Manhole cover mounting structure

{
  "publication_number": "US6371688B1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B1",
  "title": "Manhole cover mounting structure",
  "abstract": "A manhole cover mounting structure includes an outer frame fastened to a manhole box by screw bolts, the outer frame having an upright guide rod in each of a plurality of hollow peripheral locating blocks thereof, an inner frame adjustably fastened to the inner frame to hold a cover plate in flush with the road surface. The inner frame has a plurality of female screws fastened to peripheral lugs thereof to hold a respective hollow screw rod for the mounting of through bolts; thereby securing to secure the inner frame to the upright guide rod in each locating block of the outer frame.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A manhole cover mounting structure comprising: a manhole box, said manhole box having a plurality of screw nuts fixedly provided at a topside thereof; an outer frame fixedly fastened to screw nuts of said manhole box by screw bolts; an inner frame mounted in said outer frame; and a cover plate covered on said inner frame in flush with the topmost edge of said inner frame; wherein: said outer frame comprises a plurality of locating blocks disposed around the periphery thereof, said locating blocks each comprising a top-open hollow body and an upright guide rod disposed in said hollow body, said upright guide rod having an axially upwardly extended screw hole; said inner frame comprises a plurality of lugs spaced around the periphery thereof corresponding to the locating blocks of said outer frame, said lugs each having a through hole, a plurality of female screws respectively fixedly fastened to said lugs at a bottom side and axially aligned with the through hole of each of said lugs, and a plurality of screw rods respectively threaded into said female screws, said screw rods each having an axially extended, stepped through hole formed of an upper polygonal hole and a lower coupling hole, which receives the upright guide rod of each of the locating blocks of said outer frame; a plurality of through bolts are respectively inserted into the upper polygonal hole and lower coupling hole of each screw rod at each of the lugs of said inner frame and threaded into the screw hole of the upright screw rod of each of the locating blocks of said outer frame to secure said inner frame to said outer frame.",
    "2. The manhole cover mounting structure of claim 1 wherein said inner frame has a plurality of through holes spaced around the periphery thereof into which wedge blocks are selectively inserted and supported on said outer frame.",
    "3. The manhole cover mounting structure of claim 1 further comprising at least one packing frame supported between said outer frame and said inner frame."
  ],
  "cpc": [
    "E02D 29/1409"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2001-03-09",
  "publication_date": "2002-04-16",
  "grant_date": "2002-04-16",
  "priority_date": "2001-03-09",
  "application_number": "US-80182301-A",
  "family_id": "25182114",
  "citations": [
    "US5344253A",
    "US5628152A",
    "US5974741A",
    "US6007270A",
    "US6036401A"
  ]
}