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Pipe nipple insert and dip tube

US12084261B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Mercury Plastics LLC · US

Inventors

Donald Currey · Chagrin Falls, US
Scott R. Gardner · Denville, US
Michael Lenk · Pirna, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 13, 2020
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF24H9/45
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pipe nipple insert and dip tube for use with a water heater having a pipe nipple, the dip tube including a pipe nipple insert and a tubular body. The pipe nipple insert includes an outer wall and a plurality of annular crush rings extending radially from the outer wall. An overlapping connection is included at a bottom of the pipe nipple insert and a top of the tubular body for connecting the bottom of the pipe nipple insert to the top of the tubular body, wherein either the bottom of the pipe nipple insert overlaps the top of the tubular body or the top of the tubular body overlaps the bottom of the pipe nipple insert.

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