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US 5,121,524 AGranted
Cable tie
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorRandy S. Mortensen
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Abstract
A high strength, low strap insertion force cable tie having a locking head that locks the distal ends of a strap in two strap positioning channels in the head with two metal barbs each carried by a pawl hingedly mounted to a side wall of the head.
Claims17
A cable tie, comprising:
- a planar strap;
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- a locking head including a frame defining a strap positioning channel and a strap locking means disposed adjacent the channel for allowing entry of an end of the strap into the channel in a first direction and for preventing withdrawal of the end of the strap in a second direction,
- wherein the strap locking means includes a pawl spaced from the frame which is mounted to the frame by a reduced cross section hinge which pivotally and flexibly mounts the pawl with respect to the frame and a metal barb mounted in the pawl and disposed to engage the strap when positioned in the channel and prevent withdrawal of the strap from the head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.