Elastic Hose Clamp Structure for Easy Hose Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing hose clamp structure requires removal of the partition wall to remove the hose, which compromises maintainability.
Innovation Solution
A hose clamp structure featuring a vertical plate with a groove and receiver portion, where a first clamping member is inserted into the groove and a second elastic clamping member is placed through an opening to contact the receiver portion, allowing easy hose removal by retracting a pressing member.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the partition wall is used to secure the hose clamp structure, then the hose is firmly held in place, but the partition wall must be removed to remove the hose, compromising maintainability
Solution Approach 1:
The hose clamp structure is segmented into removable components: the pressing member can be detached from the partition wall, and the clamping members can be independently removed from the groove portion. This segmentation allows the hose to be removed without removing the partition wall, resolving the contradiction between secure holding and ease of maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The structure transitions from a fixed configuration to a dynamic, multi-stage removable configuration. The pressing member can be detached to release the clamping force, and the clamping members can be independently removed, enabling hose removal while preserving the partition wall structure.
2Reliability
If the second clamping member is made elastic to improve clamping force, then the hose is held more securely, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The second clamping member changes its physical parameter (shape) through elastic deformation when pressed by the pressing member. This elastic property allows the clamping member to exert continuous clamping force on the hose while maintaining a simple structural design, resolving the contradiction between clamping force and structural complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy removal of hoses while maintaining secure clamping, reducing pulsation and improving vibration damping and sealing properties.
Implementation Method 1
a second clamping member made of an elastic member and configured such that the second clamping member is placed in the receiver portion through the opening from a front side of the vertical plate to contact the receiver portion with the first clamping member being inserted in the groove portion and such that at least one hose passing through the opening is held between the first clamping member and the second clamping member, and a pressing member to be attached to the vertical plate to press the second clamping member from the front side of the vertical plate to elastically deform the second clamping member to cause the second clamping member to press the first clamping member
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AI summary
A hose clamp structure includes a vertical plate having an opening, a groove portion provided at a back side of the vertical plate on one side of the opening, the groove portion being open toward the opening, a receiver portion provided at the back side of the vertical plate on the other side of the opening, a first clamping member to be inserted in the groove portion, an elastic second clamping member configured such that the second clamping member is placed in the receiver portion through the opening to contact the receiver portion and such that hose(s) passing through the opening is held between the first clamping member and the second clamping member, and a pressing member to be attached to the vertical plate to press the second clamping member from the front side to elastically deform the second clamping member to press the first clamping member.