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Drainage system having an embedded conduit connector
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Inventors: Gunter, Charles E.;
Assignee: ABT, Inc. (Troutman, NC)
Primary Examiner: Bennett; Henry A.
Assistant Examiner: O'Connor; Pamela A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson, P.A.
A drainage system includes a conduit connector which is integrally molded within a precast drainage system component in order to provide for the interconnection of a variety of drainage system components, such as drainage channel sections and catch basins. The conduit connector can include a connector body which defines an aperture of a predetermined shape and size which are selected to match and snugly engage the conduit. The connector body further includes at least one locking anchor to secure the connector body against movement relative to the precast component. The locking anchor can include a longitudinal movement resisting anchor and/or a rotational movement resisting anchor. In order to further secure the conduit connector within the precast component, the wall of the precast component is substantially continuous about the conduit connector. In addition, the connector body preferably has a predetermined thickness which is no greater than the thickness of the precast component walls. Accordingly, the conduit connector will not protrude outwardly beyond the precast component, thereby enabling the precast component to be readily transported and stored without incurring significant risk of breakage due to inadvertent contact of the conduit connector with another object. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide a drainage system which allows conduit to be readily connected to various components of the drainage system.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a conduit connector capable of being embedded within a precast component of a drainage system which allows the precast components to be efficiently stacked, stored and transported while reducing the possibility of damage to the precast components during such stacking, storage and transportation.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a conduit connector capable of being embedded within a precast component of a drainage system in the factory such that the precast component is not damaged during installation of the conduit in the field.
These and other objects are provided, according to the present invention, by a drainage system including a conduit connector capable of interconnecting various drainage system components, such as, for example, a drainage channel and a conduit.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the conduit connector includes at least one locking anchor which secures the conduit connector against movement within a wall of a precast component of a drainage system such that the conduit connector can readily receive a conduit.
According to one advantageous embodiment, the conduit connector is embedded within the wall of the precast component such that the conduit connector does not protrude substantially beyond the inner and outer surfaces of the wall.
Accordingly, the transportation and storage of a drainage system component including the conduit connector of the present invention is facilitated and the possibility of damaging the drainage system component during such transportation and storage is reduced.
The conduit connector includes a connector body, preferably formed of a thermoplastic material, which defines an aperture therethrough.
The aperture has a predetermined size and shape for receiving a conduit and, in one preferred embodiment, is sized to match and snugly engage a conduit of a predetermined, e
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