CA1255477A - Clip for securing hosepipes and other articles - Google Patents
Clip for securing hosepipes and other articlesInfo
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Abstract
A B S T R A C T
CLIP FOR SECURING HOSEPIPES AND OTHER ARTICLES
A clip for securing an article comprises a first member (A) having a first coupling element (12a), of female serrated form; a second member (B) having a second coupling element (11b) of male serrated form respectively;
the first and second members (A,B) each being provided with a respective shaped clamping portion (13a, 13b) for receiving and at least partially encompassing an article;
the first and second coupling elements being interengageable with one another in ratchet-like manner when the first and second members (A, B) are juxtaposed and pushed together so as to clamp an article between the clamping portions (13a, 13b) on the first and second members (A, B);
the serrated coupling elements (11a, 11b; 12a, 12b) being such that a clamped article is releasable by movement of the first and second members (A, B) relatively to one another in a direction perpendicular to the pushing movement.
(Figure 1)
CLIP FOR SECURING HOSEPIPES AND OTHER ARTICLES
A clip for securing an article comprises a first member (A) having a first coupling element (12a), of female serrated form; a second member (B) having a second coupling element (11b) of male serrated form respectively;
the first and second members (A,B) each being provided with a respective shaped clamping portion (13a, 13b) for receiving and at least partially encompassing an article;
the first and second coupling elements being interengageable with one another in ratchet-like manner when the first and second members (A, B) are juxtaposed and pushed together so as to clamp an article between the clamping portions (13a, 13b) on the first and second members (A, B);
the serrated coupling elements (11a, 11b; 12a, 12b) being such that a clamped article is releasable by movement of the first and second members (A, B) relatively to one another in a direction perpendicular to the pushing movement.
(Figure 1)
Description
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CLIP FOR SECURING HOSEPIPES AMD OTElE~ ~TICLES
This inven-tion relates to a clip and more particularly to a hose clip for securiny hosepipes and other ar-ticles.
A releasable clip is described in 3ritish Patent Speci fication No. 1 600 601 which clip comprises a band for en-circling the hose or other article to be secured, the band carrying complementary coupling elements of a ratchet coupl-ing for connecti.ng ends of the band and drawing them together to contract the clip, the coupling elements consisting of a serrated tongue on one end of the band and a pair of ser-rated jaws on the other end of the band, which jaws define a jaw mouth through which the tongue is insertible in its longitudinal direction tip first into the jaws, the tongue having serrations on opposite sides thereof adapted to inter-lock with the serrations of the jaws respectively and thereby form a double bond holding the inserted tongue to prevent withdrawal movement thereof in its longitudinal direction, the tongue and jaws being movable relative to each other sideways such that the inserted tongue is disengageable side-ways from the jaws to release the clip. The coupling ele-ments or either of them such as particularly the jaws element, will possess sufficient inherent resilient yieldability to allow the tips of the serrations to pass over one another to enable the serrations to be brought into interlocking relation.
According to the present invention a clip for securing an article comprises a first generally flat member having a first coupling element of male or female serrated form; a second generally flat member having a second coupling element, the second coupling element being of female form when the first coupling element is of male form and the second coupling element being of male form when the first coupling element is of female form; the male coupling element having a longi-tudinal axis; the first and second members each being provided with a respective shaped clamping portion for receiving and at least partially encompassing a said article; the first and second coupling elements being inter-engageable with one an-other in a ratchet-like manner when the first and second members are juxtaposed and pushed together in a direction ~r~ ~S
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Embodiments of the invention will be described, merely by way of example, with reference to the accompanying draw-ings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodi-ment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is an end view of one-half of another preferred embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 3 is an end view of a third embodiment of the present invention.
Referring now to Figure 1, a clip comprises a first member A and a second identical member B, each member being moulded in one-piece from a plastics material. -~5 : , The member A has first and second spaced apart coupling elements lla and 12a, the element lla being of male serrated form and the element 12a being of female serrated form. There is a first clamping portion 13a betw0en the coupling elements S lla and 12a and further clamping portions 14a and lSa outboard of the coupling elements lla and 12a respectively. There is a slit 16a formed adjacent the female serrated element 12a to render the side wall 17a of the element 12a flexible and thus to facilitate ~he ratchet-like insertion of the associated male serrated element 10 llb of the member B.
