Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Bale and package ties – hose clamps – With tighteners
Patent
1978-08-15
1980-07-29
Schultz, William H.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Bale and package ties, hose clamps
With tighteners
A44B 2100
Patent
active
042143519
ABSTRACT:
A snap-on clamp is disclosed for securely fastening one object to another, such as fastening a flexible hose about a pipe, a nipple, or the like, and includes an open-ended, substantially annular band having a pair of opposed, interlockable members disposed at the open ends thereof. One of the interlockable members includes a generally arcuate jaw defined by the outer cantalevered toothed arm having a plurality of teeth along the radial inside thereof, and an inner arm spaced radially inwardly of the outer arm defining a mouth therebetween. A pair of radially extending support brace members are disposed between the arms on the sides thereof at the end of the jaw opposite the open end of the mouth defined thereby. The brace members and the upper and lower arms define a through hole therebetween. The other interlockable member comprises a toothed tongue positionable within the mouth between the arms of the one interlockable member and passable through said through hole. The tongue has a plurality of teeth along the radial outside thereof oriented for interlocking engagement with the teeth of the outer arm of the one interlockable member for closing the clamp, whereby the clamp can be opened by lifting the outer cantalevered arm of the one interlockable member radially outwardly of the tongue to disengage the respective teeth. A pair of depending side legs are formed at the end of the upper arm of the one interlockable member to guide the tongue into the mouth defined by the upper and lower arms. In one form of the invention, a pair of radially extending side members are disposed between the arms of the one interlockable member and bowed axially outwardly therefrom. The side members are resiliently flexible so as to lift the arcuate jaw defined by the outer toothed arm of the one interlockable member out of engagement with the tongue defined by the other interlockable member upon compressing the flexible side members axially inwardly toward one another to facilitate opening the clamp.
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