EP0318371B1 - Elastic clamp for inserting in a joint for automatic and demontable fastening of different objects, especially joint-ledges - Google Patents

Elastic clamp for inserting in a joint for automatic and demontable fastening of different objects, especially joint-ledges Download PDF

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EP0318371B1
EP0318371B1 EP88402929A EP88402929A EP0318371B1 EP 0318371 B1 EP0318371 B1 EP 0318371B1 EP 88402929 A EP88402929 A EP 88402929A EP 88402929 A EP88402929 A EP 88402929A EP 0318371 B1 EP0318371 B1 EP 0318371B1
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  • the present invention relates to an elastic clamp for the automatic and removable fixing of various objects, in particular joint covers.
  • Such a clamp is known from document FR-A-2.116.774. It comprises an arched leaf spring having, on either side of an undercut head to be fitted into the object to be fixed, two V-shaped branches, the holding wings of which move away from the head are extended, by means of a rounded connection by free wings returning towards the head and provided with notched end edges capable of catching on the walls of the joint.
  • the present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks, by perfecting the clamp so that it is automatically placed in the axis of the joint and that it grips the walls of the joint regardless of its width, large or small.
  • the two retaining wings are fixed to one another and arched in a V shape so as to form together a rhombus whose sides opposite to the fixing means are connected together by the head, this rhombus being deformable elastically and ensuring the pinching of said head in said object.
  • This MIGUA clamp includes two separate parts joined together by a rivet and by an upper crosspiece. These parts form at their upper end angles which are opposite to each other and whose free ends have tabs engaged in slots in the cross member and folded back to form a crimp.
  • the rivet is located very close to the angles, so that the assembly formed by the angles and the crosspiece is rigid and non-deformable; in fact, the cross member is intended to be slid into the grooves of a profile and, thanks to this rigidity, the contiguous wings of the parts extend perpendicular to the profile and in the bisector plane of the free branches of said parts.
  • the adjoining wings extend parallel to said walls and at equal distance therefrom, the profile then covering the joint, being equally distributed on both sides.
  • the clamp is monolithic and the means for fixing the support wings one on the other is located very close to the free wings. Consequently, the rhombus and the head do not constitute a rigid assembly, but an elastically deformable assembly so that said head normally fitted into the object to be fixed can become wedged in said object.
  • the means for fixing the two retaining wings between them is constituted in the invention by a tongue cut out in one, folded square, crossing a window of the other and folded over an edge of this window.
  • the free wings diverge towards the head from the means for fixing the two holding wings.
  • the free wings and divergent extensions of the retaining wings extending beyond the fixing means form a remote hooking means, pleated in W.
  • each free wing may comprise at least one arched tab whose angle at rest relative to the axis of the clamp is greater than that of the wing considered, the edge of this branch being notched for the attachment of the clamp on the walls of a wide joint and the edge of the tab being also notched for the attachment of said clamp on the walls of a narrow joint.
  • the clamp is a leaf spring 1, of metal alloy, arched to have the shape illustrated by the drawing and described in the following.
  • the sides of the head 2 are extended by two V-shaped branches 5 and 6.
  • the branch 5 has a retaining wing 7 connected by a rounded connection 8 to a free wing 9 and likewise, the branch 6 has a retaining wing 10 connected by a rounded connection 11 to a free wing 12.
  • the retaining wings 7 and 10 are folded in a V to form a diamond bearing the head 2; they are fixed to each other near the rounded edges 8 and 11, but the diamond 7, 10 remains elastically deformable in order to pinch this head 2 in the groove 3 of the joint cover 4. Furthermore, the fixing the retaining wings relative to each other makes it possible to form a whole extending in the plane of symmetry of the free wings 9 and 12.
  • the fixing is a self-stapling.
  • the free wings 7 and 10 are applied against each other by flat portions 13 and 14 extending in the above-mentioned plane of symmetry.
  • the flat part 13 comprises a tongue 15 cut by puncture and folded square; at the conformation of the clamp, the tongue 15 is introduced into a window 16 cut in the other flat part 14, then when these parts 13 and 14 overlap and are in contact with each other, the tongue 15 is folded over an edge of the window and constitutes a fixing clip.
  • the extreme edge of the wings 7 and 10 is notched in order to be able to hang on the walls 17 and 18 of a wide joint 19 (FIG. 2) which separates the panels 20 and 21 constituting the aforementioned support, such as a wall.
  • the clamp 1 is normally inserted into this joint 19 to fix the joint cover 4.
  • the end of the wing 9 has two double pins 22 and 23 separated by a notch 24 and, similarly, the end of the wing 12 has two double pins 25 and 26 separated by a notch 27.
  • the pins 22, 23, 25 and 26 are intended to hang on the walls 17 and 18 of the wide joint 19.
  • the notches 24 and 27 are the gaps left by the cutting of legs 28 and 29 folded back so as to form, with the axis of symmetry of the rhombus, an angle A greater than the angle B formed by the double pins 22, 23, 25, 26.
  • tabs 28 and 29 are also double pins and are intended to hang on the walls 17 and 18 of a narrow joint 30 ( Figure 3).
  • the clamp 1 can be inserted into a wide joint 19 (FIG. 2) or a narrow joint 30 (FIG. 3) and grips the walls 17 and 18 firmly whatever the width of the joint. Furthermore, the clamp 1, due to the fixing 15, 16 of the branches 5 and 6 in the shape of a diamond, keeps the joint cover perfectly in the axis of the joint. Finally, the diamond shape allows the head 2 to be tightened elastically in the joint cover.
  • the free wings 9 and 12 provided with pins 22, 23, 28 and 25, 26, 29, are connected to the flat portions 13 and 14 by extensions 31 and 32 diverging at the 'opposite of the head 2, while said wings 9 and 12 diverge towards this head.
  • the aforementioned pins are located away from the head and despite this, they can be brought close to each other, while being applied elastically against the walls 17 and 18 of a narrow joint 30 with sufficient force, the part of clamp attachment being indeed profiled in W.
  • This second embodiment of the clamp is suitable for mounting a joint cover 4 on a narrow joint 30 bordered by chamfers 33 and 34 (FIG. 4) or also on a narrow joint 30 whose hard surfaces 17 and 18 are distant from the outer surface 35 (FIG. 5), for example due to the presence of an insulating coating 36 and a coating 37.

