摘要 |
<p>TITLE IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPE CLAMP SADDLE Improvement in a U-bolt type pipe clamp saddle for clamping a pipe joint, the pipe clamp saddle having a pair of spaced-apart sleeve portions and a web therebetween, the improvement comprising the web having a tubular strengthening rib therein, the pipe clamp saddle being formed from a single metal stamping having a transverse line of symmetry thereacross from which a pair of opposed allochiral halves extend and along which line the stamping is folded forming the web, the sleeve and the tubular strengthening rib therein, the pipe clamp saddle being formed from a single metal stamping having a transverse line of symmetry thereacross from which a pair of opposed allochiral halves extend and along which line the stamping is folded forming the web, the sleeve and the tubular strengthening rib, portions of the opposed allochiral halves being spot welded together in coextensive, facially contacting relation, the fold being along the bottom edge of the web, each sleeve extending substantially perpendicularly to the fold and adjacent an edge of the web, the cross-section of the sleeves being hexagonal, the tubular strengthening rib formed from matching deformations in the allochiral halves.</p> |