Patent ID: 6830268
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A wide-range pipe repair clamp for temporary or permanent repair of pipes, comprising:a) a metal clamping band to surround said pipe, said band being extended at both ends to form a hollow shape including a flat base, a wedge-shaped section and a convex rounded section, elongated apertures being provided to allow passage for screw fasteners through said hollow shape, narrow edges of said wedge-shaped sections being in contact with each other to form a substantially triangularly shaped space between said formed ends; b) a flexible inner sealing sleeve disposed inside said clamping band; c) a pair of profile strips each having a major face for contacting the outer surface of said convex rounded section, and an opposite seating face for shoulder support of a plurality of screw fasteners, said strips having apertures to allow passage of said fasteners, said profile strips sliding over said convex rounded section when said fasteners are tightened or loosened to maintain said seating face perpendicular to the axes of said fasteners; and d) said plurality of screw fasteners inserted into said apertures wherein the tightening of said screw fasteners reduces the size of said triangularly shaped space and tightens said metal clamping band to compress said flexible inner sleeve sealingly against the outer diameter of said pipes.