Patent · US Expired

Clip for pinning sheet metal plates or the like together, incorporating a protecting tube

US4936726A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 10, 1989
Grant dateJun 26, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/42
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clip for pinning an assembly of sheet metal plates or the like together including a bearing face adapted to come into contact with the outer face of one of said outer plates of said assembly of sheet metal plates; at least one elongated element, adapted to pass through holes in register made in the plates of said assembly of sheet metal plates and provided with a hooking beak; and a mechanism for creating a relative displacement, of longitudinal direction, between said elongated element and said bearing face and possibly a transverse displacement of said hooking beak, so that said plates may be pressed between said bearing face and said hooking beak. The clip comprises a protecting tube made of a deformable material and surrounding said elongated element, including said hooking beak.

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