Stovepipe attachment.

Application filed May 11, 1909. Serial No. 495,288.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Charles D. Pearce, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Lewis and State of 5 Missouri, have invented a new and useful Stovepipe Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in stove pipe attachments and has for its object 10 the production of simple and efficient means whereby a stove pipe may be firmly supported at any desired distance from a wall or ceiling according to the condition in which the pipe is used.

The invention consists in certain novel ... _________,____j—_& — ---. «features of construction and arrangement its outer end. Within this tubular arm or 70 and the combination of parts as will be here- | sleeve I insert a curved rod 18 which has inafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which 20 fully illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation partly broken away of a stove pipe hanger embodying my invention, and showing the application of the same to a straight length of pipe. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the invention applied to a vertically disposed elbow. Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the invention applied to a horizontally disposed elbow.

In carrying out my invention I employ a bracket consisting of telescoping members 1 and 2, which are secured to the ceiling or ivall of the room and may be readily drawn out or pushed together so as to accommodate the device to any unevenness of the wall or ceiling or the. presence of projections such as door or. window frames which may be along the line which it is designed to have the stove pipe follow. Mounted on the said bracket is a sleeve 3 which may be secured at any desired point along the bracket by set screws 4 and is provided with a centrally threaded opening adapted to receive the threaded upper end of the tube 5 which is adapted to receive a supporting bar or rod 6 which may be secured at any desired point by means of a set screw 7 in the lower end of the said tube 5. The lower portion of the rod 6 is bent to one side and then back to its axial plane so as to present a semi-circular 50 clamping member 8 having a depending lug 9 at its extremity. To the rod 6 at the beginning of the semi-circular clamping member 8 is pivotally secured, by a suitable pin ^; 10, a co-acting semi-circular clamping memI ber 11 having a depending lug 12 at its lower | end, through which a fastening belt 13 is inserted in order to secure the two clamping members around a stove pipe 14. as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

When it is necessary to accommodate an elbow in the stove pipe, I employ a second pair of clamping members of the same construction as those just described and to support the same, I provide the pivoted clamping member 11 with a lateral ear or extension 15 having a threaded perforation in which is secured the end of a second supporting bar, said bar comprising a curved tubular arm or sleeve 16, carrying a. set screw 17 at

GO one end bent at a right angle, as indicated at 19, and is then curved laterally to form a semi-circular clamping member 20. To the end 19 of the rod 18 a co-acting clamping member 21 is pivoted and the members 20 and 21 are fastened together by a bolt 22 inserted through lugs 23 at their free ends as clearly shown in Fig. 2. It will thus be seen that a clamp is provided at or adjacent to each end of the elbow 24 and these clamps are connected by a curved member which follows the curvature of the elbow so as to hold the same rigidly and prevent its disengagement from the stove pipe.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, the ear 15 is arranged midway between the ends of the clamping member and the connecting members 16 and 18 are thereby brought into a horizontal plane so as to accommodate a horizontally disposed elbow, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the use and advantages of the device will be readily understood. The bracket members 1 and 2 are secured to the wall or ceiling, as .stated, along the line which the stove pipe is to follow, and the tubular members 5 of the hanger are secured in the sleeves 3 as will be readily understood. The clamping members 8 and 11 are then fastened around the lengths of the stove pipe and the rods 6 of the clamping members are inserted into the tubular members 5 and secured so as to support the stove pipe in the desired position.

The device is exceedingly simple in its

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The threaded connection of the members 5 15 and 16 permits the member 16 to be turned to any angle at which it may be necessary to place the elbow without affecting the strength of the connection.