Insulator for mounting pipe in metal wall stud

An insulator for mounting pipe in a hole through a sheet metal wall stud, the insulator being injection molded as a single unitary article out of a suitable plastic, comprising:

• a cylindrical body sized to fit within a hole pre-punched in the intermediate planar portion of a sheet metal wail stud, said hole measuring approximately 1 and 11/32 of an inch;
• a circular mounting flange extending radially outwardly from a rear end of the cylindrical body for overlying a periphery of the intermediate planar portion of the sheet metal wall stud surrounding the hole;
• a plurality of generally planar flexible resilient mounting fingers extending axially and angularly outwardly from the cylindrical body moving toward the circular mounting flange and spaced from the mounting flange for holding the flange against the periphery of the intermediate planar portion of the sheet metal wall stud surrounding the hole;
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• two axially spaced sets of flexible and resilient pie-shaped pipe gripping segments which extend radially inwardly from the cylindrical body and have distal ends defining a central pipe receiving passage, the pipe gripping elements capable of bending a sufficient amount to permit passage of the pipe through the center of the cylindrical body while holding the pipe rigidly in position, the pipe gripping segments of each set being rotationally offset from each other.

An insulator for mounting a pipe in a hole through a sheet metal wall stud, comprising;

• a generally cylindrical body;
• a mounting flange extending radially from the cylindrical body;
• a plurality of mounting fingers extending from the cylindrical body and having multiple different spacings from the mounting flange;
• a first set of coplanar resilient pie-shaped pipe gripping segments extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical body and having distal ends defining a substantially circular first passage;
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• a second set of resilient pie-shaped pipe gripping segments spaced from the first set along the cylindrical body and extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical body, the pipe gripping segments of the first and second sets being rotationally offset from each other.

An insulator for mounting pipe in a hole through a sheet metal wall stud, comprising:

• a generally cylindrical body;
• a mounting flange extending radially from the cylindrical body;
• a plurality of mounting fingers extending from the cylindrical body and having multiple different spacings from the mounting flange;
• a first set of resilient pie-shaped pipe gripping segments extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical body and having distal ends defining a substantially circular first passage;
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• a second set of resilient pie-shaped pipe gripping segments spaced from the first set along the cylindrical body, extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical body, wherein the pipe gripping segments of the first and second sets are rotationally offset from each other.

An insulator for mounting pipe in a hole through a sheet metal wall stud, comprising:

• a generally cylindrical body;
• a mounting flange extending radially from the cylindrical body;
• a plurality of mounting fingers extending from the cylindrical body and having multiple different spacings from the mounting flange;
• a first set of resilient substantially coplanar pie-shaped pipe gripping segments extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical body and having distal ends defining a substantially circular first passage;
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• a second set of resilient pie-shaped pipe gripping segments spaced from the first set along the cylindrical body, extending radially inwardly from the cylindrical body, wherein the pipe gripping segments of the first and second sets are rotationally offset from each other.