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Conduit garter spacer
Assignee: UNDERGROUND PRODUCTS Inc
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Filing: 1974-05-28
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Granted: 1975-10-07
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Expires: 1994-05-28
Abstract
Abstract A conduit garter spacer for disposing around the periphery of conduits, pipes, or ducts, at appropriate intervals along the length of each conduit, and providing separation between the individual conduits when nestled in a bundle for burying underground or encasing in a bed of concrete or cement. The spacer of the invention is in the form of a web of preferably resilient material, such as plastic, molded with a plurality of regularly disposed folds such as to form a generally annular spacer when disposed about the periphery of the conduit. Means are provided on an end of the web for connecting the two ends together and for permitting a garter spacer of a given length to be used with conduits of diverse diameters within a given range.
Inventors
- 👤 George M Sinko
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 16:35
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D61/00; F; F16; F16L; F16L1/00; F16L1/024; F16L1/06; B65D85/00; B65D85/20; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/14; Y10T24/1498
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A conduit garter spacer comprising a web of material formed with a plurality of zigzag folds defining a pair of substantially parallel imaginary surfaces, each of said surfaces being defined by the loci of the vertices of said folds, wherein said zigzag folds are substantially at right angles, and successive folds form in side elevation a sinuous design of consecutive merlonlike projections and crenel-like indentations of substantially constant period, and means at an end of said web for resiliently gripping the edges of the other end of said web, with at least one merlon-like portion at said other end projecting within a crenel-like portion at said first end.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
A conduit garter spacer comprising a web of material formed with a plurality of zigzag folds defining a pair of substantially parallel imaginary surfaces, each of said surfaces being defined by the loci of the vertices of said folds, wherein said zigzag folds are substantially at right angles, and successive folds form in side elevation a sinuous design of consecutive merlonlike projections and crenel-like indentations of substantially constant period, and means at an end of said web for resiliently gripping the edges of the other end of said web, with at least one merlon-like portion at said other end projecting within a crenel-like portion at said first end.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The conduit garter spacer of claim 1 further comprising means disposed at at least an end of said web for attachment to the other end of said web, with said web disposed about the periphery of a conduit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The conduit garter spacer of claim 1 wherein said material is a plastic material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
The conduit garter spacer of claim 1 wherein said means comprises at least a pair of symmetrically disposed brackets projecting from opposite edges of said web toward the open end of a crenel-like indentation, each of said brackets having an integral inwardly projecting lip for resiliently grabbing the edges of said web at a merlon-like projection when disposed within said crenel-like indentation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
210 words
A conduit garter spacer for wrapping about the periphery of a conduit, said spacer comprising a continuous web of substantially thin and flexible material bent in a series of regular substantially right angle folds forming consecutive indentations and projections, a first group of alternate integral segments of said web normally engaging the peripheral surface of said conduit, a second group of alternate integral segments of said web being normally disposed substantially parallel to said peripheral surface of said conduit, a third group of segments of said web being normally radially disposed and integrally connecting the end of a segment in said first group to the end of a segment in said second group, and means integral with said web proximate an end thereof for attaching said end with the other end of said web when said garter spacer is wrapped about the periphery of said conduit, said means comprising a pair of symmetrically disposed integral brackets projecting from opposite edges of said web at right angle to said web, each of said brackets having a lip portion disposed for engaging the edges of said web proximate the other end thereof with at least a projection at said other end engaged into an indentation at said end provided with said brackets.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
210 words
A conduit garter spacer for wrapping about the periphery of a conduit, said spacer comprising a continuous web of substantially thin and flexible material bent in a series of regular substantially right angle folds forming consecutive indentations and projections, a first group of alternate integral segments of said web normally engaging the peripheral surface of said conduit, a second group of alternate integral segments of said web being normally disposed substantially parallel to said peripheral surface of said conduit, a third group of segments of said web being normally radially disposed and integrally connecting the end of a segment in said first group to the end of a segment in said second group, and means integral with said web proximate an end thereof for attaching said end with the other end of said web when said garter spacer is wrapped about the periphery of said conduit, said means comprising a pair of symmetrically disposed integral brackets projecting from opposite edges of said web at right angle to said web, each of said brackets having a lip portion disposed for engaging the edges of said web proximate the other end thereof with at least a projection at said other end engaged into an indentation at said end provided with said brackets.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The conduit garter spacer of claim 5 wherein said first end of said web has a plurality of said projections having a reduced width for meshing into said indentation at the other end of said web, consecutive ones of said projections of reduced width defining therebetween consecutive indentations of correspondingly increased width, a plurality of which are provided with said brackets.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-10-06 | 1979-04-07 | 1979-10-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-10-06 | 1983-04-07 | 1983-10-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-10-06 | 1987-04-07 | 1987-10-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |