Crimpable separable tubing clamp
AssigneesTodd G. Cimino, Mark J. Zaharis
InventorMark J. Zaharis
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Abstract
A crimpable compression clamp that secures a tube onto a fitting and is able to be installed and removed without having to separate the tube and the fitting from each other. The crimpable compression clamp includes an inner band portion and an outer band portion. The inner band portion is detachably attached in the outer band portion so as to allow the crimpable compression clamp to be installed and removed without having to separate the tube and the fitting from each other by merely separating the outer band portion and the inner band portion from each other.
Claims35
A crimpable compression clamp for securing a tube onto a fitting and for being able to be installed without having to separate the tube and the fitting from each other, comprising:
- a) an inner band portion having a pair of free ends such that there is a space therebetween;
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- b) an outer band portion having a pair of free ends such that there is a space therebetween,
- wherein one of said inner band portion and said outer band portion has at least two apertures, and the other has at least two hooks that can be aligned with said apertures when assembled so as to retain said portions together such that said inner band portion is detachably attached in said outer band portion,
- wherein said outer band portion substantially encompasses said pair of free ends of said inner band portion,
- wherein said outer band portion has an Oetiker ear, and
- wherein said outer band portion has a step-like portion.
A crimpable compression clamp for securing a tube onto a fitting and for being able to be installed without having to separate the tube and the fitting from each other, comprising:
- a) an inner band portion;
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- b) an outer band portion,
- wherein said inner band portion is detachably attached in said outer band portion,
- wherein said outer band portion has a pair of free ends, an Oetiker ear, a step-like portion, a pair of three through apertures, and a through opening, and
- wherein said inner band portion has a pair of free ends, two pair of support hooks, and a pair of guide/suspension hooks.
A crimpable compression clamp for securing a tube onto a fitting and for being able to be installed without having to separate the tube and the fitting from each other, comprising:
- a) an inner band portion having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a pair of free ends;
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- b) an outer band portion having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a pair of free ends,
- wherein said inner band portion is detachably attached in said outer band portion such that all of said outer surface of said inner band portion is in contact with said inner surface of said outer band portion except for a portion of said outer surface of said inner band portion which corresponds to a space between the pair of free ends of the outer band portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.