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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Advanced F.m.e. Products, Inc., Mentor, OH (US);

Inventors:

Thomas J. Nolfi, Chardon, OH (US);

Mario M. Nolfi, Willoughby, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/12 (2006.01); F16L 55/10 (2006.01); F16L 55/11 (2006.01); F16L 55/128 (2006.01); F03B 11/00 (2006.01); F16L 55/134 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/1141 (2013.01); F03B 11/00 (2013.01); F16L 55/1283 (2013.01); F16L 55/134 (2013.01);
Abstract

A foreign material exclusion device adapted for use in an opening or cavity of a system or construction, for example a tube, pipe or the like that can be utilized in one embodiment to prevent entry of debris into a particular area of the construction, the device having a body that is adapted to seal a first side of the cavity from a second side of the cavity, the device further including a body comprising a resilient material that can be compressed to fit into the desired opening or cavity and then can be re-expanded to provide a snug fit about the opening such that the device supports itself, the device further including an inflatable apparatus operatively connected to the body, wherein upon inflation, the apparatus contacts desired surfaces of the construction and aids in maintaining the device at a desired location within the system or construction and also aids in forming a desired seal.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Nolfi, Thomas. (2016). Selectively pressurizable foreign material exclusion device (U.S. Patent No. 9476534). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9476534

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