Patent ID: 8042234
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: F16B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamping device comprising a collar, suitable for being disposed around objects to be clamped, and having at least one pair of projecting lugs, the device further comprising a tightening mechanism suitable for co-operating with lugs of said at least one pair to move them relative to each other in a manner such as to cause the diameter of the collar to decrease, each lug of said at least one pair having a connection portion via which said lug is connected to a belt portion of the collar, which connection portion is upstanding relative to said belt portion, and a tightening wall, with which the tightening mechanism comes into engagement and which is folded back towards the belt portion, a space being formed between the connection portion and the tightening wall, so that the tightening forces are applied to the tightening wall, remote from the connection portion of the lug that connects the lug to the belt portion, wherein the connection portion is curved, a concave side thereof facing the tightening wall.