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Class 285/32 - Threaded telescopic


Subclass of Class 285 - Pipe joints or couplings
Definition: Subject matter including telescopic portions which have
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 04/01/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7350584Formed tubulars
A method of lining a drilled bore comprises running a tubular into a drilled bore and then corrugating the tubular in the bore. The tubular may also be expanded in the bore. In other aspects of the invention the tubular is corrugated prior to running into the bore a...
04/01/2008
7331615Pipe union with extension
A pipe union with extension for interconnecting a first length and a second length of coaxial pipe may include a first annular pipe member attachable to the first length of pipe. The first annular pipe member may incorporate a circumferential flange having a shoulde...
02/19/2008
7322615Adjustable plumbing fitting
An adjustable plumbing fitting is adapted to adjust a length of connection between supply and inlet pipes, and includes a sleeve member, a collar member, and a sealing member. The sleeve member includes an annular section sleeved on and threadedly engaged with the i...
01/29/2008
7257927Three-piece frame assembly for window of enclosure
Frames are disclosed for mounting windows within the walls of enclosures for isolating or sealing substances such as radioactive or other hazardous substances from the surrounding environment. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a window assembly include...
08/21/2007
7111873Slide coupling fitting for connecting conduits
A slide coupling fitting for connecting a tubular conduit and the method of use are provided. The fitting includes a tubular body, two opposing open ends, and an external threaded section on an exterior of the tubular body adjacent to each open end; and two tubular ...
09/26/2006
7059539Motorized/manual monitor lift
A telescoping waterway for adjusting the height of a firefighting monitor is disclosed. The telescoping waterway includes a hollow outer tube, a hollow inner tube within the hollow outer tube, and an actuator that moves the hollow inner tube relative to the hollow o...
06/13/2006
7025392Joint construction for cable piping
A joint construction for cable piping provided with an inner cylinder of thin wall pipe and an outer cylinder fitted on the inner cylinder so as to freely slide to connect a first pipe for cable to a second pipe for cable so as to freely expand and contract in lengt...
04/11/2006
6857662Adapter device for solidly coupling pipes together
An adapter device includes a bracket having a wall and a fence extended from a base panel, the fence includes an opening formed by two arms for receiving a pipe, a tube is threaded to the wall and has one end movable toward and away from the fence. One or more plugs...
02/22/2005
6471249Adjustable pipe connector
An adjustable pipe connector for joining ends of lined pipe where corrosive or erosive gases, fluids or slurries may flow to provide a continuous corrosion barrier between the ends of adjacent pipe liners. The connector provides a telescoping arrangement ...
10/29/2002
6431610Tube assembly for communicating water to a fixture
A tube assembly for communicating water under pressure from a water supply valve and a water fixture inlet tube assembled at a job site, having an elongate corrugated tube with alternating grooves and ridges and cut to length to extend between a water fix...
08/13/2002
6209926Pipe coupler
Disclosed is a small space-saving two-part coupling system for attaching threaded pipes which is particularly suited for use in replacing broken valves, pipes or parts in existing plumbing systems where little space is available. The invention includes a ...
04/03/2001
6039120Adjustable isolation sleeve
An apparatus for use in subsea well completion systems is provided. The apparatus has an isolation sleeve and an extension sleeve. The isolation sleeve has a first end, a second end and a longitudinal axis defined between the first end and the second end....
03/21/2000
5893396Height adjustable standpipe
The height adjustable standpipe includes multiple, cylindrical, coaxial drain sections of gradually diminishing cross section. The sections preferably alternate between brass and PVC plastic, and have grooves adjacent the ends of the PVC sections for reta...
04/13/1999
5704400Electrical conduit assembly
A method of routing rigid electrical conduit pipe between spaced apart enclosures includes measuring the distance between the enclosures and cutting a length of conduit pipe to the measured distance, less a bulkhead hub allowance. Bulkhead hubs are thread...
01/06/1998
5435179Three piece handwheel having expansion mechanism for meter box or meter yoke
A handwheel expansion mechanism including a meter adapter, a handwheel body and an expansion cup. The expansion cup is slidingly engaged with the meter adapter, and the handwheel body is rotationally coupled to the meter adapter. Rotation of the handwheel...
07/25/1995
5248850Electrical box connector conduit
An electrical box connector conduit is fixedly mounted between adjacent electrical boxes through aligned box bores. The conduit structure includes a central conduit member having first and second abutment flanges mounted fixedly to the first and second en...
09/28/1993
5160174Telescoping pipes and application for such telescoping pipes in fire sprinkler systems
A telescopic pipe arrangement for use in situations where neither end can be rotated to change the length. An inner nut on an inner pipe bears against an end of an outer pipe and an outer nut either locks against the inner nut to enable inward or outward ...
