which comprises an elongate element 16, 26, 28 which is pivotably mounted on the clamping band 4 adjacent one of the ends 8, 10 and is engageable with the clamping band 4 adjacent the other end to latch the ends 8, 10 together. The lengthwise axes of the elongate elements 16, 26, 28 lie in, or intersect, a common plane tangential to the clamping band 4, and may be coincident with, or intersect, each other.
Claims6
A circumferential clamp comprising a clamping band having oppositely disposed circumferential ends and a latching assembly for securing the ends together, the latching assembly comprising first and second latching devices, each of which comprises an elongate element which is pivotably mounted on the clamping band adjacent one of the ends and is engageable with the clamping band adjacent the other end to latch the ends together, the lengthwise axes of the elongate elements lying in, or intersecting, a common plane tangential to the clamping band, wherein the elongate elements of the first and second latching devices are mounted on the clamping band to pivot about a common axis and the second latching device obstructs access to the first latching device when the ends of the clamping band are latched together by the first and second latching devices.
A latching assembly for securing two components together, the latching assembly comprising first and second latching devices, each of which comprises an elongate element which is pivotably mounted to one of the components and is engagable with the other component to latch the components together, the lengthwise axes of the elongate elements being coincident with, or intersecting, each other, wherein the elongate elements of the first and second latching devices are mounted on the clamping band to pivot about a common axis and the second latching device obstructs access to the first latching device when the ends of the clamping band are latched together by the first and second latching devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.