Patent ID: 6231087
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
An anchor support for a double-containment pipe assembly having two outer piping components, wherein at least one of the outer piping components defines a first width, and two inner piping components received within the outer piping components, wherein at least one of the inner piping components defines a second width less than the first width, and the inner and outer piping components form an approximately annular space therebetween, the anchor support comprising:an outer-component support section including at least one first approximately annular support surface on at least one first axial end thereof and defined at least in part by a first width approximately equal to the first width of the outer piping component;an inner-component support section spaced laterally relative to, and located approximately at an opposite end of the anchor support relative to the outer-component support section, and including at least one second approximately annular support surface on at least one axial end thereof and defined at least in part by a second width which is less than the first width and approximately equal to the second width of the inner piping component; anda tapered connecting section defining a tapered surface extending between the outer-component support section and the inner-component support section and tapering from one end adjacent to the outer-component support section to another end adjacent to the inner component support section;wherein at least two of the approximately annular support surfaces abut at least two of the inner and outer piping components to thereby anchor and support at least one of the inner piping components within at least one of the outer piping components.