Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expansion loop for copper piping system
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Application No.: US17355879Application Date: 2021-06-23
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Publication No.: US11920709B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: James Reynold Richter , James D. Clauss , Michael Albert Taylor , Daniel T Holbach , Daniel R Kish
- Applicant: The Metraflex Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Metraflex Company
- Current Assignee: The Metraflex Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Main IPC: F16L27/113
- IPC: F16L27/113

Abstract:
An expansion loop for a piping system. The expansion loop has a first flexible conduit with a first end and a second end and a second flexible conduit with a first end and a second end. A first rigid conduit is connected between the first ends of the first and second flexible conduits. Additional rigid conduits are connected to both of the second ends of the flexible conduits. These additional rigid conduits include a stainless-steel elbow, a conversion conduit, and a copper conduit. The expansion loop may be installed wherein the flexible conduits are bent, when fluid flows, the flexible conduits straighten out and are not bent.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220412491A1 EXPANSION LOOP FOR COPPER PIPING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-12-29
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