Flexible piping joint

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1976-05-28

1978-01-31

Callaghan, Thomas F.

Pipe joints or couplings

With fluid pressure seal

With separate, encased pipe-gripping means

285263, 2853344, 285DIG18, F16L 2704

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040712699

ABSTRACT:
A flexible piping joint in the form of a fluid-tight coupling and sealing apparatus for two tubes having high pressure fluid flowing therethrough, the joint having angular, axial and rotational flexibility and comprising a metallic, resilient annular sealing element on the first tube in an interference fit with the interior surface of the second tube, and a guiding mechanism for maintaining the intersection point of the tubes' centerlines during angular misalignment in the plane containing the line of contact of the sealing element and the interior surface of the second tube.

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