Patent ID: RE41169

Claim:
An appliance for mechanical sealing of hollow hoses ( 2 ) of elastic material with a sealing means ( 3 ) which is made of plastically deformable material and which is applied to the hose, said appliance ( 1 ) having two jaws ( 8 , 9 ), at least one of the jaws is movable towards and away from the other jaw and the jaws crimp the sealing means ( 3 ) against the hose ( 2 ) to seal the same, characterised in that the sealing means ( 3 ) has the form of a sleeve ( 4 ) which is slipped on to the hose ( 2 ), that at least one of the jaws ( 8 or 9 ) has at least one straight bar ( 11 ) having a projecting end which projects towards the other jaw ( 9 or 8 ) and which, when at least one the jaws is moving towards the other jaw, makes an indentation ( 12 ) in the sleeve ( 4 ) and the hose ( 2 ) to reinforce the sealing thereof as well as the fixing of the sleeve on the hose, that at least one of the jaws ( 8 or 9 ) has a cutting means ( 13 ), which projects towards the other jaw ( 9 or 8 ) and which when at least one of the jaws ( 8 , 9 ) is moving towards the other jaw, makes a cutting indication ( 14 ) in the sleeve ( 4 ) and the hose ( 2 ) to allow a sealing cutting of the hose ( 2 ), and that the cutting means ( 13 ) has the form of a substantially straight cutting edge ( 15 ) which projects to a greater extent than the projecting end of said at least one bar ( 11 ).