Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7305740 | Self-locking clamp for a hose A self-locking clamp (1, 1′) is described, which comprises a body (9) formed by a profile bent so as to have a substantially cylindrical shape and provided with a first end (6) and a second end (2), substantially overlapping each other ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302741 | Hose clamp and spring liner An improved hose clamp having an annular band with an inner face, tensioning means, and an annular spring liner. The spring liner includes an outwardly projecting circumferential ridge; an inwardly projecting circumferential ridge on each side of the outwardly proje... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7213406 | Pipe support for compressor subassembly A compressor assembly, including a compressor, at least one pipe having ends and an intermediate portion between the ends, the at least one pipe being connected to the compressor at the ends, and at least one support member for supporting the intermediate portion of... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7093326 | Tube clamp For obtaining a hose clamp which has a continuously smooth inner surface free of gaps and which requires an as short as possible length of band material, the inner band end portion is provided with a tongue the length of which is approximately half the amount by whi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062821 | Clamping collar A clamping collar having a hook (22) suitable for being clipped onto a lug (12) in the clamped state. The collar has a tongue (14) secured to the end that carries the hook (22). The lug (12) has a free edge (12A) which, when... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7024731 | Hose clamp with internal clamping surfaces devoid of gaps, steps or discontinuities A clamp in which the clamping band end portions are intended to form overlapping inner and outer band portions in the installed condition and are connected by a connection, in which a tightening device for tightening the clamping band about an object to be fastened ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6926317 | Security seal Security seals (1) are widely used to demonstrate the integrity of a closed container, truck, roll pallet, cage or box. Typically such security seals (21) are made from plastics material and have a strap (2) with a plug (5) at one end and... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921085 | Packaging design incorporating gasket clamping assemblies and installation instructions A package comprising gasket mounting clamps and instructions for mounting same. The mounting clamps include an expansion clamp and a takedown clamp. The expansion clamp engages an interior of a gasket inserted. The takedown clamp is looped in the gasket. The takedow... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6687960 | Boot band A boot band includes a locking hole formed in an outer overlapping portion of a band body, a locking nail formed on an inner overlapping portion, and an ear portion which can be plastically deformed into a shape that decreases the circumferential length o... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6598269 | Hose clamp In an open hose clamp with overlapping band ends, the outer band part comprises, starting from its end, an opening, an undulation, an Oetiker ear, an aperture, and a hook, while the inner band part comprises, starting from its end, a hook for engagement i... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6560824 | Boot-band A boot-band, of which the ear portion is highly rigid, that lowers the prominence of the ear portion. An outer overlap portion and an inner overlap portion are fixed together by inserting hooking claws into holes, with the band-body being curled into the ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6557216 | Crimping ring, method for making same and manufacturing installation To connect a connection element (12) to one end (10A, 10B) of the strip (10) from which the swaging ring is made, the connection element is placed against said end in such a manner that at least one anchor edge (14) of the connection element (12) is in re... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6481062 | Fastening belt A fastening belt includes a belt having a corrugation on a first side thereof and a plurality of holes defined through the belt and near a first end of the belt. A plurality of teeth extend from a second side of the belt and toward inclinedly a second end... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6463827 | Balancing arrangement for rotating member and method of making same A balancing arrangement for a rotating member, especially for a hollow shaft made from light-weight metal, in which a counterweight of predetermined size and weight is affixed onto the external surfaces of the rotating member in predetermined position by ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6438807 | Adjustable collar with longitudinal mechanical interlock A flexible strip of resiliently deformable material is of substantially uniform cross sectional form. At one side, the strip has an interior cavity which opens at that side of the strip, the cavity being wider than the opening; and the strip is substantia... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6408489 | Collated and lubricated fasteners and lubrication station A fastener for use with a crimping tool comprising a length of fastener metal wire bent into a generally C-shaped configuration to form an open ring fastener. The open ring fastener includes spaced opposed curved free end portions integrally interconnecte... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6401306 | Sealing clip for bags and tubes, and matrix for sealing the latter The invention concerns a sealing clip (10) for bags, foil tubes or the like, said sealing clip (10) comprising a wire section, a pre-curved clip base (12) and two clip legs (14) adjoining the latter on both sides. The two clip legs taper constantly from t... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6389650 | Hose clip A hose clip of the present invention comprises a leaf spring main body formed by curving a resilient member into an annular shape, a slot hole provided to one end portion of the leaf spring main body, a first lug portion provided to the one end portion of... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6345551 | Balancing arrangement for hollow drive shafts A clamp structure and a balancing arrangement for a rotating member by means of the clamp structure, in which a counterweight of predetermined size and weight selected to compensate for an imbalance in the rotating member is securely fastened to the rotat... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6343407 | Hose clip A hose clip for clamping a hose includes a clamping body formed by bending a band-shaped spring plate into a circular form. A frame-shaped first grip is formed at one end of the body so as to protrude radially outward, and a second grip is formed at the o... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6247206 | Tightening means for hose clamps A tightening device for a clamp in the form of an outwardly extending ear with outwardly extending leg portions interconnected by a bridging portion at their outer ends whereby the leg portions at least in their outer parts diverge from one another in the... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6243924 | Reinforcing arrangement in a plastically deformable ear for a hose clamp A reinforcing arrangement in the bridging portion of a plastically deformable ear which defines the outlines resembling a four-sided diamond.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6240603 | Hose clamp with stepless internal clamping surface and method of making the same A clamp made from clamping band material in which optimization for the length of the necessary blank is realized in dependence on the length of the bridging portion of a so-called "Oetiker" ear whereby this bridging portion length is used to determine the... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6192555 | Hose clip of the self-holding type A hose clip of the self-holding type includes a clamping ring made by circularly bending a band-shaped leaf spring. A first knob is formed by cutting off a central portion of the clamping ring at a side of its first end in a predetermined range of its len... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6185793 | Boot band The boot band is made of a belt-like metal band body having first and second ends, and includes first and second caulking portions which are plastically deformed during assembly. An engage nail is provided at the top end of a leg portion of the first caul... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6178601 | Mechanical connection for open clamps This invention relates to so-called open clamps with a mechanical connection of overlapping band portions including a guide hook which is so modified as to minimize reopening of the clamp before it is fully tightened.... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6131245 | Fastening ring structure A fastening ring structure includes a metallic strap formed with a U-shaped bending section spaced from one end of the strap by a predetermined distance. Two ends of the bending section are formed with a first and a second sections. The second section is ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6088886 | Hose clamp having a spring ring disposed within the clamp A clamp for clamping a hose fast on a pipe clamp that includes a clamp band and a spring ring that is fixed with a first portion thereof to the clamp band. The spring ring elastically clamps the hose when the clamp is initially fitted on the hose, but is ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6023815 | Hose clip A hose clip is made of a metal band having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion overlap each other when the hose clip is in a closed position so that the second end portion is disposed radially inw... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5979020 | Hose clip and releasing bar tool therefor A hose clip for clamping a hose includes a clamping ring formed by annularly bending a strip of spring plate and deformed between a reduced-diameter state and a spread-diameter state. An arcuate portion is formed in either one of the ends of the clamping ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5953794 | Magazinable strip of clasps of flexible tubes and bags A magazinable strip of sealing clips (10) for bags and tubes, whose individual clips each consist of a clip bottom (14) and two legs (16, 18) and are connected with each other at the ends of the legs, is formed such that the sealing clips (10) are widest ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5940939 | One-piece flat band clamp A one piece, flat band clamp includes a clamp band and a snap closure. The snap closure includes a catch hook disposed at the radial outer end of a first clamping jaw. An abutment is formed near a free end of a stem, which is connected at an essentially r... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5918350 | Clamping collar having an undulation forming a reserve of resilience A clamping collar constituted by a rolled-up first metal strip portion referred to as an "inner" portion and having two radial folds in the vicinity of one of its ends forming a "lug", and by a second strip portion referred to as an "outer" portion, which... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5881437 | Multi-sized boot clamp A boot clamp having open ends for lapping an lapping end over a lapped end in a lapping direction. The boot clamp includes an ear for tightening the clamping band about an object to be fastened, and a mechanical interlock for interlocking the lapping end ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5878465 | Flexible cladding The flexible cladding for encasing cable harnesses or other tubular objects has a track-type casing (10) having longitudinal connecting parts (11, 12). Longitudinal concertina-type formations (24), designed as rounded waves, are positioned between the con... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5864926 | Spring band clamp A spring band clamp is comprised of an annular spring band having a first end portion and a second end portion. Each end portion has a spreading jaw that projects beyond a periphery of the spring band. The first end portion has a tongue spaced from the sp... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5857659 | Mounting component for a cylindrical bushing and a mounting body The mounting component for a cylindrical bushing is comprised of a holder into which a cylindrical bushing can be fitted. An opening is formed at one location in a circumference direction of the holder such that the opening extends in an axial direction. ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5819376 | Hose clamp A hose clamp comprises a circular clamp body of resilient material having an axis, a central portion and circumferentially overlapping opposite ends having axially adjacent inner edges. The body is circumferentially spreadable against the resiliency of sa... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5815892 | Profile clamp A profile clamp includes a clamp band that has a first axial end, a second axial end, a first circumferential end portion and a second circumferential end portion. A first flange depends from the first axial end. A second flange depends from the second ax... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5797168 | Two-loop coiled type clamping device The present invention provides a two-loop coiled type clamping device for semipermanently fixing a fluid conveying hose, dustproof bellows, axial boot or other article to be fixed 10 to the circumferential connecting surface 32 of a mating device 31, char... | 08/25/1998 |