EP2646338A1 - Collier de serrage et procédé de fabrication d'un collier de serrage - Google Patents

Collier de serrage et procédé de fabrication d'un collier de serrage

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EP2646338A1
EP2646338A1 EP11794335.7A EP11794335A EP2646338A1 EP 2646338 A1 EP2646338 A1 EP 2646338A1 EP 11794335 A EP11794335 A EP 11794335A EP 2646338 A1 EP2646338 A1 EP 2646338A1
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Prior art keywords
strip
locking
passage
cable tie
head
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EP2646338B1 (fr
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Federico Cabrele
Michele Casarotti Todeschini
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Illinois Tool Works Inc
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Illinois Tool Works Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D63/00—Flexible elongated elements, e.g. straps, for bundling or supporting articles
    • B65D63/10—Non-metallic straps, tapes, or bands; Filamentary elements, e.g. strings, threads or wires; Joints between ends thereof
    • B65D63/1018—Joints produced by application of integral securing members, e.g. buckles, wedges, tongue and slot, locking head and teeth or the like
    • B65D63/1027—Joints produced by application of integral securing members, e.g. buckles, wedges, tongue and slot, locking head and teeth or the like the integral securing member being formed as a female and male locking member, e.g. locking head and locking teeth, or the like
    • B65D63/1036—Joints produced by application of integral securing members, e.g. buckles, wedges, tongue and slot, locking head and teeth or the like the integral securing member being formed as a female and male locking member, e.g. locking head and locking teeth, or the like the female locking member being provided with at least one metal barb
    • B65D63/1054—Joints produced by application of integral securing members, e.g. buckles, wedges, tongue and slot, locking head and teeth or the like the integral securing member being formed as a female and male locking member, e.g. locking head and locking teeth, or the like the female locking member being provided with at least one metal barb with barbs situated on opposite sides of, or concentrically in, the female locking member

