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US3307205A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Back-to-back plumbing fitting

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-06-14
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Granted: 1967-03-07
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Expires: 1983-06-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John A Moeschler

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 20:12
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L41/00; F16L41/02; E; E03; E03C; E03C1/00; E03C1/01

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 221 words
A ONE-PIECE ELONGATED PLUMBING FITTING SUITABLE FOR USE IN PAIRS ALONG WITH A PAIR OF IDENTICAL STRAIGHT LENGTHS OF TUBING IN COMPLETING HOT AND COLD WATER CONNECTIONS FROM VERTICALLY DISPOSED SERVICE PIPES TO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED OUTLETS FOR COLD AND HOT WATER AND WHICH PLUMBING FITTING IS ADAPTED TO BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE FACES OF A BUILDING WALL WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS LYING IN A VERTICAL PLANE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE WALL AND EXTENDING SELECTIVELY EITHER VERTICALLY OR HORIZONTALLY OF SAID VERTICAL PLANE, SAID FITTING COMPRISING AN ELONGATED UNITARY TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITELY FACING OPENINGS EXTENDING AXIALLY OF ONE ANOTHER THROUGH ITS OPPOSITE ENDS FOR DISCHARGING HOT AND COLD WATER RESPECTIVELY, A THIRD OPENING THROUGH THE SIDE OF SAID MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF WATER, A FOURTH AND A FIFTH OPENING EXTENDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION LATERALLY THROUGH THE SIDE OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER IN PARALLEL CLOSELY SPACED RELATION IN A PLANE NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD OPENINGS IN THE MEMBER, AND A SINGLE INTERNAL PARTITION EXTENDING CROSSWISE OF SAID MEMBER BETWEEN SAID FOURTH AND FIFTH OPENINGS AND SO ARRANGED AND CONSTRUCTED THAT SAID FIRST AND FIFTH OPENINGS ARE IN UNOBSTRUCTED COMMUNICATION WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THAT THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH OPENINGS ARE IN UNOBSTRUCTED COMMUNICATION WITH ONE ANOTHER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 221 words
A ONE-PIECE ELONGATED PLUMBING FITTING SUITABLE FOR USE IN PAIRS ALONG WITH A PAIR OF IDENTICAL STRAIGHT LENGTHS OF TUBING IN COMPLETING HOT AND COLD WATER CONNECTIONS FROM VERTICALLY DISPOSED SERVICE PIPES TO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED OUTLETS FOR COLD AND HOT WATER AND WHICH PLUMBING FITTING IS ADAPTED TO BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE FACES OF A BUILDING WALL WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS LYING IN A VERTICAL PLANE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE WALL AND EXTENDING SELECTIVELY EITHER VERTICALLY OR HORIZONTALLY OF SAID VERTICAL PLANE, SAID FITTING COMPRISING AN ELONGATED UNITARY TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITELY FACING OPENINGS EXTENDING AXIALLY OF ONE ANOTHER THROUGH ITS OPPOSITE ENDS FOR DISCHARGING HOT AND COLD WATER RESPECTIVELY, A THIRD OPENING THROUGH THE SIDE OF SAID MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF WATER, A FOURTH AND A FIFTH OPENING EXTENDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION LATERALLY THROUGH THE SIDE OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER IN PARALLEL CLOSELY SPACED RELATION IN A PLANE NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD OPENINGS IN THE MEMBER, AND A SINGLE INTERNAL PARTITION EXTENDING CROSSWISE OF SAID MEMBER BETWEEN SAID FOURTH AND FIFTH OPENINGS AND SO ARRANGED AND CONSTRUCTED THAT SAID FIRST AND FIFTH OPENINGS ARE IN UNOBSTRUCTED COMMUNICATION WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THAT THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH OPENINGS ARE IN UNOBSTRUCTED COMMUNICATION WITH ONE ANOTHER.

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