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US 2007/0175057 A1Published application
Pipefitting instruments and related methods
AssigneeMinds Imagination, LLC, The
InventorGeorge Sowder
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Abstract
A pipefitting instrument includes a main body member, a carriage slidably connected to the main body member, and a protractor member pivotally connected to the carriage. The protractor member includes a protractor scale operable to measure an angular orientation of the protractor member relative to the main body member. The instrument also includes a mounting member slidably connected to the main body member and configured to releasably attach to a pipe flange.
Claims21
A pipefitting instrument comprising:
- a main body member;
- a carriage slidably connected to the main body member;
- a protractor member pivotally connected to the carriage and including a protractor scale operable to measure an angular orientation of the protractor member relative to the main body member;
- and
- a mounting member slidably connected to the main body member and configured to releasably attach to a pipe flange.
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A method comprising:
- mounting a graduated instrument to adjacent ones of a plurality of mounting holes of a first pipe flange;
- measuring an angular orientation of the mounting holes of the first pipe flange relative to a central axis of a second pipe flange with the graduated instrument;
- adjusting a position of a third pipe flange relative to an elbow joint based at least in part on the measured angular orientation;
- and
- welding the third pipe flange to the elbow joint in the adjusted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.