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US 12,669,208 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for reinforcing piping and installing a pipe adapter
AssigneeTruComp Pipe LLC
InventorTodd A. Volker
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Abstract
A pipe adapter assembly joining first ends of two pipes. The adapter includes a temperature probe for measuring the temperature of a butt joint between the first ends of the two pipes, and a layer of reinforcement material wrapped around the joined ends of the pipes and the temperature probe. A pipe adapter is coupled to a second end of the first pipe, and covers least a portion of the adapter covers at least a portion of the reinforcement material.
Claims7
A pipe adapter assembly comprising:
- a first pipe having a first end and a second end and a second pipe having a first end;
- said first end of said first pipe adapted to be joined to said first end of said second pipe forming a butt joint;
- a temperature probe disposed within a probe recess formed in an exterior surface of said first pipe proximal said butt joint;
- a layer of reinforcement material wrapped around said first end of said first pipe and said first end of said second pipe such that said reinforcement material encapsulates said temperature probe and said butt joint;
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- a pipe adapter coupled to said second end of said first pipe, wherein at least a portion of said adapter includes an outer sleeve extending over and mechanically retaining at least a portion of said reinforcement material.
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