This disclosure enables various brackets and methods of manufacture and use thereof. For example, a bracket may have a first plate, a second plate, and a clip cantileveredly extending from the second plate or monolithic with the second plate.
F16L 3/13 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing and engaging it by snap action
F16B 2/22 - Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material
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BRACKETS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF
This disclosure enables various brackets and methods of manufacture and use thereof. For example, a bracket may have a first clip, a second clip, and a third clip, where the second clip spans between the first clip and the third clip to enable the bracket to be capable of simultaneously engaging (e.g., holding, clamping) a first tubular member (e.g., a tube, a socket, a bulb) by the first clip and the third clip and a second tubular member (e.g., a tube, a socket, a bulb) by the second clip as the first tubular member extends along the second tubular member.
F16L 3/13 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing and engaging it by snap action
F16B 2/22 - Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material
F16L 3/237 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals for two pipes
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DRIVERS, REVERSIBLE SOCKETS, AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
Generally, this disclosure enables various drivers, reversible sockets, and methods of use and manufacture thereof. For example, some of these drivers can avoid laterally rolling off an inclined surface (e.g., between about 15 degrees and about 25 degrees). For example, some of these drivers can avoid using excessive material. For example, some of these drivers can allow for stacking of drivers and thereby be efficient to package for shipping. For example, some of these sockets can provide a tactile feedback for a user to know which ends of those sockets are currently being handled.
B25B 13/06 - Spanners; Wrenches with rigid jaws of socket type
B25B 23/10 - Arrangements for handling screws or nuts for holding or positioning screw or nut prior to or during its rotation using mechanical gripping means
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PORTABLE SPRAYER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF
A system for combining and spraying fluids that includes a principal reservoir for holding a carrier fluid; an electric pump in communication with the principal reservoir; a power source for energizing the pump selectable between a rechargeable 12-volt battery and a 110-volt AC line; at least one auxiliary reservoir for holding an auxiliary fluid to be controllably mixed with carrier fluid being drawn from the principal reservoir; a selector valve for selecting which if any of the auxiliary fluid(s) are to be combined with the carrier fluid; a Venturi tube for combining streams of carrier fluid and selected auxiliary fluid(s) in a predetermined ratio which may be varied as desired; and a spray wand in fluid communication with the Venturi tube for discharging the selected fluids.
B05B 9/04 - Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquid or other fluent material without essentially mixing with gas or vapour characterised by means for supplying liquid or other fluent material with pump
B05B 15/20 - Arrangements for agitating the material to be sprayed, e.g. for stirring, mixing or homogenising
This disclosure enables various bits to widen (e.g., flare, swage) various open end portions (e.g., with a circular cross-section) of various tubes (e.g., a metal tube, an alloy tube, a copper tube, an aluminum tube) by engaging thereagainst.
A projectile launching apparatus for cleaning the inner surface of a tube by forcing a projectile through the tube, comprising: a main body containing a breech chamber terminating in an exit port, wherein the breech chamber is provided with a loading port in a side thereof for radially loading a projectile into the breech chamber; a slide disposed on an exterior surface of the main body, the slide being axially movable between a first position wherein the loading port is exposed for loading of a projectile into the breech chamber and a second position wherein the loading port and the breech chamber are sealed; a gas gun operatively connected to the main body in pneumatic communication with the breech chamber; and an exit nozzle connected to the exit port and being connectable to a first end of the tube to be cleaned.
F16L 55/46 - Launching or retrieval of pigs or moles
B08B 9/057 - Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved along the pipes by a fluid, e.g. by fluid pressure or by suction the cleaning devices being entrained discrete elements, e.g. balls, grinding elements, brushes
F23J 3/02 - Cleaning furnace tubes; Cleaning flues or chimneys
F28G 1/12 - Fluid-propelled scrapers, bullets, or like solid bodies
F28G 15/04 - Feeding or driving arrangements, e.g. power operation
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MULTI-CARTRIDGE DRAIN GUNS, ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
A drain gun includes a handle and a trigger. The handle includes a channel and a plurality of inlets. The inlets feed the channel. The trigger causes a staged release of a plurality of fluids from a plurality of cartridges to the channel via the inlets when the cartridges are stored in the handle and feeding the inlets.
Hand -held solid chemical applicator assemblies for various cleaning applications such as coil cleaning utilizing specially-configured chemical tablet chamber and assembly hydraulics. In some cases, the hand-held solid chemical applicator assemblies are configured to include a cylindrical flow diverter to facilitate proper chemical tablet dissolution.
Apparatus 12 for collecting waste cleaning fluid and debris resulting from a cleaning operation of a wall-mounted air handler assembly 10 of a mini-split air conditioner. The apparatus 12 is installed by placing and supporting a funnel- shaped collection bib 14 under the air handler assembly by means of device-mounting brackets 18,28 and a deflector plate D inserted between the air handler assembly 10 and the wall W, the bib 14 being held open by an arcuate rib 16 attached to the mounting brackets 18,28 and by a supporting cord 20 passing through the rib, brackets, and bib hem 14b and being cinched against the device 12.
F28G 15/00 - CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OF BOILERS - Details
B08B 15/04 - Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area from a small area, e.g. a tool
This disclosure enables various bits for widening open end portions of tubes and methods of manufacture and use thereof. Some implementations of such bits include a bit with a cylindrical shape and a tip extending from the cylindrical shape. Therefore, the bit can be used by (a) inserting the cylindrical shape into an electric drill, (b) securing the cylindrical shape in the electric drill, (c) inserting the tip into an open end portion of a tube (e.g., copper, aluminum), and (d) rotationally driving the cylindrical shape by the electric drill such that the open end portion is heated by friction via the tip being rotationally driven against the open end portion by the cylindrical shape thereby urging the open end portion to widen.
A method comprises: causing a user to receive a bit, the bit including a cylindrical shape and a bp extending away and opposite from the cylindrical shape; causing the user to attach the bit to an electric drill via (a) inserbng the cylindrical shape into the electric drill such that the bp extends out of, opposite, and away from the drill and (b) securing the cylindrical shape to the drill; and causing the user to insert the bit into an open end portion of an air-condiboning tube as the bit is being rotabonally driven by the drill via extending the bp into the open end portion while the cylindrical shape is rotabonally driven by the drill such that the open end portion is heated by fricbon via the bp being rotabonally driven against the open end portion by the cylindrical shape thereby urging the open end portion to widen.
A three-dimensional filter includes a filter frame having a three-dimensional skeletal structure with a filter media connected to the skeletal structure. The filters are nestable. The skeletal structure may be trimmed and provided with walls to create standard sized filters. Methods for making the three-dimensional filter include injection molding of the skeletal structure onto the filter media, injection molding the filter media and the filter frame together in a single molding process, thermoforming a molded or extruded skeletal structure and the filter media, and needle punching a molded or extruded skeletal structure to create filter media within the skeletal structure.
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