Abstract: A spring clamp with integrated installation and removal capability allows a user to install or remove the spring clamp safely using common shop tools or by hand. The spring clamp includes two tangs with a fastener extending between them. The fastener may be used to draw the tangs together or apart, to thereby open or close the spring clamp, and to safely change the potential energy of the spring clamp. The user may turn the fastener or a nut on the fastener using common shop tools or by hand to expand the spring clamp so that it can be slipped over a hose and to allow the spring clamp to tighten around the hose.

Abstract: A clamp for use in joining conduit segments comprising a ring sector and a radially projecting channel sector having first and second straps, first and second compression members, a central compression member, and a fastener wherein upon tightening the fastener, axial forces along the fastener are transferred into clamping forces around the clamp in order to seal the conduit segments.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet forming an external appearance of the washing machine, a tub provided in the cabinet to accommodate wash water, a drain pump coupled to a drain hose configured to guide wash water pumped by the drain pump to outside of the cabinet, and a holder coupled to an outer surface of the cabinet to fix the drain hose to the cabinet. The holder is coupled to the outer surface of the cabinet while having both ends coupled to each other to form an accommodation hole surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the drain hose, and at least one movement preventing protrusion formed on an inner circumferential surface of the holder to prevent the drain hose from being separated from the holder protrudes toward inside of the holder to come into contact with the outer circumferential surface of the drain hose.

Abstract: A detachable, foldable seat specially designed to attach to the tailgate of a pickup truck or sport utility vehicle. The device comprises a bench seat, having a bottom seat cushion and a back support cushion attached to a hinge mechanism with a tailgate jamb post. The seat can fold in half at the hinge between the bottom and back support cushion of the device. During installation, the jamb post of the hinge inserts into the jamb between the open tailgate and the truck bed, securing the seat in position. A dual purpose strap attaches to either side of the bottom cushion such that the strap wraps around the open tailgate and further secures the seat in place. When the device is uninstalled and in a closed configuration, the strap serves as a fastening strap to keep the device in a stowed position.

Abstract: A device for securing cargo, items or other objects, in particular a tie-down binding strap device including at least two different types of tightening mechanisms. The device is also provided in useful embodiments with interchangeable ends that can be secured to a variety of structures, even itself. The features of the device provide versatility and allow the device to secure cargo having different shapes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cover bracket for holding a clamp having a screw housing in place on a hose without contaminating the screw housing with adhesive. The cover bracket includes a cover portion configured to receive a screw housing and a first runner and a second runner connected to one another by the cover portion. Each of the first and second runners includes a hose contacting surface and the first runner includes a channel in the hose contacting surface. The channel including an aperture extending through the first runner to an exterior of the first runner. Also disclosed is a method for attaching the cover bracket to the hose having the clamp thereon.

Abstract: A fastening system that comprises an elongate strap body having a pair of opposed side portions and a top surface between the side portions. The fastening system also has a plurality of spaced male protrusions extending therefrom the top surface of the elongate strap body a protrusion height. Each protrusion has two faces and a protrusion axis, which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The fastening system comprises the ability to form a slit in the top surface of the strap body at almost any location. The slit may generally extend between the pair of side portions, substantially parallel to the protrusion axis and between adjacent male protrusions. The slit may also have end segments extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongate strap body, forming a “tongue.

Abstract: An improved hose clamp is described with an improved clamp insertion feature that enhances the insertion of the clamp band into the screw housing. The improved hose clamp comprises a screw housing having a ramp extending out from the housing wall, a rotatable screw mounted within the screw housing and having a tip or end piece. The hose clamp also has a clamp band with spaced apart slots along the length of the band. As the clamp band is inserted into the housing, the screw tip slides up on the ramp, thereby lifting the screw relative to the screw housing and significantly improving the ease of inserting the clamp band into the screw housing.

Abstract: A lightweight very low-profile hose clamp formed from only three pieces: an elongated wire bent to form a pair of loops which are in spaced side-by-side arrangement and joined at the top by an integral nut section formed by one and one-half tight convolutions of the wire; a heavy gage steel actuating plate having three holes therein, the ends of the wire being bent rearwardly toward the nut section and passing through the end holes of the plate; and an actuating screw threadedly received in the nut section and having a pilot tip received in the central hole of the plate.

Abstract: Setting tool for setting fasteners by driving a pin into an opening of each fastener, comprising a split collet having a central opening through which the pin is driven, the abutting faces of the collet segments being functionally convex and the leading ends of their exterior surfaces defining outwardly opposed jaws. An O-ring encircling the collet urges the following ends of the collet segments together, thereby urging the jaws apart. A fastener can be inserted over the jaws to locate it for being set by the pin. In the illustrated structure at least a portion of the central opening of the collet is smaller than the shaft of the setting pin, so when the pin is thrust through the collet it spreads the segments apart, thereby more tightly engaging the interior wall of the fastener.

Abstract: A pipe restraint device that will prevent pressure-induced separation of cast iron soil pipes or the like joined by a sealing coupling comprises at least one stiff yet forceably springable rod having lengths thereof curved to substantially the outside curvature of the pipe and forming two coils spaced apart for encircling respective pipe surfaces at opposite sides of the sealing coupling, with end portions of the rod or rods arranged in oppositely directed first and second pairs defining a contractable region of the coils; and structures including at least one rigid strut bracket formed to bridge the sealing coupling axially are engaged with the pairs of rod end portions for displacing them relative to one another substantially tangentially under great tension and holding them so displaced in immovably tight engagement upon the pipe surfaces.

Abstract: A thin sheet metal strip preferably having a thickness less than 0.015 inch, forms a part-cylindrical portion which integrally connects a folded first ear portion and a second ear portion which is also folded in two embodiments. An integral tongue projects from the first ear portion and may have a pair of parallel longitudinal ribs which project inwardly and interfit with corresponding circumferential ribs formed within said part-cylindrical portion. A sheet metal screw projects through holes within the ear portions, and the second ear portion is adapted to converge toward the first ear portion at a substantial angle relative to the axis of the screw when the screw is tightened for producing a positive non-stripping cocking engagement with the screw. In one embodiment, each of the folded ear portions has a pair of generally triangular side flanges for reinforcing the ear portion, and preferably, the screw engages the tongue to urge it against the hose being clamped.

Abstract: A hose clamp wherein the slotted strap portion is cut to a desired clamp size from a stock supply length. The clamp provides a housing for the two ends of the cut portion. Projections carried by the housing permit a first end of the strap to be removably engaged with the housing. A second member, preferably the second end of the strap, fills the space above the attached first end to interfere with the movement of the first end off the projection. Thus the assembly of a cut strap portion and a drive housing can be accomplished without tools.