US 11,668,424 B2
Rigid entry fitting for flexible pipe
Don Mukai, Commerce, CA (US); Micah Nelson, Commerce, CA (US); Maximillian Artin Cohen, Commerce, CA (US); Adam Macias, Commerce, CA (US); and Ricardo Burgos, Commerce, CA (US)
Assigned to S. BRAVO SYSTEMS, INC., Commerce, CA (US)
Filed by S. Bravo Systems, Inc., Commerce, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,682.
Application 17/226,682 is a continuation of application No. 16/162,862, filed on Oct. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,002,396.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/573,600, filed on Oct. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0231248 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16L 19/07 (2006.01); F16L 41/08 (2006.01); F16L 33/18 (2006.01); F16L 21/04 (2006.01); F16L 33/32 (2006.01); F16L 21/03 (2006.01); B67D 7/00 (2010.01); F16L 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 41/08 (2013.01) [B67D 7/00 (2013.01); F16L 5/06 (2013.01); F16L 19/07 (2013.01); F16L 21/03 (2013.01); F16L 21/045 (2013.01); F16L 33/18 (2013.01); F16L 33/32 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rigid entry fitting configured to form a seal between a pipe segment and a sump wall at an aperture in the sump wall through which the pipe segment passes, the rigid entry fitting comprising:
a fitting body having an inner surface defining a tapered opening and an outer surface opposite the inner surface;
an insert configured to be received in the tapered opening;
a shell configured to be received in an opening of the insert and defining an opening configured to accommodate the pipe segment;
a first pair of gaskets configured to form a seal between an outer surface of the insert and the inner surface of the fitting body;
a second pair of gaskets configured to form a seal with an outer surface of the pipe segment; and
a nut configured to engage the fitting body.