WO1990004723A1 - Fastening assembly and method of fastening - Google Patents
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- 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
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
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- the present invention relates generally to a fastenin assembly, a retainer for such assembly, and a tool and metho for fastening, useful, for example, in adjustably securing lighting fixture to an extrusion element or channel providing support.
- Pronged tools have been utilized for positioning spring clip.
- U.S. Patent No 2,799,082 a pronged tool is used to spread apart legs of th spring clip. The actual spreading is done by a semi-circula projection between the prongs. Once spread apart, the legs ar wedged between the semi-circular portion and the prongs an thereby kept open. None of these pronged tools are employed i a grooved channel and they are not used to locate or secure nut into position.
- a fastener e.g. a nut
- one aspect of the present inventi resides in a retainer having a central portion and a pair wings disposed at an oblique angle relative to the centr portion.
- the wings have engaging portions and are flexib bendable relative to the central section between an engagi position in which the engaging portions engage a surface of t channel and a non-engaging position in which the engagi portions are moved out of engagement with the surface of t channel.
- the central portion has an opening in alignment wi a threaded portion of a fastening element such as a nut.
- T wings may be resiliently urged into the engaging position.
- Another aspect of the present invention resides in combination of a fastening element such as a nut, a retaine and a grooved channel in which the fastening element releasably retained by the retainer.
- Still another aspect of the present invention resid in sliding the retainer with a fastening element to a desir location "in a grooved channel by disengaging the wings from t channel and thereafter allowing the wings of the retainer resiliently engage their edges into the channel so that t fastening element is releasably held by the retainer at t desired location in the channel.
- the edges of the wings a releasable from the channel by bending the wings back to mo the edges out of engagement with the channel.
- It is another object of the present invention provide a tool for releasing the wings of such an assembly one easy movement.
- the tool may be inserted into the groov channel so that a depressed area between two projections of t tool accommodates the fastening element therein.
- the proje tions of the tool are formed to spread the two wings apart disengage them from the channel so that the slidable eleme may be slidably adjusted freely in the grooved channel. Up withdrawal of the tool, the wings resiliently grip the groov channel again to secure the slidable element into position the channel.
- Fig. 1 is a partially broken away perspective view of fastening assembly in accordance with one embodiment of t present invention.
- Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the o embodiment of Fig. 1.
- Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a nut and retain of the embodiment of Figs. 1 and 2 prior to insertion.
- Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of Fig. 3 aft insertion.
- Fig. 5A is a perspective view of a second embodiment the- fastening element and Fig. 5B of a releasing tool of t present invention, in a disassembled condition.
- Fig. 6 is a transverse elevational view of the embod ment of Fig. 5A in an assembled condition and holding lighting fixture.
- Fig. 1 shows a nut fastener arrangement, which includ a conventional nut 1, a retainer 2 with wings 3 for use in channel 4 with an elongated slot or groove 5.
- the nut 1 has customary threaded opening 6 for cooperation with a screw bolt, not shown.
- the retainer 2 has a central portion between the wings 3 with an oval opening 8.
- the nut 1 is placed onto the retainer 2 as shown
- a slidable assembly 9 which is slidab inserted into the channel 4, with the wings 3 extending opposite directions from the central portion 7 in the directi of the length of the groove 5.
- the wings 3 have openings 10, in which the inward turned edges or flanges 11 of the grooved channel 4 may slidably engaged.
- the retainer 2 is made of resilient material and form so that in a relaxed position of the wings 3 (at about an ang of 135° or more from the central portion 7) as shown in Fig. the height of opening 10 is less than the thickness of t channel edges 11. However, when the wings 3 are forc upwardly to be nearly perpendicular to the central portion as shown in Fig. 4, openings 10 have greater height than t edge 11 thickness. Thus, if wings 3 are forced upwardly by suitable tool, the fastener assembly 9 may be freely mov along channel 4 to a desired position. Once the tool withdrawn, the wings resiliently return to their relax position (or to an intermediate locking position such as t position shown by phantom lines in Fig.
- the opening 6 in nut 1 and the oval opening 8 give suff cient slack to be able to insert a screw or bolt throu retainer 2 to engage the nut 1.
- a screw may fix a lighting fixture to t channel 4 by inserting the screw through the lighting fixtu (so that its head presses against the fixture) ' and through t oval opening in the retainer and then threading the screw in the nut 1.
