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US 8,245,359 B2Granted
Clip
AssigneeTokyo Kinzoku Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigeki Fujihara, Hirozumi Fujiwara
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Abstract
A spring part without increasing the total surface of the clip body. A part of the clip body is cut out as cutout part which is bent to form the spring part. The cutout part which is a part of the clip body is utilized as the spring part.
Claims4
A clip comprising:
- a cylinder, a clip body (1) having a pincer part (1a), said pincer part movable towards and away from said cylinder, and a mount which is arranged between said cylinder (B) and said clip body (1), and rotatably mounts said cylinder (B) and said clip body (1),
- wherein an inside part of said clip body (1) is cut out from a central portion of said clip body to integrally form a cut-out part (2) which is bent to configure a spring portion (3), and a distal end part (2a) is brought into contact with a surface of said cylinder (B) so that said pincer part (1a) of said cylinder is elastically pressed into contact with said cylinder (B);
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- wherein said mount is arranged between said pincer part (1a) of said clip body (1) and said spring portion (3), wherein said mount rotatably mounts a mounting piece (4) formed to said clip body (1) and a support part (B1) which is protrudingly arranged on said surface of said cylinder (B).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.