US2560845A - Hanger - Google Patents

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WHY W 3955i J. A. CARPENTER ET AL. 29569545 4 HANGER Filed Jan. 26, 1948 8 J0 7 6?' 7 f 1^? y .Ff 6 7 .31.30 3/7 v /f$27 i 1N V EN TOR.'

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Patented July 17, 1951 HANGER Inland.. Carpenter and Arley D. Carpenter,

" Los Angeles, Calif.

Application January 26, 1948, Serial No. 4,353

5 Claims.

This invention relates tov hangers for supporting and securing in position cables, pipes, conductors, and the like, on ships, rolling stock, buildings and elsewhere. g

The general object of the invention is to provide a hanger of the characterstated, by

`tachably clamping one or more cables, pipes, conductors, or the like, of various sizes, in suitable relation on the hanger in position for use.

vwhereby a single clamp may be used for clamping one or more cables or other elements of variousv different sizes, instead of anumber of clamps for clamping said cablesor other elements on the hanger. y

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter as this specification progresses.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, which forms a part of this `specification and in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectionof the hanger with cables or the like clamped in suitable position on the hanger bar. V

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the hanger as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the hanger taken on linea-3 of Fig. 1, showing one of the spring'locks locking one end of the hanger bar to a bracket.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the clamp keepers.

Fig. 5 is a side edge view of the clampkeeper shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view like Fig. 3, but showing the spring lock in the act of being introduced into locking position for locking one end of the hanger bar to a bracket.

Fig. 7 is a cross section of the hanger taken on line 'I-I of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective of hanger clamp shown in locked position.

n Fig. 9 is a perspective of a roll of strap from which the clamp strap may be cut in any suitable length.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, in which the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals in all of the figures,

-the invention includes generally a channel hanger bar I, a pair of brackets 2, apair of spring locks 3 for detachably locking the ends, respectively, of said hanger bar to said brackets, and clamps 4 for detachably clamping one or more cables, pipes, conductors and the like of various sizes in position on said hanger bar I.

The channel hanger bar I is formed with a base wall 5 and a pair of side Walls 6 depending from the side edges. respectively, of said base wall, and said base wall 5 is provided with a plurality of spaced parallel transverse slots l.

Each of the brackets 2 is formed with a-supporting flange B at its lowerend, extending at right angles to the bracket and in a horizontal position when the bracket is secured in a vertical position, upon which anges 8 of said brackets rest the ends, respectively, of the base wall 5 of the hanger bar I, whereby said bar is supported by said brackets upon said anges. Other supporting iianges 9 for the hanger bar I are secured on the brackets 2 above said supporting flanges 8, respectively, at suitable elevations, for supporting said hanger bar at elevations above the supporting flanges 8. The brackets 2 are welded or otherwise secured at their upper ends to the under side of the deck of a ship or to the ceiling or wall of a building, or to anyother suitable support. The flanges t and 5l` are provided with slots I0 and II, respectively, which slots extend transversely with relation to the brackets 2.

Each of the spring locks 3 comprises a single piece of resilient wire I2, preferably of steel, which wire is bent intermediate its ends at two points I3 and I 4, into an intermediate memrber I5 and a pair of spring locking arms I6 and Il extending from said bends I3 and I4,

respectively. The arm I6 is bent inwardly intermediate its ends at I8 and outwardly from said bend I8 into an outward end extension I9. The arm I'I is bent rst inwardly at 2|), then outwardly at 2I, and inwardly in the form of an elongated outwardly-bowed inward cam extension 22. The ends ofthe base wall 5 of the hanger bar I are placed upon the supporting anges 8 of the brackets 2, respectively, with slots I at the ends of said base wall 5 in register with the slots I0 in said supporting vflanges 8, respectively, and the arms I6 and l1 of two spring locks 3 are introduced through the slots 'I at the ends, respectively, of the base Wall 50i the hanger bar I and through the registering slots I0 in the supporting anges 8, respectively, upon which the ends of the hanger bar are supported, whereby the ends of the hanger bar are locked in supported position 3 on said supporting flanges 8, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

