Pipe tapping saddle
AssigneeGeorg Fischer Wavin AG
InventorsJonas Weber, Jonas Huessy, Edwin Habluetzel
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Abstract
A pipe tapping saddle for a main pipe having a center axis and conveying a medium. The pipe tapping saddle includes a saddle piece; a branch pipe having a center axis, a drill socket having a center axis, and a drill with a thread being arranged displaceably in the drill socket for tapping the main pipe. The pipe tapping saddle is arranged on the main pipe. A center axis of the branch pipe runs horizontally and is arranged below an upper crown point of the main pipe.
Claims11
A pipe tapping saddle for a main pipe having a center axis and conveying a medium, the pipe tapping saddle comprising:
- a saddle piece;
- a branch pipe having a center axis,
- a drill socket having a center axis,
- a drill with a thread being arranged displaceably in the drill socket for tapping into the main pipe,
- wherein the pipe tapping saddle is arranged on the main pipe,
- wherein the center axis of the branch pipe runs horizontally and is arranged below an upper crown point of the main pipe,
- wherein the center axis of the drill socket is oriented perpendicularly to the center axis of the main pipe, and
- wherein the center axis of the drill socket intersects the center axis of the main pipe at a right angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.