Jumper tube connector
AssigneeDelta Screen & Filtration, LLC
InventorStephen Ward
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Abstract
Embodiments of an apparatus of the present invention generally include a tubular, substantially exteriorly rectangular, jumper tube connector having a substantially rectangular interior cavity having a plurality of transverse grooves disposed in the surface thereof and extending there around, wherein at least a portion of the jumper tube connector along its two opposing wide sides has a non-uniform wall thickness, at least a portion of which being thicker than a substantially uniform wall thickness of the connector's two opposing narrow sides. A method of connecting shunt tubes utilizing the apparatus is also provided.
Claims20
A jumper tube connector comprising:
- a tube;
- wherein:
- said tube comprises a substantially rectangularly shaped interior cavity;
- said interior cavity comprises a plurality of transversely oriented grooves, each extending along the entirety of the surface of the interior cavity;
- said tube comprises two opposing narrow walls along a first dimension thereof;
- said tube comprises two opposing wide walls along a second dimension thereof;
- said narrow walls comprise a substantially uniform thickness along said first dimension;
- said wide walls comprise a non-uniform thickness along said second dimension, whereby said wide walls exhibit an at least partially convex exterior geometry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.