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Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing access to a buried pipe by excavating the ground to expose the pipe then attaching an access assembly to the pipe. The access assembly includes a curved plate with an aperture therein substantially aligned with an opening in the pipe. The access assembly has multiple sweeps, each sweep combined with a riser pipe. A first sweep is combined with the curved plate and substantially aligned with the aperture in the curved plate. A second sweep is in communication with the first sweep through an opening, the second sweep has an internal wall with an upper wall portion. The wall in the second sweep is angled downward and inward from the upper wall portion toward the opening so that components inserted into its riser pipe travel downward through the riser pipe then inward toward the aperture as the component passes through the second sweep. The access assembly may include a third sweep similar to the second sweep but on the opposite side of the first sweep and having an angled portion in the opposite direction.

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