摘要:
A quick-fit anchoring device for anchoring a sheath of a control cable to a mounting bracket is disclosed, which has a slot shaped generally as a U opening to a side of the mounting bracket, wherein the slot comprises a receiving portion of circular shape which is closed along an arc of circumference extending more than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees so as to define an opening the width of which is smaller than the diameter of the receiving portion. The device comprises a hollow body adapted to be fixed to the sheath, a collar mounted on the body coaxially therewith and rotatably relative thereto about an axis of rotation coinciding with its own axis, and a spring interposed between the body and the collar. The collar forms a pair of axial projections shaped so as to be insertable into the slot by translation along a direction of insertion laying in the plane of the mounting bracket, when the collar is in a first angular position, and to be locked in the slot in this direction of insertion, when the collar is in a second angular position rotated relative to the first one. The spring is arranged to apply on the collar a torque tending to rotate this latter from the first to the second angular position. The body is provided with a ratchet cooperating with a locking seat of the collar to keep the collar locked in the first angular position, when the anchoring device is not mounted on the mounting bracket, and to unlock the collar, when the anchoring device is inserted into the slot, so as to cause the collar to rotate automatically from the first to the second position as a result of the torque applied by the spring.