Pipe clamp
AssigneeASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
InventorGregory Nicholas Stagliano Ohnemus
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Abstract
Example aspects of a pipe clamp assembly can comprise a pipe clamp comprising a first clamp segment and a second clamp segment, the first clamp segment defining an inner surface, a first end, and a second end, the second clamp segment defining an inner surface, a first end, and a second end; a projection extending from the inner surface of the first clamp segment, the projection defining a linear top edge configured to engage a pipe, the linear top edge oriented distal to the inner surface of the first clamp segment; and a support flange coupled to the pipe clamp proximate to the first end of the first clamp segment and the first end of the second clamp segment, the support flange configured to support the pipe clamp assembly on a support surface.
Claims16
A pipe clamp assembly comprising:
- a pipe clamp comprising a first clamp segment and a second clamp segment, the first clamp segment defining an inner surface, a first end, and a second end, the second clamp segment defining an inner surface, a first end, and a second end, the pipe clamp defining a passage;
- a projection extending from the inner surface of the first clamp segment, the projection defining a linear top edge configured to engage a pipe, the linear top edge oriented distal to the inner surface of the first clamp segment;
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- a support flange coupled to the pipe clamp proximate to the first end of the first clamp segment and the first end of the second clamp segment, the support flange configured to support the pipe clamp assembly on a support surface, the support flange defining a key, the key retained within the passage;
- wherein the first clamp segment defines a first notch and the second clamp segment defines a second notch, and the first notch and second notch together defining the passage.
A method of supporting a pipe with a pipe clamp assembly comprising:
- providing a pipe clamp comprising a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a cylindrical void wall, a projection extending from the cylindrical void wall, the projection defining a linear top edge distal to the cylindrical void wall;
- positioning a pipe within a void of the pipe clamp, the void defined by the cylindrical void wall;
- tightening the pipe clamp around the pipe to engage the linear top edge of the projection with the pipe;
- coupling a support flange to the pipe clamp, which comprises inserting a key of the support flange into a passage of the pipe clamp, wherein the support flange further defines a flange body, the key defining a height that is less than a height of the flange body;
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- resting a base surface of the support flange on a support surface to support the pipe on the support surface;
- wherein:
- the pipe clamp comprises a first clamp segment and a second clamp segment;
- the first clamp segment defines a first notch and the second clamp segment defines a second notch;
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- the first notch and the second notch together define the passage, the passage extending to the cylindrical void wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.