Boiler wall tube tool
OwnerGary W. McClureinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to a boiler wall tube tool in which boiler tubes in the form of a wall can be clampingly secured to retain adjacent ends of the boiler tubes forming the wall in aligned relation when connecting the ends of the boiler tubes forming the wall when being joined by welding.
Claims9
A boiler wall tube tool comprising a pair of opposed clamp members with each clamp member including a pair of recesses therein to engage adjacent ends of a pair of boiler wall tubes on opposite sides of a juncture between the adjacent ends, means moving the clamp members towards each other for secure clamping engagement of the tubes for maintaining them in alignment while connecting the ends of the tubes by welding, each clamp member including a recess in each side edge thereof providing access to the periphery of the juncture between the ends of the tubes clamped by the clamp members, said means moving the clamp members towards each other including a manually pivotal handle structure including eccentric means connecting the handle structure pivotally to one of said clamp members for moving the clamp members towards and away from each other, means adjustably connecting the handle structure to the other of said clamp members to enable variation in the space between the clamp members when in clamping engagement with the tubes.
In combination with a boiler tube wall formed by a plurality of closely spaced tubes rigidly connected by webs, a tool for clampingly engaging adjacent ends of a pair of adjacent tubes from which the connecting webs have been removed and retaining the adjacent tube ends in alignment while being connected by welding, said tool comprising a pair of opposed clamp members with each clamp member including a pair of recesses therein to engage adjacent ends of a pair of boiler wall tubes on opposite sides of a juncture between the adjacent ends, means moving the clamp members towards each other for secure clamping engagement of the tubes for maintaining them in alignment while connecting the ends of the tubes by welding, each clamp member including a recess in each side edge thereof providing access to the periphery of the juncture between the ends of the tubes clamped by the clamp members, said means moving the clamp members towards each other including a manually pivotal handle structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.