Pipe supporting device
AssigneeMiro Industries, Inc.
InventorMarvin R. Curtis, Jr.
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Abstract
A pipe-supporting device adapted to receive and support an exposed pipe on a roof has a substantially flat bottom for resting on the roof and an upwardly tapered structure secured on and rising from the base to provide a pipe positioning and supporting structure which substantially equally distributes the weight of the supported pipe over the area of the base in contact with the roof. The pipe positioning and supporting structure has a pocket for positioning a pipe therein and the pipe is supported in the pocket by at least one roller positioned in at least one receiving trough. As the pipe expands or contracts, it rides on the roller which rotates within the trough.
Claims10
A pipe-supporting device adapted to receive and support an exposed pipe on a roof, said device comprising a base having a substantially flat bottom for resting on the roof;
- upwardly tapered structure secured on and rising from said base to provide a pipe positioning and supporting structure having a pocket for positioning a pipe therein;
- trough means within the pocket for receiving roller means therein;
- roller means adapted to fit into the trough means and to rotate therein and adapted to have a pipe rest thereon to be supported above the base, said pipe positioning and supporting structure having lower ends forming a symmetrical periphery at the base which substantially evenly distributes the pipe load on the roller means over the base and on the roof.
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