11/03/1992
5061077Knock out paddle shaft for mixing machines
A removable three-piece paddle shaft assembly (30) for use in a mixing machine such as a mortar mixer (11) is disclosed. Three-piece paddle shaft assembly (30) includes paddle shaft drive spindle (31), main paddle shaft (32), and a paddle shaft supporting...
10/29/1991
5003821Meter box or meter yoke expansion mechanism
An expansion mechanism for use in a meter box or a meter yoke. The mechanism composed of two principal elements includes a body having an at least partially threaded axial body opening passing therethrough and a bushing having a nut with a threaded female...
04/02/1991
4993260Universal expansion connection and integral lock
A universal expansion connection (32) couples a water meter (10) to an outlet pipe (30). The expansion connection (32) comprises a threaded expansion tube (36), a threaded packer (38) and a lock case (40). The threaded packer (38) is threaded onto the exp...
02/19/1991
4907450Lockable water meter expansion connection and method
A threaded packer (40) is inserted into a first enlarged end (52) of an expansion tube (31). Driver dogs (50) on the threaded packer (40) mesh with dog recesses (54) on the expansion tube (31). The threaded packer (40) and the expansion connection (31) ar...
03/13/1990
4872338Expansion mechanism for meter box or meter yoke
An expansion mechanism for a meter box or a meter yoke. The mechanism includes a body having an at least partially threaded axial body opening passing therethrough. The body has four spaced spokes extending generally radially out therefrom in the form of ...
10/10/1989
4865355Pipe blocking system
An apparatus is provided for blocking off process lines between various pieces of processing equipment, for example, storage tanks, wherein a block housing is provided having pipes on opposite faces thereof connected to the processing vessels. Means are p...
09/12/1989
4795198Connector device for an underwater pipe system
A connector device for an underwater pipe system which comprises one or m conduits, for connecting pipe sections together or to valves, well heads or similar, whereby such a pipe section comprises an end flange (2) which can be introduced into grooves ex...
01/03/1989
4767136Tight coupling device for two rigid, fixed pipes
The device for coupling two pipes comprises a variable length assembly formed from two tubular parts, whereof the internal diameter corresponds to the internal diameter of the pipes. The tight coupling of this assembly to the ends of the pipes is brought ...
08/30/1988
4625999Remotely-operable ball joint connector
A remotely-operable connector comprising a pair of female end fittings, each adapted to be permanently fixed one to each of a pair of pipes to be coupled together, and a jumper assembly having a jumper pipe terminating at opposite ends in male end fitting...
12/02/1986
4603887Rigid adjustable length assembly
A fluid flow system comprises a plurality of operational elements which are interconnected by rigid conduits. The present invention provides a rigid interconnecting conduit which includes a statically adjustable assembly comprising two telescopically asso...
08/05/1986
4595217Coupling member for vessels for use in two-way extraction systems
This invention relates to a coupling member for use in the liquid-tight and gas-tight connection of vessels, of different sizes to a two-way extraction system. The coupling part comprises two parts, a cylindrical adaptor part and a part comprised of a uni...
06/17/1986
4572291Well casing scraper
A casing scraper for well casings in which the scraper blades are positively held on the scraper body. The blades are provided with retainer arms which engage a series of splines formed integrally with the scraper body, and slide up the splines to a cutti...
02/25/1986
4433725Adjustable spacer with rotational lock
A spacing apparatus for tubing conduit in a subterranean well, normally for use with an electric component with a longitudinally extending external electrical cable, permits irrotational adjustment of the length of the tubing conduit. The spacing apparatu...
02/28/1984
4278836Repair coupling for flexible electrical conduit
A repair coupling for flexible electrical conduit comprised of helically wrapped loosely interlocked metallic strip, said coupling being characterized by its initially enlarged arcuate cross section adapted to be constricted into tube form, the interrupte...
07/14/1981
4099706Valve construction and method of making the same
A valve construction having a first housing provided with an internal chamber and an inwardly directed shoulder projecting into the chamber at one end thereof and defining a valve seat on one side thereof. A second housing is secured to the first housing ...
07/11/1978
4083410Adjustable drop nipple for sprinkler heads
An adjustable drop nipple for sprinkler heads is disclosed which comprises a stationarily mounted collar with internal threads that receives an externally threaded nipple, and whereupon rotating the nipple a portion of its length is caused to retract into...
04/11/1978
4028888Fuel distribution manifold to an annular combustion chamber
A fuel distribution system for a gas turbine-compressor includes means permitting ready replacement and maintenance of individual fuel nozzles without disassembly of the entire fuel nozzle system. The gas turbine-compressor finds particularly useful appli...
06/14/1977
3971401Sillcock
A sillcock intended to be mounted in a wall between a warm space and a cold space to provide a water flow passage through the wall comprises a water flow pipe extending between the warm side and the cold side of the wall, a shut-off valve including a valv...
07/27/1976
 
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