Clamping component for a clip for fastening elongate objects and stack arrangement

Abstract

The invention relates to a clamping component (1) for a clip (10) for fastening elongate objects (7) between at least two of the clamping components (1) or between at least one of the clamping components (1) and at least one mating element, with at least one depression (5a) extending in a longitudinal direction (L), wherein two bore pairs (8, 9) of bores which lie one behind the other parallel to the longitudinal direction (L), wherein the bore pairs (8, 9) are arranged transverse to the longitudinal direction (L) on different sides of the depression (5a), wherein each of the bore pairs (8, 9) has a through bore (9) and a threaded bore (8), wherein the through bores (9) of the two bore pairs (8,9) are arranged on the same side in the longitudinal direction (L).

Description

[0001] Clamping component for a clamp for fastening elongated objects and stacking arrangement

[0002] The invention relates to a clamping component for a clamp for fastening elongated objects, such as cables, hoses or pipes, according to the type defined in more detail in the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a stacking arrangement comprising at least two of these clamping components.

[0003] Clamps for securing elongated objects such as cables, pipes, or hoses are known from the prior art. They usually consist of two clamping components and are used to attach such elements to the surface of a base element, for example, cables to a base plate, hydraulic lines to structural elements, or similar.

[0004] A very basic variant of such cable clamps is described, for example, in DE 1 889 445 U, wherein the cover or upper part, typical for such clamps, acts as the first clamping component and is locked to the base or lower part as the second clamping component, in this case via toothed strips. The cable is clamped between the clamping components. Comparable clamps are also known in which the upper and lower parts are connected to one another via screws. The screws are then arranged at the location of the toothed strips, i.e., to the right and left of an opening for the pipe or cable. This opening is typically formed from two mutually facing, longitudinally extending recesses in the two clamping components of the clamp.

[0005] For further information on the state of the art, please refer to DE 20 2005 019 311 U1. In this case, the cover part is omitted, so that the cable or a cable conduit is simply clipped into the lower part due to the elastic properties of the lower part, but is not clamped between two separate components. Furthermore, a variant is described in which these cable clamps can be connected to adjacent cable clamps via essentially H-shaped connectors perpendicular to the cable's running direction.

[0006] Finally, reference can also be made to WO 2020 / 068869 A1. The

[0007] The cable clamp offers a design in which the cables can be stacked, i.e., placed perpendicular to the direction of travel and perpendicular to the surface to which the first cable clamp is attached. This creates a kind of "stack or tower" of individual cable clamps on top of each other. Due to the described plug-in connection, the design is relatively "unstable," so only lightweight cables or similar devices can be secured against relatively small forces acting on them.

[0008] The object of the present invention is to provide a clamping component for a clamp for securing elongated objects, as defined in the preamble of claim 1, that is improved over the prior art and enables optimized stackability of any number of clamps constructed therefrom. Furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide a stacking arrangement constructed therefrom.

[0009] According to the invention, this object is achieved by a clamping component having the features in claim 1, and in particular in the characterizing part of claim 1. Furthermore, a stacked arrangement of several such clamping components having the features in claim 2 solves the object. Advantageous embodiments and further developments emerge from the subclaims dependent thereon.

[0010] The clamping component according to the invention for a clamp for fastening elongated objects between at least two of these clamping components or between at least one of the clamping components and a counter-element has at least one recess running in the longitudinal direction. The recess and a surface or recess facing it in the counter-element or the further clamping component form a longitudinal passage between the parts. This passage serves to accommodate the elongated object, for example a cable, a cable bundle, a conduit, a pipe, a hose line, or the like. The direction of its travel in the region of the clamping component according to the invention defines the longitudinal direction, with the clamping component itself typically extending transversely to this longitudinal direction with its greater extent.

