Utility pole base pan with drain
AssigneeSite Photometrics, Inc.
InventorJerome Neil Morstein
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Abstract
A mounting pan for a hollow utility pole to mount the same on a concrete support is described. The pan includes an upper mounting plate for securing the same to the pole base, and simultaneously to the concrete support wherein a toroidal recess is provided between the base of the plate and the concrete support for the accumulation of moisture within the pole structure and gravity drains therefrom are provided to eliminate the accumulatedd moisture from the structure.
Claims6
A drain pan for a hollow utility pole having a base plate integral therewith said pole base plate being mounted on a support structure with said pan disposed therebetween comprising:
- a lower pole support plate defining a central opening therein, an inner cylinder extending upwardly through said opening in a sealing relationship therewith;
- an outer cylinder mounted coaxially on said lower plate with said inner cylinder and having a diameter greater than that of said inner cylinder to define with said inner cylinder and lower plate a toroidal recess having an outside diameter substantially the same as the inside diameter of said hollow pole;
- an upper support plate mounted on said outer cylinder and having a central opening therethrough substantially the same diameter as the toroidal recess;
- means for securing the pole base plate to said upper support plate for registering the hollow pole with the toroidal recess;
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- drain means carried by said pan and extending through said outer cylinder for draining any moisture accumulating in said recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.