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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2007
Jason Knaus, Painesville, OH (US);
Shawn Houlahan, Aurora, OH (US);
Brent Carrick, Geneva, OH (US);
Elster Perfection Corporation, Madison, OH (US);
Abstract
A tapping tee assembly and method for tapping a conduit and fluidly connecting to the conduit include a body defining a conduit recess for receiving the conduit and further defining a main passage with a cover disposed therein. The main passage has a first end adjacent the conduit recess and a second, open end spaced apart from the first end. The second end is closed by a cap. The body of the tapping tee assembly is secured to the conduit with the conduit received in the conduit recess. The cutter is advanced along the main passage toward the conduit without removal of the cap from the body to tap the conduit and fluidly connect the conduit and the main passage.