Patent ID: 6457688
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
The combination of an end cap and a support bracket comprising:a generally tubular end cap disengageably held on the support bracket; one of the end cap and the support bracket being provided with a laterally open slot for accommodating an axially-extending protuberance on the other of the end cap and support bracket and with closing means to prevent the protuberance from escaping from the slot; wherein the closing means comprises a rotatable locking collar surrounding the slot; the locking collar having a circumferential laterally open entrance opening which can be align with the slot by rotation of the locking collar about the slot to open the slot, thereby selectively providing the protuberance with access to the slot through the entrance opening, the end cap being concentrically and non-rotatably received in an open end of a roller; an end portion of the end cap extending outwardly of the open end of the roller and being provided with the slot for accommodating the protuberance on the support bracket; and the collar surrounding the end portion and being rotatable about the end portion to open the slot.