US 12,326,209 B2
Tube and pipe hanger
Kevin Paasch, Hartford, WI (US)
Assigned to Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, LLC, Chestertown, MD (US)
Filed by Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, LLC, Chestertown, MD (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,071.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/421,798, filed on Nov. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/330,003, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0323989 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 3/10 (2006.01); F16L 3/11 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/1075 (2013.01) [F16L 3/11 (2013.01); F16L 3/1033 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe or tube hanger, comprising:
at least two arms connected together via a joint permitting the arms to be pivoted to an open position for placement of a pipe or tube therebetween and to a closed position in which the arms are positioned to grip and hold the pipe or tube located therebetween, the at least two arms including a first arm and a second arm; and
a threadless mechanism for locking the arms in the closed position, the threadless mechanism including an over center latch arm having a latch hook, the latch arm being connected to the second arm via a joint and the latch hook being connectable to a catch on the first arm;
wherein each of the first and second arms have a plurality of spaced-apart inward-extending tabs that define a size of pipe or tube that fits within the hanger;
wherein each of the first and second arms includes a middle section and opposite end sections that extend from the middle section, and wherein the end sections of each arm extend at an angle from the middle section of the respective arm such that when said first and second arms are pivoted to said closed position, said first and second arms define a non-circular central bore; and
wherein said plurality of spaced-apart inward-extending tabs extend only from said end sections of each of the first and second arms and not from said middle sections.