Method for making irrigation standpipe flow diverter
OwnerGolden R. Broussardinventor
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Abstract
A flow diverter 10 for mounting on the flange 53 of an irrigation standpipe valve 52 comprising a hollow cylindrical body 12, having a side opening 14, an anchor strap 16 formed integrally with the body 12 below the side opening 14, and a cap 18 mounted to the body 12 above the side opening 14. The body 12and the strap 16 have rows of anchor stops 33 and 35 which fit above and below the valve flange 53 and the diverter 10 is secured to the valve 52 by the anchor strap 16 and the stops 33 and 35.
Claims9
A method for making a flow diverter from a sheet of metal, said flow diverter having a body, a flow opening, and an anchor strap all integrally formed together from said sheet metal sheet, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a sheet of metal having a predetermined length and width;
- b) rolling said metal sheet into a cylindrical tube of a predetermined diameter, said tube having cylindrical walls and a longitudinal gap extending down the entire length of said tube;
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- c) cutting said sheet metal tube along predetermined lines on said cylindrical walls in such a manner so as to form at least two bodies for said flow diverters from said tube, each of said bodies being identical in size and shape and each having an inlet end and an outlet end, said cutting being made so as to integrally form said flow openings and said anchor straps of desired dimensions from said cylindrical walls as said cutting is performed, said flow openings being positioned adjacent to said outlet end of each of said bodies and said anchor straps being positioned adjacent to said inlet ends of said bodies;
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- d) capping said outlet end of each of said diverter bodies.
A method of making flow diverters, said flow diverters having cylindrical bodies formed from a tube having cylindrical walls, flow openings, and anchor straps formed from said tube walls, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a tube of a predetermined and desired size and length;
- b) cutting a longitudinal gap in said wall of said tube along its entire length;
- c) making additional cuts in said tube walls along predetermined lines in such a manner so as to form two diverter bodies of identical size and shape from said selected tube, each of said diverter bodies having an inlet end and an outlet end, said additional cuts being made so as to form said flow openings and said anchor straps in said diverter bodies from said tube walls as said additional cuts are made, said flow openings being positioned adjacent to said outlet end of each of said bodies and said anchor straps being positioned adjacent to said inlet ends of said bodies;
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- d) capping said outlet end of each of said diverter bodies.
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