Background Art The band clamps are known, serving clamping flexible pipes, constructed from rubber or plastic materials, on the socket pipes or pipes from stiff materials.

Such clamps contain the metal tape, wrapping the pipe to be joined, as well as the tension-exerting complex, at the same time constituting the closure of the clamp. The steel tape, on which the anticorrosion protection is applied through electrolytic coating or galvanizing, is most often used, e. g. galvanized tape or stainless steel or acid-resistant steel tape. Usually, the tension-exerting complex contains the screw with worm thread, interacting with a portion of the tape equipped with transverse toothing.

Where clamping flexible pipes, reinforced e. g. with wire wound in the form of a screw line, is considered, the outer surface of the pipe is not cylindrical but has the shape of the screw surface. In such a case, the known clamps are cut through, following which the terminations of the clamp in the cutting place are moved away from one another towards the direction of the pipe axis so that the distance is made between them, equal to half the spiral lead of the pipe surface, to be finally joined with sheet link, butt welded to the terminations of the clamp in the place of clamp cutting. In its central part, the link accommodates the overpress allowing omitting the undercut of the reinforced surface of the flexible pipe. Such solution of the clamp does not allow the application of the tape coated with coating of any type, as the welding process will destroy this coating.

Where the tape constructed frpm acid-resistant steel or stainless steel is used, welding causes the local intercrystalline corrosion within the weld, which may

consequently contribute to fracturing and to breaking the joint of both terminations of the tape. In addition to the above, following drawing the terminations of the tape aside in the place of cutting and joining them with links perpendicular to the tape, the nominal diameter of the clamp reduces with relation to the nominal diameter prior to cutting.

Disclosure of Invention The clamp in accordance with the invention is free from the aforesaid disadvantages and problems.

A clamp in accordance with the invention contains the metal tape, cut through and joined in the cutting place by means of the link, and tension-exerting complex, constituting the clamp closure. The Z-shaped link accommodates the transverse element with overpress and two pieces of longitudinal elements equipped on both sides with wings bent and kneaded on the terminations of the tape. The terminations of the tape accommodate the lateral overpress with length slightly longer than the width of the wing which is bent and kneaded on this overpress. On their edges, the terminations of the tape accommodate the undercuts with width similar to the width of the wing, bent and kneaded on this undercut.

Owing to the unique construction of the link linking the cut-through terminations of the clamp, the application is made possible of tapes coated with protective coatings, as well as tapes constructed from stainless or acid-resistant steel, while the nominal diameter of the clamp following cutting and joining in the place of cutting by means of the Z-shaped link remains unchanged with relation to the nominal diameter of the clamp prior to cutting.

Brief Description of Drawings The clamp in accordance with the invention is shown on the attached drawings, where Figure 1 presents the general view of the clamp, the Figure 2 shows the general view of link prior to assembly, while the Figure 3 presents the termination of the clamp tape in the place of cut-through prior to assembly.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the invention A clamp in accordance with the invention contains the metal tape 7, cut through and joined in the cutting place by means of the link 1, and tension exerting complex 10, constituting the clamp closure. The link 1 accommodates the lateral element 2 with overpress 3 and two pieces of longitudinal elements 4 equipped on both sides with wings 5 bent and kneaded in the course of the assembly on the terminations 6 of the tape 7. The terminations 6 of the tape 7 accommodate the lateral overpress 8 with length slightly longer than the width of the wing 5 which is bent and kneaded on this overpress 8. On their edges, the terminations 6 of the tape 7 accommodate the undercuts 9 with width similar to thickness of the link 1 sheet and with the length similar to the width of the wing 5, bent and kneaded on this undercut 9.