PIPE OR CABLE

A carrying structure for supporting, for example, cable ducts, comprises vertical bearers from which project disengagable, horizontal bearer arms. Each bearer arm has at least two hooks adjacent one end thereof, which hooks, when inserted into corresponding holes of a vertical row of holes formed in...     

A construction having holder means for supporting and guiding at least one flexible energy-transferring line. The chain construction being attached at one end thereof to a connecting point and at its other end to an energy-consuming or energy-producing apparatus capable of moving in the longitudinal...     

A cable rack for supporting multi-cable runs constructed to obtain desired length and width using unitary rack assemblies. The unitary rack assemblies have left and right tubular side stringers and a plurality of tubular cross straps all having accessible open ends. Unitary rack assemblies may be attached...     

A cable raceway for electric or communication lines, or the like, is described. The raceway is defined by sidewalls, which are freely projecting walls or pins, and a base member. A guiding member is provided for at least a portion of the raceways in a system of them. The guiding members extend over the...     

An underground conduit holder including a pair of identical conduit holding frames held together in spaced relationship by a pair of identical clamping structures. The clamping structures include latch portions which flex to facilitate easy attachment and detachment to holding frames without the requirement...     

An insulating and load bearing support for a tubular member such as a pipe includes a load bearing metal member with substantially a flat bottom and sides extending substantially the length of the bottom and perpendicular to the flat bottom for resting on a support member and bonded thereto throughout...     

A pipe installation comprises a metal pipe supported at axially interspaced positions with the pipe between these positions having an inherent resonance so that upon receiving a vibratory force, the pipe oscillates between its supported positions at a low frequency and a consequent great amplitude which...     

Lattice, especially for supporting sideways a bunch of nuclear fuel rods, constructed according to the egg-crate principle, in which fixing lips of alternating different lengths are stamped and bend out of the bands and cross-bands from which the lattice is composed, and are spotwelded to these bands.

A power feed chain has two chain bands and a plurality of connecting struts. The strut construction resists twisting, so as to hold the two chain bands parallel to one another and in longitudinal alignment. It is in the form of a lightweight but rigid grid, comprising two cross-ties consisting of strips...     

A furnace has its interior walls covered with tubes which carry fluids being heated has supports for the tubes extended from the furnace shell. The supports are attached to the inside of the shell and extend beyond the refractory lining the shell. A strap member on each support extends from, and is movable...     

An all-metallic thermal insulation assembly is constructed from a series of layers each having a plurality of spaced corrugated sheets. Each of the sheets is formed from material having a thickness t and the sheets are so profiled as to provide a moment of inertia of up to 100 t.sup.3 per unit length...     

A tool for positioning and holding pipe to be laid in a ditch at a desired level while the ditch is filled partially with rock, gravel, etc. The tool comprises a rod located in a tubular member and having a pointed end extending out of the tubular member. The tubular member and rod are movable axially...     

A cable tray comprising a cover plate, side plates arranged opposite to each other, the one of said side plates being provided with openings at its lower side, supporting frames of which both ends are inserted into the openings and means for fixing every several supporting frames to the side plates....     

A mobile home telephone stake used with an underground telephone cable for receiving the end thereof and attaching the cable to a junction box mounted on a mounting plate secured to the stake. The mounting plate is designed to receive a number of different telephone cable junction boxes without the need...     

Impact energy absorbing pipe restraints are provided which include a laminated strap for surrounding at least a portion of the circumference of a high energy pipe to restrain the movement of the high energy pipe in at least one direction during rupture. The laminated strap is formed of a ductile material,...     

An omnidirectional sewer hose support comprised of a multiplicity of interconnected arches of planar form adapted to be deflected from an adjacently related stored condition and into an angular relationship and upstanding condition extended in a zig-zag formation to transversely underlie the hose for...     

A device for supporting in selected alignment pipelike elements, such as sectional sewer pipes and drain tiles, in an excavation during the positioning of the pipe therein and prior to the filling in of the excavation with particle material. The device consists of an upright two-legged frame and movable...     

