Patent ID: 8458859
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B25B,B60P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A strap tensioner, comprising: a tensioning strap; and a tensioning device having a winding body for the tensioning strap, a toothed locking wheel associated with the winding body and having a locking toothing arrangement, a driving pawl associated with a driving lever, a locking pawl, wherein engagement of the driving pawl and the locking pawl with the locking toothing arrangement and repeated movement of the driving lever rotates the winding body with directional locking, and the winding body having a spring accumulator acting in a winding-up direction and accommodating substantially an entire length of the tensioning strap which has an end connected fixedly to the winding body; wherein the driving lever and a handle, which is connected fixedly to a tensioning-device housing, are associated with one another in a tong-like manner, and wherein the driving lever is displaceable towards the handle counter to a force of a restoring spring thereby applying a tensioning force to the tensioning strap in the winding-up direction.