Patent ID: 6490765
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A steel band for a hose clamp comprising:a main body and at least one pair of end portions and each one of the end portions having at least one slotted hole configured to receive a clamping screw having a screw head; the end portions being bent to form loops, each one of the loops having a first leg and a second leg; a first clamping member inserted into a first one of the loops and a second clamping member inserted into a second one of the loops; the first and second clamping members having a cylindrical shape at least over a peripheral portion thereof; wherein the first clamping member has a transverse bore without thread configured to receive a threaded shaft of the clamping screw allowing free movement of the threaded shaft in the transverse bore; wherein the second clamping member has a transverse threaded bore configured to engage the threaded shaft of the clamping screw; wherein the first leg of the loops has a free end and wherein the first and second legs of the loops are connected to one another near the free end of the first leg; wherein the second leg has tabs cut out of the band for a hose clamp and bent out of a plane of the second leg, wherein the first leg has holes and wherein the tabs penetrate the holes and are folded against a side of the first leg facing away from the second leg transverse to a longitudinal direction of the second leg; and wherein the tabs are arranged in transverse rows extending in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal direction of the second leg, wherein the tabs are staggered transversely from one of the transverse rows to the next transverse row, respectively.