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Corrosion-free clip eyelet for spray nozzles

  • US 5,697,650 A
  • Filed: 04/20/1995
  • Issued: 12/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A clamp for mounting a device on an elongated support having a longitudinal axis and a peripheral surface, said clamp comprising first and second rigid clamping arms each having free and hinge end portions and an intervening gripping portion which includes an interior surface of a configuration to engage a portion of said peripheral surface of said elongated support, said hinge end portions of said arms being pivotally joined to one another whereby said arms are pivotal about an axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support to be engaged therebetween for movement of said arms between open positions in which said arms may be installed over opposite sides of the elongate support and clamped positions in which the interior surfaces of the arms embrace the elongated support, a threaded plastic fastener including a head, a nut and an elongated shank for extending between said free end portions and for drawing said end portions toward one another into said clamped position and thereby affixing said clamp to said support, said shank having a longitudinal axis extending lengthwise through said shank, said nut having a threaded aperture and an integrally formed concave abutment surface, one of said free end portions having an opposed convex abutment surface shaped complementary to the abutment surface of said nut, said head and the other of said free end portions having complementary shaped and opposed curved abutment surfaces, and said abutment surfaces permitting rocking movement of said head and nut about axes generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said support engaged between said arms while maintaining compressive bearing contact with one another substantially centered on said longitudinal axis of said shank notwithstanding that the diameter of the elongated support prevents positioning of said arms into parallel relation to each other and thereby relieving bending stresses on said shank as said threaded fastener is tightened to draw said arms toward one another.

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