# US 4,397,436 A · Device for securing at least one cable, pipe or other elongate member

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- Number: US 4,397,436 A
- Document ID: US4397436A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/291,779
- Filed: 1981-08-10
- Granted: 1983-08-09
- Earliest claimed: 1980-08-13
- Assignees: BICC Limited
- Inventors: Robert C. Lyon; Peter Fearns
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4397436A

## CPC

- F16L 3/233: by means of a flexible band
- Y10T 24/1416: Winder
- Y10T 24/21: Strap tighteners
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A device for securing at least one cable to a support (not shown) and/or for securing together two or more cables comprising a base member having two inclined surfaces on which one or two of the cables can rest; a bar which is spaced from the base member between the inclined surfaces and extends lengthwise of the cable or cables and which is secured to the base member; a strap which can be passed around the bar and the cable or cables at least once; and tensioning means which can tension the strap when positioned around the bar and the cable or cables, to secure the cable or cables together and/or to secure the cable or cables to the base member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for securing at least one cable to a support comprising a base member having two support surfaces for said at least one cable, which support surfaces are inclined with respect to each other; a bar secured to and spaced from said base member longitudinally between said inclined surfaces and extending lengthwise of said at least one cable; a flexible strap of a length to pass around said bar and said at least one cable at least once; and tensioning means to tension said strap around said bar and said at least one cable, said tensioning means comprising a plate, walls upstanding at opposite ends of said plate, the distance between said walls being greater than the width of said strap and said upstanding walls having aligned apertures; a rod in the form of a split pin extending through both said aligned apertures and having an eye at one end and a longitudinally extending slit; and locking means operable to allow and to prevent rotation of said rod in said apertures, said locking means comprising a key which engages in said eye, and said walls having aligned slots, which said key enters to prevent rotation of said split pin.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A device as claimed in claim 1 in which said inclined surfaces are planar.

### Claim 3

A device for securing at least one cable to a member selected from a support and at least one other cable comprising a flexible strap of a length to pass around said at least one cable at least once, and tensioning means to tension said strap around said at least one cable, said tensioning means comprising a plate, walls upstanding at opposite ends of said plate, the distance between said walls being greater than the width of said strap and said upstanding walls having aligned apertures; a rod in the form of a split pin extending through both said aligned apertures and having an eye at one end and a longitudinally extending slit; and locking means operable to allow and to prevent rotation of said rod in said apertures, said locking means comprises a key which engages in said eye, and said walls have aligned slots, which said key enters to prevent rotation of said split pin.