Pipe support device and method for installing pipe support device
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorHayato KAGEYAMA
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Abstract
A pipe support device includes a main body to support a pipe thereon and a pair of stoppers provided on the main body to position the pipe on the main body. The pipe support device is provided in an excavated trench to support the pipe in the trench. The main body and the pair of stoppers each have an internal space into which a fluid is injectable and from which the fluid is dischargeable, and are configured to expand by injection of the fluid into the internal space and to contract by discharge of the fluid from the internal space.
Claims10
A pipe support device, comprising:
- a main body to support a pipe thereon;
- and
- a stopper provided on the main body to position the pipe on the main body;
- the pipe support device being provided in an excavated trench to support the pipe in the trench;
- wherein
- the main body and the stopper each include an internal space into which a fluid is injectable and from which the fluid is dischargeable, and are configured to expand by injection of the fluid into the internal space and to contract by discharge of the fluid from the internal space.
A method for installing a pipe support device including a main body to support a pipe thereon and a stopper provided on the main body to position the pipe on the main body, the pipe support device being provided in an excavated trench to support the pipe in the trench, the method comprising:
- a disposition step of disposing, in the trench, the pipe support device in which a fluid has been injected into internal spaces of the main body and the stopper;
- a pipe support step of supporting the pipe by the pipe support device in the trench;
- and
- a retrieval step of, after connecting the pipe to another pipe in the trench, discharging the fluid from the internal spaces of the main body and the stopper to contract the pipe support device, and retrieving the contracted pipe support device from the trench.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.