- the end of the screw may extend into a space formed between an innermost portion of the channel and the n 1.
- Fig. 5A shows another embodiment of the fasten assembly for a conventional nut 1 with a threaded opening 6.
- retainer 20 has a central portion 22 arranged on top of a fir face (shown as a top face) of the nut 1.
- the retainer has t resilient wings 21 extending in opposite directions from t central portion 22, preferably at about an of 135° angle less in the relaxed position.
- Each of the wings 21 has outer edge 23 which is sharp.
- the wings 21 are resilient bendable to spread apart.
- the height of the retainer fr edges 23 perpendicular to the central portion 22 is selected be greater than the height of channel 25.
- Fig. 5B shows a tool 28 which may be used to spread t wings 21 further apart by pressing the inclined projections of the tool 28 against the undersides of the wings 21.
- recessed area 30 is formed to accommodate the nut 1 therei
- the wings 21 are of resilient material so that after the to is taken away from the wings 21, the wings 21 resiliently be back from their spread apart position to return to their norm position (e.g. disposed at approximately 135° from the centr portion 22) as depicted in Fig. 5A.
- the wings 21 preferab form a steeper angle than that of the inclined projections of the tool 2$. . '.
- the slidable element is adapted to be slidably insert into a grooved channel 26 (which may be part of an extrusi element 25) to a desired position, using the tool 28 to furth spread apart the wings 21 to facilitate positioning.
- the tool 28 is withdrawn and t wings 21 resiliently bend back towards their normal position that the outer sharp edges 23 of the wings 21 grip into t inner facing surface 27 of the channel 25.
- the tool 2 in being urged upwardly, frees the slidable assembly a permits easy positioning of the assembly by manipulating t tool.
- the fastening element is retained in its desir location.
- the height of the retainer in a normal relaxed positi may be slightly larger than the height of the grooved chann 26 so that the retainer is tensioned between inner surfaces the grooved channel after being released from the tool 28.
- the retainer 20 has an opening 24 which is in registe with and slightly larger than the threaded opening 6. Th central portion 22 of the retainer is preferably longer tha the nut 1, which is free to float between the wings 21. Due t the longer size of the opening 24 in the retainer, communica tion is assured between the openings 6 and 24 despite mino deviation of the retainer from its desired position.
- FIG. 6 illustrates uses of the fastener assemblies o the invention.
- a lighting fixture shown partially at 33 may b fastened to a fixed extrusion channel 25.
- the fastene assembly is first positioned in the channel as described above at a position about opposite a hole 35 of the fixture.
- a bol 31 is then inserted through hole 35 to engage the threade opening 6 of the nut.
- the opening 8 or 24 of the retainer a the slack between the nut and retainer permit ready alignme of the nut and retainer in relation to the bolt 31. tightening the bolt 31 in the nut, the head 32 of the bo clamps the lighting fixture into position against the fix extrusion channel 25.
- a similar fastener assembly may be"used to hold fixture cover and lens 41 to a channel 42 forming part of t fixture.
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Abstract
A method of fastening and a fastening assembly are disclosed, wherein a nut may be retained in a grooved channel (4) by a resilient retainer (2). The retainer has a central portion with an opening (8) in registry with the threaded opening (6) of the nut and also has two wings (3) extending in opposite directions outward from the central portion. The wings (3) have sharp edges (10a) to grip into the channel. A tool (28) with projections is used to disengage the wings from the channel and permit the assembly to be slid along the grooved channel to a desired position. Upon withdrawal of the tool, the sharp edges (10a) of the wings (3) resiliently grip into the channel to releasably retain the nut in the channel.
Description
FASTENING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FASTENING BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a fastenin assembly, a retainer for such assembly, and a tool and metho for fastening, useful, for example, in adjustably securing lighting fixture to an extrusion element or channel providing support.
It is known to position a nut to a desired location i a grooved channel and to then fasten the nut in position Fastening has been effected in various ways. In U.S. Paten .Nos. 3,4.83,910 and 4,575,295, fastening is effected by rotatin the nut so that a spring biases the nut against inwardl directed flanges of the channel. In U.S. Patent No. 2,575,594 resilient fingers of a retainer are snapped onto a specia carrier for the nut. None of these techniques combine th positioning and fastening steps together.
