Patent ID: 9074714
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling detachable pipes, the method comprising: fusing, with heat or glue, a first end of a stab to a first end of a first pipe, said first pipe made of a fusible plastic material; inserting a gasket into a second groove in first end of a molded coupling; inserting a second end of said stab that is fused to said first pipe into said molded coupling until said stab abuts a first groove in said molded coupling, said gasket forming a seal between said coupling and said stab that is fused to said first pipe; aligning a groove in said stab with said first groove in said molded coupling; inserting a locking mechanism comprising a spline into an aperture formed in said molded coupling to create a secure lock between said molded coupling and said stab that is fused to said first pipe; and fusing, with heat or glue, a second pipe to a second end of said molded coupling, said second pipe made of a fusible plastic material.