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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Cornelis Belder, Oudewater, NL;
Klaas-jan Mulderij, HK Delfgauw, NL;
Inventors:
Cornelis Belder, Oudewater, NL;
Klaas-Jan Mulderij, HK Delfgauw, NL;
Assignee:
IHC Norex B.V., Sliedrecht, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/42 (2006.01); B66C 1/44 (2006.01); B66C 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/442 (2013.01); B66C 1/108 (2013.01); B66C 1/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a clamping device for clamping a tubular member, like a thin walled tube or a pile, having a tube wall and provided with a flange at a tube end, and for hoisting the tubular member while being clamped only at its flange with the clamping device, wherein the clamping device includes: at least two clamping elements for engaging the internal flange and clamping the flange; and a clamping device frame that fixedly joins the at least two clamping elements for maintaining mutual position of the at least two clamping elements while hoisting the tubular member.