Brace clamp for sway brace pipe
AssigneeASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
InventorsJohn Otto Deutsch, Michael A. Budrow, Patrick Chien Chen, Aaron Jonathon Kracke
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Abstract
A brace clamp includes a first jaw; a second jaw pivotably coupled to the first jaw, wherein a clamp channel is defined between the first jaw and the second jaw, the clamp channel configured to receive a sway brace pipe therethrough; and a clamp fastener coupled to the first jaw; w the brace clamp is configurable in a disengaged configuration and an engaged configuration; and wherein, in the disengaged configuration, the first jaw is pivoted away from the second jaw and the clamp fastener is disengaged from the second jaw, and in the engaged configuration, the first jaw is pivoted towards the second jaw and the clamp fastener is engaged with the second jaw.
Claims12
A sway brace fitting assembly comprising:
- a pipe strap comprising substantially U-shaped strap body configured to cradle a suspended pipe;
- a sway brace pipe;
- a brace clamp coupled to the pipe strap and comprising a first jaw and a second jaw, wherein a clamp channel is defined between the first jaw and the second jaw, the sway brace pipe received through the clamp channel;
- and
- a clamp fastener coupled to the first jaw and comprising a bolt head configured to engage an upper jaw surface of the first jaw;
- wherein:
- the brace clamp is configurable in a disengaged configuration, wherein the first jaw is pivoted away from the second jaw and the brace clamp is unattached to the sway brace pipe, and an engaged configuration, wherein the first jaw is pivoted towards the second jaw to clamp the sway brace pipe between the first jaw and the second jaw and the brace clamp is attached to the sway brace pipe;
- and
- the upper jaw surface comprises at least one of a fastener recess or a fastener notch, and wherein the bolt head is configured to engage the at least one of the fastener recess or the fastener notch to prohibit rotation of the clamp fastener.
A method of coupling a brace clamp to a sway brace pipe, the method comprising:
- receiving the sway brace pipe through a clamp channel of the brace clamp in a disengaged configuration of the brace clamp, wherein the clamp channel is defined between a first jaw of the brace clamp and a second jaw of the brace clamp, the first jaw defines an upper jaw surface, and the upper jaw surface comprises at least one of a fastener recess or a fastener notch;
- pivoting the first jaw towards the second jaw, wherein a clamp fastener of the brace clamp is coupled to the first jaw;
- engaging a bolt head of the clamp fastener with the at least one of the fastener recess or the fastener notch to prohibit rotation of the clamp fastener;
- and
- coupling the clamp fastener to the second jaw to retain the brace clamp in an engaged configuration, wherein, in the engaged configuration, the sway brace pipe is clamped between first jaw and the second jaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.