Panel fastener
US4692075A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 1986 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16B31/02
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A screw-type fastener comprising two cooperable assemblages for releasably securing a panel having one of said assemblages to an underlying support structure such as a sub-panel or other framework having the other assemblage. The said other assemblage of the fastener comprises a tubular housing enclosing a screw member which projects forwardly to an open end of the housing, toward the opening thereof. The said one fastener assemblage comprises a floating stud body carried by the panel and having an internally threaded bore which is adapted to receive the screw member when the stud body is applied thereto. The housing has ratchet rings encircling the screw member, provided with opposed faces containing sloped radial teeth which engage one another. One ring is keyed to rotate with the stud body, and the other is keyed for longitudinal non-rotary movement in the housing. A spring in the housing maintains the rings in contact. The screw member is mounted for floating, turning movement in the housing, and is yieldably restrained by a unidirectional or non-reversing rotary detent as the stud body advances on the screw until a predetermined torque is reached. Thereafter the detent yields …
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