Tying means

• US 4,958,791 A
• Filed: 04/05/1989
• Issued: 09/25/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shinagawa Shoko Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shinagawa Shoko Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nakamura, Toshinobu
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOTKOWSKI, KAREN
• Application Number:
  US07/333,247
• Time in Patent Office: 538 Days
• Field of Search: 248/74.1, 248/74.3, 248/74.4, 248/73, 248/71, 248/68.1, 24/546, 24/466, 24/571, 24/16 PB, 24/17 AP, 24/555
• US Class Current: 248/74.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/1616 Elements constricting the neck of the bag hinged clips B65D33/1675
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/23 for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other F16L3/237 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1498 Plastic band

Abstract

A tying device includes a belt-like annular member which is diametrically deformable due to its resiliency and a parallel arrangement of receiving and engaging hooks provided on each of both divided ends of the annular member. The receiving hook includes a lower member and an upper member bifurcated therefrom and having a knob, and the engaging hook provided on one end serves as a member to prevent transverse slipping of the engaging hook provided at the opposite end, which is located in between the lower and upper members of the receiving hook adjacent thereto.

Claims

1. A belt-like clamping device comprising a belt-like annular member having a first and second proximal end, each proximal end having an outward-facing engaging hook and an inward-facing receiving hook laterally juxtaposed to a respective outward facing engaging hook, said inward-facing receiving hooks comprising raised upper members, so that when the first proximal end is brought into engagement with the second proximal end:

the outward-facing engaging hook of the first proximal end engages the inward-facing receiving hook of the second proximal end and

the outward-facing engaging hook of the second proximal end engages the inward-facing receiving hook of the first proximal end and

said raised upper members of said inward-facing receiving hooks being laterally juxtaposed to prevent lateral movement of the first and second proximal ends when said ends are engaged.

2. A belt-like clamping device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inward-facing receiving hooks on said first and second proximal ends each have a knob attached thereto for actuating the receiving hooks with a finger so that the belt-like clamping device may be opened.

3. A belt-like clamping device as claimed in claim 1, having two pushing ribs located on an outer side of the belt-like annular member substantially near the proximal end for gripping the belt-like clamping device so that the first proximal end may be brought into engagement with the second proximal end.

4. A belt-like clamping device as claimed in claim 1, having two lower members located on an inner side of each inwardfacing receiving hook for guiding said outward-facing engaging hooks into engagement with said inward-facing receiving hooks and maintaining engagement thereto.

5. A belt-like clamping device as claimed in claim 1, having two arms each attached to an inner side of the belt-like annular member substantially near one of the proximal ends.

6. A belt-like clamping device as claimed in claim 1, having an adhesive plate located on an outer side of the beltlike annular member for mounting.

7. A belt-like clamping device as claimed in claim 1, having a two keep members and a leg member located on an outer side of the belt-like annular member for mounting.

8. A belt-like clamping device comprising a belt-like annular member having a first and second proximal end, each proximal end having an outward-facing engaging hook and an inward-facing receiving hook laterally juxtaposed to a respective outward-facing engaging hook so that when the first proximal end is brought into engagement with the second proximal end:

the outward-facing engaging hook of the first proximal end engages the inward-facing receiving hook of the second proximal end and

the outward-facing engaging hook of the second proximal end engages the inward-facing receiving hook of the first proximal end,

said inward-facing receiving hooks on said first and second proximal ends each having a knob attached thereto for actuating the receiving hooks with a finger so that the belt-like clamping device may be opened.

9. A belt-like clamping device comprising a belt-like annular member having a first and second proximal end, each proximal end having an outward-facing engaging hook and an inward-facing receiving hook laterally juxtaposed to a respective outward-facing engaging hook so that when the first proximal end is brought into engagement with the second proximal end:

the outward-facing engaging hook of the first proximal end engages the inward-facing receiving hook of the second proximal end and

the outward-facing engaging hook of the second proximal end engages the inward-facing receiving hook of the first proximal end,

and further comprising two lower members located on an inner side of each inward-facing receiving hook for guiding said outward-facing engaging hooks into engagement with said inward-facing receiving hooks and maintaining engagement thereto.