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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1980
Filed:
May. 30, 1978
Clyde M Slavens, Houston, TX (US);
Midcon Pipeline Equipment Co., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for locating a welding carriage track disposed about a pipe adjacent an end of the pipe, wherein a linkage actuated clamp is adapted to engage opposite edges of the track, and wherein a surface of the apparatus is adapted to engage the end of the pipe about which the apparatus is disposed at a fixed distance from the near edge of the track, whereby said surface may be firmly engaged against the end of the pipe to dispose the track at said fixed distance from the end of the pipe. The distance between the pipe end engagement surface and the near edge of the track is fixed, but the apparatus is adapted to be used with tracks of different widths.