As stated earlier, the member B is identical with the member A, the corresponding elements and portions being marked with the same reference numerals as member A but with the suffix b instead of a.
The clip of Figure 1 is designed to clamp three elong-ate members (e.g.fuel lines for a diesel engine, tubes, wires or hoses) between the three pairs of clamping portions 13a, 13b;
14a, 14b; and lSa, 15b.
The clip can either be free-floating on the elongate 20 members it is clamping together or can be secured to a support.
The method of securing can take a variety of forms from a screw, bolt or rivet through the body of either member A or B or by means of a mounting bracket to which either member A or B is itself secured.
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The two members A and B of the clip are separated and one, say A, i9 placed adjacent to the article to be clamped 50 that the article is in regi~ter with one or more of the clamping portions 13, 14 and 15. The sther member B of 5 the clip is then positioned so that its male and female coupling ele~ents llb and 12b reepectively are in register with the female and male coupling elements 12a and lla respectively oi the member A.
The two halve~ A and B of the clip are then pushed o together, either manually or with the aid of a tool, to cause the male coupling elements lla and llb to move in a ratchet-like manner into the female coupling elements 12b and l~a respectively until juxtaposed clamping portions 13a, 13b; 14a, 14b; and 15a, 15b have clamped the said 15 article or articles therebetween.
To release the clip the two members A and B are slid sideways (i.e. perpendicular to the direction of pushing together) with respect to one another so that the inter-engaging teeth on the interengaging pairs o~ male and 20 female coupling elements slide out of engagement with one another.
, ~,, Variations can be made to the configuration o-t the clip illustrated in Figure 1 including :
a) a reduction ~rom three to two or or.e ln the number of clamping zones, or an increase above three to any number desired;
b) an increase from two in the number o~ pairs of interengaging male and female coupling elements in association with the increase i~ a);
c) changes in the shape(s) o~ the clamping portion~
dependent upon the cross-sectional shape of the article to be clamped;
d) a change in the relative positions o~ the coupling elements and clamping portions, as shown in Figure 2 where the same reference numerals have been used to indicate the equivalent parts to those shown in Figure 1, but increased by 10.
Figure 3 illustrates a third. embodiment of the invention where the clip comprises a first member A which has only one coupling element 31a oi male serrated ~orm and a second member B which has only one coupling element 31b of female serrated form, the latter being formed by two internally serrated, spaced apart and mutually ~acing upstanding lugs.
The ~ember A has two channel-sectioned clamping portions 33a snd 34a and the member B also has two channel-sectioned clamping portions 33b and 34b. A slit 36b is . .
l~'J55 6 ~ ; 7 formed on each side of the female serrated coupliny element 31_.
Making a clip in two parts as described in accordance with the described embodiments of the present lnventlon has an a~van-tage in facilitating fittiny of such c]ip around a hose orother article or articles to be secured, which facility is especially useful in the cases of the smaller sizes of clip.
A further advantage in cases of clips furnished with two sets of coupling elements (two ratchet couplings) as described above is that the range of sizes (diameters) of hoses or other articles which a given clip is capable of encircling is substantially increased, and in effect practically doubled, since the two ratchet couplings of such clip can be operated independently of each other to control the number of serra-tions of the coupling elements of each coupling which arebrought into interlocking engagement.
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CLIP FOR SECURING HOSEPIPES AMD OTElE~ ~TICLES
This inven-tion relates to a clip and more particularly to a hose clip for securiny hosepipes and other ar-ticles.
A releasable clip is described in 3ritish Patent Speci fication No. 1 600 601 which clip comprises a band for en-circling the hose or other article to be secured, the band carrying complementary coupling elements of a ratchet coupl-ing for connecti.ng ends of the band and drawing them together to contract the clip, the coupling elements consisting of a serrated tongue on one end of the band and a pair of ser-rated jaws on the other end of the band, which jaws define a jaw mouth through which the tongue is insertible in its longitudinal direction tip first into the jaws, the tongue having serrations on opposite sides thereof adapted to inter-lock with the serrations of the jaws respectively and thereby form a double bond holding the inserted tongue to prevent withdrawal movement thereof in its longitudinal direction, the tongue and jaws being movable relative to each other sideways such that the inserted tongue is disengageable side-ways from the jaws to release the clip. The coupling ele-ments or either of them such as particularly the jaws element, will possess sufficient inherent resilient yieldability to allow the tips of the serrations to pass over one another to enable the serrations to be brought into interlocking relation.
