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Insulating device for fluid conduit
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-06-20
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Granted: 1979-03-06
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Expires: 1997-06-20
Abstract
Abstract A conduit for the transport of fluid at a temperature different from the temperature of the immediately surrounding ambient atmosphere may be quickly and efficiently protected against thermal transport by an insulating device comprising an elongating sheet of flexible heat insulating material having a length terminated by a top edge and a bottom edge, having a width slightly greater than the equitorial dimension of the fluid conduit and terminated by a first side edge and a second side edge and having an interior conduit-facing side and an exterior side, and means for releasably securing the elongated sheet about the fluid conduit.
Inventors
- 👤 Hermon L. Plunkett, Sr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 10:23
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L59/00; F16L59/02; F16L59/026; F16L59/14; F16L59/16; F16L59/168; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S16/00; Y10S16/02; Y10S16/40; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/6851; Y10T137/7036; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24008; Y10T428/24017
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
271 words
An insulating device for encasing an elongated fluid conduit, having an external equatorial dimension, said device comprising a. a first elongated sheet of flexible heat-insulating material having a length terminated by a top edge and a bottom edge, having a width slightly greater than the external equitorial dimension of said conduit and terminated by a first side edge and a second side edge, and having an interior conduit-facing side and an exterior side; b. a first elongated releasable adherent strip securingly engaged to said interior conduit-facing side of said sheet adjacent said first side edge and extending therealong substantially the length of said first side edge; c. a second releasable adherent strip securingly engaged to said exterior side of said sheet adjacent said second side edge, and extending therealong substantially the length of said second side edge; d. a neck of said first sheet extending centrally from said top edge; and e. a second sheet of flexible heat-insulating material connected by said neck to said first sheet, said second sheet having an interior conduit-facing side and an exterior side and a first lateral extension and a second opposed lateral extension, each said lateral extension terminating in an outer edge, a third releasable adherent strip securingly engaged to said interior conduit-facing side of said first lateral extension immediately adjacent said outer edge thereof, and a fourth releasable adherent strip securingly engaged to said interior conduit-facing side of said second lateral extension immediately adjacent said outer edge thereof said third and fourth strips when attached providing an encasing space between said first and second extensions for a valve connected to said fluid conduit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
271 words
An insulating device for encasing an elongated fluid conduit, having an external equatorial dimension, said device comprising a. a first elongated sheet of flexible heat-insulating material having a length terminated by a top edge and a bottom edge, having a width slightly greater than the external equitorial dimension of said conduit and terminated by a first side edge and a second side edge, and having an interior conduit-facing side and an exterior side; b. a first elongated releasable adherent strip securingly engaged to said interior conduit-facing side of said sheet adjacent said first side edge and extending therealong substantially the length of said first side edge; c. a second releasable adherent strip securingly engaged to said exterior side of said sheet adjacent said second side edge, and extending therealong substantially the length of said second side edge; d. a neck of said first sheet extending centrally from said top edge; and e. a second sheet of flexible heat-insulating material connected by said neck to said first sheet, said second sheet having an interior conduit-facing side and an exterior side and a first lateral extension and a second opposed lateral extension, each said lateral extension terminating in an outer edge, a third releasable adherent strip securingly engaged to said interior conduit-facing side of said first lateral extension immediately adjacent said outer edge thereof, and a fourth releasable adherent strip securingly engaged to said interior conduit-facing side of said second lateral extension immediately adjacent said outer edge thereof said third and fourth strips when attached providing an encasing space between said first and second extensions for a valve connected to said fluid conduit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
94 words
The insulating device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first elongated releasable adherent strip comprises a first elongated base strip and a plurality of deformable hooks bonded to, randomly distributed over the length of, and extending outwardly from, said first elongated base strip and wherein said second elongated releasable adherent strip comprises a second elongated base strip and a resilient pile of looped filaments. bonded to said second elongated base strip and extending outwardly therefrom over substantially the entire length thereof, said hooks adapted to releasably engage said pipe of looped filaments.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
84 words
The insulating device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first and said second elongated releasable adherent strips each individually comprise an elongated base strip and a plurality of close-packed mushroom-shaped extensions, each said extension having an elongated stem bound at one end thereof substantially perpendicularly to said base strip and a generally hemi-spherical cap bonded at a central point thereof to the other end of said stem such that the convex side of said hemi-spherical cap extends outwardly from said base strip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
78 words
The insulating device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first and said third releasable adherent strips each comprise a first base strip and a plurality of deformable hooks bonded to, randomly distributed over the length of, and extending outwardly from, said first base strip and wherein said second and said fourth releasable adherent strip each comprise a second base strip and a resilient pile of looped filaments bonded to said second base strip and extending therefrom.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
85 words
The insulating device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first, said second, said third and said fourth releasable adherent strips each comprise a elongated base strip and a plurality of close-packed mushroom-shaped extensions, each said extension having an elongated stem bound at one end substantially perpendicularly to said base strip and a generally hemi-spherical cap bonded at a central point thereof to the other end of said stem such that the convex side of said hemi-spherical cap extends outwardly from said base strip.
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