Tensioning terminal having a protective protrusion

Abstract

Terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion of the type used for fixing and tensioning filiform elements or the like located between two post-type rigid elements or the like, comprising a solid body (1) housing the elements for retaining the filiform element therein, internally having a channel-like cavity suitable for serving as means for receiving an end portion of a filiform element or the like, allowing the free circulation thereof in one direction, and blocking the movement thereof in the opposite direction, and wherein said solid body (1) has a protrusion (2) in the entry area of the filiform element (3) responsible for protecting said filiform element (3) from the edges present in an opening of the post (4) or the like where the body (1) has been installed.

Claims

1. A terminal turnbuckle to fix and tension filiform elements located between two post-type rigid elements, the terminal turnbuckle comprising: a solid body housing defining a channel having an entry and an exit, the channel receiving an end portion of a filiform element, and configured to allow free circulation thereof in one direction, and to block movement thereof in an opposite direction; and a protrusion undermountably attached to the entry of the channel of the solid body housing having a frustoconical shape configured to tightly and gradually insert into an opening of the post-type rigid element, wherein the protrusion comprises an inlet having a rounded inner border to prevent shearing of the filiform element when the solid body housing is installed in the post-type rigid element by insertion of the protrusion into an opening of the post-type rigid element.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) A series of drawings which help to better understand the invention and are expressly related to an embodiment of said invention presented as a non-limiting example thereof is described very briefly below.

(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion, object of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion.

(4) FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion with a filiform element going through it.

(5) FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion during use.

(6) FIG. 5 shows a side view of the terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion during use.

(7) FIG. 6 shows a view of the terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion during use, where the manner in which it is inserted into a post can be seen.

(8) FIG. 7 shows a sectional view of the terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion during use.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

(9) The attached drawings show a preferred embodiment of the invention. More specifically, the terminal turnbuckle having a protective protrusion, object of the present specification, is formed by a solid body (1) housing therein the elements for retaining the filiform element, such as those described in the model described in the background of the invention.

(10) The body (1) has therein a channel-like cavity suitable for serving as means for receiving an end portion of a filiform element (3) or the like, allowing the free circulation thereof in one direction, and blocking the movement thereof in the opposite direction.

(11) The solid body (1) is characterized by having a protrusion (2) in the entry area of the filiform element (3), which protrusion (2), once said body (1) has been installed in a post (4) or the like through one of the openings present in said post (4), protects the filiform element (3) from possible shearing stresses between the edges present in one of the openings present in the post (4) and the filiform element (3).

(12) To prevent the risk of shearing the filiform element (3), the inner border (2a) of the inlet of the protrusion (2) is rounded.

(13) In a preferred embodiment, the protrusion (2) will have a frustoconical shape such that it can be tightly and gradually inserted into the openings present in the post (4) regardless of the fact that the diameter of the mentioned opening is different from the diameter of the mentioned protrusion (2).