U-Bolt clamp with tubular reinforcing means

摘要

A new saddle construction for a U-bolt pipe clamp assembly formed from a single blank of sheet steel without welding and including a tubular cross reinforcement rib of preferably triangular cross section spanning the top of the saddle completely between the two bolt receiving housings. The saddle is formed in a progressive die and is adapted in conjunction with its mating U-bolt to indent a circumferential bead in the pipe sections being joined.