Flanged conduit support with ganging mechanism
A flanged conduit support for running electrical cables between horizontal floors or vertical walls. The flanged conduit support includes a flange and a hub with a socket. A locking means on the flanged conduit support enables the locking together of two or more supports together in a spaced relationship. The locking means includes a male snap member with a tab and a tapered end and the female snap member includes a receiving slot. The flanged conduit support provides a means for rapidly securing a first end of conduit to a form and capping the opposite ends of the conduit to prevent the entry of concrete during the concrete pour. A removable flange portion may be removed after the concrete cures to provide one or more open pathways for running electrical cables through the horizontal floors or vertical walls.
1. A conduit support for forming a pathway through a concrete pour area, comprising:
a support body including a flange;
a hub on said flange;
a male snap member and a female snap member extending from the support body;
a removable flange portion on said flange;
a first stop on said male snap member; and a second stop on said male snap member;
said female snap member including a base, a top wall, and a side wall;
an opening on the outer side of the flange; and
said opening in the flange being in communication with the receiving slot of said female snap member.
2. The conduit support of claim 1 , comprising a groove defining said removable flange portion.
3. The conduit support of claim 2 , comprising:
a socket on said hub; and
said socket including a conduit seat.
4. The conduit support of claim 1 , wherein said male snap member comprises:
a tab; and
a tapered end.
5. The conduit support of claim 4 , wherein said female snap member includes a receiving slot therein.
6. The conduit support of claim 5 , comprising a barb on said tab of said male snap member.
7. The conduit support of claim 1 , comprising:
said male and female snap members aligned along a common axis through the hub; and
said male and female snap members are 180 degrees apart on said common axis.
8. The conduit support of claim 3 , comprising said groove is of lesser diameter than the diameter of the conduit seat.
9. The conduit support of claim 1 , comprising a recess in said flange, said recess aligned along a common axis through said hub.
10. A conduit support for forming a pathway through a concrete pour area, comprising:
a support body including a flange;
a hub on said flange;
a male snap member and a female snap member extending from the support body;
a removable flange portion on said flange;
a tab and a tapered end on said male snap member;
said female snap member includes a receiving slot therein;
a barb on said tab of said male snap member; and
said barb of said male snap member and a top wall of said female snap member comprise a locking means for locking two of said conduit supports together.
11. The conduit support of claim 1 , comprising one or more apertures in said flange.
12. The conduit support of claim 3 , wherein said socket comprises:
walls and an outer rim; and
said walls are tapered inward from the outer rim of the socket to the flange.
13. A method of securing two or more sections of conduit together to create pathways in a concrete pour area defined by a form, said method comprising;
two or more flanged supports each including a support body, a flange, a hub including a socket, a removable flange portion on said flange, and locking means on said flange;
securing a first set of said two or more of said flanged supports together with said locking means;
securing said first set of flanged supports to said form;
inserting a conduit section into each of said flanged supports secured to said form;
securing a second set of flanged supports together with said locking means;
pressing said second set of flanged supports onto the opposing ends of said conduit; and
pouring concrete onto said form.
14. The method of claim 13 , comprising:
said locking means comprises a male snap member and a female snap member extending from the support body; and
said removable flange portion is defined by a groove in said flange.