A support which can be assembled and disassembled at room temperature and events translational and rotational motion at temperatures below room temperature. A truncated cone is located between an outer support housing and an inner housing which is to be supported. The narrow end of the cone is sized...     

Impact energy absorbing pipe restraints are provided which include a laminated strap for surrounding at least a portion of the circumference of a high energy pipe to restrain the movement of the high energy pipe in at least one direction during rupture. The laminated strap is formed of a ductile material,...     

Impact energy absorbing pipe restraints are provided which include a laminated strap for surrounding at least a portion of the circumference of a high energy pipe to restrain the movement of the high energy pipe in at least one direction during rupture. The laminated strap is formed of a ductile material,...     

A sewage hose support system for recreational vehicles of a type using an elongated sewage hose leading to a sewer pipe. The system having an elongated support assembly module, having upwardly facing hose-engaging surfaces for engaging the right and left undersides of a hose, the module having at least...     

An energy conducting chain for guiding of transmission lines between a moveable consumer and a stationary terminal with divisible stays comprising at least two belts with flattened cross-section and rounded narrow sides as well as separation stays arranged between the belts. The upper and lower ends...     

A vertical pipe holding tool comprising a flat base member and a forked member. The base is slotted such that it can be fit around a vertically disposed length of pipe, and includes projecting members having a vertical side adjacent the slot. Two of the projecting members are relatively disposed at a...     

An external waste pipe support for supporting an elongated flexible pipe which is adapted to extend from a fixed pipe carried on a trailer home such as a travel or portable trailer to a dumping receptacle. The support includes a bracket which extends downwardly from a rigid pipe carried by the trailer...     

A baffle comprises an outer ring suitable for surrounding a plurality of parallel tubes formed into a tube bundle, said tube bundle having at least a first plurality of parallel tube rows, a second plurality of parallel tube rows, and spaces between the adjacent tube rows, said outer ring positioned...     

A holder supporting a gas laser holder has two pair of leaf springs, each pair being situated in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the gas discharge laser and on either side of said laser, thereby isolating the laser device from bending moments as a result of temperature gradients in...     

A waterslide amusement device includes an inclined slide course fabricated from a plurality of straight and curved flume modules connected together in an end to end relationship. The modules, which are preferably molded as a unitary structure from a fiberglass reinforced resin, have a flange formed at...     

A retaining structure for gutter downspouts, particularly a laterally extending downspout, comprising an elongated ground-engaging supporting member which carries at its upper end a laterally extending downspout-receiving member having means for restricting lateral movement of a downspout and a retaining...     

A plurality of hose cradles support a sloping, flexible sewer hose. Each hose cradle includes a trough to each end of which a pair of legs is swingably connected in a manner such that the legs may be swung from vertical positions to outwardly swung horizontal positions or to inwardly-swung, nesting positions.

A latching device for snap engagement with the apertured head of a post wire guide of the type used in communication terminal block installation. The latching device is capable of rotary swinging movement relative to its supporting posts so that a cantilever portion can be moved into overlying relation...     

A modular conduit spacer rack comprising a plurality of units which may be interconnected to form a rack for supporting a plurality of conduits in parallel, spaced-apart relationship. Each of the units comprises four generally coplanar arms emanating from a central hub in mutually orthogonal directions,...     

A chain for protecting electric and/or hydraulic supply cables to a mining machine repeatedly traversing to and fro. The links each comprising two elements which when connected define a passageway for the supply cables and which can be at least partially disconnected to permit access to the passageway,...     

A flexible and adjustable bracing strut for bracing and supporting flexible conduit systems and permitting a strut to be removed from a multi-strut system without disturbing the entire system. The strut structure includes a flange support mounted upon the conduit to be supported, or an anchor, to which...     

