Opposed bolt clamp

Claim 1

IN A PIPE CLAMP OF THE TYPE WHEREIN THE ENDS OF A MALLEABLE BLAND ARE SECURED AROUND THE PIPE BY LUGS AND THE LUGS ARE TIGHTENED TOGETHER BY LOCKING BOLTS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN EACH LUG IS FORMED AS ONE INTEGRAL MEMBER HAVING A BASE PORTION INCLUDING AT ONE SIDE THEREOF MEANS TO SECURE ONE END OF SAID BAND; A LONGITUDINAL SERIES OF TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING BOLT-HOLDING PROJECTIONS PROTRUDING UPWARD FROM SAID BASE PORTION AND HAVING ALIGNED FACES AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID BASE PORTION, EACH OF SAID BOLT-HOLDING PROJECTIONS HAVING A TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED BORE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FACE NORMAL THERETO TO RECEIVE THE SHAFT OF A LOCKING BOLT; SAID BOLT-HOLDING PROJECTIONS HAVING OFFSET FLANGE MEMBERS WHICH ARE INWARDLY SPACED FROM SAID FACES AND ALSO BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER SO AS TO DEFINE BOLT RECEIVING SLOTS BETWEEN SAID FLANGE MEMBERS, SAID LUGS BEING ARRANGED TO FACE EACH OTHER SO THAT SAID BOLT-HOLDING PROJECTIONS ON EACH SAID LUG ARE SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID SLOTS ON THE FACING LUG; SAID BOLTS HAVING FLANGED HEADS AND BEING ADAPTED TO LIE IN SAID SLOTS AT ONE END WHEN THE OTHER END OF SAID BOLTS IS BEING SUPPORTED IN SAID BOLT-HOLDING PROJECTIONS; AND NUTS ON SAID BOLTS, SAID NUTS BEING THREADABLE TO PRESS AGAINST THE FACES OF SAID BOLT-HOLDING PROJECTIONS OUITWARDLY OF SAID FLANGE MEMBERS TO DRAW SAID LUGS TOGETHER AND TIGHTEN SAID BAND AROUND THE PIPE.