Cable Tie Guide Gutter for Front-Side Fastening Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable tie installation methods face challenges when accessing the rear face of a supporting element, making it difficult to pass the cable tie through orifices, especially in environments where the rear face is inaccessible.
Innovation Solution
A guide device with a gutter and wedging surface that allows the cable tie to traverse from the front face to the rear face and back, using a longitudinal and transverse curve to guide and lock the cable tie in place, enabling secure fastening without requiring access to the rear face.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the cable tie passes through two orifices in the supporting element to secure cables against the front face, then the cables are held securely in position, but the rear face must be accessible which complicates installation in many practical environments
Solution Approach 1:
A guide device with a gutter acts as an intermediary tool that bridges the gap between the front face access and the need to pass the cable tie through the supporting element. The guide device is inserted through the first orifice from the front face, and its gutter structure guides the cable tie to emerge at the second orifice without requiring direct access to the rear face for manipulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide device is preliminarily positioned and secured in the supporting element before the cable tie installation. The protrusion with wedging surface is inserted through the second orifice and wedged against the gutter to lock it in position, preparing the guidance path in advance so that the cable tie can be easily threaded through both orifices from the front face side.
2Manufacturing precision
If the cable tie is manually manipulated to pass through the supporting element from the rear face, then proper positioning is achieved, but the operation becomes very complicated when the rear face is inaccessible
Solution Approach 1:
The guide device serves as a mediator that provides a pre-formed guidance path through the supporting element. Instead of manually manipulating the cable tie through complex rear face operations, the gutter of the guide device creates a ready-made channel that directs the cable tie from the first orifice to the second orifice, simplifying the entire installation procedure.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide device transforms the installation approach by working primarily from the front face dimension rather than requiring rear face access. The guide device extends through the supporting element, creating a three-dimensional guidance structure that allows cable tie installation to be performed from a single accessible face, effectively adding a spatial dimension to the installation process.
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AI summary
A guide system to enable installation of a cable tie on a supporting element by passing the cable tie through a first passage to traverse the supporting element, then through a second passage to come back to the same side of the supporting element, enabling the cable tie to surround one or more cables. The guide device includes a gutter with a guide surface with two curves, a first longitudinal curve enabling the surface to extend from a passage to the other passage and a second transverse curve forming a partial envelope for receiving the cable tie and guiding and holding the cable tie in the gutter. The device also has at least one protrusion with a wedging surface projecting from the surface of the gutter to come into contact with and wedge against the supporting element to lock the gutter in position in relation to the supporting element.