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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4446603 | Meter clamping ring A meter clamping ring for securing an electric meter housing of the type haing a peripheral mounting flange to a meter socket, comprising a clamping ring having ends with portions adapted to overlap to align lock receiving openings. One end is provided wi... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4442155 | Longitudinally divided cable sleeve of shrinkable material having closure elements along its longitudinal edges A longitudinally divided cable sleeve characterized by a strip-like sleeve member which is composed of a heat-shrinkable material and has two longitudinal edges with reinforcing inserts to form first and second edges with reinforced portions, and coacting... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4442154 | Longitudinally split sleeve A split sleeve of a shrinkable material having closure elements comprising projections and apertures for receiving the projections adjacent each edge characterized by the projections being integral tabs which are cut out from a portion of the sleeve and f... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4425682 | Clamp for hoses and the like A clamp useful for connecting fluid-conveying hoses and the like to couplings, valves and the like. The clamp is formed of a spring metal strip which has portions of its longitudinal parallel linear edges cut to provide a pair of parallel inclined linear ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4425781 | Method for manufacturing hose clamps A method and apparatus for manufacturing, handling and installing hose clamps pursuant to which the clamp structures are stamped out as flat blanks, are shipped as flat blanks to the user where they are preformed into an ideal shape for assembly about the... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4402113 | Flexible clamp for hose, cable and the like A flexible clamp for hose, cable and the like in the form of a strip with opposite ends joined to produce a band. A portion of the strip is formed into parallel sections with at least one section having a corrugated shape and with another section having a... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4399593 | Hose clamp with wedged lock The invention relates to a non-reusable hose-clip, intended to ensure for example the connection of two tubular members. The invention also relates to a tool for tightening the clip. The clip is composed of a band forming a loop comprising a free end (2). It i... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4391063 | Balloon with sealing device therefor and method A sealing device for a balloon comprising a thin deformable strip of foil attached to a flexible balloon retainer line, with the strip being of a thickness that it may be readily wound about the neck of the inflated balloon by one's fingers and when in su... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4390260 | Play control for a threaded drive The invention contemplates a precisely adjustable threaded mechanism, as for focus adjustment of an aerial camera lens, wherein inner and outer threaded members are normally in circumferentially continuous radially stressed play-free engagement to the ext... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4380096 | Hose clamp A hose clamp which has an expanding portion of increased width at predetermined parts of a clamping portion is so formed as to produce a constant stress caused by the bending moment of forces and the axial force acting on the position where the maximum st... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4340996 | Adjustable cable clamp An adjustable clamp (10) comprising a pair of substantially identical clips (15) is employed to align and retain a plurality of members, typically cables, in a stiff, planar arrangement to facilitate manipulation. Each clip comprises a ratcheting detail (... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4325175 | Fastener and method of fastening An apparatus and method for fastening one member to another includes a holding member with a holding formation, the shape of which is complementary to the shape of the member to be held, and at least one bolt with an axial bore therethrough for receiving ... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4319385 | Fastening device of the clamp type A fastening device of the clamp type constituted by a strap of which the two ends are provided with complementary anchoring elements, each end further comprising a gripping device 5, 7, which permits to effect the tightening and to bring the anchoring ele... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4312101 | Hose clamp with insert member An insert ring for use with a hose clamp of the type provided with a circumferential band portion and with at least one ear projecting outwardly from the band and adapted to be deformed so as to tighten the clamp about the object to be fastened; the inser... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4308648 | Convoluted hose clamps Hose clamps are disclosed comprising a band, band section, or attachment to a band, which yields in a direction circumferentially of the band and which possesses a spring-like quality and/or action such that the clamp is essentially self-adjusting to comp... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4307495 | Hose clamp A hose clamp wherein the slotted strap portion is cut to a desired clamp size from a stock supply length. The clamp provides a housing for the two ends of the cut portion. Projections carried by the housing permit a first end of the strap to be removably ... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4305179 | Hose clamp A hose clamp having a thickness that is maximum at its longitudinal center and is decreased symmetrically on each side of center progressively in proportion to the distance from the center until reaching end portions of uniform thickness. The band is bent... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4286361 | Hose clamp A hose clamp wherein one end of the clamping band is movable to any desired longitudinal position of the band so as to initially take up the slack of the band during installation of the hose clamp. This same end is held without being permanently attached ... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4275484 | Open type clamp An "open" type clamp constituted by a wound over metal strip 1, comprising two radial folds or ears 2-5, whereas a first ear is bent over and is provided with an extension directed along the periphery of the clamp to constitute a sole 4 which extends subs... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4222155 | Hose clamp A clamp structure which includes a clamping band with open ends adapted to be interconnected and with an ear for tightening the clamping band about an object to be fastened by plastic deformation of the ear; the free ends of the clamping band are provided... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4106799 | At least two-partite clamping sleeve for connection of two pipe ends provided with flanges An at least two-partite clamping sleeve for connecting pipe ends provided with flanges, in which the clamping sleeve includes an open one-piece or multi-partite ring that includes inner side surfaces inclined in relation to the ring axis for abutment at t... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4100654 | Mechanism for gripping hoops encircling building structures A mechanism for gripping hoops which encircle a building structure consisting of first and second angles having first legs abutting each other and second legs engaging the building structure, channels that are substantially semi-circular in cross-sectiona... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4083086 | Tightening device for attaching a hose clamp Apparatus for clamping the hose of a nipple including a clamp of the type having a band with interengageable barb means and apertures spaced from one another for accommodating maintenance of the band in a clamping position around a hose. A tightening devi... | 04/11/1978 |
| 3964133 | Bundle tie device Bundle tie devices, which may be of metal, comprises a thin strip of material having transversely extending slots. The slots have enlarged ends and the material between the enlarged ends is formed outwardly to provide vanes which are interleaved when the ... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3940832 | Strapping for fastening production tubing to electrical cable A corrugated banding strap for securing an electrical cable to a tubing string for lowering into a well.... | 03/02/1976 |
