Fastening device
OwnerChiou-Pin Horinventor
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Abstract
A fastening device includes two side boards attached to each other with an included angle therebetween and two securing members respectively and pivotally mounted to the side boards with a space formed between each securing member and the associated side board for accommodating a panel therebetween. A nut is rotatably fixed to the boards and linearly movable with respect to the boards whereby the nut is engageable with an edge protrusion of each securing member when subject to the linear movement. A bolt threadingly engages the nut. When the bolt is turned, the nut is linearly moved with respect to the side boards and forcibly drives the securing members to rotate with respect to the boards and thus securing the panels between the securing members and the side boards.
Claims9
A fastening device for securing panels comprising:
- two side boards attached to each other with an included angle therebetween;
- a securing member pivotally mounted to each side board with a space formed between the securing member and the associated side board for accommodating a panel therebetween;
- a nut rotatably fixed to and linearly movable with respect to the side boards, the nut being engageable with an edge protrusion of each securing member;
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- a bolt threadingly engaging the nut whereby when the bolt is turned, the nut is linearly moved with respect to the side boards and forcibly drives the securing members to rotate with respect to the boards and thus securing the panels between the securing members and the side boards.
A fastening system comprising two fastening devices fixed together, each fastening device comprising:
- two side boards attached to each other with an included angle therebetween;
- a securing member pivotally mounted to each side board with a space formed between the securing member and the associated side board for accommodating a panel therebetween;
- a nut rotatably fixed to and linearly movable with respect to the side boards, the nut engaging an edge protrusion of each securing member;
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- a bolt threadingly engaging the nut whereby when the bolt is turned, the nut is linearly moved with respect to the boards and forcibly drives the securing members to rotate with respect to the boards and thus securing the panels between the securing members and the side boards;
- wherein one of the side boards of each fastening device is fixed together to form a T-shaped configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.