Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipe coupon retainer
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Application No.: US17530120Application Date: 2021-11-18
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Publication No.: US11945038B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: David Latimore Hughes, Jr.
- Applicant: Mueller International, LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Mueller Intemational, LLC
- Current Assignee: Mueller Intemational, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Taylor English Duma LLP
- Main IPC: B23B51/04
- IPC: B23B51/04 ; B23B27/16

Abstract:
A tool can include a tool body defining a recess defining a recess depth measured in a radial direction from an outer diameter of the tool body; and a detent member coupled to the tool body, the detent member including a leg extending from the tool body and sized to be received within the recess of the tool body upon one of deformation and movement of the leg at least partly in a radially inward direction, the leg biased in a radially outward direction by one of a wall of the recess and a biasing element of the tool, the leg configured to catch upon a portion of a pipe coupon surrounding a drilled hole in the pipe coupon to facilitate movement of the pipe coupon with the tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230150040A1 PIPE COUPON RETAINER Public/Granted day:2023-05-18
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