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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802824 | Connecting piece for a tubing A connecting piece for a tubing including a first unit and a second unit is provided. The first unit includes a first connecting element for a tubing element and a second connecting part for the second unit. The second connecting element includes a tubular female pa... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7600793 | Twin-wall pipe with a ventilation zone between a socket and an adjacent elevation A twin-wall pipe comprises an internal pipe and an external pipe. The external pipe is corrugated, having elevations and troughs. The twin-wall pipe is further provided with a socket. In a transition portion towards the twin-wall pipe and the socket, provision is ma... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7390375 | Method and a device for connecting a plastic conduit and a plastic socket A method and a device for connecting a plastic line part in a plastic socket. A head end (9) of the line part (6) is heated contactlessly all the way round until the end curls over to a diameter that is greater than the inside diameter of the socket ( | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384075 | Threaded joint for gas turbine components An assembly including inner and outer overlapping annular elements with interengaging threads. An axial abutment between the two elements is spaced from the threaded section to permit a structural and fluid seal at the joint. Pilot joints are provided to stabilize t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7341285 | Chemical fusion of non-metallic pipe joints A pipe joint for joining pipes having a low surface energy and resistance to solvents. The components are an extrudable adhesive; a first pipe having a socket with an inside diameter, where the socket has a mouth, a self-centering bottom, and a cylindrical wall with... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316430 | Connecting mechanism A connecting mechanism for two parts, which are at least partially insertable into one another, presents a cam-operated component, which runs on bearings and which is adjustable between a passive and an active position, on the one part, for shifting a number of cont... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316431 | Auto-adapting fitting An auto-adapting fitting for releasably connecting in an end-to-end orientation, a first tube end to a second tube end having an outer diameter within a specified range for use between the ammunition feed port of a paintball marker and the outlet port of a paintball... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7249789 | Water well casing A novel design for the connection of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) casing. Each length of casing has a male end and a female end. The female end has a narrowing interior diameter with its wider interior diameter at its outermost end sufficient to receive the male end of ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238317 | Method of continuously producing a twin-wall pipe with a ventilation zone between a socket and an adjacent elevation A twin-wall pipe comprises an internal pipe and an external pipe. The external pipe is corrugated, having elevations and troughs. The twin-wall pipe is further provided with a socket. In a transition portion towards the twin-wall pipe and the socket, provision is ma... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229105 | Auto-adapting tube fitting An auto-adapting fitting for releasably connecting in an end-to-end orientation, a first tube end to a second tube end having an outer diameter within a specified range for use between the ammunition feed port of a paintball gun and the outlet port of a paintball ma... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7108294 | Composite pipe assembly and components A plastic coupling for joining two metal pipe sections end-to-end to form a pipe assembly. A first plastic spigot cuff is formed along the periphery of the end of the first pipe and a mating second plastic bell cuff is formed along the periphery of the end of the se... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7063108 | Corrugation structure for pipe A corrugated pipe 2 has a plurality of corrugation structures 10, 12 positioned adjacent one another. The corrugation structures 10, 12 comprise an inner cylindrical wall 22, two annular wall portions 28, 32 that extend outwardly f... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6866308 | Interactive sealing system for arcuate ducts including seal compressed and actuated by adjacent expanding seal A system for sealing one end of a first air duct with an adjacent overlapping end of a second air duct incorporates multiple sealing components. One of the sealing components interacts and activates another of the sealing components. One of the sealing components me... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6631740 | Brazing joint for tubes and the like A first tube has an end portion with a socket that is tapered by, a frustoconical wall that ends with a radially extending land. A copper brazing ring is disposed on the land. An end portion of a second tube having a knurled surface is press fitted into t... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6550500 | Plastic pipe having a socket, and a method of providing a plastic pipe with a socket A plastic pipe provided with a socket and a method of providing a plastic pipe with a socket, whereby the socket comprises at least two layers. The orientation of at least one socket layer is different from the orientation of another layer and the orienta... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6447028 | Joint fitting A fitting for connecting two components is described. The fitting may be explosion proof for use in hazardous environments. The fitting may swivel allowing fast and easy connection to fixed components, thus minimizing the time required for installation an... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6399002 | Method of making a pipe with coupling conforming to pipe diameter A plastic pipe has a multiple layer wall construction including major and minor wall portions. The major wall portions are formed with first corrugations and are separated from one another by the minor wall portions which are formed with second corrugatio... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5749604 | Pipe coupling system and method Pipe coupling system and method in which a tapered wall is formed on one of two tubular pipe members for press-fit engagement with a wall of the second pipe member, and the two pipe members are pressed together in an axial direction to bring the tapered w... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5722700 | Coupling structure for pipes of synthetic resin A first pipe is press-fitted into a second pipe having an inner peripheral surface, circular in section, about an axis of the second pipe. The first pipe, having an outer peripheral surface provided with recesses each located between arcuate portions, and... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5511831 | Self-centering, self-seating, double-sealing, interference fit tube joint The step of soldering, brazing, or welding a tube joint may be eliminated in a tube joint construction that includes a male tube member (10) having a first cylindrical section (14) of relatively lesser diameter and an adjacent, second cylindrical section ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5417442 | Sealing device A sealing device for sealing two concrete pipe end portions in relation to each other comprises a sealing surface (4) in a socket (2) of one of the pipe end portions and a sealing surface (14) on a spigot end (12) of the other pipe end portion. The spigot... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5398981 | Self-centering, self-seating, double-sealing, intereference fit tube joint The step of soldering, brazing, or welding a tube joint may be eliminated in a tube joint construction that includes a male tube member (10) having a first cylindrical section (14) of relatively lesser diameter and an adjacent, second cylindrical section ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5361577 | Spring loaded cross-fire tube A cross-fire tube for use in connecting adjacent combustors in industrial gas turbines includes a relatively flexible main spring body portion (12,50, 68, 76) extending between two end portions, each end portion including a connector (22, 26, 54, 72, 90) ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5167431 | Insert for connecting a flexible tube to a shower head The invention relates to an insert for connecting a flexible tube to a shower head which has an axial pipe (13) and, externally, has keying (17) and sealed truing (15, 16) structure in a seat of said shower head. It has one elastic tab (19) with a tooth (... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5116087 | Pipe which is configured for coupling to another pipe A pipe which is configured for coupling to another conduit such as a following pipe has an end portion of reduced outer diameter and a transition portion which is connected to the body of the pipe. The end portion can be inserted into the following pipe. ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5071173 | Plastic pipe for sewer pipe reconstruction A plastic pipe for sewer pipe reconstruction has at least one spigot, the outer diameter of which is smaller than the outer diameter of the pipe. It has furthermore a socket end the outer diameter of which is substantially equal to the outer diameter of t... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5064225 | Coupling device and method for tubular elements Coupling device and method for joining together tubular elements such as sections of aluminum tubing. The device comprises a coupling sleeve having conically tapered walls of diameters corresponding to the diameters of the tubular elements to be joined to... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4863328 | Locking mechanism for threaded components A locking mechanism for assembled threaded coponents, including a circumferential tongue on one of the components and a corresponding notch on the other component. As a locking position is approached, the tongue is biased out of its normal position by a c... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4844322 | Method for replacing a section of tubing A method for replacing a damaged or defective section of a length of original piping or tubing located within a structrue such as the turbine of a jet engine wherein access to the tubing is limited, and replacing such damaged section with a new section of... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4819969 | Coupling device and method for tubular elements Coupling device and method for joining together tubular elements such as sections of aluminum tubing. The device comprises a coupling sleeve having conically tapered walls of diameters corresponding to the diameters of the tubular elements to be joined to... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4740058 | Coupler for optical instruments An opto-mechanical coupler is described for providing a quick-release mechanical and optical connection between a camera and the eyepiece of an endoscope or other optical instrument. The coupler comprises a hollow body member that is adapted to be screwed... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4645247 | Mechanical pipe joint Mechanical pipe joints and methods of forming same, wherein pipe ends are first prestrained into expanded bell and expanded pin shapes and then again strained by interference joining, both prestraining and subsequent straining being under controlled condi... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4523780 | Tube joint There is provided a tube end configuration for joining two hollow tubes end to end, the novel joint comprising a tapered end on one tube, which end fits into the untapered end of another tube forming a variable length tubular pipe. The untapered tube end ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4201407 | Tubular assembly A tubular assembly embodying a pin and slot connection between two thin wall tubular members having end portions disposed in telescopic relation with respect to one another. The outer tubular member having the slot also has an opening extending therethrou... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4161273 | Tube joint and method of making same A tube joint including a male end which has a rounded inner edge having its original surface finish and a female end which is expanded to receive the male end. The male end is formed by chamfering the end outer diameter and flaring the end inner diameter ... | 07/17/1979 |