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US 4,356,986 AGranted
Safety valve support
OwnerHugh C. Lynchinventor
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Abstract
An anchor for supporting a device such as a safety valve in a space between opposed walls is comprised of a channel to which the device is secured, slides at each end of the channel and screws for driving the slides outwardly against opposite walls of the opening.
Claims2
An anchor for supporting a safety valve in a space between two opposed surfaces, comprising:
- an elongate generally C-shaped channel having a spaced pair of flanges integrally connected by a web,
- means for mounting a safety valve on the channel between opposite ends thereof,
- a pair of slides slidably engaging over opposite end portions of the channel, each slide comprising a spaced pair of generally C-shape flanges integrally connected by a web and inwardly extending lips on the free edges thereof,
- the webs and channels of the slides slidably engaging over the flanges and web of the channel and the lips on the slide flanges engaging over free edges of the channel flanges,
- and screw means engaging between the channel and the slides for driving the slides outwardly whereby to jam the slides against the surfaces of opposed sides of the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.