METHOD OF PRODUCING AN IMPROVED ONE-PIECE BAND CLAMP

摘要

The present invention involves a method for forming a one-piece band clamp (48). The band clamp (48) is made by severing band material (39) to a proper width, forming the band material to a desired length, removing a portion of the band to form a void (50) in one end (26) of the band material, inserting a deformation device (52a, 52b) into the void (50), and deforming the band material adjacent to the void to form a slot in the band material sufficiently wide to allow insertion of the band body (24).