US3484905A - Bundle tie - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D63/00—Flexible elongated elements, e.g. straps, for bundling or supporting articles
- B65D63/10—Non-metallic straps, tapes, or bands; Filamentary elements, e.g. strings, threads or wires; Joints between ends thereof
- B65D63/1018—Joints produced by application of integral securing members, e.g. buckles, wedges, tongue and slot, locking head and teeth or the like
- B65D63/1027—Joints produced by application of integral securing members, e.g. buckles, wedges, tongue and slot, locking head and teeth or the like the integral securing member being formed as a female and male locking member, e.g. locking head and locking teeth, or the like
- B65D63/1063—Joints produced by application of integral securing members, e.g. buckles, wedges, tongue and slot, locking head and teeth or the like the integral securing member being formed as a female and male locking member, e.g. locking head and locking teeth, or the like the female locking member being provided with at least one plastic barb
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
- Y10T24/14—Bale and package ties, hose clamps
- Y10T24/1498—Plastic band
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- a head having an aperture to admit a strap part extending from the head in order that the device may be looped around the bundle.
- a resilient finger having an active edge to engage one of a plurality of teeth on the strap in order that the device may be locked in position about the bundle.
- the invention relates to a tie as set forth in the abstract and having the several objects and advantages mentioned therein.
- Bundle ties of the class aforesaid are used in large quantities, and are usually in the form of a strap having an apertured head at one end including means for nonslip engagement with the strap, e.g. a pawl and teeth.
- the tie has means for attaching the same and its therein-held conductors to a fixed supporting surface, and the invention tie may, alternatively, be so characterized.
- price is an important consideration, so that the user is encouraged, in the interest of a reliable and workmanlike installation, to use more, rather than fewer ties.
- the present invention employs a novel form of freestanding pawl formed integrally with the tie and which is so constructed and arranged as to define, with the aperture in the head .of the tie, a space narrower than the thickness of the strap. Since the plastic composition is choser; ⁇ to be resilient, the Strap, upon being bent and passed through the aperture may displace the pawl and, when pulled tight, one of the teeth thereon is engaged by the pawl to preclude reverse movement of the strap.
- the tie is provided with a projection adjacent the opening in the head which is so constructed as to constitute a gusset at that corner of the looped tie which would otherwise be a right angle. It has been found that, in the absence of a projection of this Character, the conductor or conductors located at this corner tend to force the strap away from the pawl.
- PIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bundle tie incorporating the principles of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a side view of the same in its useful position, but no conductors are indicated;
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the head end of the tie
- FIG. 4 is a cross section taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3;
- FIG ⁇ 5 is a cross section taken on the line 5 5 of FIG. 4;
- FIG. 6 is a cross section similar to that of FIG. 4 but with the free end of the Strap engaged by the pawl.
- the invention comprehends a tie for the purpose referred to which is molded in one piece of a resilient, yet generally shape-retaining plastic composition.
- the device includes a strap and a head at one end thereof.
- the head has a rectangular through opening, defining a frame, from one wall of which a pawl extends into the opening in cantilever fashion, the pawl having a strap-engaging edge adapted to abut a mating face of one of a plurality of teeth formed on the strap.
- the pawl is secured only at its base in order that the distal end thereof may flex readily as the strapis drawn past but will exert substantial force normal to the face of the strap in order that, upon releasing the tension applied when drawing the strap through the aperture, the selected tooth will be reliably engaged and loosening of the tie precluded.
- the pawl is essentially rhombohedral, one face being at the basal end where the pawl is united to the frame, and the remainder thereof being free-standing for enhanced tooth-engaging action.
- the aperture is provided with a strut or ledge extending transversely thereof with which the pawl is united and which serves the dual purpose of providing a rigid base for the pawl and to rigidify the aperture.
- FIG. 1 a tie in accordance with the invention comprising an elongated strap 10 terminating at one end in a head 11. Since the device is to be comparatively rigid in order to effect its looking function, and yet be resilient to conform to the bundle being tied, the use of nylon is preferred. Obviously, other plastic compositions of similar characteristics may be substituted, e.g. polyethylene or polyvinylchloride.
- the Strap has a plurality of spaced teeth 13 shown, by Way of example, as having a right-angled triangular cross section with the '*vertical" face normal to the longitudinal axis of the strap and the hypothenuse face lgently sloped for ready passage past the pawl.
