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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Winston A Orsinger, Nazareth, PA (US);
George Fallos, Easton, PA (US);
Assignee:
Bell and Howell Company, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414226 ; 414730 ; 414732 ; 294104 ; 74527 ; 74531 ; 81478 ; 271268 ;
Abstract
A break-away device includes a lower arm 15 pivotally connected to an upper arm 19 by a coupling 17. The lower and upper arms 15,19 are generally maintained in a rigid, colinear relationship by a spring-biased detent pin 39. When the lower arm 15 undergoes a lateral impact, the detent pin 39 is displaced from a grooved detent recess 37 of the lower arm 15 and rolled about an upper convex surface 31 thereof, thereby permitting the lower arm 15 to pivot about the coupling 17 and break away from the upper arm 19.