Patent ID: 6491294
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
An accessory device for use on a pipe clamp, substituting for a sliding member on a pipe on the pipe clamp, allowing for a angular compression and joining of two pieces of material from an acute angle to a right angle, the device comprising:a sliding base member slidably engaging a pipe of a pipe clamp, the sliding base member joined to a rotating clamp member by a central rivet, a relative position of the sliding base member and the rotating clamp member secured by a threaded set screw, the sliding base member and the rotating clamp member capable of rotation in a 360 degree plane; the sliding base member further including a central circular through bore, a plurality of binding engagement plates encroaching within the central circular through bore, a rotating engagement surface and an angular threaded set screw channel encroaching onto the rotating engagement surface with the threaded set screw having an end, the threaded set screw threadably engaging the threaded set screw channel; and the rotating clamp member further including a rotating engagement plate having a flat upper surface, a central bar portion, from which depends a first arm having a stationary bearing plate and a second arm threadably containing a threaded tightening screw member with a first end including a tightening handle and a second end including a pivotal bearing plate, wherein the rotating engagement plate and the rotating engagement surface rotate upon each other, held together by the central rivet, the end of the threaded set screw engaging the upper surface of the rotating engagement plate to hold the sliding base member in fixed position with the rotating clamp member.