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Split strap take-up assembly method of use

US5655265A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1995
Grant dateAug 12, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/21
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for tightening strap members comprises a buckle member having a first means for attachment to a strap and a second means for attachment to a strap. A plurality of longitudinally spaced apart pin-receiving boreholes are provided on slidably related sections of the buckle member such that the boreholes in one section have a vernier relationship with the boreholes in another section, thus permitting a boreholes to come into alignment as the sections are slid past each other at an adjustment increment which is less than the spacing between the boreholes on either section. A method is also provided for using the assembly to tightening a strap.

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