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US 5,192,039 AGranted
Hanger insulation system
AssigneeTicon, Inc.
InventorRobert O. Williams
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Abstract
A unitary pipe insulation and shield assembly of upper and lower partially cylindrical insulation elements defining a cylindrical pipe receiving cavity, a surrounding water repellant jacket having an integral hinge, and channel ring clamp elements fastenable together, the insulation elements, jacket and clamp elements being secured together to form a clamshell arrangement extendable about a pipe to snap fasten the clamp elements together.
Claims5
A unitary, clamshell, pipe insulation and shield assembly comprising:
- upper and lower, generally semicylindrical, insulation elements which together form a cylindrical subassembly having a rigid portion to support a pipe;
- said elements each having a partial cylindrical passage therethrough to collectively form a generally cylindrical passage for a pipe to extend through;
- a water repellant jacket around said elements having a pair of adjacent ends at a peripheral location around said jacket, and having a flexible hinge portion intermediate said ends for enabling said jacket ends to be spaced apart or together;
- said jacket ends having extensions which overlap each other when said assembly is closed;
- semicylindrical channel ring clamp elements having interconnectable ends for securing said clamp elements together around said jacket;
- said channel ring elements having pairs of radially outwardly extending curved flanges to define a curved channel therebetween for receiving and retaining a U-clamp;
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- said clamp elements, said jacket and said insulation elements being fastened together to form a hinged clamshell arrangement capable of being placed around a pipe and then closed and connected.
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A unitary pipe insulation and shield assembly comprising:
- upper and lower, generally semicylindrical, insulation elements which together form a cylindrical subassembly having a rigid portion to support a pipe;
- said elements each having a partial cylindrical passage therethrough to collectively form a generally cylindrical passage for a pipe to extend through;
- a water repellant jacket around said elements having a pair of adjacent ends at a peripheral location around said jacket and having a flexible hinge portion intermediate said ends for enabling said jacket ends to be spaced apart or together;
- semicylindrical ring clamp elements having interconnectable ends opposite said hinge portion to secure said clamp elements in a ring around said jacket;
- said ring clamp elements being channel-shaped in cross section, having a pair of radially outwardly extending flanges;
- a U-clamp around said ring clamp elements and retained by said flanges;
- fasteners between each of said clamp elements and said jacket and insulation elements to secure them together in an assembled clamshell arrangement for extending around a pipe and connecting said interconnectable ends;
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- said U-clamp engaging said interconnectable ends of said ring clamp elements to lock said ring clamp elements together.
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A unitary insulation assembly for a suspended pipe comprising:
- upper and lower insulation elements for fitting together around a pipe and including a rigid portion to support the pipe;
- a weather resistant jacket secured around said elements, including hinge means for hinging said insulation elements together and apart;
- said jacket being flexible intermediate its ends to form said hinge means as an integral hinge;
- a channel ring around said jacket comprising a pair of arcuate members secured to said jacket spaced apart by said hinge means, and having interconnecting ends for securing said ring around said jacket and insulation elements as a unit;
- said interconnecting ends having a detent snap fastener;
- said channel ring having spaced retention flanges;
- a U-clamp around said channel ring and retained between said flanges, and a suspension clevis pivotally attached to said U-clamp;
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- said U-clamp engaging and locking said interconnection ends of said channel ring together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.