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US 12,234,939 B2Granted
Malleable press fittings
AssigneeASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
InventorsJordan Cameron Belen, Matthew William McNamara, Mark David Kirby, Ty Schell
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Abstract
A method of connecting a pipe to a cast fitting, the method can include casting a body including a first body end and a second body end disposed opposite from the first body end, wherein the body defines an axis extending from the first body end to the second body end, wherein the body includes a first neck disposed proximate to the first body end wherein the body further includes an inner body surface defining a bore extending through the body from the first body end to the second body end, and wherein the body further includes an outer body surface spaced from the inner body surface a predetermined wall thickness.
Claims6
A method of connecting a pipe to a cast fitting, the method comprising:
- casting a body comprising:
- a first body end and a second body end disposed opposite from the first body end, wherein the body defines an axis extending from the first body end to the second body end, wherein the body comprises a first neck disposed proximate to the first body end wherein the body further comprises an inner body surface defining a bore extending through the body from the first body end to the second body end, and wherein the body further comprises an outer body surface spaced from the inner body surface a predetermined wall thickness,
- wherein at a first location on the axis, the inner body surface is unmachined and defines a first distance from the axis, and at a second location on the axis that is spaced from the first location, the inner body surface is unmachined and defines a second distance from the axis that is greater than the first distance, and wherein at the first location, the outer body surface is unmachined and defines a third distance from the axis and at the second location, the outer body surface is unmachined and defines a fourth distance from the axis that is less than the third distance;
- and
- machining the inner body surface at a portion of the first neck to define a seal cavity in the first neck and machining a portion of the outer body surface of the first neck to form a jaw engagement surface on the first neck, wherein the portion of the first neck defines the second location and wherein the first location is spaced apart from the portion of the first neck.
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A method of connecting a pipe to a cast fitting, the method comprising:
- casting a body comprising:
- a first body end and a second body end disposed opposite from the first body end, wherein the body defines an axis extending from the first body end to the second body end, wherein the body comprises a first neck disposed proximate to the first body end wherein the body further comprises an inner body surface defining a bore extending through the body from the first body end to the second body end, and wherein the body further comprises an outer body surface spaced from the inner body surface a predetermined wall thickness,
- wherein at a first location on the axis, the inner body surface is unmachined and defines a first distance from the axis, and at a second location on the axis that is spaced from the first location, the inner body surface is unmachined and defines a second distance from the axis that is greater than the first distance, and wherein at the first location, the outer body surface is unmachined and defines a third distance from the axis and at the second location, the outer body surface is unmachined and defines a fourth distance from the axis that is less than the third distance,
- wherein the body has a centerline disposed substantially at a midpoint between the first body end and the second body end, and wherein the first location on the axis is at the centerline.
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A method, comprising:
- casting a body comprising:
- a first body end comprising a first neck disposed proximate to the first body end;
- a second body end comprising a second neck disposed opposite from the first body end;
- an inner body surface defining a bore extending along an axis through the body from the first body end to the second body end;
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- an outer body surface defining a wall thickness from the inner body surface, and wherein:
- at a first location on the axis, the inner body surface is unmachined and defines a first distance, and the outer body surface defines a second distance from the axis;
- at a second location on the axis that is spaced from the first location, the inner body surface defines a third distance, and the outer body surface defines a fourth distance from the axis;
- the first distance is less than the third distance;
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- the second distance is greater than the fourth distance;
- machining a portion of the inner body surface at the first neck to form a seal cavity in the inner body surface at the first neck;
- and
- machining a portion of the outer body surface at the first neck to form a jaw engagement surface on the outer body surface of the first neck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.