Composition fiber glass utility pole

• US 9,273,483 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2013
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Trident Industries, LLC (Hill & Smith Plc)
• Original Assignee: Trident Industries, LLC (Hill & Smith Plc)
• Inventors: Ceko, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Plummer, Elizabeth A
• Application Number:
  US14/035,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 52/40, 521/10, 528/35
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/02 Structures made of specified materials

Abstract

A fiber glass utility pole comprising: (a) a center section that comprises from 5% to 15% of the total diameter of the utility pole; (b) a mid-section surrounding the center section, the mid-section comprising from 70% to 90% of the total diameter of the utility pole; and (c) an outer section surrounding the mid-section, the outer section comprising from 5% to 15% of the total diameter of the utility pole, wherein the center section comprises fiber glass oriented at a 30 to 60 degree angle to a center axis, and wherein the mid-section comprises fiber glass oriented parallel to the center axis, and wherein the outer section comprises fiber glass oriented at a 30 to 60 degree angle to a center axis.

Claims

1. A hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole comprising:

(a) a center section comprising fiber glass oriented at an angle to a center axis, the center section comprising from 5% to 15% of a total diameter of the utility pole;

(b) a mid-section surrounding the center section, the mid-section comprising fiber glass oriented parallel to the center axis, the mid-section comprising 70% to 90% of the total diameter of the utility pole; and

(c) an outer section surrounding the mid-section, the outer section comprising fiber glass oriented at an angle to a center axis, the outer section comprising 5% to 15% of the total diameter of the utility pole

wherein the center, mid- and outer sections of the hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole are pulled through a continuous pulling device.

2. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 1, wherein the center section comprises about 10% of the total diameter of the utility pole, wherein the mid-section comprises about 80% of the total diameter of the utility pole, and wherein the outer section comprises about 10% of the total diameter of the utility pole.

3. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 1, wherein the angle at which fibers in the fiber glass in the center and outer sections are oriented to the center axis is 45 degrees.

4. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 1, wherein the angle at which fibers in the fiber glass in the center and outer sections are oriented to the center axis is from 30 to 60 degrees.

5. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 1, wherein each of the center, mid-, and outer sections are of continuous lengths that are pulled through the continuous pulling device, the continuous pulling device being a heated steel forming die.

6. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 5, wherein each of the center, mid-, and outer sections comprise roving, mat, or fabrics.

7. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 5, further comprising a pultrusion resin impregnated in the center, mid-, and outer sections, the pultrusion resin including bisphenol-a epichlorohydrin-based vinyl ester or a thermoset resin.

8. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 5, further comprising a pultrusion resin impregnated in the center, mid-, and outer sections, the pultrusion resin including isophthalic, orthophthalic, propylene-maleate, fire resistant, or high cross-link density resin-based esters.

9. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 1, wherein the utility pole is not used with a wooden utility pole.

10. The hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole of claim 9, wherein the utility pole does not use chemical treatments or toxic chemicals for treatment of wood that are environmentally unfriendly.

11. A hollow pultruded fiber glass utility pole comprising:

(a) a pultruded center section comprising fiber glass oriented at an angle to a center axis, the center section comprising from 5% to 15% of a total diameter of the utility pole;

(b) a pultruded mid-section surrounding the center section, the mid-section comprising fiber glass oriented parallel to the center axis, the mid-section comprising 70% to 90% of the total diameter of the utility pole; and

(c) an pultruded outer section surrounding the mid-section, the outer section comprising fiber glass oriented at an angle to a center axis, the outer section comprising 5% to 15% of the total diameter of the utility pole.