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US 5,626,316 AGranted
Wiring clip
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsRobert Smigel, Raymond S. Laughlin
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AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsRobert Smigel, Raymond S. Laughlin
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A plastic clip is fastened to a metal or wood stud to support and position multiple runs of various types of wiring or cabling. The clip keeps the wiring in compliance with the National Electric Code (NEC) Section 300-4. The clip includes a base with a short gauge flange at one end to engage the face or front corner of the stud when the base is fastened to the side of the stud. Projecting directly from the base or a neck extension of the base are two spaced hinge arms, which extend at an angle to each other. Each arm includes two interior opening cable receiving slots. Between such slots is a bulbous thinner wall pressure body section which in its undistorted condition partly restricts the openings of such slots. A similar thinner wall section forms the interior or base side of the innermost slot in each arm. When wiring or cabling is inserted in the slots when the hinge arms are open it is moderately gripped by the clip so that it is not loose, thus reducing the weight and strain of the wiring or cabling at a electrical box or other termination. The end of one arm has a projecting catch which snaps into a mating slot on the end of the other, when the arms are closed, and when closed, the bulbous thinner wall pressure body sections distort firmly wrapping and gripping the wiring or cabling. One embodiment may be also secured to the stud by the edges of different size holes in the web of the stud.
A one piece cable clip comprising a base adapted to be secured to a stud, two arms extending outwardly from the base, each arm having cable receiving slots, said arms being movable from an open cable receiving position to a closed locked position, and said clip including means to constrict said slots as the arms move to the closed position firmly to grip the cable when closed, said arms extending generally parallel to each other when closed.
A one piece cable clip comprising a base adapted to be secured to a stud, two arms extending outwardly from the base, each arm having cable receiving slots, said arms being movable from an open cable receiving position to a closed locked position, and said clip including means to constrict said slots as the arms move to the closed position firmly to grip the cable when closed, and wherein said clip including means to exert some gripping pressure on the cable when in said cable receiving slots and before said arms are closed.
A clip for securing wiring to the side of a stud spaced a required distance from the face of a stud, comprising a base adapted to be secured to the stud, a pair of arms extending outwardly from the base, said arms being hinged to the base and when open extending at an angle to each other, at least one wire receiving slot in each arm, each slot being formed at least in part by a distortable pressure body operative to grip the wiring to some extent when first inserted in the slot, and to a greater extent when the arms are closed and locked together, said base including a gauge flange at one end on the opposite side of the base as the arms adapted to engage the face of the stud to ensure the required spacing of the wiring from the face of the stud.
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