Patent ID: 6116810
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: F16B,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for fixing each wire of a plurality of wires or objects similar to wires having substantially a same cross section in one of a plurality of fixing points, the device comprising:a first jaw element and a second jaw element each being of approximately a same shape and consisting of a sheet material, the first and the second jaw element being connected to each other and substantially lying against each other and being pivotable relative to each other around an axis;holding members for driving the first jaw element and the second jaw element towards a predetermined pivot position and for holding the first jaw element and the second jaw element in said predetermined pivot position for fixing the plurality of wires or objects similar to wires;wherein each of the jaw elements comprises a clamping jaw for each of a plurality of fixing points resulting in at least two cooperating clamping jaws designed to exert a clamping force on a wire or an object similar to a wire at each of the plurality of fixing points said clamping force being directed substantially tangentially to a circle around said axis, wherein the fixing points are arranged on the circle around the axis, each pair of cooperating clamping jaws having a same form and disposed on the first and second jaw element such that the clamping jaws of the first jaw element exert clamping forces of clock-wise direction and the clamping jaws of the second jaw element exert clamping forces of anti-clock-wise direction,said first and second jaw element being driven by the holding members to the pivot position in which the clamping jaws of each fixing point have a smallest possible distance from each other.