[0011] The clamping component according to the invention now has two pairs of bores arranged one behind the other parallel to this longitudinal direction. On each side of the recess or opening, two bores are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction, forming the respective bore pair. One pair of bores and the other pair of bores are located transversely to the longitudinal direction on different sides of the recess. Each of the bore pairs comprises a through-bore and a threaded bore. The through-bores of the two pairs of bores are arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction, and the threaded bores of the pairs of bores are arranged on the other side in the longitudinal direction. Both the through-bores on the one hand and the threaded bores on the other hand are therefore always on the same side of the clamping component when viewed in the longitudinal direction.

[0012] A stack of two of these clamping components now results in a clamp that can be used conventionally. According to a first embodiment, the stacking arrangement according to the invention provides that a first clamping component forms an upper part and a second clamping component forms a lower part of the clamp for securing elongated objects. Their mutually facing recesses form the longitudinal passage for clamping the elongated object(s).

[0013] Typically, the lower part is attached to a base element, such as a support, a plate, a rail or the like, e.g. screwed tight via a specially provided opening in the center of the lower part. The upper part can then be fixed to the lower part by screws inserted into the through-holes and interacting with the threaded holes in the lower part, whereby the elongated object is secured or clamped in the passage, which then increasingly closes off. Instead, the lower part could also be attached using two screws in its through-holes, each of which interacts with a thread in the base element or a nut located beneath the base element. Furthermore, two or more parallel longitudinal passages for several elongated objects could of course also be provided next to one another.The clamping component serving as the upper part is then rotated by 180° relative to the lower part so that its through holes, which are located at the front in the longitudinal direction, for example, coincide with the threaded holes located at the front in the longitudinal direction in the lower part.

[0014] Alternatively, the upper and lower sections can also be screwed together with the base element. To do this, the upper section is not rotated relative to the base element, so that their through-holes are aligned. Two screws positioned in these aligned through-holes of the upper and lower sections are then screwed into a thread in the base element or a nut located beneath the base element to secure the clamp, constructed from the two clamping components, as a single unit. This saves screws and, above all, assembly time, but also costs and weight.

[0015] In all three fastening variants, the upper part is ultimately clamped relative to the lower part and thus clamps the elongated object in the passage between the clamping components.

[0016] The particular advantage, however, lies in the stackability of clamps made from such clamping components. For this purpose, a first clamp is connected to a base element, for which purpose the lower part is connected to the base element, e.g. according to one of the alternatives described above, for example by screwing, locking or riveting. The upper part can then be placed and fixed on the lower part in the manner described above, provided the entire clamp is not connected in this way. Either a second clamp, rotated by 180° in relation to the longitudinal direction, or the lower part of such a second clamp is then placed on this first clamp. The second clamp as a whole, or initially just its lower part, is then screwed to the upper part of the first clamp below it by inserting screws through the through-holes in the second clamp or the lower part of the second clamp and screwing them into the threaded holes in the upper part of the first clamp.If the upper part of the second clamp hasn't been attached at the same time, it can be rotated 180° and placed on the lower part and screwed to it as described above. Additional clamps can then be stacked and attached in the same way.

[0017] The same screws are always required to attach the next higher clamp. This means that particularly long screws are not required. Furthermore, the lower clamp does not need to be loosened to attach a clamp above it. A clamp positioned higher up can therefore also be retrofitted to one or more previously installed clamps, which is a significant advantage during installation and for subsequent repairs, as the long objects inserted into the lower clamps do not need to be removed.

[0018] An alternative variant of the stacking arrangement according to the invention can also provide for at least one clamping component according to the invention to be combined with a cover part and a base part. The intermediate clamping component, which could also be referred to as an intermediate part, then has recesses running in a longitudinal direction on two opposite sides, and the at least one clamping component is arranged between the cover part and the base part and screwed to them, so that passages lying above and below the clamping component, each with the function of a clamp, are formed. The stacking arrangement can therefore accommodate one or more clamping components according to the invention as intermediate parts between the base part and the cover part, which are not designed as clamping components according to the invention, in order to thus form a stacking arrangement with the function of two or more stacked clamps.