Pronged tools have been utilized for positioning spring clip. In U.S. Patent No. 3,965,776, a pronged tool i used to push a spring clip onto a stud. In U.S. Patent No 2,799,082, a pronged tool is used to spread apart legs of th spring clip. The actual spreading is done by a semi-circula projection between the prongs. Once spread apart, the legs ar wedged between the semi-circular portion and the prongs an thereby kept open. None of these pronged tools are employed i a grooved channel and they are not used to locate or secure nut into position.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a
a tool and method for fastening that facilitate positioning a fastener (e.g. a nut) in and along a channel.
In keeping with this object, and others which wi become apparent below, one aspect of the present inventi resides in a retainer having a central portion and a pair wings disposed at an oblique angle relative to the centr portion. The wings have engaging portions and are flexib bendable relative to the central section between an engagi position in which the engaging portions engage a surface of t channel and a non-engaging position in which the engagi portions are moved out of engagement with the surface of t channel. The central portion has an opening in alignment wi a threaded portion of a fastening element such as a nut. T wings may be resiliently urged into the engaging position. Another aspect of the present invention resides in combination of a fastening element such as a nut, a retaine and a grooved channel in which the fastening element releasably retained by the retainer.
Still another aspect of the present invention resid in sliding the retainer with a fastening element to a desir location "in a grooved channel by disengaging the wings from t channel and thereafter allowing the wings of the retainer resiliently engage their edges into the channel so that t fastening element is releasably held by the retainer at t desired location in the channel. The edges of the wings a releasable from the channel by bending the wings back to mo the edges out of engagement with the channel.
It is another object of the present invention provide a tool for releasing the wings of such an assembly one easy movement. The tool may be inserted into the groov channel so that a depressed area between two projections of t tool accommodates the fastening element therein. The proje tions of the tool are formed to spread the two wings apart disengage them from the channel so that the slidable eleme may be slidably adjusted freely in the grooved channel. Up withdrawal of the tool, the wings resiliently grip the groov channel again to secure the slidable element into position
the channel.
It is another object to enable the fastening element float between the wings and yet still be able to insert a scr or bolt through openings formed in the fastening element a the central portion of the retainer.
For a better understanding of the present inventio reference is made to the following description and accompanyi drawings, while the scope of the invention is set forth in t appended claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a partially broken away perspective view of fastening assembly in accordance with one embodiment of t present invention.
Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the o embodiment of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a nut and retain of the embodiment of Figs. 1 and 2 prior to insertion.
Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of Fig. 3 aft insertion. Fig. 5A is a perspective view of a second embodiment the- fastening element and Fig. 5B of a releasing tool of t present invention, in a disassembled condition.
Fig. 6 is a transverse elevational view of the embod ment of Fig. 5A in an assembled condition and holding lighting fixture.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Fig. 1 shows a nut fastener arrangement, which includ a conventional nut 1, a retainer 2 with wings 3 for use in channel 4 with an elongated slot or groove 5. The nut 1 has customary threaded opening 6 for cooperation with a screw bolt, not shown. The retainer 2 has a central portion between the wings 3 with an oval opening 8.
The nut 1 is placed onto the retainer 2 as shown
Fig. 3, to form a slidable assembly 9, which is slidab inserted into the channel 4, with the wings 3 extending opposite directions from the central portion 7 in the directi of the length of the groove 5.
The wings 3 have openings 10, in which the inward turned edges or flanges 11 of the grooved channel 4 may slidably engaged. Once the slidable assembly 9 is slid to desired location, the wings 3 may be pressed upward in t direction of arrows A so that their outer edges 14 pre against the inner surface of the upper wall 13 of the chann 4.
The retainer 2 is made of resilient material and form so that in a relaxed position of the wings 3 (at about an ang of 135° or more from the central portion 7) as shown in Fig. the height of opening 10 is less than the thickness of t channel edges 11. However, when the wings 3 are forc upwardly to be nearly perpendicular to the central portion as shown in Fig. 4, openings 10 have greater height than t edge 11 thickness. Thus, if wings 3 are forced upwardly by suitable tool, the fastener assembly 9 may be freely mov along channel 4 to a desired position. Once the tool withdrawn, the wings resiliently return to their relax position (or to an intermediate locking position such as t position shown by phantom lines in Fig. 4) and clamp t central portion '7 against the undersides 'of the channel 4. the same time, the edges 10a of wings 3 tend to dig into t channel edges 11 to aid in preventing movement of the retain 2. The opening 6 in nut 1 and the oval opening 8 give suff cient slack to be able to insert a screw or bolt throu retainer 2 to engage the nut 1.
