Brisket Tube Hanger for Cow Stall Assembly
AssigneeNorbco, Inc.
InventorJoseph R. Moreau
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Abstract
A hanger for a brisket tube or brisket rail employs an L-shaped bracket member formed of a slotted vertical plate with a horizontal top mounting flange. A clamp member, e.g., an omega clamp, secures the top mounting flange to a lower rail of a stall divider. A brisket pipe clamp attaches to the bracket and has an arcuate portion that captures the brisket pipe. The brisket pipe clamp is formed of a slide plate with flanged edges, a partly arcuate retaining arm that extends proximally from the slide plate, and a stub or post that extends distally through the slot in the vertical plate. This can be a threaded post so that the slide plate can be secured to the vertical plate with a nut. The slot permits limited vertical adjustment.
Claims11
Hanger for a brisket tube for a cow stall assembly, of the type in which a plurality of spaced dividers each have at least a generally horizontal lower rail member spaced above a floor of the cowstall assembly, and wherein the brisket tube takes the form of a generally cylindrical pipe that extends along the cow stall assembly beneath the lower rail members of said dividers;
- said hanger comprising
- a bracket member formed of a vertical plate member with vertical edges spaced apart a predetermined width;
- and having a vertical slot formed therein;
- and having a horizontal mounting flange at an upper edge of the plate member;
- a clamp member securing the horizontal mounting flange of said bracket member to an associated one of the horizontal lower rail members;
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- a brisket pipe clamp including a slide plate member having a pair of flanges formed at vertical edges thereof;
- a partly arcuate retaining arm extending from a proximal side of the slide plate member and having a curved portion dimensioned to capture said brisket tube therein;
- a stub extending distally from said slide plate member through the vertical slot in said bracket member;
- and means for securing the slide plate member to said bracket member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.