Pipe fitting with grip ring
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorRyan Fairchild Larson
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Abstract
A pipe fitting includes a fitting body defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first fitting end, and a second fitting end, the inner surface defining a channel extending from the first fitting end to the second fitting end, a portion of the inner surface defining a tapered region tapering towards the first fitting end; and an engagement assembly comprising a metal grip ring received in the channel, the metal grip ring defining a substantially frustoconical ring body, the ring body defining a diameter that tapers from a first lateral end of the ring body to a second lateral end of the ring body, the engagement assembly configured to slide along the tapered region.
Claims20
A pipe fitting comprising:
- a fitting body defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first fitting end, and a second fitting end, the inner surface defining a channel extending from the first fitting end to the second fitting end, a portion of the inner surface defining a tapered region tapering towards the first fitting end;
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- an engagement assembly comprising a metal grip ring received in the channel, the metal grip ring defining a substantially frustoconical ring body, the ring body defining a diameter that tapers from a first lateral end of the ring body to a second lateral end of the ring body, the engagement assembly configured to slide along the tapered region.
An engagement assembly comprising:
- a grip ring defining a substantially C-shaped ring body, the ring body defining a grip ring first end and a grip ring second end, a retainer tab extending from the grip ring first end;
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- a substantially C-shaped guide ring defining a guide ring first end, a guide ring second end, and a guide slot, a first portion of the ring body received in the guide slot, a retainer protrusion extending from the guide ring and disposed adjacent to the guide ring first end;
- wherein the retainer tab engages the retainer protrusion to retain the first portion of the ring body within the guide slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.