High angle link hinge
CA 1281760 C · Owner: American Sterilizer Company · Inventors: Houston, John C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A linkage for transmitting torque includes a stationary member, a movable member rotatably mounted to the stationary member, an input link having one end rotatably mounted to the stationary member and an unrestrained end connected to a linear actuator and a coupler link. The coupler link is connected to the unrestrained end of an output link prefer-, ably integral to the movable member. The moment applied to the input link by the linear actuator is transferred through the coupler link to the output link, or movable member. The angle of rotation of the output link is greater than the angle of rotation of the input link.
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- Granted March 19, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 19, 2008.
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