BUNDLE TIE WITH HEAD DAMPENER

摘要

An apparatus according to the present invention provides a bundle tie including a head dampener. The tie generally comprises a strap and a tie head coupled to the strap. The tie head is adapted to engage a free end of one strap, thereby forming a loop, which may be formed or placed about one or a bundle of elongate articles such as conduit, wires, cables, ropes, and pipes, for example. The tie head is provided with a head dampener which serves to cushion what otherwise may he damaging force placed upon the one or more elongate articles by the tie head. The dampener may also serve to limit movement of the one or more elongate articles through the loop formed by the tie.

主权项

1. A method of forming a bundle tie, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a tie mold having a bundle tie head cavity and a bundle tie strap cavity; injecting a first material into said tie mold; holding said first material in said mold for a first period of time, thereby creating a bundle tie; modifying said tie mold, said modifying including modifying said tie head cavity, thereby creating a modified tie mold having a modified bundle tie head cavity; injecting a second material into said modified bundle tie head cavity; holding said first material and said second material in said modified tie mold for a second period of time, thereby creating a bundle tie having a head dampener; and, separating said bundle tie having a head dampener from said modified tie mold.