US981435A

US981435A - Stovepipe-holder.

Info

Publication number: US981435A
Application number: US56613310A
Authority: US
Inventors: George Lee
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-06-10
Filing date: 1910-06-10
Publication date: 1911-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 1928-01-10

Description

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

' WITNESSES:

Arron/vars SHINGYDN, u, c.

cairn ear STOVEPIPE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 10, 1911.

Application filed June 10, 1910. Serial No. 566,133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of South Whitley, in the county of Whitley and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Stovepipe-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in holders for securing the end of a stove pipe in proper position in a chimney or flue, so that the stove pipe cannot work loose or accidentally slip out.

In my improved construction, I employ two clamping members, which engage with the opposite sides of the wall of the chimney or fine, and are relatively movable to permit of their proper adjustment. A single fastener serves to hold both of the clamping members.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sect-ion of stove pipe secured in place by my improved holder; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough with the parts in operative position; Fig. 3 is a section similar to portion of Fig. 2, but showing the parts in the position which they occupy during the insertion of the stove pipe; and Figs. 41 and 5 are perspective views of the separate clamping members.

My invention does not in any way relate to the specific construction of the stove pipe or the flue wall, but relates solely to the means employed for efiectively securing and holding the former within an opening in the latter.

In the specific form illustrated, I employ two clamping members and 11, each formed of a strip of metal extending lengthwise of the stove pipe. One of these clamping members, 10, is disposed adjacent the outer surface of the stove pipe and has an outwardlyextending clamping jaw 12 adapted to engage with the outer side of the wall of the chimney or flue on the outer side of a collar 13, to limit the inward movement of the stove pipe into the opening and to constitute a brace for the stove pipe. The other clamping member, 11, is also formed of a strip of metal and is disposed within the stove pipe closely adjacent the clamping member 10 but separated from the latter by the wall of the stove pipe. The clamping member 11 has an outwardly-extending flange or aw 14:, constituting a hook beyond the end of the stove pipe and adapted to engage with the inner surface of the wall of the chimney or flue. The two

jaws

12 and 11 are spaced apart a distance dependent upon the thickness of said flue wall and are relatively movable so as to efiectively clamp said wall. To permit of this adjustment, the wall of the pipe itself is provided with a slot 15 extending lengthwise thereof, and the clamping member 10 has a similar slot 16. A clamping screw 17 extends through the two

slots

15 and 16 and is threaded into an aperture 18 in the inner clamping member or slide 11. One clamping member may be moved relatively to the other by reason of the slot 16, and both may move relatively to the stove pipe by reason of the slot 15. The clamping screw 17 extends through the slide 11 to a considerable distance beyond the inner surface of the latter, and this is particularly important as it facilitates the insertion of the stove pipe and the bringing of the clamping members into proper position after the stove pipe has been inserted.

In inserting the stove pipe, the screw 17 is loosened until the inner clamping member 11 drops down to the position indicated in Fig. 3. The free end of the flange or'j aw 1 1 will no longer project beyond the outer surface of the stove pipe and the latter may be readily inserted through an opening in the flue or chimney wall. As soon as the stove pipe is inserted to the required eX- tent, the simple act of tightening the screw 17 automatically raises the clamping mem her into engagement with the inner surface of the stove pipe and brings the jaw or flange lat into such position that it may engage with the inner surface of the wall. The clamping member may then be drawn backwardly by means of the screw until the jaw 14 engages with the pipe and the clamping member 1.0 may be moved in the opposite direction until the wall is engaged upon opposite sides by the two jaws. The screw 17 may then be tightened and the stove pipe will be effectively held in place so that it cannot accidentally move inwardly or outwardly.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a wall having an opening therethrough, a pipe extending into said opening, and means for retaining said pipe in position, said means including a slide Within the pipe and having an outwardlyextending flange for engagement with one side of the Wall, a second slide on the outer surface of the pipe and movable longitudinally thereof and having an outwardly-extending aw for engagement with the opposite side of the wall, the outer of said slides and the adjacent portion of the pipe being provided with registering slots, and a set screw extending through said slots and having threaded engagement with the other of said slides for securing them together and facilitating the longitudinal movement of one of the slides.

2. In combination, a Wall having an opening therethrough, a pipe extending into said opening, and means for retaining said pipe in position, said means including a slide within the pipe and having an outwardlyextending flange for engagement with one side of the wall, a second slide on the outer surface of the pipe and movable longitudinally thereof and having an outwardly-extending aw for engagement with the opposite side of the wall, one of said slides and the adjacent portion of the pipe being pro vided with registering slots, and a set screw extending through said slots and having threaded engagement with the other of said slides for securing them together and facilitating the longitudinal movement of one of the slides, said set screw being of sufficient length to permit the inner slide to move inward radially in respect to the pipe, so as not to project beyond the periphery of the latter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE LEE.

\Vitnesses FRANCIS B. Mon, Roy LEE.