Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25C—HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
  • B25C5/00—Manually operated portable stapling tools; Hand-held power-operated stapling tools; Staple feeding devices therefor
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
  • B25B31/00—Hand tools for applying fasteners
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L3/00—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets
  • F16L3/08—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing
  • F16L3/10—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing divided, i.e. with two or more members engaging the pipe, cable or protective tubing
  • F16L3/1058—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing divided, i.e. with two or more members engaging the pipe, cable or protective tubing one member being flexible or elastic

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an installation part for one or more elongated cylindrical elements against a wall, such as for example electric wires and / or electric cables and / or tube for protecting said wires or cables against a vehicle wall. More specifically, this invention relates to a part provided for connecting and clamping together several wires or cables and for positioning and maintaining them in a precise location of this wall. The present invention also relates to a tool for placing such a part on a bundle of electric wires or cables or on one or more elongated elements.
• a part in the form of a lace capable of being wound transversely around the cables to be joined, and one end of which is provided for be passed through a hooking head arranged at the other end.
• This head has an internal hooking tongue engaging in one of the notches of a series formed at the free end of the lace so as to be able to ensure a tightening of the cables or of the bundle of electric wires whatever their diameter.
• This lace further comprises, at or near the head, a fastening clip configured to be inserted and hung in an orifice previously formed in the wall, thereby fixing the lace and the bundle to this wall.
• the object of the present invention is an installation piece which is easier to place on electric wires or electric cables, or even on a protection tube for said wires or cables with a possibility of tightening, which is also easier to fix against a wall, and whose maintenance remains firm and reliable over time.
• the installation part must be able to be placed on the cable harnesses before being transported to an assembly line.
• the structure of this part must also allow mass production to reduce the production cost, in particular by injection of plastic material under pressure into a mold.
• the design of this part must also allow its implementation by means of a tool actuated manually but capable of being actuated by pneumatic or electric energy for increased comfort of use, and this by eliminating losses of material by cutting surplus so the generation of expensive waste and the use of sharp tools in the workshop.
• the implementation time must be able to be reduced to a minimum.
• the dimensions and the positions of the oblique passages of the base are exact by construction, which facilitates the insertion of the branches of the rider.
• these passages direct the ends of the branches at an angle to come to bear against the wall at the edge of the orifice, which confirms the seating of the part.
• the orientation of the notches outwards avoids any harmful interference of the wires or cables at the level of the hooking of the jumper in the base, and eliminates any aggression on the wall after insertion of the fastening clip in the orifice.
• the jumper is initially connected to the base by weak points of rupture.
• the part can thus be produced and sold in one piece, which facilitates its production process, its intermediate storage and its handling until it is used when installing a cable against a wall.
• the inlet mouth of each passage of the base has a notch retention hook of the corresponding branch of the rider.
• the attachment of the rider is therefore done in a very controlled manner at the level of the face opposite the base, and not at the level of the lateral face where it could undo too easily, for example following friction from the branch against the wall. This significantly increases the reliability over time of the installation part.
• the rider has on each side of the elongated element to install a pair of branches with notches oriented outward in the direction of the elongated elements.
• the rider has on each side of the elongated element to install a pair of branches with notches oriented outward in the direction of the elongated elements.
• the clip can be removably attached to the base.
• the staple for fixing the base in an orifice in the wall is in the form of a central pin provided with oblique tongues oriented towards the base.
• These tongues can be distributed in several, preferably three or four, longitudinal series distributed regularly around the periphery of the spindle.
• each tab can completely surround the pin.
• This type of staple proves easy to engage in an orifice made in the wall whose diameter is greater than that of the spindle, the width of the tabs ensuring reliable attachment.
• the plurality of tabs makes it possible to make up for any inaccuracies in positioning, either of the part on the beam, or of the orifices in the wall.
• This type of clip also allows a variation in wall thickness.
• the base has, at the junction of its staple, an elastic skirt arched in the direction of the staple.
• This skirt ensures that that of the tongues engaged behind the wall is under tension to obtain firm retention of the part against said wall.
