Tie hook, particularly rubber spring hook
AssigneeJoubert S.A.
InventorsAntoine Joubert, Thierry Joubert, Bernard Bichard, Jean Joubert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a hook for rubber springs etc., suitable for attachment to a cable or a strap. The hook comprises an anchorage block for attachment to the cable or to the strap and a deformable retaining loop having substantially the shape of a U, of which one arm has an end integral with the anchorage block and the other arm of which has at its free end a nose turned towards the base of the U, there being a hooking element integral with the anchorage block in which the nose can be engaged or disengaged to effect the closure or opening respectively of the hook.
Claims9
A hook for hitching a tie, said hook comprising:
- an anchorage block having a through passage to receive the tie;
- a recess formed in the anchorage block;
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- an open hooking loop having two arms substantially symmetrical with reference to the through passage, a base spaced from the anchorage block and serving to join said arms to form the loop, said loop being substantially coaxial with said through passage, one arm of the loop being integral with the anchorage block and the other arm of the loop being free and being movable laterally away from or towards the block and having a nose directed towards the base of the loop and adapted to enter the recess of the block for engagement with the block to close the loop, said nose being pointed and the recess having a corresponding but hollow shape to cause self-centering of the nose in the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.