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  • the present invention relates to a cable tie and to a method for producing a cable tie.
  • the present invention relates to a cable tie made of plastic material of the type comprising: a ribbon, i.e. a strip having an elongated flat shape, and a strip locking head stably connected to an end of the strip and comprising, in turn, a structure defining a strip locking passage, and strip locking means which are arranged adjacent to the strip locking passage, so as to allow the coupling of a free end of the strip in the locking passage in a first direction, and prevent the extraction of the strip from the locking passage in a second direction opposite to the first direction .
  • a ribbon i.e. a strip having an elongated flat shape
  • a strip locking head stably connected to an end of the strip and comprising, in turn, a structure defining a strip locking passage, and strip locking means which are arranged adjacent to the strip locking passage, so as to allow the coupling of a free end of the strip in the locking passage in a first direction, and prevent the extraction of the strip from the locking passage in a second direction opposite to the first
  • the strip locking means typically comprise a tooth or metallic locking plate, which is driven/fixed into the locking head by means of an ultrasound fixing/welding process so as to protrude into the locking passage.
  • the cable ties of the type described above being about 1.05 mm thick and about 3.5 mm wide; about 1.2 mm thick and about 4.5 mm wide; about 1.4 mm thick and about 7.5 mm wide, are adapted to be ripped and/or torn, i.e. are subject to collapsing and uncoupling of the strip from the locking head, when the strip itself is subjected to a traction force opposite to the locking force exerted by the metallic plate on the strip and egual to about 200 Newton, 400 Newton and 650 Newton, respectively.
  • This object is achieved by the present invention in that it relates to a cable tie and to a method for producing a cable tie, as defined in the appended claims .
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cable tie made according to the present invention.
  • figure 2 is a perspective bottom view of a portion of the cable tie shown in figure 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows an enlargement of the portion of the cable tie, in which the locking insert incorporated in the locking head is shown with a dashed line;
  • figure 4 is a longitudinal section I-I of a portion of the cable tie shown in figure 2;
  • figure 5 is a cross section taken along II-II of a portion of the cable tie shown in figure 2;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the locking insert
  • FIG. 7-9 schematically show a forming mould for the cable tie, in an egual number of operative steps of the injection molding procedure included in the method provided by the present invention.
  • number 1 indicates as a whole a cable tie structured so that, in use, it is operable to be closed as a loop to bind/fix objects to one another, such as for example electric wires, tubular pipes or similar elements.
  • Cable tie 1 comprises a flexible ribbon having an elongated flat shape, i.e. a strip 2, and a strip locking head 3 stably connected to an end of the strip 2 and comprising a structure defining a strip locking channel, i.e. passage 4, and strip locking means which are arranged adjacent to the strip locking passage 4, so as to allow the coupling of strip 2 in the strip locking passage 4 in a first direction Kl, and prevent the extraction of strip 2 from the locking passage 4 in a second direction K2 opposite to the first direction Kl .
  • strip 2 extends along a first longitudinal axis A and has a predetermined thickness s.
  • Strip 2 has a rectangular elongated shape, a distal end 2a stably fixed to the body of the strip locking head 3, and a free end 2b shaped so as to be coupled, in use, to the locking head 3.
  • locking passage 4 having an inlet portion 4a, within which the free end 2a of strip 2 is able to be engaged, and an outlet portion 4b, from which the free end 2b of strip 2 is adapted to protrude when strip 2 is engaged in the locking passage 4.
  • the locking channel/passage 4 extends along a second axis B substantially orthogonal to the first longitudinal axis A, has a transversal portion substantially complementary to the transversal portion of strip 2, preferably, but not necessarily, rectangular and is developed on a middle line M orthogonal to the first axis A.
  • the strip locking means of the strip locking head 3 comprise a locking insert 5, which is provided with an annular plate 6 stably incorporated in the body of the strip locking head 3 between the inlet portion 4a and the outlet portion 4b of the locking passage 4.
  • the locking insert 5 is further shaped so as to have a pair of fins/teeth indicated hereinafter as flexible/elastic locking plates 7, which stick out from the inner edge of the annular plate 6 towards each other so as to at least partially protrude within the locking passage 4.
  • the locking insert 5 is further shaped so that the locking plates 7 are aligned with each other and with the longitudinal axis A so that, in use, when strip 2 is engaged in the locking passage 4, the two free ends 7a of the locking plates 7 abut on the two larger faces /surfaces 2c of strip 2, so as to allow the strip to slide within the locking passage 4 in the first direction Kl, while clamping the larger faces/surfaces 2c of strip 2 when a traction force towards the second direction K2 is applied thereon.
  • the locking insert 5 is interposed within the locking head 3 between a lower discoid potion 3a and an upper discoid portion 3b, both shaped so as to centrally have the inlet portion 4a and the outlet portion 4b of the locking passage 4, respectively.
  • the fins or locking plates 7 of the locking insert 5 are arranged on opposite sides of the middle line M, on respective planes, which are inclined with respect to the second axis B of the locking passage 4 and which intersect at the outlet portion 4b of the locking passage 4.
  • the strip locking head 3 is further shaped so as to have a pair of protrusions 8 within the inlet portion 4a, underneath the locking plates 7, each protrusion having a saw toothed end 8a arranged in contact with a respective plate 7 and defining, along with the plate 7 itself, a stop ratchet 12 capable of preventing the backward motion of strip 2 within the locking passage 4 in the second direction K2.
  • the locking insert 5, i.e. annular plate 6 and plates 7 of the cable tie 1 are advantageously made of flexible, elastic metallic material, while the body of the locking head 3 and the strip 2 are made of plastic material or the like, such as for example thermoplastic material.
