US 4,019,705 A · Pipe hanging apparatus

Abstract

Apparatus for suspending a pipe from a structural member, such as a beam, having a projecting flange with a proximate layer of building material, wherein a beam clamp having jaws and a fastening device for holding the beam clamp on the beam flange also has a rib on the outside of one jaw extending longitudinally thereof to facilitate insertion of the jaw between the beam flange and the proximate layer of building material and to resist turning forces applied to the beam clamp. The beam clamp has a securing device in one end communicating with a tapered recess in the other end forming a guideway for a connecting rod which carries a collar for supporting the pipe. The collar has embossments to provide limited contact between the collar and the pipe to reduce resistance to rotation of the pipe, as for threading it into another pipe member.

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Dependent claims

A beam clamp for connecting a projecting flange of a structural member having a proximate layer of building material and components supporting a pipe comprising, a body portion, a pair of jaw means extending outwardly from said body portion, fastening means selectively positionable with respect to one of said pair of jaw means to engage the flange of the structural member between it and the other of said pair of jaw means for holding the clamp positioned on the structural member, securing means in said body portion for engaging the components supporting a pipe, and rib means on the outside of one of said pair of jaws positioned substantially longitudinally thereof to facilitate insertion of said one of said pair of jaws between the projecting flange of the structural member and the proximate layer of building material and to thereafter resist turning forces applied to the beam clamp.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pipe hanging apparatus

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Pipe hanging apparatus

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Abstract

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