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Abstract

The clamp is formed by a bent spring plate (1) having, on each side of a head (2) having a reentrant angle to be fitted into the object to be fixed, two V-shaped arms (5, 6) whose retention flanges (7, 10) away from the head (2) are extended, by means of a rounded connecting part (8, 11), by free flanges (9, 12) which turn back towards the head and are provided with notched outermost edges (22, 23, 25, 26) capable of being fastened to the walls of the joint. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne une pince élastique pour la fixation automatique et démontable d'objets divers, notamment de couvre-joints.The present invention relates to an elastic clamp for the automatic and removable fixing of various objects, in particular joint covers.

Une telle pince est connue par le document FR-A-2.116.774. Elle comporte une lame-ressort cambrée présentant, de part et d'autre d'une tête en contre-dépouille à emboîter dans l'objet à fixer, deux branches en V dont les ailes de maintien s'éloignant de la tête sont prolongées, par l'intermédiaire d'un arrondi de raccordement par des ailes libres revenant vers la tête et munies de bordures extrêmes crantées susceptibles de s'accrocher sur les parois du joint.Such a clamp is known from document FR-A-2.116.774. It comprises an arched leaf spring having, on either side of an undercut head to be fitted into the object to be fixed, two V-shaped branches, the holding wings of which move away from the head are extended, by means of a rounded connection by free wings returning towards the head and provided with notched end edges capable of catching on the walls of the joint.

Dans cette pince connue, les deux branches sont indépendantes l'une de l'autre et dès lors, le couvre-joint ne se place pratiquement jamais dans l'axe du joint.In this known clamp, the two branches are independent of each other and therefore, the joint cover is almost never placed in the axis of the joint.

Par ailleurs, cette pince s'agrippe très bien dans des joints d'une largeur relativement grande, mais non dans des joints étroits.Furthermore, this clamp grips very well in joints of relatively large width, but not in narrow joints.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients, en perfectionnant la pince pour qu'elle se place automatiquement dans l'axe du joint et qu'elle s'agrippe aux parois du joint quelle que soit sa largeur, grande ou petite.The present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks, by perfecting the clamp so that it is automatically placed in the axis of the joint and that it grips the walls of the joint regardless of its width, large or small.

