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EP-4739599-A1 - TIE-BAND FOR TYING, CONTAINING OR SECURING CABLES, PIPES AND VARIOUS OBJECTS

EP4739599A1EP 4739599 A1EP4739599 A1EP 4739599A1EP-4739599-A1

Abstract

A device consisting of at least one flexible band, provided with means of interference, and at least one separate closing element that has at least one cavity comprising a sliding seat and an anchoring seat, provided with a sliding channel and an anchoring channel respectively, as well as a deployable element. Each seat has means of interference inside, acting in the respective channel, capable of engaging with those of the band to be inserted to form a slot with which to surround the objects to be enclosed. By inserting the band into the anchoring channel, the engagement between the relative means of interference is directly achieved, which prevents it from being released, as well as causing the displacement of the deployable element towards the inside of the sliding channel to achieve the engagement of the means of interference relating to the latter with those of the portion of the band inserted or to be inserted into the same, so that the slot, formed or to be formed, remains stably closed and can only be reduced in width.

Inventors

  • Palamara, Cesare
  • Palamara, Marco

Assignees

  • PALAMARA, Cesare
  • Palamara, Marco

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20240705

Claims (7)

  1. 1. A device for tying, fixing or containing objects or parts of them, composed of at least one flexible tie-band (1), of prevalent extension in length, furnished with a means of interference on at least one of its surfaces (2), together with at least one separate means of closure (3) created in a single piece, formed of walls (4, 5) that define at least one cavity (6), which comprises a sliding seat (7) and an anchoring seat (8), said sliding seats (7) and anchoring seats (8) being furnished with, respectively, a sliding channel (9) and an anchoring channel (10), both able to receive a length of tie-band inside them, together with means of interference (14, 15) connected elastically to their seats (7, 8) and able to engage with the means of interference (2) of said tie-band, in order to form a loop to surround said objects or parts of them, said sliding channel (9) being greater in section with respect to the tie-band (1) and in contact with the outside by means of a first opening (17) and a second opening (18) corresponding to its extremities, and which presents, between said openings (17, 18), a crossing channel (19) that is completely open, so as to allow, with the device not yet activated, the sliding of the tieband (1) backwards and forwards inside it, said anchoring channel (10) having only one side allowing the entrance of the tie-band (1) and that opposite being furnished with means of arrest (16), end-of-course means with regard to the tie-band (1), as well as having a section that is substantially the same as that of the tie-band (1) itself, characterized in that said anchoring seat (8) is furnished with a displaceable element (13), structurally independent from the means of interference (14) of the sliding seats (7) and able to be stretched by said tie-band (1), when inserted into the seat of anchorage (10), towards the sliding channel (9), in such a way as to reduce the useful section of the passage of this last and to obligate the means of interference (14) of said sliding seat (7) to join with the means of interference (2) of the portion of the tie-band (1) already present in, or to be inserted into, the sliding seat (7), so that the loop formed or being formed remains stably closed and can be exclusively reduced in size by pulling the tie-band (1) in the direction of said second (18) of said first opening (17) and in such a way as to free further space necessary for the complete insertion of the extremity of the tie-band (1) into the seat of anchorage (10). 2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that said channel of passage (19) of said sliding channel (9) is furnished with ribs (20) that act as a guide for the tie-band (1), in such a way that said tie-band (1) can pass through said channel of passage (19) avoiding the contact of its means of interference
  2. (2) with the means of interference (14) of the sliding seat (7).
  3. 3. A device according to claim 2, characterized in that a plurality of elements of closure (3) are united between them in sequence.
  4. 4. A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tie-band (1) and the element of closure (3) are made of different materials.
  5. 5. A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said sliding channels (9) and channels of anchorage (10), suitable for the insertion of the tie-band (1) into them, are defined by specific shapes (11 and 12) of the internal face of the walls (4).
  6. 6. A device according to claim 5, characterized in that said shapes (11) form protrusions of limited thickness, constituted of four substantially trapezoidal prisms, each of which is positioned on an internal face of the walls (4), in correspondence with the intersection between the lower side and an external side of said wall-face, with the longer side of the trapezoid lying on said side and outer side inclined, facing upwards.
  7. 7. A device according to claim 6, characterized in that said shapes (12) are protrusions of limited thickness, constituted of two prisms, substantially rectangular, having the longer side vertical, each of which being in a substantially central position of the lower side of said internal face of the walls (4).

