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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128131 | Ferrule for making fingertight column connections in gas chromatography A ferrule arrangement for use in sealing connections to gas chromatography columns includes a generally tubular metal ferrule with an axial bore to receive a fracturable column with a protective coating. The ferrule has a forward part that tapers to a tip region of ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7922215 | Plug connector for fluid conduits A plug connector for fluid conduits. The plug connector including a housing part with a plug socket for the fluid-tight insertion of a tubular plug-in part, a holding element for locking and a fluid seal for sealing the inserted plug-in part. The plug connector bein... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7815225 | Self restrained ductile iron fitting A combination sealing and restraint system for an as-cast ductile iron fitting is shown for both sealing and preventing separation of an iron pipe fitting and a mating male pipe. A ring-shaped body is installed within a mating groove provided in a mouth region of th... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7537248 | Combination seal and restraint system for plastic pipe An apparatus for restraining pipe against both internal and external forces at a pipe or fitting connection and to join and seal at least two pipes to form a pipeline featuring an improved restraining and sealing mechanism. The restraining and sealing mechanism incl... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7438327 | Electrical connection assembly with unitary sealing and compression ring An electrical connection assembly for securing electrical metal conduit to a junction box or the like, having a connection body with an inlet end portion for receiving a conduit wherein the inlet end includes a first portion sized to snugly receive an end portion of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431349 | Releasable connection arrangement for two rotationally symmetrical components A releasable connection arrangement includes a first component, which has a collar projecting radially outwards with a first clamping surface and a first bearing surface and a socket disposed at an open end of a second component for retaining the collar by gripping ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7410174 | Restraining mechanical joint gasket for ductile iron pipe A restraining gasket for both sealing and preventing separation of a pipe joint used to join a bell end of a female ductile iron pipe to the male end of a mating ductile iron pipe. The gasket has a body formed from a compressible elastomeric material having a harden... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7296827 | Releasable connection arrangement for two rotationally symmetrical components A releasable connection arrangement that includes, a first component, which has a collar projecting radially outwards with a first clamping surface and a first bearing surface and a socket disposed at an open end of a second component for retaining the collar by gri... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7240927 | Connection assembly used for connection between a fuel nozzle and a filling hose A connection assembly has a male connector, a first engaging ring securely mounted on the male connector, a female connector and a second engaging ring securely received in the female connector. The first engaging ring has first claws formed to abut a periphery defi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7207606 | Mechanical pipe joint, gasket, and method for restraining pipe spigots in mechanical pipe joint bell sockets A mechanical pipe joint, restraining gasket, and method for restraining pipe spigots within adjacent bell sockets. The restraining gasket is composed of two axially-separate components: a sealing portion and a restraining portion made of a plurality of arcuate locki... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7175208 | High temperature end fitting and method of use Embodiments of a system and method for sealing an end of a flowline to an end fitting are disclosed. Such methods include providing an end fitting housing having a bore, wherein a portion of the bore has a tapered inner surface, inserting an open end of a flexible p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7125054 | Self restraining gasket and pipe joint A sealing and restraining gasket for preventing separation of a pipe joint used to join a bell end of a female pipe to the male end of a mating pipe. The gasket is formed from a compressible body of elastomeric material and carries a rigid ring with gripping teeth f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7093863 | Restraining gasket for mechanical joints of pipes A gasket for connecting two lengths of pipe in a standard mechanical joint, which gasket maximizes the advantages of both restrained push-on joints as well as mechanical joints, as are known commonly in the art. The invention has application to long-run pipe lengths... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7032935 | Self energizing connector The self energizing tube connector for engaging a pressurizable part made of a tube capable of sustaining pressures up to 50,000 psi without deforming is made of an upstream tube end and a downstream tube end; a ferrule with a front and rear ferrule, a lifting compo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7011344 | Connector and method of use of the connector A connector for connection of a pipe end portion of coiled tubing adapted for connecting a piece of downhole equipment. The connector is formed by three separate parts that can be screwed together two and two, of which a radially inner shrinkable adapter sleeve comp... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6991264 | Compressor and method of connecting pipe to the same A compressor which has a pipe coupling structure capable of fluid-tightly connecting a refrigerant pipe to a pipe coupling port, without needing any welding process to connect the pipe to the pipe coupling port, and a method of connecting the refrigerant pipe to the... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6988746 | Nut type raintight threadless couplings and connectors for electrical conduits In fittings designed to connect threadless electrical conduits, the improvement of providing raintight fittings, having a hollow cylindrical housing with a bore adapted to receive an end of a conduit to be connected with such a fitting and a compression ring with a ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6974160 | Self restraining gasket and pipe joint A restraining element for preventing separation of a pipe joint used to join a bell end of a female plastic pipe to the male end of a mating pipe. The restraining element is formed from a compressible body of elastomeric material, the compressible body having a segm... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945570 | Self restraining gasket and pipe joint A restraining element for preventing separation of a pipe joint used to join a bell end of a female plastic pipe to the male end of a mating pipe. The restraining element is formed from a compressible body of elastomeric material, the compressible body having a segm... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6913293 | Spiral spline pipe joint apparatus and method A pipe joint apparatus and method using spiral groove halves formed on the nested surfaces of male and female pipe ends. The exterior half of the spiral groove is connected to an exit port. The interior half of the spiral groove has a proximal end recessed from edge... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6851728 | Pipe-coupling device A pipe-coupling device comprises a joint body having an opening with external threads to receive a pipe, a locknut having internal threads engaged with the external threads of the joint body, an annular core member disposed within the locknut, and a plurality of loc... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6843514 | Pipe coupling device A pipe coupling device (2) for joining the ends of two pipes is disclosed. The pipe coupling device (2) includes a sleeve (4) configured to receive an end of a pipe and having an annular first abutment surface (6); a compression member ( | 01/18/2005 |
