Tensioning apparatus

A method for tensioning at least one strap or cable comprising:

• providing a tensioning apparatus including at least one basic body, at least one tensioning lever pivotably arranged on the basic body, at least two basic body clamping bodies, which interact with one another for releasably clamping a strap or cable on the basic body, are arranged on the basic body, at least one tensioning lever clamping apparatus arranged on the tensioning lever for releasably clamping the strap or cable on the tensioning lever, wherein at least one of the basic body clamping bodies is mounted on the basic body so as to be movable, the basic body clamping body, which is mounted on the basic body so as to be movable, has at least one opening nose, and, in a clamping position of the basic body clamping bodies, for the opening nose is arranged in a space between a strap abutment surface of the other basic body clamping body and a strap abutment surface of the tensioning lever clamping apparatus, such that the strap or cable is guided about the opening nose;
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• when pivoting the tensioning lever in relation to the basic body in a tensioning direction, clamping the strap or cable on the tensioning lever by the tensioning lever clamping apparatus and the opening nose of the movable basic body clamping body pressing out of the space by the strap or cable and, as a result, moving the movable basic body clamping body into a release position, releasing the strap or cable by the basic body clamping bodies.