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Two-piece anchorage device

Assignee: FKI Industries Inc
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Filing: 1979-12-21
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Granted: 1982-04-13
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Expires: 1999-12-21
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Abstract

Abstract A two-piece anchorage device for securing a cable conduit to a wall opening. The device includes a tubular body piece adapted to extend through the wall opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of the cable conduit. The body piece includes a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of the wall opening and a lower body portion adapted to extend longitudinally along the cable conduit. An upper body portion is connected to a side of the collar opposite the lower body portion and has a groove therein. The anchorage device also includes an anchor clip piece having stops engaging the groove of the upper body portion and a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of the wall opening.

Inventors

  • 👤 Warren E. Sevrence

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 11:01
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16C; F16C1/00; F16C1/26; F16C1/262; F16B; F16B2/00; F16B2/20; F16B2/22; F16C1/10; F16C1/102; F16C1/103; F16B2200/00; F16B2200/20; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/46; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20396; Y10T74/20402; Y10T74/2045

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 227 words
A two-piece anchorage device for securing a cable conduit with respect to a wall opening, said device including a tubular body piece adapted to extend through the wall opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of a cable conduit where said tubular body piece comprises a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of said wall opening, a lower body portion connected to one side of said collar and adapted to extend longitudinally along the cable conduit and an upper body portion connected to a side of said collar opposite said lower body portion including a radially extending shoulder, and an anchor clip piece surrounding and fixed to said upper body portion having a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of a wall opening opposite said collar whereby relative movement of said cable conduit with respect to said wall opening is prevented and having a plurality of stops engaging said shoulder to prevent longitudinal movement of said clip piece with respect to said body piece in a direction away from said collar with said anchor clip piece comprising a flat strip rolled into a round configuration and wherein said strip has a plurality of H-shaped cutouts with the portions of the strip between the vertical legs of the H-shaped cutouts being bent in alternate directions to form said stops and depressible prongs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 227 words
A two-piece anchorage device for securing a cable conduit with respect to a wall opening, said device including a tubular body piece adapted to extend through the wall opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of a cable conduit where said tubular body piece comprises a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of said wall opening, a lower body portion connected to one side of said collar and adapted to extend longitudinally along the cable conduit and an upper body portion connected to a side of said collar opposite said lower body portion including a radially extending shoulder, and an anchor clip piece surrounding and fixed to said upper body portion having a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of a wall opening opposite said collar whereby relative movement of said cable conduit with respect to said wall opening is prevented and having a plurality of stops engaging said shoulder to prevent longitudinal movement of said clip piece with respect to said body piece in a direction away from said collar with said anchor clip piece comprising a flat strip rolled into a round configuration and wherein said strip has a plurality of H-shaped cutouts with the portions of the strip between the vertical legs of the H-shaped cutouts being bent in alternate directions to form said stops and depressible prongs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 296 words
A two-piece anchorage device for securing a cable conduit with respect to a wall opening, said device including a tubular body piece adapted to extend through the wall opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of a cable conduit where said tubular body piece comprises a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of said wall opening, a lower body portion connected to one side of said collar and adapted to extend longitudinally along the cable conduit and an upper body portion connected to a side of said collar opposite said lower body portion including a radially extending shoulder, and an anchor clip piece surrounding and fixed to said upper body portion having a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of a wall opening opposite said collar whereby relative movement of said cable conduit with respect to said wall opening is prevented and having a plurality of stops engaging said shoulder to prevent longitudinal movement of said clip piece with respect to said body piece in a direction away from said collar with said anchor clip piece comprising a flat strip rolled into a round configuration and wherein said strip has a plurality of U-shaped cutouts with the portions of the strips between the vertical legs of the U-shaped cutouts being bent radially outwardly of the round configuration to form said depressible prongs and wherein portions of the strip forming part of the bases of the U-shaped cutouts are bent radially outwardly of the round configuration to form stops adapted to engage a side of the wall opposite said depressible prongs and wherein portions of the strip forming part of the bases of the U-shaped cutouts are bent radially inwardly of the round configuration to form said stops engaging said shoulder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 296 words