| 6786517 | Concentric pipe joint restraint A novel concentric pipe joint restraint is disclosed. The restraint is specifically designed to resist axial movement of an inner spigot pipe relative to an outer socket pipe with which it has been joined. The restraint, which operates within the annulus, generally ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6773039 | Plug-in coupling A plug-in coupling having a base body (6), a sealing ring (12, 13), a locking ring (40) and an annular body which can be connected to the base body (6). A pipe end (4, 5) can be locked in position by the locking ring (40). T... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739632 | Method and apparatus for coupling HVAC conduits A coupling for connecting one or more pipes or conduits. The coupling includes at least one wedge-shaped gasket extending around the coupling. The wedge-shaped gasket includes an outer sloped or inclined surface, an inner surface, and a pair of opposed ends where on... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6595560 | Sleeve joint Two pipe sections (1-4, 31, 32) of a high-pressure line each comprise a fluid-tight inner jacket (9) made of a thermoplastic material and a reinforced outer jacket (10). The innner jackets are attached to one another by means of a fluid-tight weld (5-8, 3... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6575501 | Tube sealing bushing A deformable bushing to seal tubing to a receiving body is provided. The bushing includes a pair of grooves extending around the bushing with an annular ring between the grooves. The grooves are cut to a depth leaving sufficient wall thickness, and have a... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6533331 | Coupling device and method for fabricating a grip ring to be used in such a coupling device A coupling device for a pipe having a sleeve with an insert end for the pipe and a sealing means suitable for realizing a seal around the pipe inserted in the sleeve having a plurality of mutually slidable elements which together form a ring, and a grip r... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6471253 | Insert coupling An insert coupling for connecting a flexible pipe section to another part comprises a housing with a first cylindrical bore, a sealing ring, which is effective between the flexible pipe section and the cylindrical bore, a clamping bush with a cylindrical ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6454316 | Seal ring retainer A seal retaining system for retaining a seal ring in a pipe coupling, wherein a plurality of seal ring retainers are connected to a flange around the periphery of a seal seat and wherein the retainers can be moved from an open position in which a seal rin... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6390513 | Collapsible spacer pipe A collapsible spacer pipe is for use between associated equipment items in generally opposing facing relation. The spacer pipe includes a flexible seal element having a main body and a pair of flange seals disposed at ends of the main body. The flange sea... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6357802 | Pipe of hard thermoplastic resin, pipe joint structure and methods of manufacturing the same An air-pressure joint 1 comprising a pipe main body 2 made of a rigid thermoplastic resin and a release ring 3 made of a rigid thermoplastic resin inserted from one opening of the pipe main body, wherein the release ring includes a slip-off preventing pro... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6168211 | Threaded connection with supporting ring A threaded connection for easily deformable thin-walled pipes (20) has a connecting member (1) with a cylindrical receiving bore (5) accommodating the pipe (20) and an outer thread (7). A nut (8) is provided with an inner thread (10) which is threaded ont... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6007108 | Adapter for a nozzle manifold of a hot runner system An adapter for use with a nozzle manifold of a hot runner injection molding system for fluidly connecting at least two runner sections and thereby distribute and conduct melt to cavities of an injection mold, includes a plug having at least one end face f... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5951058 | Pipe joint A pipe joint which is made of a hollow body member having a passageway therethrough for receiving a pipe, a segmented gripper means positioned in a first circumferential tapered channel in the hollow body member and moveable axially within the passageway.... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5716082 | Fluid conveying device with removable connection A cryogenic fluid conveying device has removable connection of a metal tube and a receptor for the tube. The receptor is formed of a housing member with an aperture therein for conveying the fluid. A tubular member of resilient PTFE has a bore size so as ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5709412 | Apparatus for connecting tubes A tube connection apparatus for use with larger diameter flexible tubing particularly for hazardous material removal comprising an outer tapered sleeve and an inner tapered sleeve that is sized to snugly fit within the outer tapered sleeve and to engage t... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5707088 | Joint for coupling plastic corrugated pipes A joint for coupling corrugated or ribbed pipe segments, including helical ribbed pipe segments, end-to-end includes a segment of corrugated or ribbed pipe having a plurality of corrugations or ribs spaced axially along the segment's outer surface, a spig... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5681058 | Assembly for joining a pipe to a pipe fitting An assembly for joining a pipe to a pipe fitting includes an anti-leak gasket which is mounted around the pipe and which has a tapered portion with an outer periphery complimentary to and thus fittingly received in a tapered inner wall section of the pipe... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5588685 | Push-pull pipe joint A technique for joining a larger and a smaller pipe wherein the smaller pipe has an outside diameter smaller than the inside diameter of the larger pipe. An inner and an outer gasket are used to form the joint. The inner gasket has an inclined outer surfa... | 12/31/1996 |
