Cable core length adjuster mechanism
US5163338A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/7083
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A core length adjuster mechanism provides adjustment for a push-pull cable system having a core disposed within a conduit. The core and the conduit are flexible for much of their length, with the core being a rigid rod at the ends. An end of one of the rods is slidably disposed within a body of the adjuster mechanism. The body was generally rectangular shape, elongated in an axial direction. The body has a member for swivelable attachment integrated into it. The body has a rectangular opening through perpendicular to the axis from a top to a bottom. There are teeth transverse to the axis in the opening on sides paralleling the axis. A clip is disposed in the opening. The clip can be manually moved from an adjust position to an engaged position. It has teeth complementary to the teeth in the opening that engage those teeth when the clip is in an engaged position by pressing it into the body. When the clip is in the adjust position, the teeth are not engaged. In the adjust position, the clip is snapped over the rod end, axially engaging it in a circumferential groove of the rod end.
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