Pipe joints or couplings – With fluid pressure seal – Flexible lip
Patent
1993-04-26
1994-02-01
Arola, Dave W.
Pipe joints or couplings
With fluid pressure seal
Flexible lip
285174, 285411, 285423, 285238, F16L 1704
Patent
active
052826546
ABSTRACT:
A narrow, thin, metal strip is arranged around the periphery of the end portion of at least one of two pipes arranged in axial alignment for forming a coupled joint. The adjacent pipe end portions are provided with circumferential grooves. A coupling surrounds the end portions of the pipes and has radially inwardly extending keys for fitting into the grooves in the pipes. The strip has a groove formation for fitting into and lining the groove formed in the end of the pipe upon which it is arranged. The localized pressure of the key fitted into the strip groove is dispersed through the strip into the adjacent pipe areas which the strip overlies to protect the pipe groove walls and base and the pipe-end portions from being damaged by engagement with the coupling key. The strip permits coupling a pair of relatively easily damaged plastic pipes or coupling a plastic pipe and a stronger metal pipe by resisting damage to plastic pipes caused by coupling key pressure.
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Arola Dave W.
Quikcoup, Inc.
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