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US 4,566,350 AGranted
Lever assembly
AssigneeOhi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
InventorsIssei Miyamoto, Yuichi Kato
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Abstract
Herein disclosed is a lever assembly which comprises generally two parts, which are lever holder and a lever proper. The lever holder has at its one side a tubular portion which is lockably fitted in an opening formed in a door panel, while, the lever proper has at its one side a hollow shaft portion which is lockably but pivotally received in the tubular portion.
Claims22
A lever assembly mounted on a panel for linking driving and driven device through connecting rods, comprising:
- a lever holder which includes a tubular portion inserted through an opening of the panel, the outer diameter of the lever holder being substantially equal to the diameter of said opening, and further including an annular base portion integral with and concentrically disposed on an open end of said tubular portion;
- a lever which includes a hollow shaft portion inserted in said tubular portion of said lever holder, the outer diameter of said hollow shaft being substantially equal to the inner diameter of said tubular portion, and further including first and second arms linked to driving and driven devices through connecting rods;
- first means for providing a locking connection between said tubular portion of said lever holder and the panel;
- second means for providing a locking connection between said hollow shaft portion of said lever and said tubular portion of said lever holder while permitting rotation of said hollow shaft portion relative to said lever holder;
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- third means for suppressing excess rotation of said hollow shaft portion of said lever relative to said tubular portion of said lever holder by contacting a portion of said lever with a portion of said lever holder.
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A lever assembly mounted on a panel for linking driving and driven devices through connecting rods, comprising:
- a lever holder which includes a tubular portion inserted through an opening of the panel, the outer diameter of the lever holder being substantially equal to the diameter of said opening, and further including an annular base portion integral with and concentrically disposed on an open end of said tubular portion;
- a lever which includes a hollow shaft portion inserted in said tubular portion of said lever holder, the outer diameter of said hollow shaft being substantially equal to the inner diameter of said tubular portion, and further including first and second arms linked to driving and driven devices through connecting rods;
- first means for providing a locking connection between said tubular portion of said lever holder and the panel;
- second means for providing a locking connection between said hollow shaft portion of said lever and said tubular portion of said lever holder while permitting rotation of said hollow shaft portion relative to said lever holder;
- thrid means for suppressing excess rotation of said hollow shaft portion of said lever relative to said tubular portion of said lever holder by contacting a portion of said lever with a portion of said lever holder;
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- forth means for biasing said lever away from said lever holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.