[Milsurplus] What's the name for it?

mikea mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Thu Jul 23 07:30:37 EDT 2009


On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 04:45:40PM -1000, Michael Tauson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Jim Haynes<jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > There's this kind of fastener that is used maybe to fasten the cover
> > to a test set, or mount something on something.
> 
> This sounds like the fastener used to attach the battery case to a
> PRC-74.  It's kind of a cam-lock dealiedoo that draws the parts
> together nice and tight.  And, no, I don't know the name either.

I've seen them called "draw catches" or "draw latches".

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