Hose clip and a locking member therefor
AssigneeJCS Hi-Torque Limited
InventorAnthony Trevor Mockridge
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Abstract
A locking member (20) for use with a worm-drive hose clip having a strap (15) of encircling an article to be clamped is arranged for slidable mounting on the main part (15) of the strap. When so mounted, the free end (17) of the strap may be entered into the locking member (20) which has a retaining portion (27) adapted to lie against the inwardly directed face of the strap so as to be clamped between the strap (15) and an article (28), on tightening of the clip around the article. The locking member (20) also has a catch member (23) which engages one of the worm-drive abutments (18) on the free end (17) of the strap so that once the clip is tightened, the catch member (23) resists withdrawal of the free end (17) from the locking member (20).
Claims19
A worm-drive hose clip having a strap for encircling an article to be clamped, which strap has a plurality of abutments spaced therealong for engagement by the worm, and a locking member slidably mounted on the strap and configured to permit the free end of the strap to be entered thereinto, the locking member having a retaining portion which lies against the inwardly-directed face of the strap for clamping between the strap and said article on tightening the strap therearound, and a catch member engageable with the free end of the strap on inserting said free end into the locking member, so as to resist the withdrawal of said free end from the locking member.
A worm-drive hose clip comprising:
- a strap for encircling an article to be clamped and having first and second ends;
- a plurality of abutments spaced along the strap for at least part of the length thereof, from the first end of the strap;
- a housing mounted on the second end of the strap and through which housing the first end of the strap passes;
- a worm rotatably mounted in said housing and engaged with the abutments on the strap;
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- a locking member mounted on the strap for sliding movement therealong and configured to permit the first end of the strap to be inserted thereinto, which locking member has:
- a retaining portion which lies against a face of the strap which in uses engages the article to be clamped so that the retaining portion is clamped between the strap and the article;
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- a catch member engageable with the first end of the strap on inserting the first end into the locking member so as to resist withdrawal of the first end once the retaining portion has been clamped between the strap and said article.
A locking member for use with a worm-drive hose clip having a strap for encircling an article to be clamped, the strap having a plurality of abutments spaced therealong for engagement by the worm, which locking member comprises a body defining an upper surface having opposed side edges, a pair of side flanges projecting downwardly from said opposed side edges, and a pair of opposed in-tuned lugs formed one on each flange respectively, and extending for a part only of the length of the body whereby a channel-shaped aperture is defined by said upper surface, the side flanges and the lugs for slidably receiving the strap when in use, said aperture being configured to permit the free end of the strap also to be entered thereinto, the lugs being adapted to lie against the inwardly-directed face of the strap so as to be clamped between the strap and said article on tightening of the strap therearound, and the upper surface of the locking member providing a catch member directed inwardly of the aperture at a location spaced along the length of the body from the lugs which catch member is engageable with an abutment of the free end of the strap when said free end is inserted into the aperture and the clip is tightened on to an article, said catch member thereafter resists withdrawal of said free end from the locking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.