Pipe clamps
US5129636A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53961
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to pipe clamps and is particularly concerned with equipment that combines ease of handling and transportation and which can ensure correct alignment of curved, polyethylene pipe ends and their presentation to an appropriate coupling means. This objective is met by a construction comprising first and second clamp means, said first clamp means being pivotally secured at or towards one end of an inflexible, extendible means, and said second clamp means being pivotally secured at or towards the opposite end of said extendible means, the free ends of the clamp means being detachably and pivotally secured to each other.
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