A cet effet et conformément à l'invention, les deux ailes de maintien sont fixées entre elles et cambrées en V afin de former ensemble un losange dont les côtés opposés au moyen de fixation, sont reliés entre eux par la tête, ce losange étant déformable élastiquement et assurant le pincement de ladite tête dans ledit objet.To this end and in accordance with the invention, the two retaining wings are fixed to one another and arched in a V shape so as to form together a rhombus whose sides opposite to the fixing means are connected together by the head, this rhombus being deformable elastically and ensuring the pinching of said head in said object.

Une autre pince connue est commercialisée par la firme MIGUA et illustrée par la figure 22 de la page 345 du document SCHWEIZERISCHE BAUZEITUNG vol. 92, avril 1974.Another known clamp is sold by the firm MIGUA and illustrated by FIG. 22 on page 345 of the document SCHWEIZERISCHE BAUZEITUNG vol. 92, April 1974.

Cette pince MIGUA comprend deux pièces distinctes réunies entre elles par un rivet et par une traverse supérieure. Ces pièces forment à leur extrémité supérieure des cornières opposées l'une à l'autre et dont les extrémités libres présentent des pattes engagées dans des fentes de la traverse et repliées derrière pour former un sertissage. Le rivet est situé très près des cornières, de façon que l'ensemble constitué par les cornières et la traverse soit rigide et indéformable; en effet, la traverse est destinée à être glissée dans les rainures d'un profilé et grâce à cette rigidité, les ailes contiguës des pièces s'étendent perpendiculairement au profilé et dans le plan bissecteur des branches libres desdites pièces. Ainsi, lorsque ces branches libres s'accrochent sur les parois du joint, les ailes contiguës s'étendent parallèlement auxdites parois et à égale distance de celles-ci, le profilé coiffant alors le joint en se répartissant également de part et d'autre.This MIGUA clamp includes two separate parts joined together by a rivet and by an upper crosspiece. These parts form at their upper end angles which are opposite to each other and whose free ends have tabs engaged in slots in the cross member and folded back to form a crimp. The rivet is located very close to the angles, so that the assembly formed by the angles and the crosspiece is rigid and non-deformable; in fact, the cross member is intended to be slid into the grooves of a profile and, thanks to this rigidity, the contiguous wings of the parts extend perpendicular to the profile and in the bisector plane of the free branches of said parts. Thus, when these free branches hang on the walls of the joint, the adjoining wings extend parallel to said walls and at equal distance therefrom, the profile then covering the joint, being equally distributed on both sides.

Or, dans la présente invention, la pince est monolithique et le moyen permettant de fixer les ailes de soutien l'une sur l'autre est situé très près des ailes libres. Dès lors, le losange et la tête ne constituent pas un ensemble rigide, mais un ensemble déformable élastiquement pour que ladite tête normalement emboîtée dans l'objet à fixer puisse se coincer dans ledit objet.However, in the present invention, the clamp is monolithic and the means for fixing the support wings one on the other is located very close to the free wings. Consequently, the rhombus and the head do not constitute a rigid assembly, but an elastically deformable assembly so that said head normally fitted into the object to be fixed can become wedged in said object.

Avantageusement, le moyen de fixation des deux ailes de maintien entre elles est constitué dans l'invention par une languette découpée dans l'une, repliée d'équerre, traversant une fenêtre de l'autre et repliée sur un bord de cette fenêtre.Advantageously, the means for fixing the two retaining wings between them is constituted in the invention by a tongue cut out in one, folded square, crossing a window of the other and folded over an edge of this window.

Suivant une première forme de réalisation, les ailes libres divergent vers la tête à partir du moyen de fixation des deux ailes de maintien.According to a first embodiment, the free wings diverge towards the head from the means for fixing the two holding wings.

Suivant une deuxième forme de réalisation, les ailes libres et des prolongements divergents des ailes de maintien s'étendant au-delà du moyen de fixation, forment un moyen d'accrochage éloigné, plissé en W.According to a second embodiment, the free wings and divergent extensions of the retaining wings extending beyond the fixing means, form a remote hooking means, pleated in W.