According to the present invention a clip for securing an article comprises a first generally flat member having a first coupling element of male or female serrated form; a second generally flat member having a second coupling element, the second coupling element being of female form when the first coupling element is of male form and the second coupling element being of male form when the first coupling element is of female form; the male coupling element having a longi-tudinal axis; the first and second members each being provided with a respective shaped clamping portion for receiving and at least partially encompassing a said article; the first and second coupling elements being inter-engageable with one an-other in a ratchet-like manner when the first and second members are juxtaposed and pushed together in a direction ~r~ ~S
::
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. ~ ~ . .... .
.,~ . .
.: . ' .; , l~g55 along the longitudinal axis of the male coupling element so as to clamp an article between the clamping portions on said first and second members; the female coupling element having open sides so that the sa:id article is releasable by movement of the first and second members rela-tively to one another in a direction perpendic~lar to -the longitudinal axis of the male coupling element.
Embodiments of the invention will be described, merely by way of example, with reference to the accompanying draw-ings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodi-ment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is an end view of one-half of another preferred embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 3 is an end view of a third embodiment of the present invention.
Referring now to Figure 1, a clip comprises a first member A and a second identical member B, each member being moulded in one-piece from a plastics material. -~5 : , The member A has first and second spaced apart coupling elements lla and 12a, the element lla being of male serrated form and the element 12a being of female serrated form. There is a first clamping portion 13a betw0en the coupling elements S lla and 12a and further clamping portions 14a and lSa outboard of the coupling elements lla and 12a respectively. There is a slit 16a formed adjacent the female serrated element 12a to render the side wall 17a of the element 12a flexible and thus to facilitate ~he ratchet-like insertion of the associated male serrated element 10 llb of the member B.
As stated earlier, the member B is identical with the member A, the corresponding elements and portions being marked with the same reference numerals as member A but with the suffix b instead of a.
The clip of Figure 1 is designed to clamp three elong-ate members (e.g.fuel lines for a diesel engine, tubes, wires or hoses) between the three pairs of clamping portions 13a, 13b;
14a, 14b; and lSa, 15b.
The clip can either be free-floating on the elongate 20 members it is clamping together or can be secured to a support.
The method of securing can take a variety of forms from a screw, bolt or rivet through the body of either member A or B or by means of a mounting bracket to which either member A or B is itself secured.
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The two members A and B of the clip are separated and one, say A, i9 placed adjacent to the article to be clamped 50 that the article is in regi~ter with one or more of the clamping portions 13, 14 and 15. The sther member B of 5 the clip is then positioned so that its male and female coupling ele~ents llb and 12b reepectively are in register with the female and male coupling elements 12a and lla respectively oi the member A.
The two halve~ A and B of the clip are then pushed o together, either manually or with the aid of a tool, to cause the male coupling elements lla and llb to move in a ratchet-like manner into the female coupling elements 12b and l~a respectively until juxtaposed clamping portions 13a, 13b; 14a, 14b; and 15a, 15b have clamped the said 15 article or articles therebetween.
To release the clip the two members A and B are slid sideways (i.e. perpendicular to the direction of pushing together) with respect to one another so that the inter-engaging teeth on the interengaging pairs o~ male and 20 female coupling elements slide out of engagement with one another.
, ~,, Variations can be made to the configuration o-t the clip illustrated in Figure 1 including :
a) a reduction ~rom three to two or or.e ln the number of clamping zones, or an increase above three to any number desired;
b) an increase from two in the number o~ pairs of interengaging male and female coupling elements in association with the increase i~ a);
c) changes in the shape(s) o~ the clamping portion~
dependent upon the cross-sectional shape of the article to be clamped;
d) a change in the relative positions o~ the coupling elements and clamping portions, as shown in Figure 2 where the same reference numerals have been used to indicate the equivalent parts to those shown in Figure 1, but increased by 10.
Figure 3 illustrates a third. embodiment of the invention where the clip comprises a first member A which has only one coupling element 31a oi male serrated ~orm and a second member B which has only one coupling element 31b of female serrated form, the latter being formed by two internally serrated, spaced apart and mutually ~acing upstanding lugs.
