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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Yuji Nakamura, Aichi, JP;
Yuji Nakamura, Aichi, JP;
Togo Seisakusyo Corporation, Aichi-Gun, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A hose clamp includes a body elastically deformable between a closed-diameter state and an opened-diameter state, a first grip piece, a second grip piece, a lock portion located on either the first or second grip piece, a lock receiving portion located on the other grip piece side and elastically displaced together with the lock portion when the grip pieces are caused to come close to each other, thereby being locked to the lock portion by a subsequent return operation. The lock receiving portion holds the body in the opened-diameter state when in a locked state, and a restricting portion is capable of restricting displacement of both grip pieces in reverse of the direction of the elastic displacement. Either the first or second grip piece formed with the restricting portion has a distal end located lower than a distal end of the other grip piece when the body is in the closed-diameter state.