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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Bryan St. Onge, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
Henri St. Onge, Hastings, CA;
Thomas Marti, Mars, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Underground Solutions Technologies Group, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/20 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B29C 37/04 (2006.01); B29C 53/20 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 27/06 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/04 (2013.01); B29C 37/04 (2013.01); B29C 53/20 (2013.01); B29C 65/2015 (2013.01); B29C 65/2092 (2013.01); B29C 66/022 (2013.01); B29C 66/032 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/5221 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/80 (2013.01); B29C 66/91216 (2013.01); B29C 66/91231 (2013.01); B29C 66/9241 (2013.01); B29C 66/929 (2013.01); B29C 66/967 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0081 (2013.01); B29K 2023/06 (2013.01); B29K 2023/065 (2013.01); B29K 2027/06 (2013.01); B29L 2023/22 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B32B 41/00 (2013.01); B29C 65/2061 (2013.01); B29C 66/91423 (2013.01); B29C 66/91431 (2013.01); B29C 66/92211 (2013.01); B29C 66/9261 (2013.01); B29C 65/7841 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for use in a fusion process for conduit. The method includes: heating and melting at least a portion of the terminal edges of the first conduit portion and the second conduit portion; and butt fusing the melted terminal edge of the first conduit portion with the melted terminal edge of the second conduit portion, thereby creating a fused joint area. A fusion apparatus for employing this method is also disclosed.