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Clip for securing around a member such as a pipe

  • US 4,439,902 A
  • Filed: 05/28/1981
  • Issued: 04/03/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A clip for securing around a member comprising a flexible plastics strap of width substantially greater than the thickness thereof, opposite ends of said strap being formed on one side thereof with external screw thread portions, a body having a base for engagement with said member and an opposed abutment surface, a nut abutting with said abutment surface and having a bore provided with internal screw threads of complementary form to said external thread portions for meshing therewith, a peg depending from said body and upstanding from said abutment surface within said bore of said nut, said peg having opposed side faces which are spaced from said internal screw threads, said body being provided with a first pair of openings spaced a first distance apart in said abutment surface each opening being respectively adjacent to an opposed side face of said peg, with a second pair of openings respectively adjacent to opposite ends of said base and spaced a second distance apart greater than said first distance, and with a pair of guide passages each of which connects a respective one of said first pair of openings with a respective one of said second pair of openings for guiding said opposite ends of said strap into position in said nut in engagement respectively with said opposed side faces of said peg, each of said passages being arcuate along its entire length between said respective openings, whereby when said screw thread portions are meshed with said internal screw threads and said nut is rotated relative to said body both said strap ends are drawn through said nut to tighten said strap around said member, said body being formed of plastics material.

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