Adaptor for forming a branch in a conduit
OwnerBrian Roy Magennis, Alan Stanley Donaldson +1inventors
InventorsBrian Roy Magennis, Alan Stanley Donaldson, Albert Lampen
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Abstract
An adaptor for forming a branch in a conduit is shaped and dimensioned to slide onto a cylindrical conduit. The adaptor includes a collar having an outer generally circumferentially extending wall, end walls and a cylindrical passage extending between the end walls. The passage has an inner wall and an opening at each end, and spaced resiliently deformable sealing means adjacent each opening. The sealing means is positioned to provide a seal between the collar and the cylindrical conduit when the adaptor is slidingly engaged with the cylindrical conduit. The collar includes at least one fluid flow passage extending between the outer wall and the inner wall.
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An adaptor for forming a branch in a conduit, the adaptor being shaped and dimensioned to slide onto a cylindrical conduit and including a collar having an outer generally circumferentially extending wall, end walls and a cylindrical passage extending between the end walls, the passage having an inner wall and an opening at each end, and
- spaced resiliently deformable sealing means adjacent each opening,-the sealing means being positioned to provide a seal between the collar and the cylindrical conduit when the adaptor is slidingly engaged with the cylindrical conduit.
A method of forming a branch in a conduit, the method including the steps of
- slidingly locating a collar over an opening through a wall of a conduit;
- providing a seal between the collar and the conduit on either side of the opening with resiliently deformable sealing means;
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- forming at least one fluid flow passage to extend through the collar so that a fluid flow path is formed between the opening in the wall of the conduit and the flow passage.
A method of forming a branch in a conduit, the method including the steps of
- slidingly locating a collar on a conduit having a conduit wall;
- providing a pair of spaced apart seals between the collar and the conduit wall with resiliently deformable sealing means;
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- forming at least one fluid flow passage to extend through the collar and the conduit wall so that a fluid flow path is formed between the inside of the conduit and the fluid flow passage.
An adaptor for forming a branch in a conduit, the adaptor being shaped and dimensioned to slide onto a cylindrical conduit and including a collar having an outer generally circumferentially extending wall, end walls and a cylindrical passage extending between the end walls, the passage having an inner wall and an opening at each end, and
- spaced receiving formations adjacent each opening which are shaped and dimensioned to receive resiliently deformable sealing means.
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