Patent ID: 8327511
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B64G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Fixing device for assembling objects, then quickly releasing them, said fixing device comprising: a holding element being made integral with one of the objects to be held together; and retaining means being made integral with another one of the objects to be held together and releasably holding said holding element, said retaining means being comprised of: wherein said separable parts are held closely together around a securable part of said holding element, when the objects are held together, wherein said separable parts are connected to each other through elastically deformable means for restoring said separable parts to a distance away from each other, when the objects are not held together, wherein the pre-tensioning means comprises an element forming a link being wound around said separable parts so as to maintain said separable parts closed onto said holding element, said element having at least one end fixed to a mechanism for maintaining a tension exerted onto said link, said mechanism for maintaining a tension comprising means permitting tension release, and wherein said retaining means comprises a clamp comprised of a globally tubular element, said separable parts being comprised of petals with elastic spring properties, said petals being formed by partial longitudinal slots formed in the tubular element, said petals having separable ends when the objects are not held together, said separable ends being held close together around said holding element when the objects are held together, the tubular element being the elastically deformable means for restoring.