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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1992
Filed:
May. 03, 1991
Jack E Caveney, Hinsdale, IL (US);
James A Brownlee, Park Forest, IL (US);
Jeffery S Kuzmuk, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A stretched cable tie has a head connected to a strap having teeth on both sides of the strap. A moveable pawl is positioned on a ledge inside the head and urges the strap into engagement with a fixed tooth within the head so that teeth on both sides of the strap are engaged by the pawl and fixed tooth respectively. A sharp corner is provided more than a multiple of the spacing between the strap teeth below the fixed tooth so as to allow the corner to penetrate the strap and engage the adjacent tooth to aid in providing a withdrawal force. A portion of the wall of the head behind the fixed tooth is removed to facilitate cooling and eliminate shrinkage in the area of the fixed tooth.