  • the locking insert 5, i.e. annular plate 6 and plates 7 may be obtained by means of a stamping/shearing process of a small plate made of metallic material.
  • the upper discoid portion 2b of the locking head 3 has two seats 10, which are arranged on opposite sides of the middle line M over the two saw toothed ends 8a of protrusions 8 and are dimensioned so that each accommodates a tooth or locking plate 7 therein.
  • Each seat 10 is obtained on the upper discoid portion 2b so as to be closed at one end towards the outer peripheral edge of the upper discoid portion 2b and open at the top and at the opposite end, so as to communicate with the outlet portion 4b of the locking passage 4.
  • Each seat 10 is further dimensioned so as to allow the locking plate 7 to partially bend inside, so as to space apart the free end 4a and the free end 4a of the other locking tooth 7 when engaging strip 2 in the strip locking passage 4.
  • each protrusion 8 extends within the strip locking passage 8 parallel to axis B, has a substantially rectangular cross section, and is dimensioned to have a transversal width with respect to the second axis B smaller than the width of the corresponding seat 10.
  • Each protrusion 8 is further dimensioned so as to have a transversal width smaller than or egual to the width of the respective locking tooth 7.
  • the free ends of the locking plates 7 advantageously have sguare edges and at least partially protrude into the locking passages 8 so as to have a distance d which approximates by defect the thickness s of strip 2.
  • each locking plate 7 is inclined with respect to the laying plane of the annular plate 6 by an angle a between 85 and 120°.
  • Each locking plate 7 is preferably inclined with respect to the annular plate 6 by an angle of 90°.
  • the locking head 2 has a transversal section of circular/elliptic shape, while the locking insert 5 is shaped so as to have an outer peripheral edge of substantially circular/elliptic shape having dimensions which approximate by defect corresponding dimensions of the locking head 3, so that the latter completely contains the locking insert 5 therein .
  • the free end 2b of strip 2 has a substantially triangular shape and has two rectangular cavities on the larger surfaces 2c, having a width which approximates by excess the width of the blocking plates 7.
  • the method essentially includes implementing an injection molding procedure for the tie in which the locking insert 5 is incorporated in the strip locking head 3.
  • the method includes arranging a tie forming mold 15, which comprises two metallic casings 16 and 17, which are intended to abut against each other and are structured so as to form, in the middle of the contact surface between the casings 16 and 17, at least one closed impression 18 shaped so as to negatively trace the shape of one or more cable ties 1 of the above-described type.
  • the method essentially includes:
  • the method for producing cable ties may include:
  • the locking insert 5 may be positioned in the impression by means of an external handling member 45 (figure 8 ) ;
  • casings 16 and 17 may comprise a fixed casing and a casing moving from and to the fixed casing;
  • the method for producing cable ties may include an internally shaped mould so as to have a plurality of impressions, i.e. a comb of impressions arranged side-by-side so as to produce, at each injection cycle, a plurality of cable ties (figure 8).
  • a die i.e. a strip of locking inserts 5 dimensioned so as to place each locking insert 5 at the portion of a corresponding impression intended to form the strip locking head 3
  • a die i.e. a strip of locking inserts 5 dimensioned so as to place each locking insert 5 at the portion of a corresponding impression intended to form the strip locking head 3
  • the structure of the locking insert in which the annular plate "embedded" in the locking head and its opposite metallic plates are used allows the traction force which can be exerted on the strip when wiring to be significantly increased.
  • ties being about 1.05 mm thick and 3.5 mm wide; about 1.2 mm thick and 4.5 mm wide; about 1.4 mm thick and about 7.5 mm wide, may be subjected to a traction force of about 270 Newton, 400 Newton and 850 Newton, respectively.
  • the method for producing the tie is highly rapid and simple as the incorporation of the locking insert in the tie occurs when molding the same, and does not thus require any additional step of fixing/welding the teeth onto the locking head.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Package Frames And Binding Bands (AREA)
  • Installation Of Indoor Wiring (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un collier de serrage (1) comprenant une bande (2) et une tête de blocage de bande (3) raccordée de manière stable à une extrémité de la bande (2). La tête de blocage de bande (3) comprend une structure formant un passage de blocage de bande (4) et un moyen de blocage de bande pourvu d'un insert de blocage métallique (5) qui comprend une plaquette annulaire (6) incorporée de manière stable dans la tête de blocage de bande (3) et une paire de plaquettes de blocage (7), qui dépassent de la plaquette annulaire (6), de façon à dépasser au moins en partie à l'intérieur dudit passage de blocage de bande (4). La tête de blocage de bande (3) est formée de façon à comporter une paire de parties saillantes (8) qui sont disposées à l'intérieur du passage de blocage de bande (4) sous les plaquettes de blocage (7) correspondantes, chacune étant pourvue d'une extrémité dentelée (8a) disposée de façon à se trouver en contact avec une plaquette de blocage (7) respective et formant, avec la plaquette de blocage (7) elle-même, un cliquet d'arrêt (12) capable d'empêcher le retour en arrière de la bande (2) dans un deuxième sens (K2).
EP20110794335 2010-11-30 2011-11-29 Collier de serrage et procédé de fabrication d'un collier de serrage Active EP2646338B1 (fr)

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PL11794335T PL2646338T3 (pl) 2010-11-30 2011-11-29 Opaska do związywania kabli lub sposób wytwarzania opaski do związywania kabli

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ITTO2010A000949A IT1403003B1 (it) 2010-11-30 2010-11-30 Fascetta di cablaggio/fissaggio e metodo per la realizzazione di una fascetta di cablaggio/fissaggio.
PCT/US2011/062439 WO2012075034A1 (fr) 2010-11-30 2011-11-29 Collier de serrage et procédé de fabrication d'un collier de serrage

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DK2646338T3 (en) 2015-07-27
ES2541285T3 (es) 2015-07-17
WO2012075034A1 (fr) 2012-06-07

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