Patent ID: 7341391

Claim:
A pipe fitting comprising a combination of a plurality of split fittings and having a central cylinder formed in an arcuate shape, curving about a vertically-extending central cylinder axis and extending vertically to define a central cylinder height and an extended cylinder which outwardly projects from the central cylinder, is formed in a generally semicircular shape to define a vertically-extending extended cylinder diameter and curves about a horizontally-extending extended cylinder axis extending perpendicularly to the vertically-extending central cylinder axis, the central cylinder and the extended cylinder being capable of receiving pipes from orthogonal directions with respect to each other, characterized in that the extended cylinder includes a bolt hole which is located near the central cylinder, which is disposed centrally about a horizontally-extending bolt hole axis perpendicularly traversing the horizontally-extending extended cylinder axis and the horizontally-extending bolt hole axis extending perpendicularly to the vertically-extending central cylinder axis and which penetrates the extended cylinder, that the central cylinder has an aperture provided in and through a side surface thereof and penetrating completely through the central cylinder, and that each split fitting is operably fixed to each other by a bolt and nut via the respective bolt hole such that the split fittings can hold pipes in a clamped manner, wherein the aperture provided in and through the side surface of the central cylinder is generally cross-shaped in configuration, the aperture having a first elongated slit portion extending orthogonally relative to an insertion direction of the pipe in the central cylinder and a second elongated slit portion extending parallel relative to the insertion direction.