Patent ID: 6641124
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B23K,B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
An alignment apparatus comprising: a flexible chain member clampingly positioned about a pipe; a support member; an anchor member; and an adjusting means; the support member comprising a rectangular body acting radially through a cylindrical member attached centrally and positioned within the rectangular body and against the pipe; the cylindrical member including a bearing, adapted for receiving a bolt of the adjusting means; the support member further defining a spaced apart first aperture and a second aperture through which ends of the chain member are threaded, the bolt engaged with the bearing for rotation in drawing the support member and anchor member apart, thereby tightening the chain member about the pipe; the apparatus further comprising a magnetic alignment device having an elongated metal member projecting laterally and a force applying means, the elongated metal member providing a first planar section terminating in a second planar section perpendicular to the first planar section, and further providing a third planar section coplanar with the first planar section.