Back to results
US 12,753,870 B2Granted
Pipe fitting
AssigneeTyco Fire Products LP
InventorsMathew R. Ancone, Raul G. Pereira
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A pipe fitting can include an inlet, an outlet, a passageway along an axis between the inlet and the outlet, and a gasket. The inlet includes an inner wall at the passageway, an outer wall outward from the inner wall relative to the axis, and a groove between the inner wall and the outer wall. The gasket includes a head and a collar extending from the head, the gasket sized to be received in the groove such that the head is inside the groove and the collar is outside the groove.
Claims18
A pipe fitting, comprising:
- an inlet;
- an outlet;
- a passageway along an axis between the inlet and the outlet;
- the inlet comprising an inner wall at the passageway, an outer wall outward from the inner wall relative to the axis, and a groove between the inner wall and the outer wall;
- and
- a gasket in the groove, the gasket comprising a head and a collar extending from the head, the gasket sized to be received in the groove such that the head is inside the groove and the collar is outside the groove, the collar structured to extend past an exterior surface of a hole of a pipe to which the pipe fitting is to be coupled, the inlet structured such that the inlet does not extend past the exterior surface.
3 more elements
A piping system, comprising:
- a pipe comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface and defining a hole from the interior surface to the exterior surface;
- a fitting to mount to the pipe to couple the pipe with a branch pipe, the fitting comprising an inlet around an axis and at least one wall forming a groove outward from the inlet relative to the axis, the inlet structured to not extend into the hole past the exterior surface;
- a gasket comprising a head and a collar extending from the head, the gasket sized to be received in the groove such that the head is inside the groove and the collar is outside the groove and in contact with the hole;
- and
- the head is outside the hole while the collar extends through the hole.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.