[0019] According to a very advantageous development of the clamp arrangement, it can be provided that the first clamp is formed by the base part or a lower part in the form of a clamping component and the lower half of a first intermediate clamping component or intermediate part, wherein the second clamp is formed by the upper half of the intermediate part and the lower half of a further intermediate clamping component, the cover part or the upper part in the form of a further clamping component according to the invention.

[0020] The intermediate part then represents the upper part for the lower clamp and can interact, for example, with a first lower part or a base part. Its upper configuration would then simultaneously form the lower part for the next clamp to be placed on top, which in turn could be closed off by such an intermediate part as the upper part or, if it is the last clamp in the stack, by an upper part in the form of a clamping component according to the invention or a separate cover part, so as to avoid any protruding edges that could potentially pose a source of injury when the stack is closed off at the top.

[0021] This advantageous development of the stacking arrangement according to the invention can therefore also provide for the base part to take the place of the lower part when an intermediate clamping component is used. It can, for example, be screwed to the base part via a central bore and then only has the two threaded bores instead of the pair of bores. One or more intermediate parts with their respective pairs of bores can then be attached to this, analogous to the lower and upper parts that form them. The stacking arrangement can then be completed either by a further clamping component or by the special cover part. Like the base part, this cover part can dispense with the pairs of bores; rather, the two through holes of the respective pair of bores are sufficient.

[0022] A further extremely advantageous embodiment of the clamping components according to the invention or of the stacking arrangement further provides that the threaded holes are formed by inserted, pressed-in, or injected threaded elements. Such threaded elements can, for example, be metallic threaded elements such as nuts or the like. In the case of plastic clamps, this increases the load-bearing capacity of the threaded holes, in addition to the design of the threads in the plastic material itself, which is also possible in principle, so that higher screwing forces can be applied and the clamps, in particular, can be disassembled and reassembled several times without risking wear of the threads that would impair their function. Alternatively, the threaded holes could also be designed such that the threads are formed during assembly by screwing in self-tapping screws.The threaded hole would have to be designed appropriately in terms of its diameter and the material used in its walls. For example, the through holes could have a larger diameter through which the screws can be pushed, and the threaded holes could have a smaller diameter so that the screws cut into themselves and thereby form the thread.

[0023] A further advantageous embodiment can also provide for the cover parts, the base parts and / or the clamping components to have T-slots on their sides lying transversely to the running direction outside the bores, which are designed to receive H-shaped connecting elements. Such connecting elements can thus be used in a similar way to the above-mentioned prior art in the edge region of the clamping components or stacking arrangement according to the invention in order to connect them to one another transversely to the running direction, for example when individual stacks are built up adjacent to one another. This creates a very compact and stable structure that can also very well absorb higher tensile forces on the elongated objects lying higher up in the stacking direction.

[0024] A further very advantageous variant of the stacking arrangement according to the invention provides that the lower part or the base part has a recess below the lower half of the passage. Such a recess below the lower half of the passage can serve in particular to ensure that the lower part does not stand up over its entire surface when attached to a base element, but only in its edge regions, in order to achieve the best possible contact in these important areas and to prevent the risk of contact over the entire surface, which in practice could always lead to contact only at a few points and thus tipping. Rather, the recess, which is implemented in the form of a bridge, allows contact to be achieved on two comparatively small surface areas, thus ensuring reliable contact with one surface of the base element.

[0025] The upper part can accordingly have a raised portion above the opening. This raised portion corresponds to the recess, so that when the lower part is placed on an already mounted clamp, the raised portion engages with the recess, thus creating a compact structure. In addition, the raised portion typically extends above the screw heads to create a structure that is relatively evenly spaced at the top and does not have the screws as the highest points, which could therefore easily be mechanically compromised, for example, damaged or sheared off by an undesired force, which would lead to failure of the entire clamp.

