Brackets - what do they call this type, and what is their original intended use?

[mart]

I save brackets if I see any lying around or attached to items that are being discarded. I do keep a few bought ones in stock incase I need some on unexpected jobs, 90 degree angle brackets, straight ones both pre drilled and a lot 'cheaper' than chips are now

What is the intended use & name of the ones in the photo? I can imagine they would keep a few screwdrivers tidy.

In my garage/workshop I just drill 3 rows of 15mm holes in a shelf type piece of timber, and just 2 simple brackets will suffice, and only 6 screws required for a short length.

 

[droopsnoot]

That looks like the kind of thing I want in my wardrobe to help hold up the rail when I hang too much stuff on it. They'll help support it part-way along, as long as the "roof" of the wardrobe is strong enough.

No idea whether that's their original use, as they also stop you sliding the coat-hanger along the rail.

 

[gaz1]

i know there original use as curtain rails

but ive seen them used for plumbing / used as clothes pole hanger

 

[Agroshield]

It is not the correct name for the ones you show - I think yours is a wardrobe hanging rail bracket - but something which would do the task you want (holding screwdrivers) is a 'school board clip' or 'school board bracket'.

 

[mart]

i know there original use as curtain rails

but ive seen them used for plumbing / used as clothes pole hanger

Plumbing you say? In what way were they being in the context of plumbing Gaz?

 

[bricol]

Pipe hanger.
There's even a "school board" pipe hanger to tie in with the post above

 

[maroon]

Plumbing you say? In what way were they being in the context of plumbing Gaz?

They will affix a pipe to a wall or ceiling. More commercial/industrial situations.

Larger ones come in 3 pieces. Cut threaded bar down to size to the length away from the wall/floor/ceiling. Pipe clamp, threaded bar and footing thing.

I would of guessed a curtain rail. Or one of those over curtain drapey things. They Could be for pipes though.

 

[Agroshield]

Larger ones come in 3 pieces... They could be for pipes though.

The part of the three piece one that goes around the pipe is a munsen ring.

On the ones above, they would be a pain to use on a pipe as you'd either have to slide them on from the end or spring them apart to go over the pipe.

Anyone know how school board clips and munsen rings came to be named?

 

[Ruffian]

Would be looking at either p clips or Munden rings for an alternative or try searching stand off tube clamp or similar.

 

[Other Daniel]

They certainly look like wardrobe rail hangars to me.
They don't look heavy enough for curtains.
Haven't a clue, though, as to their proper name.

 

[hotponyshoes]

Cheap source of "things" for mounting screwdrivers is the P type clips used for securing armour cable to walls

 

[Alan Reynolds]

That looks like the kind of thing I want in my wardrobe to help hold up the rail when I hang too much stuff on it. They'll help support it part-way along, as long as the "roof" of the wardrobe is strong enough.

No idea whether that's their original use, as they also stop you sliding the coat-hanger along the rail.

I always put an extra bracket in the middle of the wardrobe rail. Saves picking up the entire contents when they drop in the middle of the night!