Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation

Raffaele Basile

David A Shotts

Giulio Scartozzi

Lawrence P Vollmuth

Humberto A Hijuelos

A plastic-lined metallic pipe including an outer metallic pipe which supports an inner plastic sleeve with mechanical engagement between the plastic sleeve and the metallic pipe throughout the circumference of the sleeve. The metallic pipe has a longitudinal weld and the plastic sleeve is melt-bonded to the metallic pipe along the weld only.

Plastic-lined pipe

Apparatus for continuously manufacturing plastic-lined metallic pipe. The apparatus includes an extruder having an output providing a plastic sleeve and further includes a continuous roll-forming tubing mill production line. This production line includes a series of forming rolls which progressively deform a substantially flat steel strip to a generally tubular configuration as the strip move along a straight-line longitudinal path. The production line further includes an electrical resistance or high frequency welder which continuously welds the lateral edges of the moving strip to complete the pipe. The apparatus also includes a feed for the plastic sleeve into the incipient metal pipe upstream of the welder. The plastic sleeve has an outside diameter slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the metallic pipe in its as-formed condition. Furthermore, the plastic sleeve maintains a generally tubular configuration from the time it enters the pipe until the manufacture of the plastic-lined pipe is completed. The exterior surface of the metal pipe can be galvanized in the production line, or raw steel pipe can be lined and the exterior surface later painted. The production line also includes a sizing station for reducing the inside diameter of the metallic pipe to substantially the outside diameter of the plastic sleeve. A method for continuously manufacturing plastic-lined metallic pipe using this apparatus is also disclosed.

Apparatus for manufacturing plastic-lined pipe

Method for continuously manufacturing plastic-lined metallic pipe. The method includes an extruder having an output providing a plastic sleeve and further includes a continuous roll-forming tubing mill production line. This production line includes a series of forming rolls which progressively deform a substantially flat steel strip to a generally tubular configuration as the strip moves along a straight-line longitudinal path. The production line further includes an electrical resistance or high frequency welder which continuously welds the lateral edges of the moving strip to complete the pipe. The method also includes a feed for the plastic sleeve into the incipient metal pipe upstream of the welder. The plastic sleeve has an outside diameter slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the metallic pipe in its as-formed condition. Furthermore, the plastic sleeve maintains a generally tubular configuration from the time it enters the pipe until the manufacture of the plastic-lined pipe is completed. The exterior surface of the metal pipe can be galvanized in the production line, or raw steel pipe can be lined and the exterior surface later painted. The production line also includes a sizing station for reducing the inside diameter of the metallic pipe to substantially the outside diameter of the plastic sleeve.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing plastic-lined pipe

A conduit coupling assembly for connecting the end portions of a pair of lengths of conduit in coaxial relationship. The end portions of the lengths have external threads of the same size. The coupling assembly includes an annular outer coupling member and an annular inner coupling member for reception by the outer coupling member. The outer coupling member has a first end including an internal screw thread sized for threading onto the end portion of one of the conduits. This outer member also includes a second end including an outer wall defining a cavity with the outer wall having at least one threaded aperture therethrough opening onto the cavity. The inner coupling member includes a first end and an internal screw thread sized for threading onto the end portion of the other of the conduits. The inner coupling member also has a second end sized for reception in the cavity with this inner coupling member second end having a peripheral groove on its outer surface which can be aligned with the threaded aperture. Upon reception of the inner coupling member second end in the cavity, the members can be joined by tightening a set screw located in the aperture so that the screw extends into the groove. Methods of using the coupling assembly of the present invention are also disclosed.

Conduit coupling assembly

A conduit coupling assembly for connecting the end portions of a pair of lengths of tubular conduit in coaxial, abutting relationship. Each end portion has external threads of the same size. The coupling assembly includes an abutment ring, locking means, and an outer coupling. The abutment ring has an internal thread sized for threading onto the end portion of one of the lengths of conduit, while the locking means prevents unthreading of the abutment ring once it is installed. The outer coupling has a first end and a second end with a bore extending therebetween sized to slidably, rotatably receive the abutment ring. The inside dimensions of the coupling ends are smaller than an outside dimension of the ring so that the ring is unable to move past the coupling ends. The coupling first end is provided with an internal thread sized for threading on the conduit end portions whereby, with the coupling first end threaded onto the end portion of the one length of conduit and facing the other length of conduit, the other length of conduit can be brought into axial alignment with the one length of conduit and the coupling first end can be threaded onto the end portion of the other length to couple the lengths of conduit.

Apparatus is provided for the continuous production of tubing from steel strip. The formed tubing is continuously advanced along a straight-line path through polishing and buffing units to provide a smooth lustrous finish to the tubing, and through a coating chamber in which the tubing is coated with a polymer coating to prevent tarnishing of the lustrous polished surface. The finished tubing has a surface which is suitble for decorative applications such as furniture or the like.

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Chicago Heights, IL, United States of America

Raffaele Basile