Togo Seisakusho Corporation

Togo Seisakusyo Corporation

Akira Kimura

Mineo Muto

Kanemitsu Asano

Koji Nakahama

Susumu Nakano

Yuji Nakamura

Kazuyoshi Murase

Isao Kato

Masahide Sato

A hose clip for clamping a hose includes a clamping ring formed by annularly bending a strip of spring plate and deformed between a reduced-diameter state and a spread-diameter state. An arcuate portion is formed in either one of the ends of the clamping ring. A first knob is formed by bending the arcuate portion radially outward with respect to the clamping ring. A second knob is formed by bending the other free end of the clamping ring radially outward with respect to the clamping ring as so to pass through the arcuate portion. An engaged piece is formed on the one end of the clamping ring so as to project axially with respect to the clamping ring within a width of the spring plate. An engaging edge is formed on the other end of the clamping ring so as to move over the engaged piece and engage it when the first and second knobs are slid to come close to each other, thereby holding the clamping ring in the spread-diameter state with the knobs being substantially superposed. Also, a guide face is formed on a portion of the engaged piece with which the engaging edge engages. The guide face axially displaces the engaged piece and the engaging edge when the knobs come close to each other so that the engaged piece abuts the engaging edge.

Hose clip and releasing bar tool therefor

A holderless hose clip, primarily for use in preventing piping hoses from falling off of connecting pipes in automotive vehicles, includes a clip body formed of a leaf spring having the shape of an annular band and which clamps the hose when released from a spread-diameter state to assume a free state. A pair of grip strips are formed by bending the ends of the clip body, respectively. An engagement claw and an engagement recess are formed on the respective grip strips to secure the grip strips to each other when the grip strips are gripped, so that the clip body is held in the spread-diameter state. The engagement claw has a guide face for guiding the grip strips axially of the clip body when the grip strips are gripped whereupon the engagement claw is received in the recess. In an alternative form of the hose clip, an opening is formed between the grip strips and a tool can be inserted into the opening while the hose clip is in the spread-diameter state to move the grip strips radially of the clip body and thereby release the clip body from the spread-diameter state.

Spread diameter locking mechanism for a spring biased hose clip

Hose clip

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Aichi, Japan

Akira Kimura