Each of the clamps 4 comprises a flexible clamp strap 23, preferably of thin steel, and a clamp locking keeper 241. The clamp strap 23 is preferably a strap of thin flexible steel, which may be wound and supplied in rolls 25 to be cut off in suitable lengths by snips, to be used in clampsl of various sizes. The clamp keeper 23 comprises a bar 26, preferably of sheet steel, bent downwardly and inwardly at a slight angle at one side into a side ange 21, from the outer edge 28 of which flange, intermediate its ends, extends a short tongue 23, on the outer end of which tongue are formed a pair of spring arms 3G, extending in opposite directions from said tongue parallel to said flange 21, theend portions of which arms are bent outwardly therefrom in the form of catches 3| for engaging the side edges of the clamp strap, in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter more-fully described.

The keeper bar 26 is provided with-a longitudinal slot 32 intermediate its ends to receive the clamp strap 23 to be locked by and between the catches 3| on the spring arms 30 of the keeper 24, in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter more fullyl described.

The operation of the invention is as follows:

The brackets 2 being secured in position at their upper ends to the underside of the deck of a ship or to a ceiling of a building, or elsewhere, a hanger bar I is placed between a pair of said brackets with the ends of the base wall 5 of said bar resting upon the supporting flanges 8 of said brackets, respectively, and with the transverse slots lat the ends of said base wall in registration with the slots I in said supporting flanges 8, respectively; the arms I6 and I1 of a spring lock 3 are compressed towards each other, and the extensions I9 and 22 of said arms, respectively, are introduced through each end slot 1 in the base member of the hanger bar I and through the slot I0 of the supporting ange 8 of each of said pair of brackets 2, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing, and upon pressing down each spring lock the extension I9 of the lock arm I6 is projected under the supporting flange 8 at one end of its slot I0, while the bowed cam extension 22 of the spring lock 3, engaging the adjacent end of the end slot 1 in the end ofthe base member 5 compresses the arm I1 of said lock inwardly, until the bend 2| in said arm passes through the adjacent ends of said' slot 1 of the hanger base Wall 5 and the slot I0 in the supporting flange 8, whereupon the arms I6 and I1 of the lock 3 spring outwardly until the ends of the slots 1 and Ill receive and are engaged by the bends I8 and 20 of the arms I6 and I1, respectively, of the lock 3, as shown in Fig. 3' of the drawing, thus holding the arms of said lockin the slots 1 and I0 and locking the ends of the hanger bar I to the bracket flanges 8 supported in position upon said flanges.

The cables, pipes, conductors, or'the like, indicated 33, being laid across and upon the base wall 5 of the hanger bar I, a clamp strap 23 is cut at a suitable length from the roll 25 and placed around the upper side of one or more of said cables, or the like, and the ends of said strap are extended downwardly through two of the nearest slots 1 in the hanger base wall 5; one end of said strap is bent and extended upwardly through another slot l in said base wall 5 and between the cable or the like and thestrap, or between the cable or the like and the upper sideof said hanger base wall 5; the other end of the strap 23 is then extended through the slot 32 in the bar 26 of the keeper 24, from the outer side of said bar, with the keeper 24 extended across the under side of the hanger bar I; the keeper 24 is then moved upwardly on the strap 23, which passes through the keeper slot 32, until the keeper bar 26 engages the lower edges of the side walls 8r of the hanger bar I, whereupon the keeper is turned downwardly and upwardly clockwise (Fig. 1) until the keeper ange 21, with its outer edge 28, engaging the lower edges of the side walls 6 of the hanger bar I as a pivot, is turned to an upstanding position, during which operation the strap 23, with its keeper end extending through the keeper slot 32 and bent against the inner side of the keeper bar 26, is drawn down taut against the cable or the like 33 by the keeper, the other end of the strap being held clamped between the cable and the strap, or between the cable and the hanger base wall 5, while the spring arm catches 3l are moved forwardly over the side edges of the strap 23 under spring pressure of the spring arms 30 against said strap edges, until said catchesv are sprung inwardly by said arms and snapped into engagement with the outer side of the clamp strap 23, thus locking, the clamp strap in position clamping the cables or the like 33 upon the base wall 5 of the hanger bar I in position for use.

The keeper 25 when in its locking position effectively clamps the cables and the like in position on the hanger bar and will remain securely in its locking position until it is turned out of such position by a suitable tool.

The hanger bar I- will remain locked in position on the-supporting flanges 8 of the brackets 2, until the spring locks 3 are-compressed and the arms I6 and I1- of said locks brought suiiciently close together and withdrawn from the-slots 1 and I0, respectively, in the hanger bar I and the supporting flanges 8, inthe reverse order in which said locks are introduced into said slots.

We claim:

1. A hanger as disclosed including a hanger bar provided with a plurality of spaced transverse slots, means for supporting said hanger bar, a clamp strap extended over an element extended over said hanger bar and secured at one end to said hanger bar, the other end of said strap ex'- tending through one of said slots in saidhanger bar, a keeper provided with a slot through which is extended said last named endofsaid strap', said keeper being formed with a pair of spring catches between which said last named end of said strap is extended, said keeper being formed with an edge for engaging saidihanger bar, when the keeperis turned, for drawing said strap over said element and for moving said catches over the edges of said strap until said catches are sprung inwardly, and snap into engagement' with said strap for locking the strap in clamping position over said'element.

2. A hanger as disclosed including a channel hanger bar formed with a base wallv and side walls depending from said base wall, said base wall being provided with a plurality of spaced transverse slots, a clamp strap extended over an element which is extended over said base wall of said hanger bar, one end of said strap being secured to said hanger bar, the otherend of said strap being extended through one of said slots in said base wall of said hanger bar, a locking keeper comprising a keeper bar formed at one side with4 a side flange bent at an angle to said bar and. formed at its outer edgez with a pair of spring catches, and said bar being provided with a slot through which said other end of said strap is extended, to enable said locking keeper to be turned, with the edge of said keeper flange engaging the edges of said side walls of said hanger bar as a pivot, to draw said strap taut against said element until said spring catches are brought over Athe side edges of said strap and snapped into locking engagement with the outer side of said strap, for locking said strap in position clamping said element in position upon the base wall of said hanger bar.

3. A hanger as characterized by claim 1, in which the end of the strap that is secured to the hanger bar is threaded downwardly through one slot and upwardly through another slot in the hanger bar and said end of said strap is clamped between the strap and the element clamped on said hanger bar.

4. A hanger as characterized by claim l, in which the end of the strap that is secured to the hanger bar is threaded downwardly through one slot and upwardly through another slot in the hanger bar and the end of said strap is clamped between the hanger bar and the element clamped on said bar.

5. A hanger including a pair of brackets secured to a support and formed with supporting flanges, respectively, each flange being provided with a slot, a hanger bar provided with slots in its ends, respectively, arranged to register with the slots in said supporting flanges, respectively, with the ends of said bar supported upon said anges, respectively, and a pair of spring locks, each of said locks comprising a piece of spring Wire bent intermediate its ends into a pair of spring arms, which are bent inwardly into locking indentations, respectively, and outwardly into extensions, the extension of one arm being elongated and bent in the form of a cam, the arms of each of said spring locks, upon compression thereof towards each other, being introduced through a slot in one end of said hanger bar and the registering slot in the supporting flange upon which said end of said bar is supported, and upon being released said arms are sprung outwardly, whereby the ends of said slots are received in said locking indentations in said arms, respectively, with said arm extensions extending under said supporting flange for locking the ends of said locking bar upon said supporting flanges, respectively, and means for clamping elements, such as cables, pipes and the like upon said hanger bar.

JOHN A. CARPENTER. ARLEY D. CARPENTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,572,851 Spreen Feb. 9, 1926 2,387,951 Slater et al Oct. 30, 1945 2,394,518 Kindorf Feb. 5, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 345,145 Italy Dec. 18, 1936 667,848 Germany Nov. 21, 1938

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