Fire testing clamp and assembly
OwnerThomas Naughtoninventor
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Abstract
A clamp for use with a line burner, the clamp having an internal through-hole constructed and arranged to receive a line burner and having an external tapered surface. The tapered surface of the clamp is adapted to align or center the line burner within a hole in a unit for fire spread testing and is adapted to reduce gaps between the line burner and the hole so that flames emitted during fire spread testing from the hole are reduced or eliminated. The line burner may include an indicator constructed and arranged to assist in providing desired alignment of the gases out of the line burner during testing.
Claims35
A clamp for use in connecting a rod to a unit for use in fire spread testing of the unit, the clamp comprising:
- an outer surface, first and second ends and a through-hole provided between the first and second ends constructed and arranged to receive a rod;
- wherein the clamp is adapted to substantially center the rod within a hole in a unit through which the rod is inserted.
A clamp for use in connecting a rod to a unit for fire spread testing of the unit, the clamp comprising:
- an outer surface, first and second ends and a through-hole provided between the first and second ends constructed and arranged to receive a rod;
- wherein the clamp is adapted to substantially block a hole in the unit through which the rod is inserted.
A method of fire spread testing, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a unit to be tested, the unit having a hole;
- providing a line burner for insertion through the hole into the unit;
- providing a clamp having an outer surface with a tapered portion and a through-hole extending through the clamp;
- sliding the line burner through the through-hole of the clamp;
- securing the clamp to the line burner;
- inserting the line burner through the hole in the unit to be tested at least until the tapered portion of the clamp abuts against the hole of the unit;
- and
- igniting the line burner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.