Patent ID: 7093858
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: F16L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp for attaching a pipeline tracer wire to a pipeline riser comprising an elongated riser gripping member having a C-shaped circular cross-section, said cross-section having a diameter not less than an outer diameter of the riser and having a perimeter extending more than 180 degrees to a cordal opening of length less than the outer diameter of the riser, said gripping member being resiliently flexible for snapping onto the riser, an elongated tubular member having a bore of circular cross-section, said tubular member extending integrally along an outer wall of said riser gripping member and having a V-shaped groove extending along a length thereof, said bore having a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the tracer wire for receiving the tracer wire therein.