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US 11,453,038 B2Granted
Aligning cap for conduits
OwnerRyan Sullivaninventor
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Abstract
An aligning device that can be mounted to a conduit for rotating the conduit in successive angular intervals. The aligning device having a bracket that can be secured to the conduit. The bracket having four bubble levels at its periphery equally spaced from each other. Each bubble level can be horizontally leveled.
Claims10
An aligning device comprising:
- a bracket configured to mount to a conduit;
- and
- a plurality of bubble levels coupled to a periphery of the bracket, the plurality of bubble levels equally spaced from each other, each bubble level can be horizontally leveled.
A method for bending a conduit, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an aligning device, the aligning device comprises:
- a bracket configured to mount to the conduit, and
- four bubble levels coupled to a periphery of the bracket, the four bubble levels equally spaced from each other, each bubble level can be horizontally leveled, each bubble level at 90° angular distance from the two adjacent bubble levels, the longitudinal axis of each bubble level is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the two adjacent bubble levels;
- securing the aligning device to the conduit;
- mounting the conduit to a tube bender;
- rotating one of the four bubble levels to top, the one bubble level aligned horizontally;
- bending the conduit using the tube bender;
- upon bending the conduit, rotating the conduit by 90° or 180°, such as another one bubble level is at the top;
- horizontally leveling the another one bubble level;
- and
- upon horizontally leveling the another one bubble level, bending the conduit again.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.