Help Locating Off the Shelf Version of this Mechanism

[NextDaVinci]

If you know somewhere where the rotational spring lock can be purchased I would greatly appreciate it. I am not sure what my mechanism is called - here its titled 360 Degree Spring Lock, although searching for that and similar terms doesn't turn up much.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61DXK2raCaL._SL1200_.jpg

I've sketched out how I would make one, and it would be a lot faster to just buy.

 

[tygerdawg]

Ummmm....ummmm...perhaps I've seen ads for such things (I think) in Machine Design magazine. They were showing them as solutions for photocopier platen tops.

TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering

http://www.bluetechnik.com

 

[asimpson]

May be variation of this:

Press button to move handle without driving spindle.

http://www.elesa.com/catalogo_gb_2_24_3_0.aspx

Plenty of companies in tooling and fixturing make these:

https://www.google.ie/search?q=adju...QbD6YGoAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1680&bih=918

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Macmaster carr

If its action is different there may be somthing suitable in Elesa range.