Device for attachment to a fastening rail
AssigneeHilti Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSiegfried Hofle
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Abstract
An attachment device secures structural component (39) to a fastening rail (32) having a slot-like opening (34). The attachment device includes a flexural member (27) to afford better handling. The flexural member (27) is deflectable in the axial direction as well as in the radial direction. A snap-in connection of the attachment device to the fastening rail (32) is achieved by the outside contour of a radially spring deflectable region (31) of the flexural member (27) which has a dimension greater than the width of the slot-like opening (34). An elastic axially extending region (28) of the flexural member (27) provides an axial prestress between a base member (21) and a cap member (29), so that accidental detachment of the attachment device positioned in the fastening rail (32) is prevented.
Claims8
Attachment device comprising a base member (1, 21), a cap member (9, 19) and an attachment member (12, 32), said base member comprises a non-circular head (15, 35), a threaded opening (3, 23) extending axially through said head, and at least one first anti-rotation surface (24), said cap member (9, 29) comprises at least one axially extending through opening (13, 33) and at least one second antirotation surface (10, 30) fornon-rotational engagement with another surface, so that said first and second antirotational surfaces rotate as a unit, said cap member posirioned on said base marker wherein the improvement comprises that said attachment member (12, 39) has a non-circular opening (14, 37) for affording passage therethrough of said head (15, 35) of said base member (1, 21) in a specific angular position, a flexural member (5, 27) extending generally in the axial direction of said threaded opening (3, 23) and positioned adjoining at least one of said base member and cap member, said flexural member being spring deflectable transversely of the axis of said threaded opening (3, 23) in said base member (1, 21), and said flexural member has a radial outside surface in an unloaded condition projecting at least partly outwardly beyond an axial projection of said non-circular opening (14, 37) of said attachment (12, 39).
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