Floor system for laying cables and pipes underneath the floor
AssigneeMirai Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorShohachi Shimizu
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Abstract
A floor system for laying cables and/or pipes underneath a floor comprising at least one flooring board, at least one housing space provided beneath said at least one flooring board for housing cables and/or pipes and at least one guide means provided within each said at least one housing space. Cables and/or pipes are to be laid in the housing space by means of said guide means and a cable/pipe distributer means comprising a head member, a connecting means and a rope member, wherein said connecting means is to connect with a cable or a pipe and to drag the cable or the pipe through said housing space as said distributer means travels through said guide means.
Claims20
A floor system for laying cables and/or pipes underneath a floor without opening the floor except at entry and exit comprising:
- at least one housing space provided underneath a floor for housing said cables and/or pipes;
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- at least one elongated guide means disposed within said at least one housing space for guiding a cable/pipe distributer means along said at least one housing space from entry to exit;
- whereby said cables and/or pipes to be laid underneath said floor is accomplished without need of removing the entire floor or any office equipment thereon.
A floor system for laying cables and/or pipes underneath a floor without opening the floor except at entry and exit comprising:
- a housing space opening upward for housing said cables and/or pipes;
- a floor board covering said housing space;
- an elongated guide means provided on the bottom side of said floor board for guiding a cable/pipe distributer means along said housing space from entry to exit;
- whereby said cables and/or pipes to be laid underneath said floor is accomplished without need of removing the entire floor or any office equipment thereon.
A floor system for laying cables and/or pipes underneath a floor without opening the floor except at entry and exit comprising:
- a housing space provided in a base floor material for housing said cables and/or pipes;
- a floor cover covering said housing space;
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- an elongated guide means provided on the bottom side of said floor cover for guiding a cable/pipe distributer means along said housing space from entry to exit;
- whereby said cables and/or pipes to be laid underneath said floor is accomplished without need of removing the entire floor or any office equipment thereon.
A floor system for laying cables and/or pipes underneath a floor without opening the floor except at entry and exit comprising:
- a plurality of housing spaces provided in parallel with one another in a base floor for housing said cables and/or pipes;
- at least one cover board covering said plurality of housing spaces;
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- an elongated guide means provided at each said housing space on the bottom side of said at least one cover board for guiding a cable/pipe distributer means along said housing spaces from entry to exit;
- whereby said cables and/or pipes to be laid underneath said floor is accomplished without need of removing the entire floor or any office equipment thereon.
A floor system for laying cables and/or pipes underneath a floor without opening the floor except at entry and exit comprising:
- a floor block having a flooring board, a plurality of connecting leg members and a housing space for housing said cables and/or pipes;
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- an elongated guide means provided on the bottom side of said flooring board for guiding a cable/pipe distributer means along said housing space from entry to exit;
- whereby said cables and/or pipes to be laid underneath said floor is accomplished without need of removing the entire floor or any office equipment thereon.
A distributor for laying cables and/or pipes underneath a floor having elongated guide means comprising:
- a head member having a shape such that said head member travels smoothly through said guide means without becoming dislodged therefrom;
- a connecting means forming part of said head member for attachment to a cable or a pipe to be laid underneath said floor;
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- a stiff rope member attached to said distributor for moving said head member forward or backward through said guide means.
The floor system of claim 16, wherein said separate independent cover board panel is attached to said floor on a side thereof facing said housing space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.