Arcuate saddles with adhesive strips
AssigneeBuckaroos, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey J. Rebholz, Kevin Romsey
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to arcuate saddles typically used to anchor and suspend insulated or non-insulated pipes. One or more adhesive strips are mounted to the interior, concave surface of the saddles. In preferred embodiments the adhesive strips extend transverse to or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the saddles. Certain embodiments of the present invention involve methods of manufacturing arcuate saddles with adhesive strips.
Claims15
An arcuate saddle for supporting pipe, comprising:
- a saddle having a length and a width and formed in an arcuate shape having a constant saddle radius, said saddle having exterior and interior faces and an interior channel defined by the interior face of said saddle and extending longitudinally of said saddle for the length of said saddle to receive a pipe;
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- an adhesive strip extending along the interior face of said saddle, said adhesive strip comprising a double-sided adhesive tape having first and second faces including adhesive material, the first face being secured to the interior face of said saddle and the second face being covered by a release liner, said adhesive strip extending transverse of the longitudinal axis of the interior channel, said adhesive strip being applied to said saddle prior to said saddle being formed in an arcuate shape.
A pipe and support assembly comprising
- a pipe;
- a saddle having its length greater than its width and formed in a 180 degree arc having a constant saddle radius along its width, said saddle having two parallel length sides and two arcuate width sides, said saddle having exterior and interior faces and an interior channel defined by the interior face of said saddle and extending longitudinally of the saddle for the length of said saddle, said pipe being received within the interior channel;
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- an adhesive strip extending along the interior face of said saddle and securing said pipe to said saddle, said adhesive strip comprising a double-sided adhesive tape having first and second faces including adhesive material, the first face being secured to the interior face of said saddle and the second face securing said saddle to said pipe, said adhesive strip extending transverse of the longitudinal axis of the interior channel, said adhesive strip being applied to said saddle prior to said saddle being formed in an arcuate shape.
A method for forming a saddle assembly, the saddle assembly comprising a saddle having a length and a width and formed in an arcuate shape having a constant saddle radius, the saddle having exterior and interior faces and an interior channel defined by the interior face of the saddle and extending longitudinally of the saddle for the length of the saddle to receive a pipe;
- the saddle assembly further including an adhesive strip extending along the interior face of the saddle, the adhesive strip extending transverse of the longitudinal axis of the interior channel, the method comprising:
- applying a double sided adhesive tape to a saddle material, the double sided adhesive tape having first and second faces including adhesive material, the first face being secured to the interior face of the saddle material;
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- after said applying, forming the saddle material into an arcuate shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.