US20030172602A1

US20030172602A1 - Floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support

Info

Publication number: US20030172602A1
Application number: US10/097,943
Authority: US
Inventors: Glennon DeFreitas
Original assignee: JSA SALES Inc
Current assignee: JSA SALES Inc
Priority date: 2002-03-15
Filing date: 2002-03-15
Publication date: 2003-09-18

Abstract

This invention provides a guiding support for conduit, pipe or wire that is buried beneath a floor and that extends up into an adjoining wall. It speeds and facilitates installation of the conduit by preventing kinking of the conduit as it is threaded through a ninety degree turn. It will keep the conduit in position while a concrete floor is being poured. It matches the manifold of floor and of wall spacing in order to be easily fixed in place. The speed of installation of plumbing, electrical, and other pipes and cords through conduit or conduit can be important in construction jobs, especially where such pieces of work may be on the critical path before other jobs can be started or completed.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to construction parts and apparatus. Specifically it relates to guides and holders, and supports of other construction parts.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR TECHNOLOGY

It is common to wire conduits in place at various junctures, including where a conduit within a floor meets and extends up into a wall. It is also common to drill holes in wall studs and in floor joists for the passing and holding of conduit, pipes and wires. Both methods are time-consuming to prepare, and waste time and possibly material if the conduit, pipe or wire gets stuck and kinks when being passed through the wire holders or stud holes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention provides a guiding support for conduit, piping or wire that is buried beneath a floor and that extends up into an adjoining wall. It speeds and facilitates installation of the conduit by preventing kinking of the conduit as it is threaded through a ninety degree turn. It will keep the conduit in position while a concrete floor is being poured. It matches the manifold of floor and of wall spacing in order to be easily fixed in place. The speed of installation of plumbing, electrical, and other pipes and cords through conduit or conduit can be important in construction jobs, especially where such pieces of work may be on the critical path before other jobs can be started or completed.

The invention provides a floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support comprising side walls joining a curved guiding wall, together forming a curved channel between a front aperture and a top slot face at substantially ninety degrees to each other. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of channels are formed between the side walls by means of dividing walls, and a wall end vertical plate and a floor end vertical plate are joined to and provide rigidity for the side walls and the dividing walls. Top flanges are formed to reinforce top slot portions of the curved guiding wall for each of the respective channels.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support of the present invention. [0005]
FIG. 2 is an end view of the device of FIG. 1. [0006]
FIG. 3 is a perspective of the device of FIG. 1 in conjunction with a single conduit guiding support embodiment. [0007]
FIG. 4 is a perspective of the single conduit guiding support in position within a floor and below a wall. [0008]
FIG. 5 is a perspective of a multi-angled embodiment of the floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support of the present invention, in position within a floor and below a wall.[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the guiding [0010] support 1 comprises a left side wall 2 having a floor entry standing portion 3 and a back wall standing portion 4. The right side wall 5 ends a series of dividing walls 6, 7, 8, and 9 which respectively form conduit guiding channels 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 in conjunction with the curved guiding wall 20. The end vertical plate 15 keeps the guiding support rigid and its dividing walls secured along their bottom portions. An end horizontal plate 16 extends from the bottom of the end plate for increased rigidity of the end plate 15. Reinforcement flanges 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 form the back of the channels 10-14 respectively. The channels 10-14 recede respectively to the floor conduit entry apertures 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 as seen in FIG. 2.
In FIG. 3, the device of FIG. 1 is viewed from the other end. The floor end [0011] horizontal plate 41 abuts the floor end vertical plate 42, through which the apertures 31-35 extend. Those apertures' faces are at substantially ninety degrees with respect to the top slot faces of channels 10-14. A conduit 51 for electrical wire 52 extends through the guiding support 1 to and through a like device having only a single conduit guiding support 61. Because it has reduced lateral stability compared to the multiple conduit guiding support 1, the single conduit guiding support 61 has screw holes 63 and 64 to facilitate affixation to a floor base. The single conduit guiding support side walls 71 and 72 likewise have screw holes 81 and 82, and 83 and 84, respectively to facilitate affixation to a stud within a wall.
Referring to FIG. 4, the single conduit guiding support [0012] 61 is embedded in a poured concrete floor 91. Conduit 51 extends through the guiding support 61. The electrical wire 52 is fitted through the conduit 51. A horizontal mounting bar 101 can be used to mount the conduit wall plate 102, and can be mounted to wall studs 103 and 104 supporting the inner wall panel 105 and the outer wall panel 106. A second single conduit guiding support is likewise embedded in the floor 91 to facilitate the running of second conduit 53 containing second electrical wire 54.
Referring to FIG. 5, the multi-angled plural guiding support [0013] 111 allows a variety of required orientations of the conduits 121, 122, 123, and 124 and their inner electrical wires. Dual conduit supports 112 and 113 likewise accommodate conduits 125 and 126, and 127 and 128 respectively. The electrical wires 133 can then be channel through wall horizontal conduits 131 and 132 and thence to main electrical vertical conduit 134.
The device can preferably be molded from high impact, tough plastic, to withstand strong pulling forces on the conduit to be mounted in the guiding support, and to preclude corrosion by the weather or from concrete. [0014]
The within—described invention may be embodied in other specific forms and with additional options and accessories without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The presently disclosed embodiment is therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalence of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. [0015]

Claims

I claim:

1. A floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support comprising side walls joining a curved guiding wall, together forming a curved channel between a front aperture and a top slot face at substantially ninety degrees to each other.

2. The floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support of claim 1, in which a plurality of channels are formed between the side walls by means of dividing walls.

3. The floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support of claim 1, in which a wall end vertical plate is joined to an provides rigidity for the side walls.

4. The floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support of claim 1, in which a floor end vertical plate is joined to and provides rigidity for the side walls.

5. The floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support of claim 1, in which a top flange is formed to reinforce a top slot portion of the curved guiding wall.

6. The floor and wall juncture conduit guiding support of claim 2, in which a wall end vertical plate and a floor end vertical plate are joined to and provide rigidity for the side walls and the dividing walls, and top flanges are formed to reinforce top slot portions of the curved guiding wall for each of the respective channels.