Pipe joints or couplings – End to side or plate – Saddle-type clamp
Patent
1981-06-29
1983-10-25
Scanlan, Jr., Richard J.
Pipe joints or couplings
End to side or plate
Saddle-type clamp
285 15, 137 15, 137318, F16L 4106, F16L 5510, F16L 5518
Patent
active
044114591
ABSTRACT:
A branch fitting for providing access to the interior of a pipe, the fitting having first and second body portions each having a semi-cylindrical surface adapted to sealably engage the pipe, the body portions being secured together and to the pipe in a pressure retaining relationship, one body portion having a first and second integral cylindrical barrel portion extending in the plane of the tubular axis of the pipe, the cylindrical axii of the barrel portions intersecting each other at a point at or adjacent the pipe wall, a cutter within one of the barrel portions having a shaft extending sealably exteriorly of the barrel portion whereby the cutter may be rotated and axially advanced to form an opening in the pipe, the opening being coincident with the cylindrical axis of the second barrel portion. The second barrel portion may contain a plugging member and means of delivering it into the interior of the pipe through the formed opening.
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patent: 3981322 (1976-09-01), Gebelius
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patent: 4067353 (1978-01-01), DeHoff
Scanlan, Jr. Richard J.
T. D. Williamson Inc.
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