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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne M. Wagner, Apple Valley, MN (US);
John T. Herman, Dellwood, MN (US);
Michael J. Protas, Golden Valley, MN (US);
James P. Shields, Fairbank, IA (US);
Assignee:
Donaldson Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 2/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 2/106 ;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to guillotine clamp including a U-bolt mounted on a saddle member. The U-bolt has a concave portion that opposes a corresponding concave portion of the saddle member. At least one curved shim is positioned between the concave portions of the U-bolt and the saddle member to provide both sealing and clamping of a lap joint.