CLAMP FOR PIPE

• US 20160186902A1
• Filed: 09/10/2013
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ho Young Lee
• Original Assignee: Ho Young Lee
• Inventors: LEE, Ho Young
• Granted Patent: US 9,915,386 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 21/06 with a divided sleeve or ring clamping around the pipe-ends flanged joints F16L23/00; couplings of the quick-acting type F16L37/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/1041 and being adapted to accommodate pipes of various diameters
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/1075 with two members, the two members being joined with a hinge on one side and fastened together on the other side

Abstract

Provided is a pipe clamp for clamping the joint portion of pipes. The pipe clamp includes a body including a first body, which is hingedly coupled at an upper portion thereof to a link and is provided at a lower portion thereof with a fastening protrusion, the fastening protrusion having therein a fitting groove and a threaded hole connected to the fitting groove, and a second body, which is hingedly coupled at an upper portion thereof to the link and is hingedly coupled at a lower portion thereof to a fastening screw, the link hingedly coupled to the upper portions of the first and second bodies, the fastening screw coupled to the lower portion of the second body, a fastening bar, which is provided at one side thereof with a nut, and which is provided on an outer surface thereof with a thread and is provided therein with a threaded hole, and hinge pins for hingedly coupling the fastening screw and the link to the body.

Claims

1. A pipe clamp comprising:

a body including a first body, which is hingedly coupled at an upper portion thereof to a link and is provided at a lower portion thereof with a fastening protrusion, the fastening protrusion having therein a fitting groove and a threaded hole connected to the fitting groove, and a second body, which is hingedly coupled at an upper portion thereof to the link and is hingedly coupled at a lower portion thereof to a fastening screw;

the link hingedly coupled to the upper portions of the first and second bodies;

the fastening screw coupled to the lower portion of the second body;

a fastening bar, which is provided at one side thereof with a nut, and which is provided on an outer surface thereof with a thread and is provided therein with a threaded hole; and

hinge pins for hingedly coupling the fastening screw and the link to the body.

2. The pipe clamp according to claim 1, wherein the first body and the second body have respective holes for enabling a user to check a clamped state of the pipe clamp.

3. The pipe clamp according to claim 1, wherein the link includes a first link including a hinge and a second link having a fitting groove formed therein, wherein the hinge of the first link is fitted into the fitting groove formed in the second link, and is hingedly coupled thereto.

4. The pipe clamp according to claim 1, wherein the fastening screw includes a screw and a coupler, the coupler having a guide hole having a greater diameter than the hinge pins.

5. The pipe clamp according to claim 1, wherein the link has a guide hole having a greater diameter than the hinge pins.