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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1993
Miklos Marelin, Aurora, CO (US);
George Jansen, Denver, CO (US);
Hans R Hinnen, WheatRidge, CO (US);
Band-It-Idex, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a band clamp with an improved lock between the band and the buckle of the band clamp. The improved lock is of the type of lock where the band is passed through the buckle and then shaped to form a locking surface that engages the exterior of the buckle to prevent the band from being pulled back through the buckle. Characteristic of the improved lock is that the lateral cross-section of the locking surface is, in one embodiment substantially V-shaped. In other embodiments, the lateral cross-section is substantially U-shaped and substantially .OMEGA.-shaped. In a further embodiment, a banding tool is disclosed for use with a band and a buckle separate from the band, wherein the banding tool forms both a band lock on one band end and a retaining member on the opposite band end such that the retaining member inhibits the non-attached buckle from separating from the band during lock formation.