Pipe joints or couplings – Repair
Patent
1995-03-31
1997-09-16
Nicholson, Eric K.
Pipe joints or couplings
Repair
29507, 29523, 285259, 2853824, 285397, F16L 1314
Patent
active
056672527
ABSTRACT:
A repair sleeve for installation in a parent tube by a sleeve expander of the type operable between an expanded state and an unexpanded state. The sleeve includes an elongated sleeve member having an outer wall and a bore sized and configured to receive the sleeve expander when the sleeve expander is in the unexpanded state. An engagement structure extends radially outward from the outer wall of the sleeve member for engagement with the interior surface of the parent tube. The engagement structure includes a plurality of circumferential teeth located along the outer wall of the sleeve member and at both ends of the sleeve member which are inclined to each other with respect to each of the ends. A plurality of peripheral lands are formed on the outer wall of the sleeve member, wherein the plurality of teeth are disposed between at least two of the peripheral lands located at each end of the sleeve.
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Gryder Stanley Mark
Schaefer Randal Ray
Schafer Bruce William
Sloman Mark Aaron
Framatome Technologies, Inc.
Nicholson Eric K.
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