Band clamp
AssigneeOetiker Schweiz AG
InventorsNelson De Vittori, Robert Seelos, Manuel Müller
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Abstract
A low-profile clamp consists of a band (20) and a buckle (21) mounted on a first end portion of the band. During mounting, the second and portion (23) of the band (20) which surrounds the object to be fastened is fed through the buckle (21); after tightening the band is locked to the buckle (21) by deformation. The deformation may be done with a plier-type tool which engages the side edges (37) of the second band end portion (23) through lateral windows (36) formed in the buckle (21).
Claims20
A low-profile clamp having a band (20) and a buckle (21) surrounding the band and being provided on a first end portion (22) of the band, wherein the second end portion (23) of the band, which surrounds the object to be fastened and is fed through the buckle (21) radially outside of the first end portion (22), is adapted to be locked with the buckle (21) by deformation,
- wherein a lateral surface of the buckle (21) has a window (36) exposing a side edge (37) of the band within the window (56) to permit locking to be performed by deforming the side edge (37) of the band (20) within the window (36), and
- wherein the first band end portion (22) is held at a spacing from the second band end portion (23) within the buckle (21) to permit locking by means of a plier-type tool deforming the side edge (37) of the second band end portion (23) only.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.