Pipe clamp lug with band gripping jaws

Claim 1

IN A PIPE CLAMP OF THE TYPE HAVING A MALLEABLE BAND WITH END PORTIONS SECURED TO LUGS WITH THE LUGS IN PAIRS AND TIGHTENED TOGETHER BY BOLTS, THE COMBINATION WHEREIN EACH LUGS HAS A PAIR OF MALLIABLE JAWS ORIGINALLY CAST IN THE OPEN SPREAD APART POSITION AND BETWEEN WHICH A SAID END PORTION FITS, A PLURALITY OF INTERGAL BLUNT END PROJECTIONS EXTENDING ABOVE AND LOCATED ALONG THE INNER SURFACES OF BOTH SAID JAWS, SAID INNER JAW SURFACES BEING OTHERWISE SUBSTANTIALLY PLANE AND FREE FROM RECESSES, EACH SAID PROJECTION EXTENDING ABOVE ITS JAW SURFACE AN AMOUNT THAT IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE BAND, SAID PROJECTIONS ON EACH LUG COOPERATING WITH A BAND END PORTION TO SECURE IT BETWEEN THE LUG JAWS WHEN THE JAWS ARE COINED TOGETHER FROM THEIR ORIGINAL OPEN POSITION.