what is the correct name for retaining clip....

[[3889]]

...that rotates through 90deg and is held in position by a spring action.

 

[oldbilbo]

Could that be a Dzus Fastener, much used in aviation to hold access panels closed....?

 

[Buck Turgidson]

More generically a Bayonet fastening?

 

[r_h]

Drop-nose pin?

 

[macd]

If they are Dzus, as Oldbilbo suggests, they'll look like these: http://www.southco.com/static/Literature/D4.en.pdf

As said, used to secure panels on aircraft (either flush-fitting, or with a turning ring), but also on competition cars and motorcycles. Specialist suppliers in any of those fields may stock them. I've not seen Dzus in anything other than plated steel, though*.

*...but having followed my own link, I see that SS ones do indeed exist. Duh.

 

[[3889]]

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I mean a metal piece about 30mm long and fitted to a surface, which rotates in a plane parellel to the surface so it holds a drawer closed or a table top against a wall. I seem to be having a mental block in trying to find this online or describe it.

 

[colind3782]

Turnbuckle?

 

[Rhyddid]

http://www.boaterbits.ca/media/cata...319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/D/S/DSC_1837.JPG

 

[Len Ingalls]

Could that be a Dzus Fastener, much used in aviation to hold access panels closed....?

http://www.sailrite.com/Common-Sense-Fastener-Cloth-to-Cloth-Complete-Unit#

 

[AndyJ76]

Sounds like a "sash catch" maybe

 

[AndyJ76]

or maybe "turn button" (not turnbuckle, that's a tensioning device)

 

[colind3782]

A turnbuckle is also used in leatherwork to close bags etc. One of those English occasions where one word has different meanings.

 

[AndyJ76]

Fair enough. Although a google image search for "turnbuckle" only shows the tensioners (at least in the first couple of hundred results)

 

[[3889]]

OK, it looks like this and has a detente position every 90 deg.

 

[Alpha22]

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I mean a metal piece about 30mm long and fitted to a surface, which rotates in a plane parellel to the surface so it holds a drawer closed or a table top against a wall. I seem to be having a mental block in trying to find this online or describe it.

Gravely fastener?

 

[[3889]]

That's the fella. Amazing how much better the internet works when you know what you're looking for. Thanks.

 

[Hadenough]

Trouble is, now that I know - a, what it does and b, what it is called, how do I solve c, what to use it for! :encouragement:

 

[PetiteFleur]

Trouble is, now that I know - a, what it does and b, what it is called, how do I solve c, what to use it for! :encouragement:

I use 4 of them for holding shut the vertical hatch to the engine compartment which I made for access to the front of the engine.

 

[JClarkes]

Turnbuckles are not common sense fasteners, but a lot of people call them that.

Recently wrote this.

A guide to canopy fasteners
http://www.jclarkemarine.com/blogs/news/17505296-a-guide-to-canopy-fasteners

Its not perfect but hopefully helps some.

 

[JClarkes]

Yes, a gravelly fastener is what you are looking for.