System and method for mounting shut-off valves or adapters in an irrigation system
AssigneeTeco S.R.L.
InventorCosimo Iacopetta
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Abstract
A system for mounting an adapter on a main flexible pipe for connecting a branch pipe is described, including a fitting having an externally threaded shank and a widened base which can be inserted in a hole of the pipe and can be fixed by a first ring nut screwed on the threaded shank, wherein the system includes a tool for inserting the fitting in the hole and for tightening the first ring nut, and wherein on the adapter a second ring nut is provided for fixing the adapter to the fitting.
Claims12
System for mounting an adapter on a main flexible pipe of an irrigation system for the connection of a branch pipe, the system comprising a fitting having an externally threaded shank and a widened base which can be inserted in a hole of the main flexible pipe and fixed by a first ring nut screwing on said threaded shank, and further comprising a tool comprising a spanner for inserting said fitting in said hole and for the tightening of said first ring nut, wherein on said adapter a second ring nut is provided for fixing the adapter to the fitting,
- wherein said shank of the fitting is internally hollow and has a first section with a circular cross section and a second section with a polygonal cross section, said tool comprising a spanner having a stem with an end section with a polygonal cross section, engaging with said polygonal cross section of the shank, and a grip with a hole provided with protrusions for engagement with an external knurling of said first ring nut.
Method of mounting an adapter on a main flexible pipe of an irrigation system for the connection of a branch pipe, comprising:
- making a circular hole on said main flexible pipe;
- insertion in said hole of a widened base of a fitting having an externally threaded shank, by a tool comprising a spanner;
- screwing a first ring nut on said externally threaded shank by internal protrusions of the spanner for fixing the fitting on the main flexible pipe;
- screwing on said externally threaded shank of the fitting a second ring nut carried by said adapter for fixing the adapter to the fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.