Patent ID: 6443497
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: E03C,F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for tightening a spout attached to a previously installed angled pipe, having an outside radius of curvature, in a position relative to a stop member having an opening through which at least a length of said pipe extends, comprising,at least one sleeve, comprising, at least a first leg and a second leg which meet at a juncture which defines an angle substantially corresponding to said angled pipe, wherein said first and second legs have a combined total length, wherein said first leg has a leg length and is substantially rigid along at least a portion of said leg length, and has an inside radius of curvature that is approximately equal to or greater than said radius of curvature of said angled pipe, and wherein said sleeve has a slit, along said combined total length of said first and second legs, to allow said sleeve to be pressed onto and at least partially about said angled pipe.