Patents by Inventor Daniel Copeland
Daniel Copeland 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).
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Patent number: 11965618Abstract: A method for inhibiting separation of joined pipes including providing within a pipe bell a gasket including rigid segments, each segment having bell teeth configured for engaging the bell and a spigot tooth configured for engaging a pipe spigot seated in the bell. Upon pressurization and over-pressurization of the joint, resulting axial forces exerted on the joint, which can cause pipes to separate, are countered by wedging the segments between the bell and the spigot and rotating each segment so that the thrust forces are directed radially. To prevent radially-directed thrust forces from damaging the joint through over-rotation of the segments, the bell teeth and the spigot tooth are adapted and arranged to maintain the thrust forces load path carried by each segment within a desired angular range relative to the spigot by transferring the load path between adjacent bell teeth whereby the effective length of each segment is increased.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HULTEC ACQUISITION, LLCInventor: Daniel A. Copeland
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Publication number: 20230062462Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: AMI Investments, LLCInventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullogh
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Publication number: 20230014958Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: AMI Investments, LLCInventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Patent number: 11460459Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AMI INVESTMENTS, LLCInventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Patent number: 11391712Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: AMI Investments, LLCInventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Patent number: 11371977Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: AMI Investments, LLCInventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Publication number: 20220003738Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: AMI INVESTMENTS, LLCInventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Publication number: 20220003739Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: AMI INVESTMENTS, LLCInventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Patent number: 11112043Abstract: A gasket for preventing the separation of a pipe joint formed between plastic pipes such as pipes manufactured from PVC. The invention provides an internally restrained pipe joint including a bell with a substantially V-shaped annular groove. The annular groove includes a front radial wall and a rear radial wall and a gasket seated in the annular groove. The gasket includes an inner radial face, an opening defined by the inner radial face and an outer radial face with a front radial section located adjacent to the front radial wall of the annular groove and a rear radial section located adjacent to the rear radial wall of the annular groove. A plurality of toothed, rigid restraining segments is at least partially embedded in the gasket.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: McWane, Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Copeland, Michael C. Keel
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Patent number: 11105446Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to methods and systems for reinforcing a plastic pipe bell. The disclosure may include arranging a sleeve fabricated from a heat shrinkable plastic around the plastic pipe bell, and shrinking the sleeve around the plastic pipe bell thereby forming a first interference fit between the sleeve and the plastic pipe bell. The disclosure may further include inserting a spigot into the plastic pipe bell and shrinking the sleeve around the spigot thereby and forming a second interference fit directly between the sleeve and the spigot.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: MCWANE, INC.Inventors: Daniel A. Copeland, Charles Stirling Snow
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Patent number: 10921304Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: AMI Investments, LLCInventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Publication number: 20200400643Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and/or acoustic vibrations in the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Brian MORROW, Mike VORE, Charles KITOWSKI, Daniel COPELAND, Leon G. MCCULLOUGH, John Thomas Bohrer
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Publication number: 20200200311Abstract: A gasket for preventing the separation of a pipe joint formed between plastic pipes such as pipes manufactured from PVC. The invention provides an internally restrained pipe joint including a bell with a substantially V-shaped annular groove. The annular groove includes a front radial wall and a rear radial wall and a gasket seated in the annular groove. The gasket includes an inner radial face, an opening defined by the inner radial face and an outer radial face with a front radial section located adjacent to the front radial wall of the annular groove and a rear radial section located adjacent to the rear radial wall of the annular groove. A plurality of toothed, rigid restraining segments is at least partially embedded in the gasket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Daniel A. COPELAND, Michael C. Keel
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Patent number: 10663095Abstract: A gasket for preventing the separation of a pipe joint formed between plastic pipes such as pipes manufactured from PVC. The invention provides an internally restrained pipe joint including a bell with a substantially V-shaped annular groove. The annular groove includes a front radial wall and a rear radial wall and a gasket seated in the annular groove. The gasket includes an inner radial face, an opening defined by the inner radial face and an outer radial face with a front radial section located adjacent to the front radial wall of the annular groove and a rear radial section located adjacent to the rear radial wall of the annular groove. A plurality of toothed, rigid restraining segments is at least partially embedded in the gasket.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: McWane, Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Copeland, Michael C. Keel
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Patent number: 10619779Abstract: A gasket for preventing the separation of a pipe joint formed between plastic pipes such as pipes manufactured from PVC. The invention provides an internally restrained pipe joint including a bell with a substantially V-shaped annular groove. The annular groove includes a front radial wall and a rear radial wall and a gasket seated in the annular groove. The gasket includes an inner radial face, an opening defined by the inner radial face and an outer radial face with a front radial section located adjacent to the front radial wall of the annular groove and a rear radial section located adjacent to the rear radial wall of the annular groove. A plurality of toothed, rigid restraining segments is at least partially embedded in the gasket.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: MCWANE, INC.Inventors: Daniel A. Copeland, Michael C. Keel
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Patent number: 10596751Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to methods for manufacturing an improved plastic pipe. One method includes the steps of: providing a plastic pipe; heating a plastic pipe; inserting a mandrel into the heated plastic pipe to form a bell socket end, wherein the mandrel includes a Rieber gasket and a dummy gasket spanning the outer surface of the mandrel; cooling the plastic pipe; and removing the mandrel from the plastic pipe, wherein the Rieber gasket and dummy gasket remain within a gasket cavity formed in the newly-formed bell socket end of the plastic pipe. The method results in the bell socket end of the pipe having an interior diameter greater than the exterior diameter of the opposing, spigot end of the pipe, wherein the bell socket end further includes a gasket cavity with a greater diameter than the remainder of the bell socket end.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: MCWANE, INC.Inventor: Daniel A. Copeland
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Publication number: 20200088706Abstract: A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Brian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Patent number: 10436359Abstract: A gasket for preventing the separation of a pipe joint formed between plastic pipes such as pipes manufactured from PVC. The invention provides a restrained pipe joint including a first pipe including a bell with a spigot entryway and a substantially V-shaped annular groove. The annular groove includes a front radial wall and a rear radial wall and a gasket seated in the annular groove. The gasket includes an inner radial face, an opening defined by the inner radial face and an outer radial face with a front radial section located adjacent to the front radial wall of the annular groove and a rear radial section located adjacent to the rear radial wall of the annular groove. A plurality of restraining segments is at least partially embedded in the gasket, each restraining segment including a toothed inner face and a smooth, sliding front radial face arranged to slide against the front radial wall of the annular groove and facilitate wedging of the segment between the plastic pipes.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: McWane, Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Copeland
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Patent number: D1001980Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: McWane, Inc.Inventor: Daniel A. Copeland
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Patent number: D1001981Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: McWane, Inc.Inventor: Daniel A Copeland