EP1035274A1 - Liens pour panneaux de clôture - Google Patents

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EP1035274A1
EP1035274A1 EP00105194A EP00105194A EP1035274A1 EP 1035274 A1 EP1035274 A1 EP 1035274A1 EP 00105194 A EP00105194 A EP 00105194A EP 00105194 A EP00105194 A EP 00105194A EP 1035274 A1 EP1035274 A1 EP 1035274A1
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Andrew Ross Hughes
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Buchanan Consultants Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/16—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/16—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames
    • E04H17/18—Corrals, i.e. easily transportable or demountable enclosures

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  • Fencing panels are known, particularly for erecting temporary fencing or barrier, which comprise end standards, intended to be upright in use, to which are secured sheets of wire mesh or boards.
  • end standards of a penel are joined together at or near their top and/or bottom ends by transverse bracers, producing a support frame for a wire mesh shjeet or board, but if the mesh or board has sufficient rigidity the transverse bracers may be omitted.
  • the standards are usually of tubular steel, circular in section, similar to scaffolding poles, but could be of any material providing adequate rigidity and strength.
  • the panels are placed more or less in line with the standards at their adjacent ends side by side and connected together by couplers.
  • the bottom ends of adjacent standards are usually located in sockets in a base or foot.
  • the usual coupler comprises two rigid metal plates fastened together by a bolt passing through central holes in the two plates and a nut to clamp the plates together.
  • a tie intended for tying a plant to a post is formed from elastomeric plastics material and comprises two flat, flexible straps which project from opposite sides of one end of a box-shaped body.
  • one strap has a plurality of perforations along its length and the other has at or near its end a housing or slot through which the perforated strap can be passed and fixed projections or pawls which will engage perforations to prevent withdrawal of the perforated strap.
  • the body may also have a slot and a pawl and the arrangement is such that the strap round the post can be secured more tightly than that round the plant.
  • both straps have perforations along their lengths and the body has a slot through which their ends may be passed after looping respectively round post and plant and fixed oppositely-facing hooks which can be engaged with perforations to secure the straps.
  • Straps are known for fastening a bundle of elongated elements, such as cables, which are moulded in plastic with closely-spaced transverse ratchet teeth on one surface at least near one end and at or near the other end a housing through which the toothed end may be passed so as to form a noose around the bundle.
  • a resilient latch arranged to ride over the ratchet teeth as the strap is passed through it in the direction which forms and tightens the noose. When tightening ceases, the latch will engage behind the last tooth to pass it and prevent return movement of the strap if tension is applied to it in the opposite direction.
  • ratchet straps Such straps will hereinafter and in the following Claims be called "ratchet straps”.
  • Ratchet straps are manufactured in various sizes and an appropriately-sized ratchet strap could be used for connecting together adjacent end standards of two fencing panels, as could any other kind of strap with a buckle or other fastening fior forming a tight noose. Indeed a simple piece of rope or string could be tied round the standards. However, none of those would be satisfactory because the standards would not be held firmly and could swing under wind pressure or if people or animals leaned on the fencing.
  • a moulded plastic fencing panel tie comprises a spacer element to fit between the end standards and means formed integrally therewith for securing the end standards to the spacer element, characterized in that the means for securing the end standards to the spacer element includes a ratchet strap to embrace an end standard and the housing of the ratchet strap is incorporated in the spacer element.
  • the ratchet strap may be designed to embrace only one end standard, in which case the housing of the ratchet strap will be adjacent to the junction of the strap with the spacer element.
  • Two ratchet straps may extend oppositely from the spacer element for embracing end standards of the respective panels.
  • the spacer element may be formed in two pans including releasable means for connecting them together, each part being formed integrally with one ratchet strap.
  • the releasable means may be screw threads, providing a degree of adjustability in the spacer element.
  • the ratchet strap may be designed to embrace two adjacent end standards of the adjacent panels, when the housing of the ratchet strap will be on the opposite end of the spacer element to its junction with the strap.
  • each of two identical ratchet straps 1 has a narrow end portion or tongue 2 formed with backwardly-facing closely-spaced transverse ratchet teeth 3 on its surface which is uppermost in Figure 1.
  • an integral housing 4 shaped so that the tongue 2 can be passed through it and formed with an inwardly and forwardly-facing resilient latch 5.
