Patent ID: 6783101
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A clamp comprising:first and second opposed, elongated half-clamps each having a plurality of mutually spaced-apart, inwardly-curved, essentially hemi-cylindrical guides, each pair of adjacent guides being joined together by an integral medial portion, each medial portion of said first half-clamp mating with a medial portion of said second half-clamp when said half-clamps are brought together in a clamping configuration, thereby forming a series of axially parallel, spaced-apart, hollow cylindrical guides, within each of which a single tube can be maintained in a fixed position, each pair of opposed medial portions having a pair of tabs and a pair of slots, each tab engaging one of the slots to provide an exposed junction at each tab-slot interface when the half-clamps are brought together in the clamping configuration, said junction being weldable so as to physically unify both half-clamps, wherein all of said tabs and slots are positioned along upper or lower exterior surfaces of a half-clamp, said surfaces being essentially perpendicular to the axes of the cylindrical guides.