Pipe joints or couplings – Packed – Screw thimble
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-31
2005-05-31
Dunwoody, Aaron (Department: 3679)
Pipe joints or couplings
Packed
Screw thimble
C285S386000, C285S379000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06899358
ABSTRACT:
A hammer union comprises a thread end, a nut end and a hammer nut which, when cinched up, compresses a composite seal assembly thereby preventing leakage. The seal assembly comprises a metal insert of a size to pass into the seal groove of conventional hammer unions and a small seal acting between the insert, the thread end and the nut end. The small seal is conveniently an O-ring and is of a size that is compressed when the seal assembly is inserted into the thread end of the hammer union, thereby preventing the seal assembly from falling out of the threaded end when it is inverted. The metal insert provides another groove opposite the small seal to receive a second O-ring which acts as a spring to bias the small seal into sealing engagement, thereby allowing the new seal assembly to accommodate more variation in the length of the existing seal groove in prior art hammer unions.
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Dunwoody Aaron
Moller G. Turner
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