I.t.w Fastex Italia S.p.a.

Itw Fastex Italia S.r.l.

Rocco Calabrese

Pietro Cau

The fastening device has first and second fastening means fittable to the carpet and to the mat and which click together. The first fastening means are defined by a single part having two flanges integral with a hub and which are positioned on opposite sides of the carpet; and one of the flanges is shaped to permit passage through a hole in the carpet by rotating the single part. The second fastening means have a further two flanges integral with two corresponding hubs which fit together in a variable axial position through a hole in the mat to adapt the distance between the further two flanges to the thickness of the mat. The single part carries a male member which clicks inside an elastic female member carried by one of the flanges fitted to the mat.

Fast-fit device for fastening a mat to a carpet fixed to the floor of a vehicle

An assembly for protecting and fastening pipes to a vehicle body/underbody fitted with projecting electrowelded threaded fastening pins; the assembly includes at least one supporting element, and a protection element in the form of a channel snap-on connectable integral with one or more supporting elements, which are defined by respective clips, each having at least one through seat for housing a pipe, and a through hole perpendicular with respect to the seat and for engaging a respective threaded pin; the clips have integral elastic snap-on connecting means for retaining the channel, which is of predetermined length, is U-shaped in section, and has conjugate retaining elements, in which case, the through hole is provided internally with gripping means for gripping the pins; or the hole is a through hole, and the assembly also includes a sleeve, which engages the hole in the clip as well as a corresponding slotted through hole in the channel by means of a tubular body provided internally with means for gripping the pins, and having a head which rests against the channel.

Assembly for protecting and fastening pipes to a supporting structure,

An integrated system for protecting and fastening pipes to a supporting structure, in particular to a vehicle body, by means of threaded pins welded to the vehicle body, the system including at least one supporting element defined by a one-piece body or clip in turn including a central portion with a through hole housing, in use, a sleeve which fastens on to a threaded pin, at least one seat for a pipe, and a flat circular supporting region surrounding the hole on the side eventually facing the vehicle body; and a protection element integrated with the clip and defined by a channel, which provides for protecting the pipes and is connected laterally to the clip by a thin flexible strip which flexes to enable the channel to be rotated 180.degree. on to the clip; the clip and the channel are co-molded simultaneously from the same material, such as a copolymer propylene resin with an appropriate filler; and, at assembly, the clip, supporting the pipe, is first fitted to the vehicle body and retained temporarily to the pin by radial tabs inside the hole, and, once the channel is fitted on to the clip, the sleeve is inserted inside the hole and forced axially on to the pin to fasten the channel and the underlying clip by means of a flared head on the sleeve.

Integrated system for protecting and fastening pipes to a supporting

The pipe spacer washer according to the invention includes a radially split annular element defined by three mutually hinged sector elements; and a snap-on fastening device defined by a tooth and a seat for insertion of the tooth, located at opposite substantially facing circumferential ends of the annular element, and for integrally connecting the circumferential ends to define an inner ring housing the pipe and connected in one piece to an outer supporting ring by a number of radial ribs. The washer is made entirely of a single material of a Shore A hardness of more than 80, in particular xantoprene.RTM.; the retaining tooth is in the form of an asymmetrical arrow, and has an inner axially through cavity elongated circumferentially; and the seat for receiving the retaining tooth is closed partially on both sides by two lateral braces offset circumferentially.

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Turin, Italy

Rocco Calabrese