Clip for fabric structures

• Main Authors: ROBINSON; MICHAEL D, CAUSTON; BARRY J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.03.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVINGPURPOSES; BLASTING; CHAINS; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FISHING; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR; FORESTRY; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRAPPING; WATERING; WEAPONS

A frangible clip which gives way at a loading less than the limits of supporting structures is used in bulk to secure panels of porous cloth to supporting cables. The porous cloth is that used in agriculture for shade, wind, rain, hall, or snow protection of plants or animals. The clips are installed to form loops which slide along support cables and which pass through the structure of the cloth and around a preferred soft-sheathed hem cable which strengthens all edges of the cloth. A panel of porous cloth may be held stretched out by anchoring hem cables at a first corner, passed around anchored pulleys at each adjacent corner, and tensioning them onto an anchor at the far corner. The anchors may be attached to the support cables or to poles or ground structures. These improvements are useful in minimising storm damage.