CA2529932A1 - Secure conduit (pathway) system for telecommunications and communications transmission equipment, environmental analysis equipment, computer equipment and the like - Google Patents
Secure conduit (pathway) system for telecommunications and communications transmission equipment, environmental analysis equipment, computer equipment and the like Download PDFInfo
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
- H02G3/02—Details
- H02G3/04—Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
- H02G3/0406—Details thereof
- H02G3/0418—Covers or lids; Their fastenings
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L3/00—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets
- F16L3/26—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting the pipes all along their length, e.g. pipe channels or ducts
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H02G1/00—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines
- H02G1/06—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
- H02G1/08—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
- H02G3/02—Details
- H02G3/04—Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
- H02G3/0437—Channels
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
- H02G3/02—Details
- H02G3/06—Joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing or channels, to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution boxes; Ensuring electrical continuity in the joint
- H02G3/0608—Joints for connecting non cylindrical conduits, e.g. channels
Abstract
A secure conduit system is described through which electrical, electronic or optical fiber cables, pneumatic tubing, hydraulic tubing or other elongated wiring, cabling or tubing can be routed. The system includes open-sided raceways through which the cable is routed, covers for closure of the raceways, at least one locking device to lock a raceway and cover and being releasable only from within the raceway, with the device release being accessible only through an open end of the conduit, and the remainder of the conduit sections being openable only after release of the locking device of the first section. The conduit system may be multibranched and is intended t o be connected at its ends to secure enclosures which allow for controlled access to the cabling and to the release mechanism. Typical uses will be for computer networks, communication systems, equipment control systems and remo te environmental gas sampling and analysis systems.
Claims (39)
1. Apparatus for secure routing of a signalling or transmission means which comprises:
a first open-sided open-ended elongated channel member through which said means is routed;
a first cover for closure of an open side of said first channel member; said first channel member and said first cover in combination forming a hollow first conduit section;
a locking device to lock said first cover to said first channel member, said locking device being releasable only from within said first channel member; and release means for releasing said locking device and accessible though an open end of said first channel member;
whereby said hollow first conduit section can be disassembled only by release of said locking device by access through an open end of said conduit section.
a first open-sided open-ended elongated channel member through which said means is routed;
a first cover for closure of an open side of said first channel member; said first channel member and said first cover in combination forming a hollow first conduit section;
a locking device to lock said first cover to said first channel member, said locking device being releasable only from within said first channel member; and release means for releasing said locking device and accessible though an open end of said first channel member;
whereby said hollow first conduit section can be disassembled only by release of said locking device by access through an open end of said conduit section.
2. Apparatus as in Claim 1 further comprising a second channel member and a second cover which upon being joined together form a second hollow conduit section which may be abutted to an end of said first conduit section to form an elongated conduit, with locking together of said first channel member and said first cover also serves to lock together said second channel member and said second cover, such that said elongated conduit can be disassembled only by release of said locking device by access through said open end of said elongated conduit.
3. Apparatus as in Claim 2 further comprising at least one end of said elongated conduit being seated in an aperture in an enclosure such that access to hollow interior of said conduit and to said release means is only through said enclosure.
4. Apparatus as in Claim 2 further wherein said elongated conduit comprises a plurality of said second conduit sections with at least one said first conduit section, with interiors of all of said first and second conduit sections being accessible only through an end of said elongated conduit.
5. Apparatus as in Claim 4 further comprising one said first conduit section with said locking device at or adjacent to each end of said elongated conduit, such that unlocking and disassembly of a first conduit section may be accomplished from any end of said conduit.
6. Apparatus as in Claim 5 further comprising each said end of said elongated conduit being seated in an aperture in an enclosure such that access to hollow interior of said conduit and to said release means is only through said enclosure.
7. Apparatus as in Claim 6 wherein each said end is seated in a different said enclosure.
8. Apparatus as in Claim 7 wherein each said enclosure is itself a secure enclosure.
9. Apparatus as in Claim 4 further comprising said plurality of said second sections being interspersed with at least one hollow routing section comprising a raceway and top cover, said routing section serving to alter the linear direction of said elongated conduit or to divide said elongated conduit into a plurality of branches.
