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US 4,360,281 AGranted
Reversible cam lock assembly
AssigneeSyntex (U.S.A.) Inc.
InventorsJ. Douglas Alsup, Jr., Arden F. Jenkins
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Abstract
A reversible cam lock assembly is described. The cam lock assembly is adapted for attachment to a movable member and includes an eccentric cam for engaging a surface of a stationary member to resist movement inducing forces applied to the movable member. Depending on the orientation of the cam lock assembly, clockwise or counterclockwise rotational movement of the movable member relative to the stationary member is resisted.
Claims14
A cam lock assembly comprising:
- shaft means having a first end and a second end, said first end and said second end each being adapted for attachment to a first member;
- a cam eccentrically mounted on said shaft means intermediate said first and second ends, said cam being adapted for engaging a surface of a second member;
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- means securing said cam to said shaft means, whereby said cam cooperates with the surface of the second member to resist clockwise rotational movement of the first member relative to the second member when said first end of said shaft means is attached to the first member and counterclockwise rotational movement of the first member relative to the second member when said second end of said shaft means is attached to said first member.
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A cam lock assembly comprising:
- an eccentric shaft having an outer shaft and an inner shaft, the longitudinal axis of said inner shaft being offset from the longitudinal axis of said outer shaft;
- a cam having a first bore therethrough, the longitudinal axis of said first bore being offset from the longitudinal axis of said cam, said inner shaft being slidably received within said first bore and extending therethrough;
- a stem having a head and a stem shaft extending from said head, said head having an axial, second bore therein, the longitudinal axis of said second bore being offset from the longitudinal axis of said stem shaft, said inner shaft being secured within said second bore;
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- means securing said cam to said eccentric shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.