US994266A

US994266A - Combined angle-cock and pipe-clamp.

Info

Publication number: US994266A
Application number: US61254411A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Miller
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-03-06
Filing date: 1911-03-06
Publication date: 1911-06-06
Anticipated expiration: 1928-06-06

Description

w. MILLER, com-13mm ANGLE 0001; AND PIPE CLAMP.

APPLICATION IILgID MARKS/1,911. I

BatentedJune 6, 1911.

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W. MILLER. COMBINED ANGLE COCK AND PIPE CLAMP. A P PLIOATION FILED mum. 1911.

Patented June 6,1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT basics.-

"-WIL I.IAM,MI LER, or oHIcAeo, Narrators.

GOMBIFTED ANGLE-COCK AND PIPE-CLAMP.

To on whom it may concern:

'. Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILLER,.3.

citizen of. the United States, residing at Clncago, 1n the county of Cook and State of Ilhnois, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Combined Angle-Cocks and ipe-Clamps, of which. the following is a specification.

The objects of this 'invention are to prov dea device of simple. construction for clamping and holding both the train pipe and the angle'cock of a railway car, to reinforce the end portion of the pipe, and to prevent loss of the cock and the hose connected therewith in event the pipe isbroken. And a further object of the invent-ionis to provide a clamp device, which can be readily released-without disconnecting the device from the car to facilitate the removal of the tion of the clamp device. without the pipe or cock, showing a modification. Fig. i is an the clamp, cock and pipe.

end sill which is shown in section.

enlarged sectional view showing parts of Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the invention appliedto a metal Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the invention applied to a, metal-end sill and omitting the train pipe and cock.

Referring to the drawings, 7 is a wood end sill, 8 is a metal end sill and 9 is a train pipe of a railway car. The' angle cock 10- may be of any desired construction and it is preferably provided with a hexagonalhead 11 which is interiorly threaded to engage the threaded end of the train pipe (Fig. 4:).

The clamp device comprises two members 12 'and 13, the former having a bracket comprising a'horizontal projection 14 extending the lag screws 15 for fastening the clamp" in the direction of the'train pipe to receive device to a wood sill (Fig. 1), or lateral rojections 16to receive the bolt-s17 for astening the clamp device to the metal end sill (Figs; 5 and 6).. I

The clamp device comprises a sleeve 18,

one half of which is integral with each of the clamp members, to enga e and reinforce and strengthen the end portlon of the tram pipe] The two members of the clamp device are provided with oppositely dlsposed Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 6, 1911. I Application filed March 6, 1911. Serial No. 612,544. l

forwardly extending projections 19 which are shaped on their inner opposing faces to engage opposite angles on the hexagonal head of the clamp, and each of these forward projections is provided with an inwardly directed .fian e 20 to overlap the front of said head. The projections 19 are strengthened by'ribs 21 at the top and bottom andby centrally disposed webs 22'which.

extend back and over the sleeve sections18.

The

members

12 and 13 ofthe clamp device are made as separate parts and the member 13 is provided at its lower end with abook 23 adapted to engage a socket 24C in the lower endof the'member 12, the upper end of the member 13 being fastened 'to-the member 12 by a bolt 25. lVhen this bolt is removed the member 13 may be swung downward, as

"shown in broken lines in Fig. 2, to permitthe removal of the cock for repair or other purposes.

My. invention provides a clamp for scour ing the lossof the cock and the hose con- I nected therewith. The clamp is constructed to reinforce and strengthen the end of the pipe so as to reduce the liability of breakage to a minimum. The two parts of the clamp are fastened together by a single bolt except in the construction shown in Fig. 3 in which the lower ends of the clamp members are fastened together by a bolt 26 instead of the hookand socket construction shown in the other figures. preferred because of its'simplicity and also because-it permits the clamp to be opened for the removal of the cock without wholly The one bolt construction is disconnecting the two members of theclamp. I v

The projections l9'constitute jaws which are shaped to fit angles of'the hexagonal head of the cock to prevent it from turning onthe pipe when the clamp is'locked, and

the flanges onthe jaws prevent the cock? from becoming disconnected from the clamp in event the pipe is broken. 1 l

VVha't I claim and desire to" secure by Letters Patent is:' I I j 1. The combination of a' tram pipe and an angle cock engaged with said pipe and having an angular head, of a clamp com-' rising two members and means for fastenmg the members together, each of saidmemhead,

2. The combination of a train pipe and an angle cock engaged With said pipe and having an angular head,'of a clamp comprising two members, each having a section of a sleeve to engage and hold the pipe and a jaw to engage .and hold said head against rotation, one of said members having a hook at its lower end to engage a socket in the lower end of the other member and one ,of said members having a bracket for engagement With the end sill 15 of a car,"and means above the sleeve for fastening the members together.

I WM. MILLER.

Vitnesses W'M. O. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE.