Annular clamping flanges

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1995-06-26

1997-06-24

Melius, Terry Lee

Pipe joints or couplings

Temperature-responsive

285368, 285367, 285373, 285412, 24284, F16L 2304

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056411855

ABSTRACT:
An annular clamping flange for use in clamping a first pipe end portion to a second pipe end portion in an engine exhaust system, has first and second arcuate flange portions co-operable to form a pipe receiving aperture, each flange portion having at least one clamping bolt receiving aperture with a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipe receiving aperture. The annular flange having an outer periphery of generally parallelogram shape with a pair of opposed acute angles and a pair of opposed obtuse angles, the parallelogram shape having rounded corners, one flange portion providing one side and portions of sides of the parallelogram shape adjacent thereto, and the other flange portion providing the opposite side to said one side and the other portions of said adjacent sides, each flange portion having a connecting bolt receiving tubular lug on each said adjacent side portion thereof.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2292845 (1942-08-01), Pratt
patent: 4981311 (1991-01-01), Kinney
patent: 5209524 (1993-05-01), Corwon et al.
patent: 5228726 (1993-07-01), Brown et al.

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