Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrofusion fittings and methods
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Application No.: US14318814Application Date: 2014-06-30
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Publication No.: US09719622B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Phillip P. Schmidt
- Applicant: Georg Fischer Harvel LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Easton
- Assignee: Georg Fischer Harvel LLC
- Current Assignee: Georg Fischer Harvel LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Easton
- Agency: Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.
- Main IPC: F16L47/03
- IPC: F16L47/03 ; B29C65/34 ; B29C65/78 ; B29C65/00

Abstract:
An electrofusion fiting (20) comprises a fitting body (24) and an electrofusion collar (26). The fitting body (24) has an exterior surface (30), an interior surface (32), and a terminal portion (44) extending to a rim (34). The collar (26) has: an inner wall (42) having a heating element (60); a segmented outer wall (40) spaced radially apart from the inner wall; and a linking portion (46) linking the outer wall and inner wall. The fitting body terminal portion is between the inner wall and the outer wall. The collar and fitting body have interfitting features (150, 152) axially retaining the collar against extraction from the fitting body while permitting relative rotation of the collar and the fitting body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150008662A1 Electrofusion Fittings and Methods Public/Granted day:2015-01-08
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