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US 11,802,641 B2Granted
Clamp with jaw assembly and method of use
AssigneeGartech, LLC
InventorsGary Warren Stratulate, Gary Pendleton
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Abstract
An arrangement is disclosed having a clamp body configured in a cylindrical shape and having four penetrations that each have a bolt hole penetration with a first side penetration and a second side penetration and at least four jaws, each of the at least four jaws configured to be inserted into one of the at least four penetrations, each jaw having a first side and a second side.
Claims21
A clamp, comprising:
- a main body ring with at least four openings;
- at least four clamp jaws, each of the at least four clamp jaws configured to be inserted in to at least one opening;
- at least four clamp screws, each of the at least four clamp screws positioned in each of the at least four clamp jaws;
- at least four clamp plates, each of the at least four clamp plates configured over one of the at least four clamp screws;
- and
- a mechanical connection connecting each of the at least four clamp plates to the at least four clamp jaws wherein each jaw has at least two stiffeners, and each of the at least two stiffeners are positioned to connect a first side of the jaw to a second side of the jaw.
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An arrangement, comprising:
- a clamp body configured in a cylindrical shape, the clamp body having at least four penetrations, each of the at least four penetrations having a bolt hole penetration with a first side penetration and a second side penetration;
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- at least four jaws, each of the at least four jaws configured to be inserted into one of the at least four penetrations, each jaw having a first side and a second side, the first side configured to insert into the first side penetration, and the second side configured to insert into the second side penetration, each of the at least four jaws having a penetration;
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- at least four bolts, each of the at least four bolts configured to be inserted into both the penetration of each jaw and the bolt hole penetration of the clamp body wherein each jaw has at least two stiffeners, and each of the at least two stiffeners are positioned to connect the first side of the jaw to the second side of the jaw.
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A method for establishing a connection with a clamp, comprising:
- identifying a first piping system for connection to a second piping system;
- positioning a first end of a clamp on an end of the first piping system;
- inserting an end of a second piping system into a second end of the clamp;
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- torqueing at least four bolts of the clamp onto the first piping system and the second piping system, such that at least four jaws of the clamp engage both the first piping system and the second piping system wherein each jaw has at least two stiffeners, and each of the at least two stiffeners are positioned to connect a first side of the jaw to a second side of the jaw.
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A method for establishing a connection between a first piping system and a second piping system with a clamp, comprising:
- positioning a first end of the clamp on an end of the first piping system;
- placing an end of a second piping system into a second end of the clamp;
- and
- engaging a series of jaws from the clamp on to both the first piping system and the second piping system wherein each jaw has at least two stiffeners, and each of the at least two stiffeners are positioned to connect a first side of the jaw to a second side of the jaw.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.