Hose clamp for tractor rig
AssigneeR.A. Phillips Industries, Inc.
InventorsDouglas B. Noyes, Thomas Dale Peterson, Patrick Eugene Lewis
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Abstract
A hose clamp includes a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness. A clasp defines lower pockets and is rotatably attached to the hanger by a hinge. The clasp is configured to rotate about the hinge between an open position, in which flexible lines can be laid into the pockets, and a closed position in which the hanger and the clasp together surround and capture the lines in the respective pockets. A latch is configured to latch the clasp in the closed position.
Claims12
A hose clamp comprising:
- a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness;
- a hinge;
- and
- a clasp defining lower pockets and being rotatably attached to the hanger by the hinge, the clasp being configured to rotate about the hinge between an open position, in which flexible lines can be laid into the pockets, and a closed position in which the hanger and the clasp together surround and capture the flexible lines in the respective pockets;
- a hook configured to latch the clasp in the closed position, the hook comprising
- a hook arm that projects upward in the clasp's closed position;
- and
- a hook finger that projects laterally inward from the hook arm and rests on a ledge to latch the clasp in the closed position;
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- two tangs coupled to the hanger and extending toward each other, each tang configured to apply an elastic force downward against one of the flexible lines toward a corresponding lower pocket of the lower pockets,
- wherein the hook and the clasp are configured for the hook finger to be manually forced laterally outward, against elastic bias of the clasp, to slide the hook finger laterally off the ledge to release the clasp from the closed position.
A hose clamp defined with respect to mutually-perpendicular vertical, lateral and transverse axes, comprising:
- a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness, having transversely-opposing surfaces bounding a gap in the hanger;
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- two laterally-spaced upper hose engaging surfaces;
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- a clasp configured to be attached to the hanger in a closed position in which the clasp has:
- laterally-spaced first and second attachment locations at which the clasp is attached to the hanger;
- laterally-spaced first and second pockets, located laterally between the attachment locations, for supporting hoses;
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- a projection, located between the pockets, that moves, as the clasp is moved into the closed position, upward into the gap to be transversely captured by said transversely-opposing surfaces,
- wherein the two laterally-spaced upper hose engaging surfaces are configured to apply a substantially vertical elastic force against one of the hoses.
A hose clamp defined relative to mutually-perpendicular vertical, lateral and transverse axes, the clamp comprising:
- a ring with a transversely-extending hole for receiving a harness to suspend the ring from the harness;
- a neck extending downward from the ring;
- an orifice structure connected to the ring by the neck, the orifice structure having a laterally-spaced orifices, each configured to surround and capture a hose line;
- two laterally-spaced upper hose-engaging surfaces adjoining one of the laterally-spaced orifices and configured to press the hose line against a lower surface of the one of the laterally-spaced orifices;
- with the neck having straight laterally-opposite side edges that are inclined downward and laterally-outward by an angle of 15°-45° relative to vertical.
A hose clamp defined relative to mutually-perpendicular vertical, lateral and transverse axes, the clamp comprising:
- a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness, the hanger including:
- a gap bounded by transversely-opposing first and second surfaces of the hanger;
- a hinge pin extending transversely across the gap;
- and
- a ledge facing upward;
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- a clasp including:
- a hinge knuckle configured to form a hinge with the hinge pin about which the clasp can rotate upward toward and into a closed position in which the hanger and the clasp together surround and capture a hose;
- a hook arm that, in the clasp's closed position, projects upward;
- a hook finger that projects laterally inward from the hook arm and rests on the ledge to latch the clasp in the closed position;
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- two substantially vertically-extending ribs projecting transversely from transversely-opposite side surfaces of the hook arm,
- wherein the clamp is configured for the hook finger to be manually forced laterally outward, against elastic bias of the clasp, to slide the hook finger laterally off the ledge to release the clasp from the closed position, and
- wherein the first and second surfaces of the hanger are configured to press the hose downward and toward the clamp in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.