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Clamp-mount deviceA clamp-mount device is disclosed for mounting equipment to an associated I-beam and the like structural member of the type having oppositely extending flanges wherein the device comprises a base and a pair of oppositely facing clamping members carried diagonally on the base clamping flanges therebetween and having flange receiving openings facing one another. Lock means are carried diagonally by the base opposite the clamping members locking the flanges in the clamping members. A resilient hub is carried centrally of the base engaging and biasing a back side of the flanges maintaining tightly clamped and facilitating use on vertical as well as horizontal members. The base turns about the hub to receive the flanges within the clamping members. Equipment may be secured to the base by any suitable means such as bolts in openings. Slidable gate latches secure the hinged locks in an upright locking position. The resilient hub includes a recess opening formed in the base and a rubber-like pad carried in this opening being depressably and rotatably carried therein.
Document ID
19840008492
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Clark, K. H.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
December 27, 1983
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Accession Number
84N16560
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-4,422,609|NASA-CASE-MFS-25510-1
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-293414
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