Patent ID: 6216435
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: F16G

Abstract:
Connecting chain link having two connecting-link parts which are locked in place in a closed position by means of a cylindrical-shaped locking element having first and second ends, said locking element being guided in an at least partially cylindrical holder formed by the connecting-link parts, said locking element being secured against axial displacements by at least one blocking element which is arranged in a central region of said locking element; said holder defining a slot, and said locking element being receivable in said slot; characterized in that the locking element (12) has proximate to each of said first and second ends, respectively, a groove (21,22); each said groove (21, 22) having a base; a pad consisting of an elastic material received in the base of each said groove; and a spring lock washer (23, 24) having an inner surface supported by said pad (25) in each said groove and oriented such that an outer surface of said spring lock washer bears against an adjacent surface of said holder (11) when said two connecting-link parts are locked in said closed position.