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Class 285/399 - SOCKET


Subclass of Class 285 - Pipe joints or couplings
Definition: Subject matter comprising a hollow part or cavity involving
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 09/28/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7802824Connecting 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
7600793Twin-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
7390375Method 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
7384075Threaded 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
7341285Chemical 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
7316430Connecting 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
7316431Auto-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
7249789Water 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
7238317Method 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
7229105Auto-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
7108294Composite 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
7063108Corrugation 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
6866308Interactive 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
6631740Brazing 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
6550500Plastic 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
6447028Joint 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
6399002Method 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
5749604Pipe 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
5722700Coupling 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
5511831Self-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
5417442Sealing 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
5398981Self-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
5361577Spring 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
5167431Insert 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
5116087Pipe 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
5071173Plastic 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
5064225Coupling 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
4863328Locking 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
4844322Method 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
4819969Coupling 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
4740058Coupler 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
4645247Mechanical 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
4523780Tube 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
4201407Tubular 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
4161273Tube 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
 
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