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US 10,851,922 B2Granted
Adjustable collar
AssigneeCentrotherm Eco Systems, LLC
InventorsKevin Shaw, Ralf Liese
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Abstract
An adjustable collar for inserting a pipe therein, in particular for positioning and securing a pipe to an apparatus. The adjustable collar accepts pipes of any diameter within a pre-determined range instead of only accepting pipes of certain standard diameters. Furthermore, pipes can be secured into the adjustable collar according to the invention without the need for hand tools, adapters, or other accessories.
Claims12
An adjustable collar for inserting a pipe therein, comprising
- a housing with a first open end and a second open end;
- at least two sizing clamps, radially movably mounted at said first open end, and having a first end and a second end;
- a control ring rotatably mounted at said first open end, and having a first end and a second end;
- and
- one or more clamp guides configured to receive the sizing clamps and defining an allowed movement range for the sizing clamps;
- wherein one of the first and second ends of the control ring and one of the first and second ends of the sizing clamps are in contact with each other, wherein at the contact side of said control ring and sizing clamps, one of the contacting ends of the control ring and sizing clamps is provided with a spiral guide track and the other is provided with cooperative guide followers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.