Tensioner for side panels of curtain-sided vehicles has tension lever made of sheet steel whose thickness is length of square cross-section of drive peg formed in one piece from same sheet metal without deformation

摘要

The tensioner has a base shoe (4) fixable in a front and or rear corner area of the vehicle and with an outwardly protruding bearing plate (51) through which a drive peg (2) is passed. The drive peg has a square cross section whose square side has length a whilst the tension lever (3) is made from sheet steel with the thickness a. The drive peg is cut without further deformation integral with the remaining tension lever out from the steel sheet. The base shoe is made from two parts each with an oblong shackle (44) which interengage in the assembled state.