Fluid introducer to a piping system
AssigneeJames Robert Balman
InventorJames Robert Balman
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a fluid introducer for a piping system that includes first and second piping sections. The fluid introducer provides a direct connection to the first piping section through a separator body configured to be positioned in an expansion gap between the first piping section and the second piping section such that a first end face of the separator body faces the first piping section and a second end face of the separator body faces the second piping section. The fluid introducer is configured to direct fluid from the fluid source through fluid introduction passaging into the first piping section and block the fluid from flowing into the second piping section.
Claims20
A fluid introducer for a piping system comprising a first piping section and a second piping section configured for direct connection to the first piping section, the fluid introducer comprising:
- a separator body having a first end face, a second end face spaced apart from the first end face along an axis, and a perimeter portion extending along the axis from the first end face to the second end face, the separator body being configured to be positioned in the piping system between the first piping section and the second piping section such that the first end face faces the first piping section and the second end face faces the second piping section, the first end face defining an outlet port;
- an inlet fitting adjacent the perimeter portion of the separator body configured to fluidly connect the fluid introducer to a fluid source;
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- a fluid introduction passaging providing fluid communication from the inlet fitting to the outlet port;
- wherein when the separator body is positioned in the piping system between the first piping section and the second piping section, the fluid introducer is configured to direct fluid from the fluid source through the fluid introduction passaging into the first piping section and block the fluid from flowing into the second piping section;
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- wherein the separator body is configured to be received in an expansion gap between the first piping section and the second piping section allowed by an expansion joint of the piping system.
A fluid introducer for a piping system comprising a first piping section and a second piping section configured for direct connection to the first piping section, the fluid introducer comprising:
- a separator body having a first end face, a second end face spaced apart from the first end face along an axis, and a perimeter portion extending along the axis from the first end face to the second end face, the separator body being configured to be positioned in the piping system between the first piping section and the second piping section such that the first end face faces the first piping section and the second end face faces the second piping section, the first end face defining an outlet port;
- an inlet fitting adjacent the perimeter portion of the separator body configured to fluidly connect the fluid introducer to a fluid source;
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- fluid introduction passaging providing fluid communication from the inlet fitting to the outlet port;
- wherein when the separator body is positioned in the piping system between the first piping section and the section of the pipe, the fluid introducer is configured to direct fluid from the fluid source through the fluid introduction passaging into the first piping section and block the fluid from flowing into the second piping section;
- wherein the separator body has a thickness extending from the first end face to the second end face and the thickness is less than 0.3-times a pipe diameter of the first and second piping sections.
A method of introducing fluid into a first piping section of a piping system without introducing the fluid into a second piping section of the piping system that is directly connected to the first piping section, the method comprising;
- disconnecting the first piping section and the second piping section;
- moving one of the first piping section and the second piping section away from the other of the first piping section and the second piping section using an allowance of an expansion joint of the piping system without removing any of the first piping section or the second piping section from the piping system to create an expansion gap between the first piping section and the second piping section;
- installing a fluid introducer into the expansion gap, wherein the fluid introducer is configured to discharge fluid imparted into the introducer on one side of the introducer while preventing the fluid from being discharged on an opposite side;
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- introducing fluid into the first piping section via the fluid introducer in the expansion gap.
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