Planar exterior pipe rack system, and planar exterior forming square rack pipe and rack pipe connecting square joint which constitute planar exterior pipe rack system

{
  "publication_number": "US11412852B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Planar exterior pipe rack system, and planar exterior forming square rack pipe and rack pipe connecting square joint which constitute planar exterior pipe rack system",
  "abstract": "Disclosed is a planar exterior forming square rack pipe, which comprises a rack pipe main body, a joint coupling protrusion part, and a plane forming member, and thus the outer surfaces of the planar exterior forming square rack pipes can be simply formed as a plane without operations such as the attachment of a separate member, such that the coupling of additional objects to the outer surface of the planar exterior forming square rack pipe such as the assembly of a planar panel, the mounting of a shock absorber, the mounting of a name plate, and the fastening of angles is simplified, assembly and mounting for the coupling of the additional objects can be completely carried out, and external foreign material such as dust can be blocked, and the rigidity of the exterior of the planar exterior forming square rack pipe can be reinforced relatively more than that of a conventional rack pipe having a curved shape so as to allow the rack pipe to be used as a pillar for supporting heavy materials or receiving a heavy load, thereby enabling stable support.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A planar exterior forming rectangular rack pipe constituting a planar exterior pipe rack system used to provide an industrial structure in a prefabricated manner and couplable to a rack pipe connecting rectangular joint to provide the industrial structure, the planar exterior forming rectangular rack pipe comprising: a rack pipe body comprising a skeleton of the industrial structure and having non-planar outer surfaces; a plurality of joint coupling protrusions protruding outward from the rack pipe body to be coupled to the rack pipe connecting rectangular joint; and plane forming portions extending from the joint coupling protrusions such that at least one portion of the rack pipe body has a planar outer surface, wherein, when the rack pipe connecting rectangular joint is coupled with at least one of the joint coupling protrusions and the rack pipe body, the rack pipe connecting rectangular joint and the plane forming portions are connected to each other and form a planar surface, wherein the plane forming portions comprise: a first plane forming portion extending from a top portion of one of an adjacent pair of joint coupling protrusions among the plurality of joint coupling protrusions, and a second plane forming portion extending from a top portion of an other of the adjacent pair of joint coupling protrusions among the plurality of joint coupling protrusions, wherein outer surfaces of the first plane forming portion and the second plane forming portion are coplanar with an outer surface of the joint coupling protrusions, the first plane forming portion and the second plane forming portion perpendicularly join each other and cover a portion of an area above the rack pipe body so that the joint coupling protrusions together with the first plane forming portion and the second plane forming portion form two perpendicularly-connected surfaces, such that planar surfaces are formed on a part of the outer surfaces of the rack pipe body, wherein a first planar opposite extension and a second planar opposite extension extend from the joint coupling protrusions in a form of planar surfaces, in directions opposite to directions in which the first plane forming portion and the second plane forming portion extend, wherein the first planar opposite extension and the first plane forming portion are coplanar with outer surfaces of the joint coupling protrusions, from which the first planar opposite extension and the first plane forming portion extend, to entirely cover the rack pipe body, wherein the second planar opposite extension and the second plane forming portion are coplanar with the outer surfaces of the joint coupling protrusions, from which the second planar opposite extension and the second plane forming portion extend, to entirely cover the rack pipe body, and wherein a first body-directed extension and a second body-directed extension extend in a form of planar surfaces from distal ends of the first planar opposite extension and the second planar opposite extension in directions toward a center of the rack pipe body to join the outer surfaces of the rack pipe body, respectively, and the first body-directed extension and the second body-directed extension contact inclined outer surfaces of clamping portions of the rack pipe connecting rectangular joint, such that the rack pipe connecting rectangular joint and the planar exterior forming rectangular rack pipe contact each other.",
    "2. A planar exterior forming rectangular rack pipe constituting a planar exterior pipe rack system used to provide an industrial structure in a prefabrication manner and couplable to a rack pipe connecting rectangular joint to provide the industrial structure, the planar exterior forming rectangular rack pipe comprising: a rack pipe body comprising a skeleton of the industrial structure and having non-planar outer surfaces, a plurality of joint coupling protrusions protruding outward from the rack pipe body to be coupled to the rack pipe connecting rectangular joint, plane forming portions extending from the joint coupling protrusions such that at least one portion of the rack pipe body has a planar outer surface, and linear object covers are detachably coupled to the joint coupling protrusions to cover a linear object arranged in a longitudinal direction of the planar exterior forming rectangular rack pipe, wherein, when the rack pipe connecting rectangular joint is coupled with at least one of the joint coupling protrusions and the rack pipe body, the rack pipe connecting rectangular joint and the plane forming portions are connected to each other and form a planar surface, wherein the linear object cover comprises: a cover body covering the linear object, cover body edge outer portions bent outward from both edges of the cover body, and cover body protrusions protruding outward from both edges of the cover body so as to be spaced apart by predetermined heights from the cover body edge outer portions, and wherein, when in use, inserting the joint coupling protrusions into a space between the cover body edge outer portions and the cover body protrusions detachably couples the linear object cover to the joint coupling protrusions."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present disclosure relates to a planar exterior pipe rack system and a planar exterior forming rectangular rack pipe and a rack pipe connecting rectangular joint constituting the planar exterior pipe rack system.\n\nA pipe rack system refers to a system able to form a rack or the like freely in a variety of shapes according to the conditions of industrial sites or the like, to which the rack is applied, from a plurality of rack pipes using a connecting joint.\n\nSuch a rack system providing an industrial rack is a system able to freely form an industrial structure that needs to be assembled by forming rack pipes from stainless steel, aluminum, or the like or coating steel pipes with plastic and then assembling the rack pipes using pipe connecting joints having a variety of shapes. The rack system is also referred to as an erector or a pipe racking system.\n\nAn example of such a pipe rack system, titled “INDUSTRIAL RACK FORMING RACK SYSTEM AND PIPE JOINT USED IN THE INDUSTRIAL RACK FORMING RACK SYSTEM”, disclosed in Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-2017-0003978 (published on Nov. 24, 2017), has been proposed.\n\nHowever, in the related-art pipe rack system, each of the rack pipes has an overall shape of a hollow cylinder having a circular cross-section, such that the outer shape of the rack pipe is curved. Thus, it may be inconvenient to perform an operation of, for example, fitting a planar panel, mounting an absorber or a name plate, or fastening an angle to the outer surface of the curved rack pipe, or it may be essential for the fitting or mounting to be imperfectly performed.",
  "cpc": [
    "A47B 96/1433",
    "A47B 47/00",
    "A47B 96/06",
    "A47B 96/145",
    "A47B 96/1466",
    "A47B 96/1475",
    "F16B 12/30",
    "F16B 12/40",
    "F16B 2/065",
    "F16B 7/044",
    "F16B 7/0446"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "A47B 47/00",
    "A47B 96/14"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "GSAce Industry Co Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Yeon-tak Hong"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2018-05-30",
  "publication_date": "2022-08-16",
  "grant_date": "2022-08-16",
  "priority_date": "2018-04-17",
  "application_number": "US-201817045162-A",
  "family_id": "68240123",
  "cited_by_count": 3,
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    "US6223917B1",
    "US20020114659A1",
    "KR200273496Y1",
    "US8403431B2",
    "KR20130124871A",
    "KR20160111905A",
    "KR20170003978U"
  ]
}