Adjustable size hose clamp
Abstract
Abstract THIS HOSE CLAMP IS OF AN ADJUSTABLE SIZE WHICH WILL FIT A RANGE OF A HOSE SIZES THUS MAKING IT MORE UNIVERSAL IN USE THAN SINGLE SIZE HOSE CLAMPS. THE ENDS OF THE HOSE CLAMP STRAP OVERLAP EACH OTHER, WITH ONE END FASTENED TO THE TOP OF AN EXTERNALLY THREADED SIDE GROOVED FLOATING NUT, WHILE THE OTHER END IS SHIFTABLE ACROSS THE ANCHORED FIRST END TO VARY THE HOSE CLAMP DIAMETER TO FIT THE SIZE OF THE HOSE TO BE GRIPPED ON A MALE MEMBER WITHIN THE HOSE END. WITH THE STRAP MOUNTED IN PRELIMINARY CLAMPING POSITION ONE THE HOSE END, AN ELONGATED INTERNALLY THREADED NUT IS ENGAGED WITH THE UPPER END OF THE FLOATING NUT SO THAT BY ROTATING THE INTERNALLY THREADED NUT IT WILL MOVE THE FLOATING NUT UPWARDLY INTO SAME AND WITH IT THE END PORTIONS OF THE STRAP ABOVE THE FLOATING NUT TO TIGHTEN THE STRAP ON THE HOSE, FOLLOWING WHICH THE FREE END OF THE STRAP MAY BE BROKEN OFF TO LEAVE THE HOSE CLAMP IN ANCHORED POSITION.
Inventors
- 👤 George L Turner
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