Patents by Inventor Ray M. Rumble

Ray M. Rumble has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4524935
    Abstract: A pipe hanger arranged to be positioned about a pipe to be suspended, moved to closed position and engaged upon a threaded support rod so as to carry the pipe is disclosed. The hanger takes the form of an elongated band preferably metal, the ends of which are brought into proximity to one another by bending the band into a general oval shape, the ends of the band are formed in configurations registering with the thread pattern of the support rod when engaged thereagainst and a ferrule is moved downwardly over the ends of the band so as to move the same into forceful engagement with the threaded supporting rod. Locking devices on the ferrule engage at least one of the ends of the band and/or support rod so as to hold the ferrule in a position in which the ends of the band remain in tight non-slipping engagement with the threaded support rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Michigan Hanger Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Ray M. Rumble
  • Patent number: 4524934
    Abstract: A pipe hanger arranged to be positioned about a pipe to be suspended, moved to closed position and engaged upon a threaded support rod so as to carry the pipe is disclosed. The hanger takes the form of an elongated band preferably metal, the ends of which are brought into proximity to one another by bending the band into a general oval shape, the ends of the band are formed in configurations registering with the thread pattern of the support rod when engaged thereagainst and a ferrule is moved downwardly over the ends of the band so as to move the same into forceful engagement with the threaded supporting rod. Locking devices on the ferrule engage at least one of the ends of the band and/or the support rod so as to hold the ferrule in a position in which the ends of the band remain in tight non-slipping engagement with the threaded support rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Michigan Hanger Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Ray M. Rumble
  • Patent number: 4489908
    Abstract: A pipe hanger is arranged to be positioned about a pipe to be suspended, moved to closed position and engaged upon a supporting rod so as to carry the pipe. The hanger takes the form of an elongated band, preferably metal, the ends of which are brought into proximity to one another by bending the band into a general oval shape. The ends of the band are formed in configurations registering with the thread pattern of the support rod when engaged thereagainst and a cylindrical ferrule is moved downwardly over the ends of the band so as to move the same into forceful engagement with the threaded supporting rod. An upstanding tab on one of the ends of the band is then distorted by bending the same downwardly to distort and hold the cylindrical ferrule in desired position in which the ends of the band remain in tight, non-slipping engagement with the threaded support rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Michigan Hanger Company
    Inventor: Ray M. Rumble
  • Patent number: 4488695
    Abstract: A pipe hanger arranged to be positioned about a pipe to be suspended, moved to closed position and engaged upon a threaded support rod so as to carry the pipe is disclosed. The hanger takes the form of an elongated band preferably metal, the ends of which are brought into proximity to one another by bending the band into a general oval shape, the ends of the band are formed in configurations registering with the thread pattern of the support rod when engaged thereagainst and a ferrule is moved downwardly over the ends of the band so as to move the same into forceful engagement with the threaded supporting rod. Locking devices on the ferrule engage at least one of the ends of the band and/or the support rod so as to hold the ferrule in a position in which the ends of the band remain in tight non-slipping engagement with the threaded support rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Assignee: Michigan Hanger Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Ray M. Rumble
  • Patent number: 4473205
    Abstract: A pipe hanger is disclosed consisting of a distortable strap for positioning about a pipe to be supported, the ends of the strap being shaped to engage the opposite sides of a threaded support rod and an apertured spring clip movable when in a first distorted shape coaxially of said support rod over said ends of said strap so as to forcefully engage said ends against said support rod when said spring clip assumes its normal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: Michigan Hanger Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Ray M. Rumble
  • Patent number: 4401324
    Abstract: A locking device for pipe couplings of the non-threaded type arranges an elongated rotatable cam transversely of the coupling in engagement with a pipe positioned therein and extending therefrom to forcefully engage the pipe in the coupling to prevent deviation from the axis of the coupling as well as rotation of the coupling relative to the pipe or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Assignee: Michigan Pipe Fittings Co. Div. of Michigan Hanger Co.
    Inventor: Ray M. Rumble
  • Patent number: D338827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Michigan Hanger Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Ray M. Rumble