US 11,994,248 B2
Gas line seal clamp and method of sealing a gas line
Chungeng Chen, Las Vegas, NV (US); Travis Cottle, Glenview, IL (US); and Jeff Mainzer, Wheeling, IL (US)
Assigned to JS Products, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US); and GTI Energy, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed by JS Products, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,832.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,090, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0099232 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 55/178 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 55/178 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal clamp comprising:
a handle assembly comprising a handle;
a transfer assembly cooperable with the handle; and
a clamping assembly comprising a first clamp, a second clamp, and a seal member coupled to the first and second clamps, the first and second clamps being cooperable with the transfer assembly, the seal member being structured to seal a puncture in a gas line,
wherein, responsive to movement of the handle, the first and second clamps move from an OPEN position to a CLOSED position in order to compress the seal member into the puncture,
wherein the handle assembly further comprises a bar rotatably coupled to the handle, wherein, responsive to rotation of the handle with respect to the bar, the first and second clamps move between the OPEN and CLOSED positions, wherein the transfer assembly comprises a drive shaft pivotably coupled to the bar such that the bar can pivot with respect to the drive shaft toward and away from the clamping assembly, and wherein, responsive to rotation of the handle, the bar rotates the drive shaft, thereby causing the first and second clamps to move between the OPEN and CLOSED positions.