Quelle que soit la forme de réalisation choisie, chaque aile libre peut comporter au moins une patte cambrée dont l'angle au repos par rapport à l'axe de la pince est supérieur à celui de l'aile considérée, la bordure de cette branche étant crantée pour l'accrochage de la pince sur les parois d'un joint large et la bordure de la patte étant également crantée pour l' accrochage de ladite pince sur les parois d'un joint étroit.Whatever the embodiment chosen, each free wing may comprise at least one arched tab whose angle at rest relative to the axis of the clamp is greater than that of the wing considered, the edge of this branch being notched for the attachment of the clamp on the walls of a wide joint and the edge of the tab being also notched for the attachment of said clamp on the walls of a narrow joint.

Divers autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortent d'ailleurs de la description détaillée qui suit.Various other characteristics and advantages of the invention will also emerge from the detailed description which follows.

Des formes de réalisation de l'objet de l'invention sont représentées, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, sur le dessin annexé.Embodiments of the object of the invention are shown, by way of nonlimiting examples, in the accompanying drawing.

Sur ce dessin:

  • _ la figure 1 est une perspective illustrant une première forme de réalisation de la pince conforme à l'invention,
  • _ la figure 2 est une coupe d'un support dont le joint large est équipé de pinces selon la figure 1 pour le maintien d'un couvre-joint,
  • _ la figure 3 est une vue analogue à la figure 2 montrant l'agrippage de la pince selon la figure 1 dans un joint étroit d'un support,
  • _ la figure 4 est une coupe d'une deuxième forme de réalisation de la pince montée dans un support à joint étroit et bords chanfreinés,
  • _ la figure 5 est une vue analogue à la figure 4, montrant la pince selon la figure 4 montée dans un support dont la surface d'accrochage du joint est éloignée de la surface extérieure.
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  • _ Figure 1 is a perspective illustrating a first embodiment of the clamp according to the invention,
  • _ Figure 2 is a section of a support whose wide joint is equipped with pliers according to Figure 1 for the maintenance of a joint cover,
  • _ Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the gripping of the clamp according to Figure 1 in a narrow joint of a support,
  • _ Figure 4 is a section of a second embodiment of the clamp mounted in a support with a narrow joint and chamfered edges,
  • _ Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, showing the clamp according to Figure 4 mounted in a support whose attachment surface of the joint is remote from the outer surface.

Suivant la première forme de réalisation illustrée par la figure 1, la pince est une lame-ressort 1, en alliage métallique, cambrée pour présenter la forme illustrée par le dessin et décrite dans ce qui suit.According to the first embodiment illustrated in Figure 1, the clamp is a leaf spring 1, of metal alloy, arched to have the shape illustrated by the drawing and described in the following.

Elle comporte une tête 2 en contre-dépouille, trapézoïdale dans l'exemple choisi, destinée à être emboîtée dans une rainure sous-jacente 3 d'une bande couvre-joint 4 (figures 2 et 3).It comprises a head 2 undercut, trapezoidal in the example chosen, intended to be fitted into an underlying groove 3 of a joint cover strip 4 (Figures 2 and 3).

Les côtés de la tête 2 sont prolongés par deux branches en V 5 et 6. La branche 5 présente une aile de maintien 7 reliée par un arrondi de raccordement 8 à une aile libre 9 et de même, la branche 6 présente une aile de maintien 10 reliée par un arrondi de raccordement 11 à une aile libre 12.The sides of the head 2 are extended by two V-shaped branches 5 and 6. The branch 5 has a retaining wing 7 connected by a rounded connection 8 to a free wing 9 and likewise, the branch 6 has a retaining wing 10 connected by a rounded connection 11 to a free wing 12.

Les ailes de maintien 7 et 10 sont pliées en V afin de former un losange portant la tête 2; elles sont fixées l'une à l'autre près des arrondis 8 et 11, mais le losange 7, 10 reste déformable élastiquement afin d'assurer le pincement de cette tête 2 dans la rainure 3 du couvre-joint 4. Par ailleurs, la fixation des ailes de maintien l'une par rapport à l'autre permet de former un tout s'étendant dans le plan de symétrie des ailes libres 9 et 12.The retaining wings 7 and 10 are folded in a V to form a diamond bearing the head 2; they are fixed to each other near the rounded edges 8 and 11, but the diamond 7, 10 remains elastically deformable in order to pinch this head 2 in the groove 3 of the joint cover 4. Furthermore, the fixing the retaining wings relative to each other makes it possible to form a whole extending in the plane of symmetry of the free wings 9 and 12.

