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George T Fuller

Harold M Bowman

The grip of the collar element of an existing circular manhole cover-supporting structure, such as a circular manhole frame, on a split-ring style expansion-joint-fitted manhole cover support inserted into, surrounded by, and forced by expansion against said collar element is improved by having selective stiffener means disposed in a sector of the cover support that is generally opposite to the expansion joint thereof, the stiffener means suppressing the tendency of the corresponding sector of the base ring to pull away from the collar element.

Split-ring manhole cover support

An improvement for increasing the resistance of manhole cover supports to deformation is provided which comprises equipping the upper edge or flange thereof with a succession of pressed-in gussets, the troughs of which slope with respect to the keeper of said cover support or equipping a keeper wall thereof with a succession of pressed-out gussets.

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Chagrin Falls, OH, United States of America

George T Fuller