Pipe joints or couplings – With assembly means or feature – Inserted section
Patent
1976-10-28
1978-04-04
Callaghan, Thomas F.
Pipe joints or couplings
With assembly means or feature
Inserted section
285261, 285365, F16L 2706
Patent
active
040823202
ABSTRACT:
A pipe coupling for joining the ends of two pipes together while permitting a certain angle to exist between the pipe axes, the coupling including a housing member associated with one pipe end, a plug-in member associated with the other pipe end and arranged to be inserted into the housing member to form a sealing connection therewith; two ring elements located within one of the members and together defining an inwardly directed bearing surface having the form of a spherical segment, the bearing surface portions defined by the two elements being axially spaced apart, and the pipe end associated with the one member presenting an outwardly directed bearing surface having the form of a spherical segment conforming to, and fitting closely with, the inwardly directed bearing surface.
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patent: 2369849 (1945-02-01), Phillips
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patent: 2918313 (1959-12-01), Lazar et al.
patent: 2976064 (1961-03-01), Croy
patent: 3695644 (1972-10-01), Goldberg
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