This invention relates to structural devices which include intumescent material for the purpose of inhibiting the flow of heated air, smoke, and other products of extraordinary heat conditions, as in the case of a fire, from flowing therethrough. In one embodiment, useful as a tray for supporting insulated...     

Disclosed herein is a flexible support structure suitably fashioned to accommodate external sewer lines and water lines that are commonly used in mobile homes, campers and trailers and the like. A series of inter-connected troughs are provided with means for fastening the lengths together and are additionally...     

A modular component of a rack for storing articles comprises: (a) a longitudinally elongated body having opposite sides, a longitudinally elongated boundary, longitudinally spaced segmented boundaries laterally spaced from the longitudinally elongated boundary, and longitudinally spaced laterally extending...     

A foam extrusion apparatus and method employs an extruder on an upper level extruding foamable extrudate into the upper end of a large elongated barometric leg which extends at a relatively shallow angle into a pool of water at a lower level. A conveyor in the barometric leg extends through a large radius...     

A support for a flexible sewer hose attached to an RV. The support has at least two elongate, semi-circular sections which are relatively slidable to adjust the length of the support. Fastening means lock the sections once adjusted. The support is secured to the hose by flexible ties or securement means...     

An apparatus and a method for composting organic material, wherein a plurality of frame members are spaced from each other, and a plurality of support members are connected to each frame members. Hollow, perforated conduits are connected to and extend between corresponding support members of adjacent...     

A vein holder assembly for use in the preparation of a vein segment during surgery comprises a base and a first vein support connected to the base and adapted to close off one end of the vein segment. A second vein support is connected to the base spaced from the first vein support. This second vein...     

A firehose coupling device is provided for fixedly positioning and holding in place a set of opposed lugs on one coupling member of a firehose connection to permit quick and if desired one man coupling or uncoupling of the connection. The device includes a channel member, preferably with diverging leg...     

Pipeline restraining device including a loop-shaped holding member surrounding a pipe of the pipeline and being of such dimensions as to be plastically deformed under the action of the force with which the pipe is held, which includes a further holding member disposed substantially parallel to the direction...     

A system for supporting a plurality of conduits above another in parallel, spaced-apart relationship including a base unit for supporting the bottom conduit, the base unit comprising a base and a U-shaped member having an open end for receiving the bottom conduit and supporting same, and an intermediate...     

A cable and hose guide has a series of alternately staggered intrusions extending into the opening of an extended channel so that a cable or hose must be deflected alternately around the intrusions as it is laterally fed into or out of the channel, thereby preventing the hose from buckling and falling...     

A mechanical motion-snubbing device, which is set between a supported member, such as a pipe, and a supporting member, such as a structure, and comprises a pair of telescoped members, axial movement of one of the telescoped members being transmitted to a shaft as a force for its rotation; a first inertia...     

A rolling conductor support for supporting, guiding, and protecting electrical, hydraulic, coolant and the like conductors extending between parts of machines which move relative to one another on guides or tracks. The conductor support comprises a plurality of chains connected in parallel, laterally...     

A lightweight cable support ladder comprising siderail members, preferably made from a lightweight material, and rungs, also preferably made from a lightweight material. The rungs are friction fitted into continuous slots in the siderail members and may be welded for added rigidity. The basic ladder...     

An electrical penetrator assembly for conveying electrical wires through a wall which separates a hostile environment from an adjacent environment suitable for access by human operators. The assembly comprises a unique modular construction formed by a plurality of lead disks each having at least one...     

A power cord storage device for electrically powered apparatus, such as a vacuum cleaner having a control handle, includes a first pin, an arm rotatably supported on the handle and including a hub portion defining an L-shaped slot within which the pin extends, another arm secured to another leg of the...     

A device for stabilizing, with reference to the surrounding terrain, a cable splice enclosure having a cable splice therein, comprising a stabilizer rail positionable in a supporting position adjacent the splice enclosure, strap means for holding the splice enclosure in position against the stabilizer...     

