Adjustable conduit clamp

Claim 1

A pipe coupler for holding a plurality of pipes in angularly adjusted positions comprising, in combination: a pair of pipe clamps each having a pair of cooperating gripping members adapted to clamp a pipe therebetween with the pipe extending completely through the clamps and projecting beyond opposide sides thereof; said clamps each having a generally L-shaped web portion projection away from the gripping members with the plane of the web lying in the plane of a pipe clamped in the gripping members, said web portions arranged in face-to-face overlapping relation at the ends opposite the gripping members and disposing a pair of pipes clamped in the gripping members in a common plane; means for pivotally connecting and adjustably clamping the webs; means for adjustably clamping pipes in the gripping members; whereby adjustment of both said means enables adjustable projection of pipes gripped by the pipe clamps into pipe abutting relation at any of a wide variety of angular relationships between the pipe so that loading on the pipes is transmitted directly from one pipe to the other.