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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1988
Raymond A Daly, Castletown, IE;
Johnson Filtration Systems, Inc., New Brighton, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to conventional metal well screens which have a screen wire wrapped about a plurality of internal support rods to define the screen slots, and particularly to a novel plastic end fitting made of a thermoplastic material which is mechanically attached to the well screen by means of a plurality of circumferentially spaced tongues which engage the inside surface of the screen wires and have a portion of their outer surface positioned within the screen slots. Slots formed in the end fitting between the tongue portions contain the support rods. A method of attaching a thermoplastic fitting made of a material such as polypropylene is also disclosed and includes the steps of heating the tongue portions so that a portion of their outer surface is melted and then is forced radially outwardly into the screen slots, and preferably slightly beyond them, by a pressure applying device such as a tapered wedge tooling arrangement. Induction heating of the screen wires can indirectly heat the plastic by conduction. However, the fitting attachment procedure may be speeded up by pre-heating the fitting.