Patent ID: 9046200
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B29C,F16L

Abstract:
1. A conduit comprising a sleeve formed to include a tube-receiving passageway, a first-end aperture opening into the tube-receiving passageway at a first end of the sleeve, and a second-end aperture opening into the tube-receiving passageway at an opposite second end of the sleeve, wherein the sleeve includes an interior adhesive layer formed to define the tube-receiving passageway and an exterior heat-activated heat-shrink layer arranged to surround and mate with the interior adhesive layer without closing the first-end and second-end apertures, and wherein the interior adhesive layer includes, a first means for defining the first-end aperture opening and for adhesively coupling to an exterior pipe coating by heating to a first temperature, a second means for defining the second-end aperture opening and for coupling to an exterior pipe coating by heating to the first temperature, and a third means between the first means and second means for adhesively coupling to an exterior uncoated pipe by heating to a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature.