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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1988
Seiki Satoh, Utsunomiya, JP;
Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the connecting apparatus of this invention for coupling the handle and the locking device, the connector rotatably mounted on the handle or the locking device has a pair of oppositely directed hooks with a gap therebetween. The hooks have a first raised or recessed surface such as threaded grooves on their inner surfaces. The rod has formed on one end a second raised or recessed surface for engagement with the first raised or recessed surface on the hooks. These raised or recessed surfaces of the hooks and the rod can easily be engaged by first putting the second raised or recessed surface of the rod in the gap of the connector and turning the connector by 90.degree..