Adaptor devices, installation guide devices, and methods
Adaptor devices, installation guide devices, and methods provide a fluid connection into a conduit section interior of a conduit section of a conduit through a sidewall thickness of a conduit section sidewall of the conduit section. A method includes coupling an installation guide device to the conduit, operating a drill bit device while the installation guide device is coupled to the conduit to cause the drill bit device to move longitudinally to a protrusion distance that is equal to or less than a particular protrusion distance defined by a protrusion stop structure to drill through the sidewall thickness of the conduit to form an access point opening through the sidewall thickness of the conduit into a conduit interior of the conduit, and coupling an adaptor device to the conduit section at the exposed access point opening, to establish fluid communication into the conduit section interior through the adaptor device.
1 . A system, comprising:
an installation guide device configured to form an access point opening through a sidewall thickness of a conduit section of a conduit to provide a fluid connection into a conduit section interior of the conduit section through the sidewall thickness of the conduit section, the installation guide device including
a drill bit device configured to drill through the sidewall thickness of the conduit section, the drill bit device including a drill bit body and a sheath structure surrounding at least a portion of the drill bit body,
a guide conduit having at least a lower guide opening, the installation guide device configured to enable longitudinal movement of the drill bit device at least partially through the guide conduit and at least partially through the lower guide opening,
a protrusion stop structure configured to limit longitudinal protrusion of the drill bit device from the lower guide opening to a particular protrusion distance, the particular protrusion distance equal to an axial length of an exposed portion of the drill bit body that extends from at least one of the sheath structure or the protrusion stop structure to a point of the drill bit body, and
a clamp that is configured to directly engage and clamp an outer sidewall surface of the conduit section to couple the installation guide device to the conduit section; and
an adaptor device configured to establish a fluid connection between a fluid supply source and the conduit section interior of the conduit section of the conduit through the access point opening based on being coupled to the conduit section at the access point opening subsequently to the installation guide device being decoupled from the conduit section to expose the access point opening, the adaptor device including
an adaptor conduit structure at least partially defining an adaptor conduit extending between an adaptor inlet and an adaptor outlet,
an inlet connector configured to couple with the fluid supply source externally to the conduit section to cause the adaptor inlet to be in fluid communication with the fluid supply source, and
a conduit connector configured to engage the conduit section to couple the adaptor device to the conduit section to at least partially align the adaptor outlet with the access point opening to establish fluid communication from the adaptor inlet to the conduit section interior through at least the adaptor conduit.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the installation guide device further includes a distal stop structure that is configured to inhibit longitudinal movement of the drill bit device away from the lower guide opening and at least partially through the guide conduit.