Fastener for producing relative movement of parts

Claim 2

A fastener device for providing movement of one part relative to another part comprising a first member, said first member having a shoulder engageable with a first part, and a bendable portion for providing upon the bending thereof a flange in opposed spaced relationship with said shoulder for cooperating with said shoulder in holding said first member to said first part, said first member having screw threads thereon, a threaded member engaging said screw threads of said first member and rotatable relative thereto, said threaded member projecting away from said first member, an attaching member, said attaching member having a shoulder engageable with the surface of a second part, and a bendable portion for providing upon the bending thereof a flange in opposed spaced relationship with said shoulder of said attaching member for cooperating with said shoulder of said attaching member in holding said attaching member to said second part, and means for rotatably securing said threaded member to said attaching member while precluding substantial axial travel of said threaded member relative to said attaching member, whereby when said first member is attached to said first part and said attaching member is held to said second part rotation of said threaded member will produce a reaction causing movement of said first part relative to said second part.

Claim 3

A fastener device for providing movement of one part relative to another part comprising a first tubular member, said first member having a first relatively large bore section extending inwardly from one end and a second relatively small threaded bore section extending inwardly from the opposite end, said first member having an external shoulder and a bendable circumferential wall at said one end, whereby said wall can be flared outwardly to cooperate with said shoulder and hold said first member to a workpiece, a screw, said screw having a driving surface in said first bore section, said screw having a threaded shank extending through said second bore section and beyond said opposite end of said first member, a second member, and means rotatably securing the outer end of said shank to said second member while precluding substantial axial movement of said shank relative to said second member, said second member including means for fixedly attaching said second member to an adjoining part.

Claim 4

A fastener device for providing movement of one part relative to another part comprising a first tubular member, said first member having a first relatively large bore section extending inwardly from one end and a second relatively small threaded bore section extending inwardly from the opposite end, said first member having an external shoulder and a bendable circumferential wall at said one end, whereby said wall can be flared outwardly to cooperate with said shoulder and hold said first member to a workpiece, a screw, said screw having a driving surface in said first bore section, said screw having a threaded shank extending through said second bore section and beyond said opposite end of said first member, a second member, and means rotatably securing the outer end of said shank to said second member while precluding substantial axial movement of said shank relative to said second member, said second member including means for fixedly attaching said second member to an adjoining part.

Claim 5

A device as recited in claim 2 in which said means for fixedly attaching said second member to an adjoining part includes an external shoulder on said second member, and an annular thin-walled portion extending beyond said shoulder, said thin-walled portion being adapted to be bent outwardly for forming a flange for cooperating with said external shoulder of said second member in holding said second member to a second workpiece.

Claim 6

A device as recited in claim 3 in which said means for attaching said outer end of said shank to said second member includes an extension of relatively small external diameter extending outwardly from the end of said shank so as to provide an external shoulder on said shank adjacent said extension, said second member including a transverse wall having an opening therethrough, said extension being received in said opening so as to position said external shoulder of said shank adjacent one surface of said transverse wall, and an integral flange on said extension projecting outwardly over the opposite surface of said transverse wall for cooperating with said external shoulder of said shank in holding said shank to said second member.

Claim 7

A device as recited in claim 4 in which said transverse wall is intermediate said annular thin-walled portion.

Claim 8

In combination with a fiRst member and a second member which are to be continually secured together, yet intermittently moved between a relatively adjacent position and a relatively remote position, a fastener device comprising a first tubular element, said first member having an opening therethrough, said tubular element having an end portion extending through said opening, said tubular element having an abutment engaging said first member adjacent one end of said opening, and an outwardly bent flange engaging said first member adjacent the other end of said opening, whereby said abutment and said flange hold said tubular element to said first member, said tubular element having a threaded portion therein, a screw received in said threaded portion and extending outwardly from said tubular element away from the opposite end thereof, said screw having a driving surface within said tubular element, and a second element, said second member having an opening receiving said second element, said second element having an abutment engaging said second member adjacent one end of said opening, and an outwardly bent flange adjacent the opposite end of said opening, whereby said abutment and said outwardly bent flange of said second element hold said second element to said second member, said second element having an opening therethrough, said screw having an abutment at the distal end of the shank thereof, and an extension beyond said abutment, said extension rotatably extending through said opening in said second element, said abutment of said screw being positioned adjacent and engageable with said second element adjacent one end of said opening in said second element, said extension having an outwardly bent flange at the opposite end of said opening in said second element engageable with said second element adjacent said opposite end, whereby said screw is rotatably retained by said second element and rotation of said screw by means of said tubular element will cause relative movement of said first and second members.

Claim 9

In combination with a fiRst member and a second member which are to be continually secured together, yet intermittently moved between a relatively adjacent position and a relatively remote position, a fastener device comprising a first tubular element, said first member having an opening therethrough, said tubular element having an end portion extending through said opening, said tubular element having an abutment engaging said first member adjacent one end of said opening, and an outwardly bent flange engaging said first member adjacent the other end of said opening, whereby said abutment and said flange hold said tubular element to said first member, said tubular element having a threaded portion therein, a screw received in said threaded portion and extending outwardly from said tubular element away from the opposite end thereof, said screw having a driving surface within said tubular element, and a second element, said second member having an opening receiving said second element, said second element having an abutment engaging said second member adjacent one end of said opening, and an outwardly bent flange adjacent the opposite end of said opening, whereby said abutment and said outwardly bent flange of said second element hold said second element to said second member, said second element having an opening therethrough, said screw having an abutment at the distal end of the shank thereof, and an extension beyond said abutment, said extension rotatably extending through said opening in said second element, said abutment of said screw being positioned adjacent and engageable with said second element adjacent one end of said opening in said second element, said extension having an outwardly bent flange at the opposite end of said opening in said second element engageable with said second element adjacent said opposite end, whereby said screw is rotatably retained by said second element and rotation of said screw by means of said tubular element will cause relative movement of said first and second members.

Claim 10

In combination with a slidable member, an arrangement for removably retaining and guiding said slidable member comprising a fixed frame means, said frame means including a longitudinally directed surface, a beam in spaced parallelism with said longitudinally directed surface, said beam being movable between an extended position in which said beam is opposite said longitudinally directed surface for retaining and guiding the margin of said slidable member, and a retracted position in which said beam is moved away from said longitudinally directed surface for allowing said margin of said slidable member to be removed, and means for effecting said movement of said beam, said last mentioned means including a tubular member, means for attaching said tubular member to said beam, a threaded member, said tubular member having a threaded opening receiving said threaded member, an attaching member, means for connecting said threaded member to said attaching member for permitting rotation of said threaded member relative to said attaching member while preventing substantial axial movement of said threaded member relative to said attaching member, and means for securing said attaching member to said frame means, whereby rotation of said threaded member produces a reaction through said tubular member for moving said beam.

Claim 11

In combination with a slidable member, an arrangement for removably retaining and guiding said slidable member comprising a fixed frame means, said frame means including a longitudinally directed surface, a beam in spaced parallelism with said longitudinally directed surface, said beam being movable between an extended position in which said beam is opposite said longitudinally directed surface for retaining and guiding the margin of said slidable member, and a retracted position in which said beam is moved away from said longitudinally directed surface for allowing said margin of said slidable member to be removed, and means for effecting said movement of said beam, said last mentioned means including a tubular member, means for attaching said tubular member to said beam, a threaded member, said tubular member having a threaded opening receiving said threaded member, an attaching member, means for connecting said threaded member to said attaching member for permitting rotation of said threaded member relative to said attaching member while preventing substantial axial movement of said threaded member relative to said attaching member, and means for securing said attaching member to said frame means, whereby rotation of said threaded member produces a reaction through said tubular member for moving said beam.

Claim 12

A device as recited in claim 7 including in addition interengageable stop means on said frame means and said beam for limiting the movement of said beam in said extended position thereof.

Claim 13

A device as recited in claim 7 in which said means for attaching said tubular member to said beam includes an external shoulder on said tubular member, said beam having a wall having an opening therethrough, said shoulder engaging said wall adjacent one end of said opening, said tubular member having an end portion eXtending through said opening, and a flange on said end portion overlapping said wall adjacent the opposite end of said opening for cooperating with said shoulder in holding said tubular member to said wall.

Claim 14

A device as recited in claim 7 in which said frame means includes a wall opposite from said tubular member and spaced therefrom, said wall having an opening therein, said attaching member including a tubular portion extending through said opening, a shoulder engaging said wall adjacent one end of said opening, and a flange engaging said wall adjacent the opposite end of said opening for thereby providing said means for securing said attaching member to said frame means.

Claim 15

A device as recited in claim 7 in which said attaching member includes a central disk portion having an opening therethrough, said threaded member having a shoulder engageable with said central disk portion adjacent one end of said opening therethrough, an extension beyond said shoulder received in said opening, and a flange at the outer end of said extension engageable with said disk portion adjacent the opposite end of said opening therethrough for thereby providing said means for connecting said threaded member to said attaching member.

Claim 16

A device as recited in claim 7 in which said beam includes a duality of sidewalls and an intermediate wall interconnecting said sidewalls, said opening of said beam being in said intermediate wall, said tubular member extending from said intermediate wall between said sidewalls.

Claim 17

A device as recited in claim 12 in which said frame means includes a duality of opposed surfaces defining an elongated slot, said beam being received in said slot, said intermediate wall of said beam being substantially flush with the edges of said opposed surfaces when said beam is in said retracted position.

Claim 18

A device as recited in claim 13 in which said opposed surfaces are flanges, said beam having a flange projecting outwardly from each of said sidewalls, said flanges of said beam being in engagement with said flanges of said frame means when said beam is in said extended position for thereby limiting the movement of said beam.