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US 2020/0139495 A1Published application
Fixtures for pipe installation, sealing and security
OwnerGerald R. Herreninventor
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Abstract
These fixtures aid in installing, sealing and securing pipe. Specifically, the invention aids in mating bell & spigot joints and securely capping open pipe ends of standard polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) pipe products as well as non-plastic piping by enabling equalized full circumference pressure on pipe ends to nudge, seal and/or secure pipe ends during installation or decommissioning.
Claims14
A pipe fixture comprising;
- a pipe at least partially filled with a fluid medium, a cylindrical body further comprising an inside surface and outside surface,
- said fixture further comprising a closed end and an open end, said closed end further comprising an outer surface and an inner surface,
- a resilient insert disposed on at least a portion of said cylindrical body inside surface, and
- a means for lifting and positioning said fixture on said pipe.
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A pipe brake fixture comprising;
- a pipe at least partially filled with a fluid medium,
- a yoke removably disposed on said pipe,
- at least two articulating jaws disposed on said yoke,
- at least two handles disposed on said at least two jaws,
- a means for aligning said fixture on said pipe,
- a means for locking said at least two handles in position thereby forming a contact surface between said fixture and said pipe, and
- a means for pressing said fixture along the pipe center axis direction thereby shifting said fixture into an inclined position thereby forming an eccentric shaped contact surface that increases the friction coefficient at said eccentric shaped contact surface.
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A pipe plate fixture comprising;
- a pipe at least partially filled with a fluid medium,
- a disc body having a front surface and a back surface,
- a resilient disc disposed on said body front surface,
- a mounting fixture centrally disposed on said body back surface, and
- at least two positioners circumferentially disposed between said body back surface and said mounting fixture thereby allowing said disc body to articulate around said mounting fixture for equalized full perimeter contact between said resilient disc and said pipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.