Device for producing an installation template for conduits, especially conduits for hydraulic or pneumatic control or process circuits

A device to simplify assembly of even complex conduit systems for pressure-medium-driven switching or operating circuits for producing an installation template for conduits employed to arrive at precise measurement of length of said conduits and also to permit marking of conduit sections to be bent to a specific shape in motor vehicle industry as well as for processing and working machinery of various kinds, comprising:

• a plurality of interconnectable articulated elements, each of which is relatively short compared to the length of said template;
• adjacent ones of said articulated elements can be respectively moved, relative to one another, about a common geometrical point of rotation and within a predetermined spatial angle;, said articulated elements can be fixed in any position relative to one another by clamping;
• end pieces which are respectively connectable to given ones of said articulated elements;
• in addition, each of said end pieces is provided with connecting means on a side thereof remote from said articulated elements, with said given ones of said articulated elements each having a planar abutment surface for engagement with said end pieces;
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• rod elements, each of which has a length that is several times greater than its diameter;
• each of said rod elements is provided with connecting means for cooperating with said connecting means of said end pieces so that said articulated elements can be kept in position to conform to various installation requirements although readily adaptable different configurations of employment undertaken therewith.