Importance

Loading Importance Indicators...

Abstract

Self-locking pipe anchors for anchoring pipes to structural members and particularly for anchoring air lines and other train pipes to structural members in the underframes of railway cars. Each pipe anchor includes a pair of interlocking members for clamping a length of pipe therebetween. One of the members is a base member which is generally saddle-shaped and adapted to be welded or otherwise secured to a structural or frame member to which a pipe is to be anchored. The base member has a pair of ears or flanges extending along opposite sides and juxtaposed to the end of at least one of the ears there is a protuberance having a camming surface opposing the adjacent end of the ear. The other member of the pair is a wedge which is adapted to be driven into self-locking assembly with the base member so as to clamp a longitudinal length of pipe therebetween. The wedge member has channel-like formations extending on opposite sides each of which embraces one of the ears when the members are assembled. At least one of the channel-like formations has an integral locking tab the distal end of which engages the camming surface when the wedge member is driven into assembled relationship with the base member. Upon such engagement, the locking tab is automatically bent so as to have locking engagement with the adjacent end of the adjacent ear thereby securing the members in assembled relationship with the length of pipe clamped therebetween.

Loading the Abstract Image...

First Claim