Patents Assigned to Cantex, Inc.
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Patent number: 11833735Abstract: A pipe bell-end ring flare device for use with a mandrel to form bell ends with a flared outer edge in plastic pipe sections either as part of the pipe manufacturing process or subsequent to the manufacturing process. The flared edge creating a wider bell end opening to make it easier to insert a non-bell end of another pipe into the flared bell end.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CANTEX, INC.Inventor: Steve D. Ediger
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Patent number: 11628613Abstract: A pipe bell-end ring flare device for use with a mandrel to form bell ends with a flared outer edge in plastic pipe sections either as part of the pipe manufacturing process or subsequent to the manufacturing process. The flared edge creating a wider bell end opening to make it easier to insert a non-bell end of another pipe into the flared bell end.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: CANTEX, INC.Inventor: Steve D. Ediger
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Patent number: 11532927Abstract: Electric boxes and hanging brackets and more particularly adjustable electric boxes with parallel rails for connection with reciprocal parallel grooves in a hanging bracket that is configured to connect to a support, for example, a wall stud.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: CANTEX, INC.Inventors: Steve D. Ediger, Paul R. Metcalfe, Weston Skye, Scott E. Urban
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Patent number: 11088519Abstract: Electric boxes and hanging brackets and more particularly adjustable electric boxes with parallel rails for connection with reciprocal parallel grooves in a hanging bracket that is configured to connect to a support, for example, a wall stud.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventors: Steve D. Ediger, Paul R. Metcalfe, Weston Skye, Scott E. Urban
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Patent number: 10447019Abstract: Electric boxes and hanging brackets and more particularly adjustable electric boxes with parallel rails for connection with reciprocal parallel grooves in a hanging bracket that is configured to connect to a support, for example, a wall stud.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventors: Steve D. Ediger, Paul R. Metcalfe, Weston Skye, Scott E. Urban
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Patent number: 9966746Abstract: Electric boxes and hanging brackets and more particularly adjustable electric boxes with parallel rails for connection with reciprocal parallel grooves in a hanging bracket that is configured to connect to a support, for example, a wall stud.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventors: Steve D. Ediger, Paul R. Metcalfe, Weston Skye, Scott E. Urban
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Patent number: 9819167Abstract: Electrical accessories and associated methods of use and manufacture are provided. In one embodiment, an electrical accessory can be provided. The electrical accessory can include a frame including two side walls in parallel relation to each other, and two end walls in parallel relation to each other, and disposed between the two side walls. The electrical accessory can also include at least one positioning arm mounted to at least one of the end walls, wherein the at least one positioning arm comprises a support leg mounted to the at least one end wall, and a prong substantially perpendicular to the at least one positioning arm, wherein a side wall portion of an adjacent electrical accessory can be positioned between the prong and at least one side wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventor: Randy Deon Kummer
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Patent number: 8376290Abstract: An interconnecting alignment and support system for supporting and maintaining alignment of at least one conduit or pipe is disclosed. The system may be used, for example, during a concrete pour operation or other construction operation. The system comprises a base spacer and, optionally, one or more of an intermediate spacer and/or another base spacer. The base spacer is constructed to be capable of interlocking with another spacer on each side and the top. The intermediate spacer is constructed to be capable of interlocking with another spacer on each side and both the top and bottom. The interlocks on the spacers may be releasably latched when fully interlocked. By interlocking the spacers, a matrix structure for aligning and supporting conduit or pipe may be created. The base spacer is attachable to a surface, so that the alignment and support system may be fixed in place.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventor: Steve Tollefson
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Patent number: 8167338Abstract: A continuous, non-metallic conduit for conductors, such as electrical wiring and/or fiber optic cable. The continuous conduit being formed from at least one pair of first and second conduits having enlarged ends coupled together. The enlarged ends are belled or otherwise have a diameter greater than that of the straight run (non-belled) portions of the conduit. The enlarged ends of the conduit being coupled together by fusion or welding, and an internal bead or ridge being formed by the coupling process. The enlarged ends are dimensioned such that the internal bead or ridge formed at the junction between the two enlarged ends does not project radially inward to a position equal to or less than the diameter of the straight run portion of the conduits. The continuous conduit is configured to allow the conductor to be passed therethrough such that the conductor does not contact the internal bead or ridge.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventor: John Davies
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Patent number: 7828251Abstract: An interconnecting alignment and support system for supporting and maintaining alignment of at least one conduit or pipe is disclosed. The system may be used, for example, during a concrete pour operation or other construction operation. The system comprises a base spacer and, optionally, one or more of an intermediate spacer and/or another base spacer. The base spacer is constructed to be capable of interlocking with another spacer on each side and the top. The intermediate spacer is constructed to be capable of interlocking with another spacer on each side and both the top and bottom. The interlocks on the spacers may be releasably latched when fully interlocked. By interlocking the spacers, a matrix structure for aligning and supporting conduit or pipe may be created. The base spacer is attachable to a surface, so that the alignment and support system may be fixed in place.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventor: Steve Tollefson
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Patent number: 7622668Abstract: A wildlife protection guard for electrical power distribution equipment has an enclosure constructed to surround a power line connection and formed by a pair of half-shells. The enclosure has a base member, a sidewall extending from the base member, a tapered member extending from the sidewall, and a top member on the tapered member. The base member has a central opening with a plurality of flexible fingers. The top member has a central opening which defines a first port. A second opening is provided on the tapered sidewall to define a second port. The pair of half-shells is configured to be held in a closed configuration by a first latch on the sidewall and a second latch provided on a portion of the enclosure different from the sidewall. The pair of half-shells is connected together by a robust hinge configuration.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventors: Steve Tollefson, John Morgan
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Publication number: 20080116308Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for making clips by running a ribbon of material through a stamp that partially cuts the part out of the material. The partially stamped clips stay on the ribbon that is placed on a reel. The reel may then be fed into an assembly machine for inserting the clips into plastic boxes at a rate of at least one per second. The assembly machine breaks the clip off of the reel. The ribbon (and thus the clip) is preferably made of pre-plated or non-corrosive material such as Stainless Steel or Beryllium-Copper.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: Cantex, Inc.Inventor: Thomas A. Whorley
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Publication number: 20060216134Abstract: A clip cooperates with a fastener, such as a mounting screw, to hold the fastener securely in an object. The clip can be designed into the object or, for example, the objects designed to receive the clip. The construction of the clip not only allows an installer to “push” the fastener into the fastener-receiving hole a certain distance thereby obviating the need to screw all the threads to complete the installation, but also provides a greater holding force between the clip and the fastener, and thus the objects. The clip can also include one or more knife-edged tabs that engage the fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2005Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicant: Cantex, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Whorley, Steve Tollefson
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Patent number: 5360130Abstract: A junction box is provided having a housing and a cover. The housing includes a housing wall extending upwardly from a base about the periphery thereof. A lip extends outwardly about the top edge of the housing wall and engages in a snap fit in a channel in a wall of the cover. A pair of inner walls which depend from the cover top prevent the housing from inadvertently being disengaged.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1994Date of Patent: November 1, 1994Assignee: Cantex Inc.Inventors: Martin Lehmann, John Davies, Helmut Fochler, deceased
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Patent number: D491537Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2003Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventor: Thomas A. Whorley
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Patent number: D595804Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Cantex, Inc.Inventors: Steve Tollefson, John Morgan
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Patent number: D987784Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CANTEX, INC.Inventor: Steve D. Ediger