[0026] Guide elements can be provided in the upper part, the cover part, the clamping component, the base part and the lower part, which guide these in their position relative to one another when the respective upper part is plugged on. Such guide elements serve to stabilize the position. They can be designed in such a way that different cable diameters can be accommodated in a single passage. This allows the variety of parts required to be reduced accordingly, for example by offering them for specific groups of diameters of the elongated objects, for example from 5 to 15 mm, from 12 to 25 mm, from 20 to 30 mm, etc. The term diameter should not limit the elongated object in its cross-sectional shape to a round cross-section; rather, any cross-sectional shape is conceivable, e.g. flat cables, cable bundles, rectangular hollow tubes or similar.

[0027] According to an advantageous embodiment of the structure according to the invention, it can also be provided that the lower part or the base part has a central bore designed as an elongated hole. Such a central bore designed as an elongated hole, which is oriented in particular transversely to the running direction, allows the attachment of the lower part or base part with a certain flexibility regarding the exact arrangement relative to the base element, which has, for example, a threaded hole or a weld nut. A screw can then be inserted through the elongated hole to attach the lower part or base part, whereby lateral displacement and angular adjustment are still possible to a certain extent through the elongated hole.

[0028] A particularly advantageous embodiment may further provide for a countersink around the central bore. This countersink may be stepped or chamfered and can be used to accommodate a nut, a threaded sheet, or a welding pin extending through the central bore for securing the lower or base part.

[0029] Adjacent to this central bore, at least one support element can be formed in the lower or base part, which extends down to a lower contact surface of the lower part. This makes it possible to transmit the screw forces not entirely via the walls of the passage and the lateral contact perpendicular to the direction of travel to the right and left of the recess, but rather through such a support element. According to a very advantageous development, the support element can be designed as a circumferential chimney.

[0030] According to a very advantageous embodiment, the upper part can have a central opening designed to accommodate this at least one support element. This central opening allows, on the one hand, access to the screw with which the lower part is fastened to the base element when the clamp is already closed and no elongated object is inserted, and, on the other hand, allows the support element to be accommodated, thus enabling stackability. Further advantageous embodiments of the clamp according to the invention or of the stacking arrangement of such clamps according to the invention also emerge from the exemplary embodiment, which is described in more detail below with reference to the figures.

[0031] Showing:

[0032] Figure 1 is a three-dimensional representation of a possible embodiment of a clamp comprising two clamping components according to the invention;

[0033] Figure 2 is an exploded view of the clamp from Figure 1;

[0034] Figure 3 is a side view of the clamp from Figure 1;

[0035] Figure 4 is a side view of a stacked arrangement of clamps according to the preceding figures;

[0036] Figure 5 is a plan view of the stacking arrangement according to Figure 4;

[0037] Figure 6 is a sectional view of the stacking arrangement along line VI - VI in Figure 4;

[0038] Figure 7 is a sectional view of the stacking arrangement along line VII-VII in Figure 5;

[0039] Figure 8 shows an embodiment of a conventional clamp in a three-dimensional view;

[0040] Figure 9 is a side view of the clamp according to Figure 8;

[0041] Figure 10 shows a stacking arrangement according to the invention using the conventional clamp according to Figures 8 and 9 and a clamping component designed as an intermediate part in a three-dimensional view; Figure 11 shows a side view of the illustration in Figure 10;

[0042] Figure 12 is an exploded view of the three installed parts in the stacking arrangement according to Figure 10 and Figure 11;

[0043] Figure 13 is an exploded view of three installed parts in the stacking arrangement with an upper part and lower part according to Figure 1 ff.;

[0044] Figure 14 is a side view of two stacking arrangements according to Figure 11 side by side;

[0045] Figure 15 is a plan view of the arrangement according to Figure 14; and

[0046] Figure 16 is a representation analogous to that in Figure 15 for two stack arrangements according to Figure 4 and Figure 5.

[0047] Figure 1 shows a three-dimensional view of a clamp 10 for securing an elongated object (not shown here), such as a cable, a hydraulic line, a cable bundle, or the like. The clamp 10 consists of two clamping components 1, one of which forms an upper part 2 and one of which forms a lower part 3. These are connected to each other via two screws 4.

