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US 5,288,088 AGranted
Wire gripper
AssigneeAxis USA, Inc.
InventorsLuciano Santandrea, Massimo Lombardi
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Abstract
A wire gripper which facilitates insertion of a wire and which retains wires of varying thickness. The wire gripper includes a first member biased towards a second member so that the first and second members are tangent to one another until a wire is inserted. An inserted wire rests on a receiving member beyond the point of tangency of the two members. The two members are resiliently urged together to prevent the inserted wire from leaving the wire receiving member.
Claims9
Apparatus for releasably gripping a wire comprising:
- first and second members having a point of tangency which forms an access passage when said first and second members are moved apart from one another;
- a member for receiving a wire positioned past said access passage;
- and
- means for resiliently urging said first and second members toward one another to close said access passage;
- wherein:
- said wire is retained on said receiving member past said access passage;
- said first and second members prevent said wire from leaving said receiving member and entering said access passage;
- and
- said wire is inserted through said access passage to rest on said receiving member in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of said wire.
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