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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:
Sep. 06, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oy Tampella AB, , FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
308-39 ;
Abstract
A drill steel centralizer comprising a body having an immovable jaw positioned in stationary relation to the body. A movable jaw and drill steel guide between said jaws that can be opened and closed by means of the movement of the movable jaw. A locking device providing means by which the movable jaw can cause the drill steel guide to be locked and released into the closed and open positions. Thus, the locking device is held in its locked position by an elastic member that is arranged to transmit a force attempting to open the jaw past the elastic member directly to the body.