[0048] As can be seen from the exploded view in Figure 2, both the upper part 2 and the lower part 3 have recesses 5a in the form of half-shells, which together form a passage 5 for receiving the elongated object between the upper part 2 and the lower part 3. In this passage 5, individual transverse and longitudinal ribs 6 can be seen, which are intended to increase the friction against the elongated object 7 (see, for example, Figure 4ff), so that it is better fixed in the clamp 1. The transverse ribs 6 thus improve the tensile strength in the clamp 10, the longitudinal ribs

[0049] 6 counteract a torsion of the elongated object 7 The elongated object

[0050] 7 then runs along a longitudinal direction designated L through the passage 5 formed between the upper part 2 and the lower part 3. Each of the two clamping components 1 now has a pair of holes consisting of two holes 8, 9 transversely to the longitudinal direction L, adjacent to the respective recess 5a or the passage 5. This applies to both the upper part 2 and the lower part 3. Of this pair of holes 8, 9, one hole, here the hole 8, is designed as a threaded hole 8, while the other of the holes, here the hole 9, is implemented as a through hole 9. The design as a threaded hole 8 is implemented here by way of example in such a way that metallic threaded elements, which here are in the form of screw nuts 4a, are pressed from below into the area of ​​the threaded holes 8.

[0051] It is now crucial that in both the upper part 2 and the lower part 3 the two threaded holes 8 of the hole pairs 8, 9 are arranged on the same side in the longitudinal direction L. In the case of the upper part 2, in the exemplary embodiment shown here, these are the front left side in the longitudinal direction L, while in the lower part 3 it is exactly the opposite, here the through holes 9 are arranged at the front left in the longitudinal direction L and the threaded holes 8 are arranged at the rear right in the longitudinal direction L.If the upper part 2 and the lower part 3 are now connected to one another via the screws 4, as can be seen, for example, in Figure 1 or in the side view of Figure 3, these screws 4 protrude through the parts of the clamp 10 in the upper part 2, which are rotated by 180° relative to one another, through the through-holes 9 and engage in the threaded holes 8 in the lower part 3, so that the upper part 2 and lower part 3 can be screwed together via the screws 4 in order to clamp an elongated object 7 (not shown here) into the passage 5. As can be seen from the exploded view in Figure 2, guide elements are formed between the upper part 2 and the lower part 3, which are realized here as outwardly directed guide surfaces 11 of the lower part 3, which correspond to the corresponding internal surfaces.

[0052] 12 of the upper part 2, of which only one can be seen here, correspond.

[0053] The lower part 3 also has a central hole visible in Figures 1 and 2

[0054] 13, which is designed as an elongated hole and serves, for example, to receive a screw for fastening the lower part 3 to a base element 19 (see, for example, Figure 3) such as a plate or a rail. A stepped countersink 13a can be provided around the central opening 13, in which countersink, for example, a nut or a fastening plate could be received. Furthermore, in the particularly advantageous embodiment of the clamp 10 shown here, a recess 14 is provided below the lower half of the passage 5. The lower part 3 is therefore designed in the manner of a bridge, which stands on the right and left, for example on a plate as a base element 19, as can be seen in the side view of Figure 3. A support element 15 is arranged around the central bore 13, which is designed in particular as an elongated hole.This support element 15 is designed as an oval chimney around the central bore 13 and serves to support the lower part 3 if it is screwed tight via the central bore 13.

[0055] The upper part 2 now has a raised portion 16 that essentially corresponds to the recess 14. This raised portion is ideally designed to represent the highest point of the clamp 10 in the assembled state, i.e., it protrudes laterally beyond the heads of the two screws 4 in the central section to protect them from mechanical damage. As can be seen from Figures 1 and 2, the upper part 2 has a central opening 17 designed to receive the support element 15, so that the clamps 10 can be stacked on top of one another in the manner described below.

[0056] In the illustrations of Figures 1 and 2, a T-slot designated 18 can also be seen on each side of the clamp 10, both in the upper part 2 and in the lower part 3, which will be discussed in more detail later.