  • the end part of each strap 1 adjacent to the housing is formed into a quadrant-shaped seating 6 of radius corresponding to the tubular end standard of a fencing panel to be secured.
  • each strap 1 is somewhat less than the circumference of the standard to be secured so that when the tongue is pulled tight the strap 1 will grip the standard firmly and the engagement of the latch 5 with one of the teeth 3 will prevent the grip being loosened. This action is just as usual in a ratchet strap.
  • each strap is formed at the end of the seating 6 and the two housings, both facing the same way, are joined together by an integral spacer element 7 of T-section.
  • the length of the spacer element 7 is chosen to provide the required spacing between end standards of adjacent fencing panels. If the end standards are to be fitted into the usual kind of base or foot the spacing provided by the spacer element will correspond to the spacing between the sockets in the base or foot.
  • the spacer element 7 In fitting this tie to two adjacent end standards, the spacer element 7 is entered between the standards from one side of the adjacent panels and the straps 1 are passed through the panels and round the standards on the other side. The tongues 2 are then threaded back through the housings 4 and pulled tight from the original side. Fitting the tie to adjacent standards can be achieved quickly, without the use of tools except perhaps some kind of gripper for pulling the tongues 2 tight through the housings 4. Being formed of the same flexible plastic as the straps 1, the spacer element 7 can bend or twist to adapt to a small degree of non-parallelism between adjacent standards.
  • the housings 4 and/or latches 5 can be modified in known manner to enable the latches to be released from the teeth 3 of the ratchet strap. Such modification is desirable if cutting of straps is to be prevented, for example for security purposes.
  • the fencing panel tie shown on Figure 3 which is generally similar to that shown in Figures 1 and 2, has a reinforcing strip 8 of steel embedded in the straps 1 and the s[pacer element 9 which joins their adjacent ends. In manufacture the strip 8 is positioned as an insert in the mould in which the integral straps 1 and spacer element 9 are produced. This reinforcing strip 8 strengthens the straps 1 and will resist unauthorised cutting of the straps 1 or the spacer element 9.
  • Figure 4 shows a tie comprising only one ratchet strap which consists of a main part 10 having a tongue 2 with teeth and a housing 4 with a latch 5 as in the previous embodiments.
  • the end of the main part 10 remote from the tongue 2 is formed into a first part-circular seating 11 for one end standard.
  • the seating 11 is joined to a spacer element 13 and at the opposite end of the spacer element is a second part-circular seating 12 for a second end standard.
  • the housing 4 is formed on the second seating 12.
  • the two seatings 11, 12 are fitted to adjacent end standards and the main part 10 of the strap is drawn round to embrace them both.
  • the tongue 2 is threaded through the housing 4 and pulled tight so that the strap grips both standards, the length of the main part being appropriate to provide a firm grip on both standards.
  • This tie is quicker to fit than those illustrated by Figures 1 to 3.
  • the spacer element may have an aperture or abutment enabling it to ber connected to a support stay to make the joined panels more stable and/or to a link for connection to a base or foot for resisting unauthorised withdrawal of the connected end standards from the base or foot.
  • the unitary spacer element 5 or 9 may be replaced by a two-part spacer element, each part being moulded integrally with one ratchet strap 1 and the two parts having means for connecting them together.
  • the connecting means is adjustable for varying the spacing between joined end standards of two panels and may be releasable.
  • the two parts of a spacer element may have complementary screw threads.
  • the spacer element 13 is formed in two parts, respectively integral with the main part 10 and tongue 2 and with the housing 4 of the ratchet strap.

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EP00105194A 1999-03-12 2000-03-12 Liens pour panneaux de clôture Withdrawn EP1035274A1 (fr)

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GB9905772A GB2347695A (en) 1999-03-12 1999-03-12 Fencing panel ties
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WO2014063202A1 (fr) * 2012-10-25 2014-05-01 Bart's Limited Agencement de montage réglable

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US4149298A (en) * 1977-05-31 1979-04-17 Gte Sylvania Incorporated Tie member for mounting cable on a fence
EP0625303A1 (fr) * 1993-05-21 1994-11-23 Bowthorpe Plc Une bande
US5375815A (en) * 1992-01-21 1994-12-27 Akins; Edward A. Flexible fencing system

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US3981048A (en) * 1975-12-29 1976-09-21 Panduit Corporation Smooth exterior dual clamp
US4149298A (en) * 1977-05-31 1979-04-17 Gte Sylvania Incorporated Tie member for mounting cable on a fence
US5375815A (en) * 1992-01-21 1994-12-27 Akins; Edward A. Flexible fencing system
EP0625303A1 (fr) * 1993-05-21 1994-11-23 Bowthorpe Plc Une bande

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2014063202A1 (fr) * 2012-10-25 2014-05-01 Bart's Limited Agencement de montage réglable

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