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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1995
Edward T Kaczmarczyk, Welland, CA;
Daniel R Fuzzen, Welland, CA;
Paul G Aucoin, Waterford, CA;
Lyle V Norris, Vanessa, CA;
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A tube clamp includes a cylindrical resilient plastic body containing an axial mounting hole and having four tube receptacles arranged with a first pair on one side of the axis and with a second pair being respectively located in diametrically opposite locations from the first pair. Each receptacle includes an entryway leading to a tube-receiving portion defined by a cylindrical wall sized for snugly receiving a given tube and into which the tube may be snap-fit and retained without the use of fasteners. When shipping a tube bundle for use on equipment provided with hydraulic cylinders, as many clamps are used along the length of the bundle as are necessary to keep the tubes separated one from another, these same clamps being used to mount the clamps to structure of the equipment by inserting mounting bolts through the clamp mounting holes.