US 2006/0123604 A1 · Boot band

Abstract

Buckling is prevented at the time of clamping a band body, and the band body is made short. A boot band comprises a band body 31 that is wound in a ring shape—around a member to be clamped—in such a way that the outer-layer portion 32 of the band body 31 overlaps the inner-layer portion 33 of the band body 31, engagement holes 34, 35 that are formed in the outer-layer portion 32, engagement pawls 36, 37 that are formed on the inner-layer portion 33 and that are to be engaged with the engagement holes 34, 35, so that the band body 31 is maintained in a clamped condition, a first boot-band pawl 41 that is formed on the to and at the end of the outer-layer portion 32, a planar end 39 that is formed closer to the end of the outer-layer portion 32 than the first boot-band pawl 41 is, a second boot-band pawl 38 that (1) is formed in the inner-layer portion 33, (2) has (a) an opening 38a wherein the terminal end 39 can be inserted, and (b) a pressing portion 38b for pressing—from the outside—the terminal end 39 that is inserted in the opening 38a, and (3) clamps the band body 31 together with the first boot-band pawl 41, and a slit 42 that is formed between the first boot-band pawl 41 and the engagement hole 34 in the outer-layer portion 32.

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Dependent claims

A boot band comprising

a band body that is wounded for clamping on a member as a ring around a member to be clamped, in such a way that an outer-layer portion of said band body overlaps an inner-layer portion of said band body,
an engagement hole formed in the outer-layer portion of said band,
an engagement pawl formed in the inner-layer portion of said band body and that engages with said engagement hole so as to maintain said band body in a clamped condition,
a first boot-band pawl formed on a top end at and the end of the outer-layer portion of the band,
a planar end formed in the said outer-layer portion of said band body, and is located nearer to said top end of said outer-layer portion than the first boot-band pawl is,
a second boot-band pawl formed in the inner-layer portion of said band body, has an opening into which said top end can be inserted, and a pressing part that presses, and from the outside, the end that is inserted into said opening, and clamps said band body together with said first boot-band pawl, and
a slit is formed between said first boot-band pawl and said engagement hole in said outer-layer portion of said band body.

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A boot band, for clamping on a member comprising:

a band body that is wound as a ring around the member to be clamped, in such a way that the band body's outer-layer portion overlaps the inner-layer portion of the band body,
an engagement hole formed in said outer-layer portion of said band body,
an engagement pawl formed in said inner-layer portion of said band body and that engages with said engagement hole so as to maintain said band body in a clamped condition,
a first boot-band pawl formed on a top end at and the end of the outer-layer portion of said band body,
a planar end formed in said outer-layer portion of said band body, and is located nearer to the top end of the outer-layer portion than the first boot-band pawl is,
a second boot-band pawl formed in said inner-layer portion of said band body, has an opening into which said top end can be inserted, and a pressing part that presses, from the outside the end that is inserted into said opening, and clamps said band body together with the first boot-band pawl,
a slit formed between said first boot-band pawl and the engagement hole in the outer-layer portion of the band, and
a temporary-tacking pawl formed on said inner-layer portion of said band body, and is inserted into and engaged with said slit, so that said band body is made to be in a temporary-tacking condition in a ring-like form.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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