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US 4,379,536 AGranted
Means for retaining a rod-shaped material
AssigneeKojima Puresu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshiro Mizuno, Akihiko Kitamura
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Abstract
A means for retaining a rod-shaped material, such as a cable, wire and pipe. The means includes a mounting body adapted for accommodating of the rod-shaped material; and a clip of U-shaped configuration having two leg members for insertion into the slits.
Claims15
For use in the support and retention of a rod-shaped material, having an annular groove peripherally thereabout, solely for rotational movement:
- a mounting body having a top surface with a pair of laterally spaced slits defined therethrough, said mounting body being adapted to receive and support the rod-shaped material in overlying relation to said top surface between said slits;
- a clip having a holding portion formed in generally U-shaped configuration for accommodation of said rod-shaped material therein, and a pair of depending leg members extending from said U-shaped holding portion and insertable through said top surface into said slits to the opposite sides of a body-supported rod-shaped material, each of said leg members having a resilient locking pawl extending from its lower end remote from said U-shaped configuration for resilient securing engagement with said slit, each locking pawl terminating in a free end and including an arresting face at the free end adapted to engage with the lower edge of the corresponding slit upon insertion of the leg member into the slit to preclude withdrawal of said pawl;
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- at least one of said mounting body and said clip having a retaining element projecting therefrom for engagement with the annular groove formed on the periphery of said rod-shaped material.
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For use in the support and retention of a rod-shaped material, having an annular groove peripherally thereabout, solely for rotational movement:
- a mounting body having a top surface with a pair of laterally spaced slits defined therethrough, said mounting body being adapted to receive and support the rod-shaped material in overlying relation to said top surface between said slits;
- a clip having a holding portion formed in generally U-shaped configuration of accommodation of said rod-shaped material therein, and a pair of depending leg members extending from said U-shaped holding portion and insertable through said top surface into said slits to the opposite sides of a body-supported rod-shaped material, each of said leg members having an resilient locking pawl extending from its lower end remote from said U-shaped configuration for resilient securing engagement with said slit;
- each of said leg members, adjacent said U-shaped holding portion, including a ridge extending laterally outwardly therefrom for movement restricting engagement within the corresponding slit;
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- at least one of said mounting body and said clip having a retaining element projecting therefrom for extension into the annular groove formed on the periphery of said rod-shaped material, whereby said rod-shaped material is held on said mounting body in a manner preventing axial movement thereof while permitting rotational movement about the axis thereof.
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For use in the support and retention of a rod-shaped material, having a annular groove peripherally thereabout, solely for rotational movement:
- a mounting body having a top surface with a pair of laterally spaced slits defined therethrough, said mounting body being adapted to receive and support the rod-shaped material in overlying relation to said top surface between said slits;
- a clip having a holding portion formed in generally U-shaped configuration for accommodation of said rod-shaped material therein, and a pair of depending leg members extending from said U-shaped holding portion and insertable through said top surface into said slits to the opposite sides of a body-supported rod-shaped material, each of of said leg members having a resilient locking pawl extending from its lower end remote from said U-shaped configuration for resilient securing engagement with said slit;
- said mounting body including a supporting element positioned between said slits and depending therebelow for engagement of said leg members thereagainst when said leg members are inserted into said slits;
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- at least one of said mounting body and said clip having a retaining element projecting therefrom for extension into the annular groove formed on the periphery of said rod-shaped material, whereby said rod-shaped material is held on said mounting body in a manner preventing axial movement thereof while permitting rotational movement about the axis thereof.
2 more elements
For use in the support and retention of a rod-shaped material, having an annular groove peripherally thereabout, solely for rotational movement:
- a mounting body having a top surface with a pair of laterally spaced slits defined therethrough, said mounting body being adapted to receive and support the rod-shaped material in overlying relation to said top surface between said slits;
- a clip having a holding portion formed in generally U-shaped configuration for accommodation of said rod-shaped material therein, and a pair of depending leg members extending from said U-shaped holding portion and insertable through said top surface into said slits to the opposite sides of a body-supported rod-shaped material, each of said leg members having a resilient locking pawl extending from its lower end remote from said U-shaped configuration for resilient securing engagement with said slit;
- said mounting body including at least one pedestal projecting upwardly from said top surface and having an upwardly directed recess for accommodating said rod-shaped material therein;
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- at least one of said mounting body and said clip having a retaining element projecting therefrom for extension into the annular groove formed on the periphery of said rod-shaped material, whereby said rod-shaped material is held on said mounting body in a manner preventing axial movement thereof while permitting rotational movement about the axis thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.