Patent ID: 9004416
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp, comprising: a clamp main body made of a rigid member and including a pair of half portions engaging each other, the pair of half portions including a first half portion and a second half portion, each half portion having a semi-circular shape portion including an opposite piece formed on a first end portion thereof and a lock piece formed on a second end portion thereof facing the first end portion with a space therebetween, the lock piece of the first half portion engaging the semi-circular shape portion of the second half portion, and the lock piece of the second half portion engaging the semi-circular shape portion of the first half portion such that the opposite pieces are positioned to face each other; and a flexible member including a pipe holding portion for holding a pipe, and a pipe insertion path communicating at a first end portion thereof with the pipe holding portion and having an outward opening on a second end portion thereof, the flexible member being held between the pair of half portions of the clamp main body, wherein the opposite pieces of the pair of half portions define the pipe insertion path, at least one opposite piece is adapted to be pressed by an outer circumference of the pipe inserted into the pipe insertion path, and is flexible in a direction such that the pipe insertion path expands, the at least one opposite piece extends to a position adjacent to the pipe holding portion, an extending end portion of the at least one opposite piece protrudes toward an inside of the pipe insertion path relative to one portion of the flexible member adjacent to the extending end portion, each of the pair of half portions includes a lock claw, and the lock piece having a lock hole formed therein, the lock claw and the lock piece respectively protruding from an outer circumference of the semi-circular shape portion, and the lock claws are respectively arranged around the first end portions of the semi-circular shape portions so that the lock claw of the first half portion engages the lock hole of the second half portion, and the lock claw of the second half portion engages the lock hole of the first half portion, respectively, when the pair of half portions engages each other.