Cable tie with metal insert having two pawls

Abstract

Abstract A CABLE TIE FOR BINDING PLURAL INSULATED CONDUCTORS OR THE LIKE INTO A CABLE INCLUDES A RELATIVELY ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FLEXIBLE TONGUE HAVING AN OPENED FRAME INTEGRAL WITH ONE END THEREOF, THE TIE PREFERABLY BEING FORMED OF A PLASTIC COMPOSITION MATERIAL. THE FRAME DEFINES A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR OPENING TO RECEIVE THE OPPOSITE END OF THE TONGUE WHICH IS INSERTED THROUGH THE FRAME FROM ONE FACE THEREOF AND DRAWN OUTWARDLY THROUGH THE OTHER FACE. A METAL INSERT IS INSERTED INTO THE FRAME, AS BY THE APPLICATION OF ULTRASONIC ENERGY, AND HAS TWO PAWLS EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD EACH OTHER AND CONVERGING TOWARD THE EXIT FACE OF THE FRAME. THE FREE ENDS OF THE PAWLS ARE SPACED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE INWARDLY OF THE EXIT FACE, AND THE PAWLS FLEX AS THE TONGUE IS DRAWN THROUGH THE FRAME AND THEN BITE INTO THE SIDE EDGES OF THE TONGUE TO PREVENT RETRACTION OF THE TONGUE THROUGH THE FRAME.

Inventors

• 👤 William U Sund

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