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US 11,215,306 B2Granted
Joint restraint device
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorAurelian Ioan Furcoiu
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Abstract
A gland assembly includes a gland including an annular ring defining a fastener hole; and a joint restraint assembly comprising a restraint base, the restraint base attached to the annular ring; and a cover including a cover portion removably attached to the restraint base; and a bolt stop portion covering the fastener hole, the bolt stop portion extending laterally outward from the cover portion.
Claims16
A gland assembly comprising:
- a gland comprising:
- an annular ring defining a gland bore and a fastener hole, the gland bore centered within the annular ring, the gland bore defining a gland axis, the fastener hole defining a fastener hole axis positioned parallel to the gland axis and radially outward from the gland bore;
- and
- a joint restraint assembly comprising a restraint base, the restraint base attached to the annular ring;
- and
- a cover comprising:
- a cover portion removably attached to the restraint base;
- and
- a bolt stop portion covering the fastener hole, the bolt stop portion extending laterally outward from the cover portion.
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A method for forming a mechanical joint pipe connection between a piping element and a pipe length, the method comprising:
- inserting a pipe end of the pipe length through a gland and a gasket and into a female socket defined by the piping element, a fastener hole of the gland covered by a cover, the cover attached to the gland;
- removing the cover from the gland;
- inserting a fastener through the fastener hole of the gland;
- and
- fastening the gland to a flange defined by the piping element;
- and
- wherein the gland comprises:
- an annular ring defining a gland bore and the fastener hole, the gland bore centered within the annular ring, the gland bore defining a gland axis, the fastener hole defining a fastener hole axis positioned parallel to the gland axis and radially outward from the gland bore;
- and
- a joint restraint assembly comprising a restraint base, the restraint base attached to the annular ring;
- and
- wherein the cover comprises:
- a cover portion removably attached to the restraint base;
- and
- a bolt stop portion covering the fastener hole, the bolt stop portion extending laterally outward from the cover portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.