Supporting-bracket for pipes.

Application filed May 23,1904, Serial No, 209,358.

To a// inlumi it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mortimer C. Rosenfeld, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of 5 New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supporting-Brackets for Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a bracket for supporting pipes arranged in tiers or rows, and io has for its object to provide a bracket having a plurality of supporting members and so constructed that it may be readily divided or cut off to shorten it to use one or any desired number of the supports to suit the number of 15 pipes to be supported.

A further object is to provide a pipebracket which is simple of construction, efficient in use, and comparatively inexpensive of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pipe - supporting bracket constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

²5 Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a bracket comprising a longitudinal strip or plate of metal divided by transverse grooves 2 into a plurality of hanger-sections 3, each of which is provided with holes 4 for the pass'³ sage of screws to secure it to a wall-beam or other supporting-surface. Each section of the plate is further provided with a supporting-hook 5. This hook is secured in position by bending one end thereof to form a tang 6, 35 which passes through the transverse slot 7 in the plate and is bent or clenched against the rear side thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. This construction permits the bracket to be cheaply manufactured, and by the use of the grooves 40 2 the sections 3 may be easily divided, each groove weakening the plate between each two adjacent sections and forming a guide and retainer for the edge of a cutting-tool, such as a chisel, whereby the sections may be readily cut apart. By this means the hanger may be 45 shortened to the number of supporting-sections desired, according to the number of pipes which arc to be supported.

The device is advantageous in that it may be cheaply manufactured and permits of the 5° use of one or more sections as occasion demands.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inven- 55 tion will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin- 60 ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.