Abstract: Connecting device, which may be used for the spring member of a flexible hose, comprises a web having parallel sidewalls extending therefrom. Wire-receiving slot means extend inwardly from the free edges of the sidewalls and contact portion extends forwardly from the web so that when a wire spring in a flexible hose is inserted into the slot, the connecting device will extend from the end of the hose and parallel to the axis thereof. The wire-receiving slot means has features which make it particularly suitable for spring steel wires.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 18, 1975
Date of Patent:
August 3, 1976
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated
Inventors:
Charles Edward Reynolds, John Clinton Swartz