Conduit security techniques
AssigneeScott Lock Company
InventorBarry M. Scott
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Abstract
A conduit locking device includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall disposed between the first end and the second end. The conduit locking device may further include a slide engaged with the sidewall of the housing, the slide including an extension arm and an end portion structurally configured to engage with an inner wall of a conduit. The slide may be extendable via the extension arm from a first position substantially adjacent to the sidewall of the housing to a second position disposed away from the sidewall of the housing, where, when in the second position, the slide is configured to retain the conduit locking device at a fixed position within the conduit through the engagement of the end portion with the inner wall of the conduit.
Claims20
A method of monitoring a conduit, the method comprising:
- inserting a conduit locking device into a conduit containing one or more cables therein, the conduit locking device moved through the conduit, with the one or more cables therein, using one or more hoses connected thereto, the conduit locking device in communication with a controller;
- securing the conduit locking device within a predetermined location within the conduit using pressure applied via the one or more hoses, the conduit locking device secured such that the conduit locking device is installed and locked within the conduit around the one or more cables contained therein, the conduit locking device limiting access to the conduit from other wires or cables;
- sensing, using one or more sensors in communication with the controller, a condition of interest related to the security or safety of the conduit or contents thereof;
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- transmitting, using the controller, a notification to a user regarding the condition of interest.
A system for monitoring a conduit, the system comprising:
- a data network;
- one or more conduit locking devices inserted within one or more conduits containing one or more cables therein, the one or more conduit locking devices installed by being moved through the conduit, with the one or more cables therein, using one or more hoses connected thereto and locked within the one or more conduits, using pressure applied via the one or more hoses, around the one or more cables contained therein, the one or more conduit locking devices limiting access to the one or more conduits from other wires or cables;
- one or more sensors configured to detect a condition of interest related to the security or safety of the one or more conduits or contents thereof;
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- a controller in communication with the one or more conduit locking devices and the one or more sensors over the data network, the controller including a processor and a memory, the memory storing code executable by the processor to receive a signal from the one or more sensors regarding the condition of interest and, in response to the signal, to transmit a notification to a computing device over the data network regarding the condition of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.