Improvements in or relating to Couplings for Hose Pipes and the like and in Apparatus for use in Applying the Same.

Реферат: 29,488. LattiÞre, P. Dec. 31. Hose, connecting to unions; clip and sleeve joints; jointing.apparatus.-The plate a, Fig. 1, is bent into a loop and its extension b is passed through a slot or, as shown, a loop c. The hose d is cramped to the union e by tightening the loop and the end b is turned back, as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows the apparatus for tightening the band. On turning the left-handed screw k, the guided block l is displaced and the ropes r, maintained in a parallel position by a spring-plate t, are drawn tight so as to compress the band a, which rests on the block u.