Hose clamp
OwnerCharlton Sadlerinventor
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Abstract
A hose clamp wherein the slotted strap portion is cut to a desired clamp size from a stock supply length. The clamp provides a housing for the two ends of the cut portion. Projections carried by the housing permit a first end of the strap to be removably engaged with the housing. A second member, preferably the second end of the strap, fills the space above the attached first end to interfere with the movement of the first end off the projection. Thus the assembly of a cut strap portion and a drive housing can be accomplished without tools.
Claims10
In the art of constricting a strap about an object by gripping one end of a strap of predetermined length in a holding device and progressively drawing the other end in a counter direction with respect to the one end, the improvement comprising:
- a strap having a first and second end and a regular series of through opening slots along the longitudinal axis thereof;
- a clamp body, first means carried by said body for providing an interlock of the body with at least one strap slot, said interlock by the first means establishing only a fixed relationship relative to the longitudinal axis of the strap;
- second means for blocking the lateral movement of the strap to separate the strap and body from the interlock condition;
- whereby any desired length of strap may be provided, and the first end of the strap inserted into the body and thereafter blocked against removal;
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- means for drawing the second end of the strap in a direction opposite the axial direction of the first end established in the interlocking condition to thereby fix the ends to said clamp body and provide a constricting draw of the strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.