In this way, the retainer 2 is adjusted in positi along channel 4. The nut 1 is free to float to some exte between the wings 3. A screw may fix a lighting fixture to t channel 4 by inserting the screw through the lighting fixtu (so that its head presses against the fixture) 'and through t oval opening in the retainer and then threading the screw in the nut 1. The end of the screw may extend into a space formed between an innermost portion of the channel and the n 1.
Fig. 5A shows another embodiment of the fasten assembly for a conventional nut 1 with a threaded opening 6.
retainer 20 has a central portion 22 arranged on top of a fir face (shown as a top face) of the nut 1. The retainer has t resilient wings 21 extending in opposite directions from t central portion 22, preferably at about an of 135° angle less in the relaxed position. Each of the wings 21 has outer edge 23 which is sharp. The wings 21 are resilient bendable to spread apart. The height of the retainer fr edges 23 perpendicular to the central portion 22 is selected be greater than the height of channel 25. Together, the nut and retainer 20 form a slidable element or assembly.
Fig. 5B shows a tool 28 which may be used to spread t wings 21 further apart by pressing the inclined projections of the tool 28 against the undersides of the wings 21. recessed area 30 is formed to accommodate the nut 1 therei The wings 21 are of resilient material so that after the to is taken away from the wings 21, the wings 21 resiliently be back from their spread apart position to return to their norm position (e.g. disposed at approximately 135° from the centr portion 22) as depicted in Fig. 5A. The wings 21 preferab form a steeper angle than that of the inclined projections of the tool 2$. . '.
The slidable element is adapted to be slidably insert into a grooved channel 26 (which may be part of an extrusi element 25) to a desired position, using the tool 28 to furth spread apart the wings 21 to facilitate positioning. Once desired location is reached, the tool 28 is withdrawn and t wings 21 resiliently bend back towards their normal position that the outer sharp edges 23 of the wings 21 grip into t inner facing surface 27 of the channel 25. Thus, the tool 2 in being urged upwardly, frees the slidable assembly a permits easy positioning of the assembly by manipulating t tool. Thereafter, in one easy movement (i.e. by withdrawal the tool 28), the fastening element is retained in its desir location. The height of the retainer in a normal relaxed positi may be slightly larger than the height of the grooved chann 26 so that the retainer is tensioned between inner surfaces
the grooved channel after being released from the tool 28.
The retainer 20 has an opening 24 which is in registe with and slightly larger than the threaded opening 6. Th central portion 22 of the retainer is preferably longer tha the nut 1, which is free to float between the wings 21. Due t the longer size of the opening 24 in the retainer, communica tion is assured between the openings 6 and 24 despite mino deviation of the retainer from its desired position.
Fig. 6 illustrates uses of the fastener assemblies o the invention. A lighting fixture shown partially at 33 may b fastened to a fixed extrusion channel 25. The fastene assembly is first positioned in the channel as described above at a position about opposite a hole 35 of the fixture. A bol 31 is then inserted through hole 35 to engage the threade opening 6 of the nut. The opening 8 or 24 of the retainer a the slack between the nut and retainer permit ready alignme of the nut and retainer in relation to the bolt 31. tightening the bolt 31 in the nut, the head 32 of the bo clamps the lighting fixture into position against the fix extrusion channel 25.
A similar fastener assembly may be"used to hold fixture cover and lens 41 to a channel 42 forming part of t fixture.
While the foregoing description and drawings represe the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will understood that various changes and modifications may be ma without departing from the spirit and scope of the prese invention.
Claims
I CLAIM:
1 1. A retainer for adjustably holding in a groov
2 channel a fastener element having an aperture, the retain
3 comprising a central section and a pair of wings, said centr
4 section having an opening for alignment with the aperture
5 the fastener element, said wings extending outward at
6 oblique angle from said central section so as to define wi
7 said central section a spacing between said wings for a
8 σommodating the fastener element therein, said wings bei
9 bendable between a non-engaging position and an engagi
10 position, said wings having engaging portions for engaging
11 surface of the grooved channel as said wings bend into sa 12. engaging position.
1 2. The retainer as defined in claim 1, wherein ea
2 of said wings has outwardly facing cutouts for accommodati
3 inwardly directed flanges of the grooved channel.
1 3. The retainer as defined in claim 2, wherein sa
2 engaging portions form part of said outwardly facing cutouts.
