Pipe assembly module with internal electrical circuitry

Claim 1

A system of interengageable pipe modules, adapted for use with one another and with a functional unit, comprising: at least two lengths of pipe of electrically insulating material and having an internal circular cross-section, each forming an outer module; at least two electrically conductive strips on the inner surface of each of the at least two pipes and a functional electrically operative unit making contact therewith, running the entire lengths thereof; a precisely threaded coupling formed on at least one end of each of the at least two pipes and a functional electrically operative unit, one of the at least two pipes and a functional electrically operative unit having a male coupling and the other having a female coupling, each of the couplings having a single starting point and being an engagement with another outer module and each of the at least two conductive strips in each of the at least two modules and a functional electrically operative unit spatial relationship to one another and to the single starting point, the at least two conductive strips of coupled outer modules and a functional operative unit being automatically aligned respectively with one another and in surface contact across the interengaged threaded couplings; each of the at least two conductive strips being sufficiently thick and forming an inner contact surface on female couplings and an outer contact surface on male couplings, and a contact surface on said functional electrically operative unit; at least one inner module adapted to fit and slide snugly within any number of interengaged outer modules, the at least one inner module having interengaged outer modules therearound, the at least two conductive strips, respective contacts of the at least one inner module being in electrical contact with the at least two conductive strips irrespective of the specific and relative positions of the inner module within any number of interengaged outer modules, and wherein the at least one inner module comprises electrical battery means and has axial fluid flow passages therethrough, another one of the inner modules comprises an electrically operative functional unit which is an electrically driven fan means, each of the electrically conductive strips forming a power bus between the electrical battery means and the electrically driven fan means, and yet another of the inner modules comprises air filtering means, whereby air may be driven through an assembly of interengaged outer modules, and filtered during through an assembly of interengaged outer modules, and filtered during passage therethrough, irrespective of the relative positions of the inner modules.

Claim 2

A system of interengageable pipe modules, adapted for use with one another and with a functional unit, comprising: at least two lengths of pipe of electrically insulating material and having an internal circular cross-section, each forming an outer module; at least two electrically conductive strips on the inner surface of each of the at least two pipes and a functional electrically operative unit making contact therewith, running the entire lengths thereof; a precisely threaded coupling formed on at least one end of each of the at least two pipes and a functional electrically operative unit, one of the at least two pipes and a functional electrically operative unit having a male coupling and the other having a female coupling, each of the couplings having a single starting point and being an engagement with another outer module and each of the at least two conductive strips in each of the at least two modules and a functional electrically operative unit spatial relationship to one another and to the single starting point, the at least two conductive strips of coupled outer modules and a functional operative unit being automatically aligned respectively with one another and in surface contact across the interengaged threaded couplings; each of the at least two conductive strips being sufficiently thick and forming an inner contact surface on female couplings and an outer contact surface on male couplings, and a contact surface on said functional electrically operative unit; at least one inner module adapted to fit and slide snugly within any number of interengaged outer modules, the at least one inner module having interengaged outer modules therearound, the at least two conductive strips, respective contacts of the at least one inner module being in electrical contact with the at least two conductive strips irrespective of the specific and relative positions of the inner module within any number of interengaged outer modules, and wherein the at least one inner module comprises electrical battery means and has axial fluid flow passages therethrough, another one of the inner modules comprises an electrically operative functional unit which is an electrically driven fan means, each of the electrically conductive strips forming a power bus between the electrical battery means and the electrically driven fan means, and yet another of the inner modules comprises air filtering means, whereby air may be driven through an assembly of interengaged outer modules, and filtered during through an assembly of interengaged outer modules, and filtered during passage therethrough, irrespective of the relative positions of the inner modules.