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

Claim 9:
10. A method of supporting a pipe with a pipe support assembly, the pipe support assembly comprising:
a body having a clamp device adapted to clamp the pipe within an aperture, 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, wherein the aperture is non-circular, and wherein the method comprises:
assembling the clamp device around the pipe such that the pipe is disposed in the aperture;
measuring the radial distance between an inner face of the first and second clamp arms and the outer surface of the pipe in a number of different spaced apart locations around the circumference of the pipe;
forming the spacer for the pipe support assembly in at least two segments based on the measured data concerning the measured radial distance between the clamp arms and the pipe, 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;
inserting the at least two spacer segments between the inner face of the clamp arms and the outer surface of the pipe; and
closing the clamp arms around the outer face of the spacer segments to clamp the pipe within the aperture.