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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2023
Vacuum Technologies, Llc, Sheridan, WY (US);
Justin Taylor Heaps, Ranchester, WY (US);
Steve W. Lieneman, Sheridan, WY (US);
Jared Leroy Meacham, Sheridan, WY (US);
Clay D. Price, Sheridan, WY (US);
Eldered Tom Tucker, Sheridan, WY (US);
John F. Tucker, Sheridan, WY (US);
Vacuum Technologies, LLC, Sheridan, WY (US);
Abstract
A tee coupling for coupling a handheld vacuum line to a main vacuum line of a commercial vacuum system without the need for external adapters includes a cylindrical main body portion with an axis, an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the main vacuum line segments, a downstream end and an upstream end extending in opposite directions from the main body portion along the same axis, the downstream end and the upstream end each having an inner diameter at least as large as the outer diameter of a main vacuum line segment. a third end extending from the main body portion at an angle that is typically not a right angle from the axis; and a throat between the third end and the main body portion. The throat meets the main body portion at an angle that is not 90 degrees and is biased toward the downstream end.