Inventors:
William D. Bedford - San Antonio TX, US
International Classification:
F16L055/18
US Classification:
285 15, 285 12, 285 16, 285 17, 285 31, 285181, 138 97, 403 11, 2940208
Abstract:
A method and device for repair and replacement of pipe broken at a junction. The device includes a coupler having a female end and a male end. The female end of the coupler has an inside diameter that will accept snugly the removed end of the broken pipe. The male end has an outside diameter that will snuggly fit into a new junction. The method and device is normally used with PVC pipe. When PVC pipe entering a junction is broken near the junction, the junction may be removed by cutting back from the broken PVC pipe and cutting the remaining pipe where it enters the junction. A new junction can be replaced with the coupler inlapping the new junction and overlapping the pipe.