US 12,140,258 B2
Sweep elbow pipe connector with optimized flow path
Douglas Swingley, Agua Dulce, CA (US)
Assigned to Spears Manufacturing Co., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Spears Manufacturing Co., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,005.
Application 18/081,005 is a continuation of application No. 16/389,963, filed on Apr. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,585,477.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112745 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16L 43/00 (2006.01); F15D 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 43/008 (2013.01) [F15D 1/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe connector, comprising:
(a) a first connecting section, a second connecting section, and a pipe connector section connecting the first connecting section and the second connecting section,
(b) the first connecting section further including a first connecting chamber tapering toward a first connecting section bottom where the first connecting section connects to the pipe connector section, and
(c) the second connecting section further including a second connecting chamber tapering toward a second connecting section bottom where the second connecting section connects to the pipe connector section;
(d) the pipe connector section integrally formed at one end with the first connecting section bottom and integrally formed at a second end with the second connecting section bottom, the pipe connector section forming a sweep elbow and having an interior connecting chamber with a cross-sectional area greater than a water pipe cross-sectional area of a water pipe connected to either the first connecting section or the second connecting section, wherein the pipe connector section does not include a crotch area pipe stop; and
wherein the pipe connector section is determined longitudinally by an inside arc, an outside arc and a center arc, all of which share the same sweep centerpoint,
the inside arc is determined by the distance from two sweep centerpoints which include an intersection of the inside arc and a centerline edge of a truncated cone of the first connecting chamber, and
the outside arc is determined by the distance from two sweep centerpoints which include an intersection of a line through the inside arc and parallel to a second opening edge and a centerline edge of the second connecting section.