Patents by Inventor Charles Graham Hines

Charles Graham Hines has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tapping sleeve with bent ends
    Patent number: 11608925
    Abstract: A method of assembling a tapping sleeve includes positioning an outlet band on a pipe element with an arcuate portion of the outlet band contacting an outer surface of the pipe element, the outlet band including a front end, a back end, a first side end, a second side end, a first bend line defined between the first side end and the second side end and extending from the front end to the back end, a second bend line defined between the first bend line and the second side end and extending from the front end to the back end, wherein the outlet band defines an arcuate portion between the first bend line and the second bend line, a first flange defined between the first side end and the first bend line, and a second flange defined between the second side end and the second bend line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Scott P. Floyd, Charles Graham Hines, Daryl Lee Gibson
  • TAPPING SLEEVE WITH BENT ENDS
    Publication number: 20200080677
    Abstract: A method of assembling a tapping sleeve includes positioning an outlet band on a pipe element with an arcuate portion of the outlet band contacting an outer surface of the pipe element, the outlet band including a front end, a back end, a first side end, a second side end, a first bend line defined between the first side end and the second side end and extending from the front end to the back end, a second bend line defined between the first bend line and the second side end and extending from the front end to the back end, wherein the outlet band defines an arcuate portion between the first bend line and the second bend line, a first flange defined between the first side end and the first bend line, and a second flange defined between the second side end and the second bend line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Scott P. Floyd, Charles Graham Hines, Daryl Lee Gibson
  • Tapping sleeve with bent ends
    Patent number: 10514123
    Abstract: A tapping sleeve includes a first bend line in a planar outlet band between a first side end and a second side end of the planar outlet band, the first bend line extending from a front end to a back end of the planar outlet band, a first outlet flange defined between the first side and the first bend line; a second bend line in the planar outlet band between the first bend line and the second side end, the second bend line extending from the front end to the back end of the planar outlet band, a second outlet flange defined between the second side and the second bend line; and an arcuate portion formed between the first bend line and the second bend line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Scott P. Floyd, Charles Graham Hines, Daryl Lee Gibson
  • TAPPING SLEEVE WITH BENT ENDS
    Publication number: 20170261144
    Abstract: A tapping sleeve includes a first bend line in a planar outlet band between a first side end and a second side end of the planar outlet band, the first bend line extending from a front end to a back end of the planar outlet band, a first outlet flange defined between the first side and the first bend line; a second bend line in the planar outlet band between the first bend line and the second side end, the second bend line extending from the front end to the back end of the planar outlet band, a second outlet flange defined between the second side and the second bend line; and an arcuate portion formed between the first bend line and the second bend line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Scott P. Floyd, Charles Graham Hines, Daryl Lee Gibson