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AssigneeDayco Corporation
InventorsDonald L. Kleykamp, Steven G. McCord, William J. LiVolsi, Raymond L. Trueblood
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A hose clamp structure and hose construction employing same are provided wherein such structure comprises a pair of cooperating interconnectible members each having a plurality of teeth adapted for interconnecting engagement and wherein the members upon being interconnected around an associated hose end extend substantially over a first arcuate length of the hose end with a second arcuate length of the hose end completing the remaining 360.degree. circumference of such hose end. Each of the members is defined as a separate part and has means for connecting the members to the hose end such that when the members are connected to the hose end the second arcuate length of the hose end is employed as clamping means and the connected members and second arcuate length cooperate to define an annular construction enabling the hose end to be clamped around an associated structure.
In a hose clamp structure comprising a pair of cooperating interconnectible members each having a plurality of teeth adapted for interconnecting engagement, said members upon being interconnected around an associated hose end extending substantially over a first arcuate length of said hose end with a second arcuate length of said hose end completing the remaining 360 degree circumference of said hose end, the improvement in which, each of said members is defined as a separate part and has means for connecting the member to said hose end, said members when connected to said hose end employing said second arcuate length of said hose end as clamping means, said connected members and second arcuate length cooperating to define an annular construction enabling said hose end to be clamped around an associated structure.
In a method of making a hose clamp structure comprising the steps of providing a pair of cooperating interconnectible members each having a plurality of teeth adapted for interconnecting engagement, said members upon being interconnected around an associated hose end extending substantially over a first arcuate length of said hose end with a second arcuate length of said hose end completing the remaining 360 degree circumference of said hose end, the improvement in said method wherein said providing step comprises, providing each of said members as a separate part and providing connecting means for connecting each member to said hose end, said members when connected to said hose end employing said second arcuate length of said hose end as clamping means, said connected members and second arcuate length cooperating to define an annular construction enabling said hose end to be clamped around an associated structure.
In a hose construction comprising a hose made primarily of polymeric material and having opposite hose ends, a hose clamp structure connected to at least one of said hose ends, the improvement wherein said hose clamp structure comprises a pair of interconnectible members each having a plurality of teeth adapted for interconnecting engagement, said members upon being interconnected around said one hose end extending substantially over a first arcuate length of said one hose end with a second arcuate length of said one hose end completing the remaining 360 degree circumference of said one hose end, each of said members being defined as a separate part, means for connecting each member to said one hose end, said members when connected to said one hose end employing said second arcuate length of said one hose end as clamping means, said connected members and second arcuate length cooperating to define an annular construction enabling said one hose end to be clamped around an associated structure.
In a method of attaching a hose construction on an associated tubular construction comprising the steps of disposing a hose end of said hose construction around said tubular construction and attaching said hose end against said tubular construction with a hose clamp structure, the improvement comprising the steps of, providing a pair of cooperating interconnectible members which define said hose clamp structure, each of said interconnectible members having a plurality of teeth adapted for interconnecting engagement, forming a pair of openings in said hose end at substantially diametrically opposite positions, connecting each of said members to said hose end with associated connecting means, each connecting means having means extending through an associated opening in the hose end, interconnecting said members around said hose end such that said members extend substantially over a first arcuate length of the hose end with a second arcuate length of said hose end completing the remaining 360.degree. circumference of said hose end, said members being connected by urging the teeth thereof in connecting engagement and said members when connected employing the second arcuate length of said hose end as clamping means, said connected members and second arcuate length cooperating to define an annular construction enabling said hose end to be clamped around said tubular construction in an optimum manner.
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