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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1980
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1979
L Richard Poe, Long Beach, CA (US);
William R Bourne, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Hartwell Corporation, Placentia, CA (US);
Abstract
A rotary latch and its method of operation, the latch being caused to move between a position flush with a surrounding surface and a protruding position as the latch is moved between its latched position and its unlatched position, a rotary drive means, by reason of its protruding position, being readily visible to indicate the unlatched condition; the rotary drive means including a control sleeve having radially outwardly facing detent pockets engaged by a radially movable pin, one socket being engaged when the latch is in its flush-latched condition, second socket being engaged when in its fully unlatched condition, and a third socket being engaged as a secondary latch.