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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Ernest L Hartman, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus which may be a part of various systems including piping systems and fluidized bed systems. The apparatus that holds one tube with respect to another tube includes a body that has a first cylindrical section shaped portion and a second cylindrical section shaped portion. Each of the cylindrical section shaped portions has an angular extent that is generally concave. The angular extent of the first cylindrical section shaped portion and the angular extent of the second cylindrical section shaped portion each have an axis and the axis of the first cylindrical section shaped portion may be spaced from the axis of the second cylindrical section shaped portion. Some embodiments of the invention have cylindrical section shaped portions that have an angular extent that is no greater than 180 degrees. The axis of the first cylindrical section shaped portion may be perpendicular to the second cylindrical section shaped portion. The cylindrical section shaped portions have extremities and a weld bead extends between each of the extremities of the first cylindrical section shaped portion and the first tubular member and a weld bead extending between each of the extremities of the second cylindrical section shaped portion and the second tubular member in some embodiments.