Patent ID: 8376287

Claim:
A clamp assembly for detachably retaining a curved laying pipe along a correspondingly curved edge of an auger shaped support plate in a rolling mill laying head, said clamp assembly comprising: a boss adapted to be fixed to and to project from the curved edge of said support plate, said boss having a first opening extending therethrough and an exterior support surface; channel shaped pockets on opposite sides of said boss; a generally U-shaped clamp having a bridging web joining mutually spaced cheeks, said cheeks having second openings extending therethrough, said cheeks being configured and arranged to straddle said boss, with bottom ends of said cheeks received and laterally confined within said pockets, with the second openings in said cheeks in alignment with the first opening in said boss, and with said bridging web coacting with the exterior support surface of said boss to confine a segment of the laying pipe therebetween; and a pin extending in an inserted position through the aligned first and second openings in said boss and said cheeks.