NASA NTRS · 20080008732
Portable hand hold device
Abstract
A hand hold device (A) includes a housing (10) having a hand hold (14) and clamping brackets (32,34) for grasping and handling an object. A drive includes drive lever (23), spur gear (22), and rack gears (24,26) carried on rods (24a, 26a) for moving the clamping brackets. A lock includes ratchet gear (40) and pawl (42) biased between lock and unlock positions by a cantilever spring (46,48) and moved by handle (54). Compliant grip pads (32b, 34b) provide compliance to lock, unlock, and hold an object between the clamp brackets.
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Redmon, Jr., John W., McQueen, Donald H., Sanders, Fred G.. 1990-11-06. Portable hand hold device. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20080008732
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