A two-piece anchorage device for securing a cable conduit with respect to a wall opening, said device including a tubular body piece adapted to extend through the wall opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of a cable conduit where said tubular body piece comprises a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of said wall opening, a lower body portion connected to one side of said collar and adapted to extend longitudinally along the cable conduit and an upper body portion connected to a side of said collar opposite said lower body portion including a radially extending shoulder, and an anchor clip piece surrounding and fixed to said upper body portion having a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of a wall opening opposite said collar whereby relative movement of said cable conduit with respect to said wall opening is prevented and having a plurality of stops engaging said shoulder to prevent longitudinal movement of said clip piece with respect to said body piece in a direction away from said collar with said anchor clip piece comprising a flat strip rolled into a round configuration and wherein said strip has a plurality of U-shaped cutouts with the portions of the strips between the vertical legs of the U-shaped cutouts being bent radially outwardly of the round configuration to form said depressible prongs and wherein portions of the strip forming part of the bases of the U-shaped cutouts are bent radially outwardly of the round configuration to form stops adapted to engage a side of the wall opposite said depressible prongs and wherein portions of the strip forming part of the bases of the U-shaped cutouts are bent radially inwardly of the round configuration to form said stops engaging said shoulder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 198 words
A two-piece anchorage device for securing a cable conduit with respect to a wall opening, said device including a tubular body piece adapted to extend through a wall opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of a cable conduit where said tubular body piece comprises a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of said wall opening, a lower body piece portion connected to one side of said collar and adapted to extend longitudinally along the cable conduit and an upper body portion connected to a side of said collar opposite said lower body portion having a groove adjacent said collar between the upper body portion and said collar with a wall of said groove forming a radially extending shoulder, and an anchor clip piece surrounding and fixed to said upper body portion including a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of a wall opening opposite said collar whereby relative movement of said cable conduit with respect to said wall opening is prevented and including a plurality of stops engaging said shoulder to prevent longitudinal movement of said clip piece with respect to said body piece in a direction away from said collar.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 198 words
A two-piece anchorage device for securing a cable conduit with respect to a wall opening, said device including a tubular body piece adapted to extend through a wall opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of a cable conduit where said tubular body piece comprises a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of said wall opening, a lower body piece portion connected to one side of said collar and adapted to extend longitudinally along the cable conduit and an upper body portion connected to a side of said collar opposite said lower body portion having a groove adjacent said collar between the upper body portion and said collar with a wall of said groove forming a radially extending shoulder, and an anchor clip piece surrounding and fixed to said upper body portion including a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of a wall opening opposite said collar whereby relative movement of said cable conduit with respect to said wall opening is prevented and including a plurality of stops engaging said shoulder to prevent longitudinal movement of said clip piece with respect to said body piece in a direction away from said collar.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 188 words
In an anchorage device for receiving a control cable conduit assembly in an opening in a housing wall where said control cable conduit assembly includes a casing and an axially movable core member in said casing, the improvement comprising in that said anchorage device includes: (a) a tubular body piece adapted to extend through said opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of said casing where said body piece has (i) a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of said wall, (ii) a lower body portion connected to one side of said collar and adapted to extend longitudinally along said casing, and (iii) an upper body portion connected to the side of said collar opposite from said lower body portion including a groove adjacent the collar between the upper body portion and said collar with a side wall of the groove forming a radially extending shoulder, and (b) an anchor clip piece surrounding and fixed to said upper body portion having a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of said opening opposite said collar and a plurality of stops engaging said shoulder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 188 words
In an anchorage device for receiving a control cable conduit assembly in an opening in a housing wall where said control cable conduit assembly includes a casing and an axially movable core member in said casing, the improvement comprising in that said anchorage device includes: (a) a tubular body piece adapted to extend through said opening and to be secured to the outer periphery of said casing where said body piece has (i) a collar adapted to operatively engage a side of said wall, (ii) a lower body portion connected to one side of said collar and adapted to extend longitudinally along said casing, and (iii) an upper body portion connected to the side of said collar opposite from said lower body portion including a groove adjacent the collar between the upper body portion and said collar with a side wall of the groove forming a radially extending shoulder, and (b) an anchor clip piece surrounding and fixed to said upper body portion having a plurality of depressible prongs adapted to engage a side of said opening opposite said collar and a plurality of stops engaging said shoulder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 31 words
In an anchorage device according to claim 4, the improvement further comprising in that the upper body portion includes therein a sealing means adapted to sealingly engage with a core member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 55 words
In an anchorage device according to claim 4, the improvement further comprising in that the anchor clip piece comprises a strip bent into a circular shape having a plurality of cutouts therein with portions of the strip adjacent cutouts being bent in alternate directions to form said stops engaging said shoulder and said depressible prongs.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 40 words
In an anchorage device according to claim 6, the improvement further comprising in that said anchor clip piece has in addition portions bent in the same direction as said depressible prongs to form stops adapted to engage a housing wall.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1985-04-12 1985-10-12 1986-04-13 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1989-04-12 1989-10-12 1990-04-13 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1993-04-12 1993-10-12 1994-04-13 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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