Inventors:
Kevin Joseph Wensel - San Jose CA, US
Scott S. Duink - Los Gatos CA, US
Mark P. Allison - Willowbrook IL, US
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
F16L 25/00
F16L 55/00
B25B 5/00
B25B 1/06
US Classification:
285420, 285 15, 285197, 269143, 269249, 269254 CS, 24523
Abstract:
A seal clamp assembly for sealing an opening in a piping system includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a base having a first side, a second side and an aperture extending therethrough from the first side to the second side, and a brace coupled to the base. The brace includes a distal pad hingedly coupled to a distal end portion of the brace. The seal clamp assembly also includes a spring bridge coupled to the base first side. The bridge includes a substantially rectangular U-shaped frame and an aperture extending through the spring bridge frame such that the spring bridge aperture is in substantial lineal alignment with the base aperture. A clamping assembly is coupled to a proximate end portion of the brace.