Patent ID: 6431502
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: E21B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
An elastomeric liner half for a hinged hose clamp or cable clamp, said liner half being formed from an elastomeric material and defining an inside wall defining at least one semicylindrical trough having a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end, said semicylindrical trough being for closely receiving a hose or cable to be clamped, and an outside wall to be closely received by an inside surface of a clamp half, said liner half having a first flange extending away from the longitudinal axis at the first end and a second flange extending away from the longitudinal axis at the second end for extending around a first end surface and a second end surface of a clamp half, said elastomeric liner half further having a first lip element positioned on the periphery of the first flange and extending over the outside wall and a second lip element positioned on the periphery of the second flange and extending over the outside wall so that the liner element can be snapped onto the clamp half.