Dans l'exemple représenté, la fixation est un auto-agrafage. Les ailes libres 7 et 10 sont appliquées l'une contre l'autre par des parties méplates 13 et 14 s'étendant dans le plan de symétrie précité. La partie méplate 13 comporte une languette 15 découpée par crevage et pliée d'équerre; à la conformation de la pince, la languette 15 est introduite dans une fenêtre 16 découpée dans l'autre partie méplate 14, puis lorsque ces parties 13 et 14 se recouvrent et sont au contact l'une avec l'autre, la languette 15 est repliée sur un bord de la fenêtre et constitue une agrafe de fixation.In the example shown, the fixing is a self-stapling. The free wings 7 and 10 are applied against each other by flat portions 13 and 14 extending in the above-mentioned plane of symmetry. The flat part 13 comprises a tongue 15 cut by puncture and folded square; at the conformation of the clamp, the tongue 15 is introduced into a window 16 cut in the other flat part 14, then when these parts 13 and 14 overlap and are in contact with each other, the tongue 15 is folded over an edge of the window and constitutes a fixing clip.

Alors que les ailes de maintien 7 et 10 s'éloignent de la tête 2, les ailes libres 9 et 12 reviennent vers celle-ci en divergeant l'une de l'autre.While the holding wings 7 and 10 move away from the head 2, the free wings 9 and 12 return towards the latter while diverging from one another.

La bordure extrême des ailes 7 et 10 est crantée pour pouvoir s'accrocher sur les parois 17 et 18 d'un joint large 19 (figure 2) qui sépare des panneaux 20 et 21 constituant le support précité, tel qu'un mur. La pince 1 est normalement insérée dans ce joint 19 pour fixer le couvre-joint 4.The extreme edge of the wings 7 and 10 is notched in order to be able to hang on the walls 17 and 18 of a wide joint 19 (FIG. 2) which separates the panels 20 and 21 constituting the aforementioned support, such as a wall. The clamp 1 is normally inserted into this joint 19 to fix the joint cover 4.

Dans l'exemple représenté, l'extrémité de l'aile 9 comporte deux picots doubles 22 et 23 séparés par une encoche 24 et, de même, l'extrémité de l'aile 12 comporte deux picots doubles 25 et 26 séparés par une encoche 27. Les picots 22, 23, 25 et 26 sont destinés à s'accrocher aux parois 17 et 18 du joint large 19.In the example shown, the end of the wing 9 has two double pins 22 and 23 separated by a notch 24 and, similarly, the end of the wing 12 has two double pins 25 and 26 separated by a notch 27. The pins 22, 23, 25 and 26 are intended to hang on the walls 17 and 18 of the wide joint 19.

Les encoches 24 et 27 sont les vides laissés par le découpage de pattes 28 et 29 repliées de façon à former, avec l'axe de symétrie du losange, un angle A supérieur à l'angle B formé par les picots doubles 22, 23, 25, 26.The notches 24 and 27 are the gaps left by the cutting of legs 28 and 29 folded back so as to form, with the axis of symmetry of the rhombus, an angle A greater than the angle B formed by the double pins 22, 23, 25, 26.

Ces pattes 28 et 29 sont également des picots doubles et sont destinées à s'accrocher sur les parois 17 et 18 d'un joint étroit 30 (figure 3).These tabs 28 and 29 are also double pins and are intended to hang on the walls 17 and 18 of a narrow joint 30 (Figure 3).

Ainsi, la pince 1 peut être insérée dans un joint large 19 (figure 2) ou un joint étroit 30 (figure 3) et s'agrippe aux parois 17 et 18 avec fermeté quelle que soit la largeur du joint. Par ailleurs, la pince 1, en raison de la fixation 15, 16 des branches 5 et 6 en forme de losange, maintient le couvre-joint parfaitement dans l'axe du joint. Enfin, la forme en losange permet de serrer élastiquement la tête 2 dans le couvre-joint.Thus, the clamp 1 can be inserted into a wide joint 19 (FIG. 2) or a narrow joint 30 (FIG. 3) and grips the walls 17 and 18 firmly whatever the width of the joint. Furthermore, the clamp 1, due to the fixing 15, 16 of the branches 5 and 6 in the shape of a diamond, keeps the joint cover perfectly in the axis of the joint. Finally, the diamond shape allows the head 2 to be tightened elastically in the joint cover.

