Patent ID: 7896400

Claim:
A system for pre-positioning a hose clamp pulled onto a hose end preparatory to clamping said hose clamp, the hose end having a hose surface, the system comprising: a first fixing part attached to said hose end and undetachably connected to a first annular segment of said hose clamp; a second fixing part separate from and not fixedly connected to said first fixing part thereby permitting said hose end to expand when pushed onto a pipe stub; said second fixing part being attached to said hose end and including a U-shaped element defining an opening facing toward said hose surface of said hose end; said U-shaped element having first and second U-legs and a web connecting said U-legs to each other; said web running axially and parallelly to said hose surface; said first U-leg lying closer to said hose end than said second U-leg and said first U-leg having a connecting element for attaching said U-shaped element to the end face of said hose end; said U-shaped element and said hose surface conjointly defining an intermediate space; and, said U-shaped element being configured so as to releasably hold said hose clamp at a second annular segment thereof in said intermediate space so as to cause said second annular segment to be in spaced relationship to said hose surface and to separate from said U-shaped element when said hose clamp is tightened to clamp said hose end and said second fixing part remains on said hose end without a function after said hose clamp is tightened.