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Abstract

A known pipe holder having a split cylindrical body having a plurality of spaced pipe engaging fins located on the interior therof, a plurality of holding structures for engaging the interior of a hole in a support member located on the exterior thereof and flanges for limiting the insertion of said body into such a hole by engaging a surface in the support member, said body being capable of being temporarily opened along the slit therein so that it can be around a pipe can be improved by (1) constructing the holding structures so that each of them comprises a plurality of spaced, radially extending elongated vanes for engaging the interior of an elongated hole, each of the vanes having an edge located remote from the body, each of the vanes also having a barb located on each of the edges; or (2) constructing the holding structures so that each of them comprises a plurality of spaced ratchets located on the exterior of the body at the same distance from the flanges for engaging the surface of a member remote from a surface of the member engaged by said flanges; of both (1) and (2). In addition the interior of the body preferably includes resilient, flexible fins for holding a pipe.

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