Full grip clamp

Claim 1

A HOSE CLAMP COMPRISING: AN ANNULAR INSERT ARRANGED TO BE INSERTED COAXIALLY WITHIN A HOSE END FOR INTERNALLY SUPPORTING A HOSE END; A PAIR OF CLAMP-HALVES EACH HAVING AN INTERNAL ARCUATE CLAMPING SURFACE FOR ENGAGING THE HOSE TO BE CLAMPED ALONG A CIRCUMFERENTIAL EXTENT OF LESS THAN 180* AND A PAIR OF WEDGING SURFACES AT EACH OF THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CLAMPING SURFACE, SAID CLAMPING SURFACE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF COAXIAL, AXIALLY SPACED, RADIALLY INWARDLY OPENING SEGMENTALLY ANNULAR GROOVES; A PAIR OF CLAMP SEGMENTS EACH HAVING AN INNER ARCUATE CLAMPING SURFACE AND A PAIR OF WEDGE SURFACES ARRANGED TO BE ENGAGED BY APPOSED PAIRS OF SAID WEDGING SURFACES FO SAID CLAMP-HALVES, SAID CLAMPING SURFACE OF EACH CLAMP SEGMENT INCLUDNG A PLURALITY OF COAXIAL, AXIALLY SPACED, RADIALLY INWARDLY OPENING SEGMENTALLY ANNULAR GROOVES CORRESPONDING TO SAID GROOVES IN THE CLAMP-HALVES; SAID WEDGING SURFACES BEING AT AN ANGLE IN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 15* TO 20* TO THE DIAMETRIC PLANE LONGITUDINALLY BISECTING SAID CLAMP-HALVES, SAID GROOVES BEING ARRANGED ON SAID CLAMP-HALVES AND SAID CLAMP SEGMENTS TO FORM OUTERMOST GROOVES AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CLAMPHALVES AND SAID CLAMP SEGMENTS AND INNERMOST GROOVES BETWEEN SAID OUTERMOST GROOVES, SAID GROOVES BEING ROUNDED WITH SAID OUTERMOST GROOVES HAVING A LARGER RADIUS THAN SAID INNERMOST GROOVES AND MEANS FOR FORCIBLY URGING THE CLAMP-HALVES TOGETHER TO FORCE SAID CLAMP SEGMENTS INWARDLY TO A POSITION WHEREIN SAID CLAMPING SURFACE OF EACH SEGMENT IS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AND AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE CLAMPING SURFACE OF EACH CLAMP-HALF THEREBY TO DEFINE A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS, GROOVED CLAMPING SURFACE FOR CLAMPING THE HOSE END ABOUT SAID INSERT.