Patent ID: 7887260

Claim:
An apparatus for maintaining tubes or pipelines in position and damping the tubes or pipelines in relation to fixed support structures, comprising a fixed support having multiple openings receiving and positioning a plurality of tubes or pipelines, and a device inserted between a tube or pipeline and the fixed support, wherein the device comprises a cylindrical coupling having a central hub and externally projecting sidewalls and allowing passage of the tube or pipeline through a central bore of the hub, the coupling having around its central hub and between its side walls, a profiled component having an elastic deformation capacity and providing at least axial damping and radial damping and elastic return functions for the tube or pipeline, the component being temporarily deformed when thrust against the fixed support, according to induced movements of the tube or pipeline due to environmental stresses, the device ensuring control and absorption of axial and radial movements due to position of the tube or pipeline and tube or pipeline expansion, wherein the profiled component comprises a ring placed around the hub of the coupling and opposite the side walls, the ring having return walls along peripheral edges of the ring, the return walls facing and cooperating with corresponding inside surfaces of the side walls of the coupling to provide the axial damping.