Abstract: A band for encircling a stationary body and an object to be suspended, the band having a plurality of impressions forming elevations on a front side and depressions on a rear side, each elevation having an inclined external wall forming a smooth rounded transition with the front side to a perpendicular external wall extending perpendicularly to the surface of the front side to a parallel surface extending substantially parallel to the front side and having a central trough, each depression having an inner perpendicular wall extending perpendicularly from the rear side forming a smooth rounded transition into an inclined internal wall which forms a smooth rounded transition into a trough surrounding an elevated base formed by material displacement of the central trough, the perpendicular external wall and the inner perpendicular wall so dimensioned as to fit in a tightly locking manner with one another.

Abstract: This invention relates to a construction fastener and more specifically to a clamp or clip for securing a horizontally extending channel to another hoizontally or vertically extending construction element of miscellaneous configuration. The fastener is formed from a strip of resilient metal or spring steel and at least one end includes a notched portion for engaging a horizontally extending channel. The notched portion is oriented with respect to the horizontal channel such that the longitudinal planar surface of the notched portion is normal to the horizontal axis of the channel. The notched portion includes a cam-like spring tab adapted to spring out of the way and to snap back and lock behind the channel when the channel is inserted into the notched portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding fixture for a pipe-line in a structure in which the operating temperature is markedly different from the ambient temperature and the ends of which in its holding posture can be connected to the pipe-line and to portions of the structure of the building by fastening fittings and to devices for registering any change in length occurring as a result of a change in the temperature of the medium flowing through the pipe-line and converting it into a change in the length of the holding fixture.

Abstract: A tension rod for the immediate suspension of a conduit is provided with a threaded-on abutment element for abutment of a spring casing from above or from below. The spring casing contains a compression spring for tensioning between the bottom of the casing and a spring disk secured to the tension rod, an internal sleeve extending from the bottom of the casing prevents complete compression of the spring; the threaded on abutment adjustably limits decompression of the spring; through supplemental structure the tension rod can be locked to the casing in a load independent fashion.

Abstract: A spring hanger system for supporting a UHF circular waveguide from a transmission tower and including a plurality of vertically spaced spring hangers, each adapted to engage an adjacent section in the vertical run of waveguide in the tower. Each hanger includes a glide ring fixed to the tower for restraining the waveguide from movement in any direction except vertical; a clamping ring spaced axially below the glide ring which is adapted to grip the outer periphery of the waveguide snugly without distorting same, whereby the waveguide is stiffened against deformation by lateral forces in the region of the glide ring; and a spring mechanism connecting the glide ring and the clamping ring with a substantially constant force which allows the waveguide to move in response to differential expansion with respect to the tower.

Abstract: A universal mounting bracket assembly is provided to mount an exhaust system to a vehicle. The universal mounting bracket assembly includes a clamp mountable to a pipe of the exhaust system. The clamp is adjustably mountable to an elongated support plate. A formed support rod is mountable to the vehicle and adjustably attachable to the elongated support plate. The formed support rod may be mounted to the vehicle through a rubber insulator.

Abstract: An arrangment for mounting pipes and the like to a concrete wall or slab comprises a fastening device constructed in the manner of building blocks and consisting of prefabricated parts. A specially designed concrete anchor is inserted prior to pouring the concrete in a reinforcing matrix of a concrete slab or wall. It is possible thereby to keep the distance tolerances between the concrete anchors very small and to standardize all of the parts of the fastening construction, which particularly includes supporting rods, beams and diagonal rods.

Abstract: A pipe hanger having a strap that extends around the pipe, the strap having teeth along each edge. A split sleeve and threaded nut assembly thread onto the ends of the strap and is positioned in an opening in a supporting clamp which is secured to a structural member.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: The ring nut is a composite of a tubular element made of plastic having an outwardly extending flange on one end with a steel nut embedded in the flange. The tubular element extends through holes in a pipe hanger strap and is strong enough to handle the torque of rotating the element, but it need not be strong enough to support the pipe load in that the steel nut supports this load.

