On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:12:11 +0100, "N Cook"
wrote:

Returning to USA/UK tool terms etc

What is the name in the USA for what we call
a Jubilee clip in the UK, presumably named in
Queen Victoria's jubilee year of 1897.?

pic http://www.cityirrigation.co.uk/acatalog/jubilee.gif
Wrap round flexible steel tightenable band around flexible pipe unions.

Full list of translated terms on
http://www.divdev.fsnet.co.uk/tool_terms.htm
but any more additions welcome


Jubilee is just a registered trade mark given to the "Worm Drive Hose
Clip" which L. Robinson & Co. invented in 1921.
http://www.jubileeclips.co.uk/

I don't know what they are called in the USA but in Australia I have
never heard of them referred to as "Jubilee clips". I suspect that was
simply due to the fact that we didn't import any of those manufactured
by L. Robinson & Co. We have always known them as "Worm Drive Hose
Clips" and I wouldn't bve surprised if it wasn't the case in the USA.
For example, the Norma company ( Germany) has manufacturing plants in
many countries including the USA and this is a typical product page
for their hose clamps http://www.aapsa.com.au/norma.html

You will note that the HD and Torro clips are called "worm Drive Hose
Clips".