Victaulic Company

Steve A Wortmann

Douglas R Dole

Craig Haney

Kevin J Blease

Justin P Brandt

A mechanical coupling for joining pipe elements end to end has a channel that receives a ring seal. The channel is defined by oppositely disposed sidewalls and the ring seal has lobes on opposite sides. The lobes have surfaces facing the side surfaces of the channel. When the ring seal is seated within the channel, each lobe surface contacts a respective side surface such that the lobes deform inwardly toward the center of the channel.

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Slatington, PA, United States of America

Steve A Wortmann