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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
The Metraflex Company, Chicago, IL (US);
James Reynold Richter, Chicago, IL (US);
James D. Clauss, Frankfort, IL (US);
Michael Albert Taylor, Mundelein, IL (US);
Daniel T Holbach, Palatine, IL (US);
Daniel R Kish, Chicago, IL (US);
The Metraflex Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An expansion loop for a piping system. The expansion loop has a first flexible conduit with a first end and a second end and a second flexible conduit with a first end and a second end. A first rigid conduit is connected between the first ends of the first and second flexible conduits. Additional rigid conduits are connected to both of the second ends of the flexible conduits. These additional rigid conduits include a stainless-steel elbow, a conversion conduit, and a copper conduit. The expansion loop may be installed wherein the flexible conduits are bent, when fluid flows, the flexible conduits straighten out and are not bent.