Pipe joints or couplings – Nonmetal to metal – Internal member
Patent
1992-07-28
1994-08-09
Reese, Randolph A.
Pipe joints or couplings
Nonmetal to metal
Internal member
285322, 285332, 285342, 285356, F16L 1700
Patent
active
053359461
ABSTRACT:
A cooperating combination of a metallic gland and a metallic grip ring is for both plastic pipe and metallic pipe used in fluid piping systems, where these pipes are part of assembled restrained sealed bolted joints. The grip ring, in addition to two well spaced major sized teeth, has several spaced minor sized pipe gripping circumferential teeth located between and beyond the major sized teeth. The major sized teeth extend radially inwardly farther than the minor sized teeth within the grip ring. When the installed grip ring is restraining a metallic pipe, only the major size teeth are, in part, penetrating the metallic pipe. When this installed grip ring is restraining a plastic pipe both the major size teeth and the minor size teeth are penetrating the plastic pipe. The major size teeth take a lot of concentrated force, which is created when the fasteners of the bolted joint are tightened. The minor size teeth, which are closer together, are needed to provide more tooth contact area to spread out the restraining forces needed to hold the relatively weaker plastic pipes of comparable outside diameters within their respective restrained sealed bolted joints.
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Denison George F.
Dent Larry G.
Chun Heather
Mattern Jr. Roy E.
Reese Randolph A.
Romac Industries Inc.
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