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US 2020/0347972 A1Published application
Spring clamp with installation and removal capability
OwnerJerry Seimearsinventor
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Abstract
A spring clamp with integrated installation and removal capability allows a user to install or remove the spring clamp safely using common shop tools or by hand. The spring clamp includes two tangs with a fastener extending between them. The fastener may be used to draw the tangs together or apart, to thereby open or close the spring clamp, and to safely change the potential energy of the spring clamp. The user may turn the fastener or a nut on the fastener using common shop tools or by hand to expand the spring clamp so that it can be slipped over a hose and to allow the spring clamp to tighten around the hose.
Claims20
A spring clamp comprising:
- a spring and a fastener;
- wherein the spring comprises a loop region, a first overlap region, a second overlap region, a first tang at an end of the first overlap region, a second tang at an end of the second overlap region;
- wherein the spring comprises a state with a lowest potential energy and wherein the loop region has a first diameter in the state with the lowest potential energy;
- wherein the fastener engages with the first tang and the second tang to control a potential energy of the spring clamp and to change the diameter of the loop region and wherein in an energy state above the state with lowest potential energy, the loop region has a second diameter, wherein the second diameter is larger than the first diameter.
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