• a tool specially designed for installing a fixing piece according to the invention over one or more elongated elements, such as a bundle of electric wires or cables, can comprise - a magazine making it possible to store a plurality of pieces ,
• a conveyor frame capable of being moved by a first actuator from a first position at the outlet of the store to grasp the base of a part in a second position to bring said part into the plane of a recess formed in the edge front of the tool where the rider of said piece is caught in a manipulator block located at a first height, then back - a second actuator making it possible to lift the operator unit perpendicular to the base to a second height to separate the rider from the base, then, once the elongated element or elements are presented above the base in the front recess, to lower the block operator at a third height to insert the arms of the rider over the elongated elements in their corresponding base passage, then raise the operator block to the first height to remove the base from the part of the conveyor frame, the part then being able to be disengaged from the operator unit.
• the installation part can be initially produced and handled in one piece, it is then possible to envisage in a practical way a tool making it possible to arrange this part more easily over a bundle; and implementing power actuators, are electrical, hydraulic, but preferably pneumatic, to close and tighten this part effortlessly on the harness.
• the first actuator is a linear pneumatic single-chamber cylinder with spring pushing, at rest, the piston in the position of reduction of the chamber bringing the transport frame integral with the end of the piston rod to its first position.
• This type of bi-position cylinder with return spring is reliable in practice.
• the second actuator is a linear pneumatic single-chamber cylinder with spring pushing, at rest, the piston in the high position for reducing the chamber bringing the operator unit integral with the end of the piston rod to a second position, this block being initially retained in the first position against the effect of the spring by an electromechanical, magnetic, pneumatic or mechanical latch.
• the conveyor frame is mounted at the end of the actuator rod through a rotation pivot, and the conduit within which the conveyor frame is moved has, from the magazine, a first wide part ending in a projection imparting to the frame provided with a part a quarter-turn rotation, followed by a second guide portion of the end of rotation, followed by a third frame guide channel into the plane of the embrasure of the front face of the tool.
• the store opens perpendicular to the duct, where an installation part is grasped parallel to the plane of its jumper by the conveyor frame to be moved in translation towards the doorway by sliding of the transport frame and the part. inside the duct.
• the installation piece performs a first translation in the magazine perpendicular to the plane of its jumper, then a second translation in the conduit parallel to the plane of the jumper.
• the outlet outlet of the store is provided with two latches facing electromechanical, magnetic, pneumatic or mechanical engaging in cavities of lateral faces of part base so as to retain that located at this mouth when the conveyor frame is out of its first position.
• the base of the embrasure of the tool is triangular convex, the base of a part being brought and positioned by the conveyor frame at the top of the triangle.
• FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C are perspective views of the clip of FIGS. 1 respectively in the initial state from the side and below, in the initial state from the front and above and in the mounted state from above,
• FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of certain parts making up a tool for installing staples according to FIGS. 1 and 2,
• FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D are plan views and in partial section of the tool of FIG. 3 at rest, respectively from the side, from behind, from the front and from above,
• - Figures 5A and 5B are plan views and in partial section of the tool of Figure 3 in the intermediate position for receiving a bundle of wires to be connected, respectively from the side, and from above, - Figures 6A and 6B are plan views and partial section of the tool of FIG. 3 when a part is clamped on a bundle of wires, respectively from the side and from the front,
• FIG. 7A and 7B illustrate two variants of detachable staples from the base
• FIG. 8 shows an alternative embodiment of the tool in a top plan view and in partial section corresponding to the cutting plane of the top views of Figures 4D and 5B,
• FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a barrel forming a store with several rows of installation parts
• - Figures 10A and 10B show in perspective an installation part provided with pins and assembly holes .
• FIGS. 1 and 2 is illustrated an installation part 4 of elongate elements 2 that is better visible in a drawn line in FIG. 2B. More particularly according to the invention, this installation part 4 consists of a jumper 10 intended to be inserted in a base 30 whose face opposite to that facing the jumper is equipped with a clip 50 hooking in an orifice previously formed in a wall.
