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Patent No.:

US 12203581 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2021

Polymer pipe, a pipe joint insert device, a pipe joint assembly, and methods of forming same

Applicant:

North American Pipe Corporation, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Wells, Wayne, PA (US);

Joshua E. Clapper, Downingtown, PA (US);

Assignee:

Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corporation, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:

LEMPIA SUMMERFIELD KATZ LLC

Primary Examiner:

Zachary T Dragicevich

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 47/08 (2006.01); B29C 57/02 (2006.01); B29C 57/04 (2006.01); F16L 21/03 (2006.01); F16L 47/10 (2006.01); F16L 47/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 47/08 (2013.01); B29C 57/025 (2013.01); B29C 57/04 (2013.01); F16L 21/03 (2013.01); F16L 47/10 (2013.01); F16L 47/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A polymer pipe has a length between a first end and a second end. The length and the first end have a first diameter and the second end is a belled end having a second diameter larger than the first diameter. An insert device is received within the second end and has an annular body and a spline groove formed in the annular body and facing radially inward. The insert device is pre-installed in the belled end during the belling process.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Wells, Andrew. (2025). Polymer pipe, a pipe joint insert device, a pipe joint assembly, and methods of forming same (U.S. Patent No. 12203581). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12203581

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