Patent ID: 8696035
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A venturi adapter apparatus, comprising: a collar constructed of one piece; a first portion of the collar having an inward projection; a second portion of the collar having an outward projection; and a shoulder portion of the collar having a central longitudinal axis and including an outer radial section oriented along a radial dimension, where the radial dimension is defined relative to and extends radially outwardly from the central longitudinal axis, the outer radial section having a plane and being coupled to the first portion of the collar, an inner radial section coplanar with the plane of the outer radial section and coupled to the second portion of the collar and an axial projection, the inner radial section defining an aperture, the axial projection being radially interposed between the inner and outer radial sections and configured to protrude from the plane of the inner and outer radial sections in an axial direction relative to the central longitudinal axis, and the first and second portions of the collars extending in opposing axial directions relative to the central longitudinal axis from the shoulder portion of the collar, the venturi adapter apparatus further comprising a first tool, wherein deformation capabilities of the first portion of the collar, the second portion of the collar and the shoulder portion of the collar are provided by a slot comprising circumferentially aligned and longitudinally continuous first, second and third longitudinal slot portions formed therein in relation to the central longitudinal axis, the first portion of the collar being annular in shape and formed to define a receiving section receptive of the first tool, which is configured to be press-fit into the receiving section of the first portion of the collar with respective opposing edges of the first, second and third longitudinal slots remaining unattached to one another; and combined deformation capabilities of the first portion of the collar and the shoulder portion of the collar oppose combined deformation capabilities of the second portion of the collar and the shoulder portion of the collar.