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US 2007/0176411 A1Published application
Conduit repair
OwnerHughes Bryaninventor
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Abstract
A unitary conduit repair joins first and second conduits each having open ends spaced from one another a predetermined distance, wherein the repair includes a unitary tubular body having a first end portion with an elongated female portion and an opposite second end portion with a male portion, and the unitary body has a total length greater than the predetermined distance between the ends of the first and second conduits.
Claims14
A conduit repair, comprising:
- (a) first and second conduits each respectively having open ends, with said ends being spaced from one another a fixed, predetermined distance, at least one of said conduits being substantially unbendable prior to repair, (b) a conduit repair coupling including a unitary tubular body having a first end portion with an elongated female portion and an opposite second end portion with a male portion, (c) said unitary body having a total length greater than said predetermined distance between said ends of said first and second conduits, (d) said female portion having an internal opening capable in size of receiving said first conduit end, said male portion having an external size capable of entering said second conduit end, and (e) said end of said first conduit secured to said female portion, and said end of said second conduit secured to said male portion.
A pipe repair, comprising:
- (a) first and second pipes each respectively having open ends with said ends being spaced from one another a fixed, predetermined distance, with at least one of the pipes being fixed such that it is substantially unbendable prior to repair, (b) a pipe repair coupling including a unitary tubular body having a first end portion with an elongated female portion and an opposite second end male portion, (c) said unitary body having a total length greater than said predetermined distance between said ends of said first and second pipes, (d) said female portion having an internal size receiving said first pipe end, said second end male portion connected to said second pipe end, and (e) said female portion having sufficient length to permit a retracting displacement over said end portion of said first pipe to permit positioning of said second end male portion in alignment with said opening of said second pipe such that upon subsequent displacement into connecting contact with said second pipe end maintaining contact with said first pipe thereby joining said first and second pipes.
A conduit repair, comprising:
- (a) first and second conduits each respectively having open ends, with said ends being spaced from one another a fixed, predetermined distance, at least one of said conduits being substantially unbendable prior to repair, (b) a conduit repair coupling including a unitary tubular body having a first end portion with an elongated female portion and an opposite second end portion with a male portion, (c) said unitary body having a total length greater than said predetermined distance between said ends of said first and second conduits, (d) said female portion having an internal opening capable in size of receiving said first conduit end, said male portion having an external size capable of entering said second conduit end, (e) said end of said first conduit secured to said female portion, and said end of said second conduit secured to said male portion, (f) said female portion being substantially longer than said male portion, and said female portion and said male portion are secured to said first and second conduits by an adhesive material, (g) the exterior of said female portion having a handgrip surface there around, and (h) said female portion having sufficient length to permit a retracting displacement over said end portion of the first conduit to permit positioning of said male portion in alignment with said second conduit and subsequent extending displacement into said second conduit end while maintaining contact with said first conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.