Messerschmitt-bolkow-blohm Gesellschaft MIT Beschrankter Haftung

Gunter Stierle

Horst Heinze

Ernst D Sach

A tension strap to be circumferentially positioned about a body to be tenned includes a strap member and a plurality of longitudinally movable tension blocks carried on the inside circumferential surface of the strap member for engaging the body. Means for maintaining each of the tension blocks in a defined predetermined position relative to the strap member is provided and includes at least one pin fixedly carried by either the tension block or the strap member and extending through a guideway in the other, and an elastic member such as a spring or elastomer acting on the pin of each tension block against longitudinal movement to predetermine its position relative to the strap member.

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Unterhaching, Germany

Gunter Stierle