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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2024
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ryan Fairchild Larson, Decatur, IL (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A guide ring includes a guide ring body defining a guide outer surface, a guide inner surface opposite the guide outer surface, a first lateral end, a second lateral end opposite the first lateral end, a first circumferential end, and a second circumferential end opposite the first circumferential end, the guide inner surface defining a guide ring opening; a gap defined between the first circumferential end and the second circumferential end; and an arcuate guide slot extending laterally into the guide ring body and disposed radially between the guide outer surface and the guide inner surface and configured to receive a grip ring; wherein the guide ring body is configured to be compressed radially inward to reduce a width of the gap between the first circumferential end and the second circumferential end.