Housing for tightening elements of hose clips
First Claim
1. In a clip wherein an elongated band having a threaded end portion and two marginal zones which flank said threaded end portion is adapted to be placed around a hose or a like structure, the combination of a housing having a substantially tubular section for said end portion of the band and a single lateral extension, said tubular section being nearer to one than to the other marginal zone and said extension being nearer to said other marginal zone of the band, said tubular section including a bottom wall forming part of said extension, and a tensioning element rotatably mounted in said tubular section and having external threads meshing with the threads of said end portion, said element being rotatable in a predetermined direction to thereby tension the band and said extension being urged toward the structure which is surrounded by the band when said element is rotated in said direction.
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Abstract
The housing for the screw of a hose clip has a tubular section with a flat bottom wall a portion of which extends laterally beyond the tubular section and is overlapped by a plate-like second portion forming part of and being inclined with reference to a side wall of the tubular section. When the screw is rotated in a direction to tension the band which is placed around a hose, pipe or a like structure, the screw tends to move the extension toward such structure. The extension is or can be hollow to receive parts of the overlapping end portions of the band. Reinforcing ribs are provided at the outside of the housing between the side wall of the tubular section and the extension. The housing is made of a sheet metal blank which is deformed to form the tubular section and the two portions of the extension, and such portions of the extension are thereupon welded to each other.
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13 Claims
- 1. In a clip wherein an elongated band having a threaded end portion and two marginal zones which flank said threaded end portion is adapted to be placed around a hose or a like structure, the combination of a housing having a substantially tubular section for said end portion of the band and a single lateral extension, said tubular section being nearer to one than to the other marginal zone and said extension being nearer to said other marginal zone of the band, said tubular section including a bottom wall forming part of said extension, and a tensioning element rotatably mounted in said tubular section and having external threads meshing with the threads of said end portion, said element being rotatable in a predetermined direction to thereby tension the band and said extension being urged toward the structure which is surrounded by the band when said element is rotated in said direction.
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