Closure for ends of band or the like

• US 5,121,954 A
• Filed: 06/14/1991
• Issued: 06/16/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: e-Watch, Inc. (Cision Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Holtsch Metallwarenherstellung
• Inventors: Holtsch, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): MOORE, RICHARD
• Application Number:
  US07/715,783
• Time in Patent Office: 368 Days
• Field of Search: 606/203, 292/318, 292/323, 24/181, 24/205 R, 24/265 EC, 128/327
• US Class Current: 292/318
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1327 Tensioning clamps
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/496 Resilient engaging means

Abstract

A closure for a band and the like comprises a closure housing adapted for passing a band therethrough, a housing cap adapted to be connected to an end of the band, and elements for releasably connecting the closure housing with the housing cap. The connecting elements include a pin projecting from the closure housing and having a front end with two oppositely inclined surfaces and two transverse grooves, and two sliders accomodated in the housing cap slidingly over one another and each having a projection and a shaped formation facing toward one another and formed so that in a locked condition the projections of the sliders of the housing cap engage in the grooves of the pin of the closure housing while the shaped formations of the sliders of the housing cap abut against the inclined surfaces of the pin of the closure housing.

Claims

1. A closure for a band and the like, comprising a closure housing adapted for passing a band therethrough;

a housing cap adapted to be connected to an end of the band; and

means for releasably connecting said closure housing with said housing cap, said connecting means including a pin projecting from the closure housing and having a front end with two oppositely inclined surfaces and two transverse grooves, said connecting means also including two sliders accommodated in said housing cap slidingly over one another and each having a projection and a shaped formation facing toward one another and formed so that in a locked condition said projections of said sliders of said housing cap engage in said grooves of said pin of said closure housing while said shaped formation of said sliders of said housing cap abut against said inclined surfaces of said pin of said closure housing.

2. A closure as defined in claim 1, wherein said pin of said closure housing has a rectangular cross-section.

3. A closure as defined in claim 1, wherein said pin has an end provided with said inclined surfaces so that said inclined surfaces together form a roof-shaped contour.

4. A closure as defined in claim 1, wherein said sliders are composed of a synthetic plastic material.

5. A closure as defined in claim 1, wherein said shaped formations of said sliders of said housing cap are elastically deformable hooks.

6. A closure as defined in claim 1, wherein said shaped formations of said slides of said housing cap are formed as solid elements.

7. A closure as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said sliders of said connecting means has one end provided with said projection and another end provided with a push button, said projection extends toward said push button of each of said sliders.

8. A closure as defined in claim 7, wherein said shaped formation of each of said sliders is located between said projection and said push button of said slider.

9. A closure as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said sliders has means imparting elasticity to said sliders, said pin having an end surface which is concave so that in an assembled condition said sliders abut against said concave end surface and are bent with a prestress.

10. A closure as defined in claim 9, wherein said imparting means includes at least one depression provided in each of said sliders.

11. A closure as defined in claim 10, wherein said depression of each of said sliders is located between said projection and said shaped formation of said slider.

12. A closure as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising means for guiding said closure cap relative to said housing housing during movement between a locked position and an unlocked position.

13. A closure as defined in claim 12, wherein said guiding means includes a longitudinal groove provided in said pin and extending in a longitudinal direction of said pin, and a guiding rib provided on said housing cap and slidingly engaging in said longitudinal groove of said pin.