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Abstract

An improved hose clamp apparatus for alternatively clamping, tightening and/or release of a hose associated with a collar of an engine, motor, pump or the like, in tightly confined or constricted spaces most accessible primarily from a direction substantially parallel to the hose comprising, a rotatable geared shaft engaging and driving corresponding transverse slots formed in a flexible band surrounding the hose being clamped. When a sufficient axial force component is supplied to the shaft so as to defeat the spring biasing force and disengage a shaft member, rotation thereof is possible so as to alter the circumference of the flexible band and correspondingly loosen or tighten the clamp apparatus about the hose fitted upon the collar.

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First Claim