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US 5,211,433 AGranted
Dome clamp apparatus
OwnerAlan E. Gumbsinventor
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Abstract
A dome clamp arranged for mounting to the lid plates of a truck tank-trailer arrangement includes a plurality of confronting L-shaped legs mounted to a support beam, with the support beam including a slot having a slot clamp slidably directed therethrough to provide for clamping of the structure to the lid plates.
Claims4
A dome clamp apparatus for securement to at least one lid plate of a truck-trailer structure comprises,
- an elongate support beam, the support beam including a support beam top surface and a support beam bottom surface, and
- a support beam forward end portion at a forward distal end of the support beam, and a support beam rear end portion at a rear distal end of the support beam, and
- an L-shaped forward end leg directed downwardly relative to the support beam bottom surface mounted at the support beam forward end portion, and
- a tubular slide mounted slidably receiving the support beam therethrough positioned adjacent the support beam rear end portion includes a slide top surface and a slide bottom surface, the slide bottom surface includes a slide L-shaped leg projecting downwardly therefrom in confronting relationship relative to the L-shaped forward end leg, and
- an elongate support beam slot positioned through the support beam between the support beam forward end portion and the support beam rear end portion, and
- a slot clamp orthogonally directed throughout the support beam slidably mounted within the slot projecting below the support beam and the support beam bottom surface, and
- the slot clamp includes a slider disk slidably mounted within the support beam slot, with the slider disk having an annular groove receiving spaced slot side wall of the support beam slot therethrough, and the slider disk includes an externally threaded rod coaxially directed through the slider disk, with the externally threaded rod orthogonally oriented relative to the support beam, with the externally threaded rod including a rod handle at an upper distal end of the externally threaded rod, and a rod foot plate at a lower distal end of the externally threaded rod.
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