IP Library Granted Patent US 7,178,557
Granted Patent B2
US 7,178,557 · App. 10/631,382 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

CPVC drain waste and vent fittings

Assignee: Spears Manufacturing Co.
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Patent No.
US 7,178,557
App. No.
10/631,382
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drain, waste and vent (“DWV”) fitting is made from chlorinated polyvinyl chloride.

Claims (11)

1. A method for draining corrosive waste through a pipe fitting comprising chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, comprising the step of transporting through the pipe fitting chemical corrosive waste under the chemical resistance conditions set forth in ASTM Standard F1412, wherein the fitting comprises a bore having a pitch that changes by at least about ¼″ per foot.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the waste is an industrial process waste.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the waste is an acid waste.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of transporting the corrosive waste from the fitting into a pipe comprising CPVC, wherein the pipe is joined to the pipe fitting.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pipe and pipe fitting are joined by solvent cement welding.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pipe consists of CPVC and is disposed within a pipe made from a different material.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pipe is connected to a corrosive waste system selected from the group consisting of a polypropylene waste system, a PVDF waste system, a glass waste system, a polyolefin waste system, and an iron waste system.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pipe fitting consists essentially of chlorinated polyvinyl chloride.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pipe fitting consists of chlorinated polyvinyl chloride.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the waste is an aliphatic solution.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the pipe fitting is connected to a laboratory waste system.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: SPEARS MANUFACTURING CO.
To: SPEARS MANUFACTURING CO.
Reel/Frame 055445/0090 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2004
From: SWINGLEY, DOUGLAS
To: SPEARS MANUFACTURING CO.
Reel/Frame 015124/0172 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6045823300 · Mar 26, 2003
Related Publication 20040194840A1 · Oct 7, 2004