• the jumper 10 is in the general shape of an inverted U coming transversely to surround the elongate elements 2, this jumper having on both sides a pair of separate branches. More specifically, the jumper 10 comprises an upper bridge 12, each lateral end of which is extended, orthogonally downward, by a pair of branches, one called “front” 20 and the other called “rear” 24. Each branch has a series of notches 22 respectively for the front branch 20 and 26 for the rear branch 24 which, according to the invention, are oriented towards the outside or inside of the jumper 10, in particular in the longitudinal direction of the elements 2 to be fixed or perpendicular to these elements, the notches 22 being oriented opposite those 26.
• Figures 1A-1F and 2A-2C illustrate an embodiment of the rider in which the notches 22 and 26 are carried by the outer faces of each of the branches.
• the notches are oriented towards the outside of the rider, pointing parallel to the elongate elements 2. It is provided, according to a variant, to form the notches on the outer edge of each of the branches of the rider. In this case, the notches are oriented towards the outside of the rider, pointing perpendicular to the elongated elements.
• each branch 20, 24 in the direction of the base 30 has a conical narrowing forming a sort of point, this end being initially connected to the base 30 by a bridge of material forming a weak point of rupture 28.
• the upper bridge 12 is generally rectangular in shape with its rectilinear lower edge 14 allowing, in relation to a central rectilinear rib 32 of the base, to clamp any type of elongate element 2, whatever its diameter.
• the base 30 consists of a plate 40 substantially parallelepiped apart from the upper face, opposite the rider 10, in a portion of concave cylinder completed with the rib 32.
• the lower face of this plate 40 is extended by the clip 50.
• the lateral faces of the plate 40 respectively have a central cavity 46 in anticipation of retention at the mouth of a store of a tool for implementing the part described later.
• this plate 40 has, facing each branch 20, 22 of the jumper 10, an oblique through passage 42 whose inlet mouth 41 is located in the upper face of the plate and whose outlet mouth 43 appears, in an original manner, in one end of the front vertical face, respectively front and rear.
• each inlet mouth 41 of oblique passage 42 is provided with a hook 44 oriented towards the inside of the plate so as to engage firmly with one of the notches 22,26 respectively of branches 20,26 of the jumper 10.
• An additional hooking of notches can certainly be done at the upper edge of the outlet mouth 43, but is considered in the case of this piece only as a accessory.
• the hook 44 is placed on an edge of the inlet mouth 41 opposite to that which is illustrated in the figures, when the notches are carried by the inner face of the flexible branches. Similarly, the hook 44 is placed on one or the other of the two lateral edges of the inlet mouth 41 when the notches are carried respectively by one or the other of the edges of the flexible branches.
• the fastening clip 50 of the base 30 against a wall is in the form of a central pin 52 furnished with four vertical series of tongues 54 oriented upwards, that is to say in the direction of the base, in combination with an arched skirt 48 situated at the intersection of the central pin 52 and the underside of the plate 40, this skirt being arched in the direction of the tongues 54.
• FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate two variants of staples 50 'and 50 "capable of being detachably fixed by means of a flexible finger 56 10
• the tongues 54 ′ of the clip 50 ′ each cover one half of the periphery of the pin 52 ′.
• the arched skirt 48 ′ is rectangular in shape with a very pronounced curvature downwards.
• the pin 52 has an oblong cross section making it possible to provide on the one hand very wide tongues
• the 48 "skirt is then in the form of a longitudinal dome bordering the attachment hole of the part.
• the clip described above is more particularly intended to be placed over a bundle of elongated elements, such as electric wires or cables, by means of a tool illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 6.
• This tool has a general L-shape with, under normal conditions of use, a long horizontal thick branch 62 ending, on the right side as illustrated in the figures, by a shorter vertical branch 64 of smaller diameter, these two branches being connected by an oblique handle 66 fixed by screws 67.
• the front external face of the intersection of the two branches has a recess 100, that is to say a notch of substantially rectangular section crossing on either side another on each side of the tool and also open on the front face.
• the long horizontal branch 62 comprises, in its upper part, a magazine 70 intended to contain installation pieces 4 arranged one against the other along a line perpendicular to the plane of their rider.
• This store is accessible by releasing a cover 71 forming the upper face of the long branch 62, this cover being retained by two fixing tabs 72 of longitudinal lateral edge engaging in slides 73 formed in the upper edge of the lateral faces of this long branch.
• This cover 71 is retained in position by a pivoting bar 76 pivotally mounted at the lower base of the handle 66 to engage in a notch 75 formed in correspondence at the front end of the cover 71 as best seen on the Figures 3 and 5A. 11
• this magazine 70 slides a pusher 74 being guided on the one hand by its lateral pins 92 engaged in lower guides 63 of the magazine and on the other hand by an upper screw 68 engaged in a longitudinal guide groove 69 formed in the center of the cover 71 as best seen in Figures 3 and 4A.
• a rear spring forces this pusher forward so as to bring the installation pieces 4 towards the outlet of the magazine 70, that is to say at the level of the lower fixing of the handle 66.
• the lower part of the long horizontal branch 62 of the tool comprises a first pneumatic actuator 85 moving a sliding base 82 on which is pivotally mounted a conveyor frame 80 in one piece installation 4 from the magazine outlet to the doorway 100.
• This actuator 85 comprises a piston 88 provided with a seal 89 sliding in a longitudinal cylindrical chamber 86, this piston being extended forward by a rod 84 whose threaded end 83 is engaged in a rear thread of the sliding base 82.
• a spring 87 is arranged between the piston 88 and a restriction of the cylindrical chamber 86 located at the outlet of the magazine, this spring 87 pushing, at rest, the piston 88 to the left, that is to say in a direction reducing the volume of the chamber 86.
• This base 82 carries a conveyor frame 80 by means of a pivot 81 which is elastic in rotation.
• the frame may be integral with the pivot 81 which is guided in a central orifice in the base, which pivot is connected to the base by a concentric spiral spring and housed in a circular cavity 81 ′ on the upper face of the 'base.
• the height of the conveyor frame 80 is located at the extension of the lower part of the magazine 70. More particularly according to the invention, this conveyor frame has a front stop 79 and, just above the pivot 81, a housing 78 of the base 30 of an installation part 4, in particular a central housing for the clip 50 and two lateral notches receiving the skirt 48.
• the base 82 and its conveyor frame 80 are provided to slide within a channel having, from the store 70 to the embrasure 100, first a wide section 104 ending with a projection 105 located only at the level of the conveyor frame 80 to which it prints a rotation of a quarter turn, this rotation being 12
• a second section 106 narrowing and ending in an inverted T guide channel, that is to say comprising a lower horizontal guide channel 108 for the sliding base 82 and a narrow vertical guide channel 107 of the conveyor frame 80 up to the embrasure 100 of the tool.
• the outlet outlet of the magazine 70 comprises two electromechanical latches 112 arranged opposite one another through the side wall of the large horizontal branch 62 of the tool, these latches retaining the first installation part 4 of the series contained in the magazine 70 and this as long as the conveyor frame 80 has not returned to this outlet mouth.
• the upper short branch 64 of the tool contains, for its part, a second pneumatic linear actuator 95 composed of a piston 98 with seal 99 sliding within a vertical cylindrical chamber 96, the underside of this piston 98 being extended by a rod 94, the end of which is integral with an operating block 90.
• a spring 97 coaxial with the rod 94 acts between a lower restriction of the chamber 96 and the lower face of the piston 98 to, at rest, push this piston upwards in a direction of reduction of the volume of the chamber 96, that is to say by raising the operator unit 90 upwards.
• FIG. 4A illustrates how the operator unit 90 is retained by an electromechanical latch 110 at a first height in which longitudinal hooks 91 lining the underside of said operator unit 90 are found at the upper edge of the vertical guide duct 107 so that to receive the protrusions 16 of the bridge 12 of the jumper 10 of an installation piece 4.
• the lower base 102 of the embrasure 100 has a triangular section with apex oriented upwards in the direction of the operator unit 90.
• the installation piece 4 according to the invention can firstly be used manually in the following manner.