Suivant la deuxième forme de réalisation illustrée par la figure 4, les ailes libres 9 et 12 munies des picots 22, 23, 28 et 25, 26, 29, sont reliées aux parties méplates 13 et 14 par des prolongements 31 et 32 divergeant à l'opposé de la tête 2, alors que lesdites ailes 9 et 12 divergent vers cette tête. Ainsi, les picots précités se trouvent éloignés de la tête et malgré cela, ils peuvent être rapprochés les uns des autres, tout en étant appliqués élastiquement contre les parois 17 et 18 d'un joint étroit 30 avec une force suffisante, la partie d'accrochage de la pince étant en effet profilée en W.According to the second embodiment illustrated in Figure 4, the free wings 9 and 12 provided with pins 22, 23, 28 and 25, 26, 29, are connected to the flat portions 13 and 14 by extensions 31 and 32 diverging at the 'opposite of the head 2, while said wings 9 and 12 diverge towards this head. Thus, the aforementioned pins are located away from the head and despite this, they can be brought close to each other, while being applied elastically against the walls 17 and 18 of a narrow joint 30 with sufficient force, the part of clamp attachment being indeed profiled in W.

Cette deuxième forme de réalisation de la pince convient pour monter un couvre-joint 4 sur un joint étroit 30 bordé par des chanfreins 33 et 34 (figure 4) ou encore sur un joint étroit 30 dont les surfaces dures 17 et 18 sont éloignées de la surface extérieure 35 (figure 5), par exemple en raison de la présence d'un revêtement isolant 36 et d'un enduit 37.This second embodiment of the clamp is suitable for mounting a joint cover 4 on a narrow joint 30 bordered by chamfers 33 and 34 (FIG. 4) or also on a narrow joint 30 whose hard surfaces 17 and 18 are distant from the outer surface 35 (FIG. 5), for example due to the presence of an insulating coating 36 and a coating 37.

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1. Elastic clip for inserting into a joint for automatic and dismountable fixing of various types of objects, and in particular butt-plates, constituted by a bowed spring plate (1) provided on each side of a reentrant head (2) adapted to be fitted in the article (4) to be fixed, with two V-shaped branches (5, 6) whose supporting flanges (7, 10), diverging from the head (2), are extended via a rounded portion (8, 11) connecting them by free flanges (9, 12) returning toward the head and having sharply notched edges (22, 23, 25, 26) adapted to fasten up with the walls (17, 18) of the joint,
characterized in that the two support flanges (7, 10) are fixed together and bent into a V in order to form a lozenge of which the sides facing the fastening means (15, 16) are joined together by the head (2), said lozenge being elastically deformable and ensuring clamping of said head into said article (4).
2. Clip according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for fixing together the two supporting flanges (7, 10) is constituted by a flap (15) cut in one of said flanges, bent at right angle, and passing through an opening (16) of the other bent over one edge of said opening.
3. Clip according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the free flanges (9, 12) diverge toward the head (2) from the means for fastening the two supporting flanges (7, 10).
4. Clip according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the free flanges (9, 12) and diverging extensions (31, 32) of the supporting flanges (7, 10) extending beyond the fastening means, form a distant fastening means, folded into a W-shape.
5. Clip according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that each free flanges (9, 12) comprises at least a bent lug (28, 29) whose angle (A) in released position (A) with respect to the axis of the clip is greater than that (B) of the flange in question, the border of said branch being notched (22, 23, 25, 26) for fastening the clip on the walls (17, 18) of a wide joint (19) and the edge of the lug (28, 29) being similarly notched for fastening said clip on the walls (17, 18) of a narrow joint (30).
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AT88402929T ATE62957T1 (en) 1987-11-24 1988-11-23 ELASTIC CLIP INSERTABLE IN A CONNECTING JOINT FOR THE AUTOMATIC AND REMOVABLE FIXING OF VARIOUS OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR JOINT RAILS.

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FR8716288A FR2623574B1 (en) 1987-11-24 1987-11-24 ELASTIC CLIP TO INSERT INTO A SEAL FOR THE AUTOMATIC AND REMOVABLE FIXING OF VARIOUS OBJECTS, ESPECIALLY JOINT COVERS
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