U-Bolt clamp with tubular reinforcing means
AssigneeHeckethorn Manufacturing Company
InventorsJohn E. Heckethorn, Danny J. Whittle
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Abstract
A new saddle construction for a U-bolt pipe clamp assembly formed from a single blank of sheet steel without welding and including a tubular cross reinforcement rib of preferably triangular cross section spanning the top of the saddle completely between the two bolt receiving housings. The saddle is formed in a progressive die and is adapted in conjunction with its mating U-bolt to indent a circumferential bead in the pipe sections being joined.
Claims7
A U-bolt clamp saddle body formed from a single folded blank of sheet metal, including a pair of spaced parallel U-bolt leg receiving housings, a central web section having an arcuate lower edge extending between said housing, and an integral tubular reinforcing rib extending from one said housing to the other on said web and forming the top face thereof, said reinforcing rib being of triangular cross section and having a planar top face between two of the verticies defined by said triangular cross section, the third vertex defined by said triangular cross section of said rib being located between the top face and said arcuate lower edge.
A U-bolt clamp assembly comprising a U-bolt having an arcuate bight portion and two spaced parallel legs, the top portions of which are threaded, a saddle body formed from a single folded blank of sheet metal and having a pair of spaced parallel elongated housings receiving the legs of the U-bolt therethrough, a central web section having an arcuate lower edge and having the same radius as said bight portion of the U-bolt and extending between said housings, and an integral tubular reinforcing rib extending from one said housing to the other on said web and forming the top face thereof, said reinforcing rib being of triangular cross section and having a planar top face between two of the verticies defined by said triangular cross section, the third vertex defined by said triangular cross section of said rib being located between the top face and said arcuate lower edge, said assembly being adapted to receive a pair of telescoped pipe sections therein, and nut means threaded on said U-bolt leg threaded portions.
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