Pipe and flange assembly
OwnerDavid M. Rousselinventor
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Abstract
A pipe and flange assembly including a flange having a front surface and a rear surface, the flange having a substantially cylindrical aperture therethrough, the front surface of the flange being substantially planar, the rear surface of the flange having a cylindrical recessed portion therein for receipt of a pipe, the recessed portion having a chamfer extending around the circumference thereof between the recessed portion and the rear surface of the flange, a substantially cylindrical pipe seated in the recessed portion, and an interface portion connecting the pipe to the flange, the interface portion including the chamfer and weld material disposed between the pipe and the flange at said chamfer.
Claims9
A pipe and flange assembly comprising:
- a. a flange having a front surface and a rear surface, said flange having an aperture therethrough, said front surface being substantially planar, said rear surface having a rearwardly facing substantially cylindrical recessed portion therein for receipt of the exterior end of a cylindrical pipe, said recessed portion having chamfer means extending around the circumference thereof between said recessed portion and said rear surface of said flange, said substantially cylindrical recessed portion having sidewalls perpendicular to said front surface and a flat peripheral portion extending perpendicular to said sidewalls for abutment with the end of a cylindrical pipe inserted in said substantially cylindrical recessed portion,
- b. a cylindrical pipe extending into said recessed portion, and butting against said peripheral portion, and
- c. an interface portion connecting said pipe to said flange, said interface portion comprising said chamfer and weld material disposed between said pipe and said flange at said chamfer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.