Description

“TIE-BAND FOR TYING, CONTAINING OR SECURING CABLES, PIPES AND VARIOUS OBJECTS” Technical field of the invention The present invention pertains to the solutions for tying, keeping grouped, or securing various objects, typically electric cables or pipes, through the union of closing elements initially separated between themselves. Diverse to analogous systems in which the tie-bands are made in a single piece with the closing elements, with the present invention it is possible to limit as much as possible, if not eliminate altogether, the waste produced, due to the fact that, after the aforementioned applications are used, made as a single piece with a pre-established length, very frequently there remains a considerable excess portion of the tie-band which will remain unused. State of the Art Various types of device composed of bands and closing elements originally separated exist, such as, for example, the discoveries referred to in the patent applications IT 102021000024454, US2003/066169, US4882813 e US4862561; GB2463499 e US4498507; WO02064442 e DE102008036324; WO2011141581. With regard to US4882813 and US4862561, so that they can be adequately easy to use, it is required that the tie-band be cut to the necessary length beforehand. In this case, the aim of the invention is only partially achieved, since the tieband, in order to be applied, must have a length that is greater than the final width of the binding and, therefore, in addition to a lesser practicality of use that this entails it is, in any case, a waste of materials. With regard to GB2463499 and US4498507, they both foresee that the closing element is composed of a plurality of pieces or materials, for which a greater complexity of equipment and operations is necessary for their production, with a consequent increase in costs, in addition to the limits of recyclabilty imposed in the case of components made of different materials. With regard to WO02064442, the application of the tie-band to the element of closure foresees the use of special dispensers or the completion of accessory operations aimed at avoiding, in the initial steps, the engagement of specific means of interference between the tie-band and the element of closure, which makes it burdensome or impractical for occasional or domestic use. The same applies to DEI 02008036324, where, for ease of use, the tie-band is not cut beforehand, which is why the considerations stated for US4882813 and US4862561 would therefore be repeated. With regard to WO2011141581, in addition to the structural complexity of the element of closure, for which the observations made for GB2463499 and US4498507 apply, some variants require the user to carry out assembly operations on the closing element itself during the application of the invention. For other variants however, the effectiveness of the means of engagement of the means of interference of the tie-band and the closing element depends on the length of the portion of the tie-band which is retained in the closing mechanism to constitute the blocked extremity. It is not possible, however (due to, for example, the cutting of lengths of the tie-band during the production phase, or due to the result of the cutting of the tie-band made by the end user in the previous tying), to control the said length of that portion of the tie-band which acts on the means of interference of the closing mechanism that must couple with those of the tie-band in the sliding channel of the same in order to regulate and define the width of the binding. As a result, the effectiveness of engagement of said means of interference could sometimes be insufficient and sometimes excessive, to the detriment of an adequate functioning, and the solution identified in said invention, which further complicates the structure of the means of interference of the parts of closure in the said sliding channel of the tie-band, does not adequately resolve the problem. With regard to this last aspect, also in the case of IT102021000024454 the effectiveness of engagement of the means of interference of the tie-band with the complimentary means of interference would be reduced, to the point of annulling said contact, where the length of the portion of the tie-band, which can be contained in the mechanism of closure to constitute the blocked extremity, were not sufficient to activate (as in the case of and for the same reasons as explained above WO2011141581) the means of interference of the closing mechanism, which must couple with those of the tie-band in the sliding channel of the same in order to regulate and define the width of the binding. In the case of US2003/066169, which does not have a channel for the free initial bi-directional sliding of the tie-band, a method of use of the device is presented that foresees that the section of the tie-band that constitutes the blocked extremity is first inserted into the mechanism of closure and that the other end is, subsequently, inserted into the unid