Spring snap clip
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsMartin Van Leeuwen, Henk A.W.M. Schraven
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AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsMartin Van Leeuwen, Henk A.W.M. Schraven
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A snap spring clip supports conduit, cables, and the like from a structure and has a C-shape body with one end of the body cooperating with the other end to form a restricted opening into which such conduit, cables and the like may be snapped. The one end of the body may be formed with a reversely flared lip while the other end is folded back on itself to form a U-shape clasp, the outer leg of the clasp being in the form of a more narrow finger extending generally parallel and adjacent the inner leg. The finger is somewhat longer than the inner leg and extends midway between barbs struck from each edge of the inner leg. The U-shape clasp is formed with a flattened bulb fold providing sufficient area to push the clip to a locking position with the finger extending through a hole. Once in the hole, because of the configuration of the fold, and the relative size of the hole and finger width, the clip is locked in place.
A small hole snap spring clip comprising a C-shape body forming an opening into which wiring, conduit, or cabling may be inserted and supported, one end of the body forming one edge of the opening, the other end of the body forming the other edge of the opening and said other end being folded to form a U-shape clasp with an interior leg and an exterior leg, the interior leg being the same width as the body while the exterior leg is more narrow than the interior leg and forms a finger, struck barbs on the edges of the interior leg struck toward the exterior leg and straddling the narrower exterior finger, whereby the finger may readily be inserted through a small hole in a structure wall to mount the clip thereon and to support such wiring, conduit or cabling therefrom, with the barbs biting into the structure offset from the hole, said U-shape other end including a flattened bulb fold whereby sufficient surface area is provided on top of the fold to install the clip without hammering, a transition between the interior leg and the more narrow finger near the center of the bulb fold, the more narrow finger extending generally parallel to and midway between the edges of the interior leg and thus the barbs, the transition to the more narrow finger forming shoulders on each side of the finger.
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