Band clamp
AssigneeHeyco, Inc.
InventorJoseph Lares
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Abstract
A band clamp is disclosed which can be movably applied to an elongated object, such as a hose, conduit or the like, when the band clamp is in an open or non-engaged position. In one embodiment, the elongated object is gripped between a pair of arms which project inwardly from opposite sides of an inner circumferential surface of the band when the band is in its open or non-engaged position. The inner circumferential surface of the band also includes a pair of recesses, one on each side thereof. When the band is in its closed or engaged position, each of the arms is received in a corresponding recess. The first and second arms are attached at a common junction with the band forming an arc that is no less than about 180°.
Claims26
A band clamp, comprising a band forming a loop and having a radially expanded position and a radially constricted position;
- retaining means for retaining said band in its said constricted position;
- and at least one arm attached to said band, said at least one arm extending radially inward relative to said band for frictionally engaging an elongated object disposed within said loop of said band when said band is in its said expanded position.
A band clamp, comprising a band forming a loop and having a radially expanded position and a radially constricted position;
- retaining means for retaining said band in its said constricted position;
- a first flexible arm biased inwardly relative to said band from one side of said band and a second flexible arm biased inwardly relative to said band from an opposite side of said band, said second arm cooperating with said first arm to frictionally engage and movably grip an elongated object disposed within said loop of said band when said band is in its said expanded position;
- a first recess formed in said one side of said band, said first recess being sized and shaped to receive said first arm when said band is in its said constricted position;
- and a second recess formed in said opposite side of said band, said second recess being sized and shaped to receive said second arm when said band is in its said constricted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.