Duct system and method
AssigneeDura-Line Corporation
InventorsTimothy A. Grimsley, Thomas McCall
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Abstract
The present inventive concept includes a duct system and method for using same to map and locate ducts. A preferred embodiment of the duct system includes a duct, a plurality of electronic information modules and an oversheath at least partially covering the plurality of information modules and fixing the information modules to the duct. The plurality of information modules are configured to emit a positional signal to enable location of the information modules and associated duct(s) and/or mapping of the duct system.
Claims10
A duct system comprising:
- a duct;
- at least one information module configured to emit a positional signal;
- and
- an oversheath at least partially covering the at least one information module and fixing the at least one information module to the duct.
A method of mapping a duct system, the steps of the method comprising:
- providing at least one information module fixed to a duct and configured to emit a positional signal;
- receiving a positional signal from the at least one information module;
- and
- plotting the positional signal on at least two axes.
A duct system comprising:
- a duct;
- a plurality of information modules arranged in a network, each information module configured to emit a positional signal;
- and
- an oversheath at least partially covering the information modules and fixing the information modules to the duct,
- wherein,
- at least one of the information modules is within positional signal range of the other of information modules in the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.