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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120104744 | HOSE CONNECTORS WITH SLEEVES AND THEIR SELECTED INCLUSION IN A UNIVERSAL KIT FOR FORMING A VARIETY OF HOSE SYSTEMS A universal kit of selected connector fittings for connecting hose ends together, forming a web of hoses of a vehicle vacuum or pressure system, where the fittings are maintained in a container and include, as a primary connector, a CNC Rotator assembly, that has a meta... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120038144 | Fittings for Electrical Conduits An electrical conduit fitting comprising a metallic housing and a plurality of apertures in wall of the metallic housing. The plurality of apertures are configured to reduce weight of the fitting. The fitting also comprises a holding arrangement such as set-screw, lockn... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038143 | Pipe Connection Having A Flow Counting Function A pipe connection includes a main body, an inner sleeve, a water inlet connector, a water outlet connector, a circuit board, a control panel, at least one battery, a magnetically activated detector, an impeller, and a magnetic member. In operation, when the water flows ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110254262 | PIPE JOINT The present invention relates to a pipe joint for connecting tubular conduits, in particular for connecting lengths of pipe to form a fluid transport system. The pipe joint (2) comprises: a conduit (14) formed with at least one connection end (18). ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254261 | ADAPTER FOR CONNECTING FLUID SOURCE TO WATER BED A connector unit for connection of a fluid line to the mattress of a waterbed. The unit comprises a first connecting piece assigned to the waterbed mattress, a second connecting piece assigned to the fluid line and a connecting sleeve which while in mounted position enc... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110163531 | FITTING FOR A PIPE A fitting, particularly for connecting two pipes, comprising: a support sleeve (1), having a first connection segment (11a) at a first end, and having a second connection segment at an opposite second end, wherein at least the first connection segme... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110109079 | Flexible Pipe Joint A method and apparatus are disclosed for securing a flexible pipe (101) to a further flexible pipe (102) in an end-to-end configuration. The apparatus includes an elongate tubular element (30) comprising a first and second end ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110101672 | DEVICE FOR GRIPPING AN EXHAUST PIPE Device for internal gripping of an exhaust pipe having a gripping device which in turn has a first and a second protrusion, which are mutually connected to allow mutual displacement along a first axis (A), in which this displacement imposes a mutual change of position o... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110089680 | Insertion Coupling An insertion coupling which can be used for example for a vacuum line consists of an insertion part and a sleeve part (1), wherein a locking element (5), which can be brought into engagement with a retaining rib of the insertion part, and an actuation element (10) are i... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110073366 | FLEXIBLE CONDUIT COUPLING CONNECTOR A connector is provided for coupling a first conduit to a second conduit. The connector includes a first hub configured to connect to the first conduit and a second hub configured to connect to the second conduit. A flexible body is configured to sealingly connect to th... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110062700 | Pipe coupling and use thereof in joining molecularly oriented pipe A method for joining molecularly oriented pipe in which a coupling is provided which is formed of a material other than molecularly oriented pipe, such as ordinary PVC pipe. The coupling if formed as a tubular body with a combination sealing and restraint mechanism loca... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110042935 | Conduit/Piping Sump Penetration Fitting A conduit/piping sump penetration fitting is disclosed. The conduit/piping sump penetration fitting may comprise a bulk head fitting which does not require a plurality of mounting holes to mount the bulk head fitting to a sump wall. Rather, the bulk head fitting has a f... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110031738 | Pipe Coupling Spacer Insert A tubular coupling system and a protective spacer for use within a coupling, and methods of their use. The spacer, in at least one embodiment, has two or more separate and separable members that are length-adjustable to accommodate different distances between ends of tw... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110018254 | COUPLING FOR A FLUID LINE The invention relates to a coupling for a fluid line, wherein an oscillating circuit (5, 9) is present for detecting a properly closed position of an inserted part (13). A tuning device (19) is further provided, by means of which the resonant freque... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110001315 | TUBE CONNECTION Tubular structure having at least two tubes (20, 20′) and a plug-in tube connection (10) which comprises a flange (1), wherein said flange (1) serves as an axial stop surface for terminal ends (21, 21′) of the two tubes (20, 20â... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100320746 | PIPING CONNECTOR AND METHOD ON CONNECTING PIPE A method to connect piping and a piping connection, having the features of a ring connector configured to snugly fit around an external diameter of a pipe; and a piping shield connected to the ring connector, the piping shield having at least one observation window cut ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100314863 | ONE TOUCH PIPE JOINT [Problems] A one-touch joint for piping has an advantage of one-touch connection between the joint and piping but has a problem that the connection between the piping and a joint body easily becomes loose. [Means for Solving Problems] A one... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100301596 | COUPLING FOR INTERCONNECTING AT LEAST TWO PIPES A coupling for interconnecting at least two pipes (1) of a geothermal heat exchanger system, including at least one female coupling part (2) and at least one male coupling part (3) that can be inserted therein, with at least one fluid seal (4... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100283234 | CONNECTOR A connection system comprises a connector and a pipe. The pipe is made from a hydrophilic membrane capable of pervaporating brackish water or such like as substantially pure water, such as Dutyionâ„¢. One feature of this material is that it expands significantly as it h... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100260540 | Connection System for Tubular Members A tubular connector system is disclosed for joining two pipe ends. In one form, the pipe ends are joined without the necessity of rotating the pipe ends. A special coupling has opposing tapered ends. Each of the tapered ends slopes inwardly from an inner extent to an ou... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100025982 | COUPLING, JOINT AND METHOD FOR FIXEDLY AND SEALINGLY SECURING COMPONENTS TO ONE ANOTHER A method for forming a joint. The method includes: providing a fitting having a body and a pair of axially spaced apart seals, the body having an insertion end; providing a structure; engaging the fitting and the structure to one another such that the seals sealing enga... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100007134 | DISCONNECTABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Disconnectable connector assemblies, sets including the assemblies, and methods of using the assemblies, are disclosed.... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090236847 | PIPE INSERT A pipe insert (10) which in use is to provide a connection between at least two spaced pipe ends which are fixed relative to each other, said pipe ends each having first connection means (13) enabling the connection of an appliance between the pipe ends, t... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090224530 | WELDED BUTT JOINTS ON TUBES HAVING DISSIMILAR END PREPARATIONS A combination of work pieces is provided that includes a first work piece having a stepped end preparation with a first step and a second step, and a second work piece having a beveled end preparation. The first step is located at an end of the work piece and the second... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090194991 | Iron pipe furniture assembly structure This invention provides an iron pipe furniture assembly structure principally using the pipe connector as the connection construction component of the supporting shaft and the pipe element, and utilizing the elongated round-shaped fastening shaft of the pipe connector a... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090179419 | Adjustable offset bushing type coupling A nested bushing coupling for attaching a plumbing component to a conduit. The assembly includes at least one or more nested bushings having off-centered openings which may be situated at various orientations within a receiver.... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090102183 | Directional collar for pipe installation A directional collar to facilitate the pulling and inserting of Natural Gas distribution, piping through underground boreholes or casing extending through such underground boreholes is placed on a section of piping to be pulled through the borehole or casing and having ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090026757 | RISER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREFOR An improved gas riser assembly for transmitting gas from an underground gas service line to a meter manifold includes an elongated plastic tube having a first end and a second end. The first end is adapted to be connected below ground to the underground gas service line... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080309068 | Pipe Insert A pipe insert (10) which in use is to provide a connection between spaced pipe ends (11), the insert having at least two ends, the pipe insert being adjustable to be able to vary the relative displacement between the ends, each end having connecting means ... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080265563 | Connection Device for an Underwater Service Line and Associated Mounting and Rov Handle Assemblies There is disclosed a connection device for an underwater service line, the connection device comprising: a male connector having slidably interengageable first and second pieces, the first piece having a rearwardly facing surface and being slidable between a retracted p... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080224464 | Pipe coupling A coupling for the straight line connection of pipes and for the mechanical and hydraulic interconnection of the ends of a first pipe and a co-axial second pipe, are both at least 50 mm in outer diameter. The first pipe is equal to or up to 10 percent larger than the di... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080191466 | Fluid Connector A fluid connector and method of use is disclosed that includes a male housing with a male proximal end portion adapted to be in fluid communication with a first line and a male distal end portion having a resilient ring. Also included is a female housing with a female p... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080129039 | Pipe Coupling Adaptor An adaptor for coupling pipes together that has a pair of spaced apart pipe members disposed parallel to each other, with each of pair of pipe members including an opening at a top and at a bottom for receiving an additional pipe, and a bridging member connecting the pa... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20070296208 | Hollow pipe connector A hollow pipe connector is described for interconnecting opposed ends of two hollow pipes in abutting end-to-end relationship. Preferably, but not exclusively, the pipes are hollow pile cylinders of circular cross-section. The connector is formed by two flat metal plate... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070210575 | Repair Couplings For Broken Conduit A broken conduit end portion is repaired by reducing its radial wall thickness and attaching thereto a repair coupling that is configured to provide an internal passage therethrough that is not smaller than the internal passages in the broken conduit end portion and in ... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20050151369 | Device and method for coupling pipes A pipe coupling having an elongated housing comprising a first end and a second end, the housing defining an elongated bore therein with a stop located on an inner diameter of the housing. The stop is located between the first end and the second ends of the housing, and... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050110270 | Piping connector A piping connector is disclosed. The connector comprises pipes and connection body, and ejector for ejecting water, characterized in that the two ends of the connection body are provided with threaded face for locking with an arch shaped threaded cap passed through the ... | 05/26/2005 |
