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AssigneeUnderground Solutions Technologies Group, Inc.
InventorsWilliam F. Becker, Thomas Marti, Eric Kerner, Michael Benvenuti, Michael McKanna, Douglas Urbanek
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A method for fusing a first conduit section to a second conduit section, each including at least one bell portion with a first end and a second end and having a bell portion inside dimension greater at the second end of the bell portion than at the first end of the bell portion. The method includes: heating and melting at least a portion of each of the second end of the bell portion of the first conduit section and the second end of the bell portion of the second conduit section; and fusing the first conduit section and the second conduit section by engaging the second end of the bell portion of the first conduit section with the second end of the bell portion of the second conduit section, thereby creating a fused conduit system having a fused joint area.
A method for fusing a first conduit section to a second conduit section, each comprising at least one bell portion with a first end and a second end and having a bell portion inside dimension greater at the second end of the bell portion than at the first end of the bell portion, the method comprising:
An on-site method of fusing a first conduit section to a second conduit section, each comprising a bell portion inside dimension greater at the second end of the bell portion than at the first end of the bell portion, the method comprising:
An on-site method of manufacturing a conduit section, comprising engaging at least one terminal end of a conduit section with a shaped mandrel, thereby forming a bell portion on the at least one terminal end of the conduit section.
A conduit section, comprising:
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