Patent Application
20240368768
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The disclosure relates to methods for preventing corrosion and more particularly pertains to a new method for preventing corrosion for enclosing an exterior surface of a galvanized fence post with insulation to reduce deterioration due to oxidation.
The prior art relates to methods for preventing corrosion teaches a variety of methods including coating the iron alloy material with an anti-corrosive solution to prevent deterioration due to oxidation. Known prior art does not teach insulating a coated iron alloy fence post with a sleeve and attaching a stand member thereto that anchors the fence post within a ground surface.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a method including the steps of coating a fence post with an anti-corrosion solution configured to prevent corrosion to the fence post due to oxidation. The fence post extends into an insulation sleeve such that the exterior surface of the fence post is completely enclosed within the insulation sleeve. A standing member fastens to the fence post and is positioned adjacent to a bottom end of the fence post. The bottom end and the standing member insert into a ground surface to frictionally anchor the fence post in ground surface.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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An anti-corrosion solution 22 may be applied to the fence post 12 and is configured to prevent corrosion to the fence post 12 due to oxidation. The anti-corrosion solution 22 typically comprises molten zinc, wherein the anti-corrosion solution 22 is configured to react with the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12 to form a galvanized coat 24. The galvanized coat 24 is a zinc-iron alloy that covers the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12. The fence post 12 is submerged into the anti-corrosion solution 22 and reacts with the anti-corrosion solution 22 over a time span typically from 4 minutes to 5 minutes. The galvanized coat 24 formed on the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12 typically includes an inner layer 26 positioned adjacent to the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12, an outer layer 28, and a center layer 30 positioned between the inner 26 and outer 28 layers. The inner layer 26 typically contains between 8% to 12% iron. The center layer 30 typically contains between 4% to 8% iron. The outer layer 28 typically contains 100% zinc. In one alternative, the anti-corrosion solution 22 may comprise a rust inhibitor paint that is typically applied on using a paint brush. In another embodiment, the anti-corrosion solution 22 may comprise tar, urethane, plastic blends, or any other anti-corrosive material.
An insulation sleeve 32 encloses the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12. The insulation sleeve 32 comprises a heat shrink material, comprising a plastic material colloquially referred to as “shrink wrap.” The insulation sleeve 32 is heated to shrink and abut continuously against the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12 such that the fence post 12 is sealed within the insulation sleeve 32. The insulation sleeve 32 may be heated by a heat emitter 34 such as a heated air blower. The insulation sleeve 32 facilitates preventing deterioration to the fence post 12 having the galvanized coat 24 thereon. In another embodiment, the insulation sleeve 32 may enclose the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12 not having the galvanized coat 24 thereon. The insulation sleeve 32 may have a thickness typically between 0.5 mm and 3.0 mm after it has been heated forms a seal on the fence post 12.
A standing member 36 fastens to the fence post 12 and is positioned adjacent to a bottom end 38 of the fence post 12. The standing member 36 comprises a winged collar nut having female treads that threadedly engages with the male threads of the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12. The bottom end 38 and the standing member 36 insert into a ground surface 40 to frictionally anchor the fence post 12 in ground surface 40. In another embodiment, the stand member is removed from the fence post 12 such that the bottom end 38 is inserted into the ground surface 40 to frictionally anchor the fence post 12 in the ground surface 40.
In use, the fence post 12 is coated with the anti-corrosion solution 22 configured to prevent corrosion to the fence post 12 due to oxidation. The fence post 12 extends into the insulation sleeve 32 such that the exterior surface 14 of the fence post 12 is completely enclosed within the insulation sleeve 32. The standing member 36 fastens to the fence post 12 and is positioned adjacent to the bottom end 38 of the fence post 12. The bottom end 38 and the standing member 36 insert into the ground surface 40 to frictionally anchor the fence post 12 in ground surface 40. The fence post 12 attaches by lateral rails 16 to at least one other post 18 to form the fence line 20.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
