Patent ID: 6418591
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: F16L,G02B,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
A clip having a clip band (16) to which, on a fastening section (40), a tightening fastener (20, 20â€², 20â€³) provided with a spring (42) is fastened, and whose blocking section (72) is intended for interaction with a freewheel (56) of the tightening fastener (20, 20â€², 20â€³), a first end (42â€²) of the spring (42) being fixedly supported with regard to the fastening section (40), and the tightening fastener (20, 20â€², 20â€³) having a releasable latching element (5) which is intended, in the latching position, to hold the spring (42) in a tightened state, a second end (42â€³) of the spring (42), which end interacts with the latching element (5), interacting with the freewheel (56) in such manner that when the latching element (5) is unlatched the clip band (16) in secured in the freewheel (56) and the clip band (16) is placed under tension by means of the unblocked spring (42), wherein the clip band is shaped as a ring or spiral.