Spring-locking handle mechanism

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Patent

CA 1238889

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A spring-locking handle mechanism in which a flat piece of spring stock is formed in a generally U-shaped configura- tion to provide a locking spring, one leg of which bears against the underside of the socket portion of a conventional two-piece locking handle, and the other leg of which bears downwardly on the upper surface of the handle portion. The spring legs must be spread apart in order to assemble the spring with the handle mechanism and are thus normally under tension, so that the handle portion is biased in its downward or locking position relative to the socket portion to dis- courage unintentional lifting. The width of the one leg corresponds to the distance between the depending locking lugs on the handle portion so as to fit snugly therebetween in both the locked and unlocked position of the handle. When the handle is raised to its unlocked position and then turned, the locking lugs engaging the sides of the one spring leg assure that the spring turns with the handle to maintain a spring load on the handle throughout the handle operating range of rotation.

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