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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1989
Robert F Fay, York, PA (US);
Murray Corporation, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Abstract
A clamp to retain a hose on a conduit for reproducibly controlling the closure of the clamp to obtain a consistent diameter for the clamp. A spacer is removably carried by a screw on the clamp and is disposed between a nut means and a projecting portion of the loop of the clamp. Turning the screw in a closing direction reduces the diameter of the clamp by moving the projecting portion towards the nut means. The removable spacer limits movement and reproducibly defines the diameter, and hence the closure of the clamp. The removable spacer engages the body of the screw with a snap fit for easy installation and removal. The spacer further has a tab on a frontward face to prevent rotation of the spacer and to facilitate removal. The spacer further has a depression on a rearward face in which an instrument may be inserted to assist in removal of the spacer.