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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:
Jan. 30, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiki Terayama, Kogenei, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403 14 ; 403325 ; 403322 ; 128-4 ;
Abstract
A connecting mechanism is formed by providing grooves having angularly disposed slopes in a rotary member in a position facing the outside of guide grooves provided in a housing for engaging endoscope fitting pins and providing an energizing device biasing the rotary member for rotation in one direction so that the endoscope may be locked and fitted by the simple operation of pushing in the endoscope forward through an open end of the housing.