Pipe joints or couplings – Essential catch
Patent
1995-01-18
1997-02-18
Nicholson, Eric K.
Pipe joints or couplings
Essential catch
285321, 285322, 411517, F16L 37088
Patent
active
056035322
ABSTRACT:
The disclosure relates to a grab ring for locking a cylindrical component in a bore in another component. The ring may formed of L-shaped cross-section, one limb of which is part cylindrical form and the other limb of which extends radially with respect to the part cylindrical rim. The free edge of the radial limb has a multiplicity of teeth formed integrally with the rim and projecting outwardly therefrom at an oblique angle to allow the ring to slide past a bore ring component in one direction but to grip in the bore in the opposite direction.
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