Patent ID: 8342578

Claim:
A clamp guide for joining a flexible hose to a rigid, hollow shaft, the rigid, hollow shaft having at least two beads, the clamp guide comprising: an arced surface for interfacing with a head bead of the at least two beads; and two clamp guide arms, each of the clamp guide arms having at least two bumps, each bump aligned with one of the beads thereby forming a registration area between each pair of bumps; the arced surface having an inner diameter equal to an outer diameter of the rigid hollow shaft, the arced surface having an inner circumferential length greater than one half of the circumference of the rigid, hollow shaft and the inner circumferential length less than the circumference of the rigid, hollow shaft; whereas each of the two clamp guide arms is positioned at a respective end of the arced surface such that the two clamp guide arms are biased to one side of the rigid hollow shaft.