Patent ID: 6173926
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A clamp device for clamping one or more cylindrical elements having a circular cross-section to a support, comprisingan essentially block-shaped base member having at least one outwardly open, at least partly cylindrical recess for receiving such a cylindrical element,a top plate for abutment against the base member at the side facing away from the support, andat least one locking screw which is carried through mutually aligned holes in the top plate and the base member and which has a head at a first end and a nut at a second end, and which keeps the base member and the top plate of the clamp device together as a completely preassembled ready-to-mount unit without any loose parts,the head of the screw being located at the end to be fastened to the support and being arranged to be carried through a hole or groove in the support, the hole or groove being adapted to the head, and to be locked thereto by tightening of the nut,wherein the base member has first and second block-shaped halves at least one of which has at least one said recess for receiving the element or elements in a clamping manner between the halves when these halves are pressed against each other, andwherein one said half is nearest to the support and wherein each of the hole or holes through the halves is formed with a radial enlargement along at least a part of the length of said hole, so that the head of said locking screw can pass either at least partly into the half nearest to the support or through the half nearest to the support and partly into the other half to allow a limited relative movement of the halves and a lateral introduction of the element into the at least one recess.