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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4269436 | Pre-insulated pipe system A joint for connecting first and second pipes, each including spaced inner and outer pipe members and a foam material filling the space between the inner and outer pipe members. The inner pipe members of the two pipes are adapted for conveying a fluid med... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4256333 | Solvent-bonded joint A solvent-bonded joint between plastic members, particularly useful where such members are intended to convey flowable materials such as sterile medical solutions. The joint includes a pair of members joined at a zone of interference, a tapered crevice be... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4225162 | Liquid tight connector The disclosure is directed to a pre-assembled liquid tight connector for use with flexible metallic conduit. The connector is comprised of a one piece body member having a grounding member formed integrally therewith. Additionally, the body member is so c... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4223919 | Device for coupling hose, pipe or the like A device for joining detachably a tubular member such as a hose, a pipe or the like to a main body which has at its end a cylindrical pipe and a flange which is formed along the outer periphery of said cylindrical pipe and whose peripheral surface is form... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4222576 | Sealing device A sealing device for providing a hermetic seal, for example between the body and lid of a container, comprises elongate interengageable sealing members of respectively male and female form in transverse cross-section, the two members being arranged to def... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4220358 | Pipe coupling A flexible hose connection comprises a premoulded length of hose having enlarged end portions. A pair of annular flanges are slidably mounted on the hose. Each enlarged end portion engages in a recess formed in a surface of a connecting part. A spigot in ... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4219225 | Sealing rings for the ends of heat-insulated pipe units An elastomeric sealing ring is provided for sealing an end of a pipe unit of the kind comprising a pipe, heat-insulating foam material surrounding the pipe and an outer tubular jacket and in which the pipe projects beyond the ends of the foam material and... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4218079 | Flange type duct joint assembly A joint assembly for connecting the ends of a pair of generally rectangular sheet metal duct sections includes a pair of frame members secured to each other and connected to the respective duct end portions. The frame members each have four flange portion... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4201048 | Exhaust system connector A connector for interengaging the exhaust header components of an internal combustion engine that are subjected to movement and vibration to a turbine compressor and/or tail pipe components that are constrained and relatively unmoving wherein inner and ou... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4194765 | Telescoping slip-together tubing joint A telescoping slip-together tubing joinder wherein a first and a second tube slide together, the second sliding over the first. A guide sleeve is mounted to the first tube and projects beyond it to receive and guide the second tube into the telescoping en... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194768 | Liquid-tight connector A resuable liquid-tight connector for flexible liquid-tight electrical conduit comprises a body member and a compression member which cooperate to simultaneously grip the conduit radially by means of an eccentric action and compress the conduit axially in... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4192531 | Tube-to-plate connection A tube-to-plate connection includes a plate defining an aperture where the tube is to be attached to the plate. The portion of the plate surrounding the aperture includes a plurality of fingers extending away from the plane of the plate and projecting rad... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4191407 | Pipe coupling for plumbing apparatus A plumbing connector and a method for installing or replacing pipe which extends between a toilet and a ferrule utilize a pair of sleeves arranged coaxially so as to form an annular socket for receiving one end of the ferrule. The inner sleeve is adapted ... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4190479 | Method of producing a joint capable of transmitting high torque A method for bonding a tubular shaft to an end fitting to produce an assembly wherein the shaft and the end fitting are in axial alignment and which is capable of transmitting high torque, said method employing an end fitting provided with a mating sectio... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4146254 | Coupler for tubing A coupler which is for tubing and which has a tube receiving bore therein. A sealing ring, spacer ring and lock ring are coaxially located within the coupler bore. When a tube is inserted into the coupler bore, the sealing ring makes contact between the c... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4134605 | Arrangement for connecting an attachment to a vacuum cleaning device An arrangement for connecting an attachment to a vacuum cleaning device includes two connecting sleeves, one on the attachment and the other on the device. One of the connecting sleeves has an inner and an outer portion which together bound a groove in wh... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4132437 | Interlocking pipe ball joint A ball joint for connecting lengths of pipe particularly for use in automotive exhaust systems. One end of a first pipe is enlarged to an increased diameter to form a female portion into which one end of a second pipe is received. A tubular sleeve is inse... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4121860 | Bellows with rotational joints A heat suppressor for a gas turbine engine is mounted on an aircraft by means separate from the engine mounts. A sleeve apparatus is needed to connect the exhaust duct of the engine to the suppressor duct for continuous flow of turbine gases. The sleeve a... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4111457 | Inflatable restraining device for motor vehicles An elastic intermediate inset means for a restraining device used in passenger motor vehicles comprising an inflatable bag, an inflating means, a flange and/or housing for holding the bag, and clamping means for connecting the rim and the flange. The elas... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4090648 | Decanter and molded interlocking handle A decanter vessel formed of a rigid receptacle and a pouring spout unit matingly engaged about the neck of the receptacle in a sealing fashion. The pouring spout has formed therein an internal annular cavity shaped to accommodate the neck portion of the r... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4088350 | Plastic tubing connector A connector for Teflon tubing having a male connector with a tapered end providing a male conical sealing surface engageable with a conforming internal conical sealing surface machined in the end of the Teflon tubing. A collet having an annular collar con... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4083584 | Apparatus for securing a flange ferrule to the end of a flexible tube, particularly a shower tube A method of securing a flange ferrule to the end of a flexible tube having an exterior diameter slightly smaller than the interior diameter of the ferrule, comprises positioning the flange ferrule over the end of the flexible tube and aligning the flange ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4071267 | Shrouded pipe wall casting for use with split-clamp couplings A pipe wall casting for installation in a poured concrete tank wall. The length of the wall casting is equal to the wall thickness, and the ends of the wall casting are grooved or shouldered for use with standard split-clamp couplings. A radially spaced a... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4057502 | Seal for cartridge-type filter assemblies A filter assembly comprises a base having a cartridge-type filter and an impervious case mounted thereon. An open end of the case is disposed in an annular recess defined in the base. An annular sealing means is disposed within the recess and is compresse... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4054978 | Method for repair of valves A valve bonnet structure has an inner ring spaced slightly from the inner surface of the bonnet structure and secured along its lower edge portion to the bonnet. An angle-shaped member having a downturned leg lapping the ring is secured to the inner surfa... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4052990 | Medico-surgical tube and adaptor A tubing adaptor of unitary plastics construction is assembled with an endotracheal or other medico-surgical tube for coupling the tube to a connector or tubing of larger diameter in a gas circuit. The adaptor has a tubular stem which closely fits into th... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4049295 | Couplings for metal tubes A fluid-tight coupling for the end to end connection of metal tubes consists essentially of a conical male element and a conical female element fixed to the end of a respective tube, at least one of said elements being constituted by a permanent magnet.... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4026581 | Releasable coupling A releasable coupling for connecting hoses, pipes, rods or the like. The coupling has a male member and a female member, the female member being provided with an additional guide pipe or sleeve for centering the male member as it is inserted into the fema... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4017103 | Garden hose coupler An assembly for joining two sections of garden hoses together, with the assembly formed of a male member that couples to a female member. Both members are formed at a first end with an externally corrugated tubular section that fits snugly inside of the e... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4014567 | Apparatus for coupling pipe or the like Apparatus for connecting the ends of pipes or the like. The apparatus includes a pair of coupling members, each being mountable at one end thereof to the end of one of the pipes which are to be connected. One of the coupling members has attached at the ot... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4002359 | Tool joint for drill pipes The invention relates to a tool joint for drill pipes. According to the invention the tool joint consists of a threaded sleeve having an internal cylindrical recess, a pin 2 is threaded into the sleeve and has an internal cylindrical recess b, in which a conve... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3997195 | Non-threaded tubing connector A thin plastic tube or tube connector has at one end section a continuous or interrupted inclined plane means which collapses the plastic tube end section over a nipple or the end of another tube. The plastic tube end section is inserted over the nipple o... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3994515 | Joinder of plastic pipe Plastic elements, such as conduit, and method and apparatus for joinder of same characterized by respective regions, or surfaces, of hot-to-cold plastic adjacent regions of hot-to-hot plastic for forming a substantially immediate physical fixation of the ... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3975039 | Heat-recoverable members A method of recovering a heat-recoverable article onto a hollow substrate, the heat-recoverable article and the substrate each having at least one open end. The method comprises positioning the substrate between a rigid member and the heat-recoverable art... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3971566 | Hydraulic sealing member and process Disclosed herein is a metallic V-ring sealing member capable of sealing hydraulic fluid against egress from a hydraulic system. The sealing member of the invention is fabricated from a metal capable of undergoing an austenitic to martensitic state change ... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3964772 | Connector for flexible metallic conduit and method This is concerned with a fabricated connector, and method of making it, for joining flexible conduit to a terminus, such as a box or enclosure or the like. The connector has a sheet metal fabricated housing that free-wheels on the flanged end of a body me... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3958818 | Fitting assembly for flexible tubing A fitting assembly is disclosed for connection to the ends of flexible tubing. The fitting assembly comprises a first and second element and a sleeve. The first element includes a threaded bore and a plurality of flanged tines extending axially therefrom.... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3933378 | Quick-connect tubing coupling A quick-connect tubing coupling comprising a cup-shaped cage externally attached to a first tube with an end portion of the tube concentrically contained within the cage. The inside diameter of the cage is sufficiently greater than the outside diameter of... | 01/20/1976 |
