Patent ID: 11873927
Assignee: POD SUPPORTS LIMITED
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A pipe support assembly comprising:
a body having a clamp device adapted to clamp the pipe within an aperture in the body, the clamp device having first and second clamp arms and a fastening mechanism;
a spacer adapted to be received within the aperture in the body, having an inner face adapted to engage the pipe and an outer face adapted to engage at least one of the first and second clamp arms when the pipe is clamped in the clamp device to space at least one of the first and second clamp arms from the pipe;
the spacer comprising at least two spacer segments;
wherein the aperture is non-circular;
wherein each of the first and second clamp arms comprises an arcuate inner face which forms an arc of a circle that is less than a full semi-circle;
wherein each spacer segment has a first circumferential end and a second circumferential end, and wherein in at least two spacer segments in the spacer, the first circumferential end has a larger radial dimension than the second circumferential end;
and wherein each of the at least two spacer segments has a tapered arcuate profile between the first and second circumferential ends.