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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:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1994
Carter K Reh, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
There is disclosed an automatic space take-up device which comprises a pair of generally cylindrical and axially aligned bodies, each having a central through aperture, with a flat base at their outer ends, and having opposed inclined ramps, with a cylindrical sleeve receiving and surrounding the bodies, and a torsion spring received within the central aperture of the bodies and secured at its opposite ends to a respective one of said bodies. One of the bodies is permanently attached to the sleeve and the other body is rotationally and axially moveable within said sleeve and is biased axially outwardly by the torsion spring. The take-up device also includes aligned apertures in the moveable body and in the sleeve with a lock pin removably received in said aligned apertures to restrain said moveable body against the resilient bias of said torsion spring. In its preferred embodiment, each of the bodies of the take-up device is provide with inner and outer inclined ramps, with the inner ramps concentrically located within the outer pair and at 180 degree angular spacing thereto, to provide stability to the take-up device throughout its entire expandable length.
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