1 4. The retainer as defined in claim 1, wherein sa
2 wings have outer edges forming said engaging portions.
1 5. The retainer' as defined in claim 1, wherein sai
2 engaging portions are formed with sharp edges.
1 6. The retainer as defined in claim 1, wherein eac
2 of said wings forms an angle of about 135° with said centra
3 section in one of said positions.
1 7. The retainer as defined in claim 1, wherein sai
2 wings are formed to resiliently bend into said engagin
3 position.
1 8. A retainer as in claim 7 having a height in
2 relaxed position greater than the height of the groove of sai
3 grooved channel.
1 9. A fastening assembly, comprising:
2 a slidable element having a fastener member and
3 retainer member, said retainer member having a central sectio
4 and a pair of wings, said wings extending outward from sai
5 central section at an oblique angle relative to said centra
6 section so as to define a spacing between said wings, sai
7 fastener member being arranged in said spacing, said fastene
8 member having an aperture and said central section having a
9 opening in alignment with said aperture, said slidable elemen 0 being slidably insertable into an elongated grooved channel 1 said wings having engaging portions for engaging a surface o 2 said channel, said wings being bendable from a non-engagin 3 position in which said engaging portions are out of engagemen 4 with said channel to an engaging position in which sai 5 engaging portions releasably engage said channel, said fastene 6 member being arranged in said spacing so that its aperture i 7 accessible from outside said grooved channel.
1 10. The assembly as defined in claim 9, wherein sai
2 fastener member is formed as a nut.
1 11. The assembly as defined in claim 9, wherein sai
2 fastener member is formed to float between said wings, sai
3 aperture of said retainer member being wider than said openin
4 of said fastener member so that both of said openings ma
5 remain in communication with each other no matter where sai
6 fastener member floats between said wings.
1 12. The assembly as defined in claim 9, in combinatio
"2 with:
3 means for releasing said engaging portions fro
4 said surface of said grooved channel so that said slidabl
5 element may be freely slidable in said grooved channel, sai
6 releasing means including a tool having projections adapted t
7 press against said wings so as to bend said wings into sa
8 non-engaging position with said engaging portions out
9 contact with said surface of said grooved channel, said to 0 having a depressed area between said projections adapted 1 accommodate said fastener member.
1 - 13. The assembly as defined in claim 12, wherein t 2 tool projections include inclined surfaces adapted to pre
3 against the wings.
1 14. The assembly as defined in claim 9, wherein sa
2 engaging portions are sharp edges for gripping into sa
3 surface of said grooved channel.
1 15. The assembly as defined in claim 11, furth
comprising: a screw extending through said aperture of sa retainer member and said opening of said fastener member, sa fastener member holding said screw in position at said ape ture. 16. A method for fastening a fastener member in grooved channel, comprising the steps of slidably inserting a slidable element into sai grooved channel, said slidable element including said fastene member and a retainer member having a pair of resilientl bendable wings and a flat central section, and causing said pair of wings to bend relative t said central section of the retainer member from a non-engagin position into an engaging position with respect to said channe by engaging a surface of the grooved channel with engagin portions of the wings as said wings bend into said engagin position. 17. The method as defined in claim 16, wherein th slidably inserting includes bending said wings into said non engaging position. -18.. The method as defined in claim. 16, furthe comprising: aligning an aperture of the fastener member wit an opening in the central section of the retainer member, and engaging a screw in the aperture and through th opening. 19. The method as defined in claim 16, furthe comprising: floating the fastener member between the wings and maintaining registry between an aperture of th fastener member and an opening in the central section of. th retainer member no matter where the fastener member float between the wings. 20. The method as defined in claim 16, furthe comprising: releasing the retainer member in the groove
channel by spreading apart the wings so that the engagin portions of the wings move out of contact with the surface o the grooved channel and into the non-engaging position, t permit movement of said slidable element along said channel. 21. The method as defined in claim 20, wherein th releasing includes pressing the wings with inclined surface formed on projections on a tool. 22. The method as defined in claim 16, wherein sai engaging includes gripping the surface of• the grooved channe with sharp edges of the engaging portions. 23. The method as defined in claim 16, furthe comprising: mounting a lighting fixture on the grooved channe by a screw engaging said fastener member. 24. The method as defined in claim 16, wherein th bending includes resiliently bending the wings into th engaging position.
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