Abstract A pair of complementary clamping plates, each plate being curved or dished to form a nesting seat for the pipe and has a pivot and clamping flange on one end of the curved portion, and has a straight flat portion extending tangentially from the other end of the curved portion; one edge of each of the flat portions is perpendicular and has a notch to form a shoulder to hang over one of the inturned flanges in a supporting channel, the other edge of said tangential portion having a shoulder to engage the other inturned flange in the supporting channel and has the edge from its shoulder to the seat converging or slanting toward the opposite edge; the adjacent edge of the nesting seat is cut away in continuation of the slanting edge to form an arcuate edge; the notched perpendicular edge of one of the plates being opposite the slanting edge of the other plate whereby the pivoting of the plates about a loose securing bolt in the clamping flanges and tilting transversely at a slanting angle permits insertion of the plates through the space between the inturned flanges of the supporting channel so that by straightening the plates into nesting attitude the respective shoulders are turned over the respective inturned flanges for suspending a pipe in the seats of the opposite plates.
A clamp for pipe support on spaced inturned flanges of a structural element comprising, a pair of plates, an arcuate nesting portion of each plate for engagement with the lower portion of a pipe, a flat portion extending tangentially from the upper end of the arcuate nesting portion, a clamping flange extended from the inner end of the arcuate portion in a plane generally parallel with said tangential flat portion, a perpendicular edge on each flat portion having a recess to form a first hanging shoulder engageable with one of said inturned flanges, a Second hanging shoulder on the other edge of each plate transversely aligned with said first shoulder and engageable with the other inturned flange, the edge extended from said second hanging shoulder being inclined inwardly toward said perpendicular edge and to said arcuate nesting portion, the edge of said arcuate nesting portion in continuation of said inclined edge being cutaway to form an arcuate nesting edge, fastening means to clamp said clamping flanges together, the inclined edge of one of said plates being opposite the perpendicular edge of the opposite plate whereby said plates can be turned into a transversely tilted position with the inclined and arcuate cutaway edges toward the pipe, for insertion through the space between said inturned flanges and then for turning back into nesting engagement with the pipe with said shoulders over the respective inturned flanges, and initially loose clamping means assembled with said clamping flanges and being adapted to tightly clamp said flanges together in the hanging position of said plates.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A clamp for pipe support on spaced inturned flanges of a structural element comprising, a pair of plates, an arcuate nesting portion of each plate for engagement with the lower portion of a pipe, a flat portion extending tangentially from the upper end of the arcuate nesting portion, a clamping flange extended from the inner end of the arcuate portion in a plane generally parallel with said tangential flat portion, a perpendicular edge on each flat portion having a recess to form a first hanging shoulder engageable with one of said inturned flanges, a Second hanging shoulder on the other edge of each plate transversely aligned with said first shoulder and engageable with the other inturned flange, the edge extended from said second hanging shoulder being inclined inwardly toward said perpendicular edge and to said arcuate nesting portion, the edge of said arcuate nesting portion in continuation of said inclined edge being cutaway to form an arcuate nesting edge, fastening means to clamp said clamping flanges together, the inclined edge of one of said plates being opposite the perpendicular edge of the opposite plate whereby said plates can be turned into a transversely tilted position with the inclined and arcuate cutaway edges toward the pipe, for insertion through the space between said inturned flanges and then for turning back into nesting engagement with the pipe with said shoulders over the respective inturned flanges, and initially loose clamping means assembled with said clamping flanges and being adapted to tightly clamp said flanges together in the hanging position of said plates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The invention defined in claim 1, and said clamping means including a clamping bolt extended loosely through aligned holes in said clamping flanges.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The invention defined in claim 1, and the said arcuate nesting portion being cross-sectionally about one quarter circle of about 90* whereby said clamping flanges are offset relatively to the respective shoulders inwardly toward one another.