Patent ID: 7997945

Claim:
A device ( 10 . 1 , 10 . 2 , 10 . 3 , 10 . 4 ) for electrically or mechanically connecting a web ( 25 , 25 ′), with a pair of sidepieces ( 11 , 12 ), one end ( 13 ) of each sidepiece being fixed, thus forming a fixed end ( 13 ); whereas the other ends of the sidepieces are able to move elastically with respect to each other and form spring ends ( 14 ), which serve to connect the web ( 25 , 25 ′); with a U-shaped loop ( 20 ), which connects the two spring ends ( 14 ) of the pair of sidepieces ( 11 , 12 ) integrally together; where the web ( 25 , 25 ′) is introduced into an opening ( 23 . 1 , 23 . 1 ′) of the U-shaped loop ( 20 ); and where the loop ( 20 ) is deformed during the introduction of the web ( 25 , 25 ′), wherein a pressing means ( 19 ) functions as an active part of a crimping tool for introducing the web ( 25 , 25 ′), conveys the web ( 25 , 25 ′) into an interior ( 24 , 24 ′) of the loop, and exerts pressure ( 18 ) on the two spring ends of the pair of sidepieces ( 11 , 12 ); where the pair of sidepieces ( 11 , 12 ) represents a passive part of the crimping tool, because the opening ( 23 , 23 ′) in the loop is narrowed down ( 23 ′, 23 ″) by the pressing means ( 19 ) behind the inserted web ( 25 , 25 ′); and where after a crimping operation ( 14 . 1 , 14 . 1 ′), the deformed loop ( 20 ) wraps around more than half a peripheral portion ( 28 ) of the web ( 25 , 25 ′).