Abstract: A pipe hanger strap assembly is formed having two overlapping segments with coaxial holes to accommodate the passage of a composite hanger ring nut and a pipe hanger rod. The ring nut is a composite of a tubular plastic element having a radially extending flange on one end with a metal nut embedded in the flange. A flange on one end of the overlapping segment of the pipe hanger assembly is spring-loaded against the ring nut flange by virtue of the spring constant of the formed pipe hanger assembly. This spring loaded flange contact inhibits unintentional loosening of the composite ring nut and, in the event that the plastic ring nut flange disintegrates, the flange on the overlapping segment contacts the metal nut to prevent inadvertent loosening of that nut.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, the device for supporting plastic pipe provides a non-cutting smooth surface substantially linear in directions parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plastic pipe supported thereby, and includes substantially bilateral upper and lower halves of upper and lower concave seats having the non-cutting smooth surface, locked circumscribingly about the plastic pipe by spaced-apart bolts compressing together opposite clamping plates that cover and close openings in the backs of the pipe-support elements having the concave seats, and a sleeve element providing an elongated concave seat for lockably seating within a lower one of said upper and lower concave seats and providing support along an extended length of lower surface of a plastic pipe supported thereon, and mounting means attached to at least one of the clamping plates being adjustable variably to differing lengths such that height and progressing slant of a pipe line may be accomodated.

Abstract: A hanger for synthetic resin profiles comprises a band or strap which reaches around a portion of the periphery of a synthetic resin profile, generally a tube, and passes over a support which is connected to a threaded element upon which the support is suspended. A shoe is disposed between this support and the opposite side of the periphery of the synthetic resin tube. The band, the support and the shoe are all adjustable in position on the threaded rod.

Abstract: A pipe hanger between whose legs a joint member is inserted and held by the force of a bolt. Both a rigid connection of the joint member with the pipe hanger and a slipping connection of the joint member with the pipe hanger is achieved enabled by spiral ridges of teeth which in the case of the rigid connection engage and in the case of the slipping connection glide upon each other.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle tailpipe hanger for securing a tailpipe clamp to a support means formed on the vehicle is made of an L-shaped member having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg which is normally arranged between and overlapped by and secured to the opposite end portions of a double-bent, elongated, rubber-like strip. The inverted U-shaped bight of the bent strip normally suspends the hanger from the vehicle support. The strip end portions and the vertical leg are each provided with a number of equally spaced apart openings along its length. A releasable, bolt-like mechanical fastener extends through pre-selected openings in the vertical leg and the overlapping end portions for varying the amount of relative overlap and thereby, adjusting the over-all height of the hanger. A C-shaped bracket is pivotally secured to the horizontal leg for holding a ring-like tailpipe clamp which encircles and supports a tailpipe.

Abstract: A disconnectible suspension bow for fastening a pipe, a cable or a similar longitudinal object, to a supporting structure, consists of a composite rod-shaped unit, the upper end of which is provided with fastening means for the supporting structure, while its lower end carries a circular element.Said rod-shaped unit is adjustably connected with both the fastening means and the circular element, through an allsided pivotal coupling.

Abstract: A hanger for attachment to a vertically disposed threaded support rod or the like for supporting a pipe or the like in generally horizontal position. The hanger comprises a support member of relatively resilient material which engages the undersurface of the pipe and which has a pair of legs extending upwardly at opposite sides of the pipe. The upper ends of the legs are bent laterally inwardly toward one another to form upper and lower generally horizontal overlapping flanges which overlie the pipe, each flange having an opening therein for receiving the support rod therethrough. A nut is held captive but rotatable with respect to the support member adjacent these flanges, the nut having a threaded hole generally in register with the opening in one of the flanges.

Abstract: A tube or pipe for the conduction of hot fluid is suspended in the vertical by means of an anchor, pivotally linked to the long arm of a two-arm lever which is pivoted on the tube or pipe and has its second, short arm linked to a pivot-near point of a one-arm lever, and is in line with a rod extending between this one-arm lever at right angles thereto and axially along the pipe or tube to a remote connection point on the tube. The long-arm portion of the one-arm lever is spring-biased; the compression of the spring varies with vertical displacement of the tube or pipe, but the two-arm lever is pivoted by exactly the same amount when the tube is displaced and when, upon expansion, the one-arm lever is pivoted, which pivot motion is transmitted upon the two-arm lever.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a hanger device for suspending a pipeline, or the like. It includes a stationary housing adapted to be attached to a support. A rotatable roll is supported in the housing. Engageable teeth are supported by the roll and rotate therewith. A plate-thin lock is supported on the housing. The plate has a C-shape and the roll is positioned in the cutout of the C. The internal wall of the opening of the C is toothed at the top. The lock is shiftable with respect to the housing so that under the weight of the lock, the lock settles and the teeth of the lock mate with the roll teeth and prevent further rotation of the roll. The lock can be raised to separate the teeth, permitting the roll to be rotated. A hanger is windable on the roll, whereby winding of the roll adjusts the height of the object supported by the hanger.

