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Conduit hole cover

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-05-01
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Granted: 1991-10-08
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Expires: 2010-05-01
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Abstract

Abstract A covering device for detachably shielding an access hole which is provided on the top portion of a conduit box, includes a fixing member having a peripheral wall defining a top opening and a bottom opening and a base protruding inwardly therefrom; a plurality of bolts being fixed on the base of the fixing member; a plurality of supporting members respectively surrounding the bolts and piled up along the same bolts; a suspension member having a peripheral wall defining an upper opening and a lower opening and a bottom plate protruding inwardly therefrom and being supported by the supporting members. The supporting members are being detachable and replaceable so that the wall of suspension member can be raised or lowered thus enabling the cover of conduit hole to be adjusted to a level with a changing road surface.

Inventors

  • 👤 Cheng-Chih Huang

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 06:07
CPC Classifications
E; E02; E02D; E02D29/00; E02D29/12; E02D29/14; E02D29/1409

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 210 words
A covering device for detachably shielding an access hole which is provided on the top portion of a conduit box, comprising: a fixing member having a peripheral wall with a top opening and a bottom opening, and a bottom seat protruding inwardly from said peripheral wall and surrounding said bottom opening, said bottom seat being adapted properly to fix on the top portion of said conduit box, aligning said bottom opening of said fixing member with the access hole of said conduit box; a plurality of bolts upwardly fixed on and allocated around said bottom seat; a plurality of supporting members respectively surrounding said plurality of bolts and piled up along each of said bolts, each of said supporting members being in shape of open annulus; a suspension member having a peripheral wall with an upper opening and lower opening, and a bottom plate protruding inwardly from said peripheral wall of said suspension member and surrounding said lower opening, said bottom plate having a plurality of holes formed therealong and passed through by said bolts, whereby said suspension member is supported by said piled up supporting members and mounted within the fixing member; and a covering plate disposed on said suspension member, shielding said upper opening of said suspension member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 210 words
A covering device for detachably shielding an access hole which is provided on the top portion of a conduit box, comprising: a fixing member having a peripheral wall with a top opening and a bottom opening, and a bottom seat protruding inwardly from said peripheral wall and surrounding said bottom opening, said bottom seat being adapted properly to fix on the top portion of said conduit box, aligning said bottom opening of said fixing member with the access hole of said conduit box; a plurality of bolts upwardly fixed on and allocated around said bottom seat; a plurality of supporting members respectively surrounding said plurality of bolts and piled up along each of said bolts, each of said supporting members being in shape of open annulus; a suspension member having a peripheral wall with an upper opening and lower opening, and a bottom plate protruding inwardly from said peripheral wall of said suspension member and surrounding said lower opening, said bottom plate having a plurality of holes formed therealong and passed through by said bolts, whereby said suspension member is supported by said piled up supporting members and mounted within the fixing member; and a covering plate disposed on said suspension member, shielding said upper opening of said suspension member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 36 words
The covering device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said open annulus supporting members are of a number of different thicknesses and each of said members has a concave internal surface and a convex external surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 78 words
The covering device as claimed in claim 1, wherein certain numbers of said supporting members are piled up along each of said bolts, positioned on either sides of said bottom plate of the suspension member and fastened with a nut so that each of said supporting members can be relocated from one side of said bottom plate to another by simply detaching from and clipping on one of said bolts to adjust the position of the suspension member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 243 words
A covering device for detachably shielding an access hole which is provided on the top portion of a conduit box, comprising: a fixing member having a peripheral wall with a top opening and a bottom opening, and a bottom seat protruding inwardly from said peripheral wall and surrounding said bottom opening, said bottom seat being adapted properly to fix on the top portion of said conduit box, aligning said bottom opening of said fixing member with the access hole of said conduit box; a plurality of bolts upwardly fixed on and allocated around said bottom seat; a plurality of supporting members respectively surrounding said plurality of bolts and piled up along each of said bolts, each of said supporting members being in shape of open annulus; a suspension member having a peripheral wall with an upper opening and lower opening, and a bottom plate protruding inwardly from said peripheral wall of said suspension member and surrounding said lower opening, said bottom plate having a plurality of holes formed therealong and passed through by said bolts, whereby said suspension member is suspended by said piled up supporting members and mounted within the fixing member; a covering plate disposed on said suspension member, shielding said upper opening of said suspension member; and a shielding ring being clamped on the rim of the top opening of said fixing member and surrounding said suspension member to seal a clearance between the fixing member and the suspension member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 243 words
A covering device for detachably shielding an access hole which is provided on the top portion of a conduit box, comprising: a fixing member having a peripheral wall with a top opening and a bottom opening, and a bottom seat protruding inwardly from said peripheral wall and surrounding said bottom opening, said bottom seat being adapted properly to fix on the top portion of said conduit box, aligning said bottom opening of said fixing member with the access hole of said conduit box; a plurality of bolts upwardly fixed on and allocated around said bottom seat; a plurality of supporting members respectively surrounding said plurality of bolts and piled up along each of said bolts, each of said supporting members being in shape of open annulus; a suspension member having a peripheral wall with an upper opening and lower opening, and a bottom plate protruding inwardly from said peripheral wall of said suspension member and surrounding said lower opening, said bottom plate having a plurality of holes formed therealong and passed through by said bolts, whereby said suspension member is suspended by said piled up supporting members and mounted within the fixing member; a covering plate disposed on said suspension member, shielding said upper opening of said suspension member; and a shielding ring being clamped on the rim of the top opening of said fixing member and surrounding said suspension member to seal a clearance between the fixing member and the suspension member.

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