Pipe holding clip
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsXing Wang, Bo Li
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a pipe holding clip that defines a widthwise direction, a heightwise direction, and a lengthwise direction. The pipe holding clip can include a base portion, a pair of oppositely-arranged lateral portions extending upward from the base portion, a pair of holding arms extending inward from the pair of lateral portions and extending toward the base portion, and a support portion. Two sides of the support portion can be connected to the base portion or the pair of lateral portions. The support portion can include a working surface having an arc shape recessed toward the base portion. The pipe holding clip can provide a suitable holding force to limit the movement of a clamped pipe in an axial direction of the pipe.
Claims20
A pipe holding clip having a widthwise direction, a heightwise direction, and a lengthwise direction, the pipe holding clip comprising:
- a base portion;
- a pair of oppositely-arranged lateral portions, the pair of lateral portions being formed by extending upward from the base portion;
- a pair of holding arms, the pair of holding arms respectively extending inward from the pair of lateral portions and extending toward the base portion;
- and
- a support portion, two sides of the support portion being connected to the base portion or the pair of lateral portions, a distance being provided between the support portion and the base portion and between the support portion and the pair of lateral portions, the support portion having a working surface, and the working surface being in a shape recessed toward the base portion;
- wherein the support portion is located below the pair of holding arms, and a space for clamping is formed between the pair of holding arms and the working surface, and
- wherein the support portion comprises a first support section and a second support section, and the first support section and the second support section are arranged in the widthwise direction of the pipe holding clip, the first support section comprises a first arc-shaped working surface, the second support section comprises a second arc-shaped working surface, and a central axis of the first working surface and a central axis of the second working surface are staggered in the lengthwise direction of the pipe holding clip.
A pipe holding clip, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a pair of oppositely-arranged lateral portions extending upward from the base portion;
- a support portion having two sides connected to the base portion or the pair of lateral portions, the support portion including:
- a first support section having a first arc-shaped working surface that defines a first central axis;
- and
- a second support section having a second arc-shaped working surface that defines a second central axis,
- the first central axis and the second central axis are staggered in a lengthwise direction of the pipe holding clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.