Title:
BOOT BAND
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/104686
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A boot band that prevents the breakdown of the boot and itself without overtightening the boot, and ensures that a close-contact force acts uniformly on the boot without the possibility of the close-contact force on the boot lowering. It comprises a metallic band body (2) which, in a ring state in which its opposite ends are superposed inside and outside and it is wound around the outer periphery of the boot, is subjected to tightening force in a direction to shorten the circumferential length, whereby a tightening means (7) retains the tightened state of the boot (20). Part of the band body (2) is formed with a cross-sectional area-decreased region (5a) to have a property such that the cross-sectional area-decreased region (5a) and the general region (8) with no decrease in cross-sectional area are elongated by plastic deformation by a tightening force.
Inventors:
OGINO TAKASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2003/007159
Publication Date:
December 18, 2003
Filing Date:
June 05, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NHK SPRING CO LTD (JP)
OGINO TAKASHI (JP)
OGINO TAKASHI (JP)
International Classes:
F16L33/02; F16D3/84; F16J3/04; F16J15/52; F16L33/025; (IPC1-7): F16J3/04
Foreign References:
| JPS59169409U | 1984-11-13 | |||
| US5615456A | 1997-04-01 | |||
| JPH08170773A | 1996-07-02 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1533547A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KYOSEI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (8-14 Akasaka 3-chom, Minato-ku Tokyo, JP)
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