Thread supporting stabilizer assembly
AssigneePhoenix Precision
InventorPeter B. Hutton
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Abstract
A pressure tap assembly for connection between a pipeline flange and a manifold and/or transmitter in which can transmit the load from a threaded end of the tap to the body of the tap. In one embodiment the tap is provided with a tap body having an integral stabilizing flange. By the use of a force providing device the stabilizing flange is forced in a direction away from the pipeline flange thereby reducing the load on the threads on the threaded end of the tap. A combination of a stabilizing nut and stabilizer base can be used to provide the force.
Claims16
A method of stabilizing a pressure tap assembly wherein a pressure tap is threadedly engaged with a source of pressurized fluid, the pressure tap assembly comprising:
- (a) a pressure tap body having distal and proximal ends and a stabilizing flange intermediate said distal and proximal ends;
- (b) said distal end comprising a futbol flange;
- (c) said proximal end comprising an NPT thread;
- (d) a stabilizer base adjacent said proximl end for contact with a vessel containing a source of pressurized fluid;
- (e) a stabilizing nut for impinging on said stabilizing flange and said stabilizer base;
- the method comprising forcing the stabilizer base and stabilizing flange in opposite directions.
A pressure tap assembly comprising:
- (a) a pressure tap body having distal and proximal ends and a stabilizing flange intermediate said distal and proximal ends;
- (b) said distal end comprising a futbol flange;
- (c) said proximal end comprising an NPT thread;
- (d) a stabilizer base adjacent said proximl end for contact with a vessel containing a source of pressurized fluid;
- (e) a stabilizing nut for impinging on said stabilizing flange and said stabilizer base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.