Reinforcing eyelet for a hole
AssigneeRiri S.A.
InventorErnesto Violato
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Abstract
A reinforcing eyelet for a hole, comprising two annular metal plates (3, 23, 43; 5, 25, 45) capable of being fastened, in use, the one opposed to the other on a substrate (T). An annular pad (12, 32, 52) placed adjacent to a first (5, 23, 45) of the two annular metal plates and intended to make contact, in use, with the substrate (T) in order to improve its bond to the reinforcing eyelet. The outer edge (15, 33, 53) of the said first annular metal plate (5, 23, 45) being folded over part of the annular pad (12, 32, 52) in order to hold it and conceal it from view in the fastened condition of the reinforcing eyelet.
Claims21
Reinforcing eyelet for a hole, the reinforcing eyelet defining an axis and comprising:
- two annular separate metal plates capable of being fastened, in use, in opposed relation with one another on a substrate, and
- an annular pad contacting a first of the two annular metal plates and intended to make contact, in use, with the substrate in order to improve its bond to the reinforcing eyelet, the first annular metal plate having an inner edge and an outer edge spaced radially outwardly from the inner edge and defining an outermost periphery of the first annular metal plate, the first annular metal plate being folded over at the outer edge to capture the annular pad between two portions of the folded outer edge in order to hold the annular pad and conceal same from view in the fastened condition of the reinforcing eyelet, the annular pad and the first annular metal plate together having a thickness, as measured in a direction substantially parallel to the axis, which is greater than a thickness, as measured in a direction substantially parallel to the axis, of the folded outer edge.
A reinforcing eyelet for a hole, said reinforcing eyelet defining an axis and comprising:
- separate first and second annular metal plates disposed in opposed relation with one another and substantially coaxially with one another on opposite sides of a substrate;
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- an annular pad disposed for contact with the substrate and between said first and second annular metal plates;
- said first annular metal plate having an inner edge disposed adjacent the axis and an outer edge spaced radially outwardly from said inner edge, said first annular metal plate being folded over at said outer edge to capture an outer peripheral edge of said annular pad between two portions of the folded outer edge to hold said annular pad to said first annular metal plate and to conceal said annular pad from view.
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