Pipe joints or couplings – Particular interface – Interlocked or overlapped
Patent
1994-10-31
1999-07-13
Arola, Dave W.
Pipe joints or couplings
Particular interface
Interlocked or overlapped
285382, 285921, 29453, 29525, 228135, 228138, 228189, 405184, F16L 2500
Patent
active
059215917
ABSTRACT:
A pipe connecting assembly and method for joining two lengths of steel pipe in the field without the need for welding the connection includes a pair of tubular members both having cylindrical exterior and interior surfaces that substantially conform to the exterior and interior surfaces of the two lengths of steel pipe. At one end of one of the tubular members a male connector is formed. The male connector has a plurality of annular flat and tapered ridges and flat annular surfaces formed thereon. At one end of the other tubular member a female connector is formed. The female connector has a plurality of flat annular ridges and tapered and flat surfaces formed thereon. In employing the tubular members in connecting the two lengths of steel pipe, the ends of the members opposite the male and female connectors are first welded to opposed ends of the steel pipe. The male connector is then press-fit into the female connector to connect the two lengths of steel pipe together without requiring the welding of the two lengths of pipe to each other. The apparatus and method enables the connectors to be welded to opposite ends of lengths of steel pipe in a welding shop where the welding operations are most efficiently performed. The lengths of steel pipe with the connectors of the invention attached may then be transported to a trenchless pipelaying excavation site where they are press-fit together in sequence without the need for welding at the pipelaying site.
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