[0057] The illustration in Figure 4 shows a stack arrangement 20 of three of the clamps 10 in the embodiment according to Figures 1 to 3. The clamp 10 shown at the bottom in Figure 4 is designed to accommodate an elongated object 7, for example a cable with a diameter of 55 mm. The two clamps 10 arranged above it are designed analogously and can accommodate cables with different diameters, for example from a small diameter of 30 mm shown at the top down to a diameter of 55 mm shown below. The illustration in Figure 5 shows the corresponding structure from above.

[0058] The special feature of such a stacking arrangement 20 can now be seen in particular from the two sectional views in Figures 6 and 7, which are selected according to lines VI - VI and VII - VII in Figures 4 and 5. In Figure 6, at the very bottom is the lower part 3 of the lower clamp 10, which is completed by the corresponding upper part 2 of this clamp 10. In the longitudinal direction L, the through-bore 9 can be seen on the left in the lower part 3 and, to the right of it, the threaded bore 8 of the bore pair 8, 9. A screw 4 connects the upper part 2 to the lower part 3, as in the illustration in the previous figures. The lower part 3 of the second clamp 10 is now arranged on top of this, in an identical arrangement with respect to its longitudinal direction L to the lower part 3 of the lowest clamp 10, namely also such that its through-bore 9 is arranged on the left in the longitudinal direction.The upper part 2 of this further, middle clamp 10 is now not rotated relative to its lower part 3, as with the lower clamp 1 . This means that here too, the through-hole 9 is located to the left in the longitudinal direction L. The second clamp 10 can now be screwed to the threaded hole 8 in the upper part 2 of the lowest clamp 1 using a longer screw 4 through the through-hole 9 of its upper part 2 and its lower part 3. The middle clamp 10 can thus be applied to the bottom clamp 10, which has already been screwed on and closed and secured with the shorter screw 4, without the lower clamp 10 having to be loosened again.The third uppermost clamp 10 is now rotated by 180° relative to the second middle clamp 10, whereby here too the upper part 2 and the lower part 3 are arranged in the same orientation with respect to the longitudinal direction L, so that here too the upper part 2 and the lower part 3 can be screwed together through their through-bore 9 to the threaded bore 8 in the upper part 2 of the middle clamp 10 by means of a longer screw 4. In the illustration in Figure 7, the same structure can be seen again in a sectional view transverse to the longitudinal direction L, whereby here accordingly only the screw connection of the upper clamp 10 to the upper part 2 of the middle clamp 10 and the upper part 2 and the lower part 3 of the lower clamp 10 are shown.

[0059] As an alternative to the fastening option for such a stacking arrangement 20 of clamps 10 shown here, it would also be conceivable to rotate the lower part 3 of the middle clamp 10 by 180° so that it could be fastened to the upper part 2 of the clamp 10 below, in order to then fasten the upper part 2 of this middle clamp 10 to the already fastened lower part 3, and so on. Another possibility is to connect the bottommost clamp 10 through its through-bore 9 to the base element 19 (not shown here), whereby this connection can also be made via the central bore 13 of the lower part 3 of the lower clamp 10. A single clamp 10 can thus be created from two clamping components 1, each designed as a lower part 3 and an upper part 2. This clamp 10, comprising two of the clamping components 2, 3, then enables a very efficient stacking arrangement 20.

[0060] A similar stacking arrangement 20 with even fewer components can also be achieved using an essentially conventional clamp 21, as can be seen in the illustration in Figures 8 and 9 in a three-dimensional view and a side view. This conventional clamp 21 consists of a cover part 22 and a base part 23, which form the passage 5 for receiving the elongated object 7 between them. The cover part 22 only comprises one through-bore, in which two screws 4 are arranged here, and the lower part 23 accordingly has two threaded bores, which are not visible here, and into which the screws 4 are screwed. This construction also has a T-slot 18 on the sides of this clamp 21.

[0061] The illustration in Figure 10 shows a stacking arrangement 20 in which such a conventional clamp 21 is used as the starting and ending part. The base part 23 is followed by an intermediate part 24 in the form of a clamping component 1, which, instead of the previously described clamping components 1, has recesses 5a extending in the longitudinal direction L on two opposite sides, before the stacking arrangement 20 is closed off by the cover part 22. Using a base part 23 and cover part 22 constructed in a conventional manner, the stacking arrangement 20 can then be implemented by the intermediate part 24.

[0062] As can be seen in the exploded view of Figure 12, this intermediate part 24 has the two recesses 5a for forming the respective passage 5 in the stack arrangement 20, as well as the pairs of holes 8, 9 transverse to the longitudinal direction L adjacent to the passage 5, of which the two holes arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction L form threaded holes 8 and the two holes arranged on the other side in the longitudinal direction L form through holes 9. This allows the structure to be attached in such a way that the intermediate clamping component 1 or intermediate part 24 can be screwed via the through holes 9 into the threaded holes 8 of the base part 23, and that the cover part 22 or another attached intermediate part 24 can be screwed accordingly to the corresponding threaded holes 8 of the intermediate part 24 or the intermediate part 24 located below.This also makes it possible to create a stacking arrangement 20 for fastening, for example, the two elongated objects 7 of Figures 10 ff. but also several elongated objects analogous to the illustration in Figures 4 ff.

[0063] The intermediate part 24 can, of course, also be combined with the lower parts 3 and the upper parts 2 with the respective pairs of holes 8, 9, as shown in Figure 13. Furthermore, several intermediate clamping components 1 can be used one above the other. In principle, a stacking arrangement 20 consisting solely of the intermediate parts 24 would also be conceivable.

[0064] In the illustrations of both Figures 12 and 13, the intermediate part 24 is screwed to the base part 23 or the lower part 3. The cover part 22 or the upper part 2 is then placed on this structure and screwed to the intermediate part 24. If the intermediate part 24 is rotated by 180° so that its threaded holes 8 are at the front left, all three parts 2 or 22, 24, 1 and 3 or 23 could be connected together using just two (longer) screws.

[0065] In the illustration in Figure 14, two stacking arrangements 20 according to Figures 10, 11 or 12 can be seen next to one another. The plan view according to Figure 15 shows that these two stacking arrangements 20, which are adjacent transversely to the longitudinal direction L, can be connected to one another via a substantially H-shaped connecting element 25 in order to achieve improved stability of the two stacking arrangements 20. For this purpose, the connecting element 25 is inserted into the T-slots 18 of two adjacent stacking arrangements 20. The curved design of the two legs of the connecting element 25 ensures good contact with the T-slot 18. This securely fixes the stacking arrangements 20 against one another. The connecting element 25 can be used in different lengths and can also be used multiple times across the height of the two stacking arrangements 20.It ensures a lateral connection of the stacking arrangements 20 to one another, while their two bottom parts 23 are connected to the base element 19. Together, this creates a very stable structure that is also able to easily absorb tensile forces on the elongated objects 7. As already mentioned at the beginning, the T-shaped grooves 18 provided for receiving the connecting elements 25 are also provided accordingly in the upper part 2 and the lower part 3 of the clamp 10 according to the invention, so that stacking arrangements 20 according to Figures 4 et seq. can also be connected to one another. The illustration in Figure 16 takes up this idea analogously to the illustration in Figure 15 and essentially shows two such stacking arrangements 20 analogous to those in Figure 5, which are also connected in their T-shaped grooves 18 via the H-shaped connecting element 25.

Claims

Patent claims 1 . Clamping component (1 ) for a clamp (10) for fastening elongated Objects (7) between at least two of the clamping components (1) or between at least one of the clamping components (1) and at least one counter-element (22, 23), with at least one recess (5a) running in a longitudinal direction (L), characterized by two pairs of bores (8, 9) of bores (8, 9) lying one behind the other parallel to the longitudinal direction (L), wherein the pairs of bores (8, 9) are arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction (L) on different sides of the recess (5a), wherein each of the pairs of bores (8, 9) has a through-bore (9) and a threaded bore (8), wherein the through-bores (9) of the two pairs of bores (8, 9) are arranged on the same side in the longitudinal direction (L).

