Apparatus for isolating vibrations

Claim 1

A STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING A CONDUIT AND ISOLATING VIBRATIONS, SAID STRUCTURE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION BRACKET MEANS INCLUDING AS FIRST RIGID WALL PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING AND FORMING A FIRST UPWARDLY FACING SURFACE AND A SECOND RIGID WALL FORMING A SECOND INWARDLY FACING SURFACE; A PLURALITY OF PADS OF GLASS FIBER MATERIAL DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND INWARDLY FACING SURFACES EACH OF SAID PADS INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE COVERING TO FORM COMPOSITE PADS THAT FUNCTION AS MODIFIED AIR SPRINGS, SAID PADS OF GLASS FIBR MATERIAL HAVING A DENSITY GREATER THAN EIGHT POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT, SAID FIBERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF LOAD APPLICATION, THE DIAMETERS OF SAID FIBERS BEING LESS THAN .0005 OF AN INCH; A RIGID LOAD PLATE DISPOSED BETWEEN CERTAIN OF SAID PLURALITY OF PADS AND SPACED FROM SAID BRACKET MEANS; AND A CONDUIT SUPPORTING MEMBER EXTENDED THROUGH SAID OPENING AND CERTAIN OF SAID PADS AND INCLUDING AN INNER END ATTACHED TO SAID LOAD PLATE AND AN OUTER END FOR ATTACHMENT TO SAID CONDUIT.