Abstract: A multi-pipe hanger comprising a support assembly extending generally horizontally, first and second downwardly depending sections attached to respective ends of said support assembly, a first pipe receiving module which is concave on its upper side, connecting means connecting ends of the first pipe-receiving module to downwardly depending sections respectively. One or more other pipe-receiving modules also having upwardly facing concave surfaces for receiving pipes, said one or more other modules forming portions of one of the connecting means connecting ends of said first module to said support assembly. The support assembly comprising a pair of attachment sections disposed one above another, and an anchor shaft extending through openings in said attachment sections and secured to said attachment sections.

Abstract: A spring support of the constant spring force type suitable for supporting pipes in installations where the pipes are liable to move laterally while in use, as for example in the case of pipes through which steam is conveyed, is arranged so that the pipe or other load which the support has to carry in use can be attached to a pivoted lever of the support at various positions at different distances from the pivot. The load is attached through load connecting means to a carrier which is variably positioned on the lever. By adjusting the position of the carrier the turning moment produced on the lever by any one of a range of loads can be arranged to be equal and opposite to the turning moment produced by the spring force which acts on the lever. The facility for adjustment has the manufacturing advantage that a standard form of lever can be produced for supporting a range of loads.

Abstract: The exhaust pipe has an axial compensator to compensate for changes in length in the elongated part as well as a pair of props which compensate for changes in length in the bent parts. The props are each articulated to a fixed support point and to the axially elongated part of the pipe. In addition, the props are disposed in different planes relative to each other.

Abstract: An adjustable locking strut is connected to a pair of relatively movable mechanical elements and permits relative motion between these elements below a predetermined motion threshold. Above this predetermined motion threshold relative movement between mechanical elements is prohibited through the engagement of nonoverhauling threaded members connected to the mechanical elements. These nonoverhauling threaded members are specially designed so that when synchronized they do not engage one another. One of the nonoverhauling threaded members which is internally threaded forms a relatively large tubular inertia mass for sensing accelerated movement between the relatively movable mechanical elements.

Abstract: A spring hanger assembly for supporting a portion of a pipe line includes a hollow housing having mounted therein a movable upper piston plate and a stationary lower plate, with a coiled compression spring disposed between said plates and urging said upper piston plate in a vertical upward direction. Adjustable hanger means are carried by said upper piston plate and are adapted to be secured to the pipe being supported. The lower plate is affixed to the assembled hanger assembly by means of a plurality of fingers engaging bayonet slots in the lower end portion of the housing. The lower plate has a plurality of partial annular grooves into which a tool may be inserted to compress the spring and allow the fingers to be turned within the bayonet slot in the well-known fashion. Upon removal of the tools the fingers engage the blind slot of the bayonet slot in the well-known fashion.

Abstract: This invention relates to pipe hangers for suspending pipes, ducts and the like from an overhead surface such as a ceiling or a beam, and comprises a metal strip which is bent over at both its extremities and a buckle having a central cut out to receive a threaded rod and said bent-over ends of said metal strip. Nut means are threaded on the rod to clamp all said parts of said hanger together. The buckle may be located above the nut means in the normal position of use of the hanger, and the ends of the strip run up over the top of the buckle on the outside and descend into the central cut-out against the threaded rod and are finally compressed between the buckle and the nut means, whereby the greater the weight of the supported pipe, the greater is the compression exerted by the strip on its own ends via the buckle.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to supports and more particularly to a spring support device for supporting piping loads subject to generally vertical movement in use due to changes in operating conditions, such as major changes in temperature. The primary feature of the invention is the utilization of a separable bottom end plate which is mechanically assembled, that is, not integrally connected as by welding, to the support casing. The overall casing including an inwardly extending ring or ledge at the lower end thereof, adapted to hold the separate bottom end plate in assembled condition, can thus not only be disassembled to reuse components thereof, but can be entirely galvanized by hot-dip techniques without the need for weld area touch-up techniques required of prior art constructions that integrally weld-assemble the bottom end plate to the casing.

Abstract: A support and seismic bracing system for suspending conduit and the like includes support means for carrying the weight of the conduit, relative movement of the conduit being limited by a seismic anchor secured to the conduit and to a structural surface in offset relation about equidistant along the axis of the conduit, radially outwardly from the conduit and vertically toward the structural surface, a seismic brace being interconnected between the supported conduit and the anchor to resist relative movement in any direction of the conduit, the seismic brace preferably extending linearly toward the center of mass for the suspended conduit and effectively acting as a fixed-end rigid column connection.

Abstract: A method of supporting rectangular-sectioned ducting according to which the ducting is supported at each of a number of spaced positions along its length by means of a pair of opposed angle elements in which the ducting is directly or indirectly seated at its lower corner edges, the angle elements being secured together by means of a tie rod extending beneath the bottom wall of the ducting and being suspended from drop rods.

