Clamping device for cables, leads, hoses or the like

Claim 1

A clamping device for positively anchoring cables, leads, hoses and the like, comprising a hollow cylindrical mounting socket for receiving therethrough a cable to be clamped, a plurality of clamping tongues formed integrally and peripherally at one end of said socket and having free ends, an annular gasket peripherally enclosed by the clamping tongues, said socket having an external screw threaded portion adjacent to said one end thereof, an internally screw threaded pressurizing member threaded onto said external screw threaded portion of said socket, said pressurizing member having an annular cam surface extending radially inwardly at an inner end thereof for engaging and deforming said tongues as said pressurizing member is threaded onto said socket to press said gasket against the cable to clamp the cable with respect to the socket, said cam surface of said pressurizing member being formed with a longitudinally extending step for positively engaging a longitudinal edge of an overlapping clamping tongue to inhibit rotary movement of said pressurizing member relative to said socket after said pressurizing member has been assembled on said socket.