| CPC F16L 47/34 (2013.01) | 3 Claims |
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1. A method to provide a fluid connection into a conduit section interior of a conduit section of a conduit through a sidewall thickness of a conduit section sidewall of the conduit section, the method comprising:
coupling an installation guide device to the conduit section, the installation guide device including a drill bit device configured to drill through the sidewall thickness of the conduit section, the drill bit device including a drill bit body and a sheath structure surrounding at least a portion of the drill bit body, the installation guide device including a guide conduit having at least a lower guide opening, the installation guide device configured to enable longitudinal movement of the drill bit device at least partially through the guide conduit and at least partially through the lower guide opening, the installation guide device including a protrusion stop structure configured to limit longitudinal protrusion of the drill bit device from the lower guide opening to a particular protrusion distance, the particular protrusion distance equal to an axial length of an exposed portion of the drill bit body that extends from at least one of the sheath structure or the protrusion stop structure to a point of the drill bit body, the coupling the installation guide device to the conduit section aligns the lower guide opening with an access point location on an outer sidewall surface of the conduit section;
operating the drill bit device while the installation guide device is coupled to the conduit to cause the drill bit device to move longitudinally at least partially through the lower guide opening to a protrusion distance that is equal to or less than the particular protrusion distance, such that the drill bit device drills through the sidewall thickness of the conduit section from the access point location to form an access point opening through the sidewall thickness of the conduit section into the conduit section interior of the conduit section;
decoupling the installation guide device from the conduit section to expose the access point opening; and
coupling an adaptor device to the conduit section at the exposed access point opening subsequently to decoupling the installation guide device from the conduit section, the adaptor device including an adaptor conduit extending between an adaptor inlet and an adaptor outlet, the coupling the adaptor device at least partially aligns the adaptor outlet with the access point opening to establish fluid communication from the adaptor inlet to the conduit section interior through at least the adaptor conduit and the access point opening.
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