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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Earth Tool Company Llc, Lake Mills, WI (US);
Craig Lawrence Noggle, East Troy, WI (US);
Robert F. Crane, Nekoosa, WI (US);
Mark D. Randa, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Steven W. Wentworth, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Earth Tool Company LLC, Lake Mills, WI (US);
Abstract
A hinged cover overlays an opening that provides access to a pressurized inversion drum. A releasable latch assembly holds the cover in a closed and locked position. The latch assembly comprises a plurality of first knuckles formed in the cover that are interlaceable with a plurality of second knuckles formed in the body adjacent the opening. The latch assembly further comprises a rotatable latch pin that may be installed within the first and second knuckles. The latch assembly is moved from an unlocked to a locked position by rotation of the latch pin within the knuckles.