Patent Application
20230258289
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The disclosure relates to coupling devices and more particularly pertains to a new coupling device for roughing in an electrical conduit in a construction project. The device includes a pipe which has an inside diameter of 1.05 inches thereby facilitating the pipe to accommodate a 0.75 inch trade size polyvinylchloride conduit. Additionally, the pipe has a length of approximately 24.0 inches thereby facilitating the pipe to be extended upwardly through a concrete floor slab.
The prior art relates to coupling devices including a variety of pipe coupling devices that each includes a pair of threaded sections for threadably attaching pipes together. The prior art discloses a first pipe with an annular recess for joining to an annular gasket on a second pipe. The prior art discloses a pipe coupler that includes a sleeve with a ridge centrally positioned in the sleeve. The prior art discloses a variety of pipe couplers which each includes structural elements specifically designed to engage a pipe for attaching the pipe coupler to the pipe.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pipe that has an inside diameter of 1.05 inches thereby facilitating the pipe to insertably receive a conduit which has an outside diameter of less than 1.05 inches. In this way the pipe facilitates an electrician to accomplish a rough-in electrical conduit in a construction project. The pipe has a length of less than 36.0 inches such that the pipe can be easily carried and installed by a construction worker.
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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The pipe 12 has a first end 18, a second end 20 and an outer wall 22 extending between the first end 18 and the second end 20. The outer wall 22 has an outside diameter of 1.3 inches such that the pipe 12 conforms to dimensions of a 0.75 inch trade size conduit 14. Additionally, the pipe 12 is elongated between the first end 18 and the second end 20 to a distance of at least 24.0 inches. In this way the pipe 12 can extend fully through a concrete floor slab 16 of the construction project. The pipe 12 may be comprised of polyvinylchloride or other similar material that is commonly employed in commercial construction projects.
In use, the electrical conduit 14 is trimmed to a pre-determined length according to construction plans for the construction project. A 90.0 degree elbow 24 is installed on the electrical conduit 14 if electrical wiring that will be subsequently routed through the electrical conduit 14 is to be extended upwardly through a concrete floor slab 16. The first end 18 of the pipe 12 is installed on the 90.0 elbow such that the pipe 12 is vertically oriented. A concrete floor slab 16 is poured over the electrical conduit 14 and around the pipe 12. Furthermore, the pipe 12 may be cut flush with a top surface 26 of the concrete floor slab 16 when the concrete floor slab 16 is cured. In this way the pipe 12 does not pose an obstacle for construction traffic on the concrete floor slab 16 thereby inhibiting the pipe 12 from being damaged during construction activities. The pipe 12 may be coupled to the electrical conduit 14 if electrical wiring that will be subsequently routed through the electrical conduit 14 is to be extended through a wall, for example.
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.
