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Piping t with deflector for removal of spherical "pigs"
Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co
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Filing: 1962-07-23
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Granted: 1965-03-23
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Expires: 1982-07-23
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Mcdermon Walter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 07:44
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L55/00; F16L55/26; F16L55/46; F16L2101/00; F16L2101/40; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/4891
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
245 words
IN A PIPING T COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL RUN SECTION AND A SIDE OUTLET, SAID CYLINDRICAL RUN SECTION HAVING AN UPSTREAM END AND A DOWNSTREAM END, EACH OF SAID ENDS COMPRISING AN ECCENTRIC REDUCING SECTION SO ARRANGED AS TO HAVE ONE ELEMENT COLINEAR WITH THE ELEMENT OF THE CYLINDRICAL RUN SECTION WHICH IS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE SAID SIDE OUTLET, WHEREIN THE OUTLET OPENING FOR THE SIDE OUTLET IS GENERALLY MEDIALLY LOCATED IN SAID RUN SECTION, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CONCAVO-CONVEX UNGULA-SHAPED IMPERFORATE HOOD MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID RUN SECTION WITH THE CONCAVE SIDE THEREOF IN ENCLOSING RELATIONSHIP AROUND SAID OUTLET OPENING, SAID HOOD MEANS HAVING A MAJOR END OPENING TOWARD THE UPSTREAM END OF THE RUN SECTION AND SPACED FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID RUN SECTION TO PROVIDE A FREE-FLOW AREA BETWEEN SAID HOOD MEANS AND SAID RUN SECTION, AND A MINOR END WITH A FLUID PASSAGEWAY FORMED THEREIN, SAID MAJOR END AND SAID MINOR END EXTENDING BEYOND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID OUTLET OPENING, SAID MINOR END BEING SEALINGLY ATTACHED TO THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF THE ECCENTRIC REDUCING SECTION OF SAID DOWNSTREAM END AT A POSITION GENERALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO SAID COMMON ELEMENT, WHEREBY SAID UNGULASHAPED IMPERFORATE HOOD IS POSITIONED IN SAID T AT AN ANGLE TO THE LINE OF FLOW THERETHROUGH, AND GRATE MEANS EXTENDING IN A PLANE NORMAL TO THE CENTERLING OF THE RUN SECTION BETWEEN THE CONCAVE SIDE OF SAID HOOD MEANS AND THE RUN SECTION ADJACENT SAID OPENING SAID PROXIMATE SAID MINOR END.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
245 words
IN A PIPING T COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL RUN SECTION AND A SIDE OUTLET, SAID CYLINDRICAL RUN SECTION HAVING AN UPSTREAM END AND A DOWNSTREAM END, EACH OF SAID ENDS COMPRISING AN ECCENTRIC REDUCING SECTION SO ARRANGED AS TO HAVE ONE ELEMENT COLINEAR WITH THE ELEMENT OF THE CYLINDRICAL RUN SECTION WHICH IS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE SAID SIDE OUTLET, WHEREIN THE OUTLET OPENING FOR THE SIDE OUTLET IS GENERALLY MEDIALLY LOCATED IN SAID RUN SECTION, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CONCAVO-CONVEX UNGULA-SHAPED IMPERFORATE HOOD MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID RUN SECTION WITH THE CONCAVE SIDE THEREOF IN ENCLOSING RELATIONSHIP AROUND SAID OUTLET OPENING, SAID HOOD MEANS HAVING A MAJOR END OPENING TOWARD THE UPSTREAM END OF THE RUN SECTION AND SPACED FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID RUN SECTION TO PROVIDE A FREE-FLOW AREA BETWEEN SAID HOOD MEANS AND SAID RUN SECTION, AND A MINOR END WITH A FLUID PASSAGEWAY FORMED THEREIN, SAID MAJOR END AND SAID MINOR END EXTENDING BEYOND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID OUTLET OPENING, SAID MINOR END BEING SEALINGLY ATTACHED TO THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF THE ECCENTRIC REDUCING SECTION OF SAID DOWNSTREAM END AT A POSITION GENERALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO SAID COMMON ELEMENT, WHEREBY SAID UNGULASHAPED IMPERFORATE HOOD IS POSITIONED IN SAID T AT AN ANGLE TO THE LINE OF FLOW THERETHROUGH, AND GRATE MEANS EXTENDING IN A PLANE NORMAL TO THE CENTERLING OF THE RUN SECTION BETWEEN THE CONCAVE SIDE OF SAID HOOD MEANS AND THE RUN SECTION ADJACENT SAID OPENING SAID PROXIMATE SAID MINOR END.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1972-03-22 | 1972-09-21 | 1973-03-23 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1976-03-22 | 1976-09-21 | 1977-03-23 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |