A holding device in which a plate is provided with two extreme perpendicular wings with resilient tendency to close to each other, laying between both these wings a shaft with stems to mounting the same under pressure to respective holes formed in the wings and large heads to obtain a friction effect on the inner face of the wings, which effect can be increased by means of corrugations or ribs formed in the said face, bearing the shaft a winding thread from which the mobile hangs to the desired ...

A holder for conductors on a rail has multiple claw pairs arranged in staggered and laterally offset relation, for minimizing the space requirement. Claws for holding adjacent conductors are aligned but separated for individual resilient deflection; several fasteners for the holder on the rail are disclosed, all providing for snap action kind of insertion.

A holding device which is adapted to be flanged to a machine for filling and for automatically twisting off sausages and which acts on the front end of a twist-off nozzle of the machine via a brake ring housing for effecting automatic twisting off. For providing, on the one hand, a possibility of exactly positioning the holding device relative to the twist-off nozzle and for maintaining, on the other hand, the twist-off nozzle in a condition in which it is always accessible for the purpose of fi...

Holding tongs for holding printed circuit boards suspended in a galvanizing bath includes two halves, of which the movable half is subdivided into two portions pivotable relative to the stationary half of the tongs against the action of the springs. Both halves of the tongs have clamping projections to clamp the boards in a suspended position.

A holder for supporting and securing such items as eyeglasses within a shirt or coat pocket is disclosed. The holder utilizes a hollow holder housing having opposed front and rear walls and relatively narrow side walls. A pivot arm is pivotally secured within the housing and has included therein a movable grip projecting through the front wall which engages a stationary grip secured to the external surface of the front wall. A spring member interconnected between the housing and the pivot arm ur...

A holding assembly for holding movable members such as doors and the like in their closed positions comprises: a female element 1 fixed to one of a movable member 17 and a stationary member 18; and, a male element 11 fixed to the other thereof. The female element 1 has a slot 36, a right-side wall portion 2 and a left-side wall portion 3 in its central portion so that the walls portions 2, 3 sandwich the slot 36 therebetween. The right-side wall portion 2 and the left-side wall portion 3 are pro...

A holding clamp for clamping a thyristor between a pair of heat sinks. The clamp includes spaced clamping and base plates on opposite sides of the heat sinks. The plates are held together by a pair of spaced bolts secured to the base plate and in sliding engagement with the clamping plate. A center bolt is in threaded engagement with the clamping plate and aligned with and located between the spaced bolts. A pad is mounted for universal movement on one end of the center bolt and is engaged with ...

A device (10) for holding a sheet-like item during, for example, a folding operation. The device (10) includes a finger (46) having an engagement surface (74) defined by an engagement portion (60) of the finger (46). A jaw (76) is eccentrically mounted for rotation between a position in engagement with the surface (74) and a position wherein the jaw (76) is spaced from the surface (74). The jaw (76) is biased toward the engagement position.

A holder typically for a portable telephone comprises an upper housing and a lower housing, the latter being adapted for fixing to a surface or object. The upper housing comprises a support plate upon which the telephone may be located, and a pair of movable gripper members which urge the telephone against a fixed member so as to be held firmly therebetween. The distance between the fixed member and movable gripper members may be varied according to the dimensions of the telephone which the hold...

A jewelry clip is disclosed which includes a base having spaced-apart first and second openings and an arcuate retaining wire having first and second ends connected by a curved portion. The ends of the wire are received and held in the respective openings of the base to permit the wire to be rotatable on the base. The retaining wire has a rotational position of maximum stored energy and positions of lesser stored energy. In operation, the retaining wire will tend to rotate away from the position...