The ~ember A has two channel-sectioned clamping portions 33a snd 34a and the member B also has two channel-sectioned clamping portions 33b and 34b. A slit 36b is . .
l~'J55 6 ~ ; 7 formed on each side of the female serrated coupliny element 31_.
Making a clip in two parts as described in accordance with the described embodiments of the present lnventlon has an a~van-tage in facilitating fittiny of such c]ip around a hose orother article or articles to be secured, which facility is especially useful in the cases of the smaller sizes of clip.
A further advantage in cases of clips furnished with two sets of coupling elements (two ratchet couplings) as described above is that the range of sizes (diameters) of hoses or other articles which a given clip is capable of encircling is substantially increased, and in effect practically doubled, since the two ratchet couplings of such clip can be operated independently of each other to control the number of serra-tions of the coupling elements of each coupling which arebrought into interlocking engagement.
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Claims (8)
1. A clip for securing an article comprises:
(a) a first generally flat member having a first coupling element of male serrated form;
(b) a second generally flat member having a second coupling element of female serrated form;
(c) the male coupling element having a longitudinal axis;
(d) the first and second members each being provided with a respective shaped clamping portion, said clamping portions being opposed when the members are assembled for receiving and at least partially encompassing an article;
(e) the first and second coupling elements being inter-engage-able with one another in a ratchet-like manner when the first and second members are juxtaposed and pushed together in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the male coupling element so as to clamp said article between the clamping portions on said first and second members;
(f) the female coupling element having open sides so that the said article is releasable by movement of the first and second members relatively to one another in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the male coupling element.
(a) a first generally flat member having a first coupling element of male serrated form;
(b) a second generally flat member having a second coupling element of female serrated form;
(c) the male coupling element having a longitudinal axis;
(d) the first and second members each being provided with a respective shaped clamping portion, said clamping portions being opposed when the members are assembled for receiving and at least partially encompassing an article;
(e) the first and second coupling elements being inter-engage-able with one another in a ratchet-like manner when the first and second members are juxtaposed and pushed together in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the male coupling element so as to clamp said article between the clamping portions on said first and second members;
(f) the female coupling element having open sides so that the said article is releasable by movement of the first and second members relatively to one another in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the male coupling element.
2. A clip as claimed in claim 1 wherein there are two coup-ling elements of complementary ratchet form on each member, one being female and the other one being male, the coupling element and the clamping portion of the first member being complementary to the coupling element and clamping portions respectively, of the second member.
3. A clip according to claim 2 wherein, on each member, the male and female coupling elements are spaced apart, there being at least one clamping portion between the said male and female coupling elements.
4. A clip according to claim 1 wherein the coupling element of female form is formed by a recesss having internally serrated walls.
5. A clip according to claim 4 wherein, adjacent to the female serrated element, the member has a slit to render at least one side wall of the said female serrated element flexible and so to facilitate the ratchet-like insertion of the opposed male serrated element of the other member.
6. A clip according to claim 3 wherein each of said members has two further clamping portions.
7. A clip according to claim 1 wherein each member is a one-piece moulding of a plastics material.
8. A clip according to claim 1 wherein grips are associated with the coupling elements to facilitate pressing them into interlocking engagement manually or with the aid of a suitable tool.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA000466054A CA1255477A (en) | 1984-10-22 | 1984-10-22 | Clip for securing hosepipes and other articles |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA000466054A CA1255477A (en) | 1984-10-22 | 1984-10-22 | Clip for securing hosepipes and other articles |
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| CA1255477A true CA1255477A (en) | 1989-06-13 |
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| CA000466054A Expired CA1255477A (en) | 1984-10-22 | 1984-10-22 | Clip for securing hosepipes and other articles |
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2359112A (en) * | 2000-02-12 | 2001-08-15 | Smiths Group Plc | Clamp for cables or the like |
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2359112A (en) * | 2000-02-12 | 2001-08-15 | Smiths Group Plc | Clamp for cables or the like |
| US6516498B2 (en) | 2000-02-12 | 2003-02-11 | Smiths Group Plc | Clamps |
| GB2359112B (en) * | 2000-02-12 | 2003-11-12 | Smiths Group Plc | Clamps |
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