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US 2019/0154183 A1Published application
Pipe Enclosure
OwnerWilliam Joseph Speakman, Richard Taylor Pruet +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Joseph Speakman, Richard Taylor Pruet, Robert Lloyd Cortiaus
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a pipe enclosure includes: a body having a void; a male interlocking portion at a first end of the body, the male interlocking portion and the body being integrally formed of a metal, the male interlocking portion having a first bore extending therethrough, the first bore being contiguous with the void; and a female interlocking portion at a second end of the body, the female interlocking portion and the body being integrally formed of the metal, the female interlocking portion having a second bore extending therethrough, the second bore being contiguous with the void, the female interlocking portion and the male interlocking portion having complimentary shapes.
Claims16
A pipe enclosure comprising:
- a body having a void;
- a male interlocking portion at a first end of the body, the male interlocking portion and the body being integrally formed of a metal, the male interlocking portion having a first bore extending therethrough, the first bore being contiguous with the void;
- a female interlocking portion at a second end of the body, the female interlocking portion and the body being integrally formed of the metal, the female interlocking portion having a second bore extending therethrough, the second bore being contiguous with the void, the female interlocking portion and the male interlocking portion having complimentary shapes;
- a first bore groove in the body, the first bore groove being disposed around the first bore;
- a second bore groove in the body, the second bore groove being disposed around the second bore;
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- a periphery groove in the body, the periphery groove being disposed around the periphery of the void, the periphery groove being contiguous with the first bore groove and the second bore groove.
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A system comprising:
- a pipe;
- a first pipe enclosure around the pipe, the first pipe enclosure comprising:
- a first body having a first void surrounding the pipe;
- a first male interlocking portion at a first end of the first body, the first male interlocking portion and the first body being integrally formed of a first metal, the first male interlocking portion having a first bore extending therethrough, the first bore being contiguous with the first void;
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- a first female interlocking portion at a second end of the first body, the first female interlocking portion and the first body being integrally formed of the first metal, the first female interlocking portion having a second bore extending therethrough, the second bore being contiguous with the first void, the first female interlocking portion and the first male interlocking portion having complimentary shapes;
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- a second pipe enclosure around the pipe, the second pipe enclosure comprising:
- a second body having a second void surrounding the pipe;
- a second male interlocking portion at a first end of the second body, the second male interlocking portion and the second body being integrally formed of a second metal, the second male interlocking portion having a third bore extending therethrough, the third bore being contiguous with the second void;
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- a second female interlocking portion at a second end of the second body, the second female interlocking portion and the second body being integrally formed of the second metal, the second female interlocking portion having a fourth bore extending therethrough, the fourth bore being contiguous with the second void, the second female interlocking portion and the second male interlocking portion having complimentary shapes,
- wherein the first male interlocking portion of the first pipe enclosure is connected to the second female interlocking portion of the second pipe enclosure.
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A method comprising:
- identifying a first leak along a pipe;
- attaching a first pipe enclosure to the pipe, the first pipe enclosure comprising:
- a first body having a first void;
- a first male interlocking portion at a first end of the first body, the first male interlocking portion and the first body being integrally formed of a first metal, the first male interlocking portion having a first bore extending therethrough, the first bore being contiguous with the first void;
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- a first female interlocking portion at a second end of the first body, the first female interlocking portion and the first body being integrally formed of the first metal, the first female interlocking portion having a second bore extending therethrough, the second bore being contiguous with the first void, the first female interlocking portion and the first male interlocking portion having complimentary shapes;
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- injecting a first sealant into the first void of the first pipe enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.