GRATING HOLD-DOWN CLIP

摘要

A hold-down clip (17) for use with a metal grating (10) formed of longitudinal strips (15) and transverse strips (14) joined together to form a number of cells (13) of generally rectangular cross section, said clip being operable to secure one or more cells of the grating to a flange (16) of an underlying support beam (11, 12), in which the clip comprises: (a) a generally U-shaped one-piece configuration; (b) a pair of opposed first limb (18) and second limb (19) forming facing sides of the generally U-shaped configuration; (c) a first bent portion (20) at a free end of the first limb (18) and which is inclined in a direction towards the second limb (19); (d) a second bent portion (21) at a free end of the second limb (19) and which is inclined in a direction away from the first limb (18); in which: the clip is capable of taking-up a preliminary mounting and location position on a pair of adjacent transverse strips (14) of a cell (13) of the grating (10) which is positioned above and near to one edge of said underlying flange (16); and, the clip is partly rotatable from the preliminary position by a downward pressing or impact force so as to take-up a fully assembled position in which the first limb (18) overlies the transverse strips (14) of the cell (13) and the second limb (19) partly underlies the flange (16).