Clip for retaining tubes
US5762299A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L3/04
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A clip for the retention of tubes, especially corrugated tubes, consisting of a clamping strap (2) for receiving the tube (7), said clamping strap being connected in a C-shape manner to a baseplate (1) and being capable of springing open elastically, and of anchors (8), formed on the baseplate (1), for anchoring the clip in a hole of a carrier body, wherein the anchors (8) are formed from two profile bars (9) and (10) which rest flat against one another and which are connected to one another at their lower end by a web (11) and have claws (15) at their side edges (14), one profile bar (9) being provided with a bearing plate (16) which is formed on at right angles and which is connected at its free end, via deformable webs (17), to the free end of the baseplate (1) at an acute angle (.alpha.), and the other profile bar (10) being designed, in rectilinear prolongation, as a lever (18) which rests flush against the rear wall (5) of the oblique clamping strap (2).
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.