Abstract: A clamp for grasping elongated articles of generally round cross section, comprising an abutment body having a substantially planar clamping surface and having front and rear portions with respect to the direction of insertion of an article into the clamp, at least one J-shaped clamping jaw pivotally mounted to the rear portion of the abutment body by a resilient pivot integral with the jaw and the abutment body, with the jaw having a curved clamping surface formed substantially as an arc of a circle, wherein the rotational axis of the pivot is parallel to the axis of an article caught between the clamping surfaces, the clamping jaw being biased into clamping relationship by the resilient pivot, and wherein the rotational axis does not lie inside the projection of the planar clamping surface, with respect to the curved clamping surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clamp for securing a round article to a support plate. The clamp includes a generally channel-shaped body having a clip which cooperates with one of the legs of the body to retain the article in the channel opening. The clip has a head having an arcuate surface engageable with a surface portion carried by the other leg of the channel-shaped body to prevent removal of the article from the clamp upon application of a tensile force on the article in the direction of the clamp opening. To remove the article, the clip is manually displaced toward the base of the channel body to open the clamp. In another embodiment, a pair of clips lie in opposition one to the other and each clip cooperates with a surface portion carried by a corresponding leg of the clamp to preclude removal of the article from the clamp upon application of a tensile force in a direction tending to remove the article from the clamp through its opening.