Clamp for a flexible hose or tube
AssigneeTask Force Tips, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Kolacz
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Abstract
A clamp that is used for clamping a flexible tube or hose has two primary pieces that are hinged together at one end and have handle sections on the other end. Two linking pieces that are hinged together at one end have opposite ends that are hinged to intermediate hinge points on the primary pieces. Clamping surfaces on one of the primary pieces and on one of the linking pieces open in the direction of the handles. When rotating to the closed position, the intermediate hinge point on one of the primary arms moves from one side of a line that runs between the point where the primary pieces are hinged and the point where the linking pieces are hinged to the other side of that line, providing a locking action.
Claims10
A clamp for clamping a flexible tube or hose, the clamp having:
- first and second primary pieces that are hinged together at a primary hinge, each primary piece having an extending handle section and an intermediate hinge point that is positioned laterally between the primary hinge and the extending handle section on that primary piece;
- a clamping linking piece that has a first aperture that is hinged to the intermediate hinge point on the first primary piece, and a second aperture that is spaced from the first aperture;
- a secondary linking piece that that has a first aperture that that is hinged to the intermediate hinge point on the second primary piece, and a second aperture that is spaced from the first aperture on that linking piece;
- a secondary hinge that connects the secondary apertures on the clamping linking piece and the secondary linking piece;
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- squeezing surfaces that are on the first primary piece and on the clamping linking piece between the two apertures on that piece, and are sized and configured to squeeze a flexible tube or hose sufficiently during the clamping process to effectively prevent or reduce the flow of fluid through the flexible tube or hose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.