Patent ID: 8578565

Claim:
A clamping device for receiving and retaining a portion of a flexible body having an elongated shape, said clamping device comprising: a space for receiving the portion of the body, a support element, supporting the body in a received position by exerting a pushing counterforce, two or more assemblies of force parts, comprising closure parts and attachment parts, said parts being pivotably connected to each other, said clamping device comprising at least one part of a surface that contacts a portion of the flexible body in received position and that is provided with means that enhance engagement of the surface to the portion of the body, said receiving space having a longitudinal direction extending with small deviation parallel with respect to a longitudinal direction of the said portion of the flexible body in received position, said assemblies of force parts being arranged in a way that exerting a pulling force on the clamping device causes a pulling force towards each other on the support element and the assemblies of force parts and an exertion by the support element and the assemblies of force parts of pushing force to the portion of the body in received position, said assemblies of force parts being flexibly connected to the support element, being biased to an initial closed position in which being wrapped tightly around the portion of the body, movable therefrom to an open position and movable therefrom again to the said closed position, said assemblies of force parts being positioned with small deviation in a mirror-symmetrical manner and each connected to the support element rotatably along an axis which is extending with small deviation parallel with respect to the said longitudinal direction of the receiving space, said assemblies of force parts being oriented in a way that in the said open position a passageway is provided that is open along the full length of the receiving space and runs in a direction transverse to the said longitudinal direction of the receiving space between the receiving space and one exterior side of the clamping device, referred to as the open side of the clamping device, giving passage to the said portion of the body in said transverse direction to and from the receiving space, two or more said attachment parts realizing the attachment of the clamping device and the exertion of the said pulling force on the clamping device, said attachment parts being attached to the clamping device at different attachment locations each comprising a pulling force acting point where the exertion of the pulling force mainly takes place, said pulling force acting points being located on the said closure parts of the assemblies of force parts, being movable together with the closure parts relative to each other and being located at a level which is perpendicular to the said direction of passage and is situated at a distance from the portion of the body towards the said open side of the clamping device.