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US 12,007,051 B2Granted
Conduit support device
OwnerShawn Perryinventor
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Abstract
A conduit supporting device used to support a conduit at one or more than one location on said device, and where the device can support and receive one or more than one conduit. The device may placed, set on or affixed to a surface such as a roof, floor, pipe rack, production area, on the ground and other conventional locations where a need exists for conduit support.
Claims27
A method for installing a conduit system on a support surface comprising:
- providing a plurality of conduit components;
- connecting together the conduit components using at least one coupling component connecting an end of one conduit component to an end of another conduit component;
- the conduit components being connected to define a conduit plane at a lowermost surface of each of the conduit components;
- the coupling component defining a coupling plane at a lowermost surface of the coupling component at a height below the conduit plane;
- and supporting the conduit components at the coupling component with a single conduit support block;
- wherein the support block includes support surface portions in said conduit plane supporting said conduit components and surrounding the coupling component;
- wherein the support block includes at least one recessed area recessed from said support surface portions into which the coupling component is received:
- wherein the support surface portions surround the recessed area;
- and supporting each of the plurality of the conduit components on a respective one of the support surface portions in a manner without clamping of the conduit component on the respective support surface portion so as to allow expansion and contraction sliding movement of the conduit component along its length relative to the respective support surface portion;
- the coupling component being supported above the recessed area and inwardly of the support surface portions so that the coupling component is free to move relative to the support block in response to movement of the conduit components;
- and maintaining a base of the support block in stationary position on the support surface.
8 more elements
A method for installing a conduit system on a support surface comprising:
- providing a plurality of conduit components;
- connecting together the conduit components using at least one coupling component connecting an end of one conduit component to an end of another conduit component;
- the conduit components being connected to define a conduit plane at a lowermost surface of each of the conduit components;
- the coupling component defining a coupling plane at a lowermost surface of the coupling component at a height below the conduit plane;
- and supporting the conduit components at the coupling component with a single conduit support block;
- wherein the support block includes support surface portions in said conduit plane supporting said conduit components and surrounding the coupling component;
- wherein the support block has a recessed area recessed from said support surface portions into which the coupling component is received;
- wherein the support surface portions surround the recessed area;
- and supporting each of the plurality of the conduit components on a respective one of the support surface portions in a manner without clamping of the conduit component on the respective support surface portion so as to allow expansion sliding movement of the conduit component along its length relative to the respective support surface portion;
- the coupling component being supported within the recessed area and inwardly of the support surface portions so that the coupling component is free to move relative to the support block in response to movement of the conduit components;
- maintaining a base of the support block in stationary position on the support surface;
- and
- wherein there are provided water discharge holes extending from the recessed area to the support surface outside the support block.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.