Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular hopper tee and method of using same
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Application No.: US16589948Application Date: 2019-10-01
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Publication No.: US11408547B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Brian Tutor
- Applicant: Bailey-Parks Urethane, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Bailey-Parks Urethane, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bailey-Parks Urethane, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC
- Agent C. Brandon Browning
- Main IPC: B23P6/00
- IPC: B23P6/00 ; F16L41/02 ; B65G53/52 ; B65G53/46

Abstract:
A modular hopper tee including a modified tee box, a tee box liner, a readily detachable inflow adapter for coupling a first pipe to the tee box and a readily detachable outflow adapter for coupling a second pipe to the tee box, the liner and adapters being constructed from an elastomeric polymer such as polyurethane. Each of the inflow and outflow adapters includes a flange portion and a cylinder portion extending through the flange portion, the flange portion dividing the cylinder portion into a first cylinder portion that extends through a sidewall opening of the tee box and sealingly engages the liner and a second cylinder portion that is located outside of the box. A metal cylinder member, which is embedded within the first cylinder portion and surrounds an exterior of the second cylinder portion, is provided for reinforcing the adapter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200041058A1 Modular Hopper Tee and Method of Using Same Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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