Patent ID: 7322618
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A hose coupling comprising; a clamp tensionable around a longitudinal axis, the clamp comprising an elastic, circularly bent, circumferentially extending metal clamping band of uniform thickness, the clamping band having two margins and an intermediate portion extending from one margin to the other of the margins, wherein the margins are located closer to the longitudinal axis than the entire intermediate portion; and a pipe having an end portion, wherein an end portion of a hose is configured to be pushable onto the end portion of the pipe and clampable by the clamp, wherein the end portion of the pipe has a circumferential holding rib over which the end portion of the hose can be pushed and at which the hose can be clamped between the holding rib and the clamp, the margins of the band being positioned adjacent both flanks of the holding rib wherein the intermediate portion of the clamping band located between the margins of the clamping band has a distance from the hose in a tensioned state of the clamp.