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US 5,203,082 AGranted
Pipe insert and method of installation
AssigneeArizona Mist Outdoor Cooling Systems, Inc.
InventorThomas A. Bontems
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Abstract
A plastic pipe with an insert, to which attachments can be coupled, installed therein, so as to cause the plastic of said plastic pipe to bond to said insert by surface flow and a method of installing a metal insert in a plastic pipe using pressure and friction to cause a surface flow of pipe material.
Claims5
A method of installing a metal insert in a plastic pipe comprising the steps of:
- providing a plastic pipe having a longitudinal axis;
- forming an insert opening in said plastic pipe, lateral with respect to said longitudinal axis;
- providing a metal insert;
- and
- installing said insert in said insert opening of said plastic pipe so as to cause the plastic of said plastic pipe to bond to said insert.
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A method of constructing a fluid delivery system comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of plastic pipes each having a longitudinal axis;
- forming a plurality of insert openings in each of said plastic pipes, lateral with respect to said longitudinal axis;
- providing a plurality of metal inserts;
- providing a plurality of attachments;
- installing one of said plurality of metal inserts in each of said plurality of insert openings of said plastic pipes so as to cause the plastic of said plastic pipes to bond to said inserts;
- coupling said pipes together, with said inserts installed, to form a pipe structure;
- and
- coupling said attachments to said inserts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.