Patent ID: 6460688
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B65G,Y10T

Abstract:
A fixing device for a part that can be inserted between adjacent supports, especially at the center, characterized by the featuresreceptacle boreholes (5) in approximate alignment with one another for retaining means of the part (3) are provided in the adjacent supports, the retaining means are designed as journals (6) mounted in the part and having a shape complementary to the receptacle borehole (5) on its first end facing one support (1), and they are provided with a stop (7) for only axially limited engagement in the respective receptacle borehole on their second end, the journals (6) are provided with a thread with which they engage in a mating thread on sliding parts (8) which are displaceable in the part (3), the sliding parts (8) are displaceable and lockable in a plane spanned by the longitudinal axes of the journals (6), the part (3) has at least one pair of journals (6) aligned with one another through the part (3), the thread on the two journals (6) of a pair of journals is designed to be opposing but with the same pitch, the two journals (6) of a pair of journals can be turned toward one another by means of an entraining device (9) without slippage.