US 7,320,448 B2
Pipe clip
Hans-Herlof Hardtke, Zeven (Germany)
Assigned to Lisega Aktiengesellschaft, Zeven (Germany)
Filed on Mar. 04, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/72,006.
Application 11/072006 is a continuation of application No. PCT/DE03/02851, filed on Aug. 27, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 202 14 355 U (DE), filed on Sep. 04, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0285389 A1, Dec. 29, 2005
Int. Cl. F16L 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 248—62  [248/74.1; 248/317] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Pipe clip for mounting pipes, comprising:
a suspendable upper part including a plurality of cross-pieces having a lateral surface and
a U-shaped lower part, having legs the ends of which can be connected to the upper part by means of fastening elements and in which a pipe is mounted, where the lower part comprises a one piece creep-resistant flat steel bar or strip of sheet metal, and where the lower part has a cross-section with at least one wide plane lateral surface which is located on the inside and on which the pipe to be mounted rests, and the upper part includes a holding-down device for holding down the pipe mounted in the lower part,
characterised in that the fastening elements, by means of which the lower part can be fastened to the upper part, include drilled holes of equal size through the leg ends of the U-shaped lower part and through lateral surfaces of at least two cross-pieces of the upper part, include at least one bolt with a diameter corresponding to the drilled holes, where the bolt is secured against unintentional loosening
further characterised in that the upper part displays at least two longitudinal webs, a distance apart, and at least two of said plurality of cross-pieces, a distance apart, each of said at least two cross-pieces having a lateral surface, where the cross-pieces are arranged essentially at right angles to the longitudinal webs and between the longitudinal webs.