A tube support embodying a plurality of supporting members, each having grooved opposite side members with a crossbar extending therebetween, the supporting members being disposed in inter-locked relation to each other, with the crossbars being vertically spaced from each other to support tubular members...     

A loading arm assembly of the type which includes a generally vertical tubular loading riser having a tubular swivel joint on the upper end portion thereof to which is connected one end of a tubular loading arm, the tubular loading arm being adapted to revolve about a generally horizontal axis and to...     

An object restraint system is provided with a collar for gripping the object and a plurality of struts attached to the collar and to anchor means by universal-type joints, the struts being arranged in tangential relation about the collar.

An underwater pipe anchoring device is adapted to be connected to an anchor for anchoring the pipe to underwater strata. A first support section is shaped to engage a first portion of the outer surface of the pipe and a second support section is shaped to engage a second portion of the outer surface...     

A cable carrier providing substantially complete enclosure of a cable or the like is made up of pivoted, partially-overlapping, hollow rectangular links provided with stop means limiting the degree of flexing permitted in either angular sense. Sheet-like joint closures extend between adjacent links and...     

Waste pipe support apparatus comprises two nested, trough type, semi-cylindrical tubular members which are telescopically slideable relative to each other for providing the apparatus with required extensibility and contractibility. A bail-type support leg structure elevates one end of the apparatus relative...     

A flexible sewer hose is supported in a trough made of rigid sections. Pairs of supporting members are tied together by resilient means to provide an upper diverging clamping portion and a lower pair of diverging legs. The upper clamping portion securely fastens the legs to the trough and when the clamping...     

A device for holding nested bell and plain end push on joint pipes in a fixed position utilizing a novel frame work of simple members fastened firmly together. The inner pipe may be held concentrically or eccentrically with respect to the outer pipe. Padding may be added to protect inside coatings, and...     

For a cable bearing system, preferably I-shaped, bearers arranged vertically at intervals, one behind the other and several brackets fixed horizontally at the sides to the bearers are used, whereby the bearers have, at one or both ends, holding plates which can be fixed in position, to obtain an earthquake-proof...     

The present invention relates to a device which is able to hold a straight pipe element on a rigid structure. The holding device according to the invention makes it possible to attach a pipe 1 to at least one anchoring point 3 which is fastened to a rigid structure 2 and it is characterized by the fact...     

The present invention discloses a cable support which can assure smooth operation of an industrial robot. The cable support is substantially characterized by having a movable support on one end of an operating arm and an auxiliary support on the wrist-side end of the arm respectively, wherein the movable...     

A one-piece clamp includes a unitary body having a bottom panel, end panels and top panels movably connected to the end panels and to each other. A pair of top cross-panels are end mounted on the top panels and are brought into co-planar, end-to-end orientation when the top panels are moved into end...     

An electromechanical pipe snubbing system and an electromechanical pipe snubber. In the system, each pipe snubber, in a set of pipe snubbers, has an electromechanical mechanism to lock and unlock the snubber. A sensor, such as a seismometer, measures a quantity related to making a snubber locking or...     

A pipe-supporting device adapted to receive and support an exposed pipe on a building roof has a base with a substantially flat bottom for resting on a roof and an upwardly tapered structure secured on and rising from the base to provide an upwardly divergent, substantially V recess having divergent...     

A tray is mounted along a telescoping structure, typically suspended beneath a segment of the telescoping structure. The tray provides a space for a flexible conduit to be gathered into and payed out from as the structure changes in length. A conduit connector couples segments of the conduit and defines...     

The present invention discloses a cable support which can assure smooth operation of an industrial robot. The cable support is substantially characterized by having a movable support on one end of an operating arm and an auxiliary support on the wrist-side end of the arm respectively, wherein the movable...     

A fixed base is formed at its upper surface with a recess portion, and a bottom surface of said recess portion is normally formed into a plane. A movable plate is disposed in the recess portion of said fixed base with a moving region left therein. Spacers are projectingly embedded in the lower surface...     

An apparatus for supporting a pipe or similar article includes a bottom skid member which has a relatively flat central bottom surface surrounded by an upwardly extending arcuate surface to form a saucer-like configuration. Positioned on the top of the skid member and above the flat section is an extending...     

An energy conductor chain for guiding energy conduits (6), particularly cables or hoses, from a fixed attachment point to a movable consuming load, comprises a plurality of chain links (A to E) formed by two outer plates (2, 3) which are connected with each other by a divisible bar, the mutual angle...     

A tube support grid for supporting a plurality of closely packed tubes utilizing punched bars with a plurality of resilient and stiff fingers punched into the bar and so disposed that when the bars are assembled into an egg-shaped grid, the tubes are supported on opposite sides by a resilient and a stiff...     

A flexible support and carrier assembly for supporting an associated accessory is shown as having a plurality of sequentially arranged body-like segments, the segments are arranged with respect to each other for articulated motion as between adjacent segments, the plurality of sequentially arranged body-like...     

A rolling conductor support includes modular conductor carriers each having a U-shaped body and a removable retaining means. The conductor carriers are pivotably joined together by caps which delimit the range of rotation between successive conductor carriers. The removable retaining means may be easily...     

A system for anchoring the conduit spacers of a utility duct bank in a fixed position within a trench during encasement or burial of the duct bank. The conduit spacers comprise components having mating bosses by means of which they can be horizontally and vertically interlocked. A holder interfits with...     

An electric wire bundle clamp having a mounting base, an elastic curved member provided on the mounting base so as to be integral at one end thereof with the mounting base and open at the other end, and a retaining portion formed on the mounting base for retaining the open end of the elastic curved member,...     

The support system for electrical cables includes a plurality of orthogonally disposed support rails and standardized clamping joints for adjustably clamping the rails together. Cable supporting beams may be disposed in spaced, parallel relation to selected rails and standardized clamping joints are...     

A wall-mounted plastic clip for holding a horizontal rod on the back edge of a ventilated closet shelf has a vertical segment for engagement with the support wall, a hook segment curving forward and upward from the vertical segment and defining with it an upwardly-facing recess for snugly receiving the...     

For running communication cables to dwellings and other buildings to enable the distribution of information (e.g. in a cable television system) to or collection of information from those buildings, use is made of the pre-existing underground pipes which serve to drain sewage and/or surface and storm...     

A self supporting cable carrier in the form of a flexible tube for fully enclosing the cable to protect it from damage as well as to support it. The flexible tube comprises a plurality of segments or links coupled to each other successively and pivotable relative to each other a limited amount. The segments...     

A support or fixing device for pipework having walls which are thin relative to its diameter and subjected to large temperature variations and to radial forces. The device comprises: (a) support cradles (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) having an internal profile whose radius of curvature is close to that of the pipework;...     

Apparatus is disclosed herein for supporting a length of flexible, convoluted hose from an outlet on a motor vehicle or the like to a disposal inlet. The apparatus includes a pair of rails arranged in sliding relationship by a hook arrangment taking the form of a hooked cut-out folded over upon itself...     

An extensible loading bridge for aircraft having an inboard end connected to a terminal and an outboard end adapted for connection to a parked aircraft. A heat exchanger on the outboard end supplies warm or cold air to the aircraft. Hot or cold liquid is supplied to the outboard heat exchanger from a...     

A foldable trestle for supporting a flexible drain conduit is formed of four or more stretcher sections connected end-to-end by hinge sections. The stretcher sections each comprise a pair of angle members with upright flanges spaced apart at each end by a crosswise hinge member. The hinge member connecting...     

A support for a flexible hose which is characterized by its ability to provide a gradually sloping trough into which a flexible hose is laid and which can be set up and removed with a minimal amount of effort and in a minimal amount of time. The support includes a plurality of generally vertically extending...     

