Snap lock assembly
AssigneeBrammall, Inc.
InventorGary I. Smith
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Abstract
A snap lock assembly that comprises a bolt or a cable which can be extended through hasps and which has a locking portion formed with a plurality of parallel spaced grooves that are receivable in a cylindrical member that has a plurality of snap rings spaced therein at distances which correspond to the distance between the grooves so that the seal can be locked in a number of positions as the bolt is moved into the cylindrical member, but the bolt cannot be removed from the cylindrical member due to the camming action of the cylindrical member on the plurality of snap rings in the grooves.
Claims3
A snap lock seal comprising, a bolt with a shank in which a plurality of equidistant spaced grooves are formed, a locking member formed with a central opening through which said bolt shank can be inserted, a plurality of snap rings with substantially circular cross-sections mounted in said locking member so as to be spaced apart the same distance as the spacings of said grooves in said shanks and adapted to be received in said grooves to lock said locking member to said shank, each of said plurality of grooves formed with forward end walls which are substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of said bolt shank and each of said plurality of grooves formed with back end walls which have angles less than 90.degree. to the longitudinal axis of said bolt shank, and said locking member formed with a plurality of snap ring sockets in which said plurality of snap rings are received and each of sockets formed with walls which are substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of said bolt shank, and each of said sockets formed with rear walls which are tapered relative to the longitudinal axis of said bolt shank such that if force is applied to remove said bolt from said locking member, the rear tapered wall of each of said sockets will press one of said plurality of snap rings downwardly into said plurality of grooves to prevent said bolt from being removed from said locking member.
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