- teeth are shown with the apex 15 thereof fiush with the principal face 17 of the strap, it will become apparent that the apices may be above or below such face.
- the end 18 of the strap is desirably provided with a tapered leading end to facilitate admission thereof into the aperture of the head.
- This aperture 19 extends through the head, the rear face 21 being uninterrupted and the front face 22 having a strut or ledge 24 extending from one side face 25 of the aperture to the opposite face 25.
- the pawl is essentially rhombohedral and includes a basal plane 27 (indicated 'by a 1broken line) merged with the ledge 24, and such basal end is shorter than the ledge whereby to' define spaces 29, 29 at each side of the pawl. Stated otherwise, the pawl is cantilevered so that it may fiex throughout its length. The amount of flexure, it will be noted, is virtually zero at the plane 27 and increases progressively to a maximum at the corner 32 Whereat the pawl engages the tooth.
- the space A between the sharp distal edge 32 of the pawl and the confronting face 21 of the aperture 19 is desirably slightly less than the distance B measured from the root of a tooth 13 and the flat side of the Strap, namely, 0.032 as compared to 0.035.
- the teeth 13 are bounded on both sides by marginal ribs 41, 41.
- the width D of the edge 32 of the pawl is Ma and the dimension E between the ribs is %2".
- the pawl is not only reliably seated in a left-andright sense (FIG. 6) but in a lateral Sense also.
- the entrance to the aperture 19 is chamfered as indicated at 46 to facilitate threading of the Strap thereinto.
- the dimension F of this aperture be only slightly greater than the width G of the Strap to avoid cocking of the latter and to insure full abutment of the pawl with the then-engaged tooth.
- dimension F is 1%4" and G is 3/1
- the walls of the aperture 19 and the ledge 24 are so constructed and arranged as to have greater resistance to yielding when the strap is engaged than the force against the pawl by the reaction of the bundle of wires or other components being restrained.
- a one-piece bundle tie of resilient, but generally shape-retaining material adapted to be looped upon itself in adjustable self-locking relation comprising: a strap portion having a plurality of transverse teeth spaced longitudinally thereof, a head at one end of said portion, said head having an aperture therethrough to pass the Strap, a ledge extending into said aperture from a wall thereof, said ledge having a face transverse to the plane of the Strap when the Strap is passed through the aperture, a pawl of essentially rhombohedral configuration carried by said ledge, one face of the pawl being co-planar with said ledge face and extending into said aperture, one of the sharp edges of the rhombohedral configuration extending into the path of the strap to engage a selected one of said teeth when the tie is secured around the bundle.
- a one-piece bundle tie of resilient, but generally shape-retaining material adapted to be looped upon itself in adjustable self-locking relation comprising: a Strap portion having a plurality of transverse teeth spaced longitudinally thereof, a head at one end of said portion, said head having an aperture therethrough, said aperture having a rectangular cross section defined by opposite side Walls and rear and front walls, said Strap extending out- Wardly from said front wall, a pawl of substantially rhombohedral configuration extending into the aperture, the basal end of said pawl being carried by a part of the. front wall, the acutely-angled distal edge of the pawl confronting the interior face of said rear wall, the lateral faces of said pawl being separated along their entire extent from the two opposite side walls of the aperture.
- a plastic bundle tie adapted to be looped upon itself in adjustable self-locking relation comprising: a Strap portion having a plurality of transverse teeth spaced longitudinally thereof, a head at one end of said Strap, said head having an aperture to receive the looped-over strap portion to define a space for reception of the bundle, means carried by said head to engage a selected tooth to lock the device about the bundle, said tie having a projection extending from the side of the strap to be disposed within the loop when the tie is around the bundle, said projection having a cross section in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the Strap which is substantially a right-angled triangle, the Vertical face of the projection being substantially normal to said Strap and positoned to lie adjacent to the toothed face when the tie is around the bundle, the sloping face of the projection being substantially 45 in order that, when the tie is looped, the space defined by said sloping face and by the Strap at its intersection with the head has a substantially continuous interior boundary, said projection being secured to the
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US3660869A (en) * | 1969-05-01 | 1972-05-09 | Panduit Corp | One-piece cable tie |
US3672003A (en) * | 1970-07-09 | 1972-06-27 | Itt | Cable strap |
US3717906A (en) * | 1970-09-29 | 1973-02-27 | Ideal Ind | Cable tie |
US3872547A (en) * | 1970-08-25 | 1975-03-25 | Panduit Corp | One-piece cable tie |
US3906593A (en) * | 1969-04-08 | 1975-09-23 | Panduit Corp | Integral cable tie |
US3949449A (en) * | 1969-04-09 | 1976-04-13 | Panduit Corporation | Integral one-piece cable tie |
US3952373A (en) * | 1974-09-27 | 1976-04-27 | Thomas & Betts Corporation | Cable bundling strap |
US4011633A (en) * | 1974-11-29 | 1977-03-15 | Itw-Ateco G.M.B.H. | Cable band |
EP0078851A1 (en) * | 1981-05-11 | 1983-05-18 | Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd. | Bundling band |
US4507828A (en) * | 1983-07-18 | 1985-04-02 | Japan Bano'k Co., Ltd. | Bundling belt device |
US4640319A (en) * | 1980-02-27 | 1987-02-03 | Bowthorpe-Hellermann Limited | Automatic tie gun |
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US4978091A (en) * | 1990-02-06 | 1990-12-18 | Custom Molders Inc. | Bundling strap |
US5135188A (en) * | 1990-02-06 | 1992-08-04 | Anderson Franklin R | Attachable bundling strap |
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US3906593A (en) * | 1969-04-08 | 1975-09-23 | Panduit Corp | Integral cable tie |
US3949449A (en) * | 1969-04-09 | 1976-04-13 | Panduit Corporation | Integral one-piece cable tie |
US3660869A (en) * | 1969-05-01 | 1972-05-09 | Panduit Corp | One-piece cable tie |
US3672003A (en) * | 1970-07-09 | 1972-06-27 | Itt | Cable strap |
US3872547A (en) * | 1970-08-25 | 1975-03-25 | Panduit Corp | One-piece cable tie |
US3717906A (en) * | 1970-09-29 | 1973-02-27 | Ideal Ind | Cable tie |
US3952373A (en) * | 1974-09-27 | 1976-04-27 | Thomas & Betts Corporation | Cable bundling strap |
US4011633A (en) * | 1974-11-29 | 1977-03-15 | Itw-Ateco G.M.B.H. | Cable band |
US4640319A (en) * | 1980-02-27 | 1987-02-03 | Bowthorpe-Hellermann Limited | Automatic tie gun |
EP0078851A1 (en) * | 1981-05-11 | 1983-05-18 | Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd. | Bundling band |
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US4507828A (en) * | 1983-07-18 | 1985-04-02 | Japan Bano'k Co., Ltd. | Bundling belt device |
WO1990002284A1 (en) * | 1988-08-16 | 1990-03-08 | Bowthorpe-Hellermann Limited | Plastics tie |
US4978091A (en) * | 1990-02-06 | 1990-12-18 | Custom Molders Inc. | Bundling strap |
US5135188A (en) * | 1990-02-06 | 1992-08-04 | Anderson Franklin R | Attachable bundling strap |
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US5263231A (en) * | 1991-08-20 | 1993-11-23 | Sorensen Soren C | Cable tie with hollow pawl sections |
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US5675870A (en) * | 1996-10-01 | 1997-10-14 | Avery Dennison Corporation | Cable tie |
US5722123A (en) * | 1996-10-01 | 1998-03-03 | Avery Dennison Corporation | Cable tie |
US6789341B1 (en) | 2002-05-07 | 2004-09-14 | Mark L. Badura | Firearm safety device |
US20050178580A1 (en) * | 2004-02-13 | 2005-08-18 | Holland Joseph W. | Conductor support |
US20060131072A1 (en) * | 2004-02-13 | 2006-06-22 | Holland Joseph W | Conductor support |
US20090211061A1 (en) * | 2008-02-22 | 2009-08-27 | Millipore Corporation | Tie wrap connector |
WO2009105079A1 (en) * | 2008-02-22 | 2009-08-27 | Millipore Corporation | Tie wrap connector |
US20170307108A1 (en) * | 2009-07-07 | 2017-10-26 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Self-centering cable strap |
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