• a right-handed user begins by grasping a bundle of cables in the left hand, for example by squeezing it between his palm and 13
• the operator installs a plurality of parts 4 inside the magazine 70 having, for this, removed the cover 71 and pulled the pusher 74 back. Once the latter released, it pushes the series of parts 4 until the first is engaged in the conveyor frame 80 located in the first rear position as illustrated in FIG. 4A.
• the latches 112 are then engaged in the next second clip.
• the operator then closes the cover 71 and arms the second electromechanical latch 110 so as to retain the operator unit 90 of the second actuator 95 at its first height as illustrated by this same figure 4A.
• a parts installation cycle can then begin.
• a first trigger (not illustrated) preferably arranged on the handle 66 (or by bringing this trigger in a first position), the operator triggers the first actuator 85, which has the effect of pushing the piston 88 from the left towards the right as illustrated in FIG. 4A to FIG. 5A.
• the sliding base 82 and the conveyor frame 80 then brought the installation part into the plane of the embrasure 100 by then inserting the protrusions 16 of the bridge 12 of jumper 10 in the lower hooks 91 of the operator unit 90 located at its first height. 14
• the arrival of the sliding base 82 and of the conveyor frame 80 in the embrasure 100 is then detected, for example by a microswitch, triggering in opening the electromechanical latch 110 authorizing an ascent of the operator unit 90 to its second height under the action of the spring 97 on the piston 98.
• the weak points of rupture 28 between the jumper 10 and the base 30 are then broken thus separating these two parts as best seen in the right part of FIG. 5A.
• the cable bundle can be engaged in the embrasure 100 above the base 30.
• the operator then acts on a second trigger not shown but preferably also provided on the handle 66 (or brings the trigger into a second position) to engage the second linear actuator 95 forcibly lowering ie the operating block 90 to its third height thus bringing the jumper 10 over the beam until its branches penetrate and engage in their passage 42 in correspondence as illustrated in FIG. 6A.
• a second trigger not shown but preferably also provided on the handle 66 (or brings the trigger into a second position) to engage the second linear actuator 95 forcibly lowering ie the operating block 90 to its third height thus bringing the jumper 10 over the beam until its branches penetrate and engage in their passage 42 in correspondence as illustrated in FIG. 6A.
• the triangular base of the embrasure 100 confirming the spacing of the ends of the branches 20, 24 of the jumper 10 emerging from the lateral outlet mouths 43 of the base 30.
• the arrival in the low position of the operator unit 90 is itself detected, for example by a microswitch then releasing the electromechanical latch 110 when closing.
• the pressure is then released in the chamber 86 of the first actuator 85 allowing withdrawal of the sliding base 82 and of the conveyor frame 80, now empty, towards the rear under the effect of the spring 87 15
• FIG. 8 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the tool described above. For reasons of clarity, we will designate in the following description the elements common to the previous embodiment and to the variant using the same references.
• the tool comprises a third branch 162, horizontal and adjoining perpendicular to the horizontal branch 62.
• the tool retains from the previous embodiment the arrangement between the horizontal branch 62 and the shorter vertical branch of smaller diameter , these two branches being connected by the oblique handle. It also retains the structure of the vertical branch as it has been described with the aid of FIGS. 3 to 6.
• the structure of the third branch 162 is modeled on that of the upper part of the horizontal branch 62 in the previous embodiment.
• Figure 8 we recognize the store 70 intended to contain installation pieces 4 rows against each other along a line perpendicular to the plane of their rider. This store is accessible by releasing the cover 71 forming an upper face of the third branch 162.
• the two electromechanical latches 1 12 are arranged at the outlet of the magazine 70, on either side of the third branch 162 so as to retain the first installation part 4 of the series contained in the magazine 70.
• the structure of the horizontal branch 62 is modeled on that which it had in its lower part in the previous embodiment.
• the first pneumatic actuator moves the piston 88 provided with the gasket 89 sliding in the longitudinal cylindrical chamber 86.
• the piston 88 is extended forward by the rod 84 whose threaded end 83 is engaged in a thread rear of the sliding base.
• the spring 87 arranged between the piston 88 and a restriction of the cylindrical chamber 86 situated at the outlet of the magazine 70 pushes, at rest, the piston 88 in a direction reducing the volume of the chamber 86.
