A shower hose silencing pad apparatus for silencing noise of a shower hose against the wall includes at least two segment bodies. Each segment body has a pair of outer edges and a sidewall extending therebetween. The sidewall has an inner face, an outer face, and a channel extending from the outer face through the inner face and between the pair of outer edges. Each segment body attaches to a shower hose. A plurality of dampeners is coupled to the outer face of each segment body. A plurality of connector straps is coupled to the segment bodies. Each connector strap is coupled between the outer edges of adjacent segment bodies of the at least two segment bodies.

A protective cap for a container's spigot is configured with a looped section and a cap. The looped section may have one or more loops to secure and hang around a spigot's neck for convenient use. The looped section may have an upper loop distal from the cap and a lower loop proximal to the cap, in which the lower loop has a relatively smaller diameter than the upper loop. A bottom of the looped section may have an incline that provides additional support to the looped section. The cap includes an opening that leads to a bottom surface that covers the outlet along with the cap's sidewalls and enhances cleanliness.

A thread protector that has an external sleeve having threads disposed on an inner side to engage with pin threads disposed on a pin end of a tubular member. The thread protector also has a flange disposed on a first end of the external sleeve to engage with the pin end of the tubular member, the threads on the inner side of the external sleeve are disposed axially adjacent to the flange and radially adjacent to the end of the pin end of the tubular member. A method of protecting the pin threads of the pin ends of the tubular members. The method includes screwing the thread protector on the pin threads of the pin end of the tubular member.

A system and method of predicting impending failure of a pressure vessel include a pressure vessel, a fluid source, a line coupled to the pressure vessel and to the fluid source, an apparatus, a sensor and a controller. The apparatus includes a conduit and a containment structure. The containment structure includes a cavity separated from an interior of the conduit by a portion of a conduit wall of the conduit. The sensor is configured to determine a value of a physical property in the cavity. The controller is in signal communication with the sensor and configured to detect a change in the value. The method includes determining a first value of a physical property in the cavity, experiencing a failure of the conduit wall, determining a second value of the physical property in the cavity, and detecting a difference between the first and second values.

A system and method of predicting impending failure of a pressure vessel include a pressure vessel, a fluid source, a line coupled to the pressure vessel and to the fluid source, an apparatus, a sensor and a controller. The apparatus includes a conduit and a containment structure. The containment structure includes a cavity separated from an interior of the conduit by a portion of a conduit wall of the conduit. The sensor is configured to determine a value of a physical property in the cavity. The controller is in signal communication with the sensor and configured to detect a change in the value. The method includes determining a first value of a physical property in the cavity, experiencing a failure of the conduit wall, determining a second value of the physical property in the cavity, and detecting a difference between the first and second values.

Protective device for a male end portion of a steel tube for use in a tubular hydrocarbon working string, the device including a cylindrical sleeve body having a main axis and defining an inner cavity intended to receive the male end portion, an engagement portion having the cylindrical sleeve body is split axially in at least two shells being held together by a junction, and the engagement portion is so configured to separate the at least two shells under exertion of a predefined axial force on a first or second engagement surface.

A plumbing fastener having a retaining ring to encircle a continuous pipe is described. The plumbing fastener may have a fastener flush with the retaining ring. The plumbing fastener may have a joint with a male tab and a female slot configured to receive the male tab, including a T-joint, a joint with a tongue, or a joint with first angled walls and second angled walls. In the T-joint, a male tab includes a T-joint tab received by a female slot. In the joint with first angled walls and second angled walls, a male tab includes first angled walls configured to be received by a female slot with second angled walls. Fasteners may be an elastomer, a silicone, a rubber, a flexible plastic, or a flexible metal. Some rings may have an interior ring surface with a concave cross-section to adhere to a portion of the continuous pipe using suction.

A plumbing fastener having a retaining ring to encircle a continuous pipe is described. The plumbing fastener may have a fastener flush with the retaining ring. The plumbing fastener may have a joint with a male tab and a female slot configured to receive the male tab, including a T-joint, a joint with a tongue, or a joint with first angled walls and second angled walls. In the T-joint, a male tab includes a T-joint tab received by a female slot. In the joint with first angled walls and second angled walls, a male tab includes first angled walls configured to be received by a female slot with second angled walls. Fasteners may be an elastomer, a silicone, a rubber, a flexible plastic, or a flexible metal. Some rings may have an interior ring surface with a concave cross-section to adhere to a portion of the continuous pipe using suction.

Some embodiments of the present technology may encompass pipe insulation systems. The insulation systems may include an insulation member having an inner surface and an outer surface. The insulation systems may include a protective cladding having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the protective cladding may be disposed about the outer surface of the insulation member. The interior surface of the protective cladding may include an embossed texture formed from a plurality of protruding features and a plurality of recessed features. The plurality of protruding features may extend at least 1 mm beyond the plurality of recessed features.

An apparatus for securing a portion of a vertical line feeder in a fixed position relative to a horizontal water return pipe having a resilient plastic body having a curved lower portion dimensioned to be received by the curvature of the horizontal water return pipe and, proximate the upper portion of the body, a protrusion dimensioned to be received in an aperture located at the base of a vertical line feeder. The body is generally a triangular shaped cylinder with an upper curved vertex, a first lower curved vertex and a second lower curved vertex. A channel is formed through the body for receiving a hose clamp. The hose clamp secures the resilient body to the horizontal water return pipe.