Hose Restraint Apparatus

• US 20080017730A1
• Filed: 08/01/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CNH Canada Limited (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Original Assignee: CNH Canada Limited (CNH Industrial N.V.)
• Inventors: Kowalchuk, Trevor
• Application Number:
  US11/832,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20080017730A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 239/195
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/082 Ducts, distribution pipes or details thereof for pneumatic seeders
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/084 Pneumatic distribution heads for seeders
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/00 Arrangements for connecting hoses to rigid members; Rigid hose connectors, i.e. single members engaging both hoses
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 37/0844 by means of a ring pivoting so as to lie against the tube

Abstract

A restraint apparatus configured to selectively attach a flexible hose at an outlet structure of a manifold of an air conveyance system is provided. The restraint apparatus includes a restraint member having a flat, planar shape. The restraint member includes a first opening located at a first end and a second opening located at a second end opposite the first end. The first and second ends of the restraint member are configured to be biased toward each other such that the first opening is operable to receive the outlet port therethrough and the second opening is operable to receive the hose therethrough. Upon release of the first and second ends of the restraint member, the first and second ends are operable to exert a bias force against the outlet structure and the hose, respectively, in a manner that resists removal of the hose from the outlet structure.

Claims

1. An apparatus configured to restrain movement of an end of a hose inserted into an outlet port of an outlet structure, comprising:

an elongated restraint member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the restraint member having a flat, planar shape;

a first opening located at the first end of and extending through the restraint member; and

a second opening located at the second end of and extending through the restraint member,

wherein the ends of the restraint member are configured to be biased toward each other such that the first opening is operable to receive the outlet port therethrough and the second opening is operable to receive the hose therethrough,

wherein upon release of the ends of the restrain member, the first and second ends are operable to exert a bias force against the outlet structure and the hose, respectively, in a manner so as to resist a longitudinal force directed to remove the hose from the outlet structure, and

wherein upon removal of the outlet structure and the hose from the restraint member, the restraint member is operable to substantially return back to the flat, planar shape.

2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein a width along a portion of the restraint member between the first and second openings is less than a width at the first or second end of the restraint member.

3. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein a width of the restraint member increases in a tapered manner from a central line of symmetry towards each of the first and second ends.

4. The apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein the first opening is generally elliptical-shaped.

5. The apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein the first opening is generally circular-shaped.

6. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the restraint member includes a stainless steel composition.