• the conveyor frame 80 is mounted fixed on the sliding base to be moved in translation with the latter within a channel parallel to the longitudinal direction of the branch 62.
• the channel has, even in the embrasure 100 of the tool , an inverted T section comprising a lower horizontal guide channel for the sliding base and a narrow vertical guide channel 107 for the conveyor frame.
• the conveyor frame 80 is fixed to the base so as to extend parallel to the longitudinal direction of the branch 62. It has, as previously, Figure 3, a front stop 79 and a housing 78 of the base of a piece of installation, in particular a central housing for the clip and two lateral notches receiving the skirt.
• the magazine 70 opens at a right angle into the channel with inverted T section. 17
• the use of the tool begins with the same loading operation of the magazine 70 with installation parts 4. Under the action of the rear spring, the pusher 74 moves the parts in translation parallel to the longitudinal direction of the third branch 162 and perpendicular to the planes of the jumpers of the parts. On leaving the store 70, the first part of the series is received by the conveyor frame 80 extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the branch 62. The latches 112 are then engaged in the following clip.
• the installation part 4 received by the conveyor frame 80 performs a second translation parallel to the longitudinal direction of the branch 62, from the exit from the store 70 to the opening 100 of the vertical branch 64, where the protuberances of the jumper's bridge, FIG. 5A, are inserted in the lower hooks of the operator unit located at its first height.
• the installation part performs a first translation in the store perpendicular to the plane of its rider, then a second translation in the channel housing the conveyor frame, parallel to the plane of the rider.
• the arrangement at right angles to the magazine and the transport channel allows a direct transition between the two translations. In other words, the installation part does not undergo rotation during its transport between the store and the embrasure of the tool.
• This variant embodiment thus provides a simpler design of the tool, insofar as the pivot mounting of the conveyor frame on the base is no longer necessary, and where the guide channel 170 no longer has a projection. Also advantageously, the size of the tool is reduced in the direction perpendicular to the cables, symbolized in FIG. 8 by the letter C. 18
• the third branch 162 is disposed in a horizontal plane located below the horizontal plane containing the branch 62 housing the guide channel 107.
• these two branches are connected by an oblique ramp provided with a channel transport for the translational movement of the installation part, from the outlet of the magazine 70 towards the mouth of the guide channel of the transport frame.
• the magazine arranged in the third branch 162 contains a single row of installation parts 4.
• the tool is given an additional advantage by providing it with a magazine constituted, FIG. 9, a barrel body 170 having at its periphery several longitudinal grooves 172 in which the installation parts are inserted 4. In this way, the operating autonomy of the tool is increased with respect to the number of parts installation in reserve.
• FIG 8 in the tool in service condition, there is shown in dotted lines the position of the barrel or of a protective casing of the barrel.
• the radial and axial retention of the barrel in the third branch is ensured by spring-loaded ball plungers, while rotation around an axial direction perpendicular to the guide channel 107 is obtained by means of a pneumatic actuator acting on a train reduction gears.
• a rodless cylinder fixedly mounted in the tool, makes it possible to move in translation the installation parts inserted in that of the grooves which opens into the guide channel 107 after a rotation of the barrel. The latter is retractable to allow rapid loading of installation parts.
• a clearance is provided in the second branch 62 to allow access to the electromagnetic latches 112.
• the harness is built step by step, by placing the cables under the embrasure of the tool to assemble them by means of the installation part.
• Several tools can be fixed on the wiring board, a board edge pulse triggering the action of all the tools simultaneously. In this way of proceeding, several installation pieces are simultaneously fixed on the cable harness. We can thus increase the ergonomics of a wiring station and reduce the manufacturing time of a harness.
• the installation part 4 according to the invention is then particularly easy to install over 19
• the installation part once mounted on the beam presents not only a simple clip 50 for fixing in the wall, but moreover an elastic skirt 48 and four branch ends as better visible in FIG. 2C, making this part particularly stable once installed against a wall.
• the structure of the installation piece 4 makes it particularly easy to produce by injecting plastic material into a mold, in particular with the jumper 10 initially secured to the base 30 by simple break points 28 facilitating storage and transport.

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