当前申请(专利权)人地址：
Incorporated in the United Kingdom, Manthorpe House, Brittain Drive, Codnor Gate Business Park, RIPLEY, Derbyshire, DE5 3ND , United Kingdom
摘要：
A pipe guide assembly 1 for guiding a utility pipe 14 through a building member, such as a wall, comprising a mounting member 10 and a cover plate 12. The mounting member is attachable to the subsurface (44, fig 7) of a building member, and the cover plate is attached over an outer surface (48, fig 7) of the building member. The mounting member and cover pate are configured with guid members to together guide the utility pipe through both the mounting member and the cover plate and through the outer surface, to retain the utility pipe as it exists the cover plate at an oblique angle to the outer surface of the building member. The guid members comprise a guiding channel which curves the pipe to the required angle, the guide channel having a first portion open to the rear of the mounting member and a second portion open to the front of the mounting member to hand off the pipe to the cover plate. The cover plate may be continuously adjustable with respect to the mounting member. The mounting member may have holes to allow it to be attached to the subsurface with a screw 40. The cover plate may be a sealing member which guides the utility pipes via a sealing means 16.
权利要求：
CLAIMS:
9. A pipe guide apparatus for guiding a utility pipe from a sub-surface through a building member, the building member being for positioning over the sub-surface, the pipe guide apparatus comprising;
a mounting member and a cover plate,
wherein the mounting member is attachable to the sub-surface and the cover plate is attachable over an outer surface of the building member;
the mounting member and the cover plate being configured with guide members to together guide the utility pipe through both the mounting member and the cover plate, and through the building member, to retain the utility pipe, as it exits the cover plate, at an oblique angle to the outer surface of the building member; and
wherein the guide member of the mounting member comprises a guiding channel for guiding the pipe to curve to an oblique angle relative to the sub-surface, the guiding channel having a first portion open to a rear of the mounting member and a second portion open to the front of the mounting member for hand off of the pipe to the cover plate.
2. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cover plate is continuously adjustable relative to the mounting member.
3. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the cover plate is connectable to the mounting member at a variety of positions in a first direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to a back of the mounting member, and wherein the different positions are laterally spaced relative to the first direction.
4. The pipe guide apparatus of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mounting member and the cover plate comprise complementary guiding portions.
5. The pipe guide apparatus of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the guiding portion of the mounting member comprises a guiding channel for guiding the pipe along a predetermined oblique angle relative to the sub-surface.
6. The pipe guide apparatus of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the guiding portion of the cover plate aligns with the guiding portion of the mounting member and together they provide a guiding path for the pipe.
7. The pipe guide apparatus of any preceding claim wherein the mounting member comprises a hole for attachment of the mounting member to the sub-surface with a screw.
8. The pipe guide apparatus of any preceding claim wherein the cover plate is configured to guide the utility pipe along a predetermined oblique angle relative to the outer surface.
9. The pipe guide apparatus of any one of the preceding claims wherein the cover plate is a sealing member, and guides the utility pipe via a sealing means.
10. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 9, wherein the sealing means provides an air impermeable seal around the utility pipe.
11. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 9 or claim 10, wherein the sealing means has a frusto-conical passage configured to assist insertion of the pipe therethrough.
12. The pipe guide apparatus of any one of the preceding claims, wherein there are two pipes, and the mounting member and the cover plate are configured with two guide members to individually guide each utility pipe through both the mounting member and the cover plate, and the building member, to retain the pipes as they exit the cover plate at oblique angles to the outer surface of the building member.
13. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 12, wherein the two pipes exit the cover plate both down and sidewardly away from each other.
14. The pipe guide apparatus of any preceding claim wherein the mounting member comprises a receiving portion for connecting the cover plate to the mounting member with a fastener.
15. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 14 wherein the receiving portion comprises a boss for providing a plurality of connection positions for the cover plate.
16. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 15, wherein the boss is a screw boss having a plurality of holes, each one being arranged for receiving the fastener, thereby providing a plurality of potential positions for connecting the cover plate to the mounting member.
17. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 15 or claim 16, wherein the boss has a forward facing surface in which the plurality of connection positions are defined.
18. The pipe guide apparatus of claim 17, wherein the forward facing surface is a ramped surface lying in an inclined plane relative to a back of the mounting member.
19. The pipe guide apparatus of any preceding claim wherein the cover plate is connectable to the mounting member at a variety of positions in a first direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the sub surface.
20. The pipe guide apparatus of any preceding claim wherein the mounting member has a stepped edge profile, with a smaller front than back.
21. The pipe guide apparatus of any preceding claim wherein the mounting member further comprises a flange at at least one of its edges,
wherein the flange comprises a mounting means and wherein, in use, the flange is arranged parallel to the plane of the building member.
22. A method of installing the pipe guide apparatus of claim 20 or 21, the building member having an aperture through which the pipes extend and the front of the mounting member being sized to extend into the aperture, whereas the back of the mounting member is sized to be larger than the aperture.
23. A stud wall fitted with a pipe guide apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein the mounting member is attached to surface of a beam within the studwork that has a recessed front compared to the main beams of the studwork.
24. A wall fitted with a pipe guide apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein the building member is spaced from the sub-surface.
25. The wall of claim 23 or claim 24, wherein the building member is a sheet of plasterboard.
26. A mounting member of a pipe guide apparatus of any one of the preceding claims.
27. A cover plate of a pipe guide apparatus of any one of the preceding claims, when dependent upon claim 9.
28. AKkit of parts comprising one or more mounting member of claim 26 and one or more cover plate of claim 27.
29. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to control an additive manufacturing apparatus or device to manufacture a mounting member of claim 26 and/or a cover plate of claim 27 and/or a pipe guide apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 21.
30. A method of manufacturing a device via additive manufacturing, the method comprising:
obtaining an electronic file representing a configuration of a product including, a surface configuration or a volume configuration of the product, wherein the product is a mounting member of claim 26, and/or a cover plate of claim 27 and/or a pipe guide apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 21; and
controlling an additive manufacturing apparatus to manufacture, over one or more additive manufacturing steps, the product according to the surface configuration specified in the electronic file.