Clamping device
AssigneeNorma Germany GmbH
InventorsDetlef HENRICH, Mathias KRAUSS
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Abstract
Clamping device and method of connecting clamping device that includes a clamping band having a first end and a second end and an engagement geometry on at least one surface; and a tensioning head having a housing attached to the clamping band in the region of the first end and through which the second end of the clamping band is guidable, and an engagement element in the housing that is engageable with the engagement geometry. The engagement element is connected to the housing by a flexible connection, so that the engagement element is swivelable between a pull-through position, in which the clamping band may be pulled through the housing, and an engagement position, in which the clamping screw may engage with the engagement geometry.
Claims20
A clamping device comprising:
- a clamping band having a first end and a second end and an engagement geometry on at least one surface;
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- a tensioning head having a housing attached to the clamping band in the region of the first end and through which the second end of the clamping band is guidable, and an engagement element in the housing that is engageable with the engagement geometry;
- wherein the engagement element is connected to the housing by a flexible connection, so that the engagement element is swivelable between a pull-through position, in which the clamping band may be pulled through the housing, and an engagement position, in which the clamping screw may engage with the engagement geometry.
A method of connecting the clamping device onto an element, the clamping device having a clamping band with an engagement geometry and a housing with an engagement element and the clamping band being fixed in a region of one end to the housing, the method comprising:
- positioning the clamping device in a region of the element where the clamping device is to be connected;
- guiding a free end of the clamping band around the element;
- pivoting the engagement element into a pull-through position in which a space is formed for the second end to pass through the housing without engaging the engagement element;
- guiding the second end through the space;
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- pivoting the engagement element into an engagement position, whereby the engagement element engages the engagement geometry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.