Victaulic Company

Michael S Fleck

Matthew A Bowman

Scott D Madara

Philip Wayne Bancroft

Alan M Yesavage

Thomas Nunnally

A pipe coupling has two segments with action surfaces in facing relationship. Attachment elements on each segment, in the form of lugs, accommodate adjustable fasteners which draw the segments together when tightened. Support surfaces on the lugs engage one another to visually indicate that a proper installation of the coupling has been achieved.

Coupling having visual installation indicators

Ring and gusset coupling

Couplings for joining pipe elements have segments with attachment members with faces which contact one another when the segments are properly installed on the pipe elements. Each segment has one or more shrouds and recesses positioned along the faces. The shrouds on one segment are received within respective recesses on the other segment. The shrouds block the line of sight toward the central space which the segments surround and which receives the pipe elements. Index markings on the segments show visual inspection points to confirm proper engagement between the segments and the pipe elements.

Shrouded coupling

Pipe coupling

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Easton, PA, United States of America

Michael S Fleck