Irrigation Pipe Splice Sleeve and Method
AssigneeNetafim, Ltd.
InventorAmir Horvitz
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Abstract
An irrigation pipe splice is formed from two sub-assemblies, each sub-assembly including a sleeve mated to a pipe section. Each sleeve has an inner wall and an outer wall connected by a rim, the outer wall surrounding at least a portion of the inner wall and forming a gap therewith. In the pipe splice, the inner and outer walls sandwich a pipe wall within the gap.
Claims10
An irrigation pipe splice comprising two pipe sections and two sleeves,
- each pipe section comprises a pipe wall, is associated with one of the sleeves and meets the other pipe section and sleeve at a join,
- each sleeve comprises an inner wall that fits within at least a portion of the pipe wall and an outer wall that fits over at least a portion of the pipe wall.
A method of forming an irrigation pipe splice comprising:
- providing two pipe sections and two sleeves, each sleeve comprising an inner wall and an outer wall that meet at a rim, wherein the inner wall is capable of being received in at least a portion of a pipe section and the outer wall is capable of fitting over at least a portion of said pipe section;
- forming two sub-assemblies from the two sleeves and the two pipe sections, each sub-assembly comprising a sleeve mated to an associated pipe section with the sleeve inner wall received into a portion of the pipe section, the sleeve outer wall fitting over an end portion of a pipe wall, and the sleeve rim covering a pipe end of the pipe section;
- axially aligning the two sub-assemblies so that the rims face each other;
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- applying heat to the rims;
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- axially biasing at least one sub-assembly against the other sub-assembly until they meet at a join.
An irrigation pipe-splicing sleeve comprising an inner wall and an outer wall that meet at a rim, the outer wall surrounding at least a portion of the inner wall and forming a gap therewith, the gap being adapted to receive an open end of a pipe section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.