Piping component and sealing element for insertion therein
AssigneeNIBCO Inc.
InventorJames Stogdill
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Abstract
An assembly configured to be press joined with a pipe by a pressing tool includes a piping component, which includes a body, a first end having a rim and an inner surface having a plurality of grooves, and a sealing recess wall positioned between the first end and the body and defining a sealing recess. The assembly also includes a sealing element received within the sealing recess of the piping component and having a sealing element thickness. The sealing element thickness of the sealing element is about equal to and not less than a Minimum Sealing Element Thickness Value of the sealing element.
Claims4
A method of press joining a piping component with a pipe via a pressing tool, comprising the steps of:
- inserting the pipe into the piping component, wherein the piping component has a sealing element received within a sealing recess defined by a sealing recess wall of the piping component, wherein the sealing element has a sealing element thickness and the sealing element thickness of the sealing element is about equal to and not less than a Minimum Sealing Element Thickness Value of the sealing element;
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- pressing the pipe and piping component with the pressing tool, such that a sealing recess-pressing portion of the pressing tool presses the sealing recess wall of the piping component and a first end-crimping portion of the pressing tool crimps a first end of the piping component between the sealing recess wall and a rim of the first end positioned distally from the sealing recess wall, and such that the pipe is operable to withstand 2 million vibration cycles at an amplitude of 0.125 inches and a frequency of 16.67 Hertz under a UL 109 vibration test without breakage along the rim of the first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.