Filterwerk Mann + Hummel Gmbh

Volker Lehmann

Arthur Klotz

Volker Ernst

Rudi Hainle

Richard Hoferer

Gunter Trumpfheller

A toggle catch for the closing of first and second housing parts of intake air filters for machines which take in air has a toggle lever which pivotally engages in a bearing opening of an abutment, and a hook part. This hook part is pivotally fixed on the toggle lever. The hook part reaches over a projection of the first housing part. A spring band element is provided that has an end-face ear forming the abutment. The spring band element has a hook-shaped end that is engageable in a form-locking manner in a recess of the second housing part.

Toggle catch for intake air filters of internal-combustion engines,

A housing, such as an air filter housing, with a plastic attachment tab is provided with a releasable, one-piece, U-shaped attachment clip engaging in a through aperture in the attachment tab and having sleeves formed in the vicinity of the through aperture on the inside of each leg of the U-shaped clip, and at least one resilient tongue on each leg of the clip pressing against the attachment tab.

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Ludwigsburg, Germany

Volker Lehmann