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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Scott K. Avenell, San Diego, CA (US);
T-Systems International, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A splicing coupling and a method using a splicing coupling is provided for splicing a pair of drip irrigation hoses. The splicing coupling has an inner and outer member. Each member has a heat activatable bondable surface opposite a non-bondable surface. Each member is circuitous. The inner member is formed with the bondable surface on the outside and the non-bondable surface on the inside, while the outer member is formed with the bondable surface on the inside and the non-bondable surface on the outside. Typically, the inner member is preferably bonded to the outer member along a bond line midway between the members and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the members. To form a splice, an end of a first hose is slid over the inner member but under the outer member until it abuts against the bond line. An end of a second hose to be spliced is slid over the other end of the inner member and underneath the outer member until it abuts the bond line. The hoses are then collapsed and the bondable surfaces of the coupling members are activated causing the inner and outer members of the coupling to bond with the inner and outer surfaces of the hose ends, respectively, forming the splice.