Pipe joints or couplings – Flexible joint – rigid members – Bellows
Patent
1982-03-24
1984-11-27
Callaghan, Thomas F.
Pipe joints or couplings
Flexible joint, rigid members
Bellows
285280, F16L 5102
Patent
active
044847726
ABSTRACT:
Rotatable bellows-like covers made up of a number of sections, each formed from annular elements, incorporate a rotatable section permitting the cover to expand and contract lengthwise and simultaneously permit rotation of a portion thereof with respect to another portion. The rotatable bellows-like covers are particularly suitable for protectively enclosing movable mechanical arms on welding robots and the like and specifically the hinged portions thereof which are movable in angular relation to one another and rotatable with respect to one another.
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Ross, Jr. Victor H.
Ross, Sr. Victor H.
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