Rotary latch
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorKenneth W. Rosenberg
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Abstract
A rotary latch having drive means rotatably mounted in a housing, said dr means having a semi-circular hooked-shaped latch arm thereon. A cover is attached to said housing and an axially mounted, spring-biased shaft is concentrically mounted within said drive means and has locking lugs engageable with said drive means and said cover. In one axial position of said center shaft, said drive means is locked against rotation and, in another axial position, the drive means is unlocked and free to rotate. A stop is provided on said drive means and is engageable with said housing to limit rotation of latch arm.
Claims5
A rotary latch for engagement with a striker loop, said latch comprising,
- a housing having a journaled bore, an enlarged bore and a semi-circular groove therein,
- a cover closing said enlarged bore and said semi-circular groove, said cover having at least one locking slot therein,
- latching means rotatably positioned in said journaled bore and having a hooked-shaped latch extending into said enlarged bore of said housing, said latching means having a locking slot therein,
- stop means on said latching means extending into said semi-circular groove,
- a shaft axially slidable within said latching means and having at least one locking lug slidably positioned in said locking slot in said cover and selectively engageable with said locking slot in said latching means, and
- spring means biasing said shaft whereby said locking lug on said shaft is engaged with both said locking slot on said latching means and said locking slot in said cover to prevent rotation of said latching means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.