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AssigneeInfrastructure Products Australia Pty Ltd
InventorsDaniel Prusac, Chanaka Madushan Abeysinghe, Chris Hopkins
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A connector for coupling a pipe to a vessel, the connector having an inner diameter to fit over the pipe and an inlet to receive a binder to fill and seal a cavity between the connector and the pipe. The invention also relates to method for connecting a pipe to a pit or wall comprising defining an opening in a sidewall of the pit or in the wall with an insert or a frame, providing a binder within the insert or frame to seal against the pipe which is inserted into the opening or into the insert or frame, wherein the binder binds the pipe to the insert or frame. The invention also relates to a pit incorporating the connector and an assembly including the pipe fixed to the connector.
1-56. (canceled)
A method for connecting a pipe into a wall of a pit comprising defining an opening in the wall with an insert or a frame, providing a binder within the insert or frame to seal against the pipe which is inserted into the opening or into the insert or frame, wherein the binder binds the pipe to the insert or frame;
A pit comprising one or more walls, at least one wall having an insert or frame therein, the insert or frame defining an opening in the wall to receive a binder, the opening being adapted to receive a pipe to be connected to the wall, wherein the insert or frame includes annular flanges that define the opening and a cavity between the flanges into which the binder is injected to fix against the pipe when inserted in the opening;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.