Flexible implement positioner
AssigneeUS Gov't as represented by Secretary of Air Force
InventorsJohn Richardson Harris, Rufus Cooksey
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Abstract
A flexible implement positioner that is lockably installable around abutting flanges of abutting tubes enables an implement, such as a temperature gauge, to be desirably positioned near the joint between the abutting flanges and enable the implement to monitor the joint between the flanges. The implement positioner includes a plurality of body segments hingedly connected to one another in an end to end relationship, with one end including a lock body segment and the opposite end including a lock body segment having a lock lever hingedly mounted thereon, the lock lever positionable in engagement with the lock body segment and pivotal to lockably engage the lock lever when installing the implement positioner on one of the flanges.
Claims5
A flexible implement positioner securably positionable about a juncture of two abutting tubes having abutting flanges, the implement positioner comprising:
- a plurality of body segments each having an inner concave surface hingedly connected to one another, a proximal one of the body segments having a lock surface and a distal one of the body segments having a lock lever hingedly mounted thereon, the lock lever being positionable in engagement with the lock surface and pivotal to lockably engage the lock lever with the lock surface;
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- an implement mount extending outwardly from one or more of the body segments,
- wherein the implement positioner is installable around the cylindrical body by encircling the body segments around the abutting flanges of the abutting tubes with the inner concave surface of each body segment engageable with both of the flanges of the abutting tubes and the implement positioner is lockably secured around the abutting flanges by engaging the lock lever with the lock surface to secure the body segments about the abutting flanges with the implement mount extending outwardly from the abutting flanges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.