10. Apparatus as in Claim 1 wherein said signalling or transmission means comprises electrical or electronic cabling or wiring or fluid conveyance tubing.
11. Apparatus as in Claim 10 wherein said cabling or wiring comprises wire or optical fiber cabling.
12. Apparatus as in Claim 10 wherein said fluid conveyance tubing comprises gas or liquid pneumatic or hydraulic lines.
13. Apparatus for secure routing of signalling or transmission means between a first location and a second location, which comprises:
an elongated conduit with an end at each of said first and second locations, comprising a plurality of interconnecting elongated hollow conduit sections, each conduit section comprising an interconnected raceway having an open side and cover closing said open side, said raceway and cover forming an open interior extending through said conduit and providing said routing of said signalling or transmission means through said conduit;
at least a raceway of a first one of said conduit sections having an open side and said interconnected cover covering said open side and being releasable from said raceway, said cover having a first aperture therein;
a locking device seated on an exterior of said open side of said raceway with a portion thereof projecting into said interior of said raceway and being secured thereto, and said locking device having a second aperture therein;
a latching bracket releasably mounted on said cover with a portion thereof projecting through said first aperture in said cover and said second aperture in said locking device;
latching means within said conduit for releasably engaging said latching bracket and retaining said portion of said bracket in position projecting through said first and second apertures, thereby releasably securing said cover in place covering said open side of said raceway; and latch release means within said conduit and attached to said latching means and operable only through an end of said conduit, for releasing said latching means from engagement with said latching bracket such that said cover may be disengaged from said raceway member and access gained to said interior of said conduit;
whereby said interior of said conduit and any signalling or transmission means routed therethrough are accessible only through said open end of said conduit.
an elongated conduit with an end at each of said first and second locations, comprising a plurality of interconnecting elongated hollow conduit sections, each conduit section comprising an interconnected raceway having an open side and cover closing said open side, said raceway and cover forming an open interior extending through said conduit and providing said routing of said signalling or transmission means through said conduit;
at least a raceway of a first one of said conduit sections having an open side and said interconnected cover covering said open side and being releasable from said raceway, said cover having a first aperture therein;
a locking device seated on an exterior of said open side of said raceway with a portion thereof projecting into said interior of said raceway and being secured thereto, and said locking device having a second aperture therein;
a latching bracket releasably mounted on said cover with a portion thereof projecting through said first aperture in said cover and said second aperture in said locking device;
latching means within said conduit for releasably engaging said latching bracket and retaining said portion of said bracket in position projecting through said first and second apertures, thereby releasably securing said cover in place covering said open side of said raceway; and latch release means within said conduit and attached to said latching means and operable only through an end of said conduit, for releasing said latching means from engagement with said latching bracket such that said cover may be disengaged from said raceway member and access gained to said interior of said conduit;
whereby said interior of said conduit and any signalling or transmission means routed therethrough are accessible only through said open end of said conduit.
14. Apparatus as in Claim 13 further comprising at least one other of said conduit sections not having said locking device therein, and which may be abutted to an end of said first conduit section to form said elongated conduit, with locking together of raceway and cover of said first conduit section also serves to lock together said raceway and cover of said other conduit section, such that said elongated conduit can be disassembled only by release of said locking device by access through said open end of said elongated conduit.
15. Apparatus as in Claim 13 further comprising at least one end of said elongated conduit being seated in an aperture in an enclosure such that access to hollow interior of said conduit and to said release means is only through said enclosure.
16. Apparatus as in Claim 13 further comprising one said first conduit section with said locking device at or adjacent to each end of said elongated conduit, such that unlocking and disassembly of a first conduit section may be accomplished from any end of said conduit.
17. Apparatus as in Claim 16 further comprising each said end of said elongated conduit being seated in an aperture in an enclosure such that access to hollow interior of said conduit and to said release means is only through said enclosure.