A load bearing support platform, in particular a platform for use in industrial installations, for the support of electric cables, comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending support bearing elements, preferably formed of reinforced plastics material. A succession of transverse cross-pieces are...     

A substantially horizontal pipe is supported within a U-shaped trough made of sheet metal. The trough has spaced sides interconnected by a curved bottom that define a width and a depth. A plurality of supports have curved surfaces for accommodating and supporting the curved bottom of the trough. The...     

A guide chain for carrying transmission lines, feed lines, and other energy lines, especially cables and hoses, from a fixed connection to a movable consuming device. The guide chain includes a plurality of chain links that include a U-shaped receiving member, the legs of which form outer side pieces,...     

A guide chain for carrying lines that supply all types of expendable material from a fixed connection to a movable consuming device. In order to provide the guide chain with a periphery that is as completely closed as possible and has as smooth a surface as possible, and in order to be able to assemble...     

A GRP ladder rack of which the longitudinal rails have a cross-sectional shape which is S-formed, the cross rungs of the ladder being glued and dowelled in the lower channel fo the S-form. A short length of rail can be used to splice ladders to each other end to end using pop rivets and epoxy glue.

In an energy supply chain for receiving cables, hoses and the like, the chain links are made box-shaped and are provided alternately with studs and circular orifices on their side walls, and consist entirely of plastic material, without the use of additional connecting elements. Each chain link consists...     

An anchor device for securing a circular pipe to the ground includes a body of flat sheet stock material, opposite ends and a bottom edge. A ground engaging rod or spike is connected to one end of the body for securing it and a pipe retained thereby to the ground. The bottom edge of the body is concave...     

A support device and structure for supporting horizontal tubes of a conventional or fluidized bed steam generator comprising a vertical tube for carrying plural pairs of support brackets. Each support bracket has a central sleeve with a pair of opposite extending tube hooks that taper in width from the...     

A cable/hose handling chain having a plurality of hingedly connected chain links, each chain link including a transmission link assembly hingedly connected to adjacent transmission link assemblies to form said chain. Each chain link includes a cable/hose attachment for attaching cables/hoses thereto,...     

A trolley for positioning a concrete delivery conduit in a work area utilizes a carriage member movable along a support beam to carry a pipe engaging cradle. The carriage and cradle permit the conduit to be moved laterally and axially without substantial exertion. The support beam is mounted on adjustable...     

A protective support for a faucet connected to an underground pipe as well as for protection of a yard sprinkler. At least two arms are secured to a central holder for supporting a faucet or a sprinkler. The arms are provided with angularly disposed legs to which are secured feet at their bottom end....     

Identical metal trough sections adapted for twist-lock attachment end to end. The twist-lock arrangement is built into the trough sections. No separate fasteners are required. The attached trough sections produce a half-round elongated member. The elongated member is useful for supporting and protecting...     

A duct assembly for enclosing conduits therein comprising a base and a pair of opposing side walls extending substantially perpendicular thereto, and a cover having an intermediate portion with a pair of generally parallel end portions extending substantially perpendicular thereto. The side walls of...     

A device to aid in the laying of pipes in a ditch in a position above the bottom thereof while gravel is partially put into the ditch. Then with gravel in the ditch supporting the pipe, the device is conveniently removed.

An industrial robot having an expansion axis, a turning axis and a vertical axis, wherein the one end of flexible supporting plate supporting an internal wiring and piping system of the robot is fixed to the expansion axis which is capable of making free linear motion for a base plate arranged to the...     

A section of a cable tray is adapted for being mounted on a vertical surface, like a wall, a line of columns or a soffit. The cable tray section includes an upper wall mounting section having an external wall part for being mounted to the wall, a lower external wall section which is indented from the...     

A pipe anchoring structure adapted to firmly and securely support a pipe relative to undisturbed earth. The device includes a stake body portion adapted to be driven into the ground. The stake body portion carries a pair of adjustable clamping members adapted to engage opposed surfaces of a pipe. Each...