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US 11,453,101 B1Granted
Pipe jack pipe clamp
OwnerDavid R. Jamesinventor
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Abstract
A pipe jack includes an outer “C”-shaped frame that is provided with two (2) inwardly-shaped tabs on each end. The tabs engage a lower surface of a head on a conventional pipe jack stand. An interior cradle is driven downward onto a surface of a pipe via a rod connected by a swivel joint. The rod passes through a nut on top of the frame and terminates with a crank handle on top.
Claims20
A pipe clamp, comprising:
- a workpiece;
- a pipe jack having a pipe jack vertical adjustment moving a cradle relative to the pipe jack, the cradle has a cradle first side and a cradle second side and is attached to the movable member of the pipe jack vertical adjustment;
- a brace removably attached to the cradle of the pipe jack, the brace includes a curvilinear portion terminating in a first end and an opposing second end;
- a stationary nut affixed to an upper side of the curvilinear portion;
- a clamp vertical adjustment adjusted relative to the brace, the clamp vertical adjustment includes a handle, a rod, and a guide;
- an aperture passing through the stationary nut and an aligned section of the curvilinear portion;
- a first angled portion extending away from the first end of the curvilinear portion at a downward angle towards the aperture;
- a second angled portion extending away from the second end of the curvilinear portion towards the interior of the curvilinear portion at a downward angle relative to the stationary nut and the aperture;
- the guide is attached to a first distal end of the rod, the guide has a movable nut affixed to an apex thereof, the guide is shaped to enable contact on an upper surface of the workpiece and includes a plurality of different sizes to contact a plurality of different sizes of the workpiece that are supporting on the pipe jack;
- the handle is attached to an opposing second distal end of the rod, the handle resides on a first side of the brace and the guide resides on a second side of the brace;
- a swivel adjustment disposed between the guide and the rod;
- a post swivelly connected to the swivel adjustment, the post is attached to an apex of the guide;
- wherein attached adjacent to a terminal end of the first distal end of the rod is a first washer;
- wherein affixed to the terminal end of the first distal end of the rod is a second washer;
- wherein attached to an upper end of the post is a third washer having an equal outer diameter and inner diameter as the first washer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.