18. Apparatus as in Claim 17 wherein each said end is seated in a different said enclosure.
19. Apparatus as in Claim 18 wherein each said enclosure is itself a secure enclosure.
20. Apparatus as in Claim 14 further comprising said plurality of said other sections being interspersed with at least one hollow routing section comprising a raceway and top cover, said routing section serving to alter the linear direction of said elongated conduit or to divide said elongated conduit into a plurality of branches.
21. Apparatus as in Claim 20 wherein said routing section comprises a conduit section having a T-, Y-, L- or X-shaped or other multipath configuration.
22. Apparatus as in Claim 21 wherein said routing section comprises a raceway and interfitting cover forming a hollow interior with a latching apparatus disposed therein and manually operable to releasably secure said raceway and cover together.
23. Apparatus as in Claim 22 wherein said latching apparatus comprises interfitting pin receivers extending respectively from said raceway and said cover and secured together with a pin interfitting with said receivers.
24. Apparatus as in Claim 21 wherein a plurality of paths of said multipath routing section include locking devices such that said raceway and said top cover of said routing section cannot be separated without release of all said locking devices within said routing section.
25. Apparatus as in Claim 13 wherein each said raceway and each said cover therefor are generally U-shaped in cross-section.
26. Apparatus as in Claim 25 further comprising said cover closing said open side of said channel by being inverted and disposed over said raceway with respective parallel side walls overlapping, thereby forming a secure tubular member with each end thereof being open.
27. Apparatus as in Claim 26 wherein raceway comprises parallel sides forming said U-shaped cross-section with each of said parallel sides having a longitudinal rib disposed on the inner surface thereof.
28. Apparatus as in Claim 27 further comprising said locking device having projections extending into said interior of said conduit, said projections having securing means associated therewith engaging each said longitudinal rib on said parallel walls, thereby securing said locking device in place.
29. Apparatus as in Claim 28 wherein said securing means comprises laterally retractably extending pins which engage the underside of said ribs.
30. Apparatus as in Claim 29 wherein retraction of said pins permits disengagement of said locking device from said cover and raceway.
31. Apparatus as in Claim 29 wherein said pins are urged into engagement with said underside of said ribs by spring means.
32. Apparatus as in Claim 28 wherein said securing means comprises bolts which clamp said locking device to both a top surface of said conduit and to said ribs.
33. Apparatus as in Claim 13 wherein said latching means is reversibly operable by an elongated strand or spring means extending from said latching means into an adjacent section of said elongated conduit.
34. Apparatus as in Claim 33 wherein said latching means is manipulated manually or by mechanical, electromechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means.
35. Apparatus as in Claim 15 wherein said latching means is reversibly operable by an elongated strand or spring means extending from said latching means of said elongated conduit into an enclosure and exiting from an end thereof inside said enclosure for manipulation through said enclosure.
36. Apparatus as in Claim 35 wherein said latching means is manipulated manually or by mechanical, electromechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means.
37. Apparatus as in Claim 13 wherein said signalling or transmission means comprises electrical or electronic cabling or wiring or fluid conveyance tubing.
38. Apparatus as in Claim 13 wherein said cabling or wiring comprises wire or optical fiber cabling.
39. Apparatus as in Claim 13 wherein said fluid conveyance tubing comprises gas or liquid pneumatic or hydraulic lines.
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| US10/690,272 US7053303B2 (en) | 2003-06-23 | 2003-10-21 | Secure conduit (pathway) system for telecommunications and communications transmission equipment, environmental analysis equipment, computer equipment and the like |
| US10/763,732 US7049517B2 (en) | 2003-06-23 | 2004-01-23 | Secure conduit (pathway) system for telecommunications and communications transmission equipment, environmental analysis equipment, computer equipment and the like |
| US10/763,732 | 2004-01-23 | ||
| PCT/US2004/020357 WO2005002015A1 (en) | 2003-06-23 | 2004-06-23 | Secure conduit (pathway) system for telecommunications and communications transmission equipment, environmental analysis equipment, computer equipment and the like |
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