Abstract: This invention relates to variable spring supports for loads, such as piping systems, and particularly to a novel travel stop mechanism which enables both minimum and maximum allowable spring movement ranges for such type supports to be set at predetermined levels, and particularly provides for the lateral removal of such stop mechanism from the support device when not in use. Additionally, means are provided for storage of the stop mechanism components when not directly being utilized in conjunction with the support device.

Abstract: For dependently supporting an object, such as from a ceiling or overhead support, a pair of elongated support elements are locked into a clamp strap. An upper one of the support elements extends upwardly from the clamp strap for attachment to the overhead support while the other support element extends downwardly from the clamp strap with the object to be supported attached to its lower end. The upper and lower support elements are co-extensive for a portion of their lengths. The co-extensive portions of the support elements are contiguous to one another. The clamp strap has a pair of legs with at least one slot in each leg extending in the direction of the leg. The co-extensive portions of the support elements pass through and are held within the slots in the clamp strap. The slots have a shape generally conforming to at least a part of the transverse cross-sectional shape of the support element.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting pipe lines or the like on a supporting structure. The apparatus includes a housing for connection with the supporting structure and a pressure spring in the housing. The spring acts on a spring rest which is coupled with a support element in such a manner that the support element may be rotated to longitudinally adjust the position thereof relative to the spring rest. A preset spring force, corresponding with the pipe load anticipated during use and for offsetting such load, is maintained by a simple blocking device. The blocking device may include a crossbolt selectively connectable with the support element for blocking longitudinal movement of the spring rest. The arrangement of elements is such that, even when the blocking device is effective, the support element may still be rotated to effect further adjustment of the relative position of the spring rest and thus of the preset force of the spring.

Abstract: A thermopneumatic support device for providing support over a range of positions for objects, such as high temperature steam piping, subject to temperature changes and thus to changes in position resulting from thermal expansion or contraction. The device utilizes the heat energy of the object being supported in order to provide the necessary power to move the object over a range of positions. The heat energy from the object being supported provides the power for moving the thermopneumatic support in direct proportion to the expansion or contraction resulting from the variation in temperature of the object being supported. The device comprises pneumatic actuating means comprising a sealed chamber containing a fixed mass of a compressible fluid which is in thermal contact with the object being supported.

Abstract: A pipe hanger adapted to support automobile tailpipes and the like comprises a support member with one end portion disposed between and pivotably mounted to end portions of a pair of flexible strap members. The other support member end portion is adapted for mounting the hanger to a support surface such as the auto chassis. A U-shaped bracket straddles and is pivotably mounted to the other end portions of the strap members. Hanger means including an arcuate support portion for a complementarily configured pipe clamp is pivotably mounted to the web of the U-shaped bracket for pivotal movement about an axis perpendicular to the pivotal axes of the bracket and support member with the strap members.

Abstract: A shock-resisting suspended cable trough assembly includes open channel supporting members extending transversely beneath the trough. At their ends, the channel members are formed with box channel end portions and the upper and lower webs of those box channel end portions are formed with aligned and open-ended slots to receive the threaded lower ends of generally vertical legs of respective hangers. At its upper end, each hanger is formed with a generally horizontal arm which is received in an opening in a mounting bracket depending from an overhead support so that the arm is generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of the trough. The arm of each hanger forms an integral extension of one limb of a generally horizontal U-shaped intermediate portion while the other limb of such U-shaped portion is integrally formed with the upper end of the leg of the hanger through an elbow.

Abstract: A universal pipe support and hanger for use in roughing in plumbing pipes such as water and waste lines, comprising a central body having formed therein a plurality of right and left water pipe receiving recesses and clamps removably associated therewith. A medial area is provided to affix to a waste pipe in adjustable, spaced relationship. Right and left fixed support members may be provided to be affixed in adjustable, lateral orientation to the central body to support the central body from fixed construction members, such as building columns and beams, large waste pipes and large water pipes.

Abstract: A pipe support having a frame, a lever pivoted to the frame, elongated resilient means whose ends are engaged by first and second abutments respectively, the first abutment being pivoted to the frame, a draw bar slidably mounted in the first abutment and having its opposite ends connected to the lever and to the second abutment respectively and load attachment means for attaching a load to the lever. The load attachment means is connected to the lever in such a manner that when a load is supported the lever is urged in opposite directions about the lever pivot by the load and resilient means so that the load is supported by the resilient means, and complementary means are provided on the draw bar and the first abutment which can be engaged so that sliding movement of the draw bar relative to the first abutment is prevented and the draw bar is held in a selected one of a number of positions relative to the said first abutment.