Clamp assembly

摘要

A clamp assembly for securing together in a superimposed relationship two elongate members each having a pair of opposite edge regions, includes a clamping frame having four frame members, the frame members of a first pair of the frame members being spaced apart by a second pair and the frame members of the second pair being spaced apart by the first pair, the second pair allowing the spacing of the frame members of the first pair to be varied whereby the first pair may be brought into contact with opposite edge regions of a first of the elongate members and/or the first pair allowing the spacing of the frame members of the second pair to be varied whereby the second pair may be brought into contact with opposite edge regions of the second of the elongate members, the two pairs of frame members being interconnected by first connection elements.

主权项

1. A clamp assembly configured to secure together in a superimposed relationship two elongate members each having a pair of opposite edge regions, said clamp assembly comprising:
a clamping frame comprising a first pair of frame side members and a second pair of frame side members which form a four sided frame, each frame side member being a flat metal plate, each flat metal plate of at least one of the first and second pairs of frame side members comprising a pair of slot formations that extend parallel with one another in a side-by-side relationship; a plurality of first connection devices; at least one beam clamp for extending through two said frame side members to engage with an elongate member; the frame side members of said first pair of the frame side members being spaced apart by said second pair of the frame side members, and the frame side members of the second pair of frame members being spaced apart by the first pair of frame side members, whereby the frame comprises four positions at which one frame side member lies superimposed over another frame side member; the plurality of first connection devices comprising four connection devices provided one at each of the four positions at which one flat metal plate lies superimposed over another of the flat metal plates and each first connection device extended through two plates for securing the two plates together; the frame side members of at least one of the two pairs of frame side members allowing the spacing of the frame side members of the other of the two pairs of frame side members pair to be varied whereby said other pair may be brought into contact with or positioned close to respective said opposite edge regions of one of the elongate members; the first and second pairs of frame side members being interconnected by said first connection devices which act solely between the frame side members to hold adjacent frame side members in contact with one another while permitting relative sliding movement as the spacing of at least one of the first and second pairs is adjusted to correspond with or be close to the width of one of the two elongate members, said first connection devices being positioned to secure each frame side member of one of the pairs to each of the frame side members of the other of said pairs.