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US 10,837,584 B2Granted
Restraint device
AssigneeThe Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.
InventorEarl Sinjon Bradberry
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Abstract
A restraint device assembly that couples adjoining pipes together is provided. The restraint device assembly includes a ring portion having an arcuate inner periphery surface that encircles an outer wall surface of a pipe. The ring includes a first tie rod opening located adjacent a first location and a second tie rod opening located adjacent a second location. The first and second tie rod openings are spaced apart from each other by a first distance. The second ring portion includes a third tie rod opening located adjacent the first location, a fourth tie rod opening located adjacent the second location. The fourth tie rod opening is spaced apart from the third tie rod opening a second distance.
Claims17
A restraint device assembly that couples adjoining pipes together, the restraint device assembly comprising:
- a pair of ring portions composed of a first ring portion and a second ring portion;
- wherein the first and second ring portions each include an arcuate inner periphery;
- wherein positioned together the pair of ring portions encircle an outer wall surface of a pipe and engage a circumference of the outer wall surface of the pipe;
- wherein the arcuate inner periphery of the first ring portion does not have any substantial gaps that allow the pipe to deform and occupy;
- wherein the arcuate inner periphery of the second ring portion does not have any substantial gaps that allow the pipe to deform and occupy;
- a first fastener that engages both the first and second ring portions at a first location to selectively secure the first and second ring portions together at the first location;
- a second fastener that engages both the first and second ring portions at a second location to selectively secure the first and second ring portions together at the second location;
- wherein the first and second locations are positioned axially opposed to each other on an axis oriented transverse to a longitudinal extent of the pipe;
- wherein the first and second ring portions each includes a flange extending radially from each of the arcuate inner peripheries of each of the first and second ring portions;
- wherein the first ring portion includes a first tie rod opening located on the flange adjacent the first location;
- wherein the first ring portion includes a second tie rod opening located on the flange adjacent the second location and spaced apart from the first tie rod opening by a first distance;
- wherein no tie rod openings are located on the flange of the first ring portion between the first and second tie rod openings;
- wherein a first portion of a third tie rod opening is located on the first ring portion adjacent the first location and adjacent the second ring portion;
- wherein the first portion of the third tie rod opening is spaced apart from the first tie rod opening a second distance;
- wherein the second distance between the first portion of the third tie rod opening and the first tie rod opening does not have the same length as the first distance between the first and second tie rod openings;
- wherein a first portion of a fourth tie rod opening is located on the first ring portion adjacent the second location and adjacent the second ring portion;
- wherein the third distance between the first portion of the fourth tie rod opening and the second tie rod opening does not have the same length as the first distance between the first and second tie rod openings;
- wherein the second ring portion includes a fifth tie rod opening located on the flange of the second ring portion adjacent the first location;
- wherein the second ring portion includes a sixth tie rod opening located on the flange of the second ring portion adjacent the second location and spaced apart from the fifth tie rod opening a fourth distance;
- wherein no tie rod openings are located on the flange of the second ring portion between the fifth and sixth tie rod openings;
- wherein a second portion of a third tie rod opening is located on the second ring portion adjacent the first location and adjacent the first ring portion;
- wherein a fifth distance between the second portion of the third tie rod opening and the fifth tie rod opening does not have the same length as the fourth distance between the fifth and sixth tie rod openings;
- wherein a second portion of a fourth tie rod opening is located on the second ring portion adjacent the second location and adjacent the first ring portion;
- wherein a sixth distance between the second portion of the fourth tie rod opening and the sixth tie rod opening does not have the same length as the fourth distance between the fifth and sixth tie rod openings;
- wherein the first and second portions of the third tie rod opening form the third tie rod opening when the first fastener engages both the first and second ring portions at the first location and secures the first and second ring portions together;
- and
- wherein the first and second portions of the fourth tie rod opening form the fourth tie rod opening when the second fastener engages both the first and second ring portions at the second location and secures the first and second ring portions together.
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A restraint device assembly that couples adjoining pipes together, the restraint device assembly comprising:
- a pair of ring portions composed of a first ring portion and a second ring portion;
- wherein the first and second ring portions each include an arcuate inner periphery;
- wherein positioned together the pair of ring portions encircle an outer wall surface of a pipe and engage a circumference of the outer wall surface of the pipe;
- a first fastener that engages both the first and second ring portions at a first location to selectively secure the first and second ring portions together at the first location;
- a second fastener that engages both the first and second ring portions at a second location to selectively secure the first and second ring portions together at the second location;
- wherein the first and second ring portions each includes a flange extending radially from each of the arcuate inner peripheries of each of the first and second ring portions;
- wherein the first ring portion includes a first tie rod opening located on the flange adjacent the first location;
- wherein the first ring portion includes a second tie rod opening located on the flange adjacent the second location and spaced apart from the first tie rod opening by a first distance;
- wherein no tie rod openings are located on the flange of the first ring portion between the first and second tie rod openings;
- wherein the second ring portion includes a third tie rod opening located on the flange of the second ring portion adjacent the first location;
- wherein the second ring portion includes a fourth tie rod opening located on the flange of the second ring portion adjacent the second location and spaced apart from the third tie rod opening a second distance;
- wherein no tie rod openings are located on the flange of the second ring portion between the third and fourth tie rod openings;
- wherein a third distance extends between the first and third tie rod openings which does not have the same length as the first distance between the first and second tie rod openings;
- and
- wherein a fourth distance extends between the second and fourth tie rod openings which does not have the same length as the second distance between the third and fourth tie rod openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.