Strainer and insert assembly
AssigneeIPS Corporation
InventorsRobert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo
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Abstract
A tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on the upper end of the wall, a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall sized for reception by the tubular strainer, and a second flange carried by the insert wall, an elastomeric seal having a tubular body fittingly sealingly carried by the insert cylindrical wall, the seal body configured for progressive compressive radial sealing engagement with the strainer wall interior surface when endwise inserted by the insert within said tubular strainer.
Claims10
An assembly comprising:
- a tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on an upper end of the wall;
- a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall and a second flange located at an upper end of the cylindrical wall;
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- an elastomeric seal having a tubular body fittingly sealingly carried by the cylindrical wall of the insert,
- wherein the seal body includes an outer wall configured for progressive compressive radial sealing engagement with the strainer wall interior surface when the insert and seal are inserted within the tubular strainer.
A method of assembling an insert and strainer assembly comprising:
- providing a tubular strainer having a wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, and a first flange on an upper end of the wall;
- providing a tubular insert having a cylindrical wall and a second flange located at an upper end of the cylindrical wall;
- providing an elastomeric seal having a tubular body that includes an outer wall;
- retaining the seal on the cylindrical wall of the tubular insert;
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- inserting the insert and seal into the strainer such that the outer wall of the seal progressively engages with the interior surface of the strainer as the insert and seal are forced downwardly into the strainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.