Pipe joints or couplings – With fluid pressure seal
Patent
1976-05-28
1978-01-31
Callaghan, Thomas F.
Pipe joints or couplings
With fluid pressure seal
285106, 285165, 285263, 2853344, 285DIG1, 285DIG18, F16L 1700, F16L 2704
Patent
active
040712680
ABSTRACT:
A pressure compensated slide joint for sealing first and second tubes having high pressure fluid flowing therethrough comprising a metallic, resilient sealing element extending from the first tube into an interference fit with the interior surface of the second tube, and an annular chamber, variable lengthwise in the axial direction, formed from two parts, each coupled to one of the tubes and in a slidable, sealing relationship with the other, and which has a vent communicating with the interior of the second tube. The sealing element is formed of a frustoconical portion and a ring portion having a curved outer surface contacting the interior surface of the second tube.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2405152 (1946-08-01), Kilchenmann
patent: 2712456 (1955-07-01), McCreery
patent: 2774618 (1956-12-01), Alderson
patent: 2781205 (1957-02-01), Lane et al.
patent: 3508769 (1970-04-01), Wucherpfennig
Halling Horace P.
Sadoff, Jr. Bernard J.
Callaghan Thomas F.
Pressure Science Incorporated
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