2. Stacking arrangement (20) with at least two clamping components (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that a first clamping component (1) forms an upper part (2) and a second clamping component (1) forms a lower part (3) of a clamp (10) for fastening elongate objects (7), wherein the mutually facing recesses (5a) thereof form a passage (5) running in a longitudinal direction (L) which is suitable for receiving the at least one elongate object (7).

3. Stacking arrangement (20) according to claim 2, characterized in that a first clamp (10) made of one of the upper parts (2) and one of the lower parts (3) is connected to a base element (19), wherein either a second clamp (10) which is rotated by 180° with respect to the longitudinal direction (L) or the lower part (3) of such a second clamp (10) is then placed on this first clamp (10), wherein the second clamp (10) as a whole or its lower part (3) is screwed to the upper part (2) of the first clamp (10) by inserting screws (4) through the through-holes (9) of the second clamp (10) or the lower part (3) of the second clamp (10) and are screwed into the threaded holes (8) of the upper part (2) of the first clamp (10), whereby if only the lower part (3) of the second clamp (10) is fastened, the upper part (2) is turned by 180° and placed on the lower part (3) and secured by screws (4) in its through holes (9) is screwed into the threaded holes (8) of the lower part (3), and further clamps (10) can be attached and fixed in a similar manner.

4. Stacking arrangement (20) with a cover part (22) and a base part (23) and at least one clamping component (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamping component (1) has recesses (5a) running in a longitudinal direction (L) on two opposite sides, wherein the at least one clamping component (1) is arranged between the cover part (22) and the base part (23) and is screwed to them in such a way that passages (5) are formed above and below the clamping element (1).

5. Stacking arrangement (20) according to claim 4, characterized in that a first clamp (10, 21) is formed by the base part (23) or a lower part (3) according to claim 2 and the lower half of a first intermediate part (24) in the form of an intermediate clamping component (1), wherein a second clamp (10) is formed by the upper half of the intermediate part (24) and the lower half of a further intermediate part (24), the cover part (22) or the upper part (2) according to claim 2.

6. Stacking arrangement (20) according to claim 5, characterized in that the base part (23) has the two threaded bores (8) and the cover part (22) has the two through bores (9).

7. Stacking arrangement (20) according to one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the cover part (22), the base part (23) and / or the at least one clamping component (1) has T-grooves (18) on its outer sides lying transversely to the longitudinal direction (L), which are designed to receive connecting elements (25).

8. Stacking arrangement (20) according to one of claims 2 to 7, characterized in that the base part (23) or the lower part (3) has a central bore (13) which is designed as an elongated hole.

9. Stacking arrangement (20) according to claim 8, characterized in that a countersink (13a) is arranged around the central bore (13).

10. Stacking arrangement (20) according to one of claims 2 to 9, characterized in that the lower part (3) or the base part (23) has a recess (14) below the lower depression (5a) of the passage (5), wherein the upper part (2) has an elevation (16) corresponding to the recess (14) above the passage (5).

11. Stacking arrangement (20) according to claim 10, characterized in that adjacent to the central bore (13) at least one support element (15) is formed, which continues up to a lower support surface of the lower part (3) or base part (23).

12. Stacking arrangement (20) according to claim 11, characterized in that the support element (15) is designed as a chimney surrounding the central bore (13).

13. Stacking arrangement (20) according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the upper part (2) has a central opening (17) which is designed at least to receive the at least one support element (15).

14. Clamping component (1) or stacking arrangement (20) according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the threaded bores (8) have inserted, pressed or injected threaded elements (4a).

15. Clamping component (1) or stacking arrangement (20) according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the threaded bores (8) are designed in such a way that they are suitable for screwing in self-tapping screws (4) to form the thread.

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