Reducing nipple for a fire sprinkler system, and manufacturing process therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9586253
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13422928

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A method for producing a reducing nipple and a reducing nipple that may be used in place of the conventional pipe nipple/threaded reducer assembly typically used today to connect a branch or run pipe extending horizontally parallel to and positioned above a ceiling or in an open ceiling to a sprinkler head, where the nipple has an outlet end portion with an outlet and a wrenching portion, the method of producing a reducing nipple involving engaging a pipe section with a crimping die under the application of a crimping force.

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AEGIS TECHNOLOGIES INC5130 PARKWAY PLAZA BOUELVARD CHARLOTTE NC 28217

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Jensen, Erik T Wayne, US 2 39
Jensen, Theodore R Pottstown, US 1 1

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