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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Howard, Cookeville, TN (US);
James Sherrill, Cookeville, TN (US);
Ike Walker, Monterey, TN (US);
Assignee:
Tutco, Inc., Cookeville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/06 ;
Abstract
A clip for connecting one or two insulators to a rail (preferably a T-bar member) of an electric heater including at least one bendable metal clinching member, where the clip is securable to the rail by bending the clinching member around the rail. Preferably, the clinching member is one or two T-shaped end members disposed on transverse ends of the clip. Opposite end sections of the ridge of the T-shaped end member constitute clinching flaps which, in use, are clinched around a stem of a T-bar of an electric heater.