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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
William M. Hutton, Nazareth, PA (US);
Frank P. Russo, Swiftwater, PA (US);
John K. Gilday, Staten Island, NY (US);
Michael G. Palmer, Easton, PA (US);
Omega Tools, Inc., Portland, PA (US);
Abstract
The method and two devices provide for the underground connection of pipe with minimal disruption of the surrounding landscape. A main pipe is cleaned by a surface preparation tool designed to access the main pipe through a small hole. An adaptor is attached to a second pipe, and then placed in a clamping device designed to access the main pipe and clamp the adaptor thereto through the small hole. Electricity is passed through the adaptor, thereby softening the plastic so that this softening and the pressure of the clamp secures the adaptor to the main pipe. The main pipe is then pierced by the adaptor's tapping tee.