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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Erik T. Jensen, Wayne, PA (US);
Theodore R. Jensen, Pottstown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Erik T. Jensen, Wayne, PA (US);
Theodore R. Jensen, Pottstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
AEGIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Wayne, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/04 (2006.01); H01R 43/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/048 (2013.01); H01R 43/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for producing a reducing nipple and a reducing nipple that may be used in place of the conventional pipe nipple/threaded reducer assembly typically used today to connect a branch or run pipe extending horizontally parallel to and positioned above a ceiling or in an open ceiling to a sprinkler head, where the nipple has an outlet end portion with an outlet and a wrenching portion, the method of producing a reducing nipple involving engaging a pipe section with a crimping die under the application of a crimping force.