Clamp cover and a method of use
OwnerGraham Brighaminventor
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Abstract
A pipeline clamp cover has a body and a flange. The body has a front face in sealing engagement with at least one peripheral side wall such that an enclosure having a rear opening is formed. The flange is provided in sealing engagement with a bottom edge of the at least one peripheral side wall and extends outwards away from the body.
Claims12
A pipeline clamp cover in combination with a piping system, the piping system comprising at least one pipe clamp located within an aperture, the pipeline clamp cover comprising:
- a flexible body having a front face in sealing engagement with at least one peripheral side wall such that the flexible body and the at least one peripheral side wall form an enclosure having a rear opening;
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- a flexible flange in sealing engagement with an entire bottom edge of the at least one peripheral side wall and extending outwards away from the flexible body,
- the flexible flange, prior to installation, lying in and defining a plane,
- the flexible flange and the flexible body, due to their flexibility, permitting the flexible flange to adapt and conform to a curved outer surface of the piping system and thereby form a seal between the flexible flange and an entire perimeter of the aperture on the curved outer surface of the piping system, and the flexible body and the flexible flange, due to their flexibility, being conformable to varying diameter curvatures of the outer surface of the pipeline system.
A pipeline clamp cover in combination with a piping system, and the piping system comprising a pipe clamp located within an aperture formed in a curved outer surface of the piping system, the pipeline clamp cover comprising:
- a flexible body having a front face in sealing engagement with at least one peripheral side wall such that the flexible body and the at least one peripheral side wall form an enclosure having a rear opening;
- a flexible flange in sealing engagement with an entire bottom edge of the at least one peripheral side wall and extending outwards away from the flexible body;
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- the flexible flange, prior to installation, lying in and defining a plane;
- the flexible flange and the flexible body, due to their flexibility, permitting the flexible flange and the flexible body to enclose the pipe clamp and the aperture with the flexible flange adapting and conforming to the curved outer surface of the piping system so that a seal is formed between the flexible flange and an entire exterior perimeter of the aperture formed in the curved outer surface of the piping system, and
- the flexible body and the flexible flange, due to their flexibility, being conformable to varying diameter curvatures of the outer surface of the pipeline system.
A single pipeline clamp cover in combination with a piping system, and the piping system comprising a pipe clamp located within an aperture formed in a curved outer surface of the piping system, the pipeline clamp cover comprising:
- a flexible body having a front face in sealing engagement with a peripheral side wall such that the flexible body and the peripheral side wall form an enclosure having a rear opening;
- a flexible flange in sealing engagement with an entire bottom edge of the peripheral side wall and extending outwards away from the flexible body;
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- the flexible flange, prior to installation, lying in and defining a plane;
- the flexible flange and the flexible body, due to their size and flexibility, permitting the flexible flange and the flexible body to enclose only the pipe clamp and the aperture, without surrounding an entire circumference of the curved outer surface of the piping system, and adapt and conform to the curved outer surface of the piping system so that a seal is formed between the flexible flange and an entire exterior perimeter of the aperture formed in the curved outer surface of the piping system, and
- the flexible body and the flexible flange, due to their flexibility, being conformable to varying diameter curvatures of the outer surface of the pipeline system.
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