Patent ID: 8398034

Claim:
A substantially omega shaped resilient pipe spacer for spacing two pipes in a piping system, said spacer comprising: a handle, forming a substantially convex surface configured to abut a circumferential surface of a bore hole and adapt to anomalies of said circumferential surface of a bore hole; two linear support members, connected substantially perpendicularly to opposite terminal ends of said handle at a first extremity of each said linear pipe support member and extending inwardly, toward each other from opposite ends of said handle, and forming a gap without contact between said linear pipe support members, said two linear support members being substantially coplanar with said handle and each linear pipe support member having a pipe-engaging clip extending from a second extremity of each said linear pipe support member, each said pipe-engaging clip forming a concave surface with a continuous radius of curvature configured for engaging one pipe; wherein said handle, said two linear pipe support members, and said pipe-engaging clips are of unitary construction and together form an omega shape configured to maintain engaged pipes close to said circumferential surface of a substantially circular bore hole in a piping system for maximizing heat exchange between a liquid in said engaged pipes and said circumferential surface, wherein said spacer is sized according to the substantially circular bore hole diameter so that the handle and the pipe engaging clips can simultaneously contact the circumferential surface of the bore hole, wherein said handle and said two linear pipe support members are configured to retain a disengaged pipe between the spacer and said circumferential surface of the substantially circular bore hole, and wherein said handle and said two linear pipe support members define an open access space for passage of another pipe independently and without interference with said pipe spacer after said engaged pipes and said pipe spacer have been lowered into said bore hole.