Patent ID: 9726315
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60T,B61H,F16L

Claim:
1. A branch pipe tee, comprising a first port having a 1.25 quarter inch diameter formed in a first flange configured to connect to a first portion a rail car brake pipe and a second port having a 1.25 inch diameter formed in a second flange positioned oppositely from the first flange and configured to connect to a second portion of a rail car brake pipe; a third port having a 0.75 inch diameter formed in a third flange that is configured to connect to a branch pipe; a housing connecting the first port, the second port, and the third port and additionally defining a predetermined volume that increases the effective length of the connection of the first port, the second port, and the third port by an amount that represents at least ten feet of the rail car brake pipe by being in fluid communication with said first port, said second port, and said third port and the brake pipe and the branch pipe when the brake pipe and the branch pipe are interconnected thereto.