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Class 24/285 - Pivotal strap parts


Subclass of Class 24 - Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Definition: Devices wherein the strap is comprised of pivoted parts.
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 02/17/2009


NumberTitleIssue Date
7490388Pipe clamp with spring nut
A pipe clamp for attaching a duct to a base surface. The pipe clamp has a clamp body with an aperture for arranging the pipe clamp around the duct, a tightening element for keeping the ends of the clamp together, and a spring nut arranged on the second end of the cl...
02/17/2009
7367363Sanitary conduit support systems
Apparatus for supporting conduits within a sanitary environment. Some supports are configured so as to avoid the formation of surfaces that might collect dust, debris, cleaning fluids, etc. when installed. In one embodiment, the support includes a pair of opposing s...
05/06/2008
7341287Deformable mechanical pipe coupling
A deformable mechanical pipe coupling is disclosed. The coupling is formed from an arcuate band that surrounds and defines a central space. The band has first and second ends in facing relation. arcuate surfaces that engage outer surfaces of the pipe elements extend...
03/11/2008
7165580Cable projectile catcher
A mechanism is provided for attachment to the exit end of a conduit during cable installation through the conduit. The mechanism absorbs the energy from, and captures the projectile and cable assembly exiting from a conduit during cable installation. A clamp is prov...
01/23/2007
7100873Hanger assembly for aircraft
A hanger assembly for suspending an external store from an aircraft includes left and right side panels in hinged connection to a center panel, where the panels, in combination, form a band for substantially circumferentially surrounding the external store. The cent...
09/05/2006
6708377Tube clamp
A clamp has two injection moulded tangs 1, 2 hinges together by a pin 3 and held closed by a wing nut 4 and a screw 5 having a cross-head 6. The tangs each have a tapered groove 7 running around inside them. In use, this gro...
03/23/2004
6672631Pipe coupling with rapid acting closure
A pipe coupling comprising two clamp halves connected on one end and with a rapid action closure for separably connecting the diametrically opposing other end. The rapid action closure contains a screw bolt, one end of which is coupled to one of the clamp...
01/06/2004
6385820Hose strangler
Disclosed is a hose strangler which considerably reduces the risk of slippage when the strangler is being removed from the hose. The hose strangler includes a clamping member adapted to hold a hose in position. The clamping member has a first arm having a...
05/14/2002
6270124Band adapter for front derailleur
A band adapter is provided for adapting a front derailleur of a bicycle to smaller sized frame tube. The front derailleur has a fixed member or tubular clamping member that is adapted to be coupled to the seat tube of the bicycle, a chain guide for shifti...
08/07/2001
6056332Clamping apparatus
A clamping apparatus for engaging a pair of abutting flanges from a pair of pipes has a pivot end of a first clamp portion pivotally joined to a pivot end of a second clamp portion by a pivot pin, such that the first and second clamp portions may be mutua...
05/02/2000
6053504Clamping ring for flange connections in cable fittings and pipes
A clamping ring for a sealing system has a channel for receiving flanges of the pipe connections and seals is formed of a plurality of segments, which are pressed radially on the flanges by a strap retainer, which has an arrangement for tightening the ret...
04/25/2000
6050615Pipe coupling having clamp halves and quick-action closure
The invention relates to a pipe coupling comprising two clamp halves of C-shaped cross-section connected at one end to pivot in relation to one another around at least one bolt, and a quick-action closure which is disposed at the diametrically opposite ot...
04/18/2000
5921696Adjustable massage chair
An adjustable massage chair includes a chest support and a seat hingeably mounted to the outer ends of front and rear arcuate arms, respectively, that telescopically extend out the front and rear ends, respectively, of a stationary arcuate arm. A pair of ...
07/13/1999
5720086Clamping collar
A clamping collar for sealing by perimetrically connecting the axially aligned ends of two parts which are circular in external transverse cross-sectional shape. The collar includes a strip formed into an open loop, V-shaped in longitudinal section, havin...
02/24/1998
5711639Clamp for cylindrical object
A clamp for a cylindrical object is provided which is formed of fibers in the form of woven fabric molded in a polymeric matrix. The clamps have two free ends through which one or two rods extend. The compressive force exerted by the clamp can be adjusted...
01/27/1998
5653481Pipe clamp with live loading nut assembly
A clamp with a live loading clamp nut assembly is provided for pipe joints and the like. The nut assembly includes a body member movable within a cage. A plurality of springs, such as spring washers, are employed in the cage to provide a stored spring ene...
08/05/1997
5570499Bolt-tightened type coupling
A bolt-tightened type coupling includes a pair of semi-circular arc-shaped coupling halves having base ends which are pivotably connected to one another, so that the coupling halves can be moved toward each other to a closed position and moved away from e...
11/05/1996
5513228Clamp for two tubular components, having a safety blocking device, and use of such clamp
The clamping and locking device (18) of the clamp includes a screw (22) arranged in a direction which is transverse with respect to the articulated elements of the clamp and engaged through two blocks (19, 19') bearing on two articulated elements of the c...
04/30/1996
5379836Clamps for use with well tubulars
The clamp mounts a cable and service lines in spaced relationship to a tubing string used in producing a well, and formed of lengths of tubing joined by a coupling. The clamp comprises first and second clamping elements for clamping around the tubing stri...
01/10/1995
5010626Hose clamp with flanged captive tensioning nut and pivoted bridging element
A hose clamp having a metal band provided with two closed end loops. Each end loop has a pair of aligned slots. A first loop is formed of a curved section and a straight section. A captive nut comprising a tubular threaded portion with a curved backing fl...
04/30/1991
4892276Collar for fastening pipes, cables, rods and the like
A collar of metal, plastic material, or any other suitable materials, for fastening pipes, rods, and the like, to walls in general, constituted by an arcuate half-clamp, which can be fastened onto the wall by means of a stud or the like, and by an arcuate...
01/09/1990
4864696Hose clamp for a fuel dispensing system
A hose clamp for clamping a swivel hose in a fuel dispensing installation. The hose clamp includes a breakable portion by which the hose clamp is connected to a retrieving cable. When sufficient force is placed on the cable, the hose clamp will break away...
09/12/1989
4739542Safety coupling clamp
A circumferentially contractible clamp operated by a bolt and nut actuator wherein a U-shaped safety saddle pivotally mounted upon one end of the clamp band includes a threaded bore receiving a threaded stem of the nut threaded upon the bolt. The inner en...
04/26/1988
4714229Anti-vibratory support device for a pipe whose thickness is small relative to the diameter
Anti-vibratory support device for a pipe whose thickness is small relative to its diameter, comprising a collar (2) formed by at least two rigid annular sectors (2a, 2b, 2c) which are articulated at at least one of their ends to the succeeding sector, to ...
12/22/1987
4708512Clamping shell
A pivotally unfoldable clamping shell for releasably embracing and clamping parts to one another, includes two one-piece strip members which define respective half-shell regions, each having first and second ends; a center line is defined between the firs...
11/24/1987
4568115Multi-piece pipe clamp
An improved multi-piece pipe clamp particularly useful for clamping the ends of two flanged sanitary pipes together in longitudinal alignment. When in the closed position the clamp engages the flanges to draw the pipe faces into intimate sealing contact. ...
02/04/1986
4516296Tubing clamp and method of making the same
A two-piece clamp for securing elongate cylindrical members, such as pipe, tubing, conduit or hose, to a channel. The two-piece clamp has two clamp halves fabricated with an aperture at one end. A stud is non-rotatably secured in the aperture of one of th...
05/14/1985
4380102Clasping device
The invention provides a clasping device that is simple to utilize and remove, and comprises a minimum number of operating components, yet is capable of efficiently performing a clasping function. A base is provided having first and second ends with an ob...
04/19/1983
4373235Pipe clamp
The present invention includes a clamping system comprising two identical clamping components, which cooperate to form a clamp. One end of the clamp component is provided with a male and a female connector such that in the assembled clamping system the ma...
02/15/1983
4193173Clamp assembly
This invention provides improved apparatus for clamping together a pair of flanges of a processing vessel. The apparatus includes an elongated tubular stem having a handle at one end thereof for applying torque to the stem. Means defining a surface at the...
03/18/1980
 
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