Cassette for sterilizing articles and latch therefor
AssigneeAmerican Sterilizer Company
InventorsCharles A. Buckner, III, Stephen B. Leonard
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Abstract
The invention relates to a container having first and second sections with at least one handle portion on each container facing each other in superimposed relationship to form a container and a latch mechanism associated with at least one handle for providing a preseal in the container by forcing the first and second sections toward each other in sealing arrangement and for maintaining the seal.
Claims20
A latch to close a container, the container having first and second sections with at least one handle portion on one container section facing the other in superimposed relationship to form a container handle with first and second handle portions, the latch comprising:
- a generally C-shaped body portion having an arcuate section extending above, from the back of and curved toward the front of the C to form a grip for the latch;
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- a spaced projection on each end of the C generally facing each other, the projections being sufficiently spaced apart to engage a corresponding one of first and second handle portions to hold the first and second container sections in a latched relationship to each other.
A container for holding an object in a fluid-tight chamber comprising:
- first and second container sections;
- at least one handle rigidly formed in the container, the handle being formed of first and second identical handle portions in superimposed relationship;
- a generally C-shaped latch for holding the two sections of the container together, the latch having an arcuate section extending above, from the back of and curved toward the front of the C to form a grip for the latch;
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- a projection on each end of the C generally facing each other, the projections being sufficiently spaced apart to engage a corresponding one of the first and second handle portions to hold the first and second handle portions of the container in a locking relationship to each other.
A latch for a container having first and second sections and at least one handle portion on each container section facing each other in superimposed relationship to form a container handle with first and second handle portions, the latch comprising:
- an integrally formed catch for pivotal attachment to the first handle portion and having a generally horizontal leg for lifting and a vertical leg with a projection for latching contact with the second handle portion;
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- a spring tab extending at an angle from the junction of the horizontal and vertical legs for releasably engaging the first handle portion so as to releasably hold the vertical leg projection in positive latching contact with the second handle portion and which flexes when the horizontal leg is lifted to release the latching contact of the vertical leg projection with the second handle portion to enable the container sections to be separated.
A container having first and second sections held together by at least one latch and comprising:
- at least one handle portion on each container section facing each other in superimposed relationship to form a container handle with first and second handle portions;
- an integrally formed catch for pivotal attachment with the first handle portion and having a generally horizontal leg for lifting and a vertical leg with a projection for latching contact with the second handle portion;
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- a spring tab extending at an angle from the junction of the horizontal leg and the vertical leg for releasably engaging the first handle portion to provide a force to releasably hold the vertical leg projection in positive latching contact with the second handle portion and which flexes when the horizontal leg is lifted to release latching contact of the vertical leg projection with the second handle portion to enable the container sections to be separated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.