Patent ID: 6282756
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: F16B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A pipe clip comprising an annular clip body which is made from metal and has at least one opening which is delimited by two adjacent clip-body ends, in order to position the clip body around a pipe, and joining means for joining together the clip-body ends when the pipe clip is lying around the pipe, said pipe clip furthermore comprising a female fastening element, which is fixed to the metal clip body and has an axial bore provided with an internal screw thread for a male fastening element which is provided with an external screw thread and can connect the pipe clip to a wall, ceiling or similar support, wherein said female fastening element comprises a plurality of moveable segments which are disposed around the axial bore of said female fastening element, each said moveable segment having at least one internal screw-thread part, said internal screw-thread parts together forming the internal screw thread of the female fastening element, each moveable segment being moveable between a radially outer position, in which said male fastening element can be inserted into the female fastening element in the direction of the clip body without a screwing movement of the female fastening element with respect to the male fastening element, and a radially inner position, in which said screw-thread parts can engage with the external screw thread of the male fastening element, wherein the moveable segments are arranged on a common segment support, and wherein each moveable segment is elastically deformable, so that the internal